Show LOUL loal AND OTHER MATT HATTERS ERS HOME AGAIN brother benjamin clumm cluff late of the sandwich islands called yesterday afternoon after neon having just returned from a six years mission to the hawaiian group gardup he and his family left for home on the roth uit and reached san francisco on the instant erom from there they came by rail to ogden reaching the latter place on wednesday evening he reports the mission on the islands in a prosperous condition and the natives feeling well the sugar plantation is also prosperous bro clumm cluff has baa had hs home orf oli on the island of oahu bahu but has paid occasional visits to maul kauai and lanai atter after such buch a lons long absence he is naturally enough very alag glad giad to greet his friends once more in the valleys of the mountains his testimony being like all others othera who have had experience that there is no place like it CHILLY the blustery weather of yesterday a m culminated in the afternoon in a shower r which continued with slight cessations until near morning from the appearance pe arance of the mountains around quite a depth of snow must have fallen we lean leam by a dispatch received per W TJ line that eight inches of snow fell last night on the bitter creek road east cast how is that for the last of may today to day we have it very chilly and from present indications the storm is not yet over it becomes our duty to record the death of james taylor father of apostle john taylor who died of cold which settled on his lungs at his residence in the fourteenth ward at 11 am yesterday may in the eighty deax of his age james tavion was born in Acken thwaite westmoreland Westmorel lind lend england on the of 0 june 1783 he was the eldest son of edward taylor of by elizabeth daughter of james lane of heversham hoversham Hever sham he was baptized with his wife by their son eon john taylor near toronto in what was wao then known as upper canada in 1836 since which time he has followed the church in its migrations with I 1 his family he was a member of the high priests quorum and maintained his integrity through all the trying scenes of the churche churchs history to the last and died in full faith falth of the gospel he possessed a very powerful constitution and continued to labor with his hands until his last illness which occurred about civet five wee CB cs ago his hia memory was strong and vivid and his mind clear and sensible to the last moment of his life his early burial is in consequence of his own request made mad ejust just prior to his death that such should be the case the funeral services will take place at the ward assembly rooms at 3 pm today to day friends are invited to attend FATAL FATAI ACCIDENT by letter from bloomington Bloomi neton rich county we learn that on the dinst two young men were amusing themselves in wrestling one of them whose name was frank prank aland was thrown heavily upon the ground the other falling on top of him and was so severely injured that he died on the evening of the same day the injuries sustained by bro alien auen nv ere in the spinal column at tho the back of th the eneck neck bro aland was born in M england on the of sept 1848 nis his death del dea th has created a profound sensation in bloomington for he was gen orally respected and esteemed TOOELE city elder eider A galloway writing from tooele thoele city says the grasshoppers are jumping around here by ten thousand times ten thousand they cleared my garden in the vegetable line and now they are on the trees 1 dread them more han ihan than I 1 do tite cullum bill they have taken all my wheat the prospect of raising wheat in this settlement at pi besent is very much like looking through a glass darkly yet I 1 presume it is right but it is very unpleasant for a man to have his all an taken by thi the miserable hoppers I 1 MAIL MATT MATTERS erbs Erts AGAIN brothers thurgood and findlay of bountiful called in isu this morning they say that no mail was received there last wednesday and there being three papers the weekly semiweekly and evening NEWS all due there was considerable disappointment and surprise manifested and as there is a daily mail to that place we think there was some grounds for them bro thurgood aiso aso informs us that a letter was posted to him a few days ago from a gentleman in this city containing a pretty large order for produce which it was desired to have filled in a hurry burry but instead of the letter reaching its destination the next day as it ought to have done it did not reach there until the day after A registered letter from elko containing for merchandise which should have reached bountiful last sunday morning did not reach there until tuesday a circumstance which seems to indicate neglect on the part of the P 0 officers here for the sender of the letter has since written to mr thurgood stating that he has received the salt lake city postmasters receipt the date ol 01 which shows that it might as well as not have been in bountiful on sunday morning we were in hopes that mail maul delinquencies so far as the salt lake office was concerned were rectified but this does not look much like it DIED in this city on the instant of inflammation edthe lungs joseph clayton aged 31 years last february leaving a wife 1 fe ellen brasenell and child to mourn his loss he died as he lived nirm firm inho faith of the church of jesus christ of lat ter day saints JOHN CHINAMAN AT ogies Oo derr DEir from the ogden junction we learn that about three hundred chinaman arrived in ogden on thursday evening from the west they are engaged to wor woric on the IT P line between the junction and wasatch these fellows have had such uch a hard bard time in california lately we suppose they can be hired sor for a mere song |