Show LOCAL NEWS from FROU TUESDAYS DAILY APRIL 70 mis mia information wanted john R rogers of princeton oxford on tario tarlo canada wishes to know the whereabouts of his bis two brothers william an peter rogers 1 wio who came to salt lake city over twenty years ago the family were formerly of harlem staffordshire Birmingham near england mr rogers Is very anxious to hear f from rom his hiso and if they will communicate with him they will learn of something to their advantage c zes quarterly the april number dumber of this excellent magazine was received yesterday sandwith and with wilh it the present sent volume closes during its three years exist existence erice drice it has done a good york work vork in collecting and presenting historical facts connected with utah and her founders the present number is embellished by steel engravings of ofton hon ron ellas elias smith of this city citi and judge IV N D of provo and contains some interesting articles by talented local writers as well as from the pen ot 0 the editor mantl manti items the weather atil at lanti manti forthe for the past mouth has been very tery lne fine giving the farmers an opportunity to get net in their grain before the spring showers Aless rs jakeman harrington charrington who have been publishing the sevier echo propose starting a geeki weekly pa mantl manti under udder the name orthe of the home work on the temple is progressing quiet ILI an individual vIdual named S gilson was in mantl manti on thursday ile he was then engaged in the cattle business sellin selling liquor without a license on saturday harry haynes keeper of a store and saloon at I 1 murray south cottonwood precinct was arrested charged with violation of the law by delft selling liquor without a license and aua brought before justice this mornia morning two witnesses for the prosecution were examined who te testified stIfled that 0 on a the logli of march haynes bar tender allies lies lles cahoon had sold to 11 II 11 brady brudy a pint of whisky no testimony nony was offered by abe defendant wll was adjudged guilty and tined fined an appeal aphea will wil be taken to the district court district court proceedings robert kobert M 31 thompson a native of scotland and thomas sparks a native of Eu england gland were admitted to citizenship this morning the case of A E leavitt vs the oxford and geneva mining company was resumed this morning and has occupied led most of the time today to day the defendant in the case of the people etc vs james sherlock indicted for embezzlement was arraigned and given until thursday morning to plead ills ilia fixed at in the case of wm win roach vs J T gilmer et etal etli ai the plaintiff was allowed 15 days to amend the tile complaint sunday school report the yearly 17 report of the sunday schools in this stake of zion for 1884 which was read at the union meeting last evenin evening g was the first full and complete report that has been compiled for several years and a few of bf the totals will doubtless be of interest to many of our readers the total number of officers and teachers that have labored during 1884 in the sabbath schools schoon is to total tal tai enrollment of pupils total number of officers teachers and pupils number of classes taught number of books in libraries artys artis U 09 amount of funds on hand at the end of last list year collected during this year amount expended now on hand 23 28 23 A bilk blik from an article in the last issue of the etonian Uto nian we learn that an individual who calls himself john A B wallace has been beyn visiting some ot of the southern settlements of this territory taking orders from the people for enlarging pictures visiting cards and many other oilier thin things gs for which he zot sot ot theli thell heir hear money and afterwards failed to 0 fill the orders or even return the small smail pictures from which the large ones were to have been taken ile he deceives the people with smooth talk and often runs up heavy board bills which he leaves unpaid as well as sums of money which he has borrowed borroyo d fr from om con confiding tiding persons lie ile is a bad character and our southern friends should be on the lookout for him bittners bittiers Bitt ners sad fate A couple of months since we published a statement in regard to a german formerly a resident denhof of the seventeenth ward of this city having started to arizona and the fears entertained by his friends here that he had never reached his destination ti the last that had been heard from him up to that time was from brother jesse jcsse W crosby to the effect that bittner in june last had called at his place on the muddy much fatigued having walked from this city that he remained there two weeks and though efforts were made lo 10 0 o persuade him to continue there until cool weather seti in he refused to do so and was conveyed by brother crosby in his buggy a distance of ten miles on the road an and J across the virgen river and then shown the course to take to reach ferry on the colorado ile he was charged by brother crosby and oeners to continue on the wagon road but that he had tailed failed to do so was inferred f from the fact that mr nir the keeper of the ferry reported that no such man had arrived there the follo fol foi lowins winz communication shows that the fears in regard g to his fate were well founded ST GEORGE march 31 1885 1883 bishop john 1 goh gob ward salt lake city dear brother I 1 have in my posses session several articles which were found near tile the colorado river by indians among other things Is a recommend for frank Bit bittner given by you also his memorandum book spy glass a small brown cloth satchel tooth brush german testament a card with vine and little girl and mary E alder printed on the face of it I 1 have no doubt but what this Is the man advertised as lost in the ard 3rd of februarys issue of the DESERET NEWS his remains were found by indians near neat tas sah spring arizona territory about 15 miles erth north of the pearce crossing of the colorado he died for want of water probably some ionic time in july and was not found until about feb this year and then only onla a portion of his skeleton I 1 have sent an indian out to see if more of his bones chu can be found anything f further urther that I 1 can learn I 1 will inform you of and send the articles found to you as you may direct if tf you yon kno know wills his relations please inform them and make this public where the remains were found is about 00 miles south of st george I 1 am yours with respect A P HARDY nothing is known by his acquaintances in this city of tile the relatives or antecedents of bittner f further urther than that helas he was the son of jacob and elizabeth bittner and was born in germany on the of april 1845 ile he left lefta lefts a box in charge of bishop containing some tools and perhaps other articles which his relatives will be entitled to if it they can be found FROM wednesdays DAILY APR 8 news A agency ency the franklin i idaho cooperative co operative store will hereafter have the agency for the publications of this loftlee keeping in stock a constant supply of church works and receiving subscriptions for the several editions of the