Show LOCAL AND OTHER MATTERS sto SEXTONS ils REPORT beront the sextons Sex tons report for december deamber 1870 is as follows males malea 9 0 females 9 of these adults 8 children 10 causes of death as reported lung disease 3 inflammation bowls 3 dis ease of brain 2 killed 2 still born 2 died at birth 1 child bed 1 general debility 1 erysipelas 1 liver complaint I 1 inflammatory rheumatism 1 total interments inter ments 18 total interments inter ments during the year thus showing a decrease of of total mortality as compared with 1869 of deducting from the total mortality of 1870 sixty five persons per soils brought from country places for interment would leave the total mortality of resident citizens cit izena at showing a decrease of resident mortality as compared aith alth with 1869 of this decrease in mortality is in navor javor I 1 of children the adult ad uit nit mortality being about the same as in 1869 1860 MARRIED on the and 2nd dinst by elder joseph F smith mr josephs joseph S grow and miss eva redfield both or of this city A happy new now year to both of theland the them mand mana and ana may their joys and res responsibilities p grow from this time forward PUBLIC DOCUMENT we are indebted to mr mclain mclamb chief clerk of the department of agriculture for the report of that thai department for november and december 1870 BIRTHS on the uit at kamas prairie the wife of john clark dark of twins a son and daughter fiill star please copy WRITING SCHOOL all anxious to acquire a good style of penmanship should remember that professor clark dark gives instruction st in penmanship in the north department part ment of the thirteenth ward school rouse house RUDOLF let LEY the address of rudolf ley formerly a native of austria who emigrated to I 1 and joined the church in utah in 1867 is is wanted at Z C al 1 I NEWS OF THE WORK ABROAD the following is an abstract of correspondence from the millennial star bf b the uit elder W W cluff writing from cope copenhagen n says all is well with us except brother peter reter madsen whose health la Is rather poor the saints generally feel first rate and many strangers attend our meetings elder george barton writing from faversham kent says that many of the breth brethren in that part are out of employment otherwise matters are moving along satisfactorily elder B R F in a letter from the he london conference says that great efforts were being made to warn the tho people in view of this ten ton thousand five hundred bills with the addresses of the various places of meeting were being distributed elder M B shipp gives a cheering account of the work in the bradford conference he had been accorded the unusual privilege of preaching in the cha eha chapel zel gel of a religious denomination at birkenshaw bi to an attentive congregation of of about two hundred and fifty persons badly baay froze fadzen tta ita A ca C our BrI brigham ghan city correspondent sends us the following items from that place under date of the uit two boys between sixteen and seventeen years of age were brought to my house this p m in a pitiable condition it appears that they had been living with their parents at logan cache county and having become weary of the restraint of home had concluded to look out for themselves they accordingly left logan the da day before yesterday yest yesterday erdag without the knowledge leago or consent of their air parents who felt very on their account and on the following morning sent two renwith men with a team in search of of them they were traced by the men as far lar as corinne Corli corll ine lne where they had breakfasted at a friends house this morning a little before the arrival rival of those I 1 in search of them the boys boya were found oil onn the B R B R track three miles from corinne toward ogden where they were lying insensible and badly frozen with an empty whisky bottle near them in this state they were put into the wagon wrapped in blankets and started toward logan at the dedication of the woolen factory on the evening of the dinst a 9 grand rand raud ball was heid held there on monday evening at the same place a nice juvenile juve nile aile party was held MAIL mall the following is from a communication from mr george JL farrell P M at logan who we understand has given enterer entire satisfaction to the people of that place in that position notwithstanding 4 ho however that he has haa proved his emmi effi efficiency clency we are An informed formed that at the suggestion of those through rhosa agency the mails malls have been brought to their present chaotic condition his removal is under contemplation out of a package of letters mailed from logan to S L city on tuesday the uit several letters came back in the mail sack loose on tha thel thursday following the pac package klage was put up and tied by myself letters frequently come to this office addressed to offices south of S L Cit yand letters from S L city to this place pl aee ace are