Show LOCAL NEWS FROM TUESDAYS DAILY NOV 16 court notes kotes proceedings in the third district court today to day united states vs H S eldredge et si ai five days allowed to john S bh bli alling and john lind were admitted to citizenship rebecca slater administratrix vs J L Whitte inore verdict for plaintiff lor for george C staley vs M R murray C harles charles crow and george D damages on trial before a lury jury the weather TT the first sleigh ws 0 out u t yesterday in the shape ot a vt etter e r and it ran very well the round would be in a tine condition con dlton diton far it if a couple ot of inches or more of snow were on it old timers say such weather as this is almost unprecedented at this time of the year wild open weather until january having been the rule rale the opinion has been expressed more than on once ce that the climate must be chau changing ging 11 trib the weather is a nearly if not quite the counterpart of we have all wong had here at this season of the sar C cold 0 id weather and a heavy shiow jall almost t iu invariably variably precede the last pod good weather odthe of the closing year the I 1 climate is not changing at all ail disappointed under cate ate of the ath instant A subscriber writes as follows from Parag oonah deputy marshals thompson and sargent two luminaries of the second decou d dh district brict court with a posse from deaver beaver after riding all night through a snow SHOW storm wade made their appearance in our quiet little burg soon after daylight on OB the morning of the ath iR instant stant A prominent gentleman was sought after by them mr john B who is running a threshing machine and who is generally a very early riser was on his way to work when the tab de deputies j espied him they immediately called him to halt and placed him under ar they had the proper man A number of witnesses were soon subpoenaed and the prisoner was escorted tome home where the crowd took breakfast by this time a stranger stranger from panguitch informed the officers that they had the wrong man they informed the witnesses that aney h would not be wanted and soon left the town on a side track for beaver to report coal for the poor M elars liella burion barton co have completed arrangements whereby they will ue eni abbed to furnish free to the worthy poor of this cit one hundred tons of coal the firm named are agents of the D B R Q G W Plea pleasant salt valley coal and the pleasant valley coal ir bal C company kompany and the railway company nave agreed to cooperate co operate with the firm drin in this matter the coal company will furnish tte the coal the railroad will bring it to 10 this city cit y and tue the teams of sells bartone barton co will distribute it free of charge the poor person desiring to sha share re in this generous gilt gift of coal should leave his or her address accompanied by a satisfactory reference from some reliable person to the effect that the ap is a worthy object of charity ft it makes no difference to what religious sect the applicant may belong or who recommends them so long as the company are given reliable assurance that those applying are deserving ot c assistance 1 obsequies the funeral service 2 over the remains of sister ann jenkins whose death we chronicled yesterday pest erday was held in the fourth ward school house this morning the buil building dlug being crowded to its utmost capacity with the relatives and sympathetic friends friends of the deceased 1 eider george C lambert the first speaker briefly reviewed renewed the character of sister jenkins with whom he had been intimate intimately acquainted quain uain ted and whose chos well ordered life presented au a a picture which it was beautiful and pleasing to contemplate elder john nicholson followed with a comprehend hive discourse which was replete with valuable instruction to all who aue listened and words of special encouragement and comfort to the bereaved relatives bishop H H sperry offered the con chudina speech in which he referred to interesting reminiscences in the life of the decea deceased sed and paid a touching tribute to her memory the prayers on the occasion were offered by bishop thorn and counselor knight and the singing which was unusually good was rendered by the ward choir E escape 0 o ape from jail last night th thomas can as murray recently pardoned from the penitentiary was arrested by the police for being drunk about 1130 a m today to day he was successful in getting away from the city jail and did his work in a clever though to himself dangerous manner the marshal was having a chimney built through the jail roof and the masons had bad completed the brick work up to the tilie sheeting eti ng A carpenter pent r had cuta cut a small hole in the roof and the workmen were just moving from the inside to the outside of the jail currat murray took advantage of this and though the men who were being aided by some prisoners whom the jailor was looking leaking after were not more than two minutes in getting around the prisoner made the best of that time he tore down some of the brickwork and forced himself up through the small aperture in the roof he jumped from the jail over an alley to the barn the distance being not less than fifteen feet the roof of the barn was slippery from being covered with snow and murray narrowly escaped falling to the ground in which case he would have haie been seriously injured he climbed over to ane other side of the barn and then sprang about twenty five feet beet to the ground below from where lie he made good his bis escape possibly through gettig into some saloon or den on main street his escape was discovered in less than live minutes but up to the time of going to press be had not been captured the chances he took under the circumstances were desperate and it 1 is not likely he will be again seen in this n neighborhood if he be can help himself there was no lack of care on