Show LOCAL AND OTHER MATTERS pic nio xio dis din disner DINNER rn 0 ox NEW YEARS E EVE VI eiden elder J D T McAllist mcallister cr acting bishop dishop ind und and iud the local authorities of uhe iho bhe the ath war ward being 21 determined not to bo be behind in the general festivities of tho the seas season adopted the he following praiseworthy method of producing ii a joyous and happy feeling throughout their whole ward nvard on new years evo invitations were extended to over overy every y member of the ward over fifteen years of or age ago to meet as one family and dine to g bolher a at one pm and to finish tho the evening with a dance at the timo time appointed everything was ready for the guests the neat an dwell acdwell and well weil proportioned meeting house had been nicely cleaned and the wails walls decorated with mirrors photographs pictures and the national flag four talles tables tables capable of seating one hundred and fifty persons were inet nea neatly ay iy arranged and veryll very liberally supplied with the dainties of the season contributed by the members of the ward according to their circumstances As the guests arrived the they 3 wore were seated in order and ana were greeted greate a with lively strains of musio music from the organ by b brother john chamberlin when all tir the iguest guests had arrived a blessing was asked when all present including I 1 nc luding the poor of the tho ward partook until satisfied of the good cheer provided everything was conducted with a spirit determination and to make all happy the teachers and deacons of the ward were very united and attentive to the wants cfall of all ail present t J after aften dinner the tables were cleared and the room prepared for to the evenings entertainment tain ment which commenced early and continued continue continued a until ten pm when whenn intermission ter for one hour was announced and refreshments were freely handed around until all were satisfied dancing was again resumed and kept up till the early dawn of 1870 1878 the presiding bishop edward hunter lils ills counsellor J 0 little elde eide elders eiders rs isaac groo broo acting bishop of the oth W ward rd and george goddard with their ladies shared in the festivities of the occasion it was a happy time and every member of the ward present will long remember it the acting bishop with all the teachers and deacons who labored to bring it about and mako make it a success were nado happy by contributing to the happiness of others there were seven soven baskets full of provisions left which were distributed among the poor through the pressure of matter in pur colu columns mils mits the above was crowded out olour of our yesterdays issue isue INDIAN RAID KAID tho the following dispatch was vas received per deseret Desere fc telegraph line last night beaven BEAVER 4 president brigham young Work ets an indian reports that west of Miner riville last night he crossed a trail of indians about forty in number and j judging from the foot prints and trails they were driving horses their course was southwest south west gestand and it is quite probable they will continue west of tiie the settlements and reach the tho colorado they have cleaned the hills and mountains south of and between beaver and minersville Miners ville and it is supposed si ipp ased that they have taken two hundred head of horses major lowe has sent oud out a company of men to follow them and if possible regain regain the horses col damo dame has tole tele telegraphed graphe to cedar to havea have a company go I 1 west from there to try and intercept them major lowe has sent men to gather up the exposed stock of beaver county and nave have them atheni taken care of according to your counsel through gen snow president J R murdock started for the legislature yesterday morning erom FROM THE missionaries we are in receipt of letters from brothers stevenson and sheets now on missions in the tho east also one from brother B E R hulse written to president G A smith brother stevenson writes from polk city iowa on the uit he and brother moroni L pratt were the only valley elders in that vicinity at that time others who ba had haa I 1 been there having removed to other localities the brethren had held thirty four meetings and their labors had been rewarded by a few additions to the church others were expected at an early day on the the day before brother stevenson wrote ho he says that he and brother pratt attended att attended endea the funeral of brother alvaro beebe who died on the at polk ct city the del dei deceased eased cased was only 19 years 7 mont months and 20 days old and up to last june was a youth of great promise at that timo time symptoms of paralysis made their appearance and notwithstanding the advice and assistance of physicians this disease grad bally developed itself until he lost the use cfall of all ali his limbs when death terminated hl his 1 s sufferings at the