| Show i of a I 1 ITEMS T IF M S 6 J F FROM FRIDAYS DAILY mgt pei ia 4 uld sid vid 1 1 NOTICE the rev hev A M fishera fisheri of the 4 methodist church from the state 0 ot f sevada serada will deliver a dl discourse escourse in the ne on sunday morning next at ten byrne dlo llo i UE wino WING the grasshoppers that for a few days past have been trying their aps aers ers 0 of light h in a limited amit degree agree yester ME a and ana n to today day mounted in midair mid id air w ith a conscious firdous security in their powers of loco potion otio As s a south wind was blowing th ey were going in a northerly direction but hit fit it seemed merely as carried by the wind ethere adhere not appearing to bo be any general move ment among them the bench north and knorth horth east cast of the city is said to be covered aa with the insects 11 DELICIOUS wo we are happy to state that the delicious weather which has prevailed since last N november continues in unabated loveliness this morning we were gratified at being indulged the luxury of a magnificent snow squall and at midday mid day reveled in the possession and use of a warm pair of sable gloves and a blanket overcoat who wonders at the hardy and vigorous people e who inhabit virginia breathe the frost la laden en atmosphere of a june morning and luxuriate with fire eleven months in the year it is great fun and ana the only men who growl are hoster foster the ice nian man and kelly a man soda virginia nov nev trespass 2 june ad BROKE GROUND through the kindness of president young we have been put in possession of the following items of news received from bishop sharp now at work in weber kanyon at 1034 10 on tuesday morning loth dinst of construction S B reed esq broke ground at devils gate and the bishop with his men commenced work woric immediately med bed lately that being the first point de determined 11 ed upon and permanently located the bish bishop op has constructed a temporary wagon ro road d around the slide on the north side ol 01 the river at the month mouth of the kanyon for the purpose 0 building the foundation of the railroad into the river some forty or fifty feeg fret this road the pub public 1 0 can use while the foundation Is being kli rii built bulit t during the morning before the men commence voik work at noon soon and after they quit at night atter alter the foundation Is laid pe permanently rma 11 the constructing engineer wants a shoulder or projection left outside of the bottom of the siope slope and a few tew feet added to the which be tie has decided on will maide maire a permanent wagon road around that point which will accommodate the public in the absence of the bridge below the men working with the bishop aie feeling well and are doing their best ECHO KANYON kasyon F little lutle esq got in this morning orning at a verv very early hour irom echo kanyon and reports that contracts for grading were yere being rapidly iet let by joseph A young esq eq on Wednes wednesday day ony evening about two and a half miles of the road was located and they expected to have three or four miles more located yesterday STAaT STARTED zD bishop the ath and ath wards or of this city started s yesterday esterday for the head bead of echo Kan kanyon yonto to take a contract on the road for about forty men who will work on the co operative principle A number of the men started this morning they are well supplied with provision and leave their famil families es in the same comfortable condition sweetwater we met aret bolivar roberts esq today to day who has just returned from sweetwater bis his confidence in that region la Is sufficiently strong to induce him to bend out the quartz mill which mr jennings brought on it having now passed into the hand of roberts co mr R says he expects to start the mill roll on monday lie he believes there Is plenty of paying quartz there but does not think it Is the tho place lor for a poor man to go at to present in three months be looks for bullion as the results of the running of the mill THERE Is a letter at the presidents office addressed to james carrigan Carrl gau gan information W martin marti n of cailao macon co mo inquires of postmaster A wa W street esq concerning his brow blotner er M 11 Mar martin tirl who when last heard beard from was living near salt Sall Lake eity city calt can anyone furnish the required information RETURNED general A L chetlain 17 S assessor Asses arkes mor for lor for the district of utah returned to the city as his numerous friends willbe will be pleased tornow to know on wednesday eve evanine nine from the green river and sweetwater regions BOUGHT theu THEM mr perrys outfit of wagons mules and harness comprising some excellent specimens eci eel ifeng of each were bought by kemball knowlton and faust houtz most of atthe the tho wagons and harness will be sold bythe by the last named gentlemen and the mules in number will be employed on president B youngs contract on the railroad i FROM SATURDAYS DAILY TITE THE sweetwater COUNTRY wo were gratified yesterday afternoon by receiving a call from gen A L chetlain U S assessor of internal revenue who has just returned from a visit to the sweetwater coull tr O the generals health while he has been beell 0 absent was not so good good as usual ho hor fahad had an attack of