| Show LOCAL an AND OTHER MATTERS wrom FROM TUESDAYS DAILY JUNE 15 5 lacoax juno 22 1872 2 adilor editor deseret news wo we find our names published ameln among those who petitioned congress not to a admit utah as a state into the union we knew nothing of that petition before we saw it in the NEWS neither have we given any man or set of men the right or brivil ruo rue nce to uso use our names for such a purpose we do not desire to be numbered among those petitioners petition petit on ors ers respectfully 0 11 T bertelsen ANK ANH M simen simer county bro isaac W pierce wrote rote from glenwood sevier county june juno 10 the crops look well throughout this county the health of t he tho people Is ia good the indians are peaceable except now arid and then a runaway or unruly indian will kill a beef or steal a horse as yet but little of this has been done we think it il best to look well after our stock as the chief of the band that roams hereabouts part of the tile utah tribe mho sava that some rome of his people will steil stell but bub ho he thinks that they are no worse than some of the whites severe sevene ACCIDENT we regret to learn that th abjohn john clarkjr an eight year old son of mr john clarr marr of ef Z 0 M I 1 grocery department met with a very severe acci lent dent about nine yesterday morning it appears the little fellow follow in conjunction with so hom som me other eother boys had procured a can of powder with which to amuse himself in attempting to nire fire EL a small cannon he acci dentally dropped a lighted match into the can causing an instantaneous explosion which nearly blew biow the thumb from his bis hand and severely scorched and disfigured his han darm and face dr Auder anderson son sou was called in to attend him and wo we are pleased to learn that hopes are now entertained of his recovery eine FINH AND imprisonment james jamea R turbitt who insists on violating the city ordinance against sunday liquor sellin selli selling ug 9 was last evening fined and sen son sentenced tenee tence d to imprisonment for thirty days turbitt Tur bitts I 1 s counsel insisted that the court was enjoin enjoined ed by writ or of certiorari and prohibition purporting to have been issued by the district court courtin in former cases wherein the city was the affiant and turbitt defendant on simi bimi lar charges in comparing judge mo me keans order for the issuing of the writ however it was found that it IL did not correspond with the writ itself in that it only called for sor certiorari under those circumstances justice clinton ruled that be was not enjoined from further proceedings against turbitt and the latter is now in prison in accor secor accordance dance danco with the sentence passed in his case HIGHLY CREDIT ARLIC we have been favored with a perusal of an autograph letter to C B R savage esq from air edward ii wilson secretary or of the national photographic association and editor ortho of tho philadelphia photographer with regard to the pictures exhibited by mr nir savage at the convention held in st louis last month the letter says your pictures at the exhibition were the finest american landscapes here they were much admired this encomium on the photographic productions of utah comes from the highest authority in such matters in the land and places this territory in the foremost rank in that branch terril oi 0 art we are pleased to record sueh such evidences of taste and progress as this for the cultivation of tho the arm arts Is ia one of the most effectual means of education and refinement AL the SL louis louls convention mr S savage avage was elected vice president for utah of the national photographic association CROPS ACCIDENTS A correspondent writes from bloomington rich co june 21 the prospects for crops are very good at present notwithstanding some grain is being destroyed by lay crickets brother chidester Cu idester dester of this place had the misfortune to have his hand badly injured in tho saw mill last monday he was wah alone at the time his forefinger was so badly crushed that thinking it would have to be amputated anyhow I 1 he picked up a very veny ver v dull axe and cut it off close to the hand band the neit next finger and his haud baud are badly bruised but with good care I 1 think he will get along ho is doing very well at present while a littie little boy son of bro thor was attempting to catch a fish with his hands bands anomer boy struck at it with a spear and drove one prong through his hand he walked a mile with it in his hand the spear had to bo be fastened ina lna in a vice and the prong filed off it was two hours or more moro from the time the accident occurred till the spear wm was taken out or of the little fellows hand ho ulo is getting along nicely the mail to this place nuns nung regularly now albert kelly son of bro john B kelly bookbinder and who is employed attili at this office has invented and manufactured a very useful and ingenious machine for nor f or stabbing pamphlets preparatory to stitching them eastern made machines of this description are aro costly and the work heretofore has been done here by hand band with a common awl which was necessarily a comparatively slow process the machine is a great time saver as any desired number of awls can be arr art apanged anaed on it and all the necessary punctures for one pamphlet made instantaneously by one movement when the downward stroke of the awls is made the latter are forced back again into their original position by two rubber bunners buffers bu frers unlike the eastern stabbing machines which have a considerable proportion of iron about them this one with the exception of a few small sheet iron fastenings is composed entirely of wood even to the spring the upper part of the tho machine rests on a table and is worked by means of a foot treadle under neath one person using this machine can easily keep six persons stitching we may say also that the woung young man who invented this useful addition to our bindery made it on nights and mornings outside of his work hours it comes in good time for the new now edition or of the pamphlet entitled the rise progress and travels of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints now being issued from this office tho the pamphlet is particularly valuable to all wishing to bo be informed with regard to the principles doctrin doctrines eske ac comprised in the faith falth and practices