| Show cotet edmunds law prosecutions march 26 judge A anderaon occupied the bench in the third district court the first case called b before him was that of samuel hamer of the sixteenth ward who was arraigned on a charge of unlawful cohabitation mr hamer pleaded guilty and in reply to the questions of the court stated that he was ready for sentence seu OeD tence teMe he said lie he had bad given the officers no trouble and asked the court to take that into consideration he also stated in answer to an inquiry by the judge that he be could not renounce the re lation ship with his plural wife he was sentenced to pay the costs of the prosecution and to be imvris boned in the penitentiary tor for ninety days another arraignment for unlawful cohabitation was that of james leatham of the sixth ward he also pleaded guilty and sentence will be passed on april 14 released from prison march 31 thomas S highams of the twenty first ward was released from the penitentiary he was convicted of unlawful cohabitation and judge zane gave him the full penalty six mouths months and costs he was imprisoned 30 80 days for the fine the second degree saturday march 22 the jury in the case of george W hancock accused of killing henry jones at pay murler D in 1858 returned a verdict of murder in the second degree to those who had revie reviewed ed the evidence it had generally appeared that a verdict of a would be the result A motion for a new trial has bl blen been en made and will be argued before the court death of a pioneer died at mesa maricopa maricola Mari copa county arizona of old age on march 23 at am charles crismon aged iq 84 years deceased az was born bor in christian county kentucky he joined the church in ur or about 1836 went through the missouri persecutions and left nauvoo when the saints did he came to utah in 1847 and built the first grist mill in this territory he went to arizona in 1877 he leaves four wives and twenty eight children and aad died a faithful latter day saint bishops counselors at the second ward conference held in the ward assembly rooms on sunday evening march both brother james jensen Jense jensena nw ws is nominated and unanimously sustained as second counselor to bishop leonard 0 hardy and he be was ordained a high priest and set apart under the hand bands ot of eller elder J joseph h E taylor of the stake presidency pency and others at the ward conference held in iii the eighth ward assembly rooms march brother john D H mcallister was guined as am second counselor to bishop EF E F sheets to fill the vacancy cy occasioned by the removal from the city of brother isaac brockbank brother mcallister Mc AlUster was ordained a high priest and was set apart to act in the position named un anjer jer the hands of elders joseph E taylor and charles W penrose of the presidency of the stake Is the building unsafe the following order was issued in the district court for the third judicial district of utah territory salt lake county the attention of the court having been called to the fact that the walls and foundation of the win wing of the wasatch building in which tt the e court is hold held are in a cracked and apparently in an unsafe and we the probable danger to the officers of the court the jurors witnesses and litigants necessarily in attendance upon the sessions of the court in case of the giving away of the foundation or walls there being two stories above the floor a court room is very great the court directs that an order be entered requesting the Ina inspector of buildings for salt lake city to make immediate inspection and examination of sai sail I building ding and report upon its conditions and as to whether the sessi sessions 01 no of amid court can be prudently held in in said building and with reasonable safety to persons in attendance upon said court C ca S ZANE judge dated march 28 1890 death of father james father david james died at paradise cache county utah at am tuesday march 25 1890 of old age deceased was born at shrewsbury england on the 2nd and day of february 1804 and embraced the gospel in the fall of 1848 being among the first to receive the elders who came in that neighborhood and while he remained in his big native I 1 nd his bis home was always open to the elders beldt rs father james emigrated to utah in 1861 and settled at paradise and remained here working in all places laces in the ward where duty callshim called him H he e was ordained a high priest se september 1863 and until the time of M his sickness bad as the record shows only been absent from four of the meetings and this was in consequence of his bis visiting his sons in salt lake city the funeral was held at paradise wednesday march A large audience was addressed by elders henry W nals bitt james bishop of salt lake city and charles C shaw of hyrum byrum he died honored and respected by all who knew liim him and will corno come forth in the resurrection of the just good deeds one of the members of the west jordan ward who has been disabled by sickness for some months past was the ott recipient of a benefit on friday last of of a very pleasing character more than fifty men and forty seven teams in response to a previous arrangement voluntarily entered into by them ap feared r ed in his field and in a remarkably M short space of time plowed and planted with grain which they furnia furnished lied thirty acres of his land having considerable grain to spare after doing so they left it to serve as breadstuff for the family while the brethren were thus engaged a number of the sisters assembled at the residence of the bene fl fi ciares with a bountiful supply of edibles and served up a splendid repast for the workers and the he family and left the cupboards well filled for the fam ilys subsequent wants folio following wing this a party was held in the west schoolhouse for which the hall ball and music were furnished free of charge and the proceeds amounting to a neat little sum went for the same benevolent object the generosity genero siW manifested was spontaneous and almost universal throughout the ward many of those who were unable to attend taking a hand in the work contributing grain or cash to purchase it an unhappy granger A granger who lives less jew thau than a dozen miles south of this city wae on his way home when he was accosted by a couple of men one of the latther informed him that he was engaged in selling watches chains and rings for instance I 1 put up this watch for twenty dollars and give the purchaser a chance to guess which of these small boxes contains this forty dollars in greenbacks green backs suiting the action to the word be put forty dollars into a small box appearing to allow the end of a bill to stick out at one corner this was a bait the granger was induced to make a guehn g aesa three th ree times