Show local and other Iffat matters FROM thurs THURSDAYS daas DAYS DAILY oct 4 nearly completed the ath ward new now school house hoube is receiving the roof rouf bear lake today to day we were pleased to receive a call from president william budgeon Budge of the bear lake stake changing mf mr C B R bavage savage Is changing and improving the appearance eing pe eara eana arance nce nee of his gallery by introducing cing additional central show cases and counters railroad celebrities J sidney dillon jay gould and mud 8 H HH H clark arrived in ILL this city this morning it is provable prod abie able that the question of the locati location od of the western shops of the U P corn pany will soon be settled and known honey this morning brother charles denney exhibited to us A a specimen of honey in the comb raised at his place in the lith ward it was a beautiful clear comb weighing tep fen pounds pou 6 nd and ud was waa made since binco last jul jui ruly july Y at s which I 1 ch ti time methe timothe the frame wai placed I 1 in til the e hive the emporium drinking fountain is erected antl anil playing it is nicely bronzed and its handsome appearance is attracting attention from pedestrians who stop to admire it and then naturally turn to look at the fine display yot bof of ne new w goods in jennings and sons bohs window T this fht fit draws custom and thus enterprise for the public good rec ree receives elves elvei its 16 1 just reward irom from arizona elder P C merrill writes from a point in arizona 55 miles southeast south east of Tucson under date of september ath expressing the borrow sorrow felt by himself and the company be is JS with at the death of ries Pies president ident brigham young and their desire and determination to carry out his counsels and fulfill fulfil their mission in the country where they are eail ball called ed to labor preliminary following the priesthood meeting of this morning was the tho opening at 2 p m of the first finst of a berles serie of general meetings preliminary to the holding of the gene general ral rai semiannual semi annual confer i ence which will vill open 0 on n saturday at 10 am i this afternoon the congregation congre gwon was addressed by counselor D H L wells and elder charles charled lewiston today to day we met with brother samuel J allen alien of lewiston cache valley this is to a email small settlement adjacent to franklin it is E scattered over cc a large extent of country and at present it s portion of it nes hes in idaho and the other partin part parl in utah this condition being anomalous it will wiil be changed huo and it will be divided into juto small settlements A canal to take ibe liv waters of bear river riven upon the land is iu in process of construction and will ill lii probably be so near completed w next year as to provide an abundance of the a aqueous fluid for irrigating a large larg 0 tract of cou country rinty there are about 12 families located there six sir years i ago there iceie were but three fillmore filim ore ora th this is morning we received a call from frow bishop joseph D smith of we learn learl from him that that city has baa twelve men aud two emits tt annb ut work on the manti temple tempie torm tern pie the fruit crowfis crop ris thial this year apples only yielding about land two thirds of the average quantity and thele are ate but few peaches generally j fin fiumora FIU more being a city of orchards has an abundance of fruit district court wednesday oc afternoon the people etc vs 0 crowley assault with a deadly delly deadly weapon with intent to do bodily Iri jury injury the jury returned a verdict of guilty with recommendation to meroy mercy defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for one year in the penitentiary at hard labor thursday october jtb morn mom ing the people etc vs charles woolsey alws alias chicken charley 11 12 11 larceny jury trial verdict of guilt guilty Y the defendant was sentenced toi tot to imprisonment m for six months in the salt lake county jail priesthood meeting A niec meeting ting of tile the priesthood of alic salt bait lake stake of zion a large larger number of the priesthood from other portions of the territory being also pre present sent tent was held at the tabernacle today to day commencing at loam 10 am on th the ei stand there were whre of 01 the apostles president dent john taylor wk wj woodruff fl orson pratt orson hyde 0 C rich I 1 lorenzo borenzo snow j snow FD adrich rich bich ards george Q Can cannou cannon noti brigham young joseph joeeph F smith A carrington ring ton john ayoung and ani daul danl H wells of the presidency of the salt lake stake stab angus bl cannon david 0 calder and joseph joseph E etaylor tay patriarch john yowl smithy smith or the thet first presidency of the sev seventies e antles jase joseph P h yot younce pe sen ben ni A P and john ohn T van cott of the presidency of the bishop ric ea L W hardy bishop behun E hu n ter ler ald and counselor IEL ff burton batug unavoidably absent the clerk of th tha bait salt lake slake blake bro geo P F gibbs gibb read reports from each ward excepting mill creek president n t A M cannon gave some general instructions pertaining to the making up of the reports some bome of those presented nonbeing not being a as s correctly drawn as desirable he also invited the brethren to furnish means and masons to push forward the work on the new tabernacle he was about to present several names from the irth of patties parties who bad been suggested by bishop A C for ordination as dea deacons bons w whereupon hereupon elder geo 0 cannon made the following motion which was was knaul sustained that the names of suggested iab tobe tobo be ordained to td the lesser priesthood as priests teachers and det deacon econs icons be hereafter presented and acted upon in the wards in which they are to act that they be ordained by the Bish bishops and their counselor counselors sand and that such action should in no case be b taken until pons eon con P be had with th the e presidency of tle the stake elder and george goddard of the committe 6 of construction st of the new Tabei tabernacle naele made ah appeal for brauff to tu push plash forward that structure that it might be completed so tio as io to iford in it in the approaching winter the meeting a adjourned d till the her nget uret saturday in november ver nt at 11 a m at the ward assembly booms rooms elder geo Q cannon cannou announced that the meet meeting ilig of superintendents ten dents its and Tel tei teachers chers ebers of sunday