Show LOCAL NEWS I krom IROM ROM friders DAILY FEB 39 29 information wanted information is wanted concerning the whereabouts of william ovington an and d family am y who were reported to have been 1 in n utah recently address 0 OG G workman salt lake city not yet found gothing iho ibo thing has yet been heard of jonathan bentley the demented man who wandered off from his brothers home in the tenth ward some time ago it is feared that he perished in the cold in some out of the way beig neighborhood arrest of cattle thieves from a letter received by hon jno rider elder from jno D stewart we learn leam that three cattle thieves who recently stole 33 head near kanab were captured in arizona and taken to flagstaff where the they were examined and bound over in donds of each in default of which they were remanded to jail one of them is john W christian son of dr christian of beaver and the other two are brothers john B and daniel IV smithyson Smi more system what is needed in this city is a systematic method of removing garbage under the present ordinance ashes and refuse are piled up in cellars and semi occasionally a carteris carter is engaged to remove the accumulations what we want is a system and until that is provided there will be complaints about the unhealthy condition of back backyards yards and alleys there is elou enough h law now to prevent storekeepers and others from s weeping sweeping dirt and rubbish onto the streets dul bul so far as piling up accumulations of filth and offal in back yards the remedy is not sufficient to correct the evil such an ordinance has been passe passed and there would be no trouble in keeping beep the alleys of the city as clean as any of the main thoroughfares if the law were only enforced news from parowan carowan Pa rowan big rabbit war this year immense numbers in these parts the boys killed hundreds of them last week and had a rabbit dance last evening A few years ago rabbits were so destructive that we all men women and children had to turn 0 out tit and kill and drive them into th the lake elake some som e g good 0 od falls of snow lately and plenty ot of water for next summer but it has been very cold A couple of men tramping from nil nii milford iford llord south were so badly frozen that one poor fellow it is feared will lose both his feet they are cared for by Bro David ward near here formation reformation Ee has reached here F al lyman in december since when we have been moving along duely finely it is stated that not a tenth the amount of tobacco tea etc is sold now as formerly and even our one liquor saloon has so little business it is going to stop as soon as it can wind up its fairs affairs ai we have no need of such things it is stated that 75 per cent of all crimes are caused py by whisky some man dis aued this in in cincinnati but on examination it was lound found that 83 per pen cent of crimes were caused by it there seeing that strong drink is a crime producer why cannot our leg lega legislature A slature prohibit hibit in utah the governor and prohibit tro his Is friends might not want to sign such a bill but you could count on a big majority of the popular vote and a han hax handsome diome majority ot of the ladies we also want a bureau of statistics and with that maybe temperance men would be able to find out how much the crime producer alcohol does in utah last week a band a cattle were driven off our range by cattle th thieves leves th they 1 were follow followed eif by cedar city boys avie we have not heard from them yet it seems that this is another singular way ot of making a living that needs prohibition in some forcible and efficacious manner home again we had the pleasure of meeting and extending the nand hand of welco welcome methis this morning to nir nic james A mcknight McK ex U is consul to st helena a young gentleman born and reared neared in utah tah tab and who after an absence of 11 years from the land of his nativity has returned to settle down in salt sait ay lake ake city he is accompanied by his wife here in the summer of 1873 and after attending school in kansas city elty left there for chicago and the east pursuing for sometime the dual profession of 01 an actor and dramatist during which period he played with ith edwin booth and other noted lights of the american stage he visited the eastern states and finally went tu t washington where he remained several years ghe afterwards crossed the ocean gave lectures in england and then traveled on the continent visiting berlin paris and other noted noted cities and remained in the french capital for several years editing the american department ora oya of a parisian ing which time extracts from his private letters appeared in the columns of the NEWS khe subsequently obtained the appointment as consul for the united states government at the island of st helena about this time he be married and after passing a length of time at his place of residence on the sea girt isle returned to Ame america rint rinn being seized with a desire to visit once more the home of his childhood and meet and mingle with his early friends he secured while at washington a position on the editorial stamm staff of the salt lake herald and now comes to enter entee upon his labors labora in that papers interests he will probably deliver a couple of lectures prior to taking up his pen one of f which is entitled bonaparte at st helena I 1 and the other yo young ung utah I 1 we bid air arand and mrs airs AI cKnight mcknight welcome home to utah and trust their brightest anticipations will be realized in making it from henceforth their permanent place of abode provo points fair ealr sky in the morning cloudy afternoon weather constantly undecided whether to shine rain snow or freeze streets muddy people busy local conference just liere nere lots of talk about thedrus the drugstore sih e and there you have provo uhe the e very peculiar case of binding over our quarantine physician to keep kee the peace towards our sturdy enque enquirer editor f furnished urnis tied amusement and lime time killing for a large audience for two or three days ane belligerent doctor who by lne way is saia sald to be a really excellent physician took umbrage at something said by the enquirer about his connection with the ill savored peoples drug store acore ll 11 and went around a day and night breathing thre threaten aten ings dire striding down th the e war path tomahawked toma hawked and painted figuratively speaking to beard the lion in his den the douglas in his bis hall he is said to have found the man of quills in his literary retreat an and dafter after applying g all sorts of disagreeable epithets he be uttered divers nerce fierce tn ta upon which the editor looked down upon the excited little bittle man and told him to get out or he might get hurt lie he tiie tile dr got out hn rage raged with the superior treatment he received and failing to cow the literary man by braggadocio bragg adocia the doctor armed himself ana anu started out