Show 0 INT SABBATH president josf jose joseph young spoke on several subjects relating to the merc mercle lefi fl of God towards his creatures the manifold reasons we have to ha be filled with wander at lis jis hla works and with love and gratitude lar the gresl great blessings we enjoy he pointed out the emptiness and sad fleeting character of worldly greatness pomp and wealth tho iho humility required to render obedience to the commandments I 1 of god and ana the superiority of the wisdom of ot heaven made manifest through the tae elders eldera of israel to that odthe ot the great and earned learned of thet the earth for the tile accomplishment of holy und and righteous purposes he ilg referred to those who wio have recently fallen failen hy by the in indians hilans pointed out that they have passed the ordeal orceal that all must pass which they will never be ve called upon undergo to again and are with the spirits of the justrine ju just strike he recalled the counsel often given to exercise the utmost care while living in or traveling ng through places where there Is allabell alt all abill traveil traveling ty of danger er from the ravages savages and to built a fort at t every every mcw new settlement sufficiently large ana and strong to protect all the inhabitants he concluded hy by exhorting the saints to fait falt faithfulness brul i and diligence i elder eider lorenzo snow reasoned upon th evalue of our bel being g filled with a of peace and happiness abat thal that we may enjoy this present life having tho iho strongest assurance that no matter what our present circumstances may be there Is a future before us and ful fui than anything we can conceive of with this assurance and with the know knowledg ledga awe we possess if the latter day saint s i are not happy and the happiest people on th theearta the earth carth then the fault is with themselves there are people who walk around upon the earth dead to the truth and sankin ignorance even esen events As the Lama nama who are around ps us but we ire should so live uv e that the spirit of life and right t will be and with us hb he spoke of the general feeling that exists 1 everywhere he has been siu sin since ee co conference with regard to lc kepling kepl kepi ng tho the word ot 01 wisdom there has been a very tery ery cry great reformation in I 1 this is matter which has been quietly but effectually working lie he advocated the throwing away of or every thing calculated latel to shorten life or weaken ouy our mental and physical vigor rin tin and d our learning how hofto to take care of ourselves and of the thousands who will yet look upon us fo for relief and sustenance that we mv may accomplish the purposes of god in righteousness J i I 1 elder ezra T benon benson after speaking of the happiness enjoyed by the quoted the words can yon you gather grapes of or thorns or figs of thistles whistles es by their fruits ye shall shail know them chewing g that the fruits of the gospel are peace joeand joy and consolation in the tio holy ly ghost and blessings bestowed in great abundance he spoke of his early darly experience before and shortly after embracing the gospel and the great bless biess ings that he received and land exhorted the saints to increased faith and good works ire he also aiso spoke of the strong feeling that exists hmong among the saints to keep the wor woi dof dot of wisdom the manner in ill which that revelation Is being observed is cheering and manifests the faith of the people and their strong desire to tp da do the will of god he re probated the practice of elders in israel walking through the streets I 1 with pipes stuck in their mouths months ta inting the air with tobacco smoke I 1 ik OBITUARY major J ohn john wesley vance kill ed at twelve mile creek dreek sanpete San pete on june ad by indians mccans was interred on the tho ath dinst at 11 a am m By bletter blotter letter ietter from bishop thomas J lough hirle we learn Tn some particulars which will he be interesting major vance was acting adjutant on the stair stait of general vace pace in sanpete San pete and on the lse ise 1 dinst n went to mauti tb abhold hold hoid a military drill ha having I 1 Y im performed that duty he started to return to camp at gunnison Gunn ison lson in company with captain orson P miles sergeant heber houtz and nathan manner tanner lun lun Jun when they reached twelve MI mile ae creek they were fired tired upon by indians and major vance and aud sergeant bergant houtz were were shot and left on the ground dead br houtz horse honse was shot br vances wai was brought drought away pway the major was shot through the middle and in the breast close to tho the top of the breast bone bros miles and tanner succeeded in reaching g mantl manti having been pursued some distance by the indians A posse of men went from mantl and brought in the bodies andon the morning of the id they were forwarded to their homes bomes homes at nephi they were dressed in their burial clothes and put into coffini the remains of of majar vance arrived at llis ills residence an fn alpine on the tho evening of the toil large and most respectable bortt oghig the al off omm meers officers of his hie re bap hair nair agton and counselors of american fork and a large of citi zens zeng froni from provo tin and dother other settlements