Show LOCAL LOCK AND ARD OTHER hitters HATTERS FROM erom TUESDAYS DAILY OUR POST OFFICE icen ices mr moore our cit city postmaster dropped in last evening a and we conversed freely with him in relation to the complaints which have been lieen made of late about the mails mr moore ia Is doing everything in his power he assures us to have all mail man matter sent off regularly and correctly and he has devoted considerable attention loo himself to this matter aided by an experienced clerk who has the postoffice Post office department here for some som eyears years and who is thoroughly acquainted with all the details detasi of the business he says he has worked very hard to have the business properly attended to and every letter ietter that is received here is stamped with the date on which it reaches this office there was one complaint made to us by a gentleman residing in the seventh ward about an english letter which bore the salt lake postmark post mark of the of february and which ho he said he be had called two or three times a for for some time but had been told that there was nothing for him mr moore gives a very simple explanation of this the letter was advertised and when letters are advertised it is expected that those who call for them will state that they are advertised this the gentleman had not done and of course did not receive his letter for some time this explanation is but justice to mr moore as he expresses himself as being exceedingly desirous to remove all cause of complaint tre THE WIDE WIDENING ing BILL biln in an article under this heading recently published publish edin in the tho white pine rine news on a bill now tiow in congress ess for nor adding portions of idaho and utah to nebraska the editor says among 1 0 ther other things we can stand a few lew more mormons cormons Mor mons those we got throe three years ago have been well digested and our people like them they bring us butter eggs potatoes and barley and are good to have we can stand another degree of mormon now the editor of the rems fews seems to bo be more mild in regard to 11 mormons cormons Mor Alor mons than some in his neighborhood in the editorial profession we have seen strong indica indications tiong of rabies called forth in relation to the tho mormon question published there we think it a good sign for white pine the influence of those possessing common sene sense may be the tho means of preventing others who judging by their writing writings 4 occasionally arg are not so blessed from doing themselves some serious injury interesting through the kindness of bro levi E riter kiter we have been favored with the perusal of a letterle letter lette rhe ho has received from his son williamw william W now on a mission in the eastern states after describing his visit to his fathers old residence chester county penn and his treatment by the folks which was very kind he san sag says I 1 we that is bro bringhurst and myself have spent a whole day on the floor of the house of representatives a courtesy extended to us through the application of hon W H hooper we were introduced to and enjoyed conversation with quite a number of members of the house among the rest the irrepressible cullom I 1 told mr cullom if he wanted to go into a speculation ula tion to go to utah as there were weno ladies there who would give a dollar apiece to seo see him in the course of conversation he told us he did not design to do us any harm I 1 told him we were not at all alarmed about it all the members with whom I 1 have conversed speak well of the industry and sobriety of the people of utah but as a matter of course they do not endorse polygamy polygamy one or two remarked to me that t they ey thought mormon 2 morality was far ahead of their own the secret of the matter is congress does not care a cent about polygamy but the constituents of the members are punching them up about it and they are incited by the clergy even cullom himself is not a vindictive man he spoke kindly tous tons to us as did all with whom I 1 conversed and I 1 must say that I 1 with to days experience I 1 think the feeling is not noMi ostile hostile what new phase the matter may present before congress adjourns I 1 cannot t tell ell captain hooper is is well I 1 expect to leave new york for home on the dinst 11 SPECIE PAYMENT I 1 IN desver DENVER the colorado tribune of the loth dinst says A lewera in our market has apparently arrived salomon brothers have received I 1 fresh from new york a large quantity of silver of this years coining which th they ey are now paying out as change to their cu customers s it is likely that there will be quite a rush there if they continue this alone explorers the des moines Be register gister I 1 says sats another new west is to bo be discovered and subdued the coming summer A party originating at cheyenne but principally principal ya recruited at chicago is engaged in fitting out a large expedition which will start from omaha and cheyenne about the of april for the big horn country situated about miles north of cheyenne the expedition will be composed of about 2000 respectable young men and will bo be furnished four months rations gratuitously this expedition will leave under a military commander to be chosen by the members of the association and will be fully armed for their protection governor campbell of wyoming territory is greatly interested in this movement he is at present at Washingto nand has succeeded in securing the aid odthe of the government 11 BIRDS EYE VIEW OF SALT LAKE laer CITY yve we lve had bad a call this morning from mr koch who was introduced to us by the hou mayor abor wells mr koeh koch has a large number be r of perspective birds eye views of western towns which he has taken and had lithographed lithographer litho graphed the collection of views is a very fine one ono being boing well executed on stone his object in visiting salt lake city is for the purpose of taking a similar view of this city in the views he has taken of various towns every house is plainly seen so that every holder can see his own residence mr koch proposes to get bona fide