Show LOCAL AND OTHER OTTERS MATTERS FROM THURSDAYS DAILY JULY IB IS 18 TeSt yest yesterday erday an indian named weber jack while in a drunken state visited Wash akies lodges camped near hyrum hynum jack who had a grudge against one of the Was washakie nakle bakle indians pulled out ont a pistol and shot tue the latter dead another indian who had a breech loading rifle then shot jack the fourth shot brought him to the ground dead jack emptied his pistol on the first indian and was yas do des fenceless fen seless the ogden elre elro OGDEN 17 mr erbe ot of the batin eating house lost everything in the house valued at about eight thousand dollars and insured for only eight hundred mr cahoon caboon conductor lost loat all his clothing and trunk which contained about 1000 in currency rency all the rest of the boarders lost everything except what they had on the loss of the express company will be ligh light M not elcee exceeding ding one hundred dollars besides their fixtures both a agents ants lost all they had the house occupied by mr mcintosh was burned and part of his hia furniture his loss is between and mr erbe has occupies the depot and will procure a now outfit of stoves and dishes GOT IN the company of emigrants in charge of elder erik peterson gol kol in at about eleven last night the party numbered a little rising or of four hundred and with the exception of a few Ea English glish were all scandinavians for several hours before the arrival of the train which brought them in the depot was alive with people D who flocked there to greet with a 9 hearty hoarty eap t y welcome friends and relations from irom whom doubtless many of them had been ong separated on the arrival of the train the scandinavians were escorted to ballos hall where they met with a most gratifying reception two rows of tables were ranged along the entire length of the hall and which fairly groaned with the supply of good things which had been provided by kind friends forthe for the weary travelers and the latter by their smiling countenances and the way in which they made disappear showed their appreciation of the entertainment tain ment A band of music was present and played several tunes the entertainment was got up at the suggest suggestion iod lod of brother A W and nd he be was assisted in tolo tole arrangements by 0 sandberg and several others donations forthe for the purpose were freely made makoby by the scandinavian brethren and si st slaters sisters stera aters bishop thomas taylor was at the station when the emigrants arrived and he also visited the hall brier brief remarks were made to the people by some of the brethren in which advice suitable to the circumstances was incorporated BEES AND MILKWEED mr S H put nam nain holds to his position that the milkweed is not the cause of bees being denuded of their legs but results from a disease which has appeared among bees in this section the nature of which he is unable to determine this peculiar disease manifests itself each season in the month of july ceasing within the same month and is indicated by the forming of a yellow scale or excrescence of some kind on the feet of the insects brother putnam contends that it is this scale which becomes entangled in the milkweed and in their efforts to free themselves from such attachment the bees frequently leave their legs behind on the flower in proof of this brother P states th that at every limb found on the flower has this scale formation on it he showed us a quantity of those scales with pieces of bees limbs attached which he had taken from the mouth month of a hive which he be asserts pr droves proves oves that the effects of this disease are suc buo such h as to cause the loss of limbs to bees when they are not on milkweed as well as when t hey they are on brother P has written to the most prominent bee in indiana and naw mow york to ascertain if possible the nature of the disease alluded to and whether it Is common in other parts of the country besides this FROM FRIDAYS DAILY JULY 19 lepe lefe his homm homs john hutchison aged ten years left the residence of mr armstrong lith ward about 7 on wednesday morning he had on brown pants and black coat and hat he has light hair and light blue eyes any information concerning him will be grate gratefully full fuli Y received by his bis sister at george H Knowl dens grain store east temple street between first and second south streets A WHOLE WHOLESOME LAW under the laws of the state of bi michigan Ic higan bigan rash fools who intentionally ally or even in sport point any firearm at any person whether loaded or unloaded are held guilty ofa of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly and in case of wounding or death on account of such carelessness the punishment is severe we see it stated that since this law was placed on the statutes of michigan that state which formerly had a case of injury by the careless use of firearms every little while has been almost entirely free from such occurrences fooling with firearms has gone out of practice in michigan since the law pronounced it a crime boston journal RETURNED missionary elder anthon ludd lurid called this morning he arrived from a mission to scandinavia with the Com eom company Pay which got in ou on wednesday night he left this city april 1871 and during his stay in scandinavia labored most of the time in the offida of the church at copenhagen although he traveled considerable sid erable in the conference besides elder lund reports the scandinavian mission in a flourishing condition additions to the church by baptisms being numerous and frequent there will be two of saints from that part of tho world this season besides the one onn which arrived on wednes day night the missionaries are doing an excellent work in the northern part of 1 sweden and even a few La Laplander shaye shave have joined the church elder lund is the son in law of elder canute peterson the present president of the scandinavian mission A LIVERPOOL CAPTAINS orl Ori OPINION wioN wron A reporter ot of the new york sun speaking of the company of saints that came on the steamship nevada from liverpool to new york and arrived in this city on wednesday evening says the men of this party are evidently all bard hard workers and will prove an acquis i lion to the solid material of our population the women are ruddy and bear a healthy complexion captain forsyth tb a lolly jolly man with dark curly cunny hair and whiskers said to the sun man I 1 want to tell you something about these mormons cormons Mor mons they all come un en this line and I 1 suppose I 1 have brought over more than any other captain in bhe the service they are the most quiet and orderly set of men I 1 bring to these shores they never make any trouble they sing and have their meetings twice a day and behave better in the jouk run than men who call themselves christians you can say that in the sun tomorrow to morrow about these mor mons and say capt forsyth told you so V THE jour Joun JOURNEY mey may elder george reynolds rey Bey who arrived from a mission to england on wednesday evening furnishes turnis