Show BLAIRS RANCH majon major blair biair B lair and nd thomas tilford and biane blane blanche bianche he have hive been to work for the dast past seven months cutting a canal on the south side bide of weber river to carry the water to otheir nett settlement lement which is about seven miles adof oo 00 den deli deo city commenting com mensing half a mile eto eio school bouse house extending north west iyo iso miles milea toa to a slouch louf lout h which is three miles nies lies long iong we are Inform informed td that there hl hav haa g been eo aa an average of 0 ten tea men constantly a at t work during 0 the above alove period with the stream already taken out put it is estimated that from to acre acres 3 bf 6 farm land can bo be irrigated the major is intending to cora cors mence the erection of a grist mall rail this fall fail having secured an eligible bite site on this canal the good folks of plain city and bowns browns I 1 i settlement are x ald aid id to deserve high commendation for the liberal eff arts they arve h ve mads mad I 1 towards ahe completion cimpl lean of this work at present the canil canal is 13 0 only 0 ai ten letl ieli aeeti alu at tha the top and si bix six ix at the bottom but it can aas easily lly ily be BO so enlar eniar enlarged wed ved as to take on one e half of the vaters ol 01 weber and be made t to i irrigate many thousands 1 of oi acres of good rood land in the tha vicinity of hoopers herd ground A substantial dam and head ga gal c e are already put in and rendering good service we understand that the 0 citizens of that thac district claim that to be the direct road to box elder and bachs acha counties that it is free f from rom graveland gra graal veland voland and cobble stones besides being in the no of seven miles the nearest route from this city tiie THE CITY IIA lia HALL althe the stone work or ot this splendid edifice ia is rapidly approaching pro aching completion piet ion lon and in a few days more mort the walls walis will be up to thie s square aare we are are informed by bk tb the e architect wm wu 11 1 1 esq E sq that there ia is to be an oc octagon tower raised on a esnare square base or of twenty fiet flet now nor ifould it got not be a public blessig bless ipg as well as an ornament ornain int to tha the building and a credit to 0 oar OAT ur city to place iia in this tower a good substantial striking clock I 1 with faed minute and hour hands bands on the north and west sides bides we eee lee no fearon reagon reason why our city should be longer without a public iiii cator of the hine time and wa ire are satis batis satisfied bie fie d that it would be of great service bervice and arid benefit to our citizens generally and also aiso trav traveling public tite tae DROUTH by let iet letters fer received from washington 0 county we learn th that at ahe he streams on which a portion of tha the citizens citi zons znna depend for water vater to irrigate their fleida fields and gardena are ceasing to supply their wants and some of the c creeks creeps have entirely dried up fears are entertained that much of the cotton j crop wu will be lost in consequence ot of the ine drout drouth BATTLE creek one oae field of 70 acres and perhaps other fields there not reported haa baa already been left to dry up with the tha view of Sav baving saving so much of their crops as their seamy scanty supply of water wili will permit per calt rait scarcity of water is also severely felt in davia davis and nd other counties aeling ruinously on po pg eions of the be corn and sugar cane crops the movement advised by the tile circular printe printed d elsewhere in thia news will doubtless pr ve to have been both timely aad w wie wis wi i e 9 in the steps necessary to tov be lie taken for beit belt preservation Complaint 3 and ara aro also reaching ua us from both northend nor norih north and south sout bIn hin in regard to the drying up of the mountain streams and the apprehensions of miny mirly that the late lito crops will not mature I 1 tarm TAIM rett IETT SAN pite br by letter from a correspondent at ja form torm 1 y known as its north bend sead we acain that thal a cna cm cra iodious meetinghouse la Is in progress ol 01 arec 1 tion xion belag atreail bready y ap up lo 10 uhe the falore and built of stone about orle one hundred famines C there and it appears to be tie the the general opinion of the inhabitants that there a BO no better lettera bet Let terp pla pia ace CP for tor or raising stock and grain in the territory tory torr from mr john who has hag hajost just arrived in this city fj om ashington washington VV county ws we learn that there are 15 acres 07 of thrifty grape vines in that mostly choice choicer varieties from california including w a f tew few evy isabella nabella and other varieties imported ported from the east ail all sufficiently matured are heavily laden with mth fruit and w we e are pleased to learn that the tha 1 tines ines stood the winter without ini injury iry phe the