Show our country contemporaries beaver enterprise dec 23 there is no let up jn in tho the travel to leeds from the salt lake country if parowan finds a market for its lumber at leeds beaver will supply the mines in this county the carowan parowan lumber men are moderately happy over the leeds T demand for lumber and shingles major lows lowb teams have returned from the sevier county and report an ark abundance of grain fer for sale in said county mr air james gibson who has traveled extensively in the eastern states since last spring Dg baya saya he has a better opinion of utah than be fore making his hia tour tho the northern states are too cold and the southern states loo warm mr gibson traveled extensively in texas and though there are millions of acres of rich land in the state awaiting the immigrant he does not hesitate to pronounce that utah holds many advantages over it he traveled through twenty counties in texas during the warmest portion of the summer and found the heat beat intolerable to a nort northern hernman man no good drinking water did he find and was competed often to drink from standing pools eoye covered red with green scum this brought on the ague and he fled from the state in disgust iowa he thinks aks is the best western er n state lying g east of 1 the he rocky mountains it athas has an intelligent and rind active population who support good schools our friend returns from his extended tour convinced that the cli ell mate of the pacific coast is greatly su superior arlor to that of the atlantic an and that california ia IS the gem state of the union uhlon utah compares favorably with other sections her small grain vegetables and fruits arm are decidedly superior he does not appear to think that people ae will benefit thom themselves selve seive b by y leaving leaving utah for either the atlan atlantic states or mississippi valley ogden junction dec 27 the name of f the newsboy who tho rho died of smallpox small amail pok pox on monday at 3 a awas m was alfred porter and he was twenty hour four years of age itis it is supposed that at he e was a son of judge porter of omaha he was taken with the disease nt at gree green 11 biver elver and brought to this ibis city by somo soma young men working on the line in who took compassion on him in his sickness every attendance possible we was afforded him but owing to a complication of disorders in he a was wis unable to at struggle 11 ga e against in gt the terrible malady which V h has g laid so many low yesterday morning at 3 william thornly who lives near the mouth of weber canon callon left a team and sleigh near mr john Bow Dow bowmans mana at south weber he jere was j just jush list about to start home aftel a ball coming out of the house he saw the sleigh moving off in the distance and supposing the tho team had left for home he waited till morning mornin gr and borrowed bor owed another team but on arriving athis at kils ills res yes residence 1 he be found his team was joses lost and has heard bothin nothing of the out outfit fit tit since although he u hab has a s made d diligent 1 search if this is a joke it has been carried far enough providence dec 20 soon an saturday evening last the loean logan choir came here to td 9 give ive a concert for t the he berie berle benefit nit fit of 0 the tabernacle and some of the young men of logan Log annot not hayl hayI having ngan ngau an almanac I 1 suppose came over to spend christmas wh which cli cil ell they could not do without plenty to drink to give them a good spirit in about the middle of the entertainment tain ment meAt they made ninde quite a disturbance tur bance and the officers and the people tried to put them out but they resisted which caused a regular knockdown knock knoek down women becam became frightened reamed screamed dc ran run s cried and fainted while all was confusion the off officers leers conquered and the boys were beaten and the next day fined over two hundred and thirty dollars by mhd justice of the peace J F mattison 0 X ogden junction dec 28 judge porter 0 of f omaha is the aifred aired u pele uele and not the father of alfred alred alf f porter who recently died in ila this thid city we cheerfully make tb this I 1 s correction as desired dr J J murphy of this city informs us that he was called to attend an at uintah at nine mine last night the mother Is between twelve and thirteen years yeara of age she bhe was safely badely delivered of a fine healthy boy which weighed seven pounds this child mother ia Is the daughter of mrs oneal of t he A bo oved oyed e d nam named of place the young infant and its ma ale aie doling doing well coi col fife to joday oday today day te to see us he states that there are four cases of smallpox including t that bat of the infant child of professor monch which ia Is very light the cases are doing well are well watched and the houses bouses are well soaked with disinfectants disinfect ants |