| Show ST GEo GEORGE itar utah june 4 editors descel this week a school meeting nw was I 1 held in id washington our neighbor ing town and they agreed to tax tx themselves and have a free school the vote was unari anari unanimous amous day our oar district redistrict school der the direction of prof eugene assisted by mrs annie annle M homney romney closed until the first of september the tho closing r exercises ex ercles were very good some of the ans are are quite proficient lentin bentin in their studies among the most advanced are biow snow low miss L to muoc bisida Mi sIda woolley and miss wor te n then quite a number of visitors were present among them pros E snow pros pres H ey eyring rin county cooty supt bupt M P romney and trustees 31 bentley A K R whitehead and thomas judd preb predl pree E snow made a few instructive remarks to all present and in fact all were well satisfied with what ivha t thay they saw and heard beard what gewant we want dinst in st george is a 4 class elass academy it is a real ne nf cassity ces sity all classes realize nils ails tin s and we hope to receive the attention of our legislature Leei slature and leading men on this all important subject st george has a healthy climate is the head and centre of the south las has a y good set of people and one of ot the ahe y most beautiful climates in the world for nine months in the year and many people come here to work world in the temple tempie and like to have their children in a good scho school oland and would like lika to remain here longer if their children were being educated 1 in n a city free from vice let us have an academy in st george and let all southern utah assist b by their influx 1 ence to accomplish this object amram will vote for it and in pro portion to his means pay as much as any other man towards it the st george 0 C 11 1 I have commenced to build a warehouse south of their store to accommodate their increasing trade also sheds to pro teet their wagons aud and machinery from the burning sun woolley lund judd have ex tended their wali mail contract from here hero fo th eldorado canyon and are doing a heavy mercantile business also e employ vei ver 0 many teams hauling C ore lumber salt etc ete euer eter prest mcallister has gone south to vilt visit bunkerville Bun kerville and will during the time there is no work in the temple vis visit itaI ital all ali the settlements in this stake remaining 0 long enough in each place to become somewhat acquainted with the temporalities ties of the people it seems to me rather hard labor for one man to labor in in charge of the Temp temple leand and do justice to a stake besides and preserve his health to a gro goo good d old age however they say it is better to wear out tout than rust out AMRAM t the neck roem neckline vine mardir ROCKVILLE june sae sav 25 1880 editors deseret the reference to thel mary park parker er murder in your issue of the insl as clipped from the silver beef reef miner hiner contains some very incorrect statements as to daltons dalfons dal pal tons confession he denies that her person was gut put outraged raged nor was any rubbish thrown over her body i young jennings was not captured capter L d by sh eriT bury bub but was wai arrested while quietly pursuing ng the even of his big way by tho the precinct r elenar officers of this place the he murderers statement in short is to the effect that not only did didde henings jannings lay jay llie ifie plan for killing her bei bel tauf that lie he did the kill irig a almost most entirely without hi his hia s ind he gives no reason or object whatever for the commission of the terrible crime after a diligent and searching inc Z investigation on tlde part lart of the prosecution no evidence of or any kind whatever which pointed to the guilt of jennings could be adduced save that of a seif self confessed murderer aad and perjurer he also says that lie came straight from the place of murder to the r place where lie was next seen after 1 sundown by some 13 15 witnesses and that he galloped the horse about one third of the distance the defense on their part proved proven that athor nt or about the time of the murder george jennings was at work on his brothers premises promises where he was fi jr eteen exeen een oen about one hour before dalton put in aa an appe appearance at thie thi base laje ball bail ground whey q he wes first fint been at the time of the inquest the coro ner appointed two experts to follow the tracks of the murderer and though their main object was to see ethere was a possibility of there having been more than one p person erson engaged in the affair they testify thac thai there was but bul one sized track which corresponded exactly with dal da I 1 tons young t jennings Jen ninga was discharged and the fhe general verdict of have heard the evidence especially those thoe acquainted with the cha character facter of the two young men is that tb at 1 it t is a base attempt by a most flen fiendish dish murderer to implicate an innocent person and shield him himself self several of daltons dalfons Dal tons statements on unimportant matters have li 4 va been clearl clearly proven false having no object whatever in view view save the protection of the name of an innocent person whose word has ever been the only bond necessary