| Show HOME ITEMS SABBATH in 16 the forenoon of sunday bishop A 11 II raleigh delivered adis a discourse on the practice and every day duties of the latter day saints sainte elder john taylor preached in the afternoon his ills discourse was both edifying and instructive the tho subject being the cap eap capability ability of the human I 1 mind to receive impressions such as were lasting in their nature and indelible in their effect and as would be a part of the record of judgment at the great day of accounts the beason reasoning upon tha tho susceptibility of man to the thousands of impressions liable to be made bythe innumerable circumstances that occur in lifo life and their lasting influence together er with the manner in which they will be used when every secret though thought land and action shall shail be brought into judgment was highly highl interesting 1 l L IA agreeably to tho tha announce ann ment meat made in the rhe NEWS of last week a mass meeting was held in the tabernacle on saturday cd 06 at 11 am brigham young and gieber C Q kimball kimbail bishops edward hunter reuben miller andrew ca caboon cahoon lipon isaac M 21 stewart frederick frederik kesler John harp arp and elij elijah eiljah ah E F sheets an d hows homs jno thaw an and d joseh joseph A young were elected trustees iian han george Q Cannon was chosen secretary tary and llon lion A cosmot OS mot treasurer the meeting unanimously a tax for building the contemplated canal an nil all the lands that will ye be watered by it i i the canal isso Is to be built froni frodi t tho the 0 jordan river n near ear the eoin point t of the moun orth easterly direction through the tho lower portion of the farming lands of thence a almost most due north by union and the to this city passing through the tho tenth cloye eleventh nth and twelfth wards this company was organized un under derand and in compliance with the provi provisions siong of a t act passed at t the last session of the legislative assembly which act was published in our last issue issue tile the business for which the mass meeting was called was wa briefly stated by mr nin cannon who read nead a portion of the act above mentioned i president B young enumerated some of the many advantages to be derev derived from making this canal and stated that theral therel was plenty of spare water in utah lake to irrigate a all ail 1 I the land in this county and hence there need be ni no excitement or vear fear fear vear of any parties paroles being deprived of meir weir pre present sert vested rights nights anu ank and very every person whose property needed to be taken to fo make way for the canal would receive lust just compensation pensa tion one design which tho the company had in view was to bring the granite rod rocla from Cotto cottonwood awood to build the tempi estores and dwelling houses and thereby aid in building up this city means cleans were already on hand to build ten miles of the tho ca canal 11 al and the work of excavation would now be pushed forward with all possible speed interesting spee speeches clies were made by several of tile the trustees in reference to the utility and necessity of the canal arter after which the meeting was baroug brought to a close The there thero wms was not a dissenting vote during the whole proceed proceeding ing lag t 4 theatrical THEATRIC AI rob roy went much better on wednesday night than we expected it would go considering the amount of stage business i in the piece and the tho th chort time that was available for getting U up on saturday night it atvas vm played ve very ry successfully and judging by the applause of ahe audien cegale buca the clia cita characters rac as a waple were wera auly ably sustained ed mr mc alb nd mr dunmars Dun dnn bars barlo ballie baille beit belt euph commendation there and spirit in their rendition mr whitneys Whit y 4 galbralth galbraith was cleverly and humorously played and mac Mae Staurt is about the best thing mr ian ijar klebas done el Mr rinds Linds wa dougal creature creata e was qulie quite quita success suca I 1 hir hin mallens Mal mai bens owen was vaa like e everything ery hIng he plays laRre carefully fully and i neatly rendered v mr may among nis his best parts lur mr francis francia the stiffness on saturday evening 55 characterized it on the previous perform anra adre mr graham grahams capt thornton was very jed fed the bo part of helen ls is one which derives riv kits its importance st simply ply from her being the wife of rob roh roy the little that it c calls alls for was core done by mrs gibson in her usual style miss aliss emme gia Eia lUeas ps diana gave promise of filling a void in the association that has long iong been felt we venture to predict that with stage experience nd training she will display histrionic abilities ab ties is in a high sigh degree we were impressed with the conviction on that the association Is rapidly developing a number of ladles ladies and gentlemen aho bid wr fair to be what would be considered elsewhere stock stars in their several lines and we find that the public agrees with us receiving their favorites with the usual marks of 04 encouragement on their firs first appearance each evening the stage arrangements and scenery yere excellent and effective tbt th queer subject on wednesday night made i gleat great amount of fun anan and nature aturo and philosophy on saturday night was a complete success professor you better rub up that chops choras a little we believe