just j not for the th e fun f u n of the thing each time be selected the box containing the forty dollars in bills well said the confidence man what I 1 lose on you I 1 may gain on somebody else take rake thin chain for ten dollars and a chance at the prize the bait was seized the result waa that the granger guessed the wrong box he got ten cents worth of chain and worth of experience peri ence he called at our office thip morning and expressed himself to the effect that ever since the incident occurred his inclination to get up and kick himself has been almost irresistible he wished the facts published as a warning to other impressible people against the insinuating wiles of shar pers but for goodness sake dont disclose my name I 1 am so ashamed of the affair that I 1 have not told my folks about it what Is the scheme there is a flurry among some of the local subscribers to the stock of t the e pro proposed national bank of the republic public which is announced for a location in the progress building the stools was taken to a large extent and full confidence was exhibited in the business venture but some of the subscribers came across a circular issued by ferd K rule who is booming the bank in the east and the statements of the circular set them to thinking until they have arrived at a con elusion that the quicker they get out of the thing the bettor better off they would be members of the present city council leading lawyers and busl busi ness men are among the number bumber and when they read what was being advertised among gullible people of the east to induce them to invest in the scheme the gentleman came to the conclusion that they desired to have nothing to do with what began to look so much like i gigantic swindle As a sample of the die statements made in regard to productiveness ti veness the circular claims un an I 1 increase u during 1889 of horses sheep and with cattle hogs etc like fabulous figu figures in some in instances the increase credited to utah exceeds that of the increase of animals named I 1 in a the entire nation this kind of representation is more than salt lake business men can stand so the bank must take a now new tack or fizzle it is evident that the paper was never intended for distribution here and that the scheme has had the ight turned on an it by the at straying this wayona way of a con document mr folsom arrested march deputy marshals arrested W H folsom of the fourteenth wara on a charge of unlawful cohabitation he was taken before commissioner greenman where the complaint alleging that he had lived jived with two wives from january 1 march 18 1890 was read he reserved his plea his attorney mr mo moyle y I 1 0 as ashing k ing a postponement pon ement till monday this re quest was made by mr moyle because he had just been called into the case and knew nothing of the side of the defendant and therefore could not properly represent efin until he had time to consult with dimand him and inquire ino inlo the circumstances judge mckay opposed a postponement pon ement desiring to proceed forthwith the commissioner decided to go on remarking that any delay would be an expense to the government he did not however make any reference to rushing the case notwithstanding the defendants protest ehst it was not giving him b I 1 m time to have his case fairly presented the defendant then stated that he desired to waive examination this was refused mr me mckay kay insisting that he wanted to take testimony so the case went on mb miss 8 mattie folsom testified I 1 live tu in the nineteenth ward my mother is lovina H folsom my father is W H fulsom folsom the defendant my youngest sister is five years old she is the youngest of mothers children mrs lovina H folsom testified I 1 was married to mr folsom awen ty four years ago age he fie had a wife elizabeth my youngest child is between four and five years of age I 1 have no younger children elizabeths youngest child is between 12 and IS 18 years old mr folsom has not lived with me for two or three years he provides for me and the children he was at my house three or four days ago he drove up to the house to see about some work I 1 did not talk with him then the commissioner fixed mr mi Fol folsome bonds at 1000 and that of the witnesses at ball bail was g given returned elders elder march we met elder jas duncan of meadow creek millaid county utah who returned yesterday morning from a mission to the southern states fitter duncan left this city february 6 1888 and 41 was assigned to labor in geor georgia la 11 where in connection with his fellow w missionaries success attended the preaching of the gospel he was in that field eighteen months during that time the elders were ordered out frequently and at one place they were compelled com p belled to leave by a mob of about thirty men armed with shotguns the remaining seven months of elder duncans time in the missionary field was spent in preaching and traveling da in the west tennessee conference during his absence he has enjoyed good health and met many kindhearted kind hind hearted and fair minded people who treated him hospitably brother duncan traveled with the company of emigrants from the Sun southern thern states which at the time of starting numbered exclusive of 14 returning elders most of the emigrants located in colorado or 0 traveled ou to arizona a few fam illes stopping at ogden two camill in salt lake and a few at ot places in the territory the co coni pany was delayed nine hours 1 in 2 denver by the railway manage management elder george E burgess of pine valley washington county returned home on sunday march 23 from a mission to south carolina he started tor for the mission field on february ath 1888 1988 and with the exception of a brief visit to north carolina spent the entire time in the southern part of the state he traveled a great deal from east to west and remained on the atlantic coast const for one month holding there meetings all of which were well attended the elders were present by invitation at two BaPtis baptise VI conferences delivered addresses and were most kindly re by the people most moot of elder burgess time was spent in hi a new field of labor but both he and his colleagues met mel with encouraging success he came across a number of warmhearted warm hearted folks who seemed quite glad to hear the gospel which was preached to them the elders we mobbed on two different occasions in lawrence and chesterfield countie sand letters were received threatening that if they appeared there again their bodies would be riddled with bui bullets lets 21 no actual vloeT violence iee was however experienced three new elders have arrived in south carolina mid and the future there is looked forward to with satisfaction elder burgess returns home in the best beat of health and abd spirits |
