Show ja SABBATH acs elder john van cott reason edon edNia the necessity of our possessing a knowl knowledge Alge of the principles of truth may 1 ia haye have te power poorer to overcome in the contest waged against righteousness by iniquity and error enor en or the hand band pf af god has been visibly over is as a people continually for good he has hai had mercy upon ui us and led us to embrace the truth aften by strange and pecullar peculiar circumstances and ho 18 deserea that we may continue faithful and beala an exaltation in his presence the of the world Is hollow lid wid interested men nien who profess friendship for the truth but bug do bot exl exi brace it will be found willing frilling to embrace the dollars of those thosa who keep the commandments of god when they can get them but the briend friendship ship of the lord may be relied upon and he will win bate bare to the uttermost all who hearken to IQ th theT evolee oloe olce of his servants and do d bis hit will in and honesty of heart 9 alder alward stevenson related many interesting of his early associations with the church and aud predictions uttered in his hie hearing by the prophet joseph which he had seen men fulfilled he referred to incidents at kirtland tar west and adam ahman to show that those who maintained their integrity to the truth were blessed and prospered while those who apostatized and became traitors to truth and sad righteousness sunk in degradation and in fy lamy and through all the provi dences of the lord were plainly visible in behalf of his p people 0 ople among imong other things the speaker referred to a meeting held in iowa in the early years of the church where the prophet declared that some of the congregation before him would lay down their ilyes lives as martyrs for the truth some would pass pa lasanto santo imo the spirit world worn out by their Buffe rings in its defence others of them would apost ize and some of them theta would go beyond the rocky mountains and see the people of god become a great nation all of which had been fulfilled thus far and we are seeing the last rapidly coming to pass in conclusion he exhorted the tha people to righteousness and faithfulness ful ness eider elder john taylor reasoned on the philosophy of the world and the laise raise estimate placed upon it by majl maji mankind kind and showed that a knowledge of the laws of life revealed in the gospel is that which Is of true worth to the human family leading to salvation and exaltation his remarks were report reported Zd tue TUB weather friday noon great salt lake take city high wind ddom flom the south snow melting fast 3 pm snowing 61 iw rapidly i 1 by deseret state telegraph line provo mild and cloudy snow appearing rapidly beaver cloudy but warm no snow parowan carowan Pa rowan some clouds very pleasant kerville To warm and pleasant st george warm looks like rain nain virginia city montana feb 20 A severe snow storm prevailed at pleasant val vai valley the snow drifted six feet in front of the domce ills Y very ery very cold here clr virginia wa nevada feb 2 20 0 we zas ras cold snowier and blowing ve ia a dut dot t denver col feb DD 20 T r ther is moderate te the tha snow Is nearly 0 ft bridger baldger utah feb 20 T h ther ither la is quite baim warm cloudy croudy no wind 5 I 1 weber utah feb to 0 the weather keather V warin aarin snowing and very windy w J on monday biorn morning ing aa follows 1 gi great t Salt sait tahe take k city alty mild cla elb cloudy andy ludy JO tw i by deseret state lat rp I 1 n e logan cloudy cgoudy and cold gid about six anelea inches of maw snow anthe on the ground BrIg liam city mild iid lid ild cloudy two gwo inches of fa su hepfl ahl fine overhead snow six hachee deop deep F relmore ailing re cloudy slid and warm be ater ayer ar j and clear but little snow paro parowan Pa rowan au clear and pleasant st Georg george every very warm and plem pleasant ant snow all gone I 1 i 1 I 1 v WARD wand at a meeting held on sunday sanday ath dinst anit in the house of br wins ms W camp over jordan elder george A smith presiding a new ward was organized westor west of the river embracing all of atthe the inhabitants living on tha the west side sido orthe of the river and north of west jordan ward br dr andrew W cooley was appointed bishop and the new ward will be known aa as brighton ward besides ElderS eiders raith ralth there wele were present from this city elder A M musser bishop E F sheets elders john D T mcallister georze george goddard alues there wm was a crowded meeting much good instruction st was given by the brethren and some excellent singing was waa e enjoyed idi oyed elders Me geallis Allis ter willea and goddard being the vocalists CALEN calem calendar DAn dar we direct the attention of our I 1 readers to the monthly calendar for lot march which appears la in pur mur our present presen issue as de courteously prepared for by eider elder wm myton clayton missionary MOVEMENT IN CACHE on the dinst pres E T benson Bishops Wm budge and G 0 pitkin accompanied by elders cummings king and shaw of horseley hammond and of providence and cr J X goodwin C C Goodw goodwin ln WK M KE evans and W 11 shearman of logan nogan left lett the latter place lace on a visiting and preaching tour to the northern settlements of cache co they we