Show local arm and other matters fron FROM FRIDAYS DAILY darly AUG IS 18 Thresh threshing ipg I 1 la the districts near this city and in many of 0 the lower wards of town the merry sound of the threshing machine maybe may be heard beard daily dally the yield ot at small grain from the ine fields in this county with but few exceptions J is considerable higher than the average and the industrious farmers are rejoicing that they have been blessed with one more year of plenty more earthquake shocks th the be following came this mornine morning aby L by the ohe a deseret telegraph COVE creek aug 16 1878 in addition to the earthquake on the there were three more yesterday one at 20 minutes to 79 m one at 20 minutes to 8 and the ot other er at 16 minutes to 8 p m kcf the first two slight the last one being quite severe s lasting about 15 seconds rattling dishes jarring windows shaki shaking fig the whole building and giving the people here qui quite quito to a 11 scare beare funeral ru the funeral services ser vices of the infant child of dr VV and ellen B ferguson were held at the residence of the paren th ward yesterday at 4 pm the most intimate friends of the family were pre present ent and words of comfort and instruction were administered by counselor D H wells and elder C VV V stayner Ht ayner the parents desire to thank their friends for the sympathy and assistance rendered them in their bereavement change of utah and northern railroad rali Bail road depot from prom the ogden junction of last lust night we learn that the general depot of the utah and northern railroad in that city is to be removed from its present situation and established in more convenient lenient proximity to the union depot also several alterations are to be made in the line of the track these improvements will be a source of comfort to the patrons of the utah and northern who may arrive in ogden over the U P C P and aud U C roads road a burst rain A correspondent to the enquirer under date of august 9 writes from san pete fete of a cloud hurst that occurred in salt creek canon by which the fane fine fl ne farm of mr tidwell was as literally submerged buh euh merged by rocks and sand spread over fields fieldi fences and crops the work of years being utterly des troyed in six mile creek between manti mantl and Qu Gu unison a similar scene was en enacted acted at a little place called wales a few nights before a peculiar phenomenon wa was witnessed the town ton seemed enveloped ina lna in a cloud that was suddenly divided by a light a terrific roar followed which was waa beard four mile miles away anway the damage that followed this thia burst was considerable to crops and fields fielda etain rain has been plentiful this year in that region returned mr bir 0 J lambert the business agent for the juvenile instructor who ba has 4 been traveling through northern utah and southern idaho in the interest of that paper returned to the city last evening lie be reports everything prospering in the north with good prospects of ot continuation the extension of the utah and northern railroad has drawn away so many bai bat ds from the settlements in cache valley and other agrical tural districts that it has been ut terly impossible to harvest the grain in the usual manner except in cases where self binders were used the of grain has been dispensed with laborers would have been joyfully welcomed by the overwork overworked td farmers of that section and even yet employment employ men i can be obtained by industrious harvest hands the road ia is lined with parties of pleasure seekers many of whom are destined for soda Springs while others intend to spend their time fishing in the euf and other thickly inhabited streams oneida the present terminus 0 of f the railroad is a busy town hun dredd of tona tons of freight are there awaiting shipment northward among its business houses are numbered two hotels hoten five wag wagon on depots three or four stores for the sale of general merchandise and innumerable liquor stores the I 1 lewis rouse bouse at ut which brother lambert limbert stopped is a first class hotel and tha traveler who patronizes it will receive the kindest treatment and the best beat of fare FROM SATURDAYS DAILY aco aro 17 the temple wo work on the tem tern plo pea 19 progressing nicely the 41 4 cour coun courses ses sei started on the ncr aaa tales may were were completed to day and include the silis sills of the second row of windows bro thomas jones the foreman of the stone atone setters in forms us that hat it ia is the intention to complete fout tout more courses before the close of the season the height of the structure is now so 36 feet 6 inches drowned A young man from brigham city by the name or of peter chris who worked on the operative cooperative co farm was drowned while swimming in bear river on thursday last while struggling in the water he was observed by a companion on the bhore who threw him a rope and attempted to save himi himl him but with no avail the unfortunate young man met hib hia death while the friend who bad sought to preserve him narrowly escaped the same fate the shooting affray the case of the people against ac K J hanley was called for rial trial at 10 this morning the first witness for the prosecution was officer calder he testified tied to