furnis hes bes us the following information regarding the journey the company left liverpool june per S S nevada guiou companas Comp anys line the first half of the voyage was very unseasonable being exceedingly cold and stormy the officers of the vessel vassel said it was similar to an all aberge winter passage the latter halt of the trip however was more pleasant captain forsyte Forsyt bof hof of the nevada prides himself on having brought more companies of saints across the at alantic lantic than any other commander and much much prefers them to any other class of emigrants he is always solicitous for the welfare and aud comfort of his passengers cers as are aio also aiso the other officers of the ship particular mention being made by brother reynolds of the kind attentions of the stewards captain forsyth is desirous to be remembered to his many friends here whose acquaintance he be made when bringing previous companies of saints across the ocean in his ship I 1 the nevada arrived in new york july jtb from which point the company started westward on the afternoon ol of the following day on the loth the party lay jay over a short shore time at philadelphia and while there a tremendous thunder and rain storm prevailed and the track a short distance behind the train on which the saints were traveling was standing was struck by lightning sometime before the company reached hed chicago the news had spread there that a lot of mormons cormons Mor mons were on the way and a large crowd of roughs boughs were at the station when the train arrived who manifested considerable anxiety to have a row the officers of the chicago and northwestern railroad seeing this took the company out on the line aboul five miles from town thus protecting the people from interference by crawlers brawlers braw lers and thieves early on the morning of tuesday at a point forty miles east ot of cheyenne indian agent major and an indian interpreter ter preter accompanied by spotted tall tail spotted eagle fleet bear several other noted chiefs of the brule sioux tribe and three indian women got on board the cars and traveled with the company to Cheyenne where they took train to denver the party being on the way to washington on business connected with the non fulfillment fulfilment on the part of the government of some treaty stipulations the chiefs are tall and fine looking tho the appearance and general bearing of spotted tail being particularly impressive he is rather large has a very keen eyo eye and a phreno phrenologist loist would say that hib hla brain la Is largely developed in chatis what is called the perceptive region his head however is very wide through from side to side bide and narrows towards the top his cheek bones are pro prominent in anent features not large but rather anclin inclined ed to sharpness and his firmly compressed lip lips and ponderous jaw give a person at once the impression that spotted tail is the possessor of great will power and determination and well fitted to wield great Ini luence influence in his position of a great in inn ins dlan dhan chief the interpreter informed brother reynolds that spotted tall tail had really great lii iii fluence over his tribe that he was a goodly disposed indian and was friendly to the whites although his past record was rather a desperate one brother reynolds thought he observed a strong resemblance between spotted tall tail and his wife who ac accompanied compan e him and made inquiries as to whether the two were related he was informed that they were not relatives and furthermore that the ideas of the indians on such matters were very strict allo ailo allowing wink wini of no inter marrying of relations the squaw who accompanied the chier chief was the tatters fifth wife the interpreter stated that since red rea clouds clouda visita to washington he had become considerably v demoralized having taken to aping the customs and practices of the whites he had even been been seen in a game of ballards bil lards with kid glov giov gloves es on the company had bad four deaths on the journey all infants one of which occurred on shipboard and the remainder on the union pacific railroad elder reynolds left this city for england may ard 3rd 1871 and during his stay in eng enax land labored on the millennial star at the office 42 Is lington liverpool he also visited and preached in many of the con ferencek feren ces of the mission during several months while elder carrington was here he was left by the latter in charge of the spiritual affairs of the british mission it will be remembered that soon after elder reynolds arrival in england he was attacked with smallpox small pox from the effects of which he has not yet recovered during the latter part of hla his stay in england his health was exceedingly poor but we are pleased to be able to state that it kas has somewhat improved on the journey hither and the invigorating air of this rocky mountain region will we hope tend to his speedy and complete recovery TOOELE COUNTY coulty elder S W richards reached home in this city vest yesterday erday from a trip to tooele thoele county he reports that prospects for a plentiful harvest are splendid and that in both agricultural and mining districts business is brisk and prosperity general the only thing to complain of being the lack of hands this is felt not only in the west westburt but also in id other portions of the territory in sanpete and further farther south there is a cry of heavy crops to be harvested and abundance of other labor to be done but a scarcity of hands the fact is abera an era of prosperity and good times is again dawning upon the people of utah eor for jkr several years past they have sustained heavy loss in the destruction of crops by the grasshopper plague and for the past two years or more the unjust and tyrannical proceedings of federal officials haye have spread such a general feeling of uneasiness and insecurity as to retard the investing of foreign capital in developing the mineral resources of the territory and to cause a general stagnation of trade in the mining districts now thanks to the decision of the supreme court the wings of certain worthies have been clipped and they rendered powerless to do present 6 vil evil and the grasshopper pla pia plague rrue crue this season is confined to very limited portions of the fact its extent is so slight alight that it will scarcely be felland fel fei tand being rid of two such serious evils the channels of trade are being vitalized revitalized re and gener generally aily atly prosperity prosper ity is returning throughout the territory provo CITY july 1872 editor deseret news dear sir sin As my mv name appeared on the petition against utah being ad admitted as a state I 1 give this ex explanation p lana iana tion tiou I 1 told a friend of mine to sign my name as I 1 was waa being shaved at the time not knowing the contents of said petition until I 1 saw it printed in the columns of the DESERET gifted news 4 a had I 1 known the contents I 1 never would have signed or caused my name to be signed to any such document JOHN |