Show new denn notions 1 llie rike like new kya era rn CHICAGO april 3 hag editor deseret flews hlat blat matters mattens tera are arc bo becoming sp Jv involved olvid among herh hero in a short time our conceptions of hondr honor y etue integrity and aud honesty must of necessity undergo a great change the definitions of these qualities given by our fathers rathers will vill have to be totally rewritten by modern lexi cog raphers olie of gur our prominent newspapers in reviewing the present outcome of fraud says dvir virtues take rank according to the pursuits and tu customs of the day and people that which is most moat extolled in a condition of immature society becomes intolerable at a high stage of civilization judging from this philosophical conclusion wo are to infer that the honesty and Integ rily of one hundred years ago a a not adapted to our high stae sl sll t le of civilization if honesty estyl fsr isi to be defined by a centennial NN webster ebster according to this he must say get into office cheat your eighnor rob the public treasury ud d makk make make yourself Jf generally gener aily alJy talked about this is the condition of our society at present though every monday Nonday morning some dozens of columns of printed sermons appear everyday every day a million editorial alti articles cles cies are scattered broadcast among the people church bells with clamor are proclaiming christian services every sunday even evening ilig evangelical re rp viva lists are tramping through thu the land and braying their doctrines into every ear eat and what does all this amount to that the definitions of a few words are to be changed this in truth Is what is the matter at present to be an ho or a virtuous woman after the old regime is to be an au outcast from modern society perhaps the world will get en on as well veli with the new order of things but it is rather doubtful in this city wo we are treated to an exhibition of corruption an and L ra rascality ehl cit that in moral communities would cause a political and social re revolution v ol ution men stand up and detail dere calmly and explicitly how they practised practiced fraud and aud pe perjury djury year after year for the last decade one would think it was a war worn veteran displaying his scars bears scarff and exhibiting his medals for distinguished services to his country before an am admiring and appreciative audience we have lecturers broo england and divines from ardnel and italy telling us the way to ger but as they dont seem to that road themselves we are disinclined inclined dis to go in the direction of their finger points when one refers back a century cr or so and reads the life of george washington one cant help hep arriving at conclusions clu anything but orthodox fourth of july orators and gushing historians and daughter mar biographers assure us with all the composure and consciousness of superior intellect that george geerge washington was the instrument of heaven and that it was by the divine protection that he was carried safe through the braddock mas massacre aerel acrel through the many other almost miraculous escape escapes 3 and specially delegated by god for the benefit of mankind when hen we look around today to day and survey the religion the politics and the society of our country I 1 am afraid we cant help saying heaven works in a mysterious way its wonders to perform yet I 1 am not injo inclined blued to disagree wholly y with the accepted dogmas relative to the father of his country or our out country but I 1 look at the case from a wholly ly of different I 1 point of view and I 1 do think that providence hasa basa has a hand in matters at the present time that he be is only preparing for another great revolution similar to which purged and purified society in former formen times where or through what source almighty god is going to reg regenerate enervate en erate man it is not for me to conjecture As a mat matter lel tei of course mrs belknap has furn furu furnished ined lAed material for many a sermon des discourse uise and social conversation among us here it is rather hard to speak of the unfortunate woman but it cant be te helped she is but the fruit of a diseased tree how many hundreds lower in the scale than she la are also sum suf fiering suffering a diseased social state cannot bo determined itis it is only when railroad directors are killed that railroad accidents are inquired into so it Js is only when greaf great areu fall that our condition is reviewed an editorial in a sunday pa paper er sa says s that thal many a female wili will F innocently inquire why mrs belknap receive a present of or several beveral dollars from mr sir marsh if mr air mansh marah was a friend of other her hen husband and her husband had done him a valuable service bervice ser eer vice the woman that would be logical enough to reason thus ought to go a little further and ask herself if by receive ing a present I 1 bring dishonor on my house bouse what will it avail me if my husband conferred favo favors raon on some individual through friend ship then I 1 have no right to exact payment for what was doile done iii in friendship could not this logical lady pursue a train of inquiry that would help to set her right ko no the truth is there is no healthy thought anywhere among uj