with those with whom he is acquainted from the foul breath breathe of scandal and believing that the publication of the truth of the matter should not be jess less public than the street yarn published in the winer miner ani afi ner nez the writer has taken this opportunity to give you and the pu I 1 the facts of the case asking that it may way appear verbatim to the many readers of the NEWS respectfully DAVID P STOUT washington VAS HINGTON D C june 23 1880 editors deseret news this city will celebrate the ath of july in an almost unprecedented manner everybody will participate lickte we V have three meu meil here who have been convicted of murder but who are generally believed by reason of evidence discovered since their trial to be innocent they will be hung at an early day unless the usual legal course shall be departed from or the president shall interfere an old quarrel will be revived shortly the post office depagt department will issue advertisements in inviting proposals for furnishing the service with new locks for the mail bags etc I 1 cannot recall any instance in which bids for furnishing locks to tc 0 any department have not resulted in a prolonged contest between the manufacturers A gentleman in this city has just recci received ved a letter from a party of friends in new york who had just completed a trip around the world in 75 days said to be the quickest time ever made nearly all the state organizations which disappeared from political life here at the incoming of the present administration will be revived as soon as the campaign fairly opens it is thought no 43 opposition will be made by those in authority the clubs are composed mostly of go government v employees but the political work is done generally after office hours bourst if the authorities here as is now stated cannot inquire into int the efficiency of those federal officers whose duty it was to provide as asfar far as possible against such accidents as that hat to the N narragansett it seems thata that a change in the laws is nn an immediate necessity under the decision just made here the new england officials who appear to have neglected their duty cannot be reached in any way indeed there is no way by which their nominal supervisors pen per visors in this city can find out whether or not ther there ewas was any neg act of duty KNOX MOX greenville muhlenburg county kentucky june 22 1880 editors deseret jems jews dear brethren lir ethren since leaving home on the of last june 1 have been greatly blessed I 1 never enjoyed better health in my life and I 1 do not know that I 1 ever felt so well in spirits as I 1 have since becoming able ablo to explain the principles of the gos cros pelto the understanding of the honest in heart and all who are desirous of learning truth by becoming acquainted with the principles believed in b by the lattery day saints my labors com commenced m en ced eed in virginia smyth county in company with elder fife commenced holdi holding I 1 ng meetings as soon as getting there although we had bad not been accustomed to public speaking s k we got along the best kind k in rl left eft good k rood impressions and on ou re returning turning about two or three months later baptized one young itoman woman into t tife life 4 e Chur chucci church ci which amply red repaid u us nor for the fo pre months labor labo r the seven months I 1 labored in virginia with elders cowley fife fire and Ben benon llon scon there were in the neighborhood of 50 souls embraced the gospel the of january 1880 received word from president morgan to meet himself and elder mcdonald McDo medo at Pi keton kentucky left brother gillespies at sword creeh creel russell county the in company conny with fider fife reached piketon Pike toti on the 1 lidd af after ter traveling over a very rugged mountain road met there pres morgan and elder mcdonald McDo medo spent a pleasant afternoon together and listened with much interest to the instructions of bro morgan in the evening held meeting in the court house milc which h was largely attended by the citizens who distend with marked attention to a discourse 7 delivered by brother mcdonald McDo medo who as was followed by president morgan making a A few very appropriate remarks on the restoration of the gospel the after bidding good bye to brothers morgan and fife who were going back to Virgi virginia nil we started down the big sandy bandy river biver to johnson county la bored there and in lanrence lawrence county about two months in company with elder Mc McDo mcdonald Donfild baptized two while there on the of march we lert lett there going by water down the big sandy in in com company pa ny with two families II 11 ei of saints ants who were going to colorado we assisted them as far as cincinnati where we secured their tickets and they off for st louis where they met an other company under the direction of president morgan we then secured passages on a beautiful river steamer and went down the ohio about miles to owensboro Owen from there we walked a distance of 60 miles to greenville muhlenburg county there through the direction of elder C F middleton of ogden we met a family who have treated us with the greatest of kindness and in return for their kindness we preached them the gospel silver and gold we had none but of such