sometimes from frow five to eight days on the road and on two or three occasions within the past year our malls mails missed coming to this office till after they had been bean to montana or san franciseo francisco Pran cisco and have not returned within one month dr H K cranney receive received cl oile one letter that was one month on the road from S L city to this place pace 10 we subjoin the following note as it relates to the same subject ogier dec IS 1870 70 editor Edlor Deseret news dear sir SIT today to day three letters dated salt lake city dec lith reached this place twenty days coming forty miles by rail As recommended I 1 think a few monster petitions will remove the cause i respectfully ac J JOES jones on monday last a young man named benjamin edwards a resident of bear river valley was brought to town to receive medical attendance having had both his bis feet frozen jt it appears that a few days since he started about sundown to walk from ithica in bear bea r lake lako valley vailey to randolph settlement in bear river valley ai a distance of fen ten miles he lost his way and was out in the mountains all night the half of each foot is so badly frozen that it is feared amputation will be necessary WOOD AND HAY HAT the market keeps well supplied ed with the commodities just now the price of the former is from 8 to 10 per eor cor cord and the latter is selling for fod from 18 to 20 per ton henron rennon this settlement is in southern utah but its location is known to few elder george HC H crosby rosby writing from st george on the uit ulta says the place was first settled by pul Ful bros as the st george herd ground in 1862 it lies liea about fifty miles northwest of st geor george e 9 and aboud ten miles east odthe of the western te line of utah and about eight miles north of the rim of the basin it is the most western settlement in southern utah the hebron hebon ward consists of the town cf hebron with upwards of twenty families comprising about a hundred persons aga aya and ana clover valley with about the same number the former in utah the latter in nevada novada both places are without mail service the settlers have petit ionel lonel the authorities at washington to grant it and intend to continue doing so as they need it very very much HELP y i william jones pon pont ty t y fund cangen Cs ngon ngen merthyr tydvil yn cael ei el adael yn rby rhy hir yn nolad 0 y cy studa bwy all yma william jones i utah Dawn sio rhoyd yr arjan arian dyna ar dyn heb yn chob dinas drawns ac un i bumpas ana deach ach alch aeh ar byrder william jones oi flinder A oes yn bwy telling oi 01 gaeth iwed chaid ei nhoi at adim ond cynar oil maer blawd yn geisik tri trl chant dolar ar ayr heulu coe Coe Coo gas glant hany i 1 william helyd yn yin y dyffryn ar fyr enned anwyl y gyuru yn utai Os b mor ga redig a y peth mown ilaw liaw heb goll amser ao ac annon y gas I 1 elias morris P 0 box 31 salt sait lake city mi ml a maual or gofan yr eld eid doch ELIAS MORRIS FROM THURSDAYS DAILY dally california PAPERS PLEAS PLEASE E copy COPT in to days NEWS will be found a letter from payson easson pay son U T containing some account of the death of a mr leonard said to havo have been a formen resident of califor nia As he came to his end in a mysterious way and it may be by unlawful means the publication of the letter by the press of california may lead to some investigation and will certainly end the suspense of mr leonards friends if he have any in california BUTTER MOULDS it is to the interest of those hose who make butter for disposal in market that the article should be done up in neat and convenient shape E K howes co s moulds are just the thing with which to produce that result they are on sale at the produce department of Z 0 C M I 1 rear of eagle emporium STILL STILT AT LARGE no clue has yet been obtained to the present whereabouts of heath and robinson Eo binson the remaining two of the five prisoners who lately escaped from camp douglas SURGICAL OPERATION wo we stated in ye yesterdays ster days issue that a young man named benjamin edwards had been brought to town from bear lake having his feet badly frozen he was taken to the house of jud jude judge e elias smith where he now lies yester yesterday ay doctors ormsby and davis were wore called into in to attend him they discovered that it would be necessary to amputate both feet near the ancle joint three out of the seven bones of the foot however remain including the heel bone and andlee the two upon which the leg rests the operation was performed in the presence of judge elias smith by drs ormsby and davis assisted by their student mr walter pike and was one hour and a half being performed at last accounts the young man appeared to be doing well CITY our brigham city correspondent A 0 C 11 sends us the following under date of the dinst last evening was spent very iea pleasantly lea at the lyceum in the city hall hal professor L F students gave a variety