Show our country contemporaries ogden junction dec SO SG yesterday evening the interesting ceremony of presenting mr A H earll with the cane which was awarded to him as the most popular man in the territory took place at the junction hotel mrs hagan presented tile the cane and judge hagan made a few congratulatory remarks to which mr earll made a graceful and appropriate response A collation was afterwards enjoyed bythe by the party the cane was elaborately mounted with gold carvings upon which was inscribed the name of A H earil earll presented pie by the ladles ladies of the Cat catholic hollo fair salt lake A passenger on the union pacific train yesterday afternoon exhibited a stalk of corn perfectly green and to it were attached tas soUng seung ears looking as fresh as if months had not elapsed since harvest and snows had not whitened the ground since the days of september A more marvelous sight had not been witnessed in these regions and turp of all kinds nils vios w as at fault the amazement of bf the tho spectators who hardly believed their own eyes gave way to admiration when they found out that the object of their wonder was an artistic imitation in candy work ogden junction dec 31 james callahan 3 who was lately connected with the union pacific road in this city suddenly died last sunday of heart disease at north platte where he was employed in the shops of the road he was about twenty five years of age and leaves a number of friends in ogden where he was well known and esteemed for his many good qualities A switchman on the union pacific railroad named michael byan ryan met with a shocking death on saturday in omaha hewison he was on tile the track when an engine was coming corning towards him As he was about to get out of its way the tile heel of his boot was caught between the rail and the plank and remained fixed there until it passed assed he was thrown down abbs alas ana and the forward wheel ran over his left leg which was horribly mangled auder ander and crushed bushed amputation became necess necessary arv 3 but death soon after relieved him of his sufferings his brother is a baggage master on the ro road a d there was a large audience at the city hall last evening tn t hear mr hoad hood alston who recited a number beruf af poems of his own compo j tion as well as some fine line selections the chief subject of interest was modern saints in which the author gives a graphic description of the toils privations stiffe sufferings rings and persecutions incident to the expulsion from nauvoo and the journey to the mountains the drunkard and his do dog 0 was well recited and took immensely with the audience and mr alston aiston whole effort was greeted with loud applause we think that if mr al ston would repeat his entertainment charging a small sum for admission he would draw a full house and realize something for his efforts t to 0 please and ln instruct strut the provo times of dec 30 contains minutes of the girst first days day a proceedings of a two days sunday school convention held in provo last monday and tuesday the convention was presided over by elder D john superintendent of sabbath schools of utah county IV V H dusenberry was elected secretary of the convention there W were present president AO smoot B bishops 1 ezo eyo ps L E harrington john brown and jos S tanner elders 1 I 11 coombs geo halliday israel evans wm J B b milner illner and many others including elders geo goddard and geo C lambert of salt lake city M most ost of the sunday schools in the county were represented as inex in excellent condition the subjects proposed for discussion during the convention were the necessity of organizing a county sabbath school union the necessity for each school to furnish Bibles Books of mormon and all other books required for the use ute of the pupils 3rd ard each school should be supplied with a library and we hereby recommend the acquisition of the same at the earliest practical date A session of the convention was held in the morning afternoon and evening at which the views of various speakers were presented as to the best methods of carrying out the tile objects proposed when the convention adjourned until tuesday morning ogden junction y jan 2 elder eider cyrus H wheelock will preach in north ogden on sunday next at the usual timo time and place of worship A full blooded ute uto indian named bichard richard comas is now acting as interpreter of the ute indians of the white chite river agency in colo celo rado and of tho the uintah valley agency in utah he is a graduate of lincoln university pennsylva nia and is at present in washing ton toil whither he has been sum summoned nion by the indian bureau mr comas has completed his reports from the agencies with which lie he is connected there are according to his estimate carefully made altogether only two thousand indians belonging to the ute tribe heretofore the number has been placed at six thousand by interested parties he may bo be instrumental in e exposing the tho unnumbered frauds committed upon tile the people and the governa government C nt Og ogden denik denIu nun run notton tion jan 3 mr AW david divid osborn arrived this thi morning from montpelier bear lake valley he came by way of soda springs in a sleigh and reports good sleighing all the way to within a little liale distance of ogden there is only about six inches of snow in the valley and scarcely aa as much at soda but in cache valley it is much deeper and in the northern part about eighteen inches on the level A few days ago wo we mentioned that thata a consignment of silk worms and eggs passed through O oden ogden den for the east marked 1 time goods and valued at more than we learn thab that they were pu purchased released rell reil