Show local and other matters I 1 FROM TUESDAYS DAILY eed eeb yeb FEB 13 on the way elder brigham young jr jf left st george gaorge for this city on saturday running the drinking fountain near the city hall is now in running order having been set set act this morning shrove tuesday this is the day memorable among englishmen as pancake tuesday consequently tomorrow to morrow will be ash wednesday and lent commences un friday the ogden election at the ogden municipal election held yesterday about seven hundred and fifty votes were polled for the itea ular peopled ticket and four hun lix dred and sixteen for the revised ticket good the variety entertain ment last night for the benefit odthe ward sunday school I 1 at the schoolhouse school house was a very creditable affair the performers mostly juvenile rendering their parts excellently there was a good attendance tend hince fince it tart last evening 1 about half a dozen youth youtha 3 located in tanners row bow bo wand and vicinity were wera arrested by the tho police for disturbance ot of the peace and were each fined 0 o 5 some paid the amount while others more impecunious are aro working it out election of trustees last evening the taxpayers tax payers of the hieb hleb school ool district met at the schoolhouse for the purpose of electing I 1 a board of trustees for the ensuing term the old board A C james jamea jack and joshua midgley were elected reelected re periodicals we ve have received prank frank lesliea Le sunday magazine one of the largest cheapest best and most profusely illustrated periodicals of the kind published also lesliea Le journal To lesliea Le weekly yand and harpers weekly all of february and budget of fun for march they are for sale hale at tit D awyers Dw wy 1 ers erb dropped dead deaca this thia morning a horse belonging to mayor nittie mittle Ii ittle ittie A dropped to the ground in the tho harness near the theatre and expired in a few moments it was weis the saine same animal that ran away a few days since and hurt the teamster who is suffering considerably from his injuries returned home eiders elders edward cliff and NY M reynolds mission arles aries who have been laboring in the eastern states in elder james A littles district have returned home the first named elder was in ill healthy and elder eider reynolds returned with him to attend him on tha the journey as he was not ina condition to travel alone I 1 I 1 fertilizers brother J H ru u mell intends pushing vigorously the busin business essof of manufacturing fertilizers tili zens for th the gi gr angers of utah he will deal mostly in those con a preponderance of pil ates with which it is an bao lute lule to replenish the soil after afier such crops as wheat are repeatedly raised malsed froni from it recently he had the misfortune to have bone grinding machine broken immediately sent bent sen ben an order for one from irom the east which is expected shortly to arrive lart lurt ya bear lake W F jj writes from MOD idaho eeb feb eb 9 lb as asolo foll foil ai is having one of ot the moat pleasant winters up to the that the settlers have ever hadin had in north region the health of the people is a great deal better at ht present than it ift has been for the last few months our meetings adewell are well weli attended we have a M lse ISE 1 I association it Is do ing lug welli and Is a interesting also aiso a good day school and our sabbath Sabbat lf school is well attended tended by john bunney we have also a wilting writing school notwithstanding the fine open winter the arizona and new mexico fever ia Is raging among among the people hereabouts snow Is about six inches deij leethay lee pHay andr andi fish are plentiful birtil missionary we had haq ant antray tr day from elder william AUa mso carowan parowan pa rowan who returned on munday evening from a mission io tg eastern earlein EA stern klein sat mat states 8 on oni which he left here heie ia last t sove nove november ember his labors labby s were w ere principally in the southern bouthern part of iowa lowa lee van vart buren nud and marion marlon counties where wheel he be held meetings every week preaching to bi the people in the schoolhouses school houses H also aiso visited nau where he resided thirty one years ago he was greally interested in visiting old scenes he did not find anybody there however with whom ho be was acquainted he found a great many people while on his mis mission sion slon who are favorably disposed to the who purpose emigrating to utah during elder adams absence his hia health has been rather poor weather matrimony sickness our kanab correspondent writes under date of february ad in my last I 1 wrote concerning themire the nire fire we had in this place there was an error in the na name me and amount it was the house of elijah potter loss joss instead of 1500 as it read in the NEWS our weather is still delightful like a mild and beautiful spring 9 by it mr hill is less partisan than mr norwood and a man of iw immeasurably measurably superior ability in the senatorial elections thus far the democrats have gained the following retiring senators will be succeeded by democrats on the ath of march from arkansas powell clayton by A H garland gariand Qa rland from illinois john A logan by david davis from mississippi james li alcorn by ii Q 0 lamar from new now jersey F K 1 Freling huysen huyben by john JR mcpherson from texas morgan C G hamilton by frochard coke should the two stitt 8 sin in acors to be admitted from louisiana na and the successor of senator robertson of south carolina be democrats the senate will stand after march the fourth thirty nine republicans public ang ans and thirty beven seven democrats but should they be as is most probable republicans the latter party would have a majority of eight the present republican majority la Is seventeen the political balance in both houses will during the next four years be bemore more nearly equal than it basat has at anytime any time since the war this will have bavei an effect to prevent the growing evil of absenteeism hente elsm it will stimulate mutual criticism and impose a wholesome check on partisan legislation THE BIGGEST NUGGET IN AMERICA THE omaha herald of february esth has an account of tho the largest rig nugget get in pure gold ever found in wui ani america erica the history of which is as i follows ed pandy four miles from helena montana has a number of acres of level plateau like land lanc 1 with a sort ot sandy so soil al most free from large stones the ther soil is from eight to twelve inches deep beneath which ja 19 a somyoth solid bed rock all this soil is pay dirt a and i nd tandy plows it over ove harrows r 0 ws it scrapes up the soil hauls it to t 0 the nearest water runs it through a sluice boe bo bod and extracts his gold in other localities the bed rock lies iles from four to forty feet from the soil surface llast last fall tandy plowed over a few aeres acres afterward dhe dho lie lle harrowed it aud and the dv day being warm he threw OR his overcoat upon the ground and wen went thome home without it but sent his stepson step son for it the boy picked up the cot and near it the nugget which ia Is bright fine weighs 27 and 60 looth ounces an and at 20 and 17 looth cents an ounce in coin is worth mr goshorn Gos horn born merchant of helena bought the nugget from mr tandy and carried it to omaha candys claim is to be thoroughly worked the ensuing season |