Show v local and other matters FROM VS DAILY DEC 6 s t blanks blinks ready beady the blank forms I 1 for reports of wards are now ready and can be had at this thia office december term the december term of the third district court will he be opened on monday next at the federal court house call and geft got them there are messages at the western union telegraph effice emmice for IL gough and J D wood v homemade home made mr clementshaw clemen eshaw trunk manufacturer kimball block ia Is making a quantity of substantial christmas toys in the shape of baby trunks just the thing for teaching little girls to be tidy rapid changes the junction tells telis of a couple in iri that city who first met on sunday were married on monday and separated on i tuesday that appears like doin doln doing g business with dispatch provost guard provost guard from camp douglas paraded the streets last night it was a p measure the boys in blue blues having received jeee jece ived several beveral months back pay they generally need looking after at such times going on work on the ne new w tabernacle is still progressing A large bill of lumber for it is on the way from franklin from which point it was shipped a dardr day or two since the cache valley lumber is a superior article send them la in county of schools T blewis gives notice to dilatory district trustees that unless their reports for the present year are made 11 by the of the present month they will not receive any portion of the appropriation for school purposes kead his notice district court count Wednesday aya december the people etc vs edath R D arc afe donald indictment for murder old bond cancelled and new one substituted samuel simuel ealin halin vs lord claud hamilton trial before the court the commercial oord Ogden en has hns a new hotel it is called the acom oom commercial 11 it is newly fitted and furnished throughout and a grand opening ball bail iq Is to be given on the premises this evening to which we acknowledge an invitation mr P A is the proprietor and he anticipates a large share of pub lie patronage the amateur sl we have bave received no 3 of the amateur amateurs a neat little biweekly bi bl weekly echt page paper published by the Y M bl I 1 A of 0 oden den it is well spiced with a variety of matter anar anu ana generally the articles are well and closely written altogether the periodical is a credit to the association and will doubtless be useful in prompting the cultivation ola literary taste among the louif g besides being valuable for the information it imparts philharmonic the tho lovera lovers tot of good music can enjoy a rare treat ireat tonight to night by attending the concert t to be given at st marks school rooms by the philharmonic boc soc society le yesterday we mentioned the of tiie tile pro gramme the second consists of gil 11 Barb barbiere barbiero lere dl grun cRun hunning hunting ting song bong one thought of thee ll 11 Oh Hush thee my baby double quartette fearless liberty duet from 1 l 1 I know that my redeemer Li liveth sex from lueia lucia di Lammer moor to conclude with the hallelujah chorus 3 11 by the society keep them at home people living in the country settlements frequently allow their daughters to cometo this city and hire out as helps parents who have the welfare of their children at heart beart should consider well before expos expo ing them thern to the temptations and allurements allure ments to which chey irbey are likely to be subject away from froni the parental overs leht not a few cases have come under ou our r personal observation of girls who have been brought into in to the path of ruin by this means the time was when young women distant from the parental roof where as sareda safe this city as if under the immediate eyes of their guardians but the influx of a float afloat ing population has made it othen other wipe now our advice to people peo plein rin lin the country ia Is to keep their daughters at home iome lome returned missionary this afternoon ernson we received a call from elder thomas E murphy of mill creek who arrived today to day from a mission to the southern states he left here in november 1875 and has therefore been absent a little over two years he labored in georgia and alabama during that time he with other elders organized a branch of the church in alabama the members of which joined elder boyles arkansas c company which emigrated to new mexico and arizona they aiso also organized a branch in clayton county georgia elder murphys Murp hys health was poor a portion of the time and he is still ailing he enjoyed his mission greatly he was accompanied home by S M mckinney and deuna linae F murphy his nephew and niece from georgia while in georgia elder murphy murph y stopped a portion of the time at the house of his mother who is a member of the church ia 19 eighty nive five years old and whose posterity numbers persons children grand children and great grand children from PROM FRIDAY 3 DAILY DEC 8 detained hon geo Q was in chicago on sunday he was detained one day on account of having missed the conne tion at that point cold the weather in cache valley of late has been very clear and cold the mercury having haying been generally in the vicinity of zero there has been but little snow enow thus far district court the only case before