as we had we gave freely and it was accepted by the family which consisted of 12 members behave we have been laboring here and aud in adjacent counties nearly three months mouths have made many friends and opened a good nield field where there is a prospect of much good being done on the ath of may we were joined by elders thurber and bean who are from the sevier stake and ana are enjoying good health at present there are many hundreds of people le in the south who have never heard the sound of the gospel who are honest and with the right I 1 kind ind of teaching would make good citizens and saints there seems to be a growing dissatisfaction i amongst the people where I 1 have been traveling they do not seem to with what whit the preachers of the different sects tell them but they dont know how to fix it up any better themselves and when a servant of god comes long and preaches the ancient gos el it strikes the honest very fore forel I 1 ly y but it is here as everywhere ise the very moment we bom corn ienco lenco to preach dreach the devil begins to jwj and all lafiner manner of evil and falsehood iise ilse hoodis is told of us and the peole le are warned by the sectarians sect arians to aware of the tile mormons cormons Mor Alor mons but the lore nore they fight us the wider our ame ime will spread and the more the onest ionest will learch i L search earch I 1 would say to all the saints who kavo ave friends or relations in the orid orld to write to them send them apers books pamphlets tracts or anything that will give them anfor with regard to the g gospel it as tas a good effecting effect in many ways it sens the way and gives the elders yetter better chanco reliance to find friends in ping ming to a new field I 1 feel well and an bear testimony to the restora on of the gospel I 1 know the angel tJohn iia lia john th tile 0 rev Bev revelator elator saw has ome with the tile gospel and I 1 know hat lat it is being preached to all na ions kindreds tongues and people ever praying for the welfare oi of lon ion rulon and the tiie spread of truth I 1 re nain oain your brother in the gospel lla lea P HELM dir din dirt DIET r TOWN chattooga chattm Chatto oga co ga june 25 1880 editors deseret news I 1 was called to the southern states mission at the october conference rence 78 1 I left my home in loan utah the lith of novembre november i r foi bl lowing I 1 was then 18 years of ege ige since then I 1 have labored in he states of ala aia alabama te issee i georgia and north carolina most of my rime time has been spent in 14 the two last named states in north carolina I 1 labored nearly all last summer merin merln in connection with elders J H parry and others we met with some gome success while there brother parry baptized six adults and we gained the good wiil will of many others still at the same time the devil was not idle as you have heard beard three of the saints and three of our sympathizers had to bear clubbing and hickory whipping ipp ing from some of the pious so blied called christians or their emissaries last october I 1 came into the northeastern part of this state where I 1 labored with elder T W beward we opened several new nen fields gained many friends to the cause of truth and each baptized two adult persons last tuesday I 1 left Elder eider sHeward and keeley at Van bamin county ga the latter taking my place the brethren were feeling well I 1 am how now now conmy on my way home and will probably reach the Moun mountains taina taing of ephraim some time in july when I 1 will be ready at any any time to go on another mission if the priesthood shall see nit fit to send me ever praying forthe for the welfare of zion I 1 remain y your youn our laborer co in the cause of truth EDLEF B the insect pests of long island the violent phenomena of the present year have already marked it as memorable the sudden gudden and almost intolerable heat of the last days of may the miles and miles of burning forests and the tre tremendous in eldous energy of the western cyclones have furnished students of natural phenomena with ample material for speculation it is is easy enough to attribute these phenomena n toa to a cause and to connect th them em at least leas t wi with th th the e circum circumstance stan c e that the present is a period of or maximum sunspots sun spots the long drough drought t would account for the inflammability of the woods woodsy the electrical disturbances tur bances that caused the drought in one section and the tornado in another could be traced to the disturbance tur bance of the solar envelope but fhe the new plagues I 1 of the day illustrating the vast resources of nature and her power in ravaging the earth through countless minute energies are reserved for scientists to account for following the drought came the fire lire following the fire comes an army ahe like ilke that described by joel the prophet prophets the land is as the garden of eden before them and behind them a desolate wilderness bothin nothing shall escape them the appearance of them is ns as ance of horses horse and as horsemen so shall they run 31 liong long island is is so far most grievously troubled with the ravages of the cankerworm the cater caterpillar andl and thee palmer calmer worm and though the camers gamers are not yet vet laid |
