Show al I 1 aw IF ITE ITEMS MS aa S f FROM FRIDAYS DAILY f t t THIRD DISTRICT the trial of 0 win W m hoster poster charged with murder commenced yesterday morning C and still continues BENEFIT PARTY last night a dancing barty party was held in tho the ward nvard assembly the purpose of assisting elder E R beauchamp on his journey to australia the committee of arrangements were john T caine john S lindsay P margetts and R P F eslen JN and owing to their efforts the amm aff affair was a complete success the pecuniary being all thair could he be desired the he committee wish to express their thanks for the support rendered by their friends on this occasion POSTAL MATTERS AT WILLAR WI LLARi D CITY the correspondence over the signature Im Imro rovin vm 6 1 in to days paper is to the point and shows that there is need for improvement somewhere so far as the carrying carr corr yli of mail matter to willard clay clam Is concerned we hope that those G in whose province it lies to correct the evils con eon complained of will do so promptly for there certainly can be no reason for a delay of several days in the delivery of letters and papel papers s at a place on the main road of travet travel and so near to this city as willard city box elder connly county refi 1 SHOWER another splendid installment of the early rains descended this morning refreshing the vegetation and herbage and making the at loos sno sphere phere cool and pleasant the slow bussure change taking place in respect to rain falls in this territory rj is one of the most remarkable things connected with its history and settlement A few years ago a shower of rain was almost as rare as the visit of osan an angel and in order to raise grain fruit or vegetables the necessity for irrigation was absolute it was ir irrigate I 1 or nothing to eat but for the last few years the number of refreshing showers has gradually increased and in a very few years more if the rain increases in the same ratio tho the days of irrigation will have passed entirely Z away and in place ot of utah territory being one of the most sterile and uninviting spots imaginable it willbe will be one of the most fertile and pleasant surely the promises with regard to the early and latter rains is being realized here mr E L DAVENPORT ON SALT laue LAKE 33 13 C T writing from baltimore to the SF times gumes speaks thus of E L davenport esq the actor I 1 ned is a jolly good fellow follow a fine actor and spoke s oko oho of california and his friends in san ban francisco francisco in the most enthusiastic manner he played to twelve splendid houses bouses in salt lake and liked the theatre in that city as gs well as any he ever played in be he says that ho he never saw a more perfect association of ladies and gentlemen on any stage than he met at salt lake it made him smile however he said to hear the manager address an actor with brother maurlee maurice 31 autice you yon will play the ghost tonight to toni night ni ht EA examination U IN X CH CHAMBERS william m J dar Jar armon nion who arrived hero last fall and who for six months since then has been a salesman at the eagle emporium was examined yesterday and today to day before his honor judge smith in chambers for stealing several thousand dollars worth of goods from his late we employers wm jennings fc co the examination was wash going on when we went to press several other arrests as accessories to the stealing have been authorized Am RIVED we understand thai thal that a valuable addition is about to be made to the excellent stock company at the theatre miss annie ward who performs soubrette characters arrived from the east last evening and will shortly appear provo brg bro peter madson madsen and bro Mons inions petersen formerly assistant editor of the akiens St ierne both of provo called to see us this afternoon they report all Ec berene serene serenely renall in provo crops look finst first rate NO signs of high water provo lake being now about three feet lower lowe r than it was last year at this time california PRESS ON THE ta U P it K R the san erand Frand francisco temes times takes thee ther correspondent inn Irn dent of a morning con contemporary tempora to task for f or saying that the union pacific railroad is at present in an excellent and safe condition rho tho temes times should like to make the acquaintance of that correspondent he must possess it thinks a wealth of imagination and of hardihood which should secure his success as a writer of fiction the times says the directors of U P R B R have declared that they intend to make a first class road of their line before they reli rell their labors but it thinks there thero Is not much time to be 10 lost st for there is plenty of work nor for f or ten thousand men during the next six months botteen ag ogden den and E echo cho and as many mor or can find employment between echo and bryan r the times limes says respecting tho the U P E R it company until they fulfill fulfil their promises we shall advise no one to send ladies ladles or children drenko to the east by that route router the criticisms of the california press upon the construction of the U P it H R are severe they are evidently based to some extent on prejudice arising out of sectional feeling FROM krom SATURDAYS DAILY I 1 der DEP DEPARTURE arture