the court today to daywan day was that of samuel icahn run vs lord claud hamilton the trial was concluded a and nd the case taken under advisement mischief last night some malicious or mischievous smashed a window in the house of brother john H pig Pia knell kneil in the third ward by throwing a couple of rocks through it police court yesterday afternoon a young joung fellow named hewlett made a disturbance and abu and resisted the officers when wilen arrested him this morning he was fined 0 on n two separate charges 10 and 25 william mcbride a discharged sold bold soldier ler len stole a pair of drawers from mr Reg Eeg gells gella clothing store he was fined 5 married yesterday at their own residence in the loth ward mr william grimsdell and miss jane G burlile were united in wedlock judge aiex alex 0 performing er formin the ceremony the bridegroom is s the bon son of mr william grimsdell an employ i e of this office the bride is the daughter of mr john buckle of buckie buckle son tailors of this city we wish the young youn g couple a prosperous voyage oyer oter the ocean of life A commencement the good people of brighton ward have commenced the erection of a new meeting house bouse the foundation has been laid and covered up for the winter preparatory to erecting the body of the structure in the spring bishop schoenfeld supplies the site deeding the ground to the people attempted Bu suicide icide the following is a special to the NEWS PROVO dec ah deseret news robert witty witt aged 22 son of J W witt of heber city arter after taking his partner home from a dance at that place at this morning attempted suicide by shooting himself in the left breast supposed fatally fork rork we were pleas ed to meet with our old friend bishop L E harrington today to day we learn from him that the people of his big diocese are engaged making a good wagon road in american fork canon for the earr carr vini on the lumber and timber business A new now addI addition ehon fion to the meeting house in the town has been erected 30 by 50 feet the building being now large and commodious the old hoube haying been much too small to meet the wants of the people educational matters are flourishing in that place four schools kro iro aro are in in operation J mischievous boys last night a gentleman who was passing the cit city potter pottery lower 0 er part of 0 east hast temple emple street caught ug t a couple of boys throwing rocks through the windows of that building smashing the glass and knocking over and breaking pieces of crockery that were insight in sight he gave chase to the lads caught one of them and delivered him to a policeman he V also aiso iso obtained the name of the other smashing of windows of unoccupied offices and dwellings by reckless boys is a common nuis nuisance ance and when they are ate caugh tat such euch doings they should be captured as that one was last night that a few examples may serve to check this species of mischief philharmonic the concert given enby by the philharmonic 0 society at st marks schoolroom school room last evening vas an artistic success the audience manifested their pleasure by frequent applause the only regret of the evening being caused by the unavoidable absence of mrs hamilton which was wad quite a disappointment bucks forty sixth psalm conati buted part firt of the pro gramme and wai rendered in a very efficient manner particularly the choruses the lord of hosts is with Us up 1 11 and the marbett mar be still then l part second was miscellaneous and the various songs duets and sex tetto gave ample opportunity to mrs seigel miss shearman and mes rs black schnell hollister young and carlisle for a display oi 01 their vocal powers mrs heigel seigel was wag specially fine the instrumental selections by Care careless ler leQ pratt and kennicott were characteristic te of their well known ability the society should foel feel encouraged by the success attained at their first concert A pleasant surprise yesterday evening brother george H taylor superintendent of the fourteenth ward sunday school t who has been connected with tha institution about fifteen years wa a notified that he be was wanted at the ladies ladled relief belief society hall of the ward on reaching there he found a large company assembled composed of sunday school teachers and scholars pupils of the theological class and members of the ward generally after singing a poem by bister sister east ease addressed to brother taylor was read after which one oue of the scholars in behalf of the sunday school presented him with a handsome silver lee ice pitcher and bowl the affair was a complete comple tei tel surprise to brother georgeana George and he was somewhat eve overwhelmed rw helmed he replied in a neat and feeling speech in which he modestly stated that the success of the sunday school was not alte gether owing to hig his efforts but also to those of his bis workers coworkers co in the same cause brief and happy speeches were made by president john taylor and elder rider wilford woodruff when an excellent supper which bad been prepared and spread was par taken of or the balance of bf the evening being spent in musical and other exercises of a sociable char acter shooting scrape last list evening archibald anderson who resides near wanship manship Wan ship