| Show loell local and other matters FROM DAILY dally MAY 10 southern mission we have seen a letter from brother joseph mcrae with the jones camp of sett settlers lersy lensy in arizona to his father in this city it states that the health of the people is excellent excelle bt and their aff lairs affairs are prosperous musical entertainment prof ay AC 0 smyth a gentleman who takes much interest in promoting culture in the art of music musi cwill will be the recipient of a complimentary benefit tomorrow to morrow evening at the I 1 ath district schoolhouse schoel school house the sunday school children will take part in the exercises A noted literary man D langdon esq eli perkins arrived in the city last evening he represents ep resents the new york sun and is is a writer of marked ability and partly humorous he is the same gentleman who recently wrote a striking and graphic description of cheyenne which was produced reproduced re in the NEWS 1 decease of bishop joh Job johnson the following came this morning per deseret telegraph line K may 10 1677 editor deseret X aws bishop aaron johnson died at his residence in this city minutes to seven a m of nervous exhaustion from cold aged seventy two years funeral her hber vices tomorrow to morrow at two p m district court thursday may loth morning william C henrie hentie et al vs lucien livingston lvingston Ij et al depositions ordered published jury trial united states vs a specified number of gallons of spirits two cases same order orcier KIo klo miller vs patrick bradley jury trial personal yesterday we had the pleasure of a call from F R P myers esq general passenger agent of the pittsburg and fort wayne RR and geo A dadmun eq esq general Pass passenger enger eDger agent of the phila wilmington and balt bait RR both gentlemen were accompanied by their respective wives alid and left this morning for the wesl west mr myers is an efficient and courteous railroad official wel well known to not a few utah people who have had occasion to travel in the east in michigan A letter to president B young from elder 0 fl eggleston co michigan states that he and elder IV M palmer are laboring therea bout they had met with considerable opposition in some quarters and with encouragement in others the only weapons used by those who opposed were lies abuse and misrepresentation they had discovered that when they resorted to fair or reasonable means they were invariably vanquished and false hood was the ony only recourse of those enemies of the truth the sanpete temple we have been permitted to peruse a letter from bishop john B maiben malben of manti mauti to the first presidency of the church he says the brethren of mantl manti have turned out very well the past week and have made a good initial mark upon apon the temple approaches and foundation he also states that a call had been made upon the settlements north of manti bland for aid in the good work to which mount pleasant had responded having nearly completed the construction of a house for the accommodation of their hands and the other settlements were making arrangements to follow suit returned missionary this morning we received W a call from elder N V jones who returned on monday evening from a mission to the easte eastern ril rii states he left here on the of last november and arid labored in the bt st louis louia district under the direction of president david M stuart he in company with elder samuel B P ben bennion w went ent from st louis to Can canton cantori tori torl fulton county illinois where they baptized four persons thence they went to henry county in the same ame state where they did some somo preaching their next field was ohio in the vicinity of toledo where they had an opportunity of preaching to the people besides ai tes des the places above named they visited several other parts of the country and preached where opportunity port unity offered R elder eider ider lder bennion is expected to return within a few days progressing elder D W jones writes to president B young from cam camp raydene Ra utah tah tab maricopa Mari Mar leopa copa county arizona izoria haydens ferry under date of april we ai e enabled to extract our ditch is ready to have the water turned in in and arld we expect to have it running upon our land this week and to commence pa owing mor for or corn ac cabout about the of may we want if ir possible to plant about aeres acres the land is easy to cultivate there heie could be two s and acres planted p canted here in one field without a break all good land our ditch covers the whole of it by extending it albut about four miles we can cover between five and six sections of jaud jand of the best quality all in a body and well situated for cultivation Elde elder jones states that the people are living in the united order and good feelings in this system a great deal more work is accomplished complis hed in developing the settlements tle ments than could possibly be in a divided capacity the indians are very much interested in the settlers aimas pimas mari copas and others having made two or three days travel to visit them some of them hav worked upon the ditch and appear peaceable honest and kindly erom DAILY dally liay MAY 11 rising there thero has hag been a rise in breadstuffs bread stuffs hereabout during the last few