Show LOCAL AND OTHER MATTERS 1 1 MAIL AND OTHER MATTERS at PORTAGE au correspondent biily billy boy writing from portage ord orf the instant rather sarcastically observes 0 what a glorious thing it is to live in this age of stearn and electric electricity lW what ad an improvement on the old stage coach and pony express thus I 1 thought when I 1 opened the mall mail today to day and received two numbers of the DESERET hews haws one for december the theother other of december also the NEWS for january ath in this same mail mall were also copies of the chicago ames times of 0 jan ath manhon marion county iowa democrat democrat of january ath and other papers from the east of like uke date these papers had travelled over a thousand miles i while the EvE news had bad had only one hundred miles to come and we 0 only nim receive them about once in two weeks what Is the matter what are thee mail agents doing that sues sueh such gross blunders occur it looks as though they gere were not attending to the business for lor which tincle unde sam pays them and the poor postmaster receives all the blame aa as the subscribers think too lazy to hand band them out ont I 1 think it is time some awn thang thing was waa done to have these things made kight right last fall the portage mail went to cache county in about half the time and it la Is getting no better fawl fast correspondent Our further informs us that the folks at portage are not dead neither in the spirit nor in the flesh we have built a good operative cooperative co store but two inches of snow have hallen fallen during the last week and we had dry dusty roads up to last night when about an inch of snow fell feed is plenty and our stock is running out on the range and doin doln doing well BILOF or OF THE LATE nale BISHOP WEST by deseret telegraph line we learn that Mr sMary west and joseph A west wife and son of the late bishop chauncey W west arrived at ogden from california at about half past nine this morning bringing with them the remains of the tho basli bishop op the funeral will take place tomorrow sunday at 31 amat ogden we understand it is the intention of about twenty officers of the legion to go from this city to attend the ceremonies many friends al also aiso are making cal cai cula culat eions on being present the train will leave here at 7 tomorrow to morrow morning and will return in the evening so th that atall all ail who wish to go can do so go and not be absent overnight over oser night we understand that for this occasion tickets there and to return will be sold at a reduced rate to accommodate those only who go goto to attend the funeral obsequies IND indignation IGNATIO MEETING we wo have received a copy of a series of resolutions passed at a mass meeting of the ladles ladies of springville Spring aville ville held on friday last to express their indignation against cullom and cragin I 1 i the resolutions are some you had hetter belter believe and if the gentlemen for whose special benefit they were got oni only to read them wilt immediately we shall most likely print them in another issue they are too lengthy for today to day they must be preserved as a memoria memorial lof of the faith integrity and grit of the ladies of springville Spring ville to whose heads and hearts they do ado honor mrs cynthia clyde was elected to preside over the meeting and misses jda ida and ina lna aJohnson In johnson secretaries THAT thae MEirA GEBiE genie we are giren given toi to understand by the gentle gentie gentleman mari maii with that italian name who cares for the birds bird s beasts and fishes at our I 1 home menagerie that the enter enterprising enterprise pris in proprietor thereof has engaged the ser services of an experienced skill skillful fulland and ana daring trapper whose whale whole business will be to secure for the menagerie specimens of the wild beasts and birds of utah our friends interested in zoology may soon expect many valuable additions to this growing institution of 0 salt lake city FATAI FATAL radway nali rall way ACCIDENT AT GOLD gond hlll the gold hill news of the ath dinst contains the following melancholy item the first serious or fatal accident we have yet had to record in this locality resulting from the virginia and truckee railroad rall Kail road pissing passing here occurred about 11 am today to day at maln main street station in this town the regular morning train for carson consisting of a locomotive several p platform platform cars and some quartz cars with the e passenger car bringing up the rear came along bound ullo up to virginia some little boys among them herman mau alan son of albert albart manof Virginia aged about eight years with his hia brother were standing upon the platform of the station just completed wat watching chink the train which was passing at a fair rate of speed around the curve and within a few inches of the edge of the platform with a view of getting a aride ride to virginia probably little herman sprang forward upon one cars cars following the locomotive and losing his jils balance balanc trob frob efrom the onward motion of the trai trainee nhe staggered and fell dropping between that and the car following horrible td to relate he fell across one of the tho rails ralls and it is thought that two twos cars ears passed ovet ove him beffre the train stopped awas picked up immediately Immediate immediately lv dead the ther thea fatai fatal wheels having tassea tessea passed directly across his hia little body cutting him nearly in two so that his bowels webie were tet let out the tha enterprising pro proprietor prie of the railroad railroad Rail Eail roal road news depot james dwyer esq has laid us under obligations for the beautiful display of the latest periodicals and other matter laid upon our desk this morning among them we noticed harpers weekly for the dinst and gappi lappi Apple appie tons journal for the dinst also the january numbers of godels ladys book and the new series of the phreno logical journal and a of a koiv new london journal entitled the graphic the same size as harpers weekly lt also a musical chimed abe ing quite a large collections of songs duets trios and sacred pieces published by the well weli know known a music publishers Oliver ditson co of boston mass specially designed and ana adapted to juvenile classes thoeub the public may fina nind find all the aboyo abote and a large lot of sheet musie music etc for sale at reasonable rates at the railroad news depot delot on hel bel west side of East Temple street |