Show local and other matters FROM nonday MONDAY DAILY dally OCT 2 22 Me message there is a message at the WU telegraph office for mrs 0 E penwell pen well weil stealing case A man named harry rivers is under arrest on a charge of stealing 17 from mr robert G sleater the c ase case was set for trial this afternoon in the police court pota rota potatoes toes today to day brother L E feibush exhibited to ua us a couple of potatoes grown oh his place at little cottonwood cotton Cetton wood the two together weighed six pounds six ounces lio llo however wever they could scarcely be called two roots strictly being an aggregation I 1 of a number of potatoes gr grown own together in great bunches corrections in the minutes of the late gen general ral conference the name of norman salmon is published as being called on a mission it should read mormon V helman selman sel bel moan roan also in the minutes of the utah co county anty conference one of the missionaries slona sion aries arles ries called was samuel croft broft the NEWS new printed it A pleasant change on and after november the utah central freight train which das oas tas heretofore left ogden at 5 a m will start at ten minutes before seven in the morning this will be mu much h better betten for the train hand hands and and the public will greatly appreciate the change the train will arrive in this City about 10 a in tabernacle services elder orson pratt preached yesterday afternoon on the creation and ultimate condition of the earth and the thu origin and final destiny of its inhabitants the subject was treated ind in a die dle clear arand aad comprehensive manner ner the speaker quoted largely from the bible and the revelations given through the prophet joseph smith especially the latter that terrible accident accident mrs alonzo cutler who met wath with the accident at ogden which lecessi bated the amputation of both feet was much improved in health this thia morning and hopes were entertained of her recovery superintendent john sharp has paid every attention possible to the unfortunate lady to make her condition as comfortable for table as possible under the painful circumstances in which she is placed and several ladies at ogden are gaiting gatting waiting upon her night and day Y iye M I 1 A T he h e toung woung mens mutual improvement society at Kays rays vilie was engaged today in the laudable work of ridding the farms on the sand ridge of a destructive horde of marauders and at the wei same time obtaining food for the poor one hundred young men started bodt for the rang range e edbis this morning in 92 armed and equipped for the attack on the jack rabbits which have bave lately increased at a marvelous rate and they expected to return with many visible proofs ol 01 their marksmanship the demolition of the rodents will be an fl improvement oh ch thi ridge ridd aud and rabbit will be an improvement pork or bacon which forma the daily diet of many people in the country S S organized wen Ves morning a sunday school was organized in 16 the ward with the following ciff meers officer superintendent W D owen assistants ass asi william sanders and wark mark lindsey secretary john il H burrows assistant secretary charles reynolds treasurer robert ave aveson ih librarian arthur if ii foulger I 1 about children were presen tj and superintendent george reynolds of the ward sunday school distributed a number of presents to chuse those who had been pupils in that the canty county superintendent of sunday school george goddard and his counselors brothers willes and evans were prese arese present i nt an and d made suitable remarks A bood good work vr bishop john sharp sharo hail baij taken hii the contract for an or ithe weber river at ogden thelt P abi and I 1 p P companies as joining ath our q loof railroaders ers in abo bogk and placing it under tha the Bisho pd io the river a little ista co the U 0 bridee bridge a shoot direct for the eal eai eastern terp bank threatening to burs lover bover the burld barid boun dand and ano flood the buildings belonging dg to the tin LI P co A wing dam danwill will be constructed j and measures aaben taben to turn the stream towards the west bank and into its proper channel so as to do no damage on either side aide the work ia is in good bands and will pro proceed aeed with that promptness and efficiency that usually mark the contractors management arrested this morning a considerable sid ald erable stir was occasioned in the vicinity of the police court by the arre arrest at of about half a dozen young and middle aged men on charges of immoral conduct the first of the trials bommen commenced eed ced at ten the court room was wits cleared of spectators during its pro progress gress greEs we understand der stand there is still a number of