Show LOCAL NEWS THURSDAYS daily JULY 8 bathing Bat biag on such sizzling hot days 8 we see are baving of late a bath in the lake Is a most delicious indulgence uree umbers numbers of citizens daily visit d and lake point reaping health and refreshment thereby crops on the sand ridge crops ion what is known as the sand ridge in davis county are much lighter this year than usually caused laar by the lack of rain about half a crop of grain will be realized tile the grain fields ripened very rapidly and seemingly prematurely and the owners have hands full fall in rushing harvest work contract for water works the municipal authorities of grand junction col have lately been in correspondence pon dence with david james esq the plumber of this city with a view to take a contract for laying a system of water works in that town in order to investigate the matter further farther mr bir james will start tor for grand junction tomorrow to morrow it is proposed to use ase wooden pipes from 4 to 12 laches IW in diameter arrested on n the train this morning bishop J W loveless of the oad ward ancl provo was arrested on the utah uta central train by deputy marsha redfield edfield JR the arrest was made on an indictment found by the grand jury of toe the first district court several months ago bishop bis hop loveless will appear at the court house in provo at 2 ou saturday and give bonds to insure his coming into court for trial having been released on accepted security in the meantime utah county excursion this morning a special train of seven cars arrived over the utah central bringing about excursionists from various towns in utah county to this city among them we noticed many prominent citizens of that county it was toe the pro gramme for the bulk of the excursionists to visit becks hot springs today to day the lake tomorrow to morrow and to return tomorrow to morrow afternoon the brass bands of pay ion fon and lehi accompanied the excursion aud and discoursed some line fine music on the streets we wish our visiting neighbors a pleasant time suicide at boise abo about ot 7 on thursday morning last frank gasser er aged 14 years u upon pon entering the table stable to feed the bo horses was horrified at t discovering the body of his father adam gasser lying dead on the hay the terrified boy rushed out iu in town and told B R J kenark who in company with D heron hurried hurried to the scene acene and found it too true mr gasser had committed suicide by shooting himself through the head bead with a needle gun the ball entering at the point of tiie the nose and ranging upward had carried away a large portion of the skull idaho democrat rat an old citizen on a visit this morning we were pleased to receive a fraternal Ira visit from mr john isaac proprietor and editor of the san bernardino times a gentleman well and favorably known in this city he I 1 is s an a old resident of utah having lived here from 1864 to 1874 although he has permanently settled in the home of his choice I 1 mr isaacs thoughts frequently turn in this direction and his sympathies are aroused to activity when he contemplates the wrongs to which the people among whom he has many friends are subjected he will remain in town three or four days we wish him a pleasant sojourn liquor dealer bound over yesterday afternoon before justice hyper per wits was held the examination of M on a charge of selling llata on sunday the charge was by the most conclusive tes and the defendant was held in the sum of to await the action of the grand jury now that the police court is prohibited from trying these cases and handing out punishment to the offenders it 19 is to be feared that they will increase in number as the kidney of which our grand luries juries are usually composed gives little hope that saloon men will beaming be among the classes ol of offenders who will be made to feel the vengeance of the law but we shall see what the higher court will do with culprits guilty of indictable misdemeanors 0 organ r a a recital commencing shortly shortly before 3 this afternoon an impromptu organ recital was given eiven in the tabernacle mainly to afford arof tourgee and party of musicians from boston and idea of the tone power capacity and characteristics of the great organ Prof Radcliffe presided at the keyboard in a masterly manner delighting his auditors with his splendid manipulation of the grand instrument there were present besides the eastern guests a number of local musicians and citizens besides instrumental pieces on the great organ prof B byoung rendered avowal selection in splendid style and professor weihe was to follow on the violin when our reporter left affair is still in progress as we go to press the eastern musicians greatly admire the organ A fine art specimen this morning we had bad the pl pleasure ceasur of seeing a life size alze portrait portrait trait in oil of the late hon W william I 1 For irn jennings Jen nines it is fresh from the brush of mr J W clawson who executed it on the order of the family of the subject it is one of the finest likenesses ever painted in utah and in gazing upon it the spectator can almost imagine the original before him the details of the face are brought out with remarkable vividness the mouth and eyes have been given a most natural expression and as a