having seen feen hanley shoot raymond also to having pursued and arrested the prisoner william brown and james pitt substantiated the statement of mr calder the defence offered no witnesses and the case was waa submitted without argument all the evidence adduced was straightforward and direct and plainly established the point which the defense made no effe effort ort to disprove that danloy while in a state of excitement excrement did shoot raymond his honor judge bound the defendant over to await the action of the grand jury under 1000 bonds news from georgia we have been permitted through couite courtesy sy of elder joseph jokeph F smith to peruse a letter written from cassandra walker county georgia by bro edward stevenson the communication muni cation is dated august 6 1878 brother stevenson states that be he and elder P P pratt were in cassandra to attend a conference of the southern mission on the dinst the field ot of labor of these elders in Tennes tenneseea sea heo has greatly enlarged since their arrival there this is a source of gratification to teem flein but they feel that the force of elders Eldero in that locality should be increased in order to meet the many inquiries and invitations made by the beeken after truth on their trip to cassandra cassandr r and reaching that place they met with some and considerable opposition but still they felt that their wayside testimony and preaching aa as well as their sermons delivered in churches had bad not been without their good effect supreme court at 11 today to day the supreme court met pursuant to judgment was rendered in the various cases aa as follows follow well fargo co res ref respondents vs C F smith and samuel appellants the court affirmed the decision of the inferior court with costs case caste appealed to th the b supreme court of the united states D R firmin respondent vs isaac C bateman et at a appellants th judgment of the third D district strict court was sustained with costs for the respondents case appealed to the supreme ssu riu preme premo court of the united states mar mary y j ferguson et al a appellants vs andrew ondene the tho judgment of the lower court dourt was I 1 upheld with costs james li L newton et al respondents va vs william browns brown appellants the decision rendered in this cause by the third thild district court was wag affirmed with costs louis warren appellant vs charles J lee et at respond respondents Antso the judgment of the third district district court herein was reverse dand costs awarded to appellant sarah ann cook respondent vs hyrum P S young ap the action of the third district court was sustained with costs for respond ent J T D hickok hicl biel op of washington county was appoint appointed ed united states supreme court commissioner after the approval of some of ex marshal maxwells Max wells accounts and those of E T sprague esq clerk th the court adjourned belief relief society conference the quarterly conference Confere noe DOe of the relief belief societies of weber j convened on thursday morning at ogden city under the presidency of sister slater jane B S richards and continued until yesterday afternoon this la is I 1 the rist fIst tW ever held in utah reports were sent from every branch society in ID the county and the meetings were nt tt tended by numbers of representatives from every settlement the building used by the conference was the ogden tabernacle which was well filled both days among those who addressed the assembly were aisters sisters ellza eliza IEL liu snow zina D young M I 1 horne home and E B wells from this city harriet snow president of tho the box elder stake biake society and president peery and other brethren of ogden the first day was mostly devoted to the examination of reports from the various relief societies in the stake the next was partially occupied in hearing the proceedings of the Y ii M I 1 associations ajl all of which showed that a sv great and growing work was being tho the ladies ladles in the progress and welfare of the communities they represent friday morning at 8 OC lOCka a meeting of young children was called and addressed by sister E R snow on the principles of the new now movement known as the primary mutual improvement the names of children were recorded as eligible members of an association of this character in ogden city the sisters there are receiving substantial assistance from the brethren in the erection of a building in which to store grain and feel much encouraged and equally grateful for the energetic court courtesies esles esies thus rendered missionary labors by letter from elder eider andrew S johnson to N S grandlund Grond lund of this city dated aug 1 from Rock Bock mond polk county ga we learn a few items of interest regarding affairs in the southern ml mission aslon eslon the condition condl condi tion tiou of the worlds people generally was degraded and pitiable morally socially and financially everything was fast drifting drift hig toward utter titter degeneracy poverty di distress stress atress and misery were manifest everywhere laborers were working rom to per day boarding themselves endeavoring to support their famille ej 4 and in many caws caks paying rent for homes at the same auie t me we not being furnished furnish ed with employment empio ament more than