| Show CO PLEASANT co utah dec 4 1877 E editors desrat news last night 0 the first of our public entertainments for the ibea isea season soia sola a social dance commenced in pro fessor Hast lers lera hall which has been remodeled aud fixed up in a neal ueal and very tasty manner when the hall with its improvements wag dedicated bisho bishops p a wm B S and N P madsen and Chriatian sen first counselor to bish nish OR op seeley and aud floor manager prof hastier hastler H kt lerE 13 cliff and others were present and took part in the opening and dedicatory exercises short and appropriate speeches were made by bishop seeley and others the good spirit pre prevailed throughout and the best of order was maintained by both old and young the music by professor J hansenia Hans enya enla band was choice and well executed altogether it was a season of or enjoyment and I 1 trust a percus or of many more to come there is quite a perceptible improvement pro in the people here in the last few weeks the result of a more complete organization health and prosperity prevail with few exceptions y respectfully yours CLIFF SALT LAKE CITY w dec 14 1877 editors deseret news atthe last session of our legislature atu uia provision was made in the school law then enacted for the instruction of forty normal students annually in the university of deseret the course of studies provided for them is to be approved by the territorial superintendent of district schools and kelec selected ted in view of the qualifications requisite for competent district school teachers tho the provision I 1 believe has been generally approved in consideration of the importance to every ever y stafe state and community of the prop kropar r education of its children As an institution for normal training ning our university has proven itself worthy the confidence and p patronage of the TerrA territory ory and I 1 should be glad to know that its normal department is patronize patronized d not only to the extent provided by law but so crowded with apt and earnest young men and ladies of such natural ability as to provide our district schools with thorough ly competent teachers the law provides that the territorial patron patronage ame amb shall be distributed according 6 to the school population tion tiou and that the territorial rial superintendent shall select elect the number from nominations made by the county superintendents 1 I am sorry to say that the superintendents of some counties have not yet made their nominations aa As it is not yet too late to derive some benefit from the course of study provided I 1 hope those thone tho ae superintendents who are yet delinquent will take immediate steps in making their nominations if it is impossible for them to make such nominations I 1 should be informed of the fact alonce abonce at once onee and authorized tomake tomako to make the tha nominations and fill the tile deficiencies JOHN jorn TAYLOR territorial superintendent of district schools 0 I 1 mild weather ti lenith health and pence move more schools buc rne i rue ac lory tory Shoot trigg etc ST GEORGE dec editors deseret news the weather in these valleys co continues n mild and sun bun ny aud and when frost has crusted the ground at night the morning sun has soon da dlf dif pelle 1 it and thos far ti ticul 1 achas been a stranger bere here the health of the people is much improved and at present no ailment prevails that we hear of oars is a quiet rural town and little of bustle or excitement is seen today a stranger here remarked that it teemed seemed like a sunday town the citizens here have determined to open more land to cultivation and organized to open the old virgin ditch by which some or more acres will be capable of irrigation and cultivation A new now settlement b has hag been commenced the past bem season on on ou the virgin at the place known as rez Mez lez quit F fiats flats lats yi where about I 1 1000 ao 00 acres acrea of arable arabie land lies in ono one body and is fine for vineyards and fruit action has been taken by til authorities ties of or the four school districts com comprised pried in the city limits and a for the purpose of bein able ably to keep up here at least a part of the year a higher grade of school than the common district and already we have begun to realize the fruits of sueh euch action miss mary uary cook from your city a lady thoroughly thoro ugly qualified fled fied and of no ordinary repute as a teacher has been employed for tife the winter and already the school has been opened au and aud d a goodly number of advanced pupils registered besides this ia is a dia brict school in each of the buur wards in washington they have a large and commodious two atory schoolhouse school house nearly completed with a fine toned bell in the tower he best beat school bouse in the county the washington factory also shows a much improved financial condi condl condition tiou under the energetic management of bishop jones and I 1 contrary to all precedent or expectation a ten per cent dividend has been declared to be paid to stockholders with a handa handsome ome reserve fund the store rooms are wel wei we 1 l stocked with goods to supply tb the L people in these southern valleys and some to spare for our northern neighbors col hardy today to day started for beaver with a prisoner charged with havin having t shot at a fellow miner we believe his name is dame a a miner the evening before last just at dark we witnessed with sublime admiration the grand spectacle of the passage of the moon over the face of the evening star venus we believe whoever failed to witness the phenomena missed a beautiful sight CACTUS Q 0 an au op operators aerators ara tors joke rhe the sum ft it co t him to send a cable eram gram to tit he the emperor JEmp eror eron napoleon Ka shortly after the atlantic cable was pronounced a success suc buc cess cesi and CA ble bie grams grama were flying across the waters a telegraph operator at denver colorado one morning concluded to perpetrate a joke on the operator at omaha where reail all ali telegrams from east to wes west were reported it was the time of the war between italy and pranee prance and the young man prepared the following telegram and sent it in the usual manner to the omaha fice to the emperor Napoleo napoleon tf garden of the tuil tull fley nley paris faris france governor gilpin will not accede tu to the cession of italy to france eranee please let Bo bohemia hernia bernia alone Sig 91 gfred gired died fied gove GOVERNOR brnoit GILPIN or any other man mau he thought of course that the operator at omaha would understand that etwas it was a joke would receive and read it then tear it up but it turn out that way the ompha office was a very busy one and ohp th operator had little alm ulm time tod to decide e dide whether a telegram which passed through his hands was intended for a joke or not and the man receiving it placed it on the chicago book and in due time it was forwarded to chica chiea 9 ot hence to new york and from there bv by cable to the french emperor ca ble grams are cheaper now by far thau than they were in those days tile the cost of ten words from denver to paris paria was in gold nothing more was heard of the met message sage bage un until th the end of the month the time for squar squaring la accounts when billy woodward the manager of the denver lofb received the follo following tele telegram gram from the treasurer at new york come down with the dust 21 for the ilfe life of him he did not know whai what it mean tand telegraphed back to new york for intorcia tion he received the following reply cc your cable of the insl irist to emperor napoleon paris france signed or any other man amount du due e this was a stunner tunner ti add and bill scratched his head ag agtie tin and again trying to think what it all meant he re knew very vety well he never received any such amount for the message nor was there any re record cord of its having been sent he questioned the operators rs I 1 about it when one of them reina retna thed IH H 1 t wonder if it ift is ig t that hat fool thing i I 1 fent cent t to 1 oln Oin alm aim inquiry develop ed the fact that that was the identical hairpin hair bair pin which had bad caused the row and aud the young mans face was waa a study for an artist when told that he be would have to pay the modest little sum of for the enjoyment he derived from his practical joke no doubt he considered it extremely practical an coffier was wab made to have the cabie cable company remit the amount but did not succeed and the result was the operator had to come down with the dust himself he paid it and ever afterwards when he sent a cablegram to omaha he be would always inform the receiving operator that it was not a toke foke the whole telegraph correspondence and that which passed through the mails concerning th the a matter was framed and can be seen in the omaha office at the present day ju just 8 t w what h at re remark M ark th the 0 emperor of france made when he received the message has not been recorded in history but we have no doubt it was more wore forcible than complimentary to the colorado governor Gover nor hor louisville news |