jo in the north end ena of utah county although ae he had been killed two days and birou brought g 0 over v et one hundred miles he looked looked almost as natural as lite lue not having been scalped scalded or mutilated in any way which was con eon consolatory sol soi atory though it was a sorrowful thing tobe to behold hold bold a large and almost helpless family mourning over their murdered husband and father the majority of the escort stopped til ill till ait aft aher erthe the funeral and the te large pro prod cession which followed his boryto body to the grave showed in what estimation he was held hell major vance vanco held several prominent t positions and filled them honorably jie jle was first counselor to the bishop justice of the peace and alderman and i post bost rost post master of alpine he was also major of the battalion of infantry and school Tru trustee steb Hl sloss Is mourned by a large circle of relatives es and friends who sympathize with his bis their bereavement theatrical the regular theatrical summer me season opened on tuesday evening ath dinst when aheu the dead heart wis was presented for the first time here the play plat la Is something of a historical one its scenes bein glaid claid some years eyears antecedent to and during the progress of the french revolution the manner in which it was put upon the stage could not fall toco to convey lives luves a vivid idea of the character of some of the incidents that transpired at that terrible period of french hf history story it may be truly called a tb thrilling rilling and intense intensely y interesting play for while it does not deeply excite to sorrow nor often stir to laughter it moves to varied feeling sand moods of min dand carries thought involuntarily to some of those dread scenes which bathed paris and france in blood viewed I 1 in n this light tilee characters are but representatives of cl classes asset the incidents of circumstances cum stances and event events nobert robert landry the young sculptor standing in the way of an aristocrat ris and consigned to p the bastile through the influence and villainy of a priest represents the class to which be is suppose oseo ti to 0 belong ion lon while those nt at whose hands hp he sui sni pu flers fers likewise Te represent present in n a degree the power of or the nobility and the influence and corruption af pf the ecclesiastics of the tho th time in that nation so with ilie ille the other characters introduced Introduce a the scenes were very fr the two duels sensational lopal that to jo the ileath particularly BO so the situations situation sa are re higi bigi highly fly d dramatic nanial le h nd of the tile scenery sets seth set bet costumes nad appointments were ol 01 the pujo pajo cae ewe constantly exercised on 0 our ur boards blued landry well miss adams sus sustained idinea ibe the emril catherine mr mckenzie mckeuzie babbe labbe I fiur and the ch at eters were licit well CUM ca t mhd lily illy rendered on thursday evening llie flop n was apin alln atin presented ado add arid vait as even b better received ed than thab on of its first performance when mr rond riv took tonic hi his benefit the parts were excel le teu leu tle lie rendered bobby isa great institution IH the hands of mr who dartagnan in hig big best beat style stile miss ns nady lady d 6 aln winter ter the only important change chango ge lu in I 1 the he plat eust played with much vim in intact fact the whole play was well performed tho the beautiful and the costumes ost unies magnificent I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 the fine play of or the dead henrt heart was repe repeated repeated atea on saturday night aria arid Was performed much abe same as on the tuesday evening previous al n therefore calls galls for lor no special comments last night there was presen teda toda ne new pl ce the streets of new york that has hns a ig M had d most successful runs in it opens up tip some bome scenes and characters more than occasional glances are caught in real life it brings ns us face to face with representative situations circumstances and incidents which while til they ey can be neither new nor strange to many ninny who witness them are so arranged produced and worked up that the interest excited by them Is f 3 very great the characters were good and well cast thursday ni night ht Is the last one of mr fort s engagement on saturday night he takes lakes a ben benefit eft t being the occasion of his las last appearance tim THE friday noon great salt lake lako city cloudy but t c clearing earing learing i onn off after the storm I 1 by deseret state telegraph line unc logan gaining and snowing rather cold rained I 1 all ail last p ight payson rayson very gloomy and cloudy it has snowed this morning very hard nepal beahn snowing at 5 this morning and has been snowing ever since till just now trees covered with snow sanpete San pete very cold and cloudy occasional showers of hall fillmore rather cool some few scattering clouds we had a heavy frost last ladt night it cut I 1 the most of our grape grapevines vines down I 1 beaver very cold partially clear and disagreeable another fall of snow yesterday parowan carowan Pa rowan sharp frost last night ice tee a third ol 01 an inch mck thick very cold and indications indications ol 01 more wore snow or rain