DESERET NEWS A lost parcel there was lost on saturday the ath between farmington and salt lake lake alt city a bundle containing a white shirt an over coat a suit if of clothes ana a pair of gum guin boots the finder will confer a favor on a deserving in individual by leaving the parcel at this office for the owner dam across the virgen the farmers of st george suffered a heavy loss of crops last year through gIr the washing washing away of the dam in the virgen river situated about midway between that cit city and washington an extensive an and substantial pile dam is now bein being erected on the site of the old one at considerable cost which it is expected will be finished so that the water can be supplied to the fields by the of june and good crops ps there the present season are looked for more convictions our dispatches announce that two more of our brethren in arizona have been convicted of unlawful cohabitation with their wives charles 1 I robson counselor to the president of the maricola maricopa Mar Mari copa leopa stake and OM 0 M stewart bishop of the alma ward of the same stake they plead guilty to the char charges gesin in the indictments and were sentenced to ninety days each cacti in the tiie territorial penitentiary so 60 that doubtless they are now ia in durance vile in yuma t b the apple pest A gentleman informs f us that a f few ew years ago he read a statement that it a row of small nails nalls were driven into the trunk of an apple tree true around near the base early ia in the spring that the codling codlin sc moth and apple maggot i in the fruit would be destroyed ile he tried this plan and for three succeeding seasons the tree so treated was entirely free from these pests but in the fourth they again appeared our informant does not teel positive whether this immunity from grubs was the result of the action on his ills part or was due to some other cause las has any one else tried the experiment peri perl ment district court proceedings dings in the case of A E leavitt vs the oxford and geneva mining company the defendants were allowed allowed twenty days in which to file tile notice of motion and statement for a new trial john ME al E was admitted to citizenship in the case of lucien SwItz gaebel goebel vs diary alary the demurrer to the answer was argued and overruled an exception was wasa wasi taken aken and plaintiff allowed ten days to file answer to the cross complaint various deeds and papers were introduced as evidence and witnesses examined in the case of mckee vs wilcox the time for notice of motion for a new trial was extended 20 days the hot sprin springs s on the last day of march the vz valuable able abie property on which the hot springs at the point of the mountain north of this city are situated changed hands mr baskin who was formerly the owner gave to john win wm snell esq the refusal of the place until until april and on the day of sale offered mr snell 1000 to annul the contract but the latter declined to do so and sold the land to mr air john beck beek of juab co for the buyer was offered for his purchase e but refused that amount ile he also paid for the J J snell property adjoining the sum of irm 1200 the baskin tract tract comprises seventeen acres including 1 the springs and has af groutage on the hot springs lake the other mece ilece contains tive live acres also wi with h alake alake f frontage rou tage it is the intention of mr beck beek to establish a sanitarium on his new acquisition to provide plunge baths in the lake etc and to ship and sell the springs water possesses great medicinal properties to do this successfully gess cess fully will require an outlay of about and it is understood that mr air beck beek will proceed as early as practicable with the work so that the hot springs bids fair ere long iong to become one of the most popular health and pleasure resorts in this locality the tile prospects at present seem very favorable and with the short distance from the city and two lines of railroad passing through the place affording quick and cheap transit it is more than proba probable that such a place would be largely patronized by the people from THURSDAYS DAILY APIL APE 9 the rudger clawson case this case having been argued before the supreme court of the united states was submitted to that august judicial body yesterday erna Erra erratum tunu trough the omission of a period in the epistle of the flati presidency 4 the sense of a serl gerl sentence telle was somewhat obscured it should read the rule of jurisprudence which has come down forades forai foras es past ilas has been that the accused shall be teemed innocent until proved guilty in our courts we are sorry sony to say this has haj ha j ben been reversed 11 an unexpected death mr john ashbrook bailey of the well known firm of bailey bro surveyors and land attorneys of this city dieu die dle d of blood poisoning this morning at 5 the deceased was 47 years of ae age the funeral services will be held at the family residence on third south street at 2 next saturday afternoon friends of the family are invited to attend acci Acel accident dent about half halt past 4 yesterday e afternoon a little boy named fi hunt was standing near where the masons were working on the emporium building when one of the workmen let a piece of a brick slip through his hands striking the boy cutting a long gash in his head and knocking him to the ground insensible ile he was carried to dr Bened benedicts lets office where his in luries uries were attended to A short time before at the same place one of the workmen narrowly escaped being heing hurt in a similar manner district court proceedings the demurrer in the case of the people etc uc vs james sherlock et al was diled filed and the case set for trial on tues bues d day ia in the case of the D IR G IV railway co vs jane mcduff et al a judgment of condemnation was rendered two or three witnesses were examined this morning in the case of lucien Switz goebel vs Ys mary and the arguments were post boned until monday morning robbery on monday evening last the machine shops of davis howe C co on first west street were entered t e oge oie d by thieves who isho burst open a chest owned by one of the machinists and stole a quantity of t tools some drawers were also opened and searched and several pairs of overalls and jumpers belonging to the renwith men with a few of the firms tools carried off the robbers lit several matches and left parts of a bunch near where they did most of their work they mana manaea managed ea to elude the watchman and made go good od their escape sunday school review the annual review of the twelfth ward sabbath Scho school will take place in the ward meeting house next sunday evening commencing at 6 sharp an excellent pro gramme has been prepared consisting of general class reviews interspersed with anthems songs recitations and questions and and answers on various principles of the gospel etc in which all the school will tade taie take part these exercises embrace some esom e interesting features and a good time Is anticipated all interested inthe sabbath school cause and especially the parents of the children are cordially invited to be present and witness the review |