Show local and other matters FROM MONDAYS DAILY AUG SO 20 rain ram on friday and saturday nights grantsville Grant Grants ville aville and vicinity was blessed with copious soaking rain bho showers postmasters appointed wm V 0 carbine has been appointed postmaster at clarkston cache county also george B thompson postmaster of lewis tonj ton cache county utah western notice the change in the time table of the utah western the tho bathing train now starts at 4 pm and reaches this city on the return trip at 9 pm ditched on saturday afternoon through the breaking of an axle eight freight cars on the C P B R A R were ditched about seven miles from ogden no one was injured and the wreck was soon alearea cleared from the track going tomorrow to morrow tomorrow to morrow morning elders A VV carlson and bernard H leave for europe the former goes go es on a mission to sweden to translate the bookoff book nook of mormon into the swedish language and the latter on a mission to holland from st louis we received a call today to day from elder andrew burman president of the st louis branch of the chuich who is on a visit to this city he is a file manufacturer and ia is looking around with an eye to ascertaining the prospect for an opening to commence that branch of business here the championship we understand that a match will be played next meat saturday between the deseret and rough bough and ready base ball club clubs the latter will appear in their tasteful new uniform the match is for the championship of utah and it is likely the playing will be close and determined the two clubs being considered as near hear equal in skill and dexterity as may be fatal accident yesterdays yesterday a little girl about seven or eight years old daughter of mr robert of ogden met with a sad accident while in ogden canon with her parents she fell out of the wagon in which they were riding the wheels passing over her body on examination no bruises were to be seen ben upon her and no bones w were ere broken but she suffered considerable pain pains and after reaching home last evening she died as supposed from internal injuries to the great grief of her sorrowing parents and their numerous friends missionary work by letter ietter from elder B P F Cummingsjr we learn that he and elder jefferson wright succeeded at westford mass in IW obtaining the names of several hundred of the batters lat ancestors ce at westfield in another part of the state they found an old time member of the church bro orin D sackett who kindly and hospitably received them they are now laboring in that vicinity where the gospel has not been preached for several years and where they have great hopes of success accidentally shot tho the following special to the DESERET NEWS was received this afternoon PARIS idaho aug 20 last evening about dusk enoch kimball of salt sait lake city who Is visiting his relatives at meadow ville returned from hunting and while still in the wagon was in the act of drawing his shotgun towa towards ads him by the muzzle when the trigger caught on the seat and the contents of the gun were disch discharged arg into his side ranging upa up upwards wards warda ards it ia Is thought that the wound will prove fatal dr ormsby of logan Js sent for wants to know A gentleman in washington D ca C wishes to know the value of the first mortgage bonds of the bear river valley mining manufacturing and railroad company we believe we are safe in stating staling that if the holder can ascertain the exact value of the paper upon which they are printed that that Is what they aro arc worth the tho company alluded to was a mushroom concern which sprang up in a night and went down in a day its collapse was due to the utter lack of back bone and sinew the tho name was the largest feature of the concern which I 1 thas has been defunct for a con sid bid erable time the proposed abeld fi eld eid of operations of the company with the tremendously name was hilliard billiard adjacent to the line of the union pacific railroad tabernacle meeting elders thomas taylor and john ni mitchol choi chol sod soa preached yesterday afternoon suicide on saturday augusta charlotte sten about twenty years of age committed self destruction by taking strychnine at the residence of mr lorenzo pettit where bhe she was residing on the day in question while I 1 mr an pettit was engaged near the house directing the putting up of a gate be heard beard the sound of groans suing issuing bei Let from an upper room on going to the apartment to ascertain the cause he found the young woman in great agony when asked why she committed the rash act she replied with a great effort that she did not know it is supposed however by those who should know that she entertained an affection for fora a young man which was not returned and that consequent disappointment caused her to commit suicide deceased was a native of sweden and we understand had been but a short time in this country the burial took place this afternoon ben tasker captured ben tasker the notorious horse thief who has been so often seized by the officers of the law and has as frequently succeeded in eluding the just reward of his misdeeds is once more in custody As previously mentioned in the NEWS he has lately been making the southern part of the territory the base of his thieving operations in consequence the officers in that part went after him a day or two since la in their search they visited the camp of taylor of bingham on the sevier who it is alleged