Show HOME ITEMS legislative the assembly have been unusually active in the introduction and presentment of business but of course it cannot be expected that much will have been consummated at so early a day on the second day of the session the council extended the freedom of the chamber to the gen gentlemen tiemen who received the freedom of the house on monday and also to the hon L B kinney indian agent the council and house each received a communication from the hon secretary of the territory informing them that he had made arrangements by which all com marked official busin business ess 11 from the members secretary of the council and chlor chiot clerk of tho tha house would be sent free during the session the standing committees of the house were announced ap tuesday and the editors of the deseret NEWS and daily telegraph tendered seats for themselves or reporters during the session wednesday the speaker of the house referred the governors message to its appropriate committees and on thuy thur lay the Pr eident president of the council did likewise in the house on thursday mr rockwood pres aud a bil bill fir f ir the better regulation of stray pounds pou nis nth nih which was referred to the committee on Juaita ry mr thurber and mr each tr r eneeda a hll hil i 1 l concerning costs and fees of coart both bobb of which were consigned to the judit juli taly laly la in uie hie council n u friday mr L snow pres T i fd d the po pw i ion ton of lorin farr and others asung for an appropriation of to defray ane ei ep uses of huil bult halding guilding ding a bridge dridge across weber riv liv r anich AN weh web was reec referred to the committee committe eon oon on roads bridges bridges uc etc the auditors and treasur s reports were referred to the committee on re remae lemac u nue for w ecial attention council we nie no 1 I an act t tullie tui r I 1 relief of A P rockwood wod wanli wad a of tylo ine penitentiary passed both bran hes of tue the assembly Sever several 41 other anat matters ets ers of minor im importance were brought before uhe the assembly and referred to their respective I 1 committees the council was in session on saturday but no business bu siness of consequence transacted the house adjourn edon friday evening till monday ar at I 1 pm both branches of the assembly were in irk session on monday and a lively interest vas was manifested in the business before them theril councilor E snow presented petition of A 11 york and others an appropriation to defray the expenses of constructing a road from washington county via vla nane kane county sevier and andRio rio vergin rivers to sanpete county which was referred to its appropriate committee mr youn young presented a bill to incorporate the tho wasatch wagon road company fifty copies of which were ordered to be printed ed in m 0 open cn lines on motion of councilor harrington the committee on roads bridges ferri ferries e ii and Ka manyong ran Kan nyong were instructed to fo corie corle correspond spond with the authorities of lehi lehl behlon on the financial condition of the bridge which spans jordan river near lehl lehi city in the house mr presented a bill to regulate hulate butchering awil ahil meat markets throughout hout the territory excepting inc ine incorporated orpo cities A bill presented some days ago by mr preston in relation ibn to locating and opening a road drom from ogden city vla via ogden valley to paradise cache county was returned from the committee on roads etc with a recommendation for its passage after some argument it was laid over for three weeks A bill for an act in relation to cheats swindlers lers and other fraudulent persons person si was presented by mr wright wr ai ht read and referred COURT coopt ehg th case of the p people pie vs dr J ir P tiernan from Al alderman deiman cliftons Clin tons court was called mr miner appeared pear for the appellee and mr bir stevens for the appellant pel mel larL excepting the calling of a civil suit omd the presentment by the grand jury of indictments this case which Is a very simple one occupied the court during tuesday wednesday anayis anay ii thursday noon in tiya liose alose ase of the people vs dr tiernan I 1 our reporter cbs it simple because the appellant who has bean been medicine ln in thiS CIty refused to conj conr with a very wholesome city ordinance by provisions the visions of which all medical gentlemen are arpa lipa to pass il d r a certificate before he is 18 allowed to deal out pills plus spanish flies arsenic strychnine or presle acid this tills Is to prevent quacks from imposing upon the tho ignorance and credulity of the people who may require physicians and surely no learned graduate ought to fear tear such an ordeal which has been instituted for tho the purpose of protect protecting ini him mra in his profession but such has been the case the board of examination were scorned and muni ciple authority set at defiance alderman clinton issued process against dr T and at the close of tho the investigation fined him fifty dollars an appeal was taken and when the case came up in the probate court a great deal of time was wasted in reading from the old charter as well as the new dilatory pie pleadings dings were resorted to on both sides all which the court very properly oter oten overruled and when the sticking klug point was arrived at and all the facts presented presente 4 the court sustained and confirmed the judgment of the court be low something is said in regard toa to a bill orex of ex being filed for the purpose of carrying the case up but we have not yet learned of his honor judge smith having signed it on thursday john gorman german and S W dildine were brought from their quarters in the lower story of the county building and duly arraigned on charge of grand larceny both entered the plea of not guilty the case of 0 the people vs frank F fox was called and the following named jurors sworn to try the case elnathan eldredge zebulon jacobs horace drake sylvanus hicks taylor bright malin weller weiler henry woodmansee I 1 edmund d T browning moses thurston ebenezer Eben ezer czer B R young S 1 D barnham and joseph chamberlain witnesses were introduced sworn and testified on the part of the prosecution followed by those called for tot the defence after which the at 1 torness reviewed the evidence and the court charged the jury in relation to the law and they retired in charge of