Show local and other matters 0 erom FROM FRIDAYS DAILY MAR 22 returned we understand elder pratt arrived in this city last eveni evening ag from his mission to england edgland elder stephen richards lUc inc hards arrived from the same country two or three days daya previously Polson poison poisoning int oa wednesday a cowherd cow herd numbering sixty head I 1 from south Jordan were driven upon 0 n the range they ate freely or of and consequently all the animals grew grow sick six head haye have been lost by poisoning in this way lately in the vicinity of south jordan telephone mr drw W H rowe bowe has established telephonic communication between his hia store and the various departments of his boot and shoe factory there is one main string to convey the vibrations and thia this is tapped by branch iines linea at diffie different rent points the contrivance wad wai was waa put up by mr clementshaw Clemet shaw who has added the maung of simple telephones hoiles hories to hta hia trunk and valise business bad accident on Wednes wednesday elay a son of mr of farmington twelve years olds old oid was shot in the arm with a shotgun by another lad while the tha two to were at play dr benedict who was summoned to attend the case went up yesterday and found it necessary to amputate thib the arm arin a h dew few inches below the shoulder this morning the patient was brought to the city cit eit a and ild iid taken to the bisters sisters hospital excommunication this is to certify that NV william wliilam Illiam henly henry stevens and his bis wife eliza stevens I 1 have been cut on off the church of jesus ehritt christ of latten latter day saints for apostasy apo stacy A bishop biah blah op 0 F lyo imos qs 1 clerk peoa geoa march 1878 an improvement tha the work nork of lowering the dam across the jordan at the point of the mountain has ha hen hean just completed by ishop bishop 13 gardner the proprietors of the adjacent lands will no longer complain of an overflow and aney will hl bua bum bla aa aoa bishop mish wish opa who wh 0 hab haa n as reduced by three feet the original hight of the dam this improvement meets the approbation of the p publia public bublic the work wag was done under the direction of the selectmen of salt lake county improving improve lne ine mr francia francis armstrong is having havink the ren red residence derice in iii the wardy ward which he purchased some time ago from mr D P kimball nicely improved an ornamental m porch and veranda are being boing put on phe the he front of the house facing south and a porch on the north side tt ti 6 building has an excellent situation above the biow brow of the bill ballf and san ah extensive view of or the he city and a nd valley the lot has lyas been graded an and d planted out in ro rows WS of trees this lamentable occurrence JR F goold furnishes us with an account of a ii lamentable occurrence occur ence once that took place at washington washington county on the lath dinst on the evening of the date named a couple of young me men DJ J R averett and david cook I 1 jr companions pa pan ions met upon the street and engaged in a friendly wrestle they both fell in such a position that the head of the last inah named was bent under deryoung un young Ave Aver ettal arm it was soon boon observed by some so me aysta bystanders riders that young cook ha had d fainted he I 1 was conveyed to his home and next day he expired from the injuries he received lucern iua lua in the NEWS a few days since stated that bishop C Layton of davis county imported some lucern seed a few years ago the claims that mr B bachman of provo was the ibe first who imported lucern seed to this territory the herald remembers a citizen importing iud and sowing bowing alfalfa seed some sixteen years ago perhaps it cannot be determined with accuracy wh who 0 was the first to import im 0 r the seed and grow this useful af pf fodder 0 adder plant in thia this territory as different private citizens imported a little of ofine the seed from the east and grow grew a little lucern on a small scale more than sixteen eil years a ago go concert N next ext tuesday evening a concert will be given in the social hall under the auspices of the ward choir that excellent body of musicians the union glee club and a number of other ladies and gentlemen representing some of tho best musical talent in salt lake lahe will take part in the performances A very excellent pro gramme has been arranged which will be certain to give satisfaction the entertainment will be under the direction of prof CJ thomas the leader of the choir the admission will be 50 cents children under 12 25 cents the proceeds will be applied to the purchase of an organ for the use of the ward another gone another child of mr and mrs gilmore has departed this life