ARTunE OF or hos hoy E ilICI GINS hon edwin higgins late secretary of utah territory left for ogden this afternoon where he will stay a short time previous to his final departure for the east our intercourse with mr higgins in his official capacity has been a pleasant character the past winter during the absence of his excellency governor durkee mr higgins was acting governor he ff expresses warm feelings towards the territory MILITARY CnA CHANCIER INGES we learn that certain changes have been made at washington in military affairs and aud recent orders havo have been issued from there by which the seventh united states infantry stationed in florida is to be consolidated soli dated with the infantry the latter regiment has been stationed in this department for some time timo five companies at eort port bridger and five here two of the companies at camp douglas left here last week one to yort port bridger and one to fort fred steel the ath infantry which arrived at omaha a few days ago is now en route to consolidate with the three of the companies will very likely arrive hero on monday yas as they will be at ogden tomorrow to morrow evening jal An ARRIVED RIVED we had a call today to day from hon SA giann the newly appointed secretary for this territory mr mann passed through here some ten years ago on hi his wa way to his late home in nevada we trust gat zat that his labors here hero anahis and ana his as socia eions with our public officers and citizens will be rs Ps pleasant as he can desire THIRD DISTRICT COURT count judge wilson presiding presiding dinh dint the case of the people vs wm poster foster charged arged with the murder of ij obrien is progressing the evidence will probably be concluded and md the case go to the jury today to day f casualties AT BRIG HAM olty CITY wo regret to have to record decol ol the drowning of a little boy three years of or age under very singular circumstances at brigham city on the afternoon of the inset the who child was the son of brother james christensen and we suppose was playing in or near a small water ditch when a picket fence fell feil fe 1 1 knocking nim aim into the water and causing his death before assistance reached him at about twenty minutes past ten at night of the same date an alarm was caused by the discovery that the wagon and furniture shop of J johnsen hahnsen and 1 if ii ensign situated a little to the east of president L snows grist mill was in flames and as a strong east wind was blowing at the time fragments of blazing materials were scattered in every direction reaching as far as main st of brigham city patrols were instantly pla pia placed cedon ou the watch to prevent the spread of the fire their efforts being greatly assisted by a leavy heavy shower of rain which fell at the time the shop and its entire contents were destroyed loss 2000 2600 2000 2600 during the progress of the fire a frenchman named las having on his person a box of matches and a file was found among the cotton rolls in the carding mill of brother norton about twenty rods from the fire he was wa arrested and has since confessed that he was tilo the incendiary he appear appears sto to be partially deranged we are indebted ea to our respondent co cop cor responder it A C 11 for the above items providence CACHE co this morning we received im a letter from I 1 ae E S gi account of things in general jn in providence cache county from which we are pleased to learn that the citizens of that place are thriving temporally and spiritually we would have willingly inserted the letter entire but seeing that thit it has been more than a month on n the road being dated april and is consequently little behind we shall summarize its contents A operative cooperative co store has hag been opened and was flourishing a house of prayer had been f finished and dedicated a sawmill saw mill was in 14 successful operation in the settlement a large amount ot of wheat had been sown the town was very quiet no drunkenness or other evidences of disorder but a desiro desire among the people to accomplish every laudable enterprise they were counseled to undertake and an earnest desire to leam learn and carry out the laws of heaven CLEVER velocipede FEAT tho the san francisco morning chronicle of the instant 8 arnt contains an account ofa of a perilous ve lo 10 dipede ede edo feat performed in that city at the mechanics pavilion on tho the day previous the was paul martinetti martinetti and the feat performed was riding a velocipede on a single wire less than half an inch thick suspended at a hight bight of twenty feet from the floor the distance rtin was two hundred feet and back again without turning in g either himself or the machine the f eat feat was performed with as much aas ease caso 0 aa as though it had been on the floor CELESTIAL phenomenon UE ox the territorial enterprise published at virginia city nevada contains an account of a very strange phenomenon seen there early on the morning of the lath Ins instant bant etwas it was a meteor or ball affire of fore fire apparently as bt b T large largo as the head of a flour barrel barrei of a bright glowing red color fromi from every ery side of wim wlm which at intervals of a fews minutes darted bright rays lilo like 1110 straws of a veo Vio broom onil the ends of which sent out