were rejoined joined on the way by bishops and merrill meetings were held in franklin richmond and smithfield where good and at bentive audiences were addressed by the above named brethren in succession the spirit of the lord was enjoyed in a good degree by both speakers and hearers the teachings of the brethren were of a practical nature urging the imperative duty of improving and beautifying home BO so as to make it lovely and attractive of taking care of the sheep the wool and the pro ta of the earth internal development by the establishment of woolen and other factories and the importance of cultivating correaa cor reat and pleasing habits expressions and thoughts in private as well aa As in public two grist mills were dedicated one at franklin owned by LH natch hatch co feet foundation of rock to be two stories high with room for four run of stones when completed it is enclosed at pre sent cent with logs fogs for john gosling architect it will be a nine fine and substantial improvement pro the second at richmond owned by W W merrhl co fleet feet a wood building but a more t than an ord ordinary inary good mill containing one run of stone with calculation for another both tuese these mills are about one oleanda and a half miles from the settlements the brethren everywhere me met with the warmest welcome and the most liberal hospitality everything was done that kindness could sug aug suggest to make their visit agreeable and mutually beneficial whether at the meetings meeting gs the theatre or the dance both old and awid young seemed to vie with each other in exhibiting that courtesy and unselfish deference which characterize the true gentleman and lady the hall at richmond t for its comfort and con convenience v en lence certainly deserve deserves 3 mention the elders returned to LY lozan logan en oil the loth anat after one of the most pleasant and profitable visits imaginable the above item haa han been courteously communicated nica ted many thanks friendS friend S for your hind kind ness theatrical there was a very good house on the opening night of the spring season victims Js an amusing comedy with plenty of laughable points and a nice little littie moral mr wr mckenzie as mr mir dunbar a as rowley kowley mr lindsay as fitz fity mr mar getts as skimmer mr graham as butterby and mr Malbe malben as hornblower were all good the character of butterby is a peculiarly unctuous one and was quiet a favourite layo lavo urite with the audience the ladies acquitted themselves handsomely miss adams being the loving patient wife leey lucy miss colebrook Colo brool the sentimental literary loving and supposedly ill mated mrs mrs vaugh waugh the strong minded minded miss crane who accepted joshua joshuay as a convenience that bhe she might have more liberty in the married state than ss As a spinster andars and mrs bowring ring ning the not very hardhearted hard hearted landlady mo mra sharp the rest of the ladies ladles and gentlemen in the cast played very creditably and the piece was well weil received the presentation of the unmentionables nables nabies was a big point miss alexanders hornpipe drew a hearty and anti well deserved encore it was capitally execl executed ted and ana a a fine dance everybody knows the tha spectre spectra bridegroom 11 and how very laughable it is all we need say is that the characters were well rendered and mr margetts surpassed himself as duckory DIc kory the popular tragedian edran edlan mr T A lyne has been engaged and wid wll appear at on an early date tj TUB JUVENILE the first number I 1 ber oiVo olvo of volume lumo it of this periodical hns has hasteen been laid upon our dur desk and Is a highly creditable sheet its it matter Is excellent and it appears in a new liew and elegant dress which inal inai makes it as attractive in appearance as it is instructive and i entertaining the number before us has a couple lcou plo pio osgood ol 01 good illustrations the disobedient prophet and ana 11 A volcano with an article on each we commend the paper to every family in the territory TerrI tWy toy PROVO val lat tat lay by dy a letter from br john nuber huber nn berof of midway provo valley we woi learn that they are having cold times there yet they feel fint first rate have excellent meetings sufficient amusements a good day school with about one hundred scholars and a night school all ail allgood good tood write azain again hr br nuber huber ex E ROUTE elder eider george D wat wrote from denver feb 9 that pres B voting young jr and himself arrived in IA that city within a little less than six days from their departure from here on the tho ath the weather was rather boisterous and unpleasant duril during g that portion of their trip which was made by alternately sleighing and wago vago ning after resting SC 36 hours at denver they resumed their journey and ard president B young informs us that they arrived in omaha on the all well and would le leave chero at noon of theli tl i i ahe The Theat if A I 1 ard of 11 II B clavon clabon ard and Jq joint inT caine calne published in our last received too tog jaad jacq to anake any comment on the opening of the theatre in that issue the desire for chis his place of popular resort being again opened was general and often expressed and there is no doubt but the patrons