Show loch loc hoc sl and other matters niom wednesdays DAILY JAN 17 the instructor we have before us no 1 vol 12 of the J ru juas v nila instructor it augurs augur swell well for the volume just entered upon being even more than usually interesting in te it has alfred the great with illustration ancient war Gall galley eyll with tra tion travels in india leaves from a log book 11 ed editorial it thoughts th ought jesus blessing little LIM children with illustration to ro the centennial exhibition joseph smith the prophet A trip to our antipodes 2 an indian vision poetry praise ye the lord words by y B R allridge and music by E beesley information wanted of the whereabouts of bobert Afe rie Renney aged aeed 28 years son of joshua mckenney of syracuse new york who has been absent from home about abou taix six aix years most of the time in nevada wrote from corinne utah on the of june la tast last staid said maid he was vas going to salt lake city that evening and from there to montana territory where he had a chance to do some work since sin d which nothing has been heard of oe him hels gets described as being tall has light complexion and blue eyes any information concern ig him I 1 whether dead er or alive 8 sent nt to the undersigned undersigner under signed will be communicated to his hid distressed and anxious parents feramorz LITTLE mayor mayon salt lake city salt lake city jan 1877 utah montana idaho W wyoming yom and nevada papers please notice west jordan Y M X M 31 1 I A pursuant to appointment the young men met at the ward house th this 15 evening jan to organize a young mens mutual improvement association elder wm B S burton button of salt bait lake city who had been sent out to visit this ward as a mis missionary in the interest of mutual improvement associations stated the ob jeci act of these societies a and nd the great benefits to ie be derived from organizations eions of this kind his advice was timely and well given meeting ingrith with the ithe hearty approval and prompt p action ot of the priesthood and young people of the ward the following brethren were v chosen to act as officers ben IV WD riggs driggs president wm L bateman and aud john W counsellors coun hyrum Goff Secretary george gardner treasurer bishop A gardner and others made some bome encouraging xe marks remarks and promised their aid and influence in support of the cause goff GOPF secy becy missionary nary labor we have seen een an interesting letter of cf a late inte lat int date written by elder delela helaman He laman lamah ma n pratt at Marl Mar leopa copa coarl coari zona himself and fellow mission missionaries were laboring ing meetings and preaching to both the english and hip tip anish aniah speaking population OPu latiOn of that locality at the place named the people who speak the spanish language were visited by the padre or priest from another section and informed by him that if they went to hear the mormon elders they would be under condemnation dem demnati nation onas aa committing a great sin BID there therefore rote they were shy about coming out to meeting eldr elder pratt relates some circumstances st anc connected with himself and elder eider ider lder stewart visiting pheonix Ph conix traveling trave lingon on horseback taking laking nothing with them forthe for the sustenance of themselves or animal pj trusting tr in IR god to provide for their wants their faith falth was not iu in vain val for they were supplied with food food an and d lodgings lodging sj and had their ilmis 11 mis cared for in a most ed for manner m a r adding to their assurance that G god 0 was with them when the elderd have spoken in public t they hey have alti nuo b been een biased with great freedom and power even to their own astonishment some of the party c epati eoon to visit viall and pre preach ach to uhe tho PR ilala au Mar leopas and luciane lu dlane diane wlm p some of whom speak tho tho the language city council the council met mp t last la st ov evening ening mayor mayar little presiding petition of george triplet and other residents of the twentieth ward irth bench representing that they had been at considerable expense last season in constructing a rl water ditch and that notwithstanding this thia expenditure of means their water supply had been very die DIV meagre agre be besides odes other di disadvantages they labored laborea under on account of tha location of their residences they therefore asked the council to remit thein their taxes for referred to the commIt committee tte tee on claims fifty job wagon wa gon runner runne rg asked t the he brivil privilege ege ego of paying their licen ses sea quarterly instead of yearly in advance referred to the committee on license petition of W H asking that 75 in addition to the already allowed for the purpose be appropriated for repairing street crossings crossm ga in iff the ath and wards granted the previous action of the council on the same being rescinded on petition peter cowling was wal granted the privilege of jay laying ng a platform across the tho water ditch in front of bia hia store on second south street on petition the A company was waa granted the right of way to erect a line of telegraph poles in the streets from the northern part of the to the office on east temple tempie street the committee on license to whom was referred the petition of the atlantic and pacific telegraph company asking that its license for 1877 be remitted recommended that all telegraph companies be re quiren to pay license and therefore that the prayer thereof be not granted becom recommendation mend a adopted opted four thousand dollars were ap to take up a corporation lote rote te lione one thousand dollars were appropriated appreciated pria ted to bo be sub subject I 1 act to thu the order of if the tho street su supervisor er visor council adjourned d bourne till next ques day eveni evening at half alf