denied having any knowledge of baskers Ta whereabouts the officers were satisfied however that he was hiding in the vicinity and took the novel plan of getting the fox out of his den by setting nire fire to the willows by this means the place was made too hot for tasker and he got out and ran pursued by the officers however he found another hiding place but after some careful searching one of the men in pursuit saw raw between two clumps of willows baskers Ta wolf like face just barely visible above water the whole of his body being submerged Ley leveling eDg eng his pistol on that face the officer commanded its owner to come out of there and he did the prisoner was taken to nephi and from there to round valley at which latter place he was to undergo an examination on a charge of horse stealing since the above was in type we learn by letter from nephi that the party who captured taylor and tasker the former calling himself thomson was composed of richard jenkins alex aiex alejj J Py perD J bigler and P tidwell of nephi and that it is pretty evident that there are persons through the southern sout settlements who are in league with tasker and his associates district court in tilo the district court this morning the name of robert bring bringhurst hurst was drawn to fill the vacancy iu a the grand jury of the present term the following were drawn to serve as petit jurors for the september term the even figures show those selected from the original list by the probate judge and the odd figures by the clerk of the district court 37 richard gill 81 david condon 22 johnh Rumell jr james D brown stephen hayes 26 16 thomas le wm miller geo geo B bailey isaac rowland 53 john tiernan 11 charles trowbridge go vincent F shurtliff john cook t geo crowley abel garr q 95 9 john day jonathan moyes peter clays H D To melten mellen I 1 joseph soseph france adam sandbury sand Band bury charles layton 43 W S mccormick charles ferguson JF erguson 12 david harmon 75 D dugan james D hamilton henry atwood john whiting thos mumford 4 david jeremiah 0 P bates sanford banford san sau ford Bing bingham liam llam 93 J E evans ill S 78 john spiers 1 l 63 J VV haskins 77 W V J montgomery 68 66 john P smith 0 B 3 green 17 C E wallin preston lewis 32 henry 28 spiers lawson 42 F A mitchell 3 wm wirl A mcmaster hiram house 52 S olben olaen V V hall philip white 93 james jamea E bromley 98 99 robt piston 48 H D folsom james burton john addoms chas 0 goodwin kanab conference the quarterly conference of the chanab kanab stake of zion was held at order ville on sunday sundays august ath apostle erastus snow presiding meeting opened at 10 a m singing by the choir elder james bunting offered prayer singing ir president snow delivered a interesting discourse on the organization of the stakes of zion duties of officers holding tle and aaronie Priest hoods and the privileges of the saints prest nuttall followed in remarks pertaining to those holding the priesthood especially the seventies qualifying themselves in their apostleship to travel and preach to the youth of the latter day saints instructing them in the first principles of the gospel and on other subjects of benefit to them at t he the afternoon meeting gElder geider eider ejder snow presented the follow following Dg james leithead to bo bishop of glendale royal J cutler and 3 john ohn own S carpenter his counselors thomas chamberlain bishop of Or derville isaac V carh carlin n and bateman williams counselors henry B M jolley bishop of mt carmel rasmus A M 1 englestead and william jolley counselors james lewis of eanar kanab first counselor and israel hoyt of or derville second counselor to the president of the high priests quorum isaiah bowers of Or derville as first counselor to president F M hamblin of the elders eiders quorum elchard richard robinson as presiding elder elden E ider lder at upper kanab and vicinity warren foote of glendale thomas robertson and alma angel of orderville derville Or members of the high council all of the above named were sustained jn the positions they were called to fill elder james L bunting addressed the meeting on the practical duties of the saints adjourned to meet at kanaby on tuesday T august ath at 10 am at pm presidents snow nuttall and bunting having driven to glendale held a meeting in the school house when presidents snow and nuttall addressed the saints the names of james Lel lei leithead thead as bishop and royal J cutler and john S carpenter his counselors were presented for an action of the wardy wards ward and fully sustained by vote KANAB august prest H 0 spencer spoke in an earnet manner concerning the order and was followed follo wed by elders willard snow and elder E snow in the afternoon elder E snow addre addressed sed the sainty after which president nuttall prevented preben ted the following sextus E johnson bishop of johnson Jo huson to include the settlement sett lement of ciar clai clarkston akston and george Shurn shumway way as his second boum counselor elor first counselor not yet appointed allen alien F Smith smithson son sou bishop of Pa Pah reah reab charles as presiding elder ilder at winsor and moccasin springs taylor crosby presiding E elder eider ider lder at kaibab william D johnson jr and taylor crosby as members of the high council all of whom were sustained by the vote of the saints after remarks by elder E snow Confer conference ence enca adjourned to 0 o meet at kanab on saturday and sunday november 3rd ard and aud ath 1877 I 1 |