mountain fever from which however ha ho has almost entirely recovered co ered ile he went to the sweetwater somewhat prejudiced against the mines but ho he has returned well convinced that they are very rich the gold so far as discovered is principally in ledges from 75 to of these have been discovered and located one half of which will yield in the opinion of old and experienced quartz miners from M 25 to 50 to the tho ton some borne of these ledges are now low being worked about tons of quartz have been taken out of the tho ceresa ledge which is worked by col fe co by means m eans eang of two shafts 40 feet deep it is estimated that this quartz is worth the ton four large abastas are being be ing i constructed ted and a quartz mill is about to be taken from here which will be in operation within the next 40 days several parties have also gone east to procure mills which they the y expect to have running by the fall the placer diggings are improving they have been discovered at spring gulch and rock creek and several gulches in the new district called summit they pay from 5 tov to 30 per day to the tho man two men oneff whom was comstock the discoverer of the famous ledge of that name in nevada were work working ay iy at spring gulch and in ono one day with a long bong ong tom they took out about 7 70 10 the population of the country is about 2500 I 1 provisions are plenty and tolerably cheap thirty miles irom from south pass city is the wind river kiver valley many have gone there and taken up ranches and have been plowing and sowing this spring the general thinks the sweetwater country offers unusual inducements at the present time to capitalists he has derived his information from reliable men who have for years been operating in mines and they are of the opinion on that there is great wealth in the country but it will take time and capital to develop ve lopit it his opinion is that men who have families and are doing well at home had bad better remain and let well enough alone but he thinks that young men who have capital and who are disposed to work and are not in a hurry to get rich all abonce and can wait a few years might probably make fortunes poor men go there and finding no opening and no way to sustain themselves the in get sick of the place become soured and leave and then cry down the country our position in this territory is an advantageous one by following alir our home pursuits we have the benefits which neighboring mining regions afford without the risks which all pennons persons who follow mining R must assume the general is of the op opinion nion that the high tariff which will be charged by bk rail on produce from the E east ast will give us the advantage in furnishing fl other provisions to that section gen chetlain brought in som some very every fine specimens in which tho the gold was seen seon on all sides we were glad to see liim him in our midst again a 0 ain aln y J MECHANICS MEETING yesterday evening a eating or of mechanics and othern others was wa 2 held in rine fine the tabernacle to take measures lor or organizing organising organ g izing ising operative cooperative co associations to import the requisite laborsaving labor jabor saving machinery auel huel necessary to in thin this city cily various kinds llam of manufactures on an extensive seale neale after alter some very pertinent aud and pointed remarks by col J U C little the rne nit eliuk eting wa was i dealy deuly duly organized bishop i dvaid hunter chairman A milton musser esq beci becie tary elary and ed edward ward L sloan reporter the chairman in of the object for the meeting had been ballod ca llod sahi bahl when we imported an article we bad in many instances to pay a high price comparative illustrated bis bit remarks baybold ing up an imported chair to view which fellin pieces from froth his bis hands the circuns stance so for lor chibly illustrating the Bishop lel yes sentiment us as to cause a burst of laughter through the assembly lie ile lurther further added that not dot only were we thus buying inferior articles but we were paying away money to be carried butof out or the territory which should pass into the hands bands or of our mechanics chanice cs pres B Young youngton Youn gln gin tn a few kind bind fatherly remarks pointed out thau thai the ability of our ine lne chanies chanles la 19 plainly visible by their lawr labors and showed thal thai steps stepa must betaken betoken be taken immediately to establish wagon carriage and furniture manufactories manu factories end others of a similar kind our mechanics might wait for men with capital to do this and make a community with a few rich men aud and the rest poor and therley ther teh leb orthey could operate cooperate co unite their capital experience and ability bring on here the kinds of timber aad rad the iron which are needed now that the railroad Is rapidly approaching and make the wagons carriages furniture ac watch which are called for nere here cheaper than they could be imported and a better article while giving increased to labor it will be but a short time until the union pacific and the central pacific railroads are united and we be placed in communication by rail with the west then it will be an easy matter to bring timber round cape horn in ships and nd by rail from san