whole we pronounce the picture a specimen of art highly creditable to the artist and such a one as the family of the late ex mayor may well congratulate themselves on obtaining the portrait is to be hung in the council chamber in the city hall as a memento of mr jennings whose pictorial presentment will then be present at the deliberations of the municipal representatives over which he formerly presided city officers hampered the tribune this morning contained an intimation ti to the effect that ross a detective employed by the city boaldin to aid in enforcing the law against sunday liquor se selling ailing had bad made an affidavit now in the hands of saloon men containing accusations against members of the police force which would ably be used in the grand jury room it seems to be the th determination to hamper in every possible manner the authorities of the city in their efforts to 6 suppress vice the reformers of utah embracing as a main factor the district and supreme courts have made it beyond the power of the police to suppress prostitution and it would seem that these courts are to be invoked for the purpose of punishing police officers who attempt to suppress illegal lianor selling extraordinary history is now being made in utah death of D M X osborne at his home in auburn N Y on the ath dinst D M osborne president of the great corporation which manufactures the famous osborne harvesting machinery passed away joseph mellor Es esq manager of bf the companas Comp anys house in n this city received a telegram yesterday announcing the sad event which was followed by another telegram from Q G W allen alien treasurer of the company stating that the funeral would take place tomorrow friday afternoon and instructing ting mr mellor to close his bis place of business in accordance with these instructions the house bouse will be xe kept t closed until tomorrow to morrow evening re the entrance is tastefully draped in mourning the corporation which thus loses its chief officer is one of great magnitude it has a capital of several millions of dollars and has branch houses in many leading american and european cities the machines manufactured I 1 by it have a worldwide world wide reputation and many of them are in use in this territory information as to the immediate cause ofer Os bornes death has not yet reached this city supreme court the territorial supreme court met this morning but immediately took a recess till 3 2 p m nn n account of the absence of judge powers at the latter hour the court opened with all three judges on the bench jude jud e powers read two deat in civil cases when judge judee zane proceeded to read the decision of the court in the case of the united states vs N H groesbeck the defendant was convicted of segregated offenses of van unlawful lawful cohabitation set forth I 1 in n different counts of the same indict ment and was tried for the several offenses fens esst at the same time by the same jury his counsel mide made several strong points among them the wrong he suffered by being compelled to be tried for three crimes by the same jury thereby being denied pre and other challenges and other substantial rights overriding sound law and obvious principles of justice the decision sustains in every particular ti cular the action of the first district court coart in which the defendant was tried the th case of the united states vs wm M bromley embodying precisely the same points as the groesbeck case did was disposed of in a brief opinion which referred to the decision in the former case that double tragedy last evening we gave a brief special from silver city stating that joseph fisher had shot janies james at eureka and that fisher bad been lynched we are in further particulars from which it appears that the two men were in a saloon together when hot words began to be exchanged between them over a gambling game as is supposed the quarrel quarrel was brief and ended by fishers shooting with in instantly fatal effect deceased was a young man residing with his parents and was well thought of there Ther ewas was great excitement over the shooting which was much increased by the frantic lamentations of the dead youths mother A crowd of men surrounded therall the jail in which fisher had been placed and forcibly took b him lin from it for the purpose of lynching lunching lyn ching him the wretch was dragged a considerable distance before a suitable place for hanging him was reached when a rope was placed around his bis neck and he was launched into eternity it is said that while be being ang dragged to the place of execution fisher was beaten stabbed and shot so that life was well nigh it not quite extinct before the noose was adjusted witnesses of the killing of give such a version of it as affords some ground for the belief that it may have been accidental as the two men were scuffling when fishers pistol exploded and he had enst uttered a remark indicating indication that the trouble could be settled without the use of arms of course it is too late to use any such evidence in fishers behalf now at least for any aay other purpose than to relieve his memory from unjust censure FRIDAYS DAILY JULY 9 st george A correspondent writes from that flat place our ath was very quiet no demonstration whatever flags were unfurled but