Show LOCAL AND OTHER MATTERS I 1 flum elum rei DAILY dally SEPT ser SM r 28 The r townsend case the towns end hooper case over the property now known as the continental hotel which was vas decided in favor of the defendants hooper jennings etal et al in obe ohe the ohe district court some time ago and which was appealed from there to the supreme court has been disposed of by the upper court judge boreman has rendered a decision af flrming affirming thea the judgment of the court below the counsel for the appellant has given notice of an appeal to the united states supreme preme court returned missionary Miss ionar lonar y elder carl C asmussen ahmu sen wilo who returned last saturday from a mission to scandinavia called at our office this morning he left this city about a 4 year yeav and a half ago and since that tha t time timo has been laboring in denmark and the islands adjacent to that country he presided over the copenhagen pen hagen conference and traveled around considerably among the various branches he reports them as in a promising condition meetings well attended attend dl sometimes crowded not only by the sal hal saints its but by strangers stran g anxious to investigate the n caples ples of mormonism the evarts circular more than any ethl other ei thing had awakened in in the people a spirit of inquiry and caused them to examine examine and seek for the things which they had before ignored entirely the elders met some persecution persia aution cution betit bug but it was mostly in strange places where they or their doctrines were unknown and had been previously misrepresented it lt was against t th the e law jaw to sell seli eu tracts and while the acts of other winked at in this respect the law was was stel stil strictly etly enforced against the mormons cormons Mor cMor mons I still the government wa was 4 generally very liberal as well as the people the sa scandinavian sta star a semimonthly semi monthly publication lica 1104 li cation tion by the latter day saints was widely read and appreciate dand a great grat many tracts were dispo disposed sedof sedor of also these were very valuable mediums for the dissemination of the gospel principles and many persons had been led to attend the meetings of the saints and afterward join the el church furch through perusing perus ipg these publications even some of thele the legal legai authorities of the nation andee andare english consul read the star staf regularly re 0 clarf with much apparent interest the jak jast last ebli conference ference in in copenhagen was attended by the english consul accompanied by one on of the german consuls brother asmussen sas says sa s he be much enjoyed enjoy ed 44 ili ill s mission R and dd returns I 1 in good gold health lea hea th I 1 FROM FROU wednesdays nallif 29 11 4 0 i house honse bamel bathe 2 fast last ehouse th the bouse bouge of ofa a brother named peter soa hoa of Benson cache county was burned to ashes while lie he and family were attending 0 the recent fair in logan but fc few w articles of furniture were saved aved cause not stated by correspondent womans comans Wo mans the movements move mento deprive the women botne of or utah butali of the thOr right right of suffrage winch earve tb enjoyed fon for over loyear is already awaken i n t a d deep cep interest in teres t in tye the of the i omen of or the nation who naturally na look upon the step sti as the placing of a bar in th the way wy of the universal progress of worn woman n cufr suffrage ra 0 e the rhe following telegram wag was received v bere here last evening f washington aton D C I 1 I 1 28 1 8 tb til is les ees f A I 1 j sept 1 isso 0 son AON elpe B if falls fails i j s J stand bv b four your guns ginie allow no encroachment upon your liberties no mandamus here BELVA nelva A lock LOOK Ij mrs lockwood is well know known nas as the tho brilliant annand and able lady lawyer 0 of f washington a shin glon and the vice dent for the Ji district strIct of columbia of of the national womans comans suffrage association reduction of postage Pos fage rhe the fol rowing has been beela h handed in for publication li it Is a copy of or a circular letter sent to the various post ollices offices through throughout but the united states POST office of foreign mails walls washington ton D C september 21 st 1880 sir on and after the the postage on newspapers to the postal union aalon will be one cent per two ounces or fraction thereof see sie the postmaster generals generans order onder page 34 guide of the present month noua nona josepn JOSEPH H BLACK BLACKFAN FANt supt bupt foreign mails malls some of the principal foreign na 1 eions included in the universal postal union above mention mentioned cdake are great britain france canada germany china japan russia spain denmark sweden norway switzerland holland etc this change will be appreciated by the public generally but especially by newspaper offices and other institutions that send large quantities of printed matter through the mails malli to foreign countries FROM THURSDAYS DAILY dainy dat DAY Y SEPT a 30 information wanted mrs moore wishes to hear of her brother alexander stewart who has been in utah for some 20 years if he will send a line address cherry hill cecil county maryland terrible outrage On the following special was received this afternoon at sept 30 editor deseret news neds about 11 adock at night on the dinst it was wag reported to sheriff samuel cazier of this place that a man by the name name of parker papker who has hai been peddling some kind of powders bowde that he claims will prevent prevent I 1 the explosion of oil in lamps abad had committed a rape on a little cirlor girl of this place ten ted fearn yearn years of age the sheriff immediately made search for parker and not being able abie to find him in this place went to juab where he found and captured him and find brought him back here he was taken before justice borrowman but waived an examination and was committed to J jail jall all ail and will be he taken to provo today to day last night t quite a number of men went to therall and demanded the delivery of parker but our sheriff stood them off by threatening to hurt some of them if they did not leave the jail at once the evidence against parken parker is substantial and no doubt he be will be convicted railroad rail Eail road fatality fatal FataI ity ltv A fri frightful accident occurred at the depot yard last evening in which a young man mail named james pitt aged about 25 a son eon of the late win wn pitt of the ward lost his life the way in which it happened was as follows the young man was night yard master at the station a position lie has held fon foe some time and was making up the tile utah southern freight freigh t train for the morning ho he was between two cars carp one of which was being moved toward i the other fon for coupling coupling pin pill in his hand and was wais slowly walking backward with the moving car following ng him when his heel caught I 1 in n a frog of the and stuck fast in order to extricate himself he would have had to kick forward with the foot thus fasten fastened e d an which was rendered impossible by the moving car which the next moment encountered his body and threw him prostrate upon the track the passed over him crushing dreadfully the lert left I 1 leg cg left arm and back when lie was pick picked ed up it was found his wat watch c h had bad been broken by the accident leaving the tho hands standing at 27 minutes past 7 the rhe unfortunate boyeas taken to tilo tila rei reil rel dence of hl brothen brother I 1 in davv la mr S 0 smith in the ward avard where he died shortly before 10 p m the drs benediet benedict who iho were summoned to attend him could kuld do no more than alleviate te his pain as the injuries received were mortal the affair was purely an accident neither the young man pian himself nor any of his assistants were at all to blame hel roi was much esteemed at the yard as a careful steady and efm eff lelent efficient em aloye and was not by any means ss in his disposition his loss is deplored by not only his family relatives but by all his fellow workmen at the station |