Show LOCAL docal AND OTHER MATTERS FROM FRIDAYS DAILY dally HELP NEEDY we wel noticed loday daythan that shires and carter were out on a mission of mercy namely to obtain subscriptions from the charitably disposed in aid of brother and sister slater nickard bickard whose dwelling and its contents were destroyed deb dea troyed by fire last sunda sunday evening the baet that theeb these poor poon old oali people are years beyond the tho thre three threescore e score and ten period and consequently c incapacitated by the infirmly ties of age for toil toll and that their all WAS destroyed by the tho fire should command the sympathy of f the benevolent and we trust that the appeal now being made to their friends will meet with a generous response reb res ponce and that they will soon boon again be in the possession and en of a comfortable home ARRIVED mr ely arrived in this city last evening even in g he has been at the townsend house today to day and may be seen there tomorrow to morrow from 9 till 1 12 10 0 in the morning and from 2 till 5 in the afternoon all who desire to see him are requested to be prompt MORE MAIL delinquency we are in receipt of a letter etter of wednesdays Wednes dayles date from nir mr G goddard of this city stating that last M monday night week he mailed a letter h here ere for battle creek creel and that on the following friday it 9 had wd not reached its destination another letter posted the same time and for the tho same place by a friend of his also missed it seems as if these continued irregularities are the effect of pre con carted action of some parties who have the supervision of the malls mails or the many complaints that have been made mado of late would have led ere this to the rectification of the evil we hopa that postmasters everywhere every where in the territory will keep us posted as long as these irregularities continue and we will ventilate the subject until the evil la Is remedied progressing the building of freight houses passenger and freight landings etc at the theu U C B R depot ia Is being pushed ahead rapidly ana and and in a short time a neat and commodious tomm odious depot wi will wiil eli ell III be built with every convenience necessary for the comfort of tha thel traveling public tim THE CULLOM BILL the gold hill ulu news of the tho ath dinst speaking of tho cullom bill says sayo this bill we are credibly informed was waa drawn in salt lake and it has a meaning which will not be misunderstood by intelligent men it means in case sueh such a law shall over ever pass and the attempt shall be made to execute it the desolation of utah at the hands of a people who will prove themselves aa as desperate in destroying their own works in utah as they were brave and self sacrificing in building it up af THROWN froit FROM A HORSE this afternoon ter noon about half past two a man named ohara who has been engaged in a livery stable in town was thrown from a horbe horse on east temple street opposite cosite the post and was wai badly stunned adf ads he was for some timo time insensible 1 it was feared lil ill sneek wag waa broken broke n but bat he recovered after a ti time me a iv UNNATURAL crime CHIME the sacramento union of the ath Instant contains a letter from its utah correspondent a considerable portion of which is devoted to the present movement in the legislative assembly of this territory in favor of woman suffrage A reference to this letter in the editorial columns of the union says should the ladies generally vote to sustain polygamy as one might be led to suppose they will from this a speeches at the female convention held in salt lake city the fact may be pressed with some force against the passage of the Cullom bill billor or ady other now before congress for ridding the territory of that most moat unnatural crime we fail feal to see the force of the last expression laws maybe may be passed pawed making it a penal offense offence for a man to mar marry more w wives ves than one but ut to urge t that thab at such an act is a crime at all when judged by the acknowledged standard odthe of the Oh christian ristian world the bible and least of all an unnatural crime is simply ridiculous we gave the anio union n credit for a much larger share of good sense than such an opinion deserves filom sATUR hazur SATURDAYS dayss DAYIS DAILY i NEARLY A FIRE at a few minutes past 10 last night president young discovered that the shed containing the steam engine which runs the DESERET NEWS press was on orr fire he immediately gave the alarm and a number of police officers and a crowd of ciu clu citizens liens were quickly on the spot and by their unite united efforts the nire fire was soon extinguished little damage being done we tender our acknowledgements acknowledge ments to the many present who extended their aid and heartily thank them for the promptness and energy pergy displayed on the be casion occasion and especially to bros william calderard Cal derand john acomb the cause of the fire is involved in mystery A couple of nights ago a fire was dis covered at naylor nay lor bros wagon factory