there was no pro gramme we closed our temple labors last friday until the 1st ast of september excursion parties we learn from hoyt shearman esq of theUn lon pacific that the traveling and passenger agents of that road are working up excursion parties at various points in the east which parties are coming to utah to 10 see the scenery and wonders of this much talked of region A party of will shortly start from stlouis to td be followed by others from other points A noted agricultural editor we were much pleased today to day to receive a fraternal call from orange judd esq editor of the prairie farmer of chicago one of the most wl widely idely known writers upon agricultural subjects in america Hei he is much 1 interested in studying the system of irrigation in vogue in this country he has been visiting the city for two days and will leave tomorrow to morrow morning for the east lost boy last wednesday fore nop noan n at about eleven an eight searild year old son on of B W of th the e otaw ward ard disappeared from home and has not since been heard of b by hit his parents he wore a blue che check waist black velvet pants much worn and had bad on neither hat nor shoes as is supposed at the time of leaving home any person knowing of the little fellows whereabouts will couler couer a favor by notifying the police district court in this court this morning A 0 akelund and erric Akel akelund unal dailve natives of sweden were ad bitted to citizenship having to obey all the laws of this country including those in reference to polygamy and unlawful cohabitation orders were made in the cases of wm win castle vs thos mccoy and jas mcknight vs john D graham in the latter judgment was allowed plaintiff the court adjourned until saturday july 17 aft an arrest at brigham city A tale oft repeated nowadays now a days is told in the following special received from brigham city this forenoon E B A box of the stake presidency was arrested this mornin and off to the depot to catch the earls early train president box has not neglected his business one day since the raid opened ened and has never sought to ev evade ade ze the officers brother box was taken to ogden ogdan tor for arraignment before judge powers another prisoner coner pardoned yesterday morning addison T green who was serving oat a term of four years in the penitentiary tor for grand larceny was pardoned by governor Go vernoi west it is claimed that further investigation vesti gation into the case after the trial ana sentence brought many mitigating circumstances to ta light As soon as these facts were brought to the notice of judge emerson before whom green was tried and assistant district attorney varian who prosecuted they cheerfully recommended that executive clemency be extended to green who says he proposes taking a salutary lesson from the experience through chica he has passed death of john F miller the numerous friends of brother john E F miller of the firm of davis howe co will be pained to learn that that genial gentleman died at his bis residence in n the seventeenth ward yesterday july esth he had been intermit antly in feeble health for a number of years having had to te return from a mission to england in 1879 if our recollection serves us correctly on that account he having nearly succumbed to a chronic chr anle complaint in that country he was justly respected for many estimable eijima qualities all his relations with his fellow creatures were conducted on his bis part in that honorable genial spirit that won him friends on every hand water lor for price brother C hal vors denof enof is in the city he informs us that the settlers of that town have not yet obtained a water supply notwithstanding they have worded worked f about two yearn years on a public canal which will take about two months work for fifteen teams to complete it will take the water from price river kiver and when finished will greatly enhance the status of the town and surrounding land now the services of J J hill of ogden are likely to b be e secured to bore for a well at price should he be successful many wells of that character will spring into existence and alid will be a great boon to the people and an important aid in developing ve a large extent of country brick yard mr edward brains brickyard brick yard is fast assuming tile the proportions of an extensive and ana important industry it is situated in the twenty first ward and embraces about eight acres of land suitable for the manufacture of brick A machine which is run rua by a six horse power engine turns out about 60 50 bricks per minute the yard now turns out about bricks per day or per week the amount disbursed weekly as wages and in pay payment ment of other running expenses la is about the demand is nearly equal to the supply and pieces alices are about the same as those of last year since the season opened this spring about bricks have been turned out oppressive suits the heavy suits that are being instituted by the government for alleged infractions of the timber laws are generally condemned as being oppressive and tyrannical and destructive des of certain vital interests teresta in of the communities residing in the territories S S jones a merchant of provo who has been interested in the manufacture of lumber in the mountains east of utah |