Show local and other matters froh FROM wednesdays DAILY AUG P cheap water hate it will be observed that the water rate noi foi the city will be ten cents for every everyone one thousand gallons to consumers 0 o far as we are aware this is the lowest water tax of any city in the united state the tho church in alabama by a letter received from elders sargent und murphy dated july we learn that a branch of the church of ten members had bad been organized at alabama with elder alex stewart as president to let ari 1 I hereby announce myself a candidate fo por for the office of sheriff of beaver beave r county 11 the undersigned under signed offers himself to the citizens of beaver county count y as an independent nur por tur the office of probate ju judg dai J that is h how ow things go in beaver county it ie to be hoped the willing candidates will not make themselves t too 60 cheap the weber county coun ty election at the election in weber county there were two tickets in thelfA eld eid one the peopled peoples and the other i styled sty led the ike Ite revised ticket tie Tic ilet liet in ogden the majority of the peo ticket was only 21 in one place the division was equal and in other precincts it varied the total vot voto for the peoples ticket in the county was and cpr Y pr the revised giving a majority of to the former Discourse sOn account of the protracted illness and recent demise of brother david IV evans the phonographic the NEWS we have been unable for a considerable time to publish discourses of the first presidency and twelve and othern which has been a mat berof disappointment to many of our readers we are pleased to be able to state however that we shall shalia at tonce tonco onee once resume the publication of discourses the services as ws church reporter of brother george F gibbs gibba having been r secured city council the council met last evening mayor little ittle ittie presiding 1119 petition of owen 0 wen J morgan and other proprietors of small stores asking that the license ordinance be amended so as to make a reduction of license in favor of merchants carrying a stock of value not exceeding report of the mayor showing the amount of expenditures for june and july from the contingent fund which had been appropriated pria ted to be drawn against by him received and ordered filed rollee police court report of alderman for july showing the disposal of cases the of in cash fines lines and in labor received and ordered filed the committee on claims to whom was referred the tile petition of mrs kim Rim kimball ball bail asking the city to repair a well that had bad been filled up by the of water through the ward water ditch reported that all the rights pertaining to the ditch in question were vested tested in the property owners of the and wards and that the cause of the giving way of the bank was that a resident of the ward last named had turned into the ditch a volume of water beyond its capacity in the opinion of the committee the city was not liable for the damage done and recommended that the property owners of tho thu wards named be requested through their respective Bi bishops shoeb shoes to repair the loss sustained by the the committee on claims to w whom born horn was referred a petition of the hook elook and ladder fire firo company asking the city to refund 29 expended in procuring shirts and belts reported that they found a number of other companies c had expended means meana lna ina in a similar manner and recommended recommend fd that be appropriated anil and placed ili in the tile hands of the chief Eu cheer to be distributed by him among dho jho he companies pro rat report adopted and amount named according to recommendation recommend tion the committee on water works to whom was referred red the th petition of a number of merchants bankers and others asking that certain water privileges be extended and a reduction made in the rates recommended c om mended that as soon as practicable ti water meters be procured for the measurement of water to consumers consumers and that the tax be at the rate of 10 cents dents for one thousand gallons also t chatin atin t the e meantime an air agent to assess and contract with bonsu consumers ers regarding the present rate to be charged be appointed the report was received and recommendations adopted and the committee on municipal laws were instructed to draft an ordinance in accordance with the report an appropriation of 1000 was badeas made as a contingent fund tobe to be drawn against by the supervisor of streets tha duty cf determining what repairs a are 1 ro nece ceary ne mry antho on the north te temple tempie mlle mile 8 street lr culvert and af pf 16 instructing baruc ting th tha in relation thereto 6 was referred to the special cotha committee attee on improvements with alderman n kaleigh a temporarily added thereto oae month salary wary of the recorder was appropriated the committee on municipal laws presented an ordinance in relation to the sale of i and fermented liquors which was amended and passed the last named committee also aiso presented a bill for an ordinance regulating the manufacture and sale ot distilled and fermented iii lii liquors 5 which was read and pending discussion the same council c il a adjourned till next tuesday at half balf past 7 7 P pm p m normal institute august prof lewis resumed his remarks an on arithmetic dwelling upon the subject in a lucid and able manner prof wright continued his lecture on geography taking the I 1 subdivision sub gub division how we teach from frem a text book ho ile III illustrated rated his ina lna in a very dinst instructive r autive style mr nr Td toronto being requested by the committee on amusement read sam wellers wallers valentine la in his quiet humorous style prof maeser H history methods and aim iare were Int introduced ed for this lecture theme the methods hods cods of memory reason morals morais religion ilam liam were those mentioned under the method of reason remon the lecturer introduced trod comparative bi history story showing how engli easily y it might inight be taugh taught and tand with what pleasure to students this plan ia Is evidently the one to be sele lele selected acted the Je arning learning of historical event evento in their succession can cau bring no possible benefit unless the knowledge this gained leads the student from cause to effect but if this method be followed present social events will indicate to ilie him the future condition his country or state of politics morals or religion WEDNESDAY aug ath theory and practice b by y prof monch SQ e lecturer entered upon his usual warmth and carried it through the three of art ait hour to the tho satisfaction of all sang the child of the regi merit meril very sweetly ai H hardy on beading came before the institute to tell many things already known but begged the indulgence of its members he considered reading one of the most difficult attainments and hence the necessity of thorough drill iu ILI our schools where bhe the first principles only aie taught it had been