Show onic pm unc 1 great stretch i beaver neaver march 30 1886 1986 editors De deseret seret serel news the decision of the legislature not to pay any more court fees in civil mining suits under the name mime of criminal business seems to have had a ia lutary salutary effect inputting in putting ft a veto on much court business here there beems not to havo been enough other business to de detain la in the juny jury hence all ali jury business was early in the march term put off until july after a fei fee few days of monotonous business and one case taken on appeal from a justices court reversed without even a color of law jaw the court adjourned aiso also as above with aa as I 1 understand ostensibly vL view to dolog east cast on some mining speculation 1 uia ula but probably to aid ili ill bis his U christian lilt breth broth brethren rei rel 2 in obtaining more proscriptive prescriptive legislation against utah there has been for a year more or less a suit pending between one george buckner a brewer and be beaver aver city over a certain quarter section his brewery bro bno on the premises A number af pf f citizens have occupied pont port portions ions lons of said paid land for several years prior to buckner going on to it I 1 understand he got permission of some party holding a claim to put up his brewery professing to want only enough mon tor the tho brewery and appurtenances ten ances anees one day last week one of the eth STa imants bro matthew ivory vent on an to his possessory claim to work when buckner came to interfere with hi mand he ordered him off at the point pointon of a shotgun shot gun fa for ar the offense of defending his uis claim jn in this va way he IV was as put pu t as I 1 und understand of under exorbitant bonds to keep kew the peace and to answer to the th p grand J jury ury it must be borne in mind that neither party has any titie title to the soil nor not cannot have until the dispute between buckner and tile the city elty is settled which is now in washington on appeal subsequently ly bro ivory sent his son and a in young man by the name of hutch tell teil ins to work upon this buckler butkier went before commissioner wilkins who wild also aiso sat on the other easo caso and and complained and the boss asser tand I 1 have pot heard it disputed that he put them under bonds not to keep tho the peace which they were not charged with breaking lu baking but not to interfere with tho the tholand land Jand thus not ilot only onis as asserting assertion 4 the tile right of a district fudge judge in gran granting dingan an foj injunction unction but in settling the disputed claim between Buckne rind nind the city I 1 wish it itt distinctly understood that I 1 have chave no personal quarrel with the commissioner on the contrary au our relations have always been of a friendly character and I 1 respect him for the courtesy hp ht has exhibit f ed when I 1 have had business with him believing as I 1 honestly do that he has assumed powers owens that do not belong to him I 1 propose t to d view them from froma a legal standpoint all the legal powers he ho possesses as a t commissioner 1 except hi iii united states cases are arc bequeathed by jhb united states stated law known as the fP poland oland bill bil 1 as follows they shall have the same authority as examining and committing magistrates in all dil eases cases 1 arising nn dep def the laws lav of bf said territory as Is s now possessed by justices of the peace iri irl said tart adry disturbing the peace as ha charged in the first in instance is triable by a justice oft of t the peace and does not of necessity go before a grand juryj and is a stretch of the in tent of bf the law a to send I 1 it t til ero erb hence herice as the com coin had no jurisdiction to try thy the case lie ho 81 should 1 ouid have sent the papers to a justice jus jua tico tice of the jaee peace having jurisdiction j of which there thero we 1011 roll two within this eit elt city eity y or precinct aln in th the 0 case of til the 1 y young boung men even oven had bad buckner the right of oe dili oila his illg remedy remo reme aywas was in a civil action for trespass and damare damate of til the commissioner had not the color of law to ib give him jurisdiction 1 you will discover by bf reading the law I 1 have havo quoted that commissioners have tife tile powers of f justices justi eeg teg of the peace only as committing magi magl magistrates and not of or the triai trial w of 0 f cases and according to t the h e avd vvo ard wording rd n p of d fi lle ile 11 lie e law air that thab power does do es nat extend bi beyond tho the limits of their thein respective counties no powers in this rc respect speet are granted brantl d except elc those eav kiv gaven tyven n to tot i t justices justi justl ces cos of tha the peace and they can ehn not act beconi beyond jhb limits libua of the tle their ir own comities comi ties except shere shero an ati nid ad fid coming jol fol ning county may have a me case where there is 18 no competent justice jimlee residing XI dIng this is berta certainly idly thelah the law of the case although they claim and I 1 believe tho the them jurisdiction their districts but if they possess it itin lil ill fact then justices of the peace Teace possess the same bame pau paw power er the idea wit of A a commissioner who possesses only power to commit in criminal cases cues assuming civil jurisdiction n is simply ridiculous not yot only so butia butla but in view of putting men under bonds lyond s to keep oun off from disputed ted land larid eherd the parties are ard equal before the law except that the bonded have fiare older cla ela imsand where the commissioner Ss is supposed to know having had llad seve several ral rai ye years a r s to leam learn his duty he has hag no jurisdiction he should I 1 it think iii lil n k ba held heid to answer for false imprisonment it is an outrage on oo and justice and should be legally looked after with all due respect to the commissioner I 1 hoid bold that if men mens menel el rights can thus be wrested from froin them we might bight aa as well submit to men jumping our lands at once and allow the commissioner to be a dictator and award our possessory titles to them DANIEL TYL taleb Ty LEB I 1 f MANASSA aa colorado ji lai april ad 1880 editors deseret alews my last communication was dated at son sou taz tag va r beneve idin lyas ivas I 1 yas visiting thell theli the elders eiders ders and saints saint in ln that district an account of our conference ference ferenee having been forwarded you by elder babett also the situation of affairs after a most mast pleasant plent and an agra agreda blo time elder beth A Ii angton brought me to io the railroad