it there was prominent men nad aad women wohlen would be from sheer roguery mrs MES dj dib bi i 7 in 1 I irhe irne 13 1 elde eide 4 LAKE TOWN rich eich co utah april 10 iam editor degere Desere I 1 write you a wishing 9 to correct a false statement which appeared in the tho ap april I 1 ath concerning the shob sh ting of james C swenson Bw enson at bouth boutu bouth south eden by mrs sallie joh job johnson your informant either wilfully misrepresented l dented anted the matter or was ignorant of the facts in the casa case mr swenson was well known to be a man of sterling veracity and as he was brought to my house after he was shot I 1 had an opportunity of hearing his state t ate ato ment concerning the thie w whole hole hoie brutal and inhuman proceeding he had bad n no 0 with mrs airs johnson and h had ad no gun in in hia hla hands there was only one of her boys with her the one that is now under arre arrest she came to the house where he w was i ns at work between one and tap twp p m the by carrying a shot gun when she got to the house houte she took the gun guu and ana sat down on a log which lay jay in front froni of the house mr air swenson stood in the door and talked with her about half an hour she told him in a very quiet manner that that was their home that mr johnson would do nothing about it and so she thought she abu would wid ild attend to it ilc herself she told him that he h had ad better leave if he did not want to be hurt burt mr dir swenson tried to reason with her telling her be did not like f to 0 walk hoine home a distance of a about out eight miles that it i would make no difference to her as its h be e was only him hired d to work for mr pratt the gentleman who ia Is con testing the land lauck claim with mr MI johnson that lie he had bad nothing to do with the land and that mr air pratt was the man for her to talk I 1 to she remarked 1 I will shoot you and he saw her cock the gun he then stepped back into the i house hoase and put up the door which was not hung and put a prop against it the boy got a club and arid beat the door trying Jas as mr swen son thought afterwards ostensibly i to force it open but really to at ut tract his attention while his mother went around the house bouse and shot hot through the window the shot taking enn eff effect e ct in the right leg jut jua above the knee ahat Abat shattering fering the bone in a terrI terrible blo bio manner he then hopped on one leg to his bed which was wag on the floor and nd lay down mrs bits johnson thenn then came the house and talked with him telling him she was sorry she had sho sho him he told her het it was too late lato to be sorry he asked naked her if she would not send to lake town and let his friends know of his condition she told him that she could not as 1 mr johnson had gone to laketown lake town and taken all the horses there was oil on the ranch she then went away awry awa y and eft lett left him there alone until near hear sundown when she ehe returned with a team and two boys her story of there being no horses thero there bein being 9 untrue it was mr air Swen sons opi opinion n that her first Intent intentions long iong were to let him lie there and die alone but afterwards thought it would make less trouble for herself to send him home he said she handled bandied his leg in a very rough and cruel manner assisting him hini in the sleigh lifting it up and it around d causing him great pain he was shot on Wed wednesday nesda Ilar march cb about two pm and lived until sunday night twelve oy clock though he suffered great pain he bore it with wonderful fortitude never neven making a moan when dr Hr rison p probed r obed his wounds for the balls w which h were lodged in his leg u mr tit syne Syre was wag woo too and brave a man to 0 naw chaw thaw a gun on a wom woman and II 11 is a burning bhame that any one cue malign his character charac charae fer iu in suell buell a maii mail manner ner nen when asked why rhy he tie did not defend tle T s jo y that he could nob noi make uti jlia mind wind to hurt the ibe woman hau 1 it t been johnson himself the case 1 would 1 leave have been beeri lolff different eren john johr soi soil lanew knew this and that is shyin my opinion and it is the tho opinion of all who are aye acquainted with the low intriguing eurac charade ter tee of the in man a ae h ent bent hs bis wife to 0 iio ilo the de deed 4 tha t he was too teo cowardly to do 4 himself lol ini joi self seif it seems to be lie a family falling ta wish to ta tak ha I 1 the fife life life ilfe of their fellow mali i none one of them have ever bee punished for ther crimes brime and I 3 lehr lebr that mrs airs johnson is dut out ik hail wil I 1 thlik thann it b is u a wi ng ug tot to the community to let such eople run I 1 at large of course coune it v N f n ir C KV back the life they llave bavo ditcu la aa LO 10 punish them but ilmi I 1 lives ilves of othur othu others r that will bo b iu in dauer dauger ger gen from th ei midlee J aug Aup auri AVII Tiit meeting water the pros 41 ip elects acts icing C CITY ITY san sanpete pete pite C co 0 A april aprils 8 Is 1576 isa a editor deseret Je seret W bews yews i i A mass mam meeting of the citizen s of bf this place was called calletto to take into ita consider consideration ailon allon the course and necessity of