the music Is very fine line lut tut for t the e life of us appreciate some of tt perhaps thava thaes because our earls earis ear Is faulty the crock of gold and A husband to order lo night form a very pleasing and attractive lull the tho latter Is a neat little serio senio comedy produced for the first time here COURT count A nolle pro prosequi has lias blerk been altered in the case of the people vs hickman ickman II henc tence ethe the question as to chois who Is subject under lie die lawand articles of war to trial by court mar tw Is no longer the contested question so far is this case is concerned james rhodes who when first arrested dl Tolg edthe the tho mysteries connected with the ranso hory loff co s robbery and who has ever since manifested a willingness to tell all alt he knew kneir of the transaction was brought into court on thursday evening and sentenced to pay a fine after a long and tedious trial the case of thurmond vs fok fox was submitted to the jury about 5 on saturday evening and for some rca rea nn son or reasons reasons perhaps best known to thea the jurors brors themselves they tej refused Used or could not agree and tere TOO consequently locked up and left in charge of the bailiff sworn to take charge chargo of them in tuch rather unpleasant situation they thoy were vere as report says through the obstinacy of one of their sumber bomber compelled to remain jintil blonda alonda monday at llam when brought brough into tinto gauert they rena rendered ered t verdict in tavor of the plaintiff in the sum of oun only one of their number mr curtis E bolton boiton dissenting notice was given by the counsel forthe defence that they tiley would mould file flie a motion in arrest of judgment judgie the following are the bakites barites names of the tho i sat bat upon tim case albert marrill william C neal benj benat T mitchell Ml wm r lucas hoagland Curt curti curtise lse laE B bolton william S godbe george L 4 merrick william B wright hea bea WT hatcher 11 S neatia and lewis S hills after the rendition of the verdict the court in eulogistic terms complimented the j jury ury ary for their went ment endurance in the case ease just terminated on monday afternoon the case cage fot fit of nicholas vs abel gilbert charged with being in andett debt on duo due bill was before the court the testimony was heard on wot kot both h sides sider and court adjourned ahl ed till yesterday at 10 Q am aan B f 1 3 t br vr isaiah 31 combs informs us that the association of sin a flour ilour nourishing condition holding numerously attended meg meetings ggs each week and la Is about to liter ra wo we presumed to give the members members an opportunity for practice in composition our new school house has been completed plated paek and would do credit to any city of the dig gig in the united states it has been furnished to lu tip the most convenient style both for teacher nd ind pupils arld arid Is attended by sixty children varying tabing in age from 6 tolg to 19 years there are six other otter schools tn in operation two with men and lour four with women teachers these schools will average avenge about 35 pupils each there are therefore faie fare about 27 70 children in constant attend attendance ance in our little city A j io enocks SHOCKS OP OF by letter r h arles aries of cove creek millard hlliard cout guity 1 ty we have received the tile following items respecting chocks of or earthquakes that have been itha neighborhood of late morning the zd uit we elpe ri cuite quite a shaking and on wednesday mom mon agthe the 2 ithie we had an almost continuous m 1 7 there were four it ks and eighteen light ones the tile heaviest ng at the last named hour the kaat r I 1 gh oth the tho bell in th the clock clook rang being 8 t M ii amnier very rap rapidly idly ialy the crockery err ery ral rai raial AM tho the table tables and chairs got a terri 1 dt otner er helry I 1 I 1 apparently exi exl exhausted lausted character have day thoth the octh alithe all ali the shaking seems ta iio fio in n theowest the west and ana travel eastwardly wi similar effects h daveen ay experienced previously in this region of at centry but they were neither r so heavy reavy or numerous as at t the present visitation TT f souto SotTO eun EEN NL N news RW ws elder eider santa clara cheerily of southern andi anai dna adds that bra jacob hamblin and L J utie on the ule nib alt ait it ool george embarked on a flatboat named argen adae adventurer tot tol to try the navigable capacity capac liy ity of the rio virgen vir gen and with a view to accelerate building g aware house af at mormon landing on the colorado much obliged please write again s LAT atar AcciDEs rOn ton the ath of january 1 some five miles above Sp ringdale kane counter county a rock rolled upon and instantly killed lr arft george ayers deceased was born in na nauvoo uvon ill iii and was 19 years 4 months and 9 days old his parents caleb and lucinda were from new sow yow jersey THE aln ALM 11 stac for fon will bo pub dished on or about the dinst send on your orders S MYERS ad door below jennings inform the public that they viii hlll sell now LOW yort fori basir groceries dry goods clothing and choice articles too numerous to specify AV S GODBE Is prepa prepared red to grce greo his bis nun numer numen ier ien ous friends in tho the exchange buildings S E corner of east and first south temple streets and furnish them goods in endless variety 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