Show LOCAL AND D OTHER MATTERS FROM SATURDAYS lys lda IDA nally DAILY ilat RIL R 2 C fire in logan A fire in logan oa on thursday night P burned down the round house of the utah and northern railroad eau cau singa a loss of about five engines were badly damaged and it is feared cannot be repaired the cause of the fire is a mystery grasshoppers A gentleman just arrived from sanpete states that the prospects are that grasshoppers tilli will have their own way in that region this year he primates there are enough eggs deposited to produce bushels of thelton theiron the iton iron clad to the acre the people are doln doin doing I 1 all in their power to destroy them chickens to the number of from to are let jet loose on the farms and it is said devour the bo hoppers eggs with wim great avidity and awl in addition to such measures the farmers are skimming the so soil and burying ca the egg laden ground la in trenches constructed for that purpose others ata are plowing the egg eggs sunder under in hopes of ot putting them where they will do the least harm when hatchi hatchl hatching bg time arrives Lr Tives rives considerable apprehension is feit felt abts are entertained or athe be of doing dolg much planting this keag kear ear we IV fa learn from ather then ther sources ane fibel feeling n 0 is p pre pro balent 11 iv in gashen phere viere I 1 it ia p s 11 I 1 eared ar tile the devouring our hig pests will compact majni great ravages this senri y akom dally DAILY APRIL 4 missionaries those elders who have been expecting pic pec ting to leave this city ou on tuesday apr aar april 11 aa missionaries to europe will hot now take their ds departure tint until tuesday april aa as the time of starting has been thus changed josepn JOSEPH P F smi swi SMITH TIT F D feels grateful brother john Johnson of ovid bear lake county who is about to start on a mission to denmark Denmar kp wishes to express his gratitude to the saints of ovid for the kind assistance tendered him before starting away the settlement has but 28 families but within nine days they raised brother johnson a purse of to hel help heip phlin him on his journey across the mighty deep the miles oase case seThe Ca the J judgment of the utah courts in the miles polygamy emse case has been reversed GO by the supreme court of the united states and a new trial ordered following is a copy of a telegram that came today to day washington DC doc april arthur arthu r ero bro broun brown wn counselor Couns dor dop at lam law judgment in miles case reversed and nw new trial ordered J H 0 wriston stori found in the NEWS a few evenings ago was an inquiry for john wriston one of the mormon battalion his brother franklin wriston stony stong of north ogden stepped in today to day to inform us that the man asked for lives in oxford oneida County Idaho our informant also states that in the list of the battalion published last winter another of his hii brothers deceased was misnamed the name should have bean been isaac New Kew newton ton tori wriston sentenced to ie be sho shot freda hopt alias welcome the convicted convict eld eiD murderer of john P F turner was sentenced today to day in the district court to be shot on the soth of may the day set for the sentence was the ath dinst next saturday but it was understood by the court and those immediately concerned that it would not take place as announced this was done I 1 in n order to avoid the mob which would haye have collected and render rendered edthe the way impassable ata at 2 this afternoon hopt was escorted by a strong guard from his cell in the city jail where he has been confined for sometime some time past into in to the presence of the court he was there required to stand up facing the judge after citing the main points of proceedings inglin in the case since the murder was ca committed his honor asked the prisoner if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced upon him the latter said yes sir I 1 have I 1 am not guilty I 1 am not guilty the tho judge told him he bad been so declared the after a fair trial and that it was the duty of the court to tor pars pais sentence upon him he was told he could cond have his choice chorce of two modes of exe cution viz hanging banging and shoo shooting tig he replied that he would rather be shot the court then theu sentenced him to be shot on the day of may 1881 between the hours bour of 10 a in and S ap p m the prisoner received the sentence with greata coolness and sat and conversed with his t lawyer a while afterwards pret previous lous ious to being taken taken mackto baek back to therall the jail jall where he will remain until the day othis of his execution after his big return to the cell he was shackled shach led he became very indignant when the irons wonia put ut upon him himi and swore terribly W he had bad previously said that ii if the shackles did not suit there wis wag not enough men to put them on him but he did not ofner offer to resist during the process deseret university As per notice published d friday evening the chancellor and board of regents Regent sor soc of theBe seret university met on the union Square grounds last saturday to further investigate the character of the soil foil on the proposed site of the pew new university building and confer conter with experts on the advisability of with the erection of the structure at that place among tho those se present by y invitation were i bishop john sharp lmh afo isom elias ellas morris worris and edward i br Brau imen of wisdom and of experience in for many years ater ami ali all an eife eite extended wed oed consultation it was decided to go ahead and erect the university on the union square it being deemed the best place considering consi si all things that could be procured the difficulties in respect to the nature of the ground were not considered Inbur insurmountable moun table tabie it was declared by the experts that a good and suitable foundation could be constructed there at a reasonable ex pense reuse the vote was waa unanimous to approve of or the site and to begin and prosecute the thereon as speedily ilyas as possible tte ile southeast comer corner of the proposed edifice was defined the spot chosen being situated feet fedt from the line of the street south bouth of the quare square and at the same distance from the line of the east street we think the choice made will be satisfactory to the people r generally ne rally raily and we heartily endorse t the e action of the board and the building committee who have the matter in hand before the legislature meets again it is very likely the appropriation will have been expended in the work of putting up a building which will eventually be a pride and ornament to the city and a credit and honor to utah territory orye oryo |