the circumstances are peculiarly distressing to the bereaved mother air gilmore being abi abl absent rent mrs blim gilmore ore oro will probably have a vault built immediately at mount olivet cemetery in which to place the remains nou nor only of the little one who has I 1 lust just died but also of two whose demise occurred Q d sometime time ago one of whom was interred at fillmore and the other at park city the remains of those two will probably be exhumed and brought to this cit city for interment in the proposed vault riotous conduct early th athla 14 morning between midnight and two three drunken soldiers made night hideous near the city hall they fired several shots some of the bullets striking the theatre they whooped yelled and fired off their pistols on first south street on their way eastward alarming the people on reaching the lith ward they smashed several beveral panes of glass in the windows of the schoolhouse school house bouse and battered the door and shutters of bishop tailor shop the police officers went after them and the soldiers shot at them 6 one of the theoff meers officers returning the fire nire nire fire one of the soldiers was wounded inthe arm the three were finally captured taken to the city hall and locked jail jall returned missionary 1 today to day we met with elder alma B dunford who returned last latt iD evening from a mission to england Engla tid fid on which he left on the ath a of ai baat af july while in britain he er labored i as we have before fik wik lullah and latterly until his release to return home in the liester ilester conference he labored fir fit both fields with great pleasure adliah hp a baptized ba p ti z e d eleven el e ven van persons bel besides eight t 0 others t b e ra V who rho had been formell formerly connected with the church Y A portion of the tibne ti ie elder eider dunford summered suffered from an affection of the chest super induced by ay cold but bib bis health is now much improved fib lib proved he al enjoyed Joyed himself much mugil while engaged in the ministry abroad abr 0 ad but neels feels greatly pleased to be home again among his ir friends lend valuable work itye B R gazetteer for 1878 9 Is just published I 1 it t is a volume pages neatly bound in cloth and containing an excellent map of the country west of chicago contiguous to the railroads it is full of valuable i information to the traveller and gives a business directory of each of the principal p al towns on the line of the railroad oad ond salt lake city and utah come in for a good share of the book and they are fairly and ably represented d the book ought to meet with a wide and ready sale as it embodies statistics and descriptions of th the western country with the churches sch seh schools dols bols various public societies J agricula agri agriculture cult u re stock and mineral interests and various other matters matteis ef of great worth to busi busl business ne men and travelers published by bv J M wolde wolfe at nebraska price 3 50 the tho mint writ movement I tho the call of prominent citizens for a meeting in the interest of a movement to establish a mint in salt balb lake city was responded to by a fair sized gathering of business men 0 of f salt bait lake last night at the institute building on motion of mr richard mackintosh mayor little was elected chairman and major H speed was chosen secretary after the chairman u had explain ed the tho object of or the meeting the gentlemen in in res response ponee to calis calla from fron a the audience made madd li brief A r C i y spee epee speeches ches on the subject under consideration 0 J kJ hoil Holl ollister lster later J 0 sutherland henry W V lawrence C VV bennett hadley radley D johnson and B R H Robert bobert Bo bertson robertson son gon all the speakers urged the superior advantages and claims of salt lake to have a mint established in it and the necessity for the appointment of a committee domeet to meet and confer with the committee appoint appointed id by the united stated states government to select a location for a mint in the west the following gentlemen were appointed by unanimous vote a committee to take the necessary steps step in the premises and report at a future meeting of citizens W S Mc Cornic CorniA E R 0 cha chambers m J E M dooly feramorz z little wm jennings Jen ninga J K R walker and mind william H hooper judge bennett explained that mr J B R walker was absent from the city and was waa not expected to return for some kinle tinier therefore on motion his place on the committee was wah declared va vacant cant andar and mr HW H W lawrence was pointed appointed hp in his Is stead the meeting adjourned for on one 4 week same hour anyplace and place ewhen ichen it ia Is expected the committee will be prepared to report |