Show LOCAL AND OTHER MUMS zye zae ri 0 I 1 nilio niilo 0 erida FRIDA TS 19 I 1 mirom irom from Brig brigham harn hain city sherill sheriff john burt of box elder county is in town utah postmasters mr nir C D B robbins bobbins of lom log loan wan gan cache co has been appointed postmaster of that place and mr erastus B S foote to the same office celd in tooele thoele city toodie co so washington advices advises say honesty is the best policy there is a sign in tho the lower gar yar part t lo 10 of f this city which reads readi as follows grocery sand provisions for baiev sale bale in hese these credit mo biller times it is a consolation to see such li honesty displayed if a man sells sand in hii hig why not advertise it theological class we learn from brother brothen george farnworth of mount pleasant that the people of that place are take steps to org organize anike aniko a mutual improvement association for the general benefit of all who desire to take advantage of such a means of intellectual development but for the special benefit of the young we are glad to learn of this and also of the same course being taken in other settlements an association of this kind Is having we understand very beneficial results at beaver matters are progressing favorably in other respects at mount pleasant P J jensen is acting at present athe the rew ite rie w engine eugine house the akk making ifie of the necessary alterations on the west compartment of the warl ward market house smith south temple street toi to convert it into an engine house hoube has been commenced ader the 0 f chief engineer jolin john D T mcallister the alarm bell has been removed from jhb tires 21 old oid engin e house and placed over the new one the room will ibe the enlarged a number of sleeping r bu bunks provided with I 1 bedding edding a are re be being in aks c constructed a stove and other conveniences will be supplied and it is expected Wa wasatch engine NT no 0 2 will be moved to the tile new quarters next monday chapped hands the easiest and simplest remedy is found in eve every ry storeroom bm take common starch 1 and grind it with a knife until it Is reduced to the smoothest powder take a clean box and fill it with starch thus prepared so as to have it continually at hani hand hand for use every time hands are taken from the suds or br dishwater wipe theland the them mand and while they afa aro are yet te t damp rub a portion of starch ithra ii thoroughly dver over them covering eding ering the whole surface the effect is magical the rough roul roxi li sma smarting itin 9 skin shin is soothed and healed 1 bringing and insuring the greatest degree of comfort and freedom from this by no means insignificant trial american Ar artisan lizan T the work in holland in the millennial stor of nov 25 is a letter from elder S van dyk dated nov 13 which states that thit twenty two persons had been i baptized in holland during the tiie current year tear elder eider van dyke says cc two missionaries might live an and d wor wp here boget together er better e ter than an one cau could ld a yea year ra ago fort for there ere are more saints hin and d conse consequently more houses ouse where the elders eiders may stay than there were when I 1 came here then there was only one village and one town where latter day saints resided but now I 1 can travel or go ty by the railroad cars from bedl ded emra art to zwolle olst deventer zutphen borculo Bor culo and then by sea to amsterdam and weesp weese and in each eacil place I 1 find the houses house of saints to and where 1 I may preach 12 parey party what thai retrenchment uart Part party partain yin in tile the twelfth ward last V night was a complete success nearly rl all ail superfluous and costly articles of dress were dispensed with and the folks ioli wondered dered how it was that they felt so easy comfortable comfor for table genial kindly and at lome tome till they reflected that they had cast aside with the concomitant bs of vanity loud and extravagant apparel P that stiffness and formality which are arel so embarrassing and unenjoyable the kindliest kind liest and plea sandest of feelings prevailed and instead of there being politeness which has its origin in selfishness there was that courtesy of demeanor which generally flows from an innate goodness of heart hearl president D hd wells was present and during the evening by reque a row low timely and encouraging coura cou raging glug remarks to the young cwi 1 8 people present and congratulated them on the judicious course they were werm taking in in commencing a in movement against the foolish extravagance trava gance of the present day atour south superintendent campbell campbeli returned from a tour south as far as nephi on the tho ditth dinst he wag accompanied thence by bishop joei joel grover of nephi and mr kimball of A EL H an drews co chicago the tile latter took occasion on at provo and other leading points to exhibit samples of his school furniture which were generally pronounced to be the best ever brought to utah the superintendent lectured on education and kindred topics at nephi mona payson and spring ville superintendent ord co county tinty is makin making g arrangements to furnish additional school facilities for all the districts in his county tiie tile the superintendent