| Show local and other matters hatters DAILY JAN 81 Ii district strict attorney the appointment of judge philip T van vin zile kis kas tp the district attorney ship tip P of ut utah has been confirmed by the e senate medical dedicatory ory the dedication services of th the 0 twelfth ward schoolhouse will be conducted tomorrow to morrow aftem afternoon oon commencing at two excommunicated this certifies eer that james jaines toms and richard fowler have been c cut 1 ut off oft the church if of je jesus sigs christ of latter day saints for apostasy apo stacy E F SHEETS bishop J X MCMURRIN irin iBiN 1 olk elk counselor 8 S H LEAv leaver Ept clerk ward baili balli BaltI lake ake city february 73 1878 minerals mutual improvement literary and other similar associations desiring to associate mineral cabinets with their libraries cabbe can be supplied with good collection collections bat gat at very reasonable figures on application to prof J ii barfoot curator of the museum persons persona ordering collections in that line should pay for them in advance the young men of the community should inform their minds in relation to the geology of the country in which they are living art that a taste for tho the fine arts may be cultivated in the youth of the community we believe it would be advisable to more generally make inako les ies lessons esons in drawing a portion of the educational course in the district schools we wo also believe it would be a good thing to establish a drawing school for instruction exclusively in the principles of that art the talent necessary to conduct an institution ution of that description is abundant pleasant surprise last evening brother W H foster leader of the ath ward choir was waa pleasantly surprised on being con eon conducted ducted to the meeting house of that ward he there found a company of ochia his hib fellow choristers cho and friends to the number I 1 of about one hundred and fifty A committee in behalf of the choin choir presented brother foster with a handsome and ela eia elaborate bora te inkstand pen rack gold pen and aud an elegantly bound hymn book as a token of esteem the party partook of a supper prepared for the c ic ea ul tt t cl I 1 E t axam n tro ull uzl 1 in n a L iole pleasant a s a r i t j so sociable c aa ba e w way ay ithe the song an and d dance being the leadin leading 9 amu amusements sediments mount oarmel carniel william worthen writes as follows folloW ss from mount carmel kane county on the of december the young men of this ward met for the purpose of organizing reorganizing re the mutual improvement association resulting as follows nephi jolley president reuben G jolley and edwin As asay va counsellors coun wm worthen secretary askel S jolley assistant secretary silas hoyt treasurer the young men aro are taking quite an interest in mutual improvement our ward ia Is progressing and a good feeling prevails our bishop is alive to his duties and is very energetic bad manners there are a few rules the strict observance of which would conduce to the good order and serenity that should invariably y prevail at public religious assemblies do not make it a rule to go to meeting after the appointed time for commencing services when you do happen to go late do not make as much fluster and noise as dossi possible bieg bleg in order to draw the admiring 2 gaze of the congregation do not keep up a whispering conference with persons sitting near you in a meeting donot do not pass slips of paper in the form of little missives others to in the assembly do all your giggling in a more suitable place and at a more appropriate time than during the progress of divine service do not get up and go out during the services it is a mark of diere to the speaker breaches of any of the ordinary rules of decent behavior are plain indications of bad breeding museum uro F due presented rese anted two volumes of armorial bearings earin gs of scandinavian avla i n families 1 es J abbou although g h not a complete work it ig valuable 1 e for references brother due when he lived in copenhagen was an earnest and intelligent collector of natural and antiquarian curiosities for the museum several parcels of shells minerals stone stoned age relics relies and other valuable contributions having been sent by him the pr proprietor t or 0 of f the museum took care to give brother due s sub bub ab of his sense of el atlon eia Cia tion tiou of his merits on his arrival in utah and although bro due dub had no mercenary intentions in view when using his energies in behalf of the deseret museum by spending a large portion of his time in collecting r iii in his native count country rys he had no reason to regret his labors on reaching here specimens of valuable iron ore have been received fromar from mr pascoe such as is in the reduction of silver ores at the smelt ing works this ore is said to be abundant U easily obtain obtained eds at a claim belonging to mr Pasco rasco enear this city mr A 0 E madsen of this thib city has presented some shells collected by that gentleman in california bro diemon sent up a specimen of maple from the cottonwood district he states that it will be quarried extensively cannonville Cann onville from jonathan T packer bishop of iron county we learn a few interesting facts concern concerning lag that little settlement ett lement it is situated thirty miles southeast south east of panguitch in a valley ten miles long and from half a mile to two miles milea in width on the head of creek several other small valleys or broad canons callons open into this valley all offering excellent facilities to the farmer and grazer the settlement was started two years ago last december now contains 13 families and there is room for plenty more brother packer thinks the farming land