Show NEWS THURSDAYS DAILY SEP 16 visit to the penitentiary after visiting fort douglas yesterday afternoon an meeting with a cordial reception from the officers there dered in a manner befitting so distinguished a guest chief justice waite was driven to te the tertiary tent iary while visiting the institution an interview i occurred between hir hloi p and apostle lorenzo snow of the purport of which however we are not informed pocket picked A gentleman one of tue cache valley excursionists had bad a little experience eap exp yesterday yeb berday which chic h made him think uk more than ever that salt lake city contains a great variety of metropolitan in e tro politan elements while aug la in a street car going to the eleventh ward after paying his bis fare he dropped his purse containing about 12 baw his bis sidd sicto coat pocket he soon after missed it and is certain that his bis pocket was picked farewell party the good people of 8 Ss charles bear lake co assembled at the meeting house on the evening of the bolh dinst to tender a farewell well greeting to brother C A merkley who was shortly to leave for the southern states on oil a mission they had quite un an enjoyable time the exercises consisted consist ed of songs recitations readings speeches dancing etc during the evening lunch was par taken of brother merkley was presented sea ted with a fine oxford sunday sunda y school bible as a token of este esteem embY by the sunday school of this place from scotland elder W D thompson returned as far a as s provo prevo from a mission to scotland with the last company of immigrants and on his arrival there was waa appointed to conduct a section of toe the company numbering forty faur to the southern part of the Terr itoi y after seeing the migrating saints safely to their destinations and visiting nis his home in scipio killard millard county he has returned to this city on a brief visit elder thompson left utah october alth 1884 and spent nearly all of the period of et his bis absence in the glasgow conference scotland ad thou though gli be visited other portions of great britain he reports that the progress of the work in scotland at the present time is I 1 rather slow though a few are being i added to the church by baptism three score and ten Yeat yesterday erday I 1 brother win A mcmaster of this city celebrated his bis toafa birthday by having a reunion of his numerous children I 1 grand children and groat great gro at grand chil dren in the evening he was presented with a handsome armchair arm chair the presentation being made by mr hir J B behall behalf of the sous sons and doughten of their venerable mumble other father lu ia an appropriate speech to which the latter responded in lu a few touching and instructive remarks alter this an elegant aud and delicious supper was waa enjoy joyd etl by those present pie sent rhe fhe repast over songe song recitations etc were indulged in till R 11 when the happy gathering broke up we join the many friends ot of the worthy veteran in wishing him renewed health and happiness court proceedings in the third district court to day in the case ot of thomas mcbride vs joseph baker et al ai the motion for new trial was allowed lo 10 v ed anders S hyrup john bridge jos pringle john pringle james parkin san jonathan and william H hn hirst at were admitted to citizenship frederick rif denck crowton vs john T lynch motion for a new trial argued and submitted C ET R r johnston Juh vs emma demar demurrer withdrawn drawn and 20 days allowed to answer I 1 the people vs frank M attempt to murder two cases demurrer to indictments argued by arthur brown for defendant and W H dickson for the prove prosecution cution A grand jury for the september bep term was im paneled R 8 conference the quarterly conference of the relief societies of salt bait lake stake convened in the fourteenth ward rooms room at io 10 a m today to day mrs M 1 I horne home presiding preM ding there was a large attendance and reports from the relief societies in all the wards of the baake had bee i handed in alter after the usual exercises and reading ot if reports afie meeting wite addressed diesl sed by president horne home and counselor E 48 taylor and by sister bath remarks were most ly upon the dutie the sisters in the society and encouraging them to persevere in well doing and also upon the events now transpiring and the of the times another meeting was held this after afternoon 13 oo 00 0 and tomorrow to morrow the young ladies M I 1 A will hold their conference at the same place A cor dial invitation is is extended to all interested te to attend hilled by a horse mr chris C jenson of montpelier idaho met with a fatal accident on the dinst A f called at mr bensons Jen sons place and requested him to go with the former out to the north nelds fields to see about their horses that were running lunning at large lare and doing damage to the grain mr jenson said he would go and wade made the remark that he would like to see his colts again before batore he died after eating breakfast he be saddled up his bis horse a high spirited stallion and mounted the a animal the horse borse being so spirited d mr jenson held the reins too bigat and the horse borbe reared up and fell over on his back crashing the rider beneath in for ome time belore before he be rolled over mr jenion gave a groan roan and tried to get up he breath breathed cd his last about 20 minutes minute later slater dr hoover called to see him and found that his baci bac was broken ile he was waa about 35 yea years rs of age a native of denmark and leaves a wile and one child improvements in Mout pelier peller A correspondent says that there hay has been quite a chan change e in this lively little town since last fall fail especially near the railroad depot an addition has been built to the roundhouse quite a number of new stores and a lar large ge hotel have been recently built the knights of labor have just put up a la ia ge two story building for a hall ed burgoyne esq the popular merchant has just completed a nice large building for a store at the depot considerable hay land has been jumped on this side of the valley A brass band has lately been consisting mostly of young men mr john bailey f formerly r erly of ogden is the leader arje they y are making very good progress dr hoover has lately sold his bid drug store to wm driver son of ogden the deop people le have succeeded in gettino getting 11 toe the postoffice post office u up in town a gain again and mr joseph rob robenson rn son is the newly appointed P hinted postmaster and gives entire satisfaction prom from tennessee elder W H robinson of salina sevier county who reached this ety city from a mission to tennessee with the company of detained immigrants tuesday evening called upon us tt ti is morning he was returning home and fell in with