Show i homce m FROM TUESDAYS DAILY ni writing for publication are I 1 requested to write on one side of the paper only I 1 0 arno erno no notice can betoken betaken of anonymous com corn correspondents names must in y every instance accompany their alons not necessarily for publication but asa as a guarantee tee of reliability ST THOMAS tro das aas bro C E bolton suiting writing from st thomas on the muddy at says I 1 cotton is promising to do well this year the hot winds ceased about two weeks ago there are thunder showers on tho the mountains around us nearly everyday every day tho the cottonwoods cotton woods wooda are growing almost past belief the wheat crop in this valley will average about eighteen bushels to the acre oats and barley do well st thomas is emphatically a healthy location eve every ry body is well but overworked WANTED mr james ers kine of port San ilae state of michigan writes to mr street postmaster for information of a person supposed to be a resident of this city named rom rora smith from the danble river and formerly of the state of michigan MONA moma bro edward kay writes concerning this settlement in juab county stating that the majority of the people are trying to live religion elder jonathan mid midgley lek iek lef superintendent in of sunday scho schools ois for juab paid them a visit last month accompanied by elders eiders eiders elders george kendall and thomas ord ordana and ana organized a sunday school appointing J A keyte superintendent and thomas vilmas robertson Rober lson secretary there had been a sunday school there previous to this organization A female relief society was also organized sister eilza ellza somerville being appointed with sisters bisters bascom and newton counselors sister keyte secretary and sister robertson treasurer surer improvements are progressing houses being put up and lots fenced in the tho new survey on the bench MOVING ox osithe ethe the ithe traer track Is now laid thirty thir ty five miles west ol 01 benton on thursday four miles were laid A night and day force of track track layers are now employed and the work ceases neither night nor day benton Is to be removed to a point sixteen miles ralles west known as rolling springs where the railroad will have their depots and ana shops 11 cheyenne leader anist auz aug accidentally bitow drowsed drowned qed on saturday afternoon a little boy ten years of age son of mary and the late wm win nixon vixon who had gone to bathe with some other children in the ath ward slough got into deep water and was drowned we are informed that a man who was close by declined dec lifted trying to save the lad for fear olan accident to himself the tho body ot the deceased was burled buried this morning his name naine was charley alma nixon on the lith uit cit mr samuel mccartney one ot of the leading merchants of st louis louls departed this life the deceased gentleman was a native of belfast ireland and was born in the year 1818 1918 when only ten years of rge age he lie emigrated with his parents to america and resided an in new until be tio mas tras fifteen years orage of age he then set out in life on his own accorn account t and made his venture at cincinnati at which place he for three years followed the occupation of lew lem clerk clere for the next rive five years he was engaged in floating produce to new orleans and Vicksburg subsequently He returned to cincinnati Cinci finati and became a partner in the firm of butler and matthews in 1847 he took up bis his residence at st stlouis louis and opened the grocery firm of mccartney butler the name of the firm was afterwards changed to mccartney hamilton and finally to mccartney co for toun tour years until tune was not very propitious but from that day on he amassed wealth rapidly he was a man of energy and lood flood business tact at his death being worth nearly five hundred thousand dollars ile he was well known to most of our leading merchants and so far as we have been able to learn in their business transactions with him he always showed himself an honorable and reliable business nian man gerting GETTING wacel one odthe of the quickest instasi Ins instances tail tall of sinking for lor and obtaining water that we have noticed recorded Is in tile the colorado tribune ot of the uit nit in which tho the editor says we saw D 0 peabody dig a well put in a pump and tetch letch water in one hour and a half yesterday he used a patent tube which he drove into the ground fifteen feet to water and then attaching at the pumping apparatus pumped out good cool water crater verily this is an age U se of invention DIED BIRD Yesterday afternoon thae the fune fane funeral rell reil of brother rother 3 emerson took place in this city elder geo geoa A smith having preached the funeral sermon bermon deceased was taken sick in california about the first of last march and tra meled to he came up un to tok the city with bro richard bently bentli his sickness continued notwithstanding the change of sir air and climate and for some time his death has been expected he was twenty nine years of age on the of july lie he died strong in tha the faith of the gospel ST josepn fram st joseph pah ute colln colin county arizona we learn through bro james farmer that a great deal of com corn and cano cane had been