today to day To kerville very pleasant now very cloudy sta st george clear rather cool in irr st night ther inome loome tir at or 82 this morang morn ng OBSEQUIES the funeral obsequies of br brne arhe riber houtz sergeant cay N I 1 ii the y young bu ng man who was killed with major vance vanee by the indians at twelve mile creek sanpete baulete San Sau pete lete were held in the thirteenth ward assembly rooms booms s on thursday mo morning ining commencing at 10 the body hah had been forwarded to top his friends as stated in the tele telegram telegrand grand grard flom from general pace published in our last number d and had been met by an escort of cavalry from the city u under tha the command of f A dewey A very large concourse of people assembled on the thy melancholy occasion and addresses were delivered liv Ved eed by elders geo A smith and gecorve georue Q cannon elder smith in referring to the sad circumstance which had called them together said he be could sympathise with the bereaved more deeply because of having suffered a similar loss his son a fine promising young man of milne teen having been killed by while on his way to the hoques vill villager ages ageg with some others in soi 1861 ha he urged the people not to 6 entertain vengeful feelings which would lead id fri inflict punishment on the innocent for the crimes of the guilty but to ever seek to have that spirit which while it would seek reparation from the guilty for wrongs committed would protect the ignoc innocent ent he could sympathize with the mourners but we do not mourn as those who have no hope for we have the assurance of the promise of god to sustain us in our bereavements elder cannon referred to the feeling which we have when dearly loved ones are arc thus thug rudely snatched away from us spoke of r the martyrdom of joseph and hyrum and the strong feelings with which the saints had bad then to and advanced the beautiful idea that rs Ps we w e rejoice over dver being born into this world of care and trouble so do those who have J passed from death to over the eman ci of another this life of sorrow to that of glory which lies lyond beyond L yond and ri rejoice more morel fully than we can do the addresses were highly appropriate and impressive the ward choir officiated eider elder cagnon offered the opening prayer and bishop woolley the closing one the body was borne to the grave preceded and followed by y an escort of bis his hi comrades of the cavalry and accompanied compa nied by a large number of carriages brother boutz bontz wius was a very estimable young man a brother to mr john houtz of the nirm firm of faust and houtz and was wils abolt twenty years office of age brother vance who was shot at the same time iq 1 spoken of in the highest terms as an vu of licer a citizen and a saint his residence was in Mountain mountainville ville utah county farat FATAI PA fal fat ACCIDENT on monday afternoon th the e jd last br george william rogers was digging underneath a bank not tar far from the residence of the Ilo llo honah Hon non nV WH IL hooper when whan it caved in and he was buried underneath whendy kont gont out be was found to td be fatally injured and tho though gh everything was done that could be by bedran dran dr an derson derbon gho aho vho tas was promptly sent for and by others he died in a short time afterwards the body was conveyed to his residence in the lith ward on tuesday afternoon it was interred addresses having been delivered at the funeral services by elders W woo woodruff and george Q C cannon annoti I 1 brother r rogers was a quiet man a k kind iad husband and a good saint he was respected by all who knew him and his friends were as gs fumei numerous ou as his acquaintances he was born in portsmouth england dec ath I 1 1827 and was therefore in his fortieth year he was baptized we u understand u der stand tand about 1850 1830 but have not learned tb the e definite time he emigrated to the united states in ISM iky and resided in philadelphia for is several iveral years being for a length of time secretary karyto to the conference there and came to this territory in 1860 lie he I 1 leaves eaves a wife wile to tG mourn his loss MORE your on thursday morning a little rain fell and clouds it kept et hovering around all day in the evening they began to thicken and deepen in the west and a storm set in about eight which passed through the me stages of rain hall sleet and snow varying them with occasional changes till friday morning when it snowed heavily for a while awhile and then turned to a gentle rain truly the climate seems undergoing der going a great change CITY usually a quiet rivulet Is and lot Jot some days past has been very high doing some damage east of the bridge on east temple street but west of that point it Is as yet completely controlled the whole length of the channel paved down the centre of north temple street demonstrating that paving to be an excellent improvement causing the stream to glide harmlessly where it had been accustomed to cut and carve in lix an unsightly manner and prevented re vented from doing more damage only b by a barge large farge expenditure at each recurring period of high water lecture there will be a lecture delivered this wednesday evening in the ward vard assembly 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