Show LOCAL AND OTHER miters METERS adom FROM TUESDAYS DAILY oln OLE buni BULI thero thoro is a rumor in somo of the eastern papers that tho the great grot gret nidd fidd list is coming coining to salt lake ho io R u as to give a concert ai ar chicago on the uit and another at a few fow davs days later lator prior to his departure for california overland intending it is said to give a concert in salt lake city on his hia arrival here if thisba be true our citizens will wilk have a chance to hear one of the greatest masters of catgut and rosin that over livell damer DEATH AT erom prom tho the ogden tob ton ortho ti ll 11 instant we learn that a now fow days sinco edwin scotta escolta butcher carrying on business at uintah wa wao found dead at the Exclia exelia exchange lige scott it seems had of lato late become much addicted to intoxication and the night preceding hia hio death he appeared well and did not complain 0 any adment when found by a man named burrows barrows ho he was lying with his bis lace face towards the floar floor apparently unconscious burrows approached him to rendor render what assistance bo bu could but in a few minutes scott was dead A coroners coroneos cor coro onera nees inquest was wag hold bold over tile the body nuda auda ami a verdict that the prisoner pris ciner cama camo to his death from tho the elects of habitual intoxication toxic atio n was returned nicie nicio dollan dollars in cash but no papers were sound found on scotts person ho he had also aiso several blankets which were bold sold by auction tion and the proceeds wore were used to defray his funeral expenses ho he was decently decent docent ly interred LABORS labons op OF THE missionaries by C courtesy of orl L S hills eriq we have perused a ietter letter to him from general R T burton written a at freeport long island on january 1870 the letter states that since the missionaries commenced to spread the principles of the gospel in that locality every conceivable slander had been circulated among the people by ba the opponents of the truth notwithstanding this a few were being convinced of tho the truth of the g great re at I 1 latter atter day work and were ready for b baptism ati m the meetings held by the brethren were being well attended it is the intention of or the general not to leave the east until ho he has further borne testimony to the truths of the gospel at date of writing the following eld eid elders ors ers wore also on the island and were il feeling well in health and spirits A M cannon W W riter W bringhurst and F A hamm hammond 0 nd IN KENTUCKY the true published at paris bourbon county kentucky in its issue of the uit informs its readers that they have a mormon lorm on among them in the person ot of elder james M barlow who is visiting his relatives in that re relon region lon ion brother barlows labors appear ro to bo be blessed with success as our cote concludes its notice as follows mr irta B gives such a glowing account of or the resources of utah and tho the good time there that some of our citizens really talk of joining the saints SEXTONS lle IlE port rorT the sextons Sex tons report for january 1870 is as follows males 12 females 12 of those adults 10 children 14 causes of death as reported ljung lung diseases 9 bowel complaints 3 dropsy 2 convulsions 2 still shil born 2 old age 2 fistula 1 tumour tumkur 1 child bed 1 canker 1 total interments inter ments 24 J E taylon taylor TAYI OK sexton wednesdays DAILY A SECOND DANIEL earty early last december a man hametl matthews keeper of a restaurant or boarding house on south street was arrested on the charge of attempting to keep a house of ill III fame ho he was brought before alderman clinton and fined in a hundred dollars forthe offen of nence fence cd the case was so filthy in its details that wo we did not publish the summary of it made by our reporter but the fact of matthews having been guilty of corrupt practices was established beyond question not having the money to pay tho the 11 nine fine Q and aud his friends promising that if he were released it should bo be forthcoming in thirty days ho he was left at liberty by tho the officers ho he promising to pay it within the time specified day before yesterday the fine not having been paid tha tho original execution lon was served and ho he was taken into custody to work out the tho amount at a dollar a day as prescribed bylaw by law under charge of tho the officers yesterday a writ of habeas corpus was issued and he was brought before audgo judge strickland judge hogo appearing for the tile city and mr robertson for matthews so satisfied were knowin knowing parties of the re rc suit that one offe offered reI rel to wager a hundred dollars before the case came off that matthews would bo be discharged independent of the merits of the case the matter was argued babore before judge strickland who on an aila alleged cd informality in tile the papers discharged Matth matthews matthewis ewis OWIS as 83 it was expected ho he would A point held by tho the judge and announced ay iy by him as one by which he would bo be governed ernedis in habeas corpus cases is worthy of notice lie iio holds that a judge before whom a writ of or habeas corpus ia is returned has hrs the I 1 power to malo maho mako a full investigation and render a final decision without entering into the merits ot of the law auz art thus laid down the position po ailion assumed by which a jude judge becomes court jury and every thing connected with a trial triai in criminal cases is is to say thereat the leat lea least it a dangerous assumption of power when the ordinary romed of appeal is open to everyone with crimo crime his honor also gave a reading to a point of law more novel and startling than in accordance with precedents and which intimated that a reha rera ienco lenco to bouvier with regard to the construction of ima may 11 isad d 1 ball shall would not bo unprofitable al to lam jam him tho the alleged informality in tue case of matthews vrr was ao an slight and a duo regard to the strict administering of the tee law would have only declared the objectionable tio nabie portion with reference to tho the ball and chan chain nugatory that wo we cannot help quoting TA second