and other fe facilities sufficient for the support of three good sized settlements and he considers it the finest location to be found in that region there is firewood within wi th in five miles of the settlement buff lelent sufficient to supply all the inhabitants the place could support for 50 years and thousands of acres of excellent long leafed and red pine saw timber within from six to 20 miles growing where a wagon could be driven into it besides this there is a 10 foot vein of coal cropping out on the surface within nine miles of and so several beveral veral verai smaller veins nearer by the settlement the winters there pre are very mud nt nut row evv snow hak hai having ing fallen the present winter or last the soil is of a sandy nature and very productive especially for sugar cane corn and such crops carrots were raised there last lash year two feet long and weighing as much as four and a quarter pounds each bro packer tells a story of the growth of squashes there which seems almost incredible on the of july last they were vis visited ted by a terrific hailstorm which cut up the squash vines so badly that it was feared they were killed in a few days afterwards however the vines commenced routing sprouting ep out and blossoming bloss oming afresh on the ath of august squashes had bad begun to set or form and within 24 days from that time many of them had attained a growth of from 35 to 44 inches in circumference legislative ASSEMBLY HOUSE february ath H F ho no 15 was taken up on its second reading by sections section s pending which etwas it was referred to a special committee consisting of pace milner birch and preston HF H F N no 0 17 amendatory of and to the charter of beaver city was adopted as substitute to H F 14 read the first time taken up 0 n its second reading by sections pending which it was re committed to the committee on municipal corporations and town sites with instructions on motion of mr atwood mr arr lyman was added to said committee the following message was received from the council I 1 have the honor to announce that all your amendments to 0 F 83 8 bill providing for the health and safety of persons employed in coal mines are concurred in by the council councile lM feb 7 council met pursuant t to adjournment m roll mii called quorum present I 1 prayer nayer rayer by the cb chaplin aplin councilor smoot in behalf of the committee on elect elections igns to whom was referred 0 F 13 bill for special elections reported the same back with certain amendments taken up on its second reading as mended pending which it wag re commit tW with 1 instructions t to 0 consider an additional amend amends 7 ment I 1 A communication communication from the house Hous ewas avas read announcing thau that they had passed a motion to print 2000 copies coples of the report of ther superintendent perin of district asking concurrence council concurred I 1 the report of the territorial superintendent penin perin of district schools was then read to the council the reading was ivas in progress whence went to press presa ti a J HOUSE 1 feb eeb 7 Tl bloam 10 Oam a house met pursuant to adjournment i roll boll call quorum present prayer by the chaplain i mr mt sharp presented a petition i from the utah rifle association referred to tho the com committee cittee on mi litia li on motion mollon of mr smith the report of the superintendent of common schools was referred to o the council foi for concurrence 0 mr milner reported as follows your committee on iad education uca tion to whom was referred sees 1 and 35 of the revenue bill beg leave to report thab that we have had the bamel samel same bame under consideration and recommend that aj 3 mills for school purposes should be inserted in sec 1 and that sec see 35 or the repealing clause in the revenue bill should 1 I repeal so io much of sec see compiled laws of utah as relates to the tho assessment ses of ono one fourth of onofer one pen per centon conall all ali taxable property within their districts for school purposes and shall have power to remit taxes also so much of sec compiled laws of utah as relates I 1 to the appropriation of annually for fur the use of district schools sch och 2 your committee further becom mend that the above amendments be incorporated in the tho buted revenue bill mr lyman moved that 2 22 0 be I 1 placed laced upon the appropriation bill for the relief of joseph S gyles ex assessor r and collector of millard millaid county referred to the committee r on ou claims claim baud and appropriations k mr atwood moved that a committee be appointed to act with a like committee of the Coil council neil to visit the treasurer and examine the redeemed auditors Auditor ls warrants and cancel or destroy them atwood and webster were appointed such committee H F 18 revenue rever fue bill was taken u up poa on its second reading dreading by sections the following motion was make mail made b by mr joel joei grover and carried thu that a rule of the house b be CB es confirming the mover of any motion to an opening and closing ios los speech both not to exceed twenty minutes and other mem bers bersabe be rest restrained mined to one speech of not more than fifteen minutes unless ot otherwise berwise permitted by a majority of the house A motion by mr farr that th thattie the tho rate of tax for school purposes pio plo provided for in sec see 1 be two mills on the dollar instead of three thred waa wag oah lost the ayes ayea and nayed being ng dehl demanded and of record were as follows ayes webster murdock hatch batch atwood carrington farr and ancl wright noes birch lyman petersen I 1 spencer dr brown milner rock wood gardner sharp smitha smith eish fish 1 er or peery and preston H F no N 0 18 taken up and read the second time by sections d |