of the latter day saints saino as well s his historical orical data it is for sale at this ollice office and at the principal book stores store in the city eui eul emigration gration ac by letter from W C staines statues Sl alnesto to president D H welli which the latter has kindly placed at our disposal we learn that ho be was expecting the first company of emigrants from europe to arrive on yesterday he hears bears that the icebergs are very plentiful on the route from liverpool to new york but he trusts the people will arrive in safety he was ex peeling to meet president george A smith whose health is very good and who is enjoying his visit very much and elder 0 cram at new york on the on their return from new now england he says it was the intention of president smith to remain in now york a few days and then proceed to visit his native town st lawrence lawtence co in the state of new york speaking of the condition or of affairs in new york he says that the dens dons densely ey populated portions of the city are becoming very filthy and unless something is done soon to thoroughly cleanse those tbt 0 o places du during gitig the hot weather da deaths abs tbs will lik ilk likely ay be numerous from disease small smail pox and spotted and other rovers revers already prevail in those district districts 4 murders and crimes of every class are on the increase in that city he meets with but few in his traveling around who have anything to say against the latter day saints and those who do know but little about them having read or heard somebody say they wore a tri trl bly wicked people last year the inquiry wa what are you mormons cormons going to do ae kee feo those thome who asked the ques tion believing that a great wrong had bad been committed and that the tha cormona Mor mona naly nall would have to leavo leave their homes or be punished but as the case now stands the we public have become convinced that the mormons cormons Mor mons have been more sinned against than sinning and that the w wrongs gro 3 s committed have been by the judges and gd officials and it having been thus decided they will listen by the hour to hear the elders talk and believe what they say the mines of utah the religion of its people and every thing else connected with it are inquired about and elder staines statues saya says that the people mani maui manifest fest fett more interest than he ever saw before froli FROSI WE une one DAILY dailly JUNE 26 SUDDEN DEATH yesterday evening about nine mrs vincent the well known midwife who resided in the tenth ward was seized with apoplexy near her home dr higgins davis was speed speedily in attendance butane but sue she was dead before his h I 1 arrival r he is 13 of opinion that had she been bled previous to the attack she would have been saved severr SEVERE HAILSTORM mr james crane of port fort Herrl herri herriman mau man states stales that there was a very severe hailstorm at that place last laal night which threshed ou oui considerable odthe of the early wheat and beat down much of the corn and potatoes luckily the storm only covered an area of limited extent the hailstones were very large and lay iny on the ground after the storm to the depth of several inches in chesi juno june mth 1872 editor Jt seret evening news in your local of monday evening in relation to indian troubles south you think the people should resist the encroach ments merits of the indians and be prepared to defend their homes and families ac I 1 wish to ask yon you if yon you have forgotten a proclamation issued by the governor of the territory some time a ao ago o forbidding all persons the right to carry arms arms under penalty of being abl alg military man 1 I have always been taught to obey orders orders of superior officers and do you not think that it is much better for our wives and children d ren to be tortured and blain slain by the savage red man than for all of us to be thrown into prison A CAPTAIN cartain OP OF MILITIA we feel febi thank thankful ful fui to he captain for ya reminding I 1 us of the tho governor and tho tilo pro prow cla cia mation matlon wo we had almost forgotten both of thern them with regard to the question of the communication we leave others to form their own opinions wo we know what ours is utan UTAH MATTERS MAT washington june 20 utah district attorney batos bates has arrived here to consult with the gattorno attorney y general in regard to utah matters mr bates is very confidant that he will be able to indict the leading mormons cormons for polygamy under the law of 1862 by a grand jury composed almost almo st entirely of mormons cormons Mor mons the grand jury cabeen hai haf been summoned and will sit in salt lake on tho the of july mr bates expects that a number of indictments will be found and it is his bis intention to make one test case and carre earry it to the supreme court to get a deemon decision on ori the point whether the treaty treat y made with the mormons cormons Mor mons and which they claim recognizes polygamy is not set aside by the law of 1862 which prohibits it the president has given assurances that after the november elections he be will ili make changes in several of the territorial offices in utah chicago post what will greeley say to tho last paragraph per telegraph Pio rio clin cirr nov 25 this town is being built up rapidly substantial rock fireproof houses with brick fronts are going up the street water cuts are now being hlade for the main pipes which will soon distribute water for private and public uses and no doubt will materially promote the preservation of the town in times of fire an immense about of work has been done in the mines since my last visit five months ago the custom and company milla ru Ws are projected and under way and many thousands of tons of ore are on the lump dump awaiting the completion of the reduction works judging by the thousand and one dumps damps and neighboring hoo boo holes holos which dot the mountains in close proximity to pioche the mountains must be literally ol ally aily hone houed combed courtney who shot and instantly killed sullivan is manacled mana cled and not admitted to ball bail as has been the custom heretofore in pioche wickware who was accidentally shot by judge pitzer will no doubt succumb to the severity of the wound and the consequent amputation of his leg the altitude of at ho tho telegraph office ou on main street is |