of reci recitations ac which were well selected and splendidly rn rendered dered derod to the great pleasure and satisfaction of the parents of the students who were present by special invitation vi mr J Christen sens s brass band was in attendance during the evening and rendered good service the reading of the la nadies ladies dies magazine by miss clara snow surprised al all ali this paper is edited by I 1 lady a d students at the school and contains muck much that is instructive entertaining and amusing presidents residents L snow and J 0 wright and bishop ishop A nichols were present and at the close of the exercises briefly expressed their satisfaction and surprise at witnessing the progress made by the students of brother school STAND lyo iyo AD AND STEVENS there are messages at the deseret telegraph office for james standing and sidney aadney stevens call and get them PAROWAN we are in receipt oam ofa I 1 letter ietter e ater from the above place dated dec 2 iro from our correspondent W C mcgregor from which we extract the following we have organized a operative cooperative co stock herd with bishon samuel 11 rogers bogers president steven S barton of Parag oonah vice president jesse sf smith secretary ana and three directors last night an auxiliary society for the improvement of stock ac was organized with edward dalton president and wm adams secretary our cooperative operative co ca store paid a dividend of twenty one per cent for the year ending the first monday in nov last summer some SOO dollars were stolen from the mail which were being remitted from the operative cooperative co store here to the parent store at salt lake city this made the tile tall profits 0 fits so much less on christmas eve the harmonic society under the leadership of elder thomas durham gave the first of a series of concerts to be given during the winter months enclosed I 1 send you a copy of the pro gramme of the songs and glees which were sung on the occasion they were all most excellently rendered being accompanied by the cabinet organ played by professor durham the publication of the pro gramme alluded to would take too much indicates c however a choice selection for incle la ellasue el a rich chaste laste and varied entertainment we are pleased to learn that there is a growing taste for music in the settlements it should be encouraged lieo liec LECTURE TURE the tho cincinnati lafty daily times of the nit tilt says that on the evening previous ened ned buntline alias col coi judson delivered a lecture in greenwood hall in that city on utah and the mormons cormons Mor mons that terribly stale subject the hostility manifested here to the national government discerned by v the astute ned during a stay of a couple of days in salt lake city was a prominent theme of the lecturers lecture lecturer rl but he seems to have made no credit by his gas 11 nor funds as the audience numbered only seventy five THE weser wesel has an article on the amount of ana and method of medar ing army now in the field in france it says there are works for this purpose at berlin frankfort and bla ala mayence yence those at berlin cover six acres of ground and constantly employ seventeen persons adults and youth of both sexes bexes they prepare daily a hundred and fifty nifty thousand pounds of peas and two hundred and forty thousand rations ut of meat and vegetable preserves the amount of meat required for each daylo day work is a hundred head of oxen and two hundred and fifty nifty hundred weight of bacon the meat and peas are mad made e up into sausages weighing thirty ounces each which are enclosed in parchment and when packed soon become as hard bard as stone on the outside of each sausage is the following label putten put ten ounces or one third of a sausage freed from the coating into a pint and a half of cold water stir it up and let iet it coos for fon ten minutes 11 these sausages are put up in pairs and packed in pound chests gai ballash gallaspy Gal Gall lash iash ashy is another preparation of beef and malze maize both it and the sausages aa s being it is said much relished by the troops the vegetable preserves consist mainly of turnips carrots and celery their daily preparation bequir ing the labor of a hundred and twenty women and the manufacture of tin cages to contain them the same amount of labor from the same number of men ON oaf Chil christmas atmas day henry ward beecher beech er among other ot her idem ideas set forth that men go back to the apostle sas though things thinks were pure in proportion as they bre are were wore old you might as well go back to acorns for wood to build ships christianity was never so imperfect as when christ left it it was never so narrow as when the tile apostles handled it A long sermon could not give a better idea of the arrogance of modern preachers andoe and 0 the present generation than these few fe w words worde which we quote from this popular preachers rs christmas sermon |