| Show ILL OVER THE COUNT y toy notes holes from our oar newton correspondent to the journal smithfield items from our traveling correspondent prosperous Fros pereus business houses in our sister city on the north EDITOR JOURNAL JOL on last mon day night the citizens of newton held a meeting in the school house for the purpose of nominating a nonpartisan non partisan ticket of school trustees to be elected the second monday in july the meeting was ably conducted by mr joseph A christensen A large number of citizens was present and a lively interest was taken in the proceedings the following named gentlemen were nominated as trustees andrew petersen J N hansen and peter E benson once more your scribe has the pleasure of reporting the union of another couple of our 0 young people on wednesday last our esteemed young friend mr john E griffin and miss mina funk a highly respected young lady and dau daughter ter of the late bishop funk were married in the logan temple on the evening of the same day a large number of friends and relatives met at the residence of the brides sister mrs annie F rigby in honor of the occasion A fine aupper supper was served after which a nice pro gramme was rendered the happy couple received many and valuable presents it was a very pleasant affair and much enjoyed by all present may happiness be with our young friends forever A darice dance in honor of the above mentioned occurrence was given last friday night and much enjoyed by our young folks willard ballard and wife will also give a dance in honor of their recent marriage marri agu on friday night next the farmers of newton and alto are selling milk on a large scale this summer two heavy wagon loads of sa said id article are hauled to the smith smithfield field creamery every day except sundays those selling milk say it pays much better than making butter for sale bear river is lowering again it has been higher this season than for several years and it has been dangerously near to the top of cache junction bridge it seems as though the newton farms haye baye escaped the recent frost crops are growing 0 fast and looking fine lucerne will soon be ready for first cutting and promises a heavy crop the committee on oil the ath of july celebration is busy at work and if the proposed program will carried out we will have a grand time NV V F J NEWTON N EWTON N june 1896 smithfield SMITH FIELD ITEMS I 1 came to this one of the most beautiful cities of cache and formed the opinion that there are many who reside here who fail to appreciate preci ate its loveliness from the fact that familiarity brings contempt many beautiful buildings and gardens also the streets shaded with trees in every nook and corner make smithfield a very desirable place to live in the merchants are doing a good business bus bu iness the genial manager of the young mens coop co op mr james P low and two lady clerks arr are kept constantly busy in answering the call of customers not only from town but the surrounding countr country v mr low says printers ink 18 is valuable and since his advertise merit ment has appeared in THE JOURNAL their business has increased from thirty to fifty per cent and they have received correspondence from ranchers asking for prices etc ec mr low besides being a successful ful mere merchant barit lias has many other accomplishments in the many years I 1 have known him he be has been attorney teacher trustee and general legal man among his people throughout taught their children children in the sunday school and their elders from the pulpit pit but it remained for me the other day to witness a new branch to his other many and useful accomplishments A young man came into the store and looked as if all his family were dead and himself deserted by all mankind d he waited til till I 1 the coast was clear and then talked confidently to mr low on one side ali ah thought 1 I he be has come to purchase the clothing for the first baby but no james set him down upon one ot of the office stools and then went to a drawer took out a set of dentists tools and in less time than it takes me to write it he be drew an offending lending of tooth a skillfully fully as any dentist could if he would only add postmaster a and d blacksmith to his bis many other useful arts he would be able to start well a new town and in reality be able to be all things to all men mr low says THI JOURNAL is Is the most borrowed newspaper in toan MrA Mr Abraham brabam smith is also one of the leading merchants and says business is very verv prosperous he has leased the flour mill owne owned d by james mack this mill is running day and night they are shipping flour two cars each week grind bushels of wheat daily mr smith is also manager of the smithfield dairy company the capacity of which is pounds of milk but they have only as yet since may they have manufactured po pounds ands of cheese and 1 pounds of excellent butter both of these products find a ready market and this company pays pass out 1200 monthly to tite the farmers cash if they desire or if they draw edie during the month the balance is p laid aid in cash last fleek mr charles reese rebee of benson drove for them an artesian well at a depth of feet a flow minute was aa secured of ten gallons per minute and this water is conveyed all through b the creamery in pipes and is just what was only to make everything in and ar round the creamery perfect H how ow is this for home industry william douglass jr is now carrying on the business of his fath father er the pioneer merchant of smithfield and is doing his share of the trade our old time friend george Y smith is at his old stand and besides being a merchant is ia notary I 1 J P and legal man of the city uncle george looks more like an english land lord of a prosperous country inn the farmers union mill is doing an excellent business and all smithfield Smith Celd is busy so much that one man had to buy red root seed to raise weeds for his pigs pi s the city government since its inauguration last january is a live body and are a terror to evil doers they are Er spending pending the reven revenues aes ues of the city for the improvement of the streets and water bour courses es and of course the do not nothings bings are sore gore and do all the grumbling crumblin grum bline blin g they he y are building a city jail the brik bricks come from hyrum two cells and every convenience at a cost of and grading an d fence about the late liquor seizure seizure has been turned to political account by our old friends this thing it is said has been going on for fifteen years yeara and young men not I 1 only from here dipre but the fame of this illicit still had reached far and wide and drew like a mag magnet net as all such places do now they charge that democracy is ia plit putting ting these poor old people in the penitentiary poor old souls soul but one thing is ia sure people can sleep at nights the people can also worship in peace in their beautiful church on 0 sabbath evening and hoodlumism it is at a discount from the foundation stone to th tb whitewashing abing of the new city jail has had bad a silent but a wonderful ff cf feet as a reformer of the rowdy lenient element the fact that the mayor and city government are enforcing law arla and order the bowlers kick as is always the ease case everywhere col A P aged 77 a pensioner of the anwar and the only living ba hata tallion Hion boy left in smithfield was reading g a paper of very very fine print without the aid of glasses and on inquiry he be said he h had abandoned spectacles more than ten years ago C bishop farrell returned last saturday from bior valley and had a successful business t trip rip the bishop ha not only one of the finest wards but an intelligent people to preside over 0 OC C S smithfield june asti 1896 |
