| Show local and other mattens hatters I 1 feor FROM dally DAILY july 5 61 maud irving the tho child childrens rous rows operetta maud irving was presented in the ward on thursday evening to a good sized and appreciative audience the little folks acquitted themselves very commendably the piece la Is rather tame in construction but contains many airs that are quite pretty professor daynes presided at the piano and directed the performance and hla hia playing was waa much enjoyed the place is nicely fitted up with stage curtain and scenes and makes a very convenient place for the production of minor pieces A frightful death the tho following special to the news NEWS is just ye received per deseret company pany MANTI U T july 5 1879 edit editors 0 ra deseret X news ems yesterday about 12 at bit biz si milea miles south of this place a granery belonging to B 1 B bunk funk jr jmj caught fire firo mrs funk rushed into the burning building to save her child a boy about three years old who it appears was asleep J in the building and both perished in the flames the bodies were vere almost entirely consumed it is sup posed the tha fire originated from some ashes or a spark from a stove pipe celebration omitted owing to tho the intense feeling of regret pervading the tha city of provo as a consequence of the sad bad and unexpected death of young albert park parky the grand celebration which W was wah is to have taken place there on the ath dinst was entirely omitted the general community and especially the C committee 0 o of arrangements having no heart to proceed with the demonstration after occurred many who went on the excursion friday were doubtless disappointed but we trust t hat that such will vill acknowledge the propriety of the suspension of proceedings and by y sensing and making allowance for the motive which caused it agree that none can be censured for an event so entirely unforeseen loose somewhere mr john G smith of draper called upon u us today and showed us a letter W which he hab has just received under date of june 1879 from E R B frenchy french second auditor of the treasury in reply to his letter of may 28 1879 making inquiry respecting the three months extra pay due veterans in the mexican war the auditors letter convoys the astounding information that the pay due mr smith was paid november 1852 13 through H F may mayer mayor or attorney on certificate ho no mr smith health is confident that he never signed any certificate nor authorized any person to accas acl act as his attorney in the matter the case will bear a estrict strict investigation have the thu other members of the battalion also been cheated thus district court proceedings at the district court on Thu thursday raday afternoon J G benj W morgan plaintiffs application for an tion denied dented walker bros vs chicago B S M co W W gee appe arsand ia A substituted for judgment creditors herein joseph broughton va vs chicago S at co same order emeline A young etc VP wt geo Q cannon et al louisa ayoung W young ferguson dora young dunford danford hyde conrad ernest irving young miriam young ells worth worthy vilate decker heirs heins at law under the will of brigham young deceased 3 enter appearance as plaintiffs in baid eaid action and are allowed to appear aa as party patty plaintiff plaintiffs a adjourned till wednesday morning the gih geh dinst A serious accident Yeste yesterday idaY morning Geor georgea gesa 12 year old son of mr stephen taylor of the ward met with a serious accident in company with some other boys he had secured a piece of gas pipe about IS 18 inches long and about one and a half inches in diameter in one end of which they inserted a plug of lead they then loaded their rudely made cannon putting in a heavy charge of powder and wadding they manufactured some kind hind of a fuse and applying a s I 1 light ight to it ran toward an outbuilding near by after getting inside and hearing no report young taylor taylon started out to bce eoe what was the matter but he just issued from the shed when the weapon exploded and a piece of the metal struck him on the chin ellin cutting a deep and ugly wound MO was carried home and a surgeon burgeon immedi atey summoned who extracted two small pieces of bone bolie and sewed up the gash T this thia h morning the injured boy was quite comfortable and Is i in a fair way for recovery the national holiday yes yester ter daff the anniversary of the birth of the he united states of america as a D nation atlon was observed in salt lake city in an exceedingly quiet manner the closing of business houses was general as it ought to be and after the innumerous excursion parties had started the streets had a deserted and lonely appearance A very large party went to ogden orden with the loth ward band ex excursion cur and haq had a pheasant pleasant time several ctr carloads car loads of people went to provo to witness the ce celebration eb ration in that town own the numerous and pleasant placeit of resort ilear ilean near to thib thia city were well patronized and