ased in japan by the french government there were on the car nine anda and a half tons of eggs each egg being about one quarter the size of a eirls head the eggs were packed eu in leaves layer upon layer and placed in air tight tin boxes which were covered eith matting this is the first attempt yet made to import silk worms via the united states on new years yearns morning a little before daylight some gay youths who had attended the phantom dance at the union depot hot hotel e after conducting their lady partners home were returning to their rooms down town when they encountered three male fifteenth amendments the young men had donned their ghostly disguises and as their spectral figures pres anted themselves to the gaze of the tile terror stricken ebony hue sons of africa africh clime the most piercing screams broke through the still stillness SS of the morning hour the white surrounded jet rolled in frantie frantic dismay and ivory masticate ors chattered like acorns falling from the thre top limbs of an oak in the sere and yellow of november one of the amendments threw himself on his knees muttered an unintelligible az prayer ayer nad aad offered a purse well weil filled with supposed ill gotten gains while the others took to their heels and sped away with lightning speed scattering to the winds a deck of cards and leaving behink them their tiles the repentant sinner who was on his knees crying was told to keep hl his purse with the admonition that his mothers spirit would haunt him until lie abandoned his evil ways the finale of or the phantom dance wa the promised beginning of a reformation provo times jan 2 A well known young lady of springville Spring ville a manipulator of the electric wires created quite a sensation in our usually quiet city on new years yearns eve by appearing 0 in our midst in male maier attire to be joined in the holy bonds of wedlock with the object of her hearts dearest affections a noted professional gentleman of this city and also a former the following are particulars but not happy de koument nou ment some time since this handsome and winning son of mars while so jo in our neighboring city of springville Spring ville met and became enamored with the lovely and charming heroine of our article a daughter of a prominent citizen of that place and vowed she should become the partner of his joys and sorrows and she strongly reciprocated his afree affection a true case of love at first sight but the old maxim that true love never did run smooth 17 sy 17 intervened in this ca case se a as s the parents of our heroine d did 1 d n not 0 t appreciate the gallant knight of the teeth buton but on wednesday evening last our heroine determined no longer 0 to bo be separated from her lover dressed herself in boys boysak apparel pare and astride of a mule journeyed on thu tho wings of love to this city for the purpose of having the nuptial knot tied on her arrival she repaired to the house of a friend and arrayed herself in proper attire for the interesting ceremony the anxious and expectant lover aware of the close proximity of hildar his darling tried to secure the services of our friend the parson who fearing all was not well refused to unito unite etwo two hearts that beat as one in the meantime two brothers of our heroine appeared upon the scene and endeavored to induce her to return home which she most post pos dively refused to do until the knot at was tied the paty then proceeded to the abode of the would bo be benediet benedict who having imbibed rather freely was wai somewhat excited over the failure to find some one to perform the ceremony another I 1 inda nd vidual seeing the futato of afna afra affair irs irm and being r of a very sympathetic turn of mind nind rushed frantically from house to house hoube in t lie tile solemn hour lour of midnight t trying to find some come one to end the painful drama by uniting our heroine with the man of her choice the gual guardians deans of the night hearing the disturbance repaired to the spot and was appealed to by the now desperate lover to perform tile the ceremony but it was no use the fates were against them and the heroine after much persuasion was induced induced to return to lier her home leaving the disconsolate doctor to his unhappy reflections and to think what might have been the hero of the above adventure is a fellow named van abkin who formerly carried on the bui siness of a tooth drawer in springville Spring ville provo times jan 3 mr joseph martin a frenchman who has been lately employed as in the stables where the stage horses borses were kept was found dead in his bed this morning A coroners inquest was held A jones coroner presiding isaac higbee joseph clark and thos 3 J patten as jurors drs john riggs beiggs and P F H simmons Simce ons were in attendance the verdict was that the said joseph martin died from disease of the heart caused by excessive cess ive lve drinking lo 10 LONDON ma 11 2 in rn the ville de havre investigation today to day captain robertson Bo bertson of the loch earn denied that the charges against captain surmount emanated from him he declared that lie he was incapable of taking laking away such a brave mans character application was made for an adjournment of the proceedings ceedie ce s until the french witnesses could attend but it was subsequently withdrawn mr butt on behalf of the officers of the tile loch earn argued that the tive dc de haure havre was to blame but that the negligence on the steamer was probably due to the continuous continuo ds watch kept the three previous foggy lays days the court unanimously declared that captain robertson was blameless eliot boike a conservative has been returned to parliament from Cambridge shire without opposition |