the part of the officers the success of the escape being due to the circumstances and murrays Mur rays own daring thanksgiving proa proclamation mation governor west issued the following proclamation yesterday OF UTAH executive office the president of the united states having made the following proclamation it has been the custom of the people of the united states on a day in each year especially geci ally set agart for the purpose by the chief executive to acknowledge the goodness and mercy of god and to invoke his continued protection in observance of such custom I 1 grovr grover cleveland president of the united States do hereby designate and set apart thursday the day of november instant to be observed and kept as a day of thanksgiving and prayer on that day let all our people forego their accustomed employment and assemble in their ot of worship to give thanks to the ruler buler ot of the universe 1 for or our continued enjoyments enjoy ments ot of the blessings of free governments for the renewal of business prosperity prosperity erity throughout the land for the return w which ich has rewarded the labor of those who till the soil and for our progress as a people in all tuat mat makes a nation great and we contemplate the annnie power ol of god in earthquake lood flood and storm let the grateful hearts of those who have been sheltered from harm harini through his mercy be turned in sympathy and kindness towards those who have suffered through his visitations let iet us also in the mid midst 6 t of thanksgiving remember the poor and needy with ch cheerful eer ul gifts and alms so that our service may by deeds of charity be made acceptable in the sight of the lord in witness whereof i 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the sea seal of the united states to be affixed done at the city af pf of washington this first day of november in the year ot our lord lora one thousand eight hundred and eighty si S and of the independence of the united states of america the one hundred and eleventh SEAL GROVER cleaveland T F J BAYARD secretary of estate the people eople of the territory are requested to give heed to said pro clama tion lion and to respect and observe the day designated in accordance with its terms terms in testimony whereof I 1 have hereunto set my iny hand and caused the great seal of the terri territory tory to be affixed done at salt lake city this nt lota a da day y of november AD A D 1886 by the governor CALEB W WEST ARTHUR L THOMAS secretary of utah territory first district court the november term of the first district court commenced at ogden yesterday duct judco ge henderson on the berich bench timothy parkinson was arraigned on an indictment charging him with unlawful cohabitation 61 tue the case was continued until monday next thomas reed and william hull were arraigned ou on a similar charge and pleaded not guilty james may alay hyrum taylor soren L petersen E A box george chandler and F T ellis were called to plead to indictments for unlawful cohabitation but were not present they will be called for on monday next thomas bullock Bulloc fe pleaded guilty to the charge of living with his wives in violation of the edmunds law lie he will be sentenced december myron W butler pleaded guilty to a two count indictment charging cohabitation with his wives and sentence was fixed for december 1st ast th indictments for unlawful cohabitation in the cases of the united states vs david M stuart and the united states vs wm win H pidcock were dismissed on motion of the prosecution ec ution the case of the people vs jonathan browning interfering with water was continued for the term wm skeen was arraigned on a three count indictment charging him with unlawful cohabitation with his wives IL motion to set aside the indictment because of an error in the date was overruled and the defendant pleaded not guilty tim case of the people vs susan parry perjury and the united states va lorin farr unlawful cohabitation were set fur for trial on thursday nov 18 at 2 pm the cabes caber of the united states vs wm win geddes F A brown thomas reed and wm win hull unlawful lul tul cohabitation and joseph ff dean and john bergen polygamy poly eamy were set at the foot of we criminal calendar wallace E R white was admitted to practice as an attorney before the first district court the names of those summoned to serve as grand jurors were then called C C richards Kic hards on behalf of james martin manin who is under bonds to await the action of the grand jury un on a charge of unlawful cohabitation chal challenged leDged alfred berrett W M chapman a 8 schramm aaron de witt Wm larrell on tue ground that they were not eli ble on account ol 01 having served as jurors within two years prior to this term of court after some time spent in examining tae statutes mr richards Kic hards interrogated the jurors named and irom each received answers that they had bad served on juries within the time named the answers were admitted in evidence as the ground of challenge the eballe challenge uge was denied by mr air hiles and overruled by the court the court holding that the statute was not a ground for challenge but might be interposed ter posed as ground for exemption from service in order to save time ohp th same cha challenge lenge was interposed in a number of other cases ot of the same kind as that of mr martin mr barrett was afterwards excused as he bud bad served as a juror within one year the grand jury for the term was then im iru paneled as follows folio ws with wm win farrell as foreman pierce quirk M M chapman I 1 M bubb miller S 8 wm win farrell ronert tv I 1 H boota thomas fryer W D goodwin rasmus anderson alaon de witt james hadfield jno anderson samuel P hall and philip rank hank ane court charged t the he jury after the usual form and the inquisitors inqui retired the petit jury venire is id returnable on thursday november 18 at 10 a in |