| Show local and other Iffat matters hatters erom FROM MONDAYS lally dally DAILY deu DEC 31 in the hospital the man who was brought in on the utah southern train yest yeat uday morial morning ing badly frozen was admitted to marks mark hospital on the even evening izig of the bame day remembering the bhe poor the ot of the twenty one wards of sait lake city ca neach can each obtain for the use of the poor a ton af abal on application to mr A G oui the r h t donation ia is mide made ty by one of or the iho br bret milien eilien wien kien who sympathizes path izes with the tha por anniversary entertainment orp orr january abey thu the Y M M 1 I A of the fifteenth ward will celebrate the anniversary of its ita organization by giving an to in the ward hall we acknowledge the receipt of invitations A mistake there mere were mye mya drunks in iti salt lake city on christmas day than on any previous holiday tella dont 11 dil eak enk well for their civilization prevo vo enkui ret tet the is ii in error in making the foregoing assertion there were but few scarcely any ca caes es ar f intoxication upon the streets on christmas happy baw year tomorrow to morrow 9 alu iii be tic the tho first dakof another year when everybody body 19 is is 19 expected to take a hib fib liday we wo wish aur our numerous host of readers patrons and friends generally general lyEL happy new year may the one bho upon which they are about to enter be the most prosperous rouA rous they ha seen ad the NEWS will not be Is issued med till wednesday afternoon till tiu then adieu water A gentleman interested hands bands us the residents of tile the and an I 1 ward bench have been without water in the ditch since friday last he wishes to know why it ia Is thus and desires the matter reme died that there may be relief for thi the thirsty inhabitants of that parl part df the city citi lt y T meeting tle tie the regular beguian somi semimonthly meeting of the senior and janlou retrenchment associations will be beheld held heid on saturday furday a jail jan ath 1878 in the council house on account of the priesthood mee meeting of balt bait lake county counts being held heid held heid in the tho fourteenth ward assembly rooms MARY MAKY 1 I ho HORNE RNE president made hapy yesterday morning the pulla puila of the irth ward sunday school wece made happy by the distribution SM among dg them of i gifts the majority of which vere viere valuable and use useful fui ful thie school numbers about a hundred and seventy five pupils and Is in good horace U whitney is superintendent K R V decker abst superintendent and elihu barrel earrel JB arrell secretary ecret ary Axy and treasurer the means for the purchase of the donated by tho another bereavement the ranks ranke of the family of brother and sister bister gillies Il liles have been sadly de dei i plated within ohp bp last sixteen day days 11 the fourth death among their thein chili children from diphtheria having havink oc cuned during that brief period two others who have be been en afflicted ath with the same disease are considered to be now out of dai dal danger iger igen there is a general byrn sympathy liatha for the bereaved parents the funeral of the little 9 girl iri lri irl who died on Satu saturday iday night place this thia excommunication william G bickley and julia thompson were cut off from the church of jesus jebus christ of klatter clatter day saints for apostasy apo stacy JOHN R MURDOCK prest of the stake iri IRr richard elchard CIrARD S HORNE t clerk beaver city utah dec 26 1877 shop lifting at about eight 1 on saturday evening three fellows entered the store of day cafor co for the pretended purpose of purchasing ipg some shoes one of them was waa detected in the act of slipping a pair under his hia coat by mr boltson Bol Bolf gaon the L lesman salesman a he demanded that the fellow give them up and on the thief thier attempting to get out mr B R gave him a gentle tap knocked him over a queens ware stand and took the shoes from him the fellow made hla hia escape before the arrival of the police returned Miss missionary conary thia this morning we hai ball the pleasure of meeting elden elder thomais thomas G webber wibber who returned on saturday everil evening ng fro from 1 ih a mission to europe he left here a year ago last november and proceeded to england Engl aLd from there to prance france from the latter country to and thence to germany where he be labored until he was wai released to return home his hi ministry was confined to baden and bavaria dri on the rhine while chere b er several were baptized and a number of families were inquiring E elder eider ider lder webber formed a very high opinion of the german people and thinks that a large field for the spread of the gospel will art he be lok lop opened enedIn in that part of the world they are ail all educated and all their institutions are of a solid and per manent kind bind district chirt monday december hattie mcknight vs vi james jampa mc mci i knight et al nive five days additional time allowed to answer helen tarbet vs flagstaff S M