summit county arrived in this city to receive surgical attendance he had three buckshot in his body one in the lower part of the jaw near the neck another in the right t arm and the third in the left wrist they were shot into him on wednesday afternoon as he was on his way home from by one of two brothers named frazier who waylaid him after being shot he drew his pistol and he and one of the fraziers not the one who did the first shooting fired at each other without doing further in jury ury mr anderson then retreated te e his home the difficulty arose from a dispute about a water ditch which ran through B mr ir Anders andersons onla I 1 land a n d the matter was taken into a justices court by the fraziers Fra Fraz lers and the case was tried by a jury of six men mern who decided that there was waa no cause of action causing the complainants nants to feel even more bitterly against mr anderson than previously Vl sly siy it is expected that the Fraz fraziers lets lers will W ill lii be arrested for attempted murder dr benedict extracted tw two 0 of the bullets from flom mr anderson andersons bod body Y the wounds are not necessarily dangeo dangerous us the most serious one la Is that located nean near tho the neck being in close proximity to an important blood tessel vessel genealogical B F cummings jr is making preparations to go to the eastern states for the purpose of obtaining the genealogies of such members of the church chirch as came cama from that part of the union or whose ancestors were natives of that region who wh 0 may wish to secure his services while on his recent mission there he did considerable work in that line and acquainted quain ted himself with such facilities as will enable him to obtain genealogies N with ith a fair degree of completeness latter day saints from the eastern states will doubtless appreciate this opportunity to employ a competent person to obtain their genealogies ilog les ies as it is a most important part of the work required at their hands liy loy lle ile lie he author of the gospel to perform the ordin ordinances auces of salvation for their de dead a d in another column brother cummings advertisement appears FLOM flou DEC 8 unusual weather one of the 4 who haa hag lived constantly in this territory since its first sett rett settlement lement informs us that there has been mor more 8 steady keen keerl frost thus far this 9 season eason than in the early part of any previous win winter the first flowing well weh we believe that mr james thomson well sinker of the ath ward has the honor of obtaining with his improved apparatus the first flowing well in utah it is on the farm of mr joseph roberts two miles north of lehi city utah county at a depth of fourteen feet brackish water wa way 3 struck and at fifty a stream of excellent clear fresh w water ater was reached which is now nov flowing over the top in a jet of three inches and is increasing it is stated that some time since some party offered a reward to the alerson who should obtain the first rowing well weil in this thia territory if liia illa be so the individual offering the consideration should interview mr thomson 3 who has accomplished the feat if we recollect aright a well was 8 sunk u n k somewhere in the vicinity of grantsville Grants vilies villes ville vilie which flowed for some time but subsequently subsided the one n near ar lehi lebi Is likely to be permanent yas las as it flows a at L the most unfavorable season of the year A large number of the people of lebi lehi lehl have visited it from curiosity mr roberts says he would rather have it than five hundred dollars redeeming tho the waste places over oven jordan has been divided into three irrigating districts for or the purpose of redeeming the vast tract of country in that part A short time since once a company was organized in connection with what is known as the utah and sait bait lake district and on thursday last in the west jordan meetinghouse a mass caucus of the landowners interested was wa held when the following ticket wab waa chosen to be voted upon in the several precincts within the district on saturday december robert T burton of salt bait lake city william A bills and samuel howard howards upper precinct samuel bennion and W spencer north jordan archibald archiba id gardner and charles D haun west jordan for directors jesse NY fox pox jr for secretary and george CL clabbert C ambert lambert for treasurer the amount agreed upon per acre to be assessed upon landowners was 2 on monday at 1 pm at the north jordan ward house a caucus will be held for the purpose of forming a ticket for election in the oe north jordan district A lively spat tho other day sheeks and rawlins were attorneys for the plaintiffs in an irrigation water case in the second district court at provo and diess rs james B mckean and charles P huey appeared in the same case for the defendants A gentleman informs us that while the trial was progressing mr ben sheeks was closely cross ex amiling one of the defendants witnesses and was taking the props from under him with remarkable facility causing mr mckean to feel that uncomfortable sensation sometimes described as akin to that produced by bitting sitting on needles and pins finally mr sheeks shocks 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