said that as much time is consumed in hearD learning ilIg to read and spell as would be required for the acquisition of a common school education in all the other branches and the speaker refe referred this fact to the existence of no fixed sounds of our letters he advocated the introduction to some extent of pho phonetic betiC spelling hengain impressed upon the institute his distinction between the abreo theories of reading I 1 for primary chis classes ses seb stating that lie he preferred thy word me method thad much else of interest was wai said by the beeaker bp eaker mr r rager eager read the maniac most excellently mr ottinger Ol proceeded ded to ex plain caves method of drawing elain he ie first explained the points of ight eight and distance the simple method of drawing was very well illustrated harmony of line and parts and the two methods of shading were next made clear at the tile close of the lecture a vote of thanks was unanimously given mr nir ottinger and the forenoon session adjourned the following persons were present in addition to those previously named isa calder maltha maitha J rolling worth tripp 0 P F whitney sal bal lake co hilda dehlin co john E ross rosa samuel thuri nan utah co 11 attie 0 weber co vary mary uary hoyt juab co FROM THURSDAYS DAILY AUG 10 L early peaches today to day mr thomas fenton nurseryman of the sixth ward placed on our table a quantity of ripe early peach ea e of excellent flavor he had them ripe at his nursery as early aa as the latter end of last week the rork n ork tork in pennsylvania by lettera rom elder lorus borus pratt prat t son sou of elder orson pratt who is now NaU lavo gabo ring in pennsylvania we learn a that himself and elder john juhn 0 duncan were recently in doah doab of hat that state where they baptized five per ions tons and organized a branch of the church A large largo cortege the funeral of mrs david P F walker took place today to tc taday day the cor cortege ege accompanying the remains of t the e departed to their last resti resting dg place was very large consisting of fifty five carriages filled with mourners the lady was much esteemed for many noble and amiable qualities prominent among which were her kind ness and practical benevolence to the poor montana notes oats oata at helena are three cents a pound thirty tons more of sico 10 ore was shipped to salt lake the other day by packard co from the tho acquisition spur lode it is believed that the sioux are camped on the head waters of rotten grass big horn mountains about miles from ft pease gen herman bherman writes gov potts that it is going to be a hard fight light and he thinks it is better for the people generally not to stampede stampedes but to attend to their farming and i mining operations and organize companies into a regiment ot ulila tia to defend the eastern frontier should the indians turn toward ii JE to steal horses or cattle helena has in its immediate vicinity an unlimited quantity of excellent variegated yai vai legated or egyptian marble near deer lodge there are also quantities of marble and other handsome rock some bome equal to the finest italian blue veined and some fine white arizona matters yesterday yes to rilay vire we received a call from elder thomas lowe odthe of the moan moin coppy mis sion bion in n arizona having just arrived in the city on his hia way to franklin oneida onelda county idaho Idabo expecting to return to the south in therall the Fall brother lowe hasa has a taste for matters pertaining to iia ija tural history and eahl exhibited baited to ua us a collection of reptiles bugs act p preserved reserved in spirits which willell he facetiously called arl ArI arizona zoni a pickles among them were red horned toad toads came leons centipedes p 04 vise ilfe onous nonous black feor plou piou tarantulas several varieties of 6 snakes akes bugs and a kind of poisonous caterpillar all of which specimens he be had obtained at biffi rent times in arizona ha lis informs us that lie ho left moan coppy about three weeks ago when the brethren there had commenced to cut their wheat the crops there about being goo good de especially specially of corn and vegetables not nit only has brother lowe an inclination to natural history but ho ito has a decided mechanical and inventive turn he ile exhibited to us a roa dometer which ho he invent d and manufactured himself fram wood it 13 a small machine very simple in construction consisting of a frame and four so solid wheels cogged or notched at the tile edges edgee one turn of the wagon wheel to which it is attached passes ono notch on the largest wheel on tho the th machine and so on till it gets it to the fourth wheel which moves one round every six miles this maeh mach ne was thoroughly tested fifille nna ana found bund to operate with ex lethem brother low never knew tivit there here were fuch things in existence as road meters and there is i probably not another one that open ates on oil the same principle as tile the by means of his machine he be was wms enabled to make calculations of uhe ibe distances between different points in in the south and the first tettie ment on the little littie colorado the tho information given by him on ibero matters may be interesting to to pe wf r sons sods who may way have occasion to travel that way so we give it j from johnson Johni oli to kayono wells good feed all tile the way 8 travellers trav ellers should fill their vate watt E barrels at the tile latter point from lia lla last named piave place to the trot of tha buckskin Bucl buci skin mountain good feea feed b aidt tit lit no water 7 mil mii fc over the mountain feed but no ito water 15 miles milts foot of the mountain to house rock bock springs Sp rings ringo feed aud and water tiu tit fc the latter flace place 11 miles mile from froni there to jacob jacobs poi poil some feed A aed ned cd and water there theio 11 12 mlle milf travellers trav ellers ellera should recruit at tile the lai lao named pint rint from the last lase ilau rian quieu telf teil place to soap creek poor wate water rv rol 1 st ery very little feed 13 miles to bader bado r creek poor water and no vo feed dee fee 0 miles to les lets lbs ferry feny water waier fer far anything but no fedd feed t heh hei ito to springs no fad fed on tte ate 40 wa way was but some there 8 b milea t limestone tanks feed butia but tvr only in the spring and aud arail 19 rulles to willow Springs feed uli ull lii good water 33 relief to feed and water thele 6 miles moan coppy lies about nile nive miles east ot the lat lait l and at moaby the tho travel traveller ei taho little colorado Color adb should at that point there thure no feed between there theio and th tin river aver at A a point tell miles from moaby the dis dib distance tance between there and eliere tho gilr lihr rin r is struck being twenty five mil from the point of tuu thu little colorado to ballinger hett betl le ment the first finst reached is within a trafla of miles nilles theio them being bedig feed and water along niong that part ut of tho thu road nimitr |