schools would be held ap on saturday evening at 7 p m at the ward assembly rooms to which the presidents Preside hits fits of all tile the slakes stakes and their counselors were specially aily ally invited fro pro bailye OCT 6 I 1 museum there have been received for deseret museum library 2 yuls 1 haydens geological reports fon foe 1873 1573 and 1874 2 vols smithsonian reports 1871 1874 Land and 1875 ite re lor jor 1 porton lorton ton irrigation in california 2 reports of messages nies bles sages ac 1875 6 and several memorial tributes to distinguished individuals Cio croyden we vve received a call today from froin bishop john hopkin and his big first counselor brother george It night they report the people feeling well and enjoying excellent health in their upper valley crops are much better than ihan N vas was expected considering frost and grasshoppers P pers wi with th the exception of potatoes ba hay bay y frost taking most of the mur phles phiea and hoppers much of the grass report by report of war department part ment for 1874 1745 5 for bald bait lake city 1 latitude 41 W 1 0 longitude wy 00 mean barometer for the year ending the june 1875 mean temperature 52 amount of rain fall 2024 in lo 10 logan van temple tempie the work on the loga logan n temple goes steadily on the foundation of the main structure is being laid and the walls of the northern addition are now above tho first tier of windows the part last mentioned is intended for use as an engine house for the heating apparatus and forre torre tor lor recording of offices flees etc it la Is intended if practicable to raise the wal a of the main structure ten feet above ground level this year cowhiding this after arter afternoon noon mr jeremiah al richardson appeared upon east temple street flourishing a cowhide he was hunting for major james K cunnan and found him he set upon the major and turned the whip loose on him bystanders byet Blet anders interfered and the affair subsided before any damage was aone on either side mr air Richard richardson sou son who indulged in a superabundance of profane exar expressions s and vociferous threats of th what I 1 t he would have done if he lie been e e n interfered with was anest td the case was wis set sel nur fur five this ov ening evening the affair grew out of a di serence difference relating to the bie richmond hmoud terisa mining suit in which mr richardson was interested if it will be somewhat remarkable if major submits quietly to thu the indignity offered him the manti temple on tuesday brother william H folsom the architect and superintendent of construction of th ahw manti temple returned from that place from him we learn some bome particulars in reference to the bui but building ing that are interesting erest irig to latter day saints sainta A large amount of work in grading and otherwise preparing the ground has been done the ground level of the temple will be 63 feet above the prade grade of or the street the face or brow of the hill from the street strett t grade to the Iott lott bottom bm part of the temple wails walla will be adorned by four terraces faced with four successive walls of rock reck each f from rom 6 to 7 feet thick at the base and tapering to 2 feet at the top those massive pieces of masonry will be feet long and BO so far as the work of their construction has advanced cords corda of or rock has hns already been placed in them those walis wails rise each ot her successively mak aug in the aggregate the before mentioned height of 63 feet from the lase base of the lowest one to the top of the highest from which jatter latter the temple wi will wili 11 imposingly rise between the Bucce shive terrace will be a space of ground of 43 38 and 35 feet respectively in width running the entire length feet fiet on which itji it Is intended to plant and cultivate trees shrubbery and flop flow flowers ers ors which will give freshness and beauty to the surroundings of the house of the lord the water supply to irrigate those garden spots will be obtained from about a mile and a quarter from the temple site alte giving a hundred feet fall to the tho lowest ower terrace admitting of abul force for fountains should any be erected the will also have a 68 feet fall to the reservoir fronial from froni wl iseli the 1110 supplies for temple purposes will wily be obtained the buli bull I 1 ling liling itself will be a erand grand structure it will be about 90 feet fiet to the square besides the battlements which witti with the 63 feet of terrace ma soury will undoubtedly give the whole a very mas mag massive lve imposing and beautiful appearance it will command a magnificent magni fleeno and ex extended tendel view and aud will be bo itself seen peen from a great distance ehe fie the outside ground measurement will be feet long jong by 95 feet wide the west tower wil will I 1 be feet highl b agh and the east one feet giving a complete height to the latter from the bottom of the lowest terrace wall wali of feet the stairway leading to the west entrance will be 16 feet wide will have stone atone steps of that length and there will be a landing of 8 feet upon each terrace d tu tl when brother folsom left a newa few days since men and 17 teams were at work in various depart departo 0 ments he states that the brethren of that southern district havera have re bonded cheerfully and spiritedly to the call for men iud lud ind and means tp to Se prosecute rose cute the work and they are ar i e reserving serving deserving of much credit on thau that account since the completion of harvest men have lately been arriving to fill the second call ion tor additional help to puh push pu h the work still t tit imore more rapidly aa brother folsom has recel received rec ree elveda ved ted a dispatch from brother parry patry thea the master mason at the temple stat statin wp ing that by one blast last even evening ing 2000 yards of debris had been moved 1 temple building la Is one of the I most prominent and important features of this latter day y T bation the saints are aware of the stupendous issues that hang the earnest earnestness nes a and vigor wih with which they prosecute a labor that involves the redemption of the teeming millions ef the thie buu beadi as well as of those of the living who wh will give ear to the voice of invitation vi vit and warning that is now resounding they are consequent T ly interested in every thing per g to the progress and peets neets of the rearing r of structures that are to he be used for the sacred purposes ses bes of privation P idt idl |