Show LOCAL new NEI NEWS TS FROM erom FRIDAYS D dally DAILY ULY MAY ac M water c water everywhere washouts Wa shouts are a re reported on the utah eastern between park city and coal ville several bridges have gone and the grade of the track in many places has been swept from under rinder the rails the bridge at Co coalville alville is so badly disabled that coal transportation from the mines has stopped the citizens of heber are working hard to keep their farms from f rom being flooded by provo rivel river weber canon callon is impassable for teams near devils gate the W agon wagon road being washed away another conviction the case against john 11 II freeman in the district court terminated last evening with the conviction of the defendant defend ad who was indicted for obtaining property by false faise pretenses the casenas case was prose prosecuted by district attorney dickson tile the defense being represented by A miner esq sentence will be passed on may the offense charged in the indictment was to the effect that john 11 II freeman on the dav day of june 1883 falsely represented himself and pretended to be the owner of a brick yard in tho the first ward and of of I 1 brick and by means of such A false faise pretenses he obtained from thos J jenkins us a horse valued at loo with intent to defraud and cheat the owner thereof he was found guilty by jury trial artistic work last evening even liag we were shown one of the most beautiful floor rugs vye vve have ever seen it is three feet six inches ion lon long iong by two feet three inches wide the design consists of a centre piece composed of an immense bouquet in a basket surrounded by an oval floral border there being also some som e i appropriate ornamental work on each corner of the tiie rug the flowers especially those of the bouquet are raised the colors are harmon harmonious lous ious throughout the whole comprising a thing 01 of beauty the work which is in fine berlin wool being do done ne with exquisite skill it is the product of the artistic hands and brain of sister elizabeth hawkins wilcox and the rug rua is a freewill offen offer ing lug to the logan temple by the sisters ot of the ward vird sister wilcox left for logan this mo morning riling taking the rug with her third ds district brict court proceed ings before chief justice hunter on friday may ISM james mcgregor vs joseph walker default and decree of foreclosure people etc vs fred hopt etc time for extending time for filing bill of exceptions having passed court refused to extend time urther further etc vs conrad larceny application to set aside default allowed and forfeiture set aside union mining minim co vs john gil christ et al set sex settled led and dismissed people etc vs alex aiex S hill embezzlement arthur brown associated with prosecution prosecution move for a continuance of case on affidavit filed led argued ar gued and refused empanel ang ing n df f jury U venire ventre exhausted and special p ecial venire ventre of ten names issued made cretu returnable able abie at 10 am on saturday court adjourned returned missionary elder C M U donelson who returned from a mission to the states gives the following in report of ills his trav labors 1 I lef left salt lake city aug 71 stayed in colorado about five alveo f found most of the tha people very y bitter against mormons cormons Mor mons and didt didd not ot want to hear anything in their favor but before leaving them thena I 1 believe I 1 suc sue in makin making some friends who were willing to investigate from there I 1 went to alexandria Nebra nebraska nebraskan suil and stopped a short shor time and foun found there a similar I 1 liar ilar feeling I 1 had an uncle there who nad fiad usually been very bitter and at first did not want to ht lit ar anything about the mormons cormons Mor mons but I 1 t talked a aked t to 0 them and let him read some of our books some copies of the dese deseret RET NEWS selecting those with the best sermons in and I 1 see by letters received since that the seed has taken root and they are now beginning to inquire about the gospel F erom from rom there I 1 went to iowa cass sioux and woodbury counties where I 1 also found the people very bitter against us but staying between two and three months I 1 visited a great many man and believe f I 1 succeeded lu in making friends friends of a great kanj I 1 next nesb went to illinois where mat may I 1 remained some time and my experience was repeated but my f friends were afraid to open a house for public meetings on account of the mormons cormons Mor mons being so unpopular still many would come two 0 or r three miles at night and talk till 32 12 and 1 and become very much interested I 1 left and went to ohio where I 1 met with one J D haines aines II in cincinnati he had read some of our books I 1 spent several pleasant evenings with him and others I 1 received a letter from him a few days ago saying that if nothing happened to prevent he would bo be here by the first of june to become one of our people from ohio I 1 went to chattanooga tenn and was there a short time but did not feel well while there I 1 re returned to cincinnati where I 1 was was during the height oi of the floods I 1 accompanied elder B 11 II roberts as far as oden uden ills and from there went cocoles to coles county where I 1 had promised to return I 1 was there taken sick and after waltin waiting two weeks hoping to get better but taking laking another severe cold and f feeling to be ba much worse I 1 thought it was wisdom for me to return home ome I 1 have been mostly confined to the house some three weeks 11 |