guarding and protecting eur our farming and agri agricultural culturA interests and water rights that have accrued to the citizens of this place since 1859 1839 as parties have hava gone above our settlement and more are preparing to gu go and divert the water from the channels into which it has been flowing fr dr the last seventeen yean years i to the great detriment of the citizens of thia place prest 0 hyde was el elected e c ted jed c chairman of the meeting he stated the tho ho object of the meeting and coln pointed t but the best course to tb pursue A number of other ci citizens express ed their views on ahe the sub subject eject A motion was ws made to petition the city chy council to pass an ardi 1 nance to control tha th a waters aud canals pertaining to this thid settlement t which was seconded and carried carrie d unanimously all agreeing in 6 ase case bf a law suit to furnish their quota expenses incurred 1 i 1 of late we wb have had llad a little progressive gree gres sive give civilization in our midst viz iz whiskey law and their concomitant evils which very much anno annoyed the law abiding citizens A petition was got up asking the city council to prohibit tho the sale saie pl f spirituous liquors the ladies of the female society stepped boldly forward one and alii alij all ali and signed their names to a petition oll oli prest hyde at the fast meeting also aiso ISO spoke of the evils resulting irom the use of the same the two petitions above named were numerously signed by the citizens by upwards of signa 1 each pach petition it now nowie I 1 e mains to be seen what disposition the city council will make mald arthem of them the health of the people isgen is generally good with the exception of i the whooping cough auda anda and aud a winter cough amongst the children which is very common at present farming earming operations are some somei i what tardy ou account of the lateness of the season nothing has yet been done on our farms it is snowing at the time ime of writing with a covering of three inches i which fell through the night might very respectfully J T ELLIS i i j n 11 i 7 T 0 1 11 ahe the Temperature Ibe i it lii i L V I 1 1 ul I ST cira onelda oneida co idne idaho april 4 ISM editor deseret Dc soret seret lews jews we ave have had plenty of snow and wind this winter yet yeb it has not been very cold the thermometer has generally ranged from twenty to thirty above zero and two or three nights it went belo beio belowos below wOn an tho the of marth march it went down aown thirteen below zero the bear lake laake did not freeze over until march and it is still frozen i last saturday sa the f first of arii april I 1 thought though tI J would try aa as la Is the custom of this co country unity to so BOW sow w black dirt on the snow to melt it off it has a great effect I 1 went into my garden south of my house and dug holes about abou t twenty f feet peet et apart to get dirt to scatter over xe the snow they are only two feet and v feeds inches deep duen turere tit la Is ground tha tho the snow is is n not at quite 41 4 deep oli tit all bit oy r rth the e country and it id going of ga very ver T J fast now some sonic odthe have lost spine cattle eattle but in four our thero there has been beon none loat lost for foi want af feed I 1 have writ whitten written teil tell about a as I 1 s seo see e things and you may think ti this 11 ig a ali all arti co country u n t ry b but u t I 1 of donot d ab nb t 1 my horse sand others othera have ruti gut all ali dond neill el vve we have nothing not bilik to hinder binder us from enjoying ou ourselves th aves and IN living iligo tj religion but our own dar selves yours truly truls C f ia 1 A nil ell i airn lino 1 1 OGDEN CITY othlo 1 a 11 fbi f bi april H ta lil editor editor diseri Dc sert seri herbs accidents gatal gatai and otherwise ser serious lous ious suicides ides ldes arld arid atie attl attempts ats at suit sult fides oides sire tire are becoming alarmingly frequent in id and around una section of you you yon will have heard that on wednesday afternoon noon a mau man named E 1313 B ball bail all ali arx phot shot t himself at the lle ile ardsley beun Bean lsley house yesterday A many JU 13 bramlitt who w was wad ua va on the east cast bopha emigrant train from california when about oree three lulled on ou tins this side of corinne wai seen to enter the water ginet on tho the car and shortly afterwards me th e report of wp 1 astol shot was heard to proceed thence which caused and conjecture ja ture amongst the passengers pas senena senera on the train one of them went to the tho closet looked through an aperture and salv say sav the man lii lif ina lna inn la sitting posture and arid apparently dead lie ho hec tec arcely had time to inform his hia fellow rellow pae rigers rs of this when they heard a second repart of fire arms I 1 and on repairing to the closet they found the man still ina in a sitting posture but q quite lite dead he had haa first fired a gilot which had enter ills his ear but not nol proved atal fatal li he tired fired aie a fremond dolid shot which entered the top of the heal tearing away the bones and maki makl making makins ng a frightful chasm in him hia head his brains wen comp completely leUly blown biown 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