rail nall noad poad at big lick where I 1 took the tho cars ears fon foe forgeon georgia and arrived lat bro W V 0 kel kol gons on oll the morning of the lith of march 0 on the and 14 ihre uhre thAe held heid a two odayl days mee mec meeting ting elders eidens lloyd lioyd alq and aud fan meeting pith us amt owing owin to the heavy r wins rams and the ger general ral rai freshet fre ore shei the tile attendance was limited during the week weak I 1 had I 1 lea iea siire of meeting with elde elder H Q boyle az route mile to his bis flold field of labor la r in virginia ar on tuie the bad of march we ve left chattanooga with the first company of emigrants emig for the season our numbers were increased from time to time hime at ut different points alon aion along gour our route of t travel travel until ne we numbered about 70 so souls 3 owing to the high hi gh waters and the tile thea measles sies Ales about one half of the entire company were left ana and ia instructed to be prepared to stant start from chattanooga on the esth of april coming saith choser who were prepared wo arrived at 1 Manassa ganassa on 04 the morning of thi the all well veil the the tho railroad during the winter having been tiu flu finished lashed toa toi to a point eight miles south olour of our settlements making a distance of only three miles for us to benth travel ia in wagons bishop berth thelsen elsen eisen me f us wit with h te teams hin s and in d c conveyed on the company with baggage to chero inhere wo we could obtain rest and shelter we ve found tiie the saints at manassa seriously afflicted with the measles and d something some things similar to the I 1 mumps during the winter there I 1 hale has been licen quite an ati amount i of sick siek seu sek ness principally acl aci pails pally the result of cli ell clim elim m influence influences i that operate to a greater orless or less extent upon all alf the emigrants thosa of the brethren who came camb outlast out last year sear are no completely climati zed and are looking 0 hate and hearty f feeling well and ge getting eting into a position to accomplish th the object of their gathering together I 1 the town of manassa has changed very much for the better since one year ago it at that time 7 being destitute ot of inhabitants and riot not a furrow plowed today to day someo lomeo oihi ZU or 40 houses bao dae have hae been erected and now occupied by the saints a good hewn log school house put puo up and a school in iii s session thega the geater tz r lart part of the winter it a sunday sunda Y school 6 organized arid and regular meetings held heid D during aring th the e greater creater part of the winter thet the people people have been able fo tb P pro curet curci employment m ai ht fair waa wag wages and roc at this time the demand r for or laborers iggi is greater greaten eater eaten than the supply our mexican friends rids lids have in many instances come me lo 10 us to P secure renters for their farms furnishing land lands seed teams houses and in many instances cows to milk and giving half tb thus ti the way is opened u up for th the ue people 1 I and who come uri uil unprepared prepared to pur purchase and go to farming immedi abely for them to raise a crop and ano during the summer find time to get out their building material and erect houses the saints sainta d n ts empress express za them themselves selve seive 8 as satisfied lih with ith the country and the general advant advantages aces 0 it presents the character of the soil soll has hafi proven to be good during the past winter but four snows fell and the heaviest to the depth of bf only four inches fire wood can be obtained in from nour four to six miles good saw tim tib timber ber from sixteen to twenty and in grea greab great t abud abundance water is plenty plent yand and easy casy of access and of a good quality wells leq require ua re to be dug dui from froin fifteen to twenty five flye feet deep there is excellent elay clay for or brick and an abundance of stone ne extensive hay fields can be found pa the thet la lafora hora some eight to ten mil mii miles efroin from the settlements with good meadow lands adjacent uto ito to mown town only requiring a fence and irrigation small grain irain of all kinds will do well here potatoes aab cabbage bage carrots beets onions peas beans etc will all ali produce finely the brethren are preparing to testa number of varieties garleb es of fruit and 1 I am satis fatis fled will be able to make a success of it there is an abundance of land for all who desire to come that can be obtained on reasonable remo erma both from the state and general government wheat Js w worth rth sid sla sl 5 per bushel bacon fio from in 9 t to 11 cents beef from 7 to 12 according to quality dry goods hal hai hardware dware and groceries do not vary but little from salt sait lake rake markets abo A cooperative operative co store on a small scale h has s been started at manassa man n a so arranged as to increate in creace its sak stock in n the future ho homes mes can be obtained here hereby by thos those who desire to build up the kingdom of god and do good A cordial welcome will be extended to those who come with the sanction of the authorities of the church bringing with thein them their recommends from their presiding officers I 1 start for th the tho states eStates in the morning to bring out the next company of saints with prayers for the prosperity of zion very truly your brother mam MAN A gentleman not extremely given to piety clety was a dismayed by being asked to say grace at a strange table to refuse and explain would be embarrassing barr assing to comply would be equally so but he chose the latter and started ofa off briskly enough e gh with oh lord loid bless this table tabie JUs just here being unused to the bush business iless he nearly broke down but by a gi gantic effort through with world without end sours yours respectfully aia ala amen e n it wa was i a table d dh dhora hocq ota oia at boulogne an englishman English niAn a ve very ir bumptious individual P was accompanied by a lad lady Y 44 and d sitting opposite to them was a young german on whose fingers were a number of massive rings after gazing in a persistent si manner achim the englishman addressing his companion in a loud tone said baid 1 I hate to see a man inan with rings on his fingers the german replied to this thi with a eu supercilious I 1 sort of shii shiw sneer so the eng english ishman went for foe him again and said in a still louder tone toner do you kilow what I 1 would do with aring a hing ring if I 1 had one before the lady could reply and to the great amusement of all who heard it the germain german brokell broke in yare vare it nose we A |