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Show ITEMS FROM "HEARKNETT"<br><br> Editor Leader-As I was going home to my residence last Saturday night (July 23) I heard what I thought was the report of a pistol. You may imagine what fear filled my mind, when I heard it. Thinking I might be the means of bringing the supposed murderer of suicide fanatic to justice, I at once hurried to the spot where I thought the imagined tragic occurrence transpired. I went to the door of the house from whence the report issued and asked if anything had happened (of course I thought it might be of great interest to the readers of the Leader.) They assured me that everything was all right, and no one injured; that some of the children had purchased a few crackers to celebrate the Twenty-Fourth, and owing to that eventful time falling on a Sunday, the children thought it would be better to fire them off on the 23d and not break the Sabbath. Being fully satisfied, I left the house, though not before refreshing my nerves by having a good, deep, draught from the crystal spring." <br><br> Monday, the day set apart for celebrating the entrance of the pioneers into this valley passed off very quietly without any public demonstration or celebration whatever. And had it not have been for the closing of the ?? establishments in the city, and excursions to the like and other parts of the Territory, we would hardly have known the difference between it and any other day of the week. The most eventful affair, and one worthy of notice that occurred on the Twenty-Fourth, was the dedication of a beautiful and elegant meeting house, erected by the members of the 15th Ward. It was commenced (that is, the cornerstone was laid just two years ago to the very day it was dedicated. It has been built and finished mostly by the members of the aforementioned ward, and has cost $1?,?44.77, every cent of which is paid. To describe its appearance both interior and exterior, would take too long, but suffice it to say, that according to President Geo. Q. Cannon's own words, it is the prettiest and the neatest building, for its size, ever built and fitted up by the Latter-day Saints. It was dedicated to the Lord by Brother Geo. Q. Cannon. <br><br> President John Taylor occupied the morning in speaking upon many edifying subjects, relating some very interesting sketches has from his own life. In the evening Elders John Henry Smith, H. W. Naisbitt, C. W. Tearose, Geo. [Georgeg] Q. Cannon, Angus M. Cannon and Bishop Pollard were the speakers. The spirit of God was made wonderfully manifest throughout the whole procedure, and the building stands as a monument to the great zeal and faith possessed by the Saints of the ?? Ward, for the great Latter-day work of the Lord.<br><br> A very interesting little work, of about 100 pages, is being published at the Juvenile Instructor office of this city, descriptive of the personal experience of Elder Jacob Hamblin. It contains some remarkable instances where the Lord has delivered him from perceived danger, while he was acting as a frontiersman among the Indians. It describes also some hairsbreath escapes, and wonderful cases where his life was in imminent danger. The same office has also the manuscript of a work by Brother Daniel Tyler, which is about to be published there. It is a concise history of the travels and incidents of the "Mormon Battalion." It will be a work of about 600 pages, and will be printed in fine, large type and on beautiful paper.<br><br> On Wednesday last, Senators John Sherman and Benjamin Harrison brethren of President Harrison arrived in our midst. They were serenaded by the Camp Douglas brass band, who rendered some fine music. In reply, they both made a few unimportant remarks. Since their arrival they have been to the Lake and other places of interest.<br><br> We have been favored with one or two rain showers since writing to you last, thus laying the dust and cooling the atmosphere, which has been very oppressive of late. Hearknett. July 30, 1881. |