others against whom affidavits have been made before justice charging the same offense it ia is probable therefore that more arrests will shortly be made ft K E R magnates the following follow ine lne gentlemen came down from ogden on n this mornings U 0 express john corning abst gen bupt C P B R B R capt W H moore 0 P line E jgerald FG erald traveil traveling Dg auditor C P R R ma bla jor jorr R P harn Barn hammond mond gen mana alada ager A P telegraph pacific da division and E A head a saif san francisco capitalist tra traveling eling with these gentlemen the v title to the term magnates may be understood from the fact that five of them yesterday measured 30 ft eight inches and weighed 1182 lbs ibs they are welcome to salt lake district court monday day bea ibber wells fargo co va Q G W davi davis placed on the calendar by con COD consent sent sierra nevada lumber association vs bullion S works default and judgment salt lake city us vs james robbins bobbins passed salt lake city vs S maltese basped pas ed james F woodman vs v we wells Is fargo co case ease given to the j jury u ry the people ac vs P R D me lie donald defendants defendant motion for a continuance allowed bond continued in the meantime I 1 the people ac vf john bedding redding assault with intent to murder jury trial verdict of guilty defendant was sentenced to paya pay a nine flue of 20 and cost costs to be paid on or before november ath or be imprisoned for six months in the salt lake county jail suit for damages we under stand that today to day di Dx jeter clinton entered suit ngai agai nAtU 8 Alar marshal marshai phal nelon nelson and his Yb fon for rSS 25 damages for faise false imprison imprisonment hhlen filen fp and maltreatment i at at the time of the arrest of dr clinton on a trumped up lip char abar charge e of murder and his the penitentiary we took occasion ibn to allude to the barbai barbarously niday cruel treatment he received at the hands of those thoe who held him ia in custody the tira first night of his incarceration he wa placed in an iron cage outside the prison exposed to t a strong south wind and to td annoyance aud discomfort from quantities of dust that were whirled into hs ble place of confinement his bed ding too filthy character from there lie he was taken to an upper room of the building with nothing to protect him from the scorching rays of the summer sun but the shingles of the roof slop sloping iniz to the south and to still further add to his discomfort he was placed in irons precluding the possibility r of hla hia either undressing or dressing himself the same miserable bedding was given him that he had in the cage which is known as the sweat box he had to undergo all ail 11 this while he was suffering from a a severe attack of ofil illness luesa which was intensified and increased if not altogether a caused by this in inhuman fiuman treatment the climax of this brutal pro gramme was reached however when some medicine he wanted to obtain to alleviate the sufferings caused by his hla ailment was denied him or kept from him by his keepers it should be remembered remembert d too that this treatment was bestowed bestow ednot not on person convicted but who was merely accused of crime and who was therefore presumably innocent in ili the sl sight ht ol 01 the law however such a rigi regime me would have been unwarranted and cruel even in application to a dangerous and convicted felon that the restrictions and cruelties cruel ties inflicted on ou the doctor were ly unnecessary was shown subsequently when the U S marshal on two separate occasions took him from the prison in a carriage re turning at nightfall each time offering him inducements to communicate muni cate information against citizens wh apse arrest an and d co n were desired in the firs t pl place ace the penitentiary is not the legal iila iria place ae bran bf confinement for persons accuse I 1 crime and awaiting trial triai in the second place the penitentiary was never in tended intended for an inquisition nor the officers fleeks of of mhd V U 8 for inquisitors inqui in the third place a number 0 ok f otner citizens of respectability ty have presumably P resu mably because they were mormons cormons Mor mons been taken to the same place under similar circumstances and have bad to submit to various kinds of indignities and to to maltreatment so far as a we are concerned we think it is about time a check was put upon such unwarrantable official conduct and we are pleased to note that oue cue at least among the u umber number hm was determined not to let the matter quietly pass pa and in doing so he performs not only a private but a public duty we are in possession sion slon of other facts bearing biar ingon nn the same subject which lor iok the present withhold |