| Show local and other matters FROM THURSDAYS DAILY AUG 29 killed about noon yesterday at twelve A e mile creek christian poulson of manti mantl was struck and instantly killed billed by lightning deceased was the son of andrew and andrea poulson and was 12 years 0 faget orage sad bad accident jart just aa as we go to press we learn that a young man son of edward NV davis ward while assisting the train hands bands at the depot was run ruu over and seriously if it not fatally I 1 injured ared the doctors richards ari are in attendance in town dr asa S packard secretary of the entomological commission Is visiting th waty in hi ath ats of that commission making inquiries in relation to the destructive grasshopper and other injurious insects infesting this region junction junctions items potter the wheelbarrow wheel barrow in ogden night before last and registered at the union depot hotel hon honed FD richards and F S richards EL Ee wife have returned from soda springs springe the teachers Tea chees institute is still in session well attended and the exercises of a very interesting character benefit performance the citizens of ogden with their usual enterprise ter prise have again come to the front with a laudable undertaking this is to get up a dramatic performance for mance for the benefit of the yellow fever sufferers in the southern states mates A piece will be selected and cast among the leading citizens and business men of ogden who will contribute b erlma to cne cause we wish the movement in nt success will not salt bait lake emulate happy union yesterday was consummated sum mated a along long expected and delightful event the marriage of mr leonard NN hardy jr and miss mamie young bast last evening a select party of friends assembled at the residence of the brides mother to do honor to the occasion sincere congratulations and heartfelt good wishes were rendered by all to the well matched couple in connection with their host af friends we wish mr and mrs hardy that supreme happ happiness lingas attendant on a true and exalted union for time and eternity accidentally shot about 8 this morning john aged 13 years the son of john penman peni Pent nan sri sr sni of sessions settlement was traveling in a wagon in company with au an elder brother from frota Slag town tooele thoele county toward thia city when they reached a 1 place a short distance west of the point ef of the mountain the older bk boy took a small derringer from his P pocket and commenced to load it with cartridges while in the nhe act of doing thi thle I 1 tb odthe of wagon or soma some move ment on his part cal caa caused used the pistol to biln slin from his grasp while falling ic it was discharged and the bullet entered the head of his bis younger brother A painful but not dangerous wound was made in the back part of the boy boys boya s 11 head ead the ball passing betic between en the scalp and rua tha the skull skuli for a distance af one cue inola inch when the two brothers reached town pr crockwell was called u upon to on he succeeded in extracting t the ball and the patient is now feeling comfortable reckless driving from the manner in which some persons drive their teams along our busy streets it Is a matter mutter of wonder that accidents are not of daily occurrence some persons seem beem to think they have a whip and a pair of reins rains in their hands and are mounted upon the high seat of a moving vehicle that they are above ablove the level of lawand law and add responsibility which common people are bound to ze respect speet and are privileged to dash hither and anti thither over crowded crossings down thronged thron ged thoroughfares with a sovereign eon oon contempt tempt for pedestrians whose lives and limbs limba are conse in jeopardy obliged as they are ate to dart quickly over the crossings cros sinns sines or stand to one side in terrified meekness 3 until the d an ger gor la Is past it might have a salutary lutary ea effect upon these disciples of carelessness if they were made to understand by one having authority that thaltha the crossings the use of foot passengers and that horsemen and teamsters are required by law jaw to yield the right of or way to pedestrians or will it not nob be until some one is run over and killed before they learn that they have violated the ordinance in relation to this matter junius junins criticized criticised A correspondent writes from deseret millard county correcting some statements made by our correspondent junius Jun ius iua whose description of that place appeared in this paper aug 14 the former gentleman says that junius not being a resident of deseret had exaggerated some of its advantages to an extent that required correction wh while lio ile he had bad also underestimated under estimated other points worthy of more favorable mention the country is partially in an aurally very fertile the mineral in the soil is not detrimental to its ita productiveness as junius as stated and contrary to the same writers assertion the average yield this season has been greater greuter than that of any year previous some crops having produced 90 bushes busies of grain to the acre large amounts of first class land are yet located oln fin the plenteous stock of 61 weeds referred to by junius is the result of a wrong mode of tilling the soil but this is being fast abated by the utilization of a more improved system of agriculture the rest of the letter consists of glod humored badinage very well written but not calculated to promote any public good and we therefore have to exclude it from our crowded columns the deseret university this excellent institution is closing the second week of its present year the full attendance of pupils thalita thal that ifa ita sta ita tot too lessened ess ened and the improved systems of inculcating knowledge aho show that its ollI officers cers are as ever interested in the proper and complete education of thole those placed under their charge we were particularly ticul arly pleased on a visit to the university with the method of mental arithmetic used by dr par park lk one part of which is to place a square diagram upon the blackboard with a figure at ne each corner the preceptor precept orthen orthon then points to the numbers promiscuously and repeatedly peat edly the pupils adding as he goes and announcing the result at every change of tho the pointer examples in practical arithmetic are dibo also given out at ut of the class to be dout and atud the result sult lull given iven at the next session the PU puril pupil 19 1 being also obliged 1 to state the timo limo required red in n working them the idea of this is to make quick accountants dr park holding that slow and laborious computation is much more liable to mistakes than rapid calculation professor To mode of teaching history is also very interesting the subject of the lesson is given to the class in lecture lectures is and review questions asked when the class meets again next day thus the attention of the student is engrossed throughout 3 observation and memory biag blag continually in action inaction tho tile utility of the tho method Is super superior lorto to the common modes of teaching water Ri rights eights slits silts etc SALT nake LAKE CITY august 27 1378 editors deseret xe news many have noted in pitiful silence the persistent clamor of and warders about water and water rights generally finding the herald the medium for their sharp suppositions and assumptions realizing how nEed edwater is in those localities parties who could have returned facts to these cebull tion shave have from kindness refrained may at tha tho present to ask a few questions leading to a fair comprehension of the subject where did city creek run in the early yebra years of settlement sett lementO li where were the first Improver improvements nen ts made did those slid aid ald do they now in all law i legal vr ater Ight i the main maln channel of city creek was vias for years in the centre of blocks lying between first and an d fifth east temple streets passing through eagle gate block down some 5 blocks south the fin fir arit at houses and improvements out cf of fort fo rt were made on these blocks F eor for or 8 years three of these blocks h have ave almost entirely given up irrl irrigating their lots I 1 know of one large orchard on 2nd and block kept alive for 2 years by women and children packing water fro from mavell a well weli A survey today to day wiil will show a large section of lota lotain in that thit locality and on the west side of main street that have almost entirely given up the use of irrigation hold water rights no one can invalidate and it will not be strange if this su subject act Is continually agitated in t the e spirit some bome correspondents indulge indu e in if these rights are demanded demand ed twits and innuendos about a little water to lay the dust duat on a sidewalk i or to keep a little oasis around the house where once all its grounds were kept green and fruitful by irrigation on is 19 to say the least in lu bad taste te and especially where the parties voluntarily tax themselves to pay for the little they use knowing that in law they are entitled to their old allowance of water OBSERVER |
