| Show OUR LOCALS correspondence OGDEN feb 1869 1669 1 MATTERS the tha near approach of the cars cara is the topic top lewith with everybody here hoffar how far is it to the mouth of weber canon callon the track is only seven miles from the mouth ventures one the cars cara will be lie here in two weeks remarks another the engine was wag at mountain green yesterday yes yesterday terdal a avery very short time will see it here chimes ch imes a third and so it goes by two different dif dlf persons who came down the canon canlon yesterday I 1 learned last night that the end of track was yesterday morning half a mile east of weber bridge or ten miles and a half from the mouth of 0 the canon cahon there is some snow on the track along the bottom where the grade is from weber bridge by mountain green nearly as far down as devils gate which will make track laying somewhat tedious ted iotis lotis but in a few days the cars will be beat at the last named point where they may probably be detal detained ned a little littie not long waiting walting for the completion of the bridge A heavy slide occurred a few days ago oll on the work of john W young esq so 80 heavy that I 1 learn that they have concluded to lay jay a temporary track around it BO so as not to detain the progress of the cars while it is being cut through the spile driver is at work a little north of ogden with another south of here nearly two miles graders are on the move north in squads in camps and in twos and threes and the tide of railroad making is surging along belligerent considerable whisky now walks through ogden and passes out at the northern extremity in twenty four hours on friday after I 1 had written my last communication to you two individuals valorously inclined 11 ardd arid stimulated by potent draughts went up on onto to the bench to arrange a little difficulty according to the rules of bruising as they understood them their pugilistic efforts were not of long continued duration and when a policeman arrived he hai haa had to enquire for the combatants A mr leach who drives the boise stage it seems was pointed P minted out as one of them and was arrested by the officer fleer of but Mr Leach had been a bystander and a noncombatant non combatant and would not be arrested and instead of quietly going with the officer he felt disposed to stand upon his muscle he struck the policeman and acted like anything but a sensible man under the circumstances resisting all efforts to take him untie until mastered by main force for this and a ild iid for profanity he was tried and the lowest fine allowable assessed against him for assaulting and resisting an officer and 10 including costs for the profanity BRUTAL ASSAULT this morning as a young man was driving his team out of the north side of the city another man being in it he was attacked by several graders going north because he declined giving them a ride some angry altercation having occurred they pulled him from his wagon kicked him severely fired a couple of shots at him and laid his head open witha with a revolver eisaw I 1 saw him some little time after in the drug store of white brown where he had been getting his head dand obtained the facts from his own mouth corroborated by a boy who was witness of the affair the ruffians are not yet y et in custody as I 1 write these and other occurrences are the results of a free use of bad liquor vigilance and energy on the part of the police officers and the people are necessary to prevent an increase of them as the track reaches here and passes along I 1 suppose you have havo ha ve had a keen change of weather in the city in ogden the cold has been almost intense during the past two nights |