time timo of his decease h he e wais wads was six feet and seven inches in insight hight brother sheets writes fram phoenixville Phoenix ville chester county pa brother hulse from long island both these brethren had been busy travel travella traveling ln from place to place and preaching brother hulse Huls ohad had haa baptized a lew few on long island and prospects were promising that other persons would speedily join the church tim tibe tian TUNNEL OVER oven JORDAN bishop A gardner of west jordan ward called in yesterday and expressed a hii wish that we would say something in relation to the tunnel now being constructed at the head odthe canal between the ona ena end ond of tile the tho bitah utah central and coons kanyon the tho tunnel js Is IW rods long and a heavy areavy job it is progressing finely but morell moreli more help heip elp is required there are about fifty men now working on it but two hundred are needed and landholders interested in the completion of the dhe canal can alwill will onn fin and ditto it to their interest to lend a helping hand the canal when completed will b bring I 1 n under cultivation thirty thousand aeres acres of land but the completion of the tunnel is indispensable to tho the success of the enterprise all ail owning land in this locality should feel an interest in the completion of this work and this call is made upon them to render the necessary help immediately HOMEMADE HOME HONE MADE brade FURS eurs we vere were shown today a set of la illes beaver beavor furs which had been made up ul by sister mcintyre wife of bro thomas ar e one of the em cloyes of this office the h fur furs sapp appear ear car to be as nicely gotten up and look equally as well as most articles of that kind that are imported from the east I 1 this is a branch of home industry which ought to be encouraged this territory abounds with furs fars of the finest description in fact fait they are exported in considerable quantities from our northern comi countries tries to the he east to be made up into manufactured goods some of which probably return here and are disposed bofto of to the people this is not as it ough to be wo we have not on only aj the material but also the necessary skill to get got up as cheap and as handsome furs as those imported fro oro from inthe the east I 1 ND OF or tracil traci everybody Efery ef ery cry body and a great many others went out to the end of the track today to day there being a perfect stream am of pedestrians equestrians buggies light wagons heavy ditto one horse concerns an and other vehicles during the early part of the afternoon there were the young big and little of numerous stages of age and both sexes and even a on horseback jaek laek gaily gall curaco caraco ed to the hot springs at noon the track layers stopped for dinner having haying laid feet of track during the forenoon and the rails being within three hundred feet of the hot brings the ties then were laid a considerable distance ahead and at one pm the brawny arms began again to handle the iron dra dragging tho the rails into place and stretching the track rapidly towards its completion some idea mav may may be formed even by those who have not geen seen the operation of the labor involved in laying track the iron required for a mile we weighs hs close on a hundred tons and this has ube to be handled three times ni aking making a weight actually handled of iron for each mile of about three hundred tons through the absence of proper facilities some of the iron has been handled seven times thus the work of laying a mile and a half necessitates the handling of a weight of iron equal to from four hundred and fifty to ten hundred and fifty tons of iron a da day j mr young expects to be in the bottoms north of the city by tomorrow to morrow noon and at tho the depot square on saturday evening STILL ADb INCI inri we learn from bro broG G G K R the gentleman who is in charge jbf of the menagerie of john W young esq that two very fine brown bear cubs have been kindly contributed to the menagerie by mr sharp walker of this city which are now numbered not exactly among the lions but among the bears of the institution and may bo be seen by visitors educational il L campbell esq superintendent of common schools returned on tuesday evening from a school tour through cache and bo box bom elder counties he had the privilege of visiting many school houses bouses in cache and was ha happy appy to find that the trustees in the several districts were alive to the importance of fann farn furnishing their schoolrooms with blackboards charts maps mapa and aud school apparatus during last week accompanied by superintendent Super budge and brother wm win giddes he fulfilled two appointments each day advocating educational interests in meret general beneral and holding forth in favor of the deseret alphabet in particular superintendent campbell also lectured at brigham ana and land willard cities