half or a third of the time elders johnson and williams had bad done a good deal of preaching dr inting and talking in the coun ties lies of polk haralson and bauld ings logs but as yet had bad baptized no DO one into the church many believed the tho principles of the gospel called mormonism and such always made the brethren welcome to their homes when in need of fod food and sleep but through motives of fear or policy ref refrained from frem becoming candidates for foe baptism the public mind in general was preoccupied pre occupied with politics and te ligion was thought but little of comparatively the tho southern conference would convene on the dinst in haywood valley sixteen miles north of rome and continue for three days advices advises from tennessee reported a good work going on but as was the case caso in the more southern states it seemed to be more of at a time me for sowing than for reaping reports from alabama were fairly encouraging three persons having been baptized recently the weather had bad been terribly oppressive the thermometer reaching as high as from log 1003 to in the shade and in the sun the nights were eo so sultry as to prevent comfortable for table sleep and the health of many suffered in consequence STRUCK BY LIGHTNING wiio the st 8 t georce george temple slightly damaged Dam dams ased ed the following was received this morning st george aug 16 1878 JP rests nohn john taylor and detford wilford Wi dilord lord tord woodruff I 1 shortly after three this morning the temple tempie was struck by lightning the bolt first struck the dome on the east face near the top breaking it in and shattering the wood of all the section of the east front then down to the first rise above the equale square of the octagon of the dome domet then followed down to the foot of top flight of steps and ran quartering northeast on floor of parapet down through the floor then divided running north and ana and south through the laili laih and plaster I 1 ing above the square of the rock f f b c raw both of the circle window frames on south east corner corder marring tho the plastering on the outside 1 and leaving the smoky black mirk mark of fire in its course courso no damage done to any other part of the T temple tempie em pie pit ae below the timbers of I 1 tha the roof will write JOHN D T erom PROM MONDAYS DAILY AUG 19 wanted at the deseret NEWS office volume 2 of the star bound or unbound lunar rainbow this phenomenon was witnessed in this city on saturday night about 10 it wa rot fox l minutes postmasters appointed 0 0 H eggleston Eggl eston eslon has been appointed post ma maten mater master ter ten for eden weber weber county and jno W shepherd for levan juab county denver brown stockings in a another column will be found a letter from the captain of the brown stocking baseball base ball club of denver the communication explains the reason of the failure of the browns to furnish funds for a clait from the desprets Des erets and also contains an oner to the latter club fourte fourteenth anth school District The fall teim of this justly popular ilar liar school will open a week from today with mr george J taylor as principal and miss jennie taylor in charge of the primary department it lt will be been seen by reference to the notice in another column that a rc reduction has been made in the rate of tuition and that the taxpayers whose children may attend will receive the full benefit of the territorial appropriation provo factory new now safe from the we learn that there is a prospect that the provo factory will have to stop work for a week or two on accod account n t of a eca acl ty of water the large new pound safe cafe for the first district court was put in its probably final resting place last thursday by a corps of workmen tho the first FirA district court will now have a seccie secure place for its papers and re record corde base B bil bli 11 the next indulgence in the national game will be next saturday when a match between the old oid and new nines of the des ervi clotill w I 1 I 1 I 1 ert ept trl I 1 t va i hereafter a game ia Is promised promis i ed every very saturday afternoon on the square for the benefit of all those who are not noi yet tired of it the plumbers and dinners ti aders are announced for or a match at an early J day the grasshoppers and cricks crickets ets eta to follow in itle one itte time in the bloom of youth were we regret very much to 6 announce the death of miss misa florence the daughter of bishop george dun ford she was a fine young lady 1 widely known and greatly respect edana her departure will cause deep grief throughout a large circle her illness brain fever laste lasted donly only a week but in spite of all the efm eff marts efforts made in her behalf she succumbed succumb ad to the destroyer yesterday morn morning lug ing wo we deeply sympathize with brother ar and and ard d sister dunford and the 9 family in their great bereavement museum the curator of t the li e k s museum has received the report of i the US U S entomological cai cal commis com r sion for 1877 it contains a I 1 large axis azis e amount of valuable inform information aaion respecting the rocky mountain locust we understand that dr A S packard secretary of the commission MiSS mibs ion IOD will visit this city shortly alid |