ran francisco and land it here better seasoned and cheaper than it could be brought from the east he concluded by giving a practical character to his suggestions suggestion S saying baying that if an association was organized ore iced for the manufacture of wagons carriages de and another for the manufacture of furniture he be would woula take shares in each to the amount of office nive five hundred dollars or a thousand dollars in all speeches and remarks were subsequently made bv president wells wello col J 0 little bro henry dinwoodey bro burr frost bishop raleigh and bro H E Bowrin sr in which a number of points were advanced pertinent to the subject and showing the necessity lor for the or under contemplation various iurna furna were also named by a number present as to the amounts for which they would take shafts bro bru dinwoodey suggested that the various kinds e of ef f mechanical labor be classified sin tin and d t that hut each torm form an organization for itself thin this wa was 4 urk con Ide redby by the meeting and a in meeting eting ww railed called lt t the cabinet makers for lor evening at 6 under the di it wot woi ley jey to be held in his factory and an on ott oti the carriage and wagon makers crr car and painters smiths ac under the direct ton ion of littleto chy lily hall hail on wednesday W evening at 6 the meeting then adjourned ANOTHER PLAN play bro robert peirce ralpd thit afat and vid tid of another plan I 1 r hilling employed on hl fario farin I 1 y br jarn james van natta ile lie takes a hoop boop such us 1 ja u used ed en n a tub and fastens around it the mouth of a sack this he then theu attaches to the end of a pole and sweeps the open mouth of the sack along the ground hither and thither the hoppers that are yet wingless hopping to their own destruction in this ibis way he has already saved touch grain although they have been incalculably numerous on the farm and be he expects to be able to save the crop FROM MONDAYS DAILY SABBATH S MEETINGS rev kev A M fisher from nevada preached in the morning taking for text 1 I am the way joun JOHN xiv 6 he was listened to with marked by avery a very large audience the attendance of the sunday school children who had bad turned out en aasve was a very pleasant feature of the congregation the discourse of the reverend gentleman occupied about three quarters of an hour in delivery president young followed elucidating the principle of christ being the way showing that no one can say that jesus Is the christ but by the spirit of god and testifying that he is a living witness to the truth of the declaration made by the apostle john which bad been taken as a text by the gentleman preceding him he said that there Is now more and stronger evidence of the divinity of josph joseph smiths mission mois rolS iSlon and the truth of the book of mormon than there Is that jesus Is the christ in the latter case we have the testimony of eight individuals only the writers of the new few rew Te nant in the former case we have the testimony of twelve men to the book of mormon and that of the thousands who by the holy ghost are in a position to say that they know jesus Is the christ and joseph smith Is a prophet ph et of god the meeting wa was dismissed with prayer by the rev vincent palen post rost chaplain ot of camp douglas in the afternoon elder orson pratt delivered a very interesting discourse I 1 C ulm KiM BAM nam some rome few weeks ago go atille president was driving into provo in the night lie was thrown vio violently antly dorm horn his buggy lie he leil lell partly on an his head and injured an old hurt in his bis side the fall was a severe one at the lime but beyond the injuries then received nothing serious was expected ex pecked to result from it but it has been noticed that he has not been ho sowell well weli since that fall and during the early pai t of last week his lace was considerably flushed he was at the mass meeting on Wed wednesday nesda and his appearance was then remarked W on thursday evening a sort of paralysis manifested itself so that he was not able to use his right leg lee to walk with but he be still stilt kept around on friday his whole side seemed to be paralyzed beginning at the old hurt in his side yesterday morning there was considerable improvement and he be has been steadily Im improving provin 9 since ile he felt languid this morning probably the reaction conse conRe consequent quent upon the excitement caused by the numerous calls made upon him yesterday all alt latter day saints faints wili will be rejoiced to learn that his condition today to day is quite favorable and indicative of a speedy restoration to health G GONE ONE ose TO provo president B young started this morning lor provo frosi FROM THE MUDDY mundy from st joseph on the muade bro ddll rill jah elmer writes under date may jay and says all Is Js quiet herewith here with the natives they have tenor ten or twelve acres of good wheat which they arenow are now noo cutting harvest has begun here in real earnest earnet and crops are generally good the reason season Is cold fon lor this climate but bat it Is good for late wheat our cotton is all in and generally looks well though the weather is cold for cotton W we ha have V acres planted by thirty one om men met the brethren that came in |