days A wag pays says it ia ii caused by the condition of the yeast in een Ken kentucky tucky by letter from elder william leany now laboring as a missionary in kentucky we learn that thit he lie is actively engaged there thero prea preaching hin r to larve congregations tio lis ils ejder elder eider llanyd Lean nean yd health P s poor I 1 improving Im m p provin r 0 v I 1 n g the numerous friends of elder brigham young jr j r who has been laboring u under nd era a evere severe attack of illness for some tinie time will be pleased to learn that he is gradually improving bound over fined john james who shot at joseph crosier last evening had an exam examination nation before justlee justice today today to oda day wh when on be was held in the sum of to answer to the grand jury Cr crosier crosler ogier charged with threatening to kill James was fin fined ed 15 tramps the city is being overrun with tramps who are floating this way from various directions thice fellows belonging to th that at genus were brought up to the city hall from the depot last night they are arriving daily in a steal or starve co condition n when characters of that class are abundant it is a go good od time for cit citizens izena to look after any loose property they may have lying around funeral services mr lir robert nobert mcewan desires us through the NEWS to return thanks for him to these who attended the funeral services of ba his wife janet H yesterday and for other manifestations of sym sympathy pathy to him in bis his bereavement the deceased lady was wag born in edinburgh scotland sep hep 1820 the obsequies were largely attended and the congregation was addressed by bishop and counselor brumley buried by an ah earth cave the following was received last evening SALINA balina utah may 10 1877 editor deseret mews today to day about 12 franklin harmon a boy aged 13 years was out with his brother herding while taking their dinner near a large creek a bank caved in and falling upon him lie he was as completely covered up his brother succeeded in getting him out but he shortly expired his mother a widow is very much bereaved returned this thia morning we received a visit from ilider isider 14 der jo joel joei el par niah riah of centreville Cen treville who returned recently from a mission to the states he left here november and proceeded to illinois where he labored nearly the whole of the winter with the exception of a short time he spent in missouri and aud iowa lowa lie he visited a large number of his relatives preached to the people at the fireside and also had bad some opportunities of addressing them publicly he baptized three persons in illinois trading postage stamps michael stoker a resident of iron county utah was arrested on thursday last by deputy united states marshal curtis charged with disposing of united states postage in the limits of the post under the charge of charley meyers the gentleman wa was wag examined and testified to receiving the stamps from john hewlett postmaster at parowan carowan Pa rowan utah the said stamps to be for tb the e purchase of goods for hewlett the proper affidavits were made in the case and forwarded to the department at washington DC bioche secord record mormonism this is the way the franklin county va bazet gazette 16 combats mormonism we are surprised at any sensible person being led a astray tray by the obnoxious doctrines preached by these people yet xv wo are told that they have crowded houses to listen to 0 their auh vulgar ar harangues there aie uie two of called ministers in our county doing we fear much injury t our principles and imbibing those horrible doctrines into the bosema of tho the unsophisticated our community would be much better air off and beter ter entertained by staying at home and not giving encouragement t to 0 these lazy vagabonds from irom sandwich S islands tt today oday to o day we were pleased to receive a visit from mr J aj Hi chardson richardson from the sandwich Is lauds islands ile he has been a resident of that part of the globe about nineteen years and is now on his way to visit his relatives in iowa after an absence of nearly twenty years his property there adjoins the church plantation and he has hag made the acquaintance of nearly all our missionaries to the islands for or years past today to day he met brother george C lambert upon the street and at once recognized him as a brother to aicer richard lambert lambett now on the islands from the striking family resemblance between the two mr richardson first went to the theis Is lands with a recovering g his health which had becomes paired I 1 the result in that respect being as good as he could reasonably desire shooting affair botteen five and bix nix last evening aman giving the name of john james attempted to kill hill joseph crosier crosler Cj osier osler firing a couple of shots at him from api stol fortunately for crosier james fi M a poor crosier to escape unhurt some home citizens arrested james who was taken to the city jalland jail jall and locked up the shooting occurred on east temple street nearly opposite the walker house and was the result of ill lii feelings about a woman with whom crosier crosler was living the same woman has preferred a charge against crosler crosier ot of threatening to take the life lire of