daniel ahe the turning f a fellow follow who had been tried and found guilty of such an tn famous infamous act as this thia matthew matthow had bad committed without holding him to bail as the statute infests so singular a regard for tho public welfare and the tho duo administration of the law lair that wo we gracefully acknowledge the tho author of it to bo be a particularly brilliant I 1 luminary ia jurisprudence F M R S party panty the members 0 of tho the ward female relief society hel hei held heid a very agreeable social party in tho the ward meeting house last night tho the proceeds of which aro are to be devoted to the relief of the poor the hall was very tastefully decorated with painting sf national colors ac the both loth ward band discoursed somo some very sweet music and dancing was freely indulged in till an early hour thi this 4 morning president D 11 wells and bishop sharp were among those present FROM THE missionaries through tho the kindness of elder wm clayton CI ayton of this city we lave have been permitted to deruse peruse a letter received by him from elder eidel 1 33 W east ehst on ona a mission in the states who when the letter ietter was written on the tho loth uit ultimo me wasat was at Martins villo henry county virginia from this letter wo we learn that bro east has travelled consider considerably abl abi v in tennessee alabama georgia and virginia ho he has preached a good deal mostly in pr private 1 but the people as a general thing aro are too much absorbed in the pursuits of tho present life to care anything about hereafter still he has met with respect and kind treatment and believes that his labors have removed a good deal of prejudice that formerly existed at his first public mee moe tins the tho first attempt he ever made to iu in public he had four preachers of three different do nominations to bear hear him one of whom afterwards spent several hours in conversation with him on the principles of mon af mormonism or we are sorry to loam learn that brother east has not enjoyed the best of health lately but he evidently evi evl dendy feels well and is enjoying enjoy ing the spirit of the gospel bishop hardy writing from north chelmsford mass on the tho ultimo to elder james jack of this city bears a similar testimony to the foregoing the people treat him kindly but they want no more religion they havo have enough already the bishop expects to start homo home the thela theia last stor of this month or early next elder NH N II 11 feit felt writing from salom salem mass to his family hero here says there is a great groat interest among all classes about mormonism and he be la is kept busy con continually answering their inquiries elder feits felts letter was wag written on tho the ultimo and the foil following extract will doubtless bo be read redd with interest t by many last tuesday in company compan wit with my brother john G I 1 went up to topsfield Tops ops aps nield field el for the purpose of hunting bunting u up tho the prophet hot hov joseph smiths family wo we went to a mr r adams who not only introduced us to parties who knew tho the family before they left one a mr gould cousin of tiie tho prophets father but took us in his buggy to their old homestead and went with us over the old house bouse in which joseph smith sep was born wo we looked with great interest at tho the old ola beaded oak beams and the high unique fireplace five or six feet high by four feet wide 0 G jams and bricks herring boned for ornament on tho the backall sh showing ingebr nor for that day a good deal of taste the building is now much decayed and has settle settie daway from the chimney part of the house bouse has been ro built bulit it is still occupied this tills house ii Is situated on pie or as called latterly peabody brook about one fourth of a 1 mlle milo from tho the bouso the tho late pea body and his ancestors we wore 0 o born in tho PL ody is creating much interest now and many photographs of it as well as 03 some of tho the smith house havo bavo been taken by photographer 4 11 EXAMINED the tho iowa state of tho the hult hull uit says the house hoube ilon lion so committee Committe eon on territories has examined mr air A B brasher of utah relative to the tho condition condit ion irn 11 of or society hero there and tho amount or resistance there is to the execution of tho the laws of tho the bunted states brasher isa is a gentile aud and tho the delegato delegate from utah bir sir hooper says bays he is prejudiced at all events mr sir brasher depre bents ahinga things to bo be iri fit inn a bad uray rray in utah aad and ho lie ia 18 OF of the opinion that the tho mormons cormons Mor mons or rathor rather their Ia leaders loft derp aders mean business when they thoy talk of resisting cullors Cul Cu lloma bill provided it is enacted into a law the indications are that tilo tile Commit committed toa tea will report on an tho the bill and an mr cullom curnin announces his intention of putting it through tho house tho the above Is a fair fir nir sam sample sampie pie of the way in which the ene enemies piles plies of tho the people of utah conduct themselves the tho poor inis miserable erable cowardly roundal this fellow brasher sails balts under an a assumed name elther cither riat east or in utah for wo we havo have every reason to bo alevo that brasher is no other than thin buskin n al contemptible pettifogger abo who recently lert left salt lake elty city between two day days AST ac ARTIST ET IM WAX brother louis davis residing at mark linos linds says place in Office tho the ward wad brought to this this office this morning a beautiful specimen of his handicraft consisting consisting consi stin of 0 f a basket of fruit apples al grapes and gd wild berries with lhoir foliage intermingled with specimens of wild grasses the tho imitation was so true to nature that a very close view yiew was required before the idea could be dispelled that the fruit was not the real thing any parties in the Torri territory tory desiring a beautiful beau ornament of this I 1 kind ind for breir their drawing rooms can easily procure it of home manufacture and at the bame samo time needed encouragement toa to a poor but evidently very ful artist |