Show EMERY RK COUNTY ITEMS PRICE emery county utah april 1886 editor deseret news our little burg price filled with its industrious and enterprising inhabitants Is prospering under the blessings of a wise providence who hat has promised he will help those who will tie he help p themselves in all thil things the peace prosperity and happiness which reign among the latter day saints in this stake of zion would almost indicate that the millennium or the peace reign which the divine writings tell about had bad commenced but by reading the newspapers which relate the savage bavage measures adopted by our christian friends and the hostility to our pro progress ress 1 manifested by our kind U S 1 officials and their s gang ga ng of intruders we come to the conclusion that we are givin n the eve of the reign of babylon angee and ws feel that the morning will soon dawn upon us when the king of kings and lord of lords will take his reign upon this planet we have no time here at price to spend in courts or before prying prosecutors we all here despise their actions their zeal is worthy of a etter better cause we are ve very ry busy in J our different occupations endeavoring by our labor to provide for those who I 1 depend upon us for their support and above all things we are very calef careful ul to keep all the lews of god and not break any constitutional law of the land we feet feel sorry for those who are persecuted for their religion and our prayers ascend daily that the lord god will hasten the time when his will may be done on earth as it is done in the heavens the saints here in this stake tave been working energetically this spring in purchasing and planting fruit trees last fall our school trustless tru stess were successful in securing the services of prof I 1 W N nixon on of st geor george e to teach our day school which he e has done for two terms to the great satisfaction of all concerned he has had an average of 50 scholars some of whom have received education in the more advanced branches the making of the new road from here to the uintah reservation is now under the of mr G goss and ina in a few weeks the transportation por tation between those two places will be in order to the great conven i lence and benefit of all concerned our fellow townsman brother nephi perkins lost by the hand of death a few days agoris ago his bright little girl emily galice alice three years old the necessary preparations for her burial were attended to in due time and the funeral i service appointed at which time the little corpse appeared as if in a sound sleep and some of the visitors had the idea that the child was not dead the heartbroken mother was persuaded by close observation that there was still hope for her darlings recovery so soothe the funeral was wisely postponed till next morn mornine inz neighbors and friends again gathered and service was held under the presidency of bishop frantzen the weeping mother and the visitors a appeared by the coffin to take their last pook look on the beloved child when suddenly one of the visitors exclaimed that the child was not dead which after due consideration caused another postponement pon ement till the following day when at last it was considered sate safe to bury the child as mortification had bad set in to a very great extent the first of may will be celebrated in grand style at price ice 0 CH H |