visited the high school at nephi taught aught by prof lewis and that at spring ville tau taught wiit glit by prof E evans vans also the gos branch of the deseret university at lo present resent conducted by prof W H dusenberry all of or which lie he found in a very prosperous condition presentation Pro professor ressor karl G maeser has had presented to him by the cou county rity a beautiful apu and commodious school desk and a patent arithmetical machine the presentation has been made in consideration of brother Brot lier iler maeyers Mae sers being the best district school in salt lake lahe county the arithmetical machine ia is a most moat ingenious contrivance and is a great assistance to tha the teacher in imparting to his pupils a knowledge of figures the figures are blackann blaek black kand and are printed on a long iong wide ribbon of white whit e cloth this ribbon is in in a neat calil cabinet net and on two rollers one at the top of tile the cabinet and the other at the bottom A plain surface ot this cloth the length of the cabinet is exposed to view and being manipulated by handles which cause the rollers to revolve when operated any table of figures can be exchanged for another almost instantly by means of squares and rods used to cover any desired portions of the cloth addition subtraction multiplication and division and even irac eions can be taught without the teacher having to make a single figure flure the effle efficiency lency of this machine has been thoroughly tested in the qi it matial o raum jo spouts been dem demonstrated that third reader clasi classes ses taught by this method are more advanced in a knowledge k of arithmetic than fourth and nth fifth reader classes taught by the usual method the horizontal rows of figures are if we remember aright sixty four in number and the upright columns running the long way of the ribbon six last night prof maeser exhibited the machine to the members of the ward young mens institute bro william foulger who is a member of that society being an expert at figures was requested to show how rapidly l he hd could run up six columns of the me heaviest figures ures and he didat astonishing I 1 g rapidity edity he seemed orly onay to have ave to glance at each column and jot down the result the summing of the whole w ole oie six occupy occupying ing ino buu bui a few seconds FROM FRUM SATURDAYS DAILY DEC 20 shortest day today to day december be is generally reckoned heie here to be the shortest aay day in tho the year verdict of Guilty A special dis patch to the NEWS from ogden informs us that the jury in the trial of kiesel riesel for rape brought in a verdict of guilty fixing the penalty at iten en years yeats in the penitentiary alteri notice was given t hat that an appeal would be ta taken e prof leotard tt it is one week today to day since this gentleman met with a very serious accident and lie he harpot has not been able to leave his room since lie he is still cheerful and hopeful he can walk across the tile floor but is unable to tr set his right foot down solidly which is much swollen ho is unable to use either of his hands to any extent ils lin having v ll 11 g taken his first meal today to day wi without th 0 ut having to be fed it may be several weeks before he lie will be able to resume hi A doubt has lwe lae lel iel l fi lk expressed b by 7 the san francisco figaro as to his being the genuine arof leotard who performed atthe aitho at tho the crystal palace and the tho alhambra Allian ibra and created rn A in y r s f ia axt mai t ria VIP t a great sensation there figaro may lay those doubts aside however as there are quite a pir sir large largo number num berof of gentlemen gentie gentle in th this is city and in other parts of the territory who witnessed his performances at the places named and who state that it was generally conceded that in some parts of his performances he was superior to his uncle professor leotard is twenty nine years of age ag and although not a large man is powerfully built and has an astonishing amount of muscular strength as well as agility or activity he is desirous of staying here until he I 1 has 1 as completely recovered that he may give a performance before leaving for california and that he may do some feats that he has not yet performed perr ormed here the mails here is how a justly indignant correspondent writes from springville Spring ville under the tile date of december lath mail mall irre irregularities in utah county are rapidly increasing in number and enormity the malls being now in I 1 in such a state as to be little less than a nuisance ca A few instances A short time ago the springville Spring ville mail sack containing gainin 0 mail for tor the north etc w was as sent to salt lake as usual after lying there two days it was returned unopened to this place and mail matter that should have reached the parties addressed at halb salt lake the same day it left here was returned together with that destined for the east west ivest and north and had to be re fe mailed now the public exhibit a pardonable curiosity in wishing to know the name of the party or parties whose duty it is to convey the springville Spring ville mail sack from the depot in salt lake to the post office open it djs distribute tribute its contents and return it