| Show CURRENT EVENTS claytons claytona Clay tons guide in 18 1848 48 or wm clayton oue one of the pioneers pion eera of 1847 had bad published a guide for overland travelers to the pacific slope elope it indicated the best camping places where grass gram and water could be found and gave distances etc the undersigned undersigner under signed is anxious to obtain a copy of taj th guide for historical uses um and will gladly pay for it if a copy can be found and spared A M historians office X ogden will pave the following resolution introduced by councilman spencer at the city council at ogden last night was unanimously ni adopted resolved that the city proceed as is as possible to the paving of the twenty fifth street district with utah sandstone blocks that the city engineer be instructed to prepare the necessary specifications at once and submit the same at the next meeting of the council that the cow competition petition for said eaid work be re stricter atric strict ted ed to bona fide residents of ogden and that so far as pos possible sille only ogden labor be employed in the performance of the be work the sugar industry some borne time ago the utah sugar com pany sent manager T R cutler east to negotiate the bonds of the factory the result has been eminently satisfactory the eff efforts orts of the manager having been entirely successful we are pleased to be able to state in addition that the indications point to a splendid run next season A hundred acres of early sown beets on the co com M banys urs bench lands are already two I 1 inches aches long if present appearances b bold old out about abou t three times as ma many ny 1 beets will go through the factory next I 1 e fall than were manipulated last year yea r and operations will begin in august items from basalt the weather up in basalt still keeps very cold and old boreas has not lost his strength saturday morning there was areal a real heavy fall of bonow now but we must not mind a little cold weather the saints here are warm in the spirit of the gospel and have to travel m many any miles to attend to their duties last wednesday march karch 80 we had a great treat elder kirkup gave an interesting in the basalt ward jig house bouse his subject was how sunday schools should be conducted and the principles principle laid down by him to the superintendent and all the officers of that organization were of the most instructing nature his remarks will wi never be forgotten by the people of basalt and if we put into practice that chat which was spoken all the sunday schools will improve in knowledge and many other benefits E J TARNEY secretary death of julia moses the well known and aged veteran elder julian moses passed quietly from this life this morning at at the family residence in east mill mil creek he was eighty two years of age yesterday being born april 11 1810 though not one of the first band of pioneers he arrived in utah in the summer of 1847 and enjoyed the distinction of being the first male teacher that ever taught sah school ool in our territory he joined the church in an early day d ay and was ordained an elder under the hands of president wilford woodruff and spent about ten years of life his life on mitsi orm preaching the gospel he died surrounded by his bis family and friends after an illness of nearly four months he was widely known and respected as an honest temperate industrious man whose works were consistent with his bis professions of a latter day saint death of dr hamilton the death of dr john F hamilton occurred on saturday at his hie residence east first south street the deceased who was in his bis sixty biety third year occupied a prominent position in his profession and was one of the oldest members of the medical fraternity in this city he was a native of new england and came west at an early day locating in colorado about the time of the pikes peak mining excite excitement ment on the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in a colorado regiment the one to which the late 10 0 J hollister Hol llster was attached and together they served out the enlistment subsequently to this dr hamilton removed to utah where he has lived ever since he was one of the founders of st marks hospital in this city for some years the deceased had been in failing health and only recently returned from a trip to the hawaiian islands hoping hopt n g to derive benefit from change of air and scene he leaves a wife and a large circle of friends the funeral took place this afternoon at 2 A false report dear brother will you allow me space in your valuable paper to correct a damaging report that has been put in circulation by unprincipled per sons in several parts of the territory that I 1 have denied the faith and turned against the principles of the gospel that I 1 have so BO long and earnestly advocated let me here testify that I 1 know mormonism to be the gospel of jesus christ and that this church and kingdom to is acknowledged of god our father that the mefi men at its head are men of lot god in their right and for many years I 1 have never had bad a doubt of this fact as it has been reve revealed aleJ to me from the heavens and I 1 am still teaching it in public and in private and constantly pray to the lord that I 1 may ever have this testimony abiding in me whoever started