in box bom edler edier county the superintendent feels under dobli obligations to bishop peter maughan of baere cache and president lorenzo snow of box elder for the kindness and courtesy shown him the brethren were kindly received and entertained wherever they went and feel that in the provi dences of god the they thoy y had an opportunity opportunity of doing a little good to the e educational uca tlona iiona cause SOCIAL PARTY the members of the sixteenth ward held a very delightful party at the social hall on tuesday evening the committee were P F kesler G C riser and E B tripp the floor manager was mr W G newman olsons band discoursed sweet and excellent music on the occasion presidents young and wells and elder orson pratt and other prominent citizens were present the party passed off in excellent style stylo and andru MI those who were present seemed to en enjoy T oy themselves and we heard the bishop remark that he would rather pay a good price for the social hall than have another hall for such a purpose for little or nothing as in the social hall there was s uch such an excellent spirit experienced a rem remark ark which every person who has visited that structure will readily endorse gho gio OUR un 0 awni w party 1 under 11 this leading gaa gad unique invitations vero exten ed by the committee of arrangement to the tho first 9 assembly to convene i in n the neav school hour houf house in the twelfth ward oh on monday evening last tile tiie tb e party consisted of the heads of families of the ward with a few invited guests about one hundred bundre d and fifty invitations were issued the number present was something in excess of three hundred and although tho the hallwas hall hali was well filled there was no crowd an and devery every person had opportunity of sitting at apin 3 pm the hour appointed the hall ball began to teem with people and when anu music musie arose the aged middle aged and young went forth in the dance joyously buring during the evening several rare comic and sentimental songs were wore sung and brother john graham recited Fot heric cahors was a broth of a boy it is confidently asserted that everybody present even the most dinv inv inveterate dancers dancer 9 0 satiated their terpsichorean appetites at 3 3 3 am the festivities of tho the occasion closed with benediction by counselor Nl Q G atwood it is a singular yet interesting fact that this was toe too first public party ever held in the T twelfth ward in all ali probability not the last now that the ward has sd so capacious a house at its disposal this was the first of a series tomorrow to morrow thursday evening the young folks have a party and on friday roi aoi following rol lowing the little folks then it is understood there will be a party for the ward generally and their friends president young accompanied by hons jos A young H S eldredge H JB clawson and elder geo Q cannon canzon honored the assembly with their presence for a short time the presiding bishopric was represented by col J C little bishop hunter being unavoidably detained this is oner one of the most substantial and commodious school houses in the territory being 70 feet in length forty feet in width with witha a hight of ceiling some 20 feet the tho stage is 20 by 40 feet bearing a main floor of some 49 by 50 feet on this spacious iia tip area aroa twelve cotillions cot illions have ample room for their evolutions the tho foundation was laid in the fall of 1862 1863 and though its completion has been long delayed the citizens of the ward may ju justly atly feel teel proud of the result of the patience perseverance and liberality which gaev brought the noble boli edifice nice fice to its present creditable appearance the tho pl plastering 9 and seating will be finished we are informed at an early day some have been already expended upon it wo most heart heartily fly congratulate bishop bishof hardy counselors and atwood astwoo an and d their workers coworkers co and trust they may reap such returns returns for their investments in this structure in in a general increase of falth faith brotherhood and good works in the ward as shall prove not only profitable to them in every point of view but also serviceable vi ceable ceabIe to the interests of the kingdom acing dom of god the bishop while upon his mission to the states and during his absence from home will assuredly derive additional joy upon the announcement of the tho opening of the new now schoolhouse school house 14 FOUND some SOMO time ago between this city and bountiful a coarse sack containing e a ladys dress shawl and various other articles of female apparel also a tin pail and a small work in the german language entitled t 1 die kii xii kliche kirche che jesu christi die heiliger heiligen Hei ligen der letzen tage the sack with its contents has aas been placed in charge of or bro wm win gate keeper at the temple block who will deliver it to the owner on application |