once mo more re with business in his eye mr graham who was warned of his coming was persuaded to make out a depoll bionto to bind the gallant doctor over ove arto to keep the peace eor for three days lawyers have been arguing the pros and cons of this matter belore belone i ustice justice J jb gates and a i large audience of the citizens lt fzens of provo the decision is to be rendered this i afternoon too late however for mail time colds are very extensively circulated around here and two or three deaths lately have left lett left empty homes and aching hearts the academy goes bravely on like a river temporarily dammed it seems to have gathered fresh force widened its channel and now sweeps grandly on once more to pour the clear waters of its pure le learning arnin into the ocean of universal intelli intelligence gence genee HOMESPUN from FROU SATURDAYS DAILY MAIL mar L 1 got back brother andrew jensen editor of return returned eU thursday evening from a very successful business trip through cache and weber counties owing to his absence no 5 of his magazine will be afew a few days late Z B B S the books of fhe the zions benent benefit bul Bui building klink Kling society are axe wow kow open i for the current month and members should avail themselves of the opportunity of calling on the secretaries the books will be kept ope open h until 8 p m of the dinst when they will be closed for the present month no bones broken abell ow horse ridden by a small boy got frightened at a large dog near this office yesterday I 1 and attempted with considerable success uc cess to unseat its rider the boy rode ode on the neck of the horse for quite a distance and finally f ell eli to the ground arouni but luckily was not much hurt information wanted mr phili philip P osborne from eliepa erie Eri era ePa pa desires to obtain information from any of the f family am of david or charlotte potter who came to utah from ohio among the is a sister of philip osborne whose address is erie erle pa ward Reu reunion nion ulon the ath ward reunion under tinder the management of bishop sperry and counselors was a pleasing success last evening old and young seemingly enjoyed themselves immensely the children are bein being 9 indulged in the dance this afternoon and evening sudden death james baldwin who had been alling ailing for some time while sitting in a chair at his home in the loth ward last evening was attack i ed with a chill and in falling out of the chair fell against a stove the chill chili caused congestion of the lungs from the effects of which he died in a few moments afterwards mr baldwin was an old resident having lived in this city about 26 years the f funeral services will be held in the ward assembly hall at 1130 amo a am ams m o tomorrow to morrow wool growers meeting about one hundred of the wool growers of utah and idaho met at the continental hotel this af afternoon to perfect a wool growers organization joseph harker harder was elected president and K R L howard ardsee secretary detary addresses were made by E aj M weller weiler major silva E 11 parsons and others solutions resolutions Ee wera adopted delegates t to the thio denver convention were elected a and a petition to congress was signed tull wull ull uil particulars will be given of the or organization on monday next FROM MONDAYS DAILY MAR MAE 3 automatic window fastener william pearson late of the ward knitting knit ittIn tinz tins factory has invented a aery tery ingenious contrivance in the shape of a self helf acting window f fastener which does credit to his ingenuity and will doubtless if it gets gely into use become very popular it works with a lever which allows the window when raised to any height to stay nixed fixed without f urther further action and the simple reversing of the lever brings the window down again lie he sent it to washington today to day for a patent president woodruffs birthday anniversary trie the family and relatives of president woodruff assembled at his residence on saturday afternoon to celebrate the anniversary of his birthday after the party which numbered about forty had partaken partaker par taken of an excellent dinner Fres president ident woodruff made some very interesting remarks relative to his early experience in the church and giving valuable instruction and exhortation to his family in relation to the work of god short chort and appropriate remarks were made by various members of the family all wishing brother woodruff long lile ille and many nappy returns of the day in which desire desira we heartily join runaway and smashup the other morning while john dunn of tooele thoele city and james D shirlin stirling qa of the tha first ward nvard were going to the depot P ot in bless biess rs daynes coulters wagon they had a narrow escape from being killed near latimer and taylors mill the horse shied at a telegraph pole and crossed the street car track breaking the front a axle xie close to the wheel john dunn jumped out daynes coulters tea teamster in was thrown with great force against the horses legs and afterward upon the ground lie he received internal injury in jury from the fall fail after he fell th the horse enorse ran on one block south the goods in the wagon were scattered promiscuously I 1 0 the fragile portions broken up into smithereens gunpowder accident on tuesday afternoon about 4 wm A powell ell eli aged 12 and david his brother P aged wd 8 years of payson during th the e absence of their parents took a flask 0 of f powder from froin the top of the kitchen safe and just to see the powder sparkle I 1 poured a little from the flask on a few live coals in the kitchen stove the s spring P ring of the flask being rather stiff the eldest boy held the flask in both hands while the younger was looking on the flask exploded nearly tea tearing 1 g off the boys thumbs and scorching searching his face while the younger boy was badly singed in the face and the clothing of both set on fire the two ran out of doors immediately and rolled in the snow extinguishing the fire on their clothing dr greer was in and sewed up the wounds on the eldest boys hands enquirer A good result the tabernacle choir committee herewith sub submit mittO to the public the following financial statement of the concert and ball given at the sait salt lake theatre on the evening of feb eeb 1884 total gross receipts from sale of tickets inc including udina admission ot of spectators to the circles total expenses of advertising orchestra hire etc net proceeds at a meeting of the choir it was decided to donate two hundred and fifty dollars to the B Y academy fund fun and that amount has been remitted this 8 sum im in excess of one half as originally intended was willingly donated the net results being much mori mone more than anticipated salt lake city march 1 1884 again has the tabernacle tabernacle choir one 0 ne of the most popular organizations in the community sustained its reputation for generosity the unselfish course of its members is proverbial |