Show A NEW SECRETARY THE appod appointment 1 i ament of col elijah sells as secretary of utah is duj as surprising as the appointment to td the governorship it was under stood that the gentleman was a caa didace for the executive chair that he had strong endorsements and was likely to obtain the position no one here that we know of had any idea that he would receive tho the present appointment col sells seller 10 the first resident of the territory appointed to this office since 1866 1856 he came here in 1872 and has beeb chiefly engaged in the lumber bu 4 ness he has hag been somewhat active occasionally ju in local politics asa quite prominent in the chamber of comm commerce e we hope he is satisfied with the position and that he wid occupy it with pleasure to and profit to the people mr afa we understand resigned the less than two weeks ago we WS now look with some assurance ft further utah appointments |