Show FROM M MONDAYS DAILY daidy fen FEB 25 a th the e facts the other day sir mr thomas wright glit of bountiful called and informed us that he had mailed a letter at woods cross post office and that it was returned to him opened the following morning we are told however that the letter in question was not mailed by mr wright in person son bon bat by some one else and was open at one end when posted neither was it taken from the post office by mr wright but by another individual whose name was on the the envelope SO far as we have been able to learn it does not appear that mr hales the postmaster was to blame in the matter jail jall birds marshal ireland arrived from provo saturday night bringing with him J F dunlap dunia a and na jesse jess e billingsley who were ltee itee lodged in the utah penitentiary the former inthe in the first district court pleaded guilty to two indictments for grand naty larceny arceny la in stealing a horse gun and other articles from john beilner of provo and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment i billingsleys Billing case was also one of grand larceny for stealing stock in county there were two indictments to both of which he pleaded guilty and was sentenced on one of them to two years yeara in the penitentiary while sentence on the tho other was suspended third district court proceedings before chief justice hu hunter anter sat feb people etc vs henry shields abusing W pr prisoner ioner loner jury trial verdict verdict not guilty defendant discharged people etc vs james burglary defendant withdraws former plea pleads guilty and sentence suspended 1 monday february r I 1 people raple eters etc vs izekiel price manslaughter defendant move s for 6 a postponement p pon ement of the case ajai davit case postponed till tUl march lith 1884 people etc vs J L whitehouse grand larceny defendant withdraws plea piea of not guilty ity and files demurrer people etc vs alex aiex shill embezzlement defendant pleads to the indictment not guilty generally also further plea piea ilea liea that this def defendant enfant has al eady reen teen heen been acquitted of the crime charged in the indictment by the judgment of the district court made and entered therein dec loth 1883 prosecution move for a continuance of case on affidavit filed argued court allows allows postponement until march 1884 exception court adjourned till tomorra at 10 a m italian opera for the first time in the history of salt lake city on thursday march ath we are to have a genuine italian opera company at the salt lake theatre composed of from to persons embracing some of the finest singers in the world and lind an unrivalled orchestra all of whom are soloists the enormous salaries paid for this array of talent compel the management to advance the scale of prices which are precisely the same how ever as will be charged for this company in san francisco although they appear there for tor eight nights and only one here to to accommodate all classes the prices are graded craded down to one dollar and as the eouse vouse will be thoroughly cleaned and renovated throughout for this occasion it has been suggested as a 1 good plan to combine pleasure with economy that clerks and other em with their families and friends club together for the purchase of their tickets so as to be all seated together the box office will open ou on saturday next at 10 am more rabbit shooting some time a ago 0 we had an account of a grand rabbit hunt at draper in which the young oun married arr e men or halry hairy hairy hilry faces were pitted itte against a lust the young unmarried rie ones or I 1 s smooth faces much to the batters lat subsequent discomfiture as they were compelled by the agreement made beforehand that the losing side or the side which shot less rabbits should prepare a dance and supper to which the winners should be invited free to gracefully submit to their destiny and defeat at the hands of their esau like opponents stung stun to the quick b by their ill luck and uyi uti obliged ged to acknowledge ge dge the superior skill of the benedicts in the contest the smooth men were only too giad glad glad giad to accept another challenge f from rom the other side for a similar match to be shot on the oth of february at this marvelous marcious to relate the side which lost before hunted with such vigor and determination that by night the two scores stood even 13 43 to 43 much to the ment and cha charin chagrin rin of the former and would be again azain victors who are hunting up another reason for their former victories than the one heretofore hereto fere ali al i lebed of having deserted the ranks of 0 bachelorhood 7 I 1 emery items brother orange seely one of the presidency of tre the emery stake of zion and a resident of castle dale give us a few items in rei re ret i lation to matters in that locality castle dale which is the coun county 1 seat numbers about souls most 07 of them like the inhabitants of the other settlements engaged in farming and stock raising persons inquest in quest of good homes and willing to work for them will find nind good chances to unite with the settlers there on any of the streams A abood good blacksmith would be a very desirable ac twenty one me men n lately started to work on a nive five mile mlle canal from the cottonwood stream to a large tract of land immediately north of the settlement huntington Is s going ahead in dwellings and will eventually be the largest settlement in the county it has bat one ward while castle dale has two a about b 0 u t th three re e miles apart the other one being bel bei n g can car called e d orangeville Orang eville all ali kinds of seeds and supplies are to be obtained there the weather was very tine fine for outdoor work at last accounts the people of frice price settlement are taking 11 steps to incorporate an irrigation irrig a t on com company water from the price river on to their townsite the tho canal is surveyed and when angshed finished will swallow up and render needless ess the numerous small ditches now nog in esq the general health was good and every thing was quiet and peaceable death of elder H C fowler this morning february at two elder henry G C Fowler died athis at his residence in the joth jath ward he had been ailing a considerable time ast past but butt not until within the last fw days ys did there appear to b vo e any danger of his succumb succumbing in to his bodily afflictions he was out out on monday last having then attempted to resume his work at the tithing office but was compelled by the prostration under which he was laborim laboring to return home having taken fresh fren cold which finall finally y developed into pneumonia being almost irrepressible in spirit he was about again on friday but bat ut suffered a seV sek severo severe elid elig rd relapse lapp from which lle ile never rallied the deceased was a native of rny rne EQ E Q ga land and was born bora april ath 1828 as as he IY 6 embraced the gospel in sheffield eld eid yorkshire about thirty years ago he presided over the eld eid branch of the church and was released from that position in 1863 1 to fill an appointment as traveling elder elor in the conf cont conference er of the same name fiame In January I 1 mi he tyas of ox the hull huli conference which position he filled for about one year when he was appointed to preside over the norwich conference acting in that capacity until released to come to utah in 1865 arriving in this city in the fall of that year in 1874 he was called to go to ED england on a mission which he faithfully filled returning in isto 1876 having labored while in that country in the lonion conference here as elsewhere he labored devotedly for the furtherance of the cause of truth he was called to the home mission of this stake several years ago and acted in that capacity until his death he was active and earnest in the performance of his duties was a fluent and ready speaker and in his adherence to the work of the lord never failing falling to testify to its divinity whenever occasion required ills lils grief stricken family have the sympathy of a ai very wide cir clr circle cleof of friends friend S the funeral will be conducted on wednesday feb mth nth at 10 at the ward school house |