Show local loo loc al and other matters FROM wednesdays DAILY AUG 1 tho women of 31 by edward VV octavo pp ap this work which in size and style is designed to bo be a companion book to the life of brig nam barn young or utah and ner her founders ii now before us and we wi learn thau that the first edition is a already on sale both here and in the I 1 east much as has been written within the last decade concerning wo mans maus mans work and position in the age perhaps no more powerful tribute has ever been paid to woman than thia chis unique and successful effort ort orp of mr Tui tul lidge itcan itean it can scarcely be said sald of the women of I 1 that it la Is in any bense sense a biographical work but rather an historical hlat orical drama the scenes of which incorporate much of the wondrous story of the rise and pro progress gress gresi of mormonism P while the action brings prominently to light the matchless faith and heroism of I 1 the he mormon wom women S of the spirit and object of the book may be gathered from the authors preface in which he declare declares long enough 0 women of america have your mormon asters been blasphemed I 1 from the day that they in the name and fear of the tho lord their god undertook to build up zion they have been persecuted for jor righteousness aake eake A people scattered and peeled from the be beginning annin 1 the record of their lives is now sent unto you that you may way havn an op opportunity port unity to judge them in the spirit of righteousness so shall you be judged by him whom they hav have honored whose glory they bave have sought and whose name they have ma magnified unified 11 with ad admirable tact in the open opec log chapter the author establishes the high character of the early mormon women by showing their direct descent from the puritans purl of new england and points to the significant fact that they were not as sinners converted to christianity but aa a dimi diwi disciples piea plea who had been waiting walting for the If ful fui ulness ness of the everlasting gopel 11 commenting upon the fact naci that mormonism from the start seemed to be ancient rather than modern in aft Ift its tones stones and methods mr boldly takes the thy position hat that its manifestation manire station in this age is a culmination mi nation of preceding influence influences he says the facts disclose that its genius hag has come pome down to the children through gerle gerie generations rations in the very blood which the invisibles inspired in old england edgland in the seventeenth century and which wrought such euch wonders of goi among the nations then that blood has hits been ing in our tay day lay with prophet tongue those wonderful in the name of the biord of hosts by the saints of the commonwealth tor to establish faith in israels god and reverence for his name above all earthly powers are aro in their consummation in America wrought by these latter day S saints kluts in the same august name and for fur the same purpose 11 again U upon the and probability of f america neing the natural birthplace of a anew new and unique theology he makes makei a home thrust at the times by declaring that monstrous indeed would world it be if as ond off ahring of the patriarchs and mothers of this nation america brought forth naught but bat godless politicians of the personal matters in the book we think it p proper er to mention a letter by joseph ro P tl the e pi pt ophee written by him while in libert nibert liberty jail mo to an estimable lady now living in salt lake city which letter is now for the first time in print under the i it is not too much to say hat that bome pome of ili lis its r comparable with the wondrous charity of jesus jesua when he prayed for the fathers forgiveness of his murderers in the body of the work is an editorial digest of fhe the narratives of many of the honorable women of zion women from all nations mormon women of martha Washing washington time etc ete in which many striking facts are brought clearly out in the closing chapters mr air fully establishes the claim of the mormon women to rauk rank as pioneers of the most advanced thought of the age the work culminates in its cl closing chapter in which are prophetically pictured fifty thousand of the daughters of zion each armed with the ballot moving in solid john joha phalanx against the wrongs of the age FROM DAILY dally AUG 2 Z quick it ia Is stated that the process 7 of the crema cremation tion tinn of the remains of dr winslow occupied an fin hour and a half less time than the quickest previously known gone yesterday Yes erday afternoon 8 sirrine was ace act to the depot by a deputy y V B S marshal and pla placed cedon on beard the car it is supposed he has gone west again for mexico eller ehen charif s J robson of sugar houe hou e ward and several other bret brethren bren kren purpose leaving sving I 1 for mexico labout the middle of the present monib on missions continued th this morning on oil motion of counsel for the defense the examination of general robert T burton button on the ho charge against him in connection with the eio affair was continued until four weeks from to day shot himself tho the hol tol following came by deseret telegraph today BiN