Show asa toast c awer LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS frank and J II 11 tegan of washington were here sunday frank anderson of toquerville was here the first part of the week attending to business mr and mrs D M cox of or derville kano county are doing work in the temple here miss almira snow who was operated upon for appendicitis last week is recovering nicely born a daughter to the wife of miney january mother and babe doing nicely it costs more for a dull merchant to brush the dust off his goods than it would to and sell them when a man begins by saying to tell ou the truth may be pretty suro ho la going to tell a lie some very necessary work is being done on main street grading it BO as to present the frequent hooding the oldest apple tree in the country is on the old place mass and was planted in 1638 A celebrated case now being rehearsed by the local dramatic company will probably bo placed on the boards the W C english who has been here for some can having been employ cd at the daie mine expects to leac friday for bingham edward pugh of kanab well known to many st george people lias been bereft of his wife and two children by death recently the editor acknowledges a serenade wednesday night by some cry good stringed instrument musicians whose names are unknown to us lewis jones a transient was fined 7 by justice samuel miles wednesday for being drunk the day previous ho will work out his fine attorney D H morns informs the editor tins morning that he has received indian war medals for alexander fullerton and james humphries and a party expect to leayo for los angeles tomorrow the object of bishop andrus being to seek improved health and look up the cattle business will lund came down from mo dana friday and returned sunday taking with him his wife and child the latter had been visiting with mr bunds lunds mother at tins place mrs B J lund J B bracken jr of pine valley was hero wednesday on busina bu mr bracken reports lots of sn cnown own the mountain ensuring a good supply for the santa clara and other creeks next summer so many people have called on THE NEWS this week to buy blank stationery etc that we think it well to say that we do not sell anything but the COUNTY news and do job work s the meeting of the virgin association that was to have been held yesterday has been postponed until the mt as the heavy rams have made it for the members to attend dr alexander the salt lake optician will remain at the snow hotel until sunday night this will be alie last chance to have our ees properly taken care of for four months when some representative of the company will bo in st george again A son of jos W carpenter found an indian tomahawk last week which is quite a curiosity it is fitted with a sharpened hint and appears to have been at ono time flint in it it does not appear to be of great age at the regular meeting of the city council last saturday night the city attorney was instructed to draw up an ordinance prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors within the city limits and the same at the next meeting of the council this was the only besmen busmen outside of the regular routine work eliat was before the council mrs joseppi mcdonald was ocr from middleton on business list friday tho salt lake tribune daily was the first utah exchange to our table r hurricane la varkin and santa clara correspondence failed to reach us this week A B harris expects to leave friday for alie new south nevada mining camp rawhide william bantley who has been on a mission to the central states is on his way home miss tina woodbury has sent an order for of iho very chois cst two year old rose bushes owing to heavy rains the roads between here and the railroad are in a bad condition freight being stalled and mails delayed twenty three new locations in the oil field have been filed with the county recorder this week also eighteen amended locations isaiah cox will worthen and walter cox came in from bakersfield california tuesday they hae been working there for come time TREES fruit and ornamental now is the time to get in your order pioneer nursery stock is best for this country J L bunting local agent samuel cragun a tramp applied to the city marshal saturday for board and lodging he was accommodated mo dated being put toworu on the to pay for same an exchange says there are two reasons why some people dont mind their own business one is that they any mind and the other is that they aej business the relief societies of both the st george wards will meet in alie lyceum at 3 this afternoon sister zaidee miles will deliver a lecture on mothers wark A full attendance is desired A meeting of tho washington county fair association is called for this evening at to report on the last county fair elect officers and decide if washington county 13 to have a fair this year or not albert hartman jr of leeds was delivered into the custody of marshal worthen sunday night to serve fifteen days in jail in lieu of paying fine and cots amounting to 15 imposed by the leeds justice of tho for drunkenness drun keness and disturbing a dance at that place recent speaking of boosting we guess this will hold ou for awhile john cn dreamed alie other night he had gone to heaven the first thing he saw when lie got in was a man with a heavy around his neck and fastened to a post he asked why this punishment and the angel replied this is not punishment the fellow is from long valley and if we turn him loode he would go back long valley advocate idaho f N the comic opera Olivet teBO successfully played biere by the st george stake about a month ago is to bo put on the boards again during conference so director J win mcallister informs our reporter we are pleased to learn this and believe the opera will be well attended their efforts are deserving of the beat appreciation of our people who should do all in their to encourage our sweet singers of whom we are proud to say we hae many there is not enough joy in tins struggling world so few people have time for it but children happy children who are brought up in sympathetic atmosphere in the infinite leisure that 19 theirs hao an immense capacity for oy how can wo deny ourselves eliat enriching spectacle a joyous the capacity for joy is one of the highest of the human faculties and it is grossly neglected we walk too much with our feet in bracq let us laugh alie children and be young |