in the ward it wa fortunately extinguished before serious damage was done PUBLISHED ACT in another column will be found the act legalizing woman suffrage its publication brings it into operation as jaw law CITIZENS LETTER we call attention to the letter of I 1 I 1 citizen from echo i city in to days paper in refe reference reneo renco to additional mail delinquencies the more we hear of these irregularities the more they appear to be the ruit result not of mistakes neglect or carelessness butof but bub of design we again ask postmasters to furnish us with authentic particulars ticul tic ulars arson on this subject and say to tp the public have a little patience and iu in a short time we hope that the evil will be the remedied and the offenders dealt with as they deserve 1 FROM MONDAYS DAILY EARLY emmi GARDENING so propitious has the weather been for a couple of weeks past that towards the close of last week gardening was comm commenced ence d on the bench in the ward the tho warm sun and the south winds that have been blowing occasionally have made the snow disappear and in a number of places the ground has been in excellent condition for spading even should heavy storms yet come which is far from unlikely hardy seeds put in now will get a good start and cause garden 11 truck to be in market early A keen frost though would do dusome som e damage to the fruit buds particularly of the apricot trees which are swelling out rapidly and with about another week of warm weather would be in bloom yet for all we have it so mild in the valley vailey it is cold coid enough in the mountains where there is a good deposit of snow which will insure water vater during the summer robbery last night the window of 0 coopers toy store was broken and between twenty and thirty dollars worth of valentines abstracted this is one of the most contemptible cases of theft that has come to our knowledge for a long time there are some around who need a good deal of watching and it is to be hoped they will be caught at their misdeeds and be treated to a touch of the justice which the law provides NOTICE TO THE NIELSEN FAMILY A A man and four of his children by the name of nielsen who emigrated from about ten years ago will hear of something to their addan tage by making application to his excellency cel lency acting governor mann wann in this thia city the parties inquired for are supposed to be living at hyrum cache co the names of the children are niels christian nielsen nielson christen nielsen Ni eisen eleen niels nielsen and ane marle marie nielsen COVER coved THAT WELL on the bench in the ward there is a well said to be two hundred feet deep with no covering over I 1 it nor or p protection protection around it against children falling in on sat burday some little ones who had gone to play on the bench were missing for several hours and the parents were in a state of serious anxiety dreading the they V had fallen into this well we ve direct a attention t to the matter and trust something tb ing lug will be bedone done immediately to make stafe if safe against accident thau THAT WOLVERINE look out for that wolverine he wrenched a bar off from his cage sometime between dusk last night and daylight this morning and made his escape probably he be was anxious to attend the the election today to day if anybody sees seea him this is to warn him to keep out of his hels heis he is a rather dangerous fellow if he be caught please restore him to deseret menagerie time tife ELECTION X the city election was progressing quietly up till the hour of our going to press crowds were congregated at several street corners and at the city hall and were indulging in in a considerable amo amount of joking and bandying good natured comments the loth ward brass bard baid furnished some I 1 excellent music OPPOSED TO IT the onitha herald of the lith instant says many mally influential journals oppose the cullom bill for the abolition of polygamy in utah on principle aa well as on grounds of expediency if le is given out that even our gentile friends iii in utah consider it an extreme extrema measure and jt it is ion that it is as unwise as it will prove futile A PLACE OF fancler FANCIER we are requested to call the tiie attention oF parents ts to the serious consequences that may result from hildren children gathering on the depot ot block of the utah central railroad anabe and being ng a allowed we near the line where they t e are liable lable to get in the way of the engines ng nes neb on n saturday last when the ravel train came in officer ringwood ring Eing wood ad the utmost difficulty difficult yin in keeping the children off the rails in the depot block jt tt would be a sad duty to have to record a death from accident caused by such imprudence but children are thoughtless and have no idea of the danger to which they expose themselves in such a place and we urge on parents the necessity of using every means they can to keep their children away from every place where there ia is it liability of their bei bet being run rull overa overn nd 1 tiled hilled or seriously injured by the s |