| Show FROM SATURDAYS DAILY NOV 8 mary there is a let ter from ann robinson of syracuse new york for mrs ura mary whittaker her sister at this ollice call and get it arrival from the states president win amm 31 palmer of the northwestern states Mis mission slon siou arrived about midnight last night efrom his field of labor accompanied by fifty seven souls who come to utah to make their homes with the saints elder palmer accompanied by elder booth lately traveled over the mission holding conferences feren ces and strengthening the church A number have recently been baptized and a favorable spirit of inqui inquiry il in relation to the gospel Is more manifest san gan 1 lir e now than I 1 for or several years especially in minnesota serious misfortune an accident the result of which can only be viewed in the light lighton of a calamity occurred over two twi weeks ago to elias ellas morris lun iun a young man much respected and esteemed by allwoo all ali who know him he lle was pursuing his vocation of builder when a speck of lime plaster flew fiew into his eye and caused inflammation of the member the result is most anfort unfortunate u for be has since entirely lost the use of the injured optic sight having departed and the organ having shrunk rr considerably from its normal size we much regret the young mans misfortune the isa Tia test the latest development in the irons evans case is the marriage athe 0 two principals john W irons and lizzle lizzie evans it is currently ren aly reported and has come from more than one reliable source that the twain were married at the catholic hospital last night at 11 dr J al benedict performing the ceremony the marriage took place in the ees wes presence of three witnesses viz G S erb Er bAK A K smith and joe joes davis mrs evans the mother of lizzle lizzie was not willing the mafrige should take i place ikc but a after it had been done accepted oreb or submitted bitted to the situation W we are re n not at aw aware are w whether athe r she was present at the ceremony or not 10 joseph 11 evans sentenced ten this morning bein being the time set for passing sentence on joseph H evans convicted of polygamy in the district court shortly alter that hour the defendant was brought into court to go through the formality of receive ing sentence he was asked if he chehad had anything to say why it should not be pronounced upon him and on his sig unifying no desire to speak the court i delivered the sentence which VA ich was to the effect that he he be confined in tile the utah penitentiary for th three ce years an and d six sik months and pay a bine fine e of the defendants counsel asked askea that he be be admitted to ball bail pending an appeal to the supreme court but this was denied and the same ruling made as in the clawson case that mr evans be remanded to the keeping keepin of the marshal the peterson case dismissed the case of tile the united states Vs andrew peterson for polygamy and illegal voting as a polygamist was dismissed this morning in the dist Disi district riet court on motion of of the prosecuting attorney mr C S varian in a way to provoke the laughter ot the crowd announced that he was satisfied the defendant and his alleged poly polygamous amous wife hadnot had liot ilot lived to gettier gettler since the ceremony took place by which she was united to her deceased k husband this exegesis seemed to puzzle the judge who with corrugated brow asked the lucid attorney to explain his explanation mr varian then went over the ground very carefully telling the court that it was a proxy ceremony that was performed in which the defendant andrew peterson of summit county simply stood in the place of the womans woman s dead husband to whom she was sealed for eternity in other words that it was a celestial marriage that took place gsa A celestial marriage mused the judge with a smile well a little above this court I 1 guess the case will have to be dismissed il it was accordingly done this is the he case which was tried last year kear and in which the jury disagreed it was a vexatious pr proceeding 0 ee eding trumped up by a relative 0 of f t the h alle alie alleged ed second sech seeh and others who had hat a spite against mr peterson |