james crosier asserts that the attempt upon his life ilfe by james last even evening ing was the second the latter iatter having he states tates about a year ago nir fir fired ed four shots shota at doing him any damage yachting last evening in III the emporium building there was an adjourned general meeting of bf yacht acht men of this part of the territory forthe for the tho purpose of for forming minga a central organization and adopting a constitution both of which objects were effected the tha various clubs were consolidated under the name and style of tife the balt salt lake yacht club the following were the officers off leers elected david L davis commodore I 1 al barratt vice commodore william wllliam J silver measurer douglas A swan secretary L cummings treasurer four pour boats wera represented the water wafer witch petrel mary askey and another a new mew one oner oney not yet named I 1 it is probable there will be bb several regattas during the season in which it is expect expected ted that boats from other parts will participate steps are b being eing aken taken to prepare for fbi r tiie the one that is proposed to come off early in june at present sailing only will be engaged in but it is designed to introduce rowing m as well so soon as practicable ater AVer A terrible engine in this great republic the administration is adopting measures consistent with an anticipated peaceful condition of affairs but en the eastern hemisphere it is entirely different there the minds of peoples and governments are filled with visions of bood and destruction mens hearts are failing them for fear of horrible anticipated developments of the future and the inventive genius of man is perverted to the channel of producing engines for the destruction instead of the propagation of human lives sure lythe jy the plowshares are being beaten into swords and the pruning hooks Into spears precursory ofa of a reversal of that unhappy condition the most remarkable engine of destruction ever invented is now being tested by the british admiralty it is the production of the genius of the bey rev C M aramus a clergyman 3 who appears to mix up with anahis fellow sa Ia proclivity ta destroy them it is called the rocket float and consists of an iron or wooden vessel constructed on the plan of a series of in inclined i plains the rocket by indans means of the combination of which the float 11 is 1 propelled is laid laid along the deck it can be sent to its objective point at the rate af miles an hour for foun four miles the abe head is explosive and con eon contains sufficient guncotton gun cotton to shatter to smithereens the most poWer powerful ful tul ironclad I 1 ever even evir ever built bulit if the rocket float is what it is claimed to bei hei it throws all else in 6 ao 10 line into the shade t 1 i i f y i i v rom KOM SATURDAY daila sons have on sale an inke ingenious fifo s in the shaid ot a pelf self generating fiur sery or night light enabling the possessor to keep a continuous light burning bit fit th h vers very trifling expense ei i the hoppers 7 W wa 91 9 1 learn earn from a gentleman i duso juet jn iii froni from caad cache valley that tha thi hat hatching ehin chiu 1 out in swarms or 4 and dad are s ome some to td the crops the people are fighting them as beat heat they can digging ditches sud aud running them into the wate water r etc etu hop hops 8 dare daze are entertained that t the pests peats will be prevented 1 from extensively damaging the creasy although 4 ahey they hanek have already destros destroyed destroy QI tume tow vom t ume 43 krow growing grow ipg gral grai grain they travel from hrom tho the he mountains down into the tho bottoms obsequies T the tho C funeral services cervices vices of brother joseph NV woolley at the tile thirteenth ward avard assembly booms rooms yesterday aft afternoon knoon were numerously af attended tended there being a large representation of connections connee aswell as well weil aa asi friends of the family elder eider Erastus isnow snow delivered a an it appropriate ad andrais drais and was was wag followed ly elder george Q cannon i who madg mady a tow remarks suited to the nature of the fhe occasion edward hunter wak was present the remains were followed to the bens beni cemetery e by a cortege of about thirty vehicles fille filled d with people veople returned from australia australla last pv evening elder david cluff jr of provo arrived from australia in which part of the he has been laboring as a missionary for about sixteen months hs he brought with him a party of emigrating saints numbering eight per persons sins they are Willi william auri atri maryf mary caroli Caroll caroline be louise and hyrum and harriet ruth and lester mayberry the last named stopped over at san fraucisco to visit relatives a short time elder clufus field of labor in australia Aust Austra faiia falfa lh was gouldburn and vicinity where eleven persons were baptized during his stay there elder jacob miller labored in the same field before his return home on account count of ill health the work in that hart part of the world ia Is steadily progressing several other families are expected to arrive in utah from there next month mouth 1 young missionaries it is a most pleasing indication that of late inte years as a rule young |