with the proper mail matter contained in it 11 while in provo prove I 1 received on the loth dinst a letter from salt lake having post mark of the ath now the mall mali sack left salt lake for provo on time aa as was proved by the arrival of tho the the daily papers but my my letter was wag not in it and the sack was ivas eias not opened on the way it is time mr editor I 1 that these gross breaches of duty on tile the part of somebody connected with the mails were saddled upon the guilty parties robbery john cagle is a gambler gainer gamer bi gambier galner er about a week ago his room was robbed of about worth of gambling apparatus A day or two since he was called upon by a man who asked what he would give to have the property returned to him mr dir nir cagle said he would pay 50 and ask no ns the money mone y to be handed over on the delivery of the articles in fosters liquor store first south street last night bight the man marl who gives his name as being george J lloyd called at foster fosters Is accod ding to appointment hoaas he was purposely delayed till an officer 1 could bould be brought dutch John watched him inside the store J and as lloyd hoyd became uneasy and was leaving fosters john walked along side of him oki oka officer phillips was pass passing in 9 at the time andas and AS dutch mutch john jolln n told phila phillips ps to arrest lloyd the latter dug his right hand land into his coat pocket mr phillips phila ps was too tulek quick tulek quick for him however he seized ais his hand and took from it M a cocked pis pistol to he was arrested and had bad an examination before justice clinton this mornin morning he would not tell i how ho he came came camo by the property the judge was convinced that thae the evl evi evidence was strong that he was an accomplice of the robber if not the actual thief bito hito self seid and he was held in to appear before the grand jury of the probate court of salt lake county it is a peculiarity of individuals to endeavor to draw money out of parties by returning to the latter their own property which r may have been stolen from them lloyd had not found I 1 the necessary bonds u up to noon today to day FROM MONDAYS londay S DAILY DEC 23 deserter caught the the police officers picked up an army deserter named last night more granite seven more car loads of granite for the temple tempie rolled into the temple block today more snow just as wo we go to press the tile snow from tilo tile north nort liis ills is beginning to fall with good prospect of a snowy night land office register president grant sent to the senate december Dc cember tile the nomination of willitt aw Po of utah for register of the land office at salt lake city home made oar car A baggage car manufactured at the utah central depot shops is finished exec excepting tk the fitting on of the brakes an and will commence running antho on the tho line this tills week improvements A couple of new now two story stores opposite taylors low bow south temple street one belonging to mr meredity and the tile other to mr cooper are nearly finished from ogden this morning we had the pleasure of meeting alderman walter thomson and cotin councillor joseph parry of ogden both of whom were in town today to day unnecessary A strong was engaged in hauling meat in a wagon 0 yesterday sunday this was considered by the tile municipal authorities to be unnecessary labor and lie was fined 5 freightage on the police gurt ourt purt slate today to day there was charged op 61 the name of an inebriate freih freightage tage ona one dollar the party had been freighted to the city hall in a ajob job wagon addition In hc was fined so 5 A fuss there was war between didah and denmark on saturday afternoon the latteri latter who halls hails from bountiful entered a store with a big pair of boots saying he bought them there a wee woe week k previous and wanted to chang change ethem them for a bigger pair the jewish clerk demurred saying the mammoth articles not purchased there A few words passed and judah made war on denmark both were arrested and the trial was wai to take i place to today day at two oclo ck preparatory I 1 the present dull times nearly everybody is preparing to have a good time at christmas some of the store windows have splendid displays of season seasonable seasonably abl abi e goods goode those wishing to pure purchase hasp to celebrate with will be sure to find what they want at the tife stores of those live business places whose advertisements are ire tre found in tile the columns of the nr NEWS wa people generally get liberally dealt with by people who liberally patronize the local papers the children Chi dren drea ne next friday will wil I 1 be a gala day for the sabbath school children of the twentieth ward in the forenoon they will assemble in the school house and p pass ass a new few hours la in singing reciting etc and in partaking of some good things that will be provided for them on the occasion prizes will also be distributed among them tile the members of the ward having donated for this laudable purpose in the afternoon the little ones will spend uptime t 9 in dancing in I n the evening the teachers and bigger scholars will spend a few hours together in social ca capacity pa city 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