planted there this season and the cotton crop looked very promising the advance guard of the grasshoppers reached that place on the uit in vast numbers but it was hoped too late to injure the cotton crop though it was doubtful the indians are friendly had planted considerable corn at date of writing and were still planting FROM wednesdays DAILY GOT gar HOME homr our respected Delegate hon HOD W H U hooper arrived by the s stage ge from the east this afternoon as we were preparing to eo go to press his faithful services in the interests this territory at the seat of the national government vern ment ara are appreciated by his constituents who will all be pleased to learn of his safe arrival home t GE RIVER RR CITY asb AND tind tins M ILA lla A carter esq who returned to this yesterday informs us that he had been east as far as the terminus anc says the railroad is progressing ess ng ra rapidly ly from the e point n w where ere is einz eing prosecute prosecuted to green river G grading g camps are scattered all along the way ways wit with short 6 nort hort intervals between and mr casement told him he could conid lay the track to green 4 river in forty days and expected the grading would be ready lor tor him to do BO so mr carter says green river city Is not so black as it has been painted A rough and lawless element such each as always makes itself manliest manifest in these railway towns predominated at first but the civil officers have it in control and thelius the business iness of the place is in the hands of substantial and reliable men several eastern bouses houses having agents there of course there are a number of dance houses in the place with consi coast considerable demable gain sain gambling bling going on and a good deal of whisky walking around ACCIDES tauy TAUT KILLED KiL kin red yesterday afternoon while david fisher of the ward was working on sharp youngs contract on the railroad about three miles from the mouth of weber canon cahon filling a wagon there was an earth slip a portion of which fell on him he called for help but before it could reach there was another slip of the earth which fell upon and killed him his body was brought into the city arriving early this morning and will be interred this afternoon Dece deceased asel asea was a quiet good man and Is spoken of in the highest terms by those who knew him lie he leaves a wife and family to mourn his untimely end WEBER wener COUNTY couney president L F earr farr arr was in town today to day for a few hours and informed us that the people of weber county are pretty well through with their grain harvest the yield ot of wheat is better than was expected for the whole county considering the destruction caused by the locusts he says they have raised enough to bread them we hope they will have some td spare the oat and barley crops are aro very light corn and cane cano look well AN AIT EXTRA apking it is curious to see gee the trees so lately bare of foliage as if autumn had stripped them for winters untimely arrival putting forth their leaves in the delicate greeg greed green of spring which contrasts strangely with the darker hued foliage that received the summers sun and which was uninjured by the locusts if we should not be visited again by the destructive truc tive insects a very short time from now will see our trees acain again fully clothed in their livery of summer the apple trees locust trees and colton colon woods seem to be putting forth their leave leaves more quickly than other othen varieties of fruit CALLED wo we had a call today to day fro mind froming from and a very pleasant interview with i mr ir hewitt gravelin traveling correspondent of the cincinnati Ch chronicle a new and popular paper that has recently been established establish edin in that city mr hewitt intends to remain in the city a few days ho he will go 0 o from here to virginia V montana and expects to visit oregon and from there down tho coast to san Frari francisco cisco ho he expresses himself much pleased leased IN with inith ith this city and what he has seen beere here MISLAID MO we were favored wita with reports of the celebration of the in farmington and Cent centerville erVille from bros arthur aad and charles stayner which have been millaid mislaid during tile the absence of localton Lo calon calou whose file they were placed our friends in those settlements will wiil please pass over the omission resting assured that we were gratified to learn of the excellent mann manner er in which they enjoyed themselves on the I 1 late t L veraa ryot aarm elz jeers aers into n these valleys and that at we h pi ticy licy continue to td enjoy themselves on smith subh and n all other occasions dred at manof july david carlos son of george and sarar sarau 8 brant braUt aged twelve weeks heavy freighted the tho coach which arrived from the east this afternoon brought with it along wilh other passengers hon Q geo eo 0 gorham secretary of odthe the senate senator stewart ot of nevada and our delegate relegate Pe legate tion lion W 11 II 1 hooper looper FRO 11 thurs THURSDAYS DAYS dats DAILY f 4 tun THE s WO we havo have been il favored a vor edwith with the perusal ofa ora of a letter to elder george A smith from E elder eider ider lder george georgo teasdale en route to england on a mission dated