Show TN YEARS AGO dixie happenings of that time culled from the washington county news pioneer day w is celebrated in grait style the people began gathering on the camping ground at 1 a m dressed to represent the pioneers with wagons such as aliey crossed the plains with A guard was set around the camp and cattle as in the old times A craw d of bo s mcp indians attempted to stampede the cattle and horses by rushing alie camp amid a series of blood curdling war w hoops and an infernal din but were driven off by the agi lant guard without accomplishing their purpose the hunters having been successful a buffalo eacer was brought into camp and about 5 a m camp fires were lighted and preparations for breakfast made spon all except the guird were broiling buffalo steaks frying flapjacks flap jacks etc the scene was very realistic and picturesque vividly to alic old timers the das 8 eliat are gone and past forever bishop jamaca andrus haq carshul of the day and the emigrants were on the line of march by 7 a m the procession about three blocks long formed up in the following order advance guard brass band pioneers of 1847 in car nages members of morcom battalion in carriages martial ban an elegant float upon were young ladies representing utah and her maids counties miss annie mcallistor cr representing utah gaily float upon which rode alie string band pioneers of tl dixie w afons d rawn by oxen liand carts etc representing aa near AS possible the condition in which crossed alie plains columbia and oung ladies representing tho state rode horseback being escorted by mounted cavaliere cavaliers cava liers the pioneers and of the mormon battalion with their wives were conducted to alie tabernacle groe breakfast had been for them after partaking of they w ere taken in carriages to their homes the program in alio was a very one and the sports in tho afternoon were fine the man on alic grounds was father samuel brocklebank hardy alio was in his scar his son major A P hardy who was in ins cath car accompanied compa nied him combined ages bung scare the average maximum dails temperature pera ture for the week ending jub was degrees the wanne fet day being the wari registered at the station alie average minimum temperature for alie bamo period was bb the coolest night being july 23 when the thermometer registered 6 degrees there was no preci pit dying alic week alie percent of bims hinc wag A was born to alic wife of ed on alio and a daughter to the wife of webb on alic int thea metal market e i S july sihar 00 14 1 4 lead 4 35 casting copper 16 34 3 4 cents james N of washington and wilhelmea Wilh elmma scott of tins city etero married july uncle dan tt is killed by william roundy at upper kanab on tho dinst alie relief society cleared off alie debt on its granary by the aale of ico cream on the aco H woodruff and mary isabell abbott of acre married july the second crop of figs and grapes were ripe and the third crop of lucern wa being cut |