bingham airAm aug 2 1 1 1877 joseph mandlebaum killed himself here today to day at 1030 a it m by shooting himself in the tho bead head cause unknown De deceased cesped has relatives in Call cail california fArnia who have been telegraphed pugilistic This afternoon a couple coupie coupie ot of first south street merch mereb merchants anta anva had bad high words about a little bill shenone when one of them made a pugilistic attack ulon up on the other number two responding by crowding his assailant into a corner against some nali nail kegs result a march to the cily city hall interview with justice and the aggressor in the affair had bad to band over for the benefit of the city from new york today to day we received a call from brother thomas miller who ai arrived rived yesterday from new ye york i k where he be resided for the last twenty years ho he will probably take permanent reaid residence dence ence enee here he was delayed some time on the road on account of the strikes about the time he passed omaha troops ro 8 were to guard the briore bridge over the missouri river threats having been made to destroy it missionary labors A private letter from elder meliton G trejo states that be and the other missionaries bio sion blon narles aries laboring in mexico and portions of arizona are meeting with considerable success in places having baptized quite a number of bell beil believers evem in consequence of persecution se instigated by the priests many who are believers in the i gospel are afraid to embrace it the excitement against the eldera elders in some of tho towns has been so high that they have been in danger having been in va rious ways notwithstanding the brethren feel encouraged realizing that although the wicked bowl the lord la Is with them educational A meeting of the board of trustees of the brigham ni young academy nf salt lake tako city was as held in the of pt president e aident brigham young youn at noon yes yesterday berday when president john W young was elected president of the board and elder hyrum byrum J X young elected secretary and treasurer elders eldera john W young and george reynolds were also elected a committee to frame bye laws and prepare other documents necessary sary for the carrying out of the provisions of the deed decol of trust arrested yesterday S M butcher who resides near th the mouth of bingham onion was ar rested on an indictment for murl der for the killing of the co cottons a few years since last evening he was taken to t the he penitentiary where he now lle lie it will bo b e remembered that tha t butcher wai previously tried for the samo of fence in the probate court of salt lake county the jury returning a EL verdict veroll et for acquittal in view of his having ican leen already tiled and the and aud confirming by the poland law of all Judg meats meata decram ac of of the probate fite courts made previous to the passage ot of that act there appears to be some question tion as to the legality of the plesent proceedings edin cs fast meetings this being the first thursday of or the month ia is the da day on which the monthly fast in y eting gaare sare held in the several wards there are many who ae unavoidably detained from attend ing such assemblage hut but the occasion can be observed by all in some particular points at least it is Js a special day upon which the latter iny day lay saints are required to remember the poor in a substantial way this is a most import important ant aut duty that should not be forgotten the donations in aid of the peor poor should be promptly handed banded over to thoe having uhe the charge of such matters in the ward wards every month mouth at least and as asmuth r much oftener as may be necessary he to the poor klad eth to the lord 11 which is certainly a good and safe investment hon thomas fitch ritch the prescott arizona minet miner of july 20 says that hon thomas fitch has been talked of aa as candidate for delegate to congress from arizona anzona that he says he be would not acceptor accept Lof the del under any circumstances if it were offered him and that bince hince his arrival in that city four months ly he be has ha earned and collected the same hame paper also alad has the following hon thomas fitch desires us to say that be finds himself obliged to leave here on saturday morning to take mrs fitch to new york and probably to paris for the purpose poe of having a surgical operation performed on n her viz the removal of a cancer with which she has been suf sut suffering nering several years and which during the last few months has assumed such alarming proportions olis as in the opinion of dr worthington and mrs doctor Docto rai rAf mur ur lay jay render an operation immedi atly ally necessary the operation is critical at best and he be is determined to bring to her aid the best obtainable b tai tal lable surgical skill if it is decided to proceed to paris they wll will probably rc bably reach that city by august ath and after the operation if mrs mra fitch is unable by the of ol october to travel be he will leave her tier in europe and return to prescott Pre ecott in time to be be in attendance on the november term of the district court aa as bia hia professional engage ments require 11 |