new york august ath from which wo ive glean tho the following missionaries with whom he traveled reached platte city on tho the esth of july in captain Mum fords train p and after resting a day were wore sent down to tho the railroad with a couple coupie of teams from tho the end of the tho track they rode to lar lan laramie am le by rail ran in empty trucks for ten bonts a tm mile mlle ile lle there they met otherA brothern br C they also met elders winslow farr parr ferrin fernin terrin farnsworth FarnsWor tb glossop shaw lem lowis lewis is and bell odthe of the tho missionaries going c east s t at omaha they remained remain td a icom dav y having haying ving met bishop john brown elders eldery ir H B clemons demons I 1 F farnsworth J J glossop and 0 B shaw went by steamer to st louis louls on the way to seo their friends thence on to new york E iders elders haden W church T B lewis and bell left for their fields of labor Inthe in the states and elders teasdale edmund eldredge Eldr edgo V farr earr J W ferrin I 1 L 11 grant and and hans reter Peter petersen seri sell took tho the cars for new york b by wa way of C chicago go and suspension br bridge dge T they e deac reached ed now ow york ork after a ride of t rec days and d nights h and found the heat very intense and ene enervating a sting here hero ere they met elders H B clawson W 0 staines D 0 calder and heber J rich richards r elders grant eldredge ferrin forrin farr and petersen sailed fok for for liverpool in the steamship france on saturday july and on saturday the elders if clemons demons farnsworth shaw and glossop who had arrived the previous day took passage on tho virginia i m elder teasdale having been detained by y E elder lder ider idec clawson to assist in the emigration business in new now york welcome hone homr we received a call today to day from our old friend hon ron W H hooper who Is among us once more radiant with good humor and well satisfied with the results of hla his labors as delegate to congress from the territory ol 01 utah the captains health has not been the best but he la Is looking much better than we expected to see him from accounts which we had received his beaith health Is much improved of late and he Is looking very well A respite from the cares which have pressed upon him and an opportunity port unity of benj enjoying 0 yingtse the society of his family and friends 1 breathing our pure mountain air will enable wim him lm to recuperate rapidly nis his nn berous friends will be glad to hear of his safe arrival and to see him STARTING o OF or TRAINS the following trains started from laramie city at the dates named with immigrants captains rawlins aia aid Lov elands trains left july captain murdocks on the 0 i and captain hal hai Haigh baights lits ts on the with the he passengers that tha t came by tho the minnesota and john bright 1250 in number captain See seeless Se leys eleya less train left august with the wil passengers and freight theft the first of the trains may reach this city by saturday or sunday though it is difficult to say exactly since no information has reached yet of their striking the road where a telegraph station is and the first they would come to on the road they will most likely travel would be at bear beir river since writing the above tho following telegram has been received fram from captain murdock F fori fort ort bridger au aug 13 1868 president clent tient B young my train tram is on the way in good condition be at salt sait lake the J K R r the tue we have been favored with the following telegram to president young I 1 which announces the arrival of the emerald isle the last ship of the season we are grieved to note the mortality among the passengers hen ben gers gens new K ew york aug augle 12 the last ship emerald J jle isle has arrived there have been thirty seven deaths during the passage and forty have bavei been sent to hospital mostly danish children with measles II 11 B CLAWSON obsequies through the kindness of bro B lang or the lotu irth ward we are placed in possession of the following yeste yesterday aday afternoon the obsequies of bro david fisher who was accidentally killed billed in the cannon were conducted in schoolhouse school house bouse by bishop J proctor and counselor A spiers after singing by the choir and prayer bishop proctor proctar spoke of or the upright char ebar character acter actor of dec deceased eased during the six years of his residence in the ward he had lived thelise the ilfe life ot oi a saint of a mild and gentle disposition hes he hev ft as aa affectionate husband a kind hind parent and a good neighbor the bishops remarks were full of sympathy and condolence to the bereaved counselor spiers followed corroborating the Bi bishops re markiwith mark markss with regard to bro fishers character and gave utterance to some timely reflections on the tho uncertainty of human life and the importance por tanco taneo of being prepared for such a change expressing his confidence that bro fisher has baa passed irom from death to life and that he will inherit h the promises made to the faithful elders joseph taylor and B lan lang close neighbors to deceased also spoke of his many good qualities and expressed their condolence with the bereaved family the schoolhouse school house was filled |