co the tho court overruled the tho motion for a receiver ree rec plaintiff excepts demur demurrer reni reri to complaint held under advisement william willlam howard va wi t salt lake city iron works ten len days daya ad dit ional time given some of the defendants fend ants to answer M IL sharman vs flagstaff S M X co time for hearing bearing motion for the appointment of a receiver continued until january 1878 0 D ford vs ii E holden bearing on motion of plaintiff for an injunction and the appointment m ent of a receiver in progress scandinavia avia avla we ive are ara permitted to 0 extract from a private letter from elder A W cadson Car cad json son gon dated at co enhagen enghagen en hagen dec there has been plenty to do since bince my arrival in lit wil wll writing tin 9 for the people pie and attending to other wor work go 15 pertaining arta ining to the mission BO so X r have not had bad time to translate anything of the tho book of I 1 moemon mormon as yet it looks as if the work wark was iu increasing re asing all MI the time president taylor kindly gave me per permission in islon to call any one to help me mp that I 1 wished but unfortunate y there is no one here that can render any assistance in this thia re and I 1 will ave tado thebert th ebest fc I 1 can until a somebody om e bod assent renk is sene sent from home to reli Yell relieve evem me e H many str sti strangers angers angera come to toi our meetings and the work p prospers and ia is increasing gradually lu p tua ina ins t mil wiy alon blon 11 A gloomy christmas wm creer wrote to the provo inquirer that thai christmas festive was by no means a festive time at spanish fork on the saturday previous the correspondent or it named followed the of h his mo mother th e r a in most 0 st worthy and usei ful fu woman to the tomb the day following following brother wiker walker roach of that place departed his hie ilfe lite he was waa an earnest and alid faithful laborer in the great latter day work A child of lB brother hubbard Hubbar tf tuttle tattle was buried on christmas day and mid sister hannah davis in the bloom of life the day previous she was m much uch esteemed in the community fon for manyam many amiable lable labie qua litie sh she e was the wite wife of ephraim davis navis and the daughter d 0 Mor morgan gala gaia hughea from re respect t to those estee esteemed meld departed cec cej and their connections amusements of every everyl kind were suspended uwe ume 0 on n christmas brigham young academy we were pleased to receive a call this morning from prof karl G maeser principal of the brigham young academy a most excellent educational institution we learn lean from him that the students were in attendance up to the holiday vacation which will wiil close and the institution ution again open on monday nex nez next t the normal department Js Is doing excellently trustees Tru steea of districts make frequent applications for te achere teachers and it is with difficulty thattie thau that the ranks of the normal stu atu dents can be guarded against depletion from that cause the young men pf af the normal department part ment each bold an appoint L ment as a home missionary in utah county and visit and preach iu the tho settlements in that capacity throughout the academy a spirit of peace love and union prevails pre valls and the most hearty sympathy ex lats between teachers hers bers an I 1 pupils an ellort is being made to pro cure curg a library for the institution which of course Is i an admi admirable table rable adjunct herewith we publish a a circular on that subject addre addressed used ased to the patrons mends of education by prof maeser from the founding of this academy the forming formin of a library hals bai been one of the chief chier objects of the board hoard of directors and the faculty i but the want of means has prevented us thus far from acquiring thi e essential element of an educational institution the rapid development of the academy however in number of students as well as in stud studio irh irs has made it an Impe imperative necessity to secure to us in some way the privileges of a library the lae lac lack k of or which is proving seriously detrimental ta tri our progress therefore the undersigned under udder signed I 1 in in consideration of the above and with the lou iou of the board of directors makes this appeal to all that feel air interest lu in our academy and arid solicits thein their assistance lu the shape of a contribution of some book or books ot 01 an ve or interesting nature which can ean bu be placed in cur library for tor cheuse the use of 0 tho no stude nip tim tip the names dames of the do nors will be pre in the books thern them elbex but alp alg aig in the cataloguer catalogues catal gues of 1 the h library and tiie tire reports of the Acad academy eniy enly fully appreciating the he kind feeling which the tho public have manifested already toward our academy we hope with wi th much greater confidence that our present appeal will be generously responded to by e everyone to whom these presents may come |