subscribers enough say twenty at five dollars each to pay for the cost coat of lithographing litho graphing hl in ff the amount to be paid pata when the wor work is done aone and the view ready to be delivered this isto pay the original cost for the profits ho he will trust W the sale of the views to make his drawings he will find it necessary to visit the various blocks in the city and ancl in some cases when the back of the house has to le be shown he may be under the necessity of going to the rear to take his drawings if any of our citizens should see him engaged in his business he wishes them to understand that he ia Is there for no im improper roper purpose and desires us to take this method of informing ormin the public before ha having haying ving his work lithographed lithographer litho graphed he be purposes to submit his drawings to those who may subscribe FRO FROM wednesdays DAILY landowners MEETING OF landowners at a meeting in of t the tho h laud land owners on the line of the czum contemplated p la t ed ditch for the conveyance of the waters of big kanyon emigration and red bed butte creeks to tho the jordan held on saturday evening last at the fourteenth ward schoolhouse school house bouse a committee was empowered by vate to proceed to levy a tax upon the lands in proportion to the amount of benefit likely to be derived from the proposed ditch that committee will report the tho result of their labor at a meeting to be hed held tomorrow to morrow wednesday evening at seven at the fourteenth ward schoolhouse school house at which place it is hoped end desired that all interested will be present to hear the report anceto learn the amount that they will have to pay cooperative CO OPERATIVE SOCIETY according to appointment a meeting was held of those interested in the manufacture of iron in this territory a few nights ag ago in one of the rooms of le me city hall bishop edward hunter was called to the chair A G benson was chosen secretary and the tho subject received a thorough discussion many persons persona were present whose practical knowledge of the subject of manufacturing iron enabled them to speak with some degree of understanding it needed no argument to show the importance of manufacturing iron in our midst for every man of reflection saw its importance the chairman proposed that samples of the different ores obtainable in this territory should be collected and experiments made with them and a cooperative iron manufacturing institution be started A committee of five was appointed to take the necessary steps to investigate this subject and to proceed to the organization of a company their names were james dick james lawson lawhon Ii awson P F J P F rascoe pascoe eilas elias morris and T 0 davia datis SOMETHING NEW tim THE MAILS bro john L smith writing from meadow millard county on the h instant says A few words more in regard to mail doings we frequently receive letters weeks and weeks after aften the mail mank mark shows of their having been posted and sometimes through the carelessness core of some of our northern postmasters or oMel officials als ais letters for this place are placed ix lyl the through sack and are returned from st george we do not fancy this operation at all but do not know how to help ourselves more care should be taken where the mails are aro made up that the packages are placed in the right sacks I 1 have assisted in starting the mail in fillmore fiu rill more moro and also in meadow Fost jost offices numbers of times and i have frequently found packages for fon forTo thoele tooele oele city also for sanpete county while ours would not come to hand we have given considerable prominence of late to mail mall complaints sent from different parts of the territory at the risk of becoming tedious to our subscribers I 1 believing that the great importance of the subject the whole public being interested was sufficient excuse for so doing the complaints of bro smith I 1 are evidently attributable solely to the carelessness on the part of postmasters and he hence nce nee are utterly inexcusable mr moore of this city showed us the other day a large list of letter packages that were directed to other settlements but had been mis sent to this city mail delinquencies have been loudly complained of 0 for nearly three months past it is high time they were rectified there have been mistakes doubtless in this city owing to a change in the administration but we are satisfied that some of the country postmasters are not free from blame in our article yesterday about Birds eye view of salt lake city we alluded to mr kochs intention to secure bona fide subscribers to pay for the first cost of the view say twenty at five dollars each this was a slip of the reaba t types es the word twenty should have read road two hundred the latter number number of subscribers is necessary to pay the first cost boons BOOKS by an advertisement in another column it will be seen that zions wholesale operative cooperative co institution has received a consignment of books we had the pleasure of examining the lot yesterday evening and though they were not classified or arranged still we saw sufficient to satisfy us that there were a great many valuable works in the collection too valuable we fear to meet with a ready sale which they would in places where the price rice of a book is enhanced by its rarity re there re are a great many old works of bf value and a number of scientific publications which should meet with a ready sale the stock stock would form forma a fine basis for fok a library all who have any aaste Jaste taste in this direction should call at the cooperative operative co cd institute institution ion lon and examine this lot which is now ready for lor inspection TUE THE falious FAMOUS jeremy gooseberry GOOSE bebry BEBBY the propagator adf this fine plant thomas E jeremy of the ward is desirous that all those persons who have ordered gooseberry plants from him should call for for them immediately as ala they thoy are now ready he has many deman demands s and he wishes old orders to be filled before his stock is disposed of |