the company at pueblo eader elder robinson left utah april esth 1884 and labored principally in middle tennessee his travels some of the time taking him into kentucky during the first four months of his mission he be endured a great deal of bt persecution having often to spend the ni night ht without shelter and frequently obtaining not more than one meal in a day he was laboring not f far r from where elders gibbs and berrt berry were killed and the hostility of the people towards a mormon elder was marked daring the remainder of his ev ever lie he was always well treated elder robinson says that in the region where he be has been be en laboring re are many deop people e w who 0 believe the gospel 8 el and would e embrace brace it were it nt not I 1 th at they lack the moral courage to defy fy the opposition ioa they would nave have to meet A hyde park fire on monday between 12 and I 1 while mr andrew christensen and wife of hyde pitt paik k were from home raking up some loose wheat in the field one of the children a little girl about seven years year s of age took a match and set fire are to his bay mcc the at stable able caught fire are from the hay bay aud the wheat stack from the stable and soon all was consumed together with hj his horses a new set of harness and a calf one of the neighbors immediately im mediately on sei get ing the fire ran and tool took one ot of the horses out ot of the stable but it got loose loos e from her and went back to the one remaining in the stable and both perished in the flames mr christensen caristensen is a poor man he lost about 12 tons of hay from to bushels of wheat his only span of horses harness and a calf he was living about a quarter of a mile above the ditch and water could be obtained the loss is therefore it a great one to him and aad there is presented a tine opportunity for the exercise of true charity in assisting one whom misfortune has suddenly overtaken logon logan journal sept 15 shochin shocking accident the provo enquirer ji ot t september contains the ful following lowina on wednesday night about 9 an accident occurred here which has since bince occupied the exclusive attention of the discus sers of miracles and wonders and many of the sages as well are N willing illing to acknowledge their astonishment abent at the appearance in this aze ase of feebleness and universal sal degradation of something that bears the mark of genuine gennine heroism the episode approaches so far within the domain of conceded romance tuat we hesitate to give the particulars as they really oc occurred cured lest we be accused of sensationalism for some time past mrs airs wt b of payson parson and her youngest young esst daughter dau guter zella have buve been residing cesidia v in provo in the house for formerly werly occupied by isaac ballock jr on wednesday ily mrs webb had occasion to go to al payson y son leaving zella alone in the house the latter was a little nervous loverher over her situation and nd as she ahe retired left a lamp burning on a chair beside her bed intending t to 0 read until 8 she h e b became ec in e sleepy and then extinguish it first part of her iamme cramme was admirably carried out wita the latter she succeeded in extinguishing her mental huni humanity anity before she bhe did her physical one whether the lamp exploded or was knocked off the chair by the sleeper is not known however when she awoke her bed and garments gai ments were in flames and the room loom ablaze with ignited oil frair the lamp i which lay in fragments on the floor Th the acene escene that hollowed loll owed con only be surmised from the appearance of 01 the prem aises and allt condition of the tae young lady when the accident was discovered for i she seemed to have forgotten what she did or how she lid did it ili in the state of exhaustion consequent upon the task she performed and the terrible burns bums upon her person pei son she went through the entire ordeal without even calling for help and nothing was known n of the circumstances until she sha herself ran to mrs bullock and told the people there what had happened those who answered her at the door say she was as black as ai soot itself and had nothing on but au old dress of her mothers mother ls which she bad thi thrown own loosely over her shoulders deis having torn tier her under garments Ls from her person in flames she I 1 came caine iu in and sank upon the sofa when i for the first she bhe hegan began to realize the pain from her wounds an examination revealed two large patches one on her back the other in 1 front just below the neck that were 1 baked hard as sole leather and besides there were numerous less serious I 1 wounds on her lace face and neck and I 1 shoulder shou lei she had run over glass add aaa stones with her bare feet while carrying in water and they being already blistered te red were raw and badly lacerated lace laci bated rated the doctor predicts some heavy eav y scars but expresses no doubt as to a speedy recovery in other respects on examining a large heap ot of half consumed ciot clothing cio thing bing and bedding was found in the yard the room where the tire alre occurred was black with soot and the carpet and some of the furniture burned but nothing more serious was observed the episode besides displaying a feat of heroism embodies a moral anthe on the coal oil question which if heeded may save others from a similar experience B H bound over the preliminary examination into the charge ot of unlawful cohabitation against again B H was held before commissioner mckay yesterday afternoon mr air dickson conducted the prosecution and mr moyle the defense the defendant entered a plea of not gull guilty caroline giorgan morgan was the first witness she was the defendants cifes sister had heard that he had another wife a long time ago but did not know her or anything of her ber her sister mrs lived with the defendant mrs mary marv was next called she was the defendants wife did not know his bis other wives had bad heard it reported that he be had bad married elizabeth parry and agatha peters the defendant lived with witness as her husband and had bad done so ever since the prosecutions auder the edmunds law began catherine davis was sworn she did not know the defendant his wife or his alleged plural wives jiveh and was excused elizabeth parry the next witness said she was not the ibe defendants wite wife but supposed that her daughter elizabeth was her youngest child was over three bree t years of age witness had seen mr it ic ner daue liters house on one occasion this thip might be a year ago or more she know had seen agatha peters knew nothing of her relationship to trie the defendant witness did not know where her daughter was as living at present defendant never asked het her consent to mairy her daughter centimes Cen times on page a |