the above falsehood did it without the least foundation for this cause and the sorrow I 1 have to think professed brethren would try to injure me I 1 write this the falsehoods of our enemies a are re nothing in comparison corni comi parison par lson your brother in the gospel WM M PALMER SALT LAKE CITY april 9 1892 death of sister sarah mccann the death of sister sarah mccann wife of the late patriarch thomas R mccann occurred at 8 3 a in on the 20 epst at the abe residence of her youngest son the funeral eral services were held at the garden city meetinghouse meeting house at 10 a m w when a glowing tribute was paid to the deceased decease dla memory by elders david B S cook wm win H lee and geo pope the remains remaina were afterwards ter wards conveyed to fish haven bear lake county idaho and interred by the side aide of her husband sister mccann was born at balam ans ana county antrena An truna ireland march on the alth of may 1836 1835 she was hs married to thos mccann at stockport engl nd she and her husband embraced the gospel and were baptized on the of march 1839 by elder joseph fielding they emi grated to nauvoo in 1843 where they experienced the hards hardships hirs incident to the expulsion of the saints sainto sister mccann was personally acquainted with the prophet joseph smith of whom she fabe had many interesting incidents to relate she was at the prophets house bouse and witnessed his departure for carth carthage sh she left nauvoo with the saints ln inn fl 16 de deceased ceased has been a faithful worker in the cause of truth and in her dying moments bore a strong testimony mouy exhorting her children to faithfulness she was the mother of ten children four of whom are living she also leaves thirty six grandchildren eleven great grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn her lose logs WM COOK ward clerk GARDEN CITY april fth changed conditions editor deveret newa As evidence of the fact that grea great changes of opinion have taken place here I 1 would like to call attention to the fact that one of tb the e most prominent hungry and hateful of mormon eating liberate liberals a man who keeps a dozen or more men in his employ and who once told me that while the were the best men for his business he be employed only gentiles Gen tilea because he would not encourage the mor monell monel 1 came to me a few days ago well acqua anted with my position on the local issue and desired to secure my services to stump for the party next fall to which be now gives bis big allegiance in utah As another indication I 1 might say that a second individual who has been a mormon fi fighting baing liberal for twenty ao years year and who was one of those fellows who scoffed at me and petted the crib when it unloaded its dirt upon my head stopped me on the street recently I 1 did not know him but he introduced trod himself hi saying 1 I have known you ever since you came here I 1 am I 1 have attended your lectures in the theatre and I 1 want to express the satisfaction they gave me you have bad along a long hard bard fight here bere and I 1 was among those against you but you have won a victory of which any one might be proud P still another bitter liberal once my unrelenting opponent has offered me the hand 0 of kindly recognition because hastened he happened ed to attend one of my lectures in the theatre to make sport and remained to acknowledge his mis take I 1 am afraid the trib will soon begin to slobber over me and make life so unattractive that I 1 shall want to pass behind the vall vail CHARLES ELLIS returned elders rider elder thomas butler of richfield sevier county called at our office yesterday having just juet returned arc fram m a mission to virginia whither he be went on the jtb of november 1890 elder butler labored almost continuously in virginia and met with very good success he made many warmhearted friends and speaks highly of the hospitality pita lity of the people among whom he be traveled he reports that the i sion in that part of the united staza ls ie in an exceedingly prosperous condition elder james J W duncan of this city and elder bider ricaard Gra graham harn of fairview Pair view sanpete cou county ney have returned from europe where they have been filling missions nc the former labored in scotland and has bas been absent about twenty one months the latter traveled in the leeds conference En england glaud and has been absent the same length of time elder joseph waite of hyde park cache county returned on saturday april eth from this his mission to the nort era states he left on may 1890 for his field of labor and was waa art t appointed buted to pennsylvania where he traveled led for about three months he was then sent to west virginia in which state he labored arnil released elder david sud worth from grants grams ville iovele county left on the acme sa me date for a mission to the northern states and returned in company with elder waite the first year he labored partly in canada and partly in the northwestern part of new york the last year was spent in west virginia these elders report that they have been bean well treated by the people and have had opportunities of bearing their testimony in numerous places there seems to be a desire to read the literature of the latter day saints and to investigate their principles