in the afternoon an immense crowd wit vit n essed eseed the base ball match the wind waa was strong and drove the d dust bat pat in clouds along the streets making every everybody Lody fell disagreeable and arid out of humor some accidents are reported and some bome narrow escapes from nire ure do occurred gurr gurred cd but a juad juat cauto cauko of com coin plaint seems to be the unusually large number of intoxicated per persons persona s ons who wandered along tho the sidewalks during the day and evening altogether the holiday in salt lake city was uneventful uninteresting and unpleasant FROM PROM MONDAYS DAILY JULY 7 arrived hor home homo 0 I 1 H hon non on george Q 01 Cann cannon olf delegate to congress gr ee arrived home buddy evening from washington water scarcity A correspondent writes from moroni sa county that there ia Is con trouble there over scarcity of water waver but notwithstanding the drouth the crops look pretty well generally homo home mission the tho home missionaries sion bion aries who were called at the late quarterly conference of this stake who have not be been beon on set apart are requested to me meet et a at theroun the boum il cli ell house on wednesday evening the ath dinst at 7 for the purpose of the required ceremony A special from glenwood sevier county rebeil received e d last evening states that on saturday the dinst the county tannery caught fire and was burned to the ground nothing baing gaved saved except a few hides trie the file flie ia Is supposed to have originated by a spark from the boiler two days meetings two days meetings will ba be held hold at the big cottonwood ward meeting house on saturday and sunday july 12 and 13 at 10 am and 1 2 pm of each elay day home missionaries will vill preach as usual in all the other county wards of the stake W W taylor TAYI tayl OB clerk of stake deseret the curator of the museum respectfully acknowledges the receipt of the report of the director of the central park menagerie of new york from the report it appears that mammals birds and 27 reptiles a total of 1060 animals are on exhibition the monthly report for june irom from the signal service department by the courtesy of sergeant craig US achas A has been placed on file bafia Ralla rainfall fall fail of the month inches being in jn excess of rainfall in the corresponding month during the last four years the water oase case the mill creer creek water dispute was up again before justice today to day and was debited decided in favor of the plaintiff the defendant being fined 5 it appears that the latter iatter being an old settler bettler claiming all the water that was necessary to irrigate land lands irrespective i of the rise and fall of the stream from which it was obtained took measures to secure what he imagined was wale hla hia right by changing mei tue gates fixed by the water mas ter and acting otherwise in in an absolute and unwarrantable 1 man auner contrary to the law the mattor matter occasioned some trouble and was brought to the tho city for trial the decision rendered caused considerable bid sid erable feeling but all right minded persons will beo seo that I 1 it t is just and proper the judge decided that when there was an abundance of water the defendant was entitled to all he needed but if the summer heat or other causes reduced the stream one half then he could not claim the bamo bame amount as before in justice to othera others similarly placed but only a fair proportion like all al the brebt hail hall Oham champions of the odam coast on saturday last jast the concluding and deciding game of the championship pion ship series serles between the desor ets and athletics took placa place in the pres pree presence ence of a large largo audience and was easily won by the desprets Des erets the score being 18 to 7 the series just ended has been the he most interesting ever played fuu iff this city large crowds have witnessed each game and the uncertainty As s to the result of the contest has maintained the excitement to the clow the cam comparative p aratine ease with which the athletics secured the two first gamas caused somo some dismay to our champions but the subsequent rally of the latter and the scientific and thorough knowledge of the tha mysteries of the game which they 01 splayed displayed added to the reputation aud and prestige of their opponents may well causer cause them a ree fee eeling I 1 ing of some pride at the result the defeated nine though evident jy y splendid players play piny ers erb appeared of aflato lato isto to lose all confidence in themselves and will return home rather dai dit courage cou raged ld they expect to leave this city to for san francisco and will be accompanied by mr A barker barber late into pitcher of tho red bed stockings whose services they have ee cured secured and who will prove a valuable addition to their club the tho denver denva brown stockings who made so many muy friends here two years ago will amin again acin 14 try the metal of he the De sereta 8 an the thea ith dinst I 1 |