the bailiff the jury came into court after an absence of one hour bourand and rendered a of guilty and assessed the punishment at six months imprisonment in the penitentiary and fine A motion in arrest of judgment vas was vas filed and overrule overruled dby by the court A bill of exceptions was subsequently filed and signed by the judge S W dildine was tried on a charge of larceny ny on saturday and a verdict of guilty gunty rendered the amount of punishment assessed jass essed was six months imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary on monday the case of the people vs john gorman german who was indicted with dildine for mule stealing wap wag called the prisoner having previously pleaded not guilty the court proceed eato cd to mp annei annel a jurs jury to try tny the case chepan the pannel being exhausted when ten jurors were obtained the sheriff was instructed to summon two tall tali immen amen phineas niell richards ards and james dutton button were summoned and taken the jury sworn and the case opened by arminer mr miner A number of witnesses were calledo called to testify in the case and the attorneys for the defence perceiving that they thes had a bad pad case in hana hand submitted it to the jury without argument the jury were long iong they found the I 1 guilty as charged in the indictment and awarded his punishment at five live years in til the tho 0 penitentiary and two hundred dollars fine perhaps it ala did not occur to the jury that gorman has neither money nor property bere with which to pay any fineout nine fine but do doubtless otless they thought thou ht ho deserved fining and therefore rendered a verdict accordingly A crowded house witnessed the performance of lon don ciesar caesar da do bazan and barney the baron on wednesday evening the playing throughout was well received a and nd drew forth a more than liberal share of app applause janse jause The pieces were of a complexion to please for when faithfully rendered the action and situations are exceedingly comic aud and highly dramatic mrs A Claw sons La in don caeser creser de do bazan bizan deserves special notice it was ca carefully care eare fally rally y and spiritedly rendered mrs Gib gibsons gibbons sons maritana Marl mari tana was very good in fact the whole of the characters were well sustained the pla pia play y was put on in good style the castu costumes mes properties appointments and ahse en scene being excellent cel lent A hearty call from the auditorium at the close of the first piece brought mr fort before the curtain accompanied by Marl mari Na maritana ritana tana and la the gentleman responding to the applause of the audience by a brief speech tendering his thanks for the reception accorded him on his appearance reappearance re mr dunmars Dun bars barney made a great amount of fun quite a number of lines being lost to the audience through the prolonged bursts of laughter asa As a farce irwill it will bean benn be an excellent addition to the stock of the bachelor of arts on saturday evening was a treat it is a neat specimen 0 of f the petite comic drama and conveys an instructive and healthy moral the ruined spendthrift unsuccessful gambler and reckless man of the world driven to dissipation by lack of wisdom and confidence on the part of his father yet showing that he can honor confidence and prove worthy of honorable liono ilono rable rabie trust and ana be a man among men elicited the sympathies of the audience and his checkmating check mating the libidinous designs of adderly 0 antl anti trie the continued rapacity of wylie in the furtherance of his object to protect the ohe honoreand ho norand interests of 91 his employer was well weil worked out mr forts for ts jasper was easy and efrer efret effective partaking a good deal of the charles matthews style simmons dunbar and malben played as carefully and as well as we have seen them mr grahams debut gave promise of usefulness in the company in light comedy miss bliss alexander had uttie ittie ittle to do but done it well mrs A clawson manifested study and care in the rendition of emma these always tell favorably and it if more attention were paid to them by others they would soon realize a marked difference in the public approval of their efforts black eyed susan concluded the evenings performance with the former cast cut except in the characters of susan and dolly which were filled by I 1 nii III miss alexander and mrs bowring though the sentimental Is not miss alexanders line she made a very good susan busan the scene in iia which she parts from william being excellently rendered mrs Bo wrings dolly was spirited and truthful of the rest of the characters character swe we have expressed an opinion before the performance as a whole was wasi equal to its previous presentation presentations in some parts better the dance went off very spiritedly and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves and the playing hugely the advanced prices did not appear to affect the house to any considerable extent on saturday daylight night the causes assigned by the management for raising the prices depreciation depre clation of the currency and the high prices of materials required we have thought would have warranted their taking this step some time ago and believe they refrained from doing so as long as they could high prices now noir are the rule we only wonder they did not adopt them sooner hamlet Is on the bills for this night only it Is well worth seeing za 11 in the supplement is commended mended to perusal by all both old and tind young POLICE REPORT the police officers were busily engaged on monday ferreting out some more thieves one of whom had been stealing buckskin gloves the others are charged with robbing mr godbois train on the plains we forbear be further remarks until the cases have been heary heard PRESENTS for christmas and new year falling due some may be pleased with being reminded that poems bye IL snow harp of zion latest edition of the nymn hymn book and numerous other church publications to be had at the deseret book store and bindery deseret news buildings will malle make in many instances very tasteful durable useful and acceptable presents RE RETURNED from their missi mission onto to the sandwich islands elders joseph F smith and william IV cluff elders eiders alma L smith andeen jabin jamin F cluff remain in charge of the S j L I 1 mission |