and the prospects are very encouraging in this con conterez confer ferez ei ce A word from D dublan mexico editor deseret news the people of this place have a fait fair prospect for an abundant harvest this year though much of the grain which was sown in the fall was winter killed the fruit crop looks very favorable too if jack frost will stay away but he has visited us a few waights already nipping our trees tree and sorrowing vegetation but no great damage to is done yet although our crops were a partial failure lost last year the enterprising people of this ward have managed to erect an adobe meetinghouse feet inside the same being sufficiently finished as to be used for or our school and ward meetings the health of the people here to is generally the grippe ap pp es has visited us but has bas disappeared I 1 think entin entirely fly having called upon nearly every family in our ward A gloom was cast over our little colony upon receiving a letter from brother milton S ray bay of doming new mexico informing us of a sad accident which occurred to brother john B R young and family while traveling between here and doming deming N M brother young was en route for doming deming where be was going to take his daughter mrs may roberts JR of farmington N M who had been here visiting her paren parent tp when the party was between palomas and dem illg brother wm win blacks rifle was accidentally ci discharged the ball passing through brother john B R youngs shoulder striking his little son in toe thigh from there striking his daughters little latue child six or seven months old olds hilling P it instantly then slightly wounding the mother nothing regarding the condition of the family has hae been heard the above described accident occurred friday march 1892 A B CALL COLONY DUBLAN mexico march 1892 news fro mAlmy the residents of almy are having some cold and wintry weather and it seems that after a mid winter and only an averone k snowfall we are to be dis die i in our hopes of an early spring but if this was the worst outlook for residents of our town we would have far greater cause to te t e contented toan than Is the case now since writing my former letter to the NEWS we have suffered considerably in regard to emt employ loy ment no 6 5 mine has been shut down about three weeks and as a consequence many men are out of work quite a few have been crowded into no 6 mine while others have had bad to siek work elsewhere it is ie a loog long time since times were so dull dui in almy and many of our residents re have been put to their wits end cases of absolute necessity are of frequent disclosure yet the public must not suppose these are the results of intemperance for on the whole the heads of these families are men of sterling sterl log qualities hard bard working tern tem and industrious the jubilee of the relief belief society was celebrated in the A imy ward and the history of the relief society in our ward was briefly commented upon by sister woodhouse wood house president of the society clety bishop bowns gave an inter eating account of the organization 1 n of the relief belief society by the prophet joseph smith songs and recitations were rendered and the whole of the exercises were interesting and pro profitable almy ward appears to be in good working order and our services on sundays are well attended bishop james bowns bowne presides having for his counselors brothers john crawford and john sims we have a very commendable choir of over fifty voices voice under the of mr james H H od and its success is the best evidence of mr hood hoods a ability as an a leader of vocal culture miss J beveridge the organist of our choir is on a visit to her relatives and friends in utah her pla place c e being filled temporarily by miss dean the health of our residents to is very fair J E B ALMY march 1892 news from paris idaho the weather at paris is something awful and the boys definition that dust is mud with the water squeezed out is often thought of now a for we have lots of dust with water squeezed into it this is not strictly djoi scientific ea deific but it is a fact A large mercantile company starts up in montpelier there seems to be ample capital and it looks as though they meant to stay not only spring but summer seen seems to want to linger in the lap of winters winter for there is not much maoli prospect of spring at present A new drug store will open in parla paris shortly ashay and are the promoters dr phillips of this place will now be able to have his prescriptions coW compounded pounded without going to montpelier lieT it will be an all adl rout d benefit bent fit to the town politics rae occasionally ventilated here some of our students have returned from the salt lake and logan colleges where they have been hibernating hiber both our district schools have shut down owing to a lack of funds our local merchants complain of hard times and scarcity of money all of us would like to see eee it more plentiful than it is at present the board controlling the bear lake stake academy talk of building ft a use this summer we hope they will do it will be a great educational and finane financial fina noial ial benefit to this part of tie the country they gave their principal prof john H miles ft very flattering 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