sparks like those from a roman candle this strange appearance was visible for half ar an hour when it gradually set behind the th mountains the editor of the enterprise Enter prist says it was the strangest sight he ever saw in the heavens and while witnessing it he felt inclined to bet keh that the end cfall of all ail things was at hand POST OFFICE MATTERS we have received the following communication elicited by the correspondence in yesterday yesterdays ps NEWS in relation to the delivery of mail matter glatter at willard winard city P 0 SALT LAKE CITY may 1869 ED NEWS dear sir I 1 notice I 1 in your paper today to day that your correspondent from willard says that on enquiring for your paper the answer given is the mail sack came again empty As a direct sack is made up at this office for willard winard and brigham city each I 1 cannot understand how your paper can fail to arrive if the sack does unless some one opens the sack tagged Z willard winard Wi nard 23 I 1 trust the P PM M at willard will give the matter attention your respectfully A W T in alluding in our local column yesterday to the tho letter of improving ave we wish it to be distinctly anderst understood that eme we ome meant ant not to reflect in the least and had no allusion whatever to the salt lake city post office being fully convinced from observation and experience that everything that can be done is done lyu byu by mr r street and his assistants to forward the mail matter from this city with celerity and punctuality still stin if the statement made by our corres true and we have no reason to doubt it somebody is at fault and the best and surest way to cure ambli ambil oui aul ill ili is to call public attention to its existence we ive think it will win be well weli if the postmaster at willard and othell otheir places along the route will heed the suggestion in mr streets letter examination IN CHAMBERS the tho examination of W jarmon for larceny before his honor judge smith in chambers was resumed today to day and continued over until monda monday nat at one the prisoner crisone r was comm committed d tomail to jail jall not being able to give 9 ive lve bonds of 2500 the bail required for his s appearance the following persons charged with being accessories to the larceny were bound in the annexed sums to appear at said examination J JR R mcduff arthur arthurf F mitchell james coult doo joseph smith and joseph bean piton MONDAYS DAILY SABBATH MEETINGS yesterday morn mom ing elder eider B junr junr and several others addressed addi essed the congregation in the afternoon the time was occupied by E elder ider W 0 staines president geo leo A smith and elder joseph F smith JARMONS CASE ju judge ago elias smith continues the investigation of the case of jarmon and others CALLED we had bad a call this mornine morning morning from the tho following gentlemen hon M S bonifield member of the nevada state senate from humboldt co mr J P F hatch who represents the firms of phil philip P wadsworth CoT Brown aco of chicago cago arminer mr miner minor clerk of humbolt co nevada and of professor kings c s geological surveying party MORE OP OF THE SHOOTING NUISANCE brother james albion of the ath ward writes us that just jast after leaving work on the evening of the dinst when two blocks from the NEWS office on his way home apostol a pistol or gun gamvas was fired from some lot olt a picket fence only saving him from b eing being bit by the ball The Tho practice offshoot of shooting I 1 13 g only for amusement is i 3 becoming an intolerable t ol nuisance in this city and unless the proper authorities promptly suppress it it is almost certain to result in accident or loss of life it had far better be put a stop to before mischief happens than after GONE hast BAST elder W C staines left for the east today to day to attend the coming seasons emigration a PERSONAL the cheyenne Ce yenne argus speaking of miss anna ward now playing under enza enga engagement ement at our theatre says that for two years past she has been connected with the omaha academy of music and was by far the greatest favorite ever presented before the people of that city WOOL R RAISING we wo had a call this morning from H F buckley esq of the firm of H F buckley bro importers and breeders bleeders bree bre eders deis of thoroughbred cotswold Cots wold sheep ho ile showed us some samples otwool of wool wooi from lambs crosses between cotswold Cots wold rams and merino ewes which auevery are aro very fine we understand that previous to recent experiments it was thought by many who had experience in sheep raising that the crossing between the cotswold Cots wold rams and merino ewes owes would provo prove disastrous to the flock instead of that being the case however it has been demonstrated that it is an improvement pro that will not only enrich those engaged in tho the business but will wui materially matern materi aUy any enhance the wool growing and mutton raising interests of localities where it is ii adopted the principal objection to the adoption of this cros i was the disparity in the size of the bre breeds eels eils the cotswold Cots wold being much the largest it was thought that the merino sheep had hal not sufficient milk to 0 nourish its young and that it would bo be more advantageous to cross merino |