of the drama here will be much pleased that their wishes with regard to it are gratified the former managers are now the lessees lessels Les sees and in undertaking this responsibility they do so with the hearty and unstinted confidence of the public in their ability to cater successfully for public amusement and theatrical enjoyment it la Is gratifying to know that president young after having reared with munificent liberality so magnificent a structure for dramatic purposes and ex exercised erched a close supervision over the entertainments presented for years is now rell reli relieved eved irom a great amount of personal care with regard to it satisfied that as it has sub served the purpose for which it was erected thus thug nar far it will continue todo tod oso so under the of the gentlemen who have been for years its indefatigable and able managers perhaps there la Is no theatre on the continent eo so well supplied with many of the accessories of effective dramatic representations in appointments scenery costumes ac c certainly there Is no one west of the rocky mountains that is at all equal to it in these respects and the completeness eness of its internal arrangements while speaking loudly for the generous liberality of president young give clawson and caine calne advantages for producing pieces which few other lessels lessees or managers have we wish the pt present ent lessees lessels Les sees and believe they will wil wll receive a iong long continuation of the tho confidence which they now nov possess increasing wah wwi the increase of population and t he the liberal dogre degree degre 0 of patronage that they are so sd well entitle entitled il to by their past services in laboring for the gratification of the public ar A SAD CONDITION CoND urion ti giuy wy things are in a sad state in this city and the advocates of modern civilization have reason to mourn over and look unutterable things concerning it only think we have butone but one solitary magistrate who is ever called upon in a professional manner and his office Is supported so poorly that there Is danger or 0 his collapsing for lack of employment antl and fees there are a couple or three bars iii in the city but they dont pay there Is not a hurdy gurdy shop within the municipal boundaries there are say inhabitants and over in the city and our police e magistrate Is running tho the gauntlet of starvation unless he can support his doctor is your faintly family a large one by some better paying business the drift of regenerative labors in a great degree is now apparent they are philanthropic they would save well no not the nation tion from rain nor the community here from vice vico but they would save financially we mean our worthy police court and furnish em for the peace officers it their philanthropy is overflowing and under the circumstances cum stances who cannot sympathize with them it would be such a relief to them if they could introduce civilization here here where it Is needed deeded so why only the other day an individual was so anxious to elevate the character of our city that he actually dreamed of a theft with his eyes open and told it to a scarcely credulous public but virtue hi has haa its own reward he was believed by some for an hour or two till the truth was known lawyers are in a woebegone woe state lawsuits are as scarce as grasshoppers on snow the police pollee have not enough oven occupation pation to waken a semblance of animation dr clinton will soon have to go tp farming or take a Inis mission sidn 11 no wonder tho the cry Is that wa we need civilization ho must be blind indeed who cannot see it why oven the bar loafers and gamblers swear ear they cant stand it and are putting off every nine fine day to civilized regions where tiley can shoot a man for breakfast gurdy institutions have a free fight when they want one and show to all the world that they are civilized civili I 1 dont we need regeneration sadly tim THE looi loor lt it Is a pleasure pleas ore to seethe see the mendenhall loom at work in cronyn cos cols store our junior claims to to 11 considerably acquainted with weaving and he speaks in high hl ix terms of the performances of this loom which works with astonishing ease and speed those who have not dropped in to see it should do so by all means as watching it operate will practically spear speak more in its favor than half a column of writing could do F from ron ROX UTAH co our friend judge bean dropped in to see us on last wednesday in capita capital health and spirits and reported all an pros prosperous berous in utah county that Is gratify gratifying i ng the heavy storm which visited this his t city on the evening 0 of T tuesday edday the loth had poured forth its fury ir in utah co and up lip to the point of tor the mountain on the morning of the same day FOR tue TUB EAST cronyn and co announce anno unc that mr perris will start east fast soon to buy goods good for the firm and on commission they ahey aro are ar prents for Bl andys andya engines the loom mom and other machinery n TT 4 1 j ll 11 READ nead datray list lis i it tm ia i ST T genge gerge by a letter from a gentleman of st george to a friend in this city wo we libil that good times have been enjoyed downS down south oath this winter parties have predominated and af |