fiest n sl or eally cally frosts of last fall did beat ireat damage to nearly all al the vino i in a kane county and other parts of the cotton country these at toquerville escaped COTTON the tie cotton emp wa was considerably injured aured lured by late bining airing C frosts in eane kano county but again glain csc esc escaped aped and ana the prospect for cotton as well as for the he sorghum is rep reported arted to be good goed nearly a all alt il the fruit trees like the grape vines are youn youa bing being from one to three years old but many of them are bealing beating thia this bason season bishop orchard 1 Is the oldest one oie in and aid the ees ee are already groaning beneath their burdens of fruit it is as believed by man maa of anig ment that the peculiar situation ion lon ef sf id ih relation to the curre t of winda between oelwein the tte tre basin bagin u gain and the lower desert secures its ils immunity from arote brot they also algo s tate elate that its sterile soil loll is wail weli bulted suited to hr the culture of the grape drape I 1 diniz max MAi the success successful trl fal grape grap are making preparations for ta tha manufacture of foe fixle wt we wish re frnces AND FiNci xa many blany of tha the tine vine yards at it boquer arid and other othel alices io ai th tb 44 cotton growing district i and are heirs keirs beirs fenced with it good substantial ii stonewall others othera are b eing being protected by fences made of cedar pickets live cottonwood cottone first U ged ked for f fencing is now being discarded on accuro of its tendency to impoverish h so much of 0 the land by the merius nu meraus roots spee spreading adin out into the lota iota for rods along alona the f fences ances I 1 BRUSSELS the tournai journal de ruz nuz bruxelles rux ellef refat ning irig some statements of russian papers ay russia declared to prussia and austria prior r to the capture of duppel that bhe she woul bouldi not oppose the annexation of the duchies to germany provided p evidell that austria and prussia wo would uld pr pi ornise to prevent the realization at 0 the establishment of a scandinavian union ay iy civilization 13 on THE MOVE IN i goa gol lf the ibe dalles daily mountaineer has haa the follows following funtall FuT fur vur fuu tAll hall all ali the ther cena ceva in the county jall jali ja il kni iri ani ari full and as a con partied parties who deserved fr incarceration escape arres surest 15 encouraging agi SERIOUS OP or tiles tnt POPE the tbt copf ione letters from rome roma state that inai the il lineas liness iness of the pope has haa increased in an ala degree A secret pontifical bull bult ia said faid to have hava been issued ordering 11 a conclave conc cone lavt composed only of the cardinals present in ili rome for the election oe of a successor to ta pius IX before the death cf of the litter is known knok to the public SIN six apy APP application OF or A CENT CENTENA ENA nian at a meeting of the greenwich board of guardians heid held beld be ld recently an was made by a man named garner who completes eis ils letes his hia hundredth year in october next for his discharge from the union of which he had bad be been an inmate three years yeara the old od man who appeared hale bale and hearty also solicited a grant of as it bein being hia bia intention to proceed to durham to his wife who he be said ia is fed few years hig hia senior the tha guardians endeavored to tue the applicant to rema remain irvin in tho house buthe but ho refused to do so 0 and ind the chairman manin in granting hia bia discharge on behal behalf bof of the board expressed a hope that the press would notice the fact that it was the old oid euans yo hinkaty voluntary act PARALLEL parallels paral 3 TO THE calili CIZ ILI the recent terrible calamity cal cai amity amily at santiago sais says ao an exclia exchange calia to mind nume numerous roust eventa events ct c a lna lct ica ilac character in 1811 the R camond va theatre was burned and persons perhem Reri pe shed in the flames in 1812 car accas tha capital of 0 venezuela was destroyed by an earthquake and lives lues lost during the great fire in in london in 2000 people perished in the burning of the bridge in constantinople 1791 houses bouses wera burned burner and in 1783 and 60 mosques were destroyed by the tha great fire in in london 1660 1666 which raged four days and nights nighta hoates hoaxes and 86 c were destroy destroyed ed in india itil live lives wera lusta lust by a hurricane the creat ereal e peal real earthquake in stela sicily 1692 1602 destroyed people and lives ilves vere lost in six minutes by tha the earthquake at lisbon 1750 1756 near morocco the earth suddenly opened and swallowed 10 OC 01 persons P ris witti with their berds herds th chapter 0 of a accidents acci de denti h b ba extended farther further by nica nice it il reference to volcanic eruptions and plague plagues ah AD OF nails MAILS 1 LIKE 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