past 6 elium S DAILY dally b ajax JAN 18 sleighing S sleighing g has been the he order of today to tr day snow now abou six Inc inches hes heg of snow fe ell eli yesterday yes ses ferday and last night but it has tas las been melting fast today to day another line the atlantic and pacific telegraph company commenced the erection of a telegraph line between this city and ogda and anticipate having halting it d in between one and two weeks A change bishop biah M NV V iier mer X ill ili jl of richmond riehmond cache county having recently resigned in tendency of the utah northern railroad a r ad george giorge W thatcher That pher has been elected by the company I 1 to tb that position A desperate case A man named hamed dunlap has been arrested and placed in jail for safe keeping being affected badly with delirium tremens tr tT emens he is possessed of a terrible delusive delu savo tAvo fear that three men are after him to assassinate him hirn he is in a most miserable plight a living exemplification of the horrible effects of dr drunkenness ness temple tempie donations The general meeting ting of the seventies tl des last iasi evening was fully attend attended ed and the reports relating to the tiie building of odthe the temple templo in this city so far aa as received showed that as a ene r af rule the response to the calr cair call cail to aid in that good work had bad met wit with a liberal response from the bret brethren br e 11 belonging to the different quorums qu s pres Pies president ident joseph A P rockwood and horace 8 Eld Eldred redo fo present at the meeting fort rort wayne and FM P S B R by a private communication cago we learn of the fort wayne and pennsylvania railway that busine business on n the road continues god u notwithstanding th bild the almost unanimous s cry of har bar hard 60 so 60 far this winter tho the lh weather lias ilas teea teen been cold and muett much snow rias lias fai nai en but t this big road has been ex extremely t r eter I 1 y fortu fortunate liate while other aas eastern roads have been blockaded tire line has hag been biren clear nud aud if it is a rare case for tho rains trains to bo 0 oyer iver lver fifteen minutes late the brigham young academy y we learn from the L enquirer ngu frer that there was an examination of the students bf the brigham young academy of Pro provo voon on the loth lath insl oh on the occasion of the closing of the secand term of f the fint firt nc year ea tho exercises exercise from the elem to the higher branches branched ran Tan ches showed progress on the pt part oath of the students and great credit on the principal prof kari karl G 1 Mae liae erand erard assistants assistant proc prof M H hardy arid misses C daniels anil anti teedie ikc ric rhia educational ar institution i N it ported in excellent cx ellent eilent working order shall there bs be war one of the pre prevailing themes hereabouts and all over the country I 1 is whether or not the nation is about aboul adb to be plunged into s a r fratricidal r a trie idal civil war until til recently toe the opinion that a bloodless solution ulu I 1 ion lon of the questions at issue would beatti boatti be attained ined has bf been beri 11 quite ext extensive us ive but hut this idea appear appears p tabe be grai gradually lually waning aud giving givin place to the thi oon con that the tho prospects of a peaceful are becoming bacon ingro more ore and anti more worp remote each bach party appears to bo determined to carry matters to any ans an degree of extremity rather mather than yield to the should axe sort be had to the of the sword the will daubl doubtless ties i be fierce and determined aud and of suc buc sueh such h an interminably mixed char aeter acter us to be ie almost unparalleled in the history of modern warfare war fale faie e c civil ivil or national until recently it has been thought generally that the better sense of the people would prevail but there appears to be a strong probability that the people of the better gense class wiil will by the en croach ments of the senseless class be forced to accept of the unconstitutional tut ional aggressions against their liberties by the latter or resist them to t the tho bitter end anyhow the tho nation appears op the edge of a seething maelstrom of destruction into which it may be at any moment hurriedly pre if things come to the worst the people of utah are in 1 n as safe a place as could well bo be desired d e bear lake N williamson Will lamson wrote from st sst chanes charles bear lake 0 co o idaho january lath as follows 1 I seo in the NEWS that you have plenty of snow enow iu in salt lake valley while here hero abst at sh charles we have not yet three incurs A of snow on the level stock is doing wellon welt well on the ran ron ranches clies elles yet the health of the poop people le in this place has base been very good goods only two deaths and twenty two births in 1870 our sabbath meetings m are tire well attended attend id and a good spirit prevail among the people we have a good sunday fc chool well attended and aud wei welt I 1 c can ducted by william al allred aud wife who superintend also two day schools the irhe young mena association and the youn young g lactea dl ea retrenchment association ar are aru 0 doing well and alad feel a lively inhere interest s t in their meetings also alao the relief belief society are aro prospering wein we intend tend to build a new now meeting houie house next summer 32 x 50 sut tet set t and haxe have the tho most moat I 1 ost oat of tho materia material ma teria terfa now on the ground grou wid fid the tit lord has blessed the people in bear lake in their endeavors to build up tho the country though we wo have havo been visited by frost and grasshoppers still wo we aru are prospering temporally and spiritually and wo acknowledge the hand bf the lord haa bp been been eu over us fur for goo doo good 1 |