| Show RANDOLPH A newsy letter from the town of rich county deputy marshals steele and whetstone very quietly slipped into our town about noon on september ad d and drove durecko toe the residence of bishop mckinnon and arrested that gentleman on a coarse charge of unlawful cohabitation there beins being no commissioner in rich county the bishop was taken before david johnson Job our justice of the peace bace and bound over in the sum of 1000 jane brough supposed to be bishop second wife was subpoenaed to appear as a witness and put under 1200 bonds each was to appear september Sep alth before commissioner goodwin Goodw ln of logan wesley K walton and john snowball signed the bonds of each this has been the best and MOST PROLIFIC YEAR randolph ever had last year it will be remembered we lost our grain crop by a hail storm nature this year seems to be paylag paying us back our crops are splendid we boast this year of not only heavy fields of wheat and oats but of green corn string beans cucumbers and potatoes the latter in abundance I 1 mention these tender vines for the reason that some time ago a correspondent of the NEWS NEW s writing from woodruff in this county and there save gave our valley rather a hard bard blow ia R fact act too hard bard lor for this day and the great change our oar climate has taken in the last three or four years his hia correspondence has the smack of years ag age when jack frost paid us visits almost every month in the year leaving hi his s mark behind in the shape of frozen grain and vegetables but that time has passed or is passing very fast SOME FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO when president john taylor and party paid randolph a visit in their tour through gla bear lake stake after dis dia missing the meeting me etine and when the people were on their feet and leaving the building president taylor stood up and called the tae people bachand bac kand blessed them and their lands in the name of israels god and prophesied in the name of the lord that we would raise grain for our sustenance just think of a whole settlement bryin buy ing g bread and potatoes for fourteen years or till this prophecy was given we had bad to do this but our bright day is dawning president taylors kroph bev is ia va ran app li enri can see gee it more and more mor e as s the years roll on trees both fruit and shade are being planted real lieal estate is taking a boom a natural poo booma the much talked of randolph and woodruff canal running a distance of 12 miles and covering thou thousands sandi of acres of good land is iaan an established fact it is incorporated cor corp Ro orated rated the canal is now 20 29 feet wide on the bottom and will be made one toot foot deeper this fall rich county is building a two story brick court house our commissioners er have shave secured one of the best beat locations in town for its seat they deserve much credit for the pluck and energy they have shown in erecting such a building considering we have not railways in our county but bat they are live men in the right place piece it is now reported we are to have two railroads one oae down bear river biver valley the other oilier crossing the valley and making for ogden city it Is said men are now at work on the last named road in ogden canon OUR MAM MAIL SERVICE has been increased to six times a week this makes our merchants and business men smile and others talk of taking a dally daily paper A swarm or of bees made theirl their appearance in randolph one day last week on thawing thawing mr wm rex bex espied eed them an and by the use of an old t tin n pan n and stick he soon had the whole TO lot settled aown down on a currant bush he now claims the honor of having the first hive of beet bees in bear river valley rich county politics seem to te be considerably sider ably mixed this year some of our peoples party men looked rather surprised to see their names in print as candidates ifor for office without their knowledge or consent and called I 1 independents our our enterprising citizen george A peart has put up a saw mill this summer within six miles of town and is doing quite a business A grist mill Is now in order we need one greatly the nearest to us now is sixteen miles away respectfully J B S |
