Show LOCAL AND OTHER MATTERS S DAILY OCTOBER 5 the mortal remains of I ion hon albert spencer whose sad mad demise at his home in taylorsville Taylors ville was waa chronicled in last owning evenings news were laid to rest in the city cemetery this afternoon the obsequies being held at the assembly rooms this forenoon beginning at 10 the services were largely attended many persons being unable to secure admission owing to the vast outpouring of people who with towed heads heavy hearts and subdued speech assembled to pay last respects to a man whom they had learned to tio reverence and love among those present were many salt lakers nearly marly all ail of the county officiate officials be eing being in attendance the speakers from the city were D C dunbar B F lloyd francis armstrong jos L Ra endear joseph E taylor and congressman king K all rief referred erred feelingly to the worth octye at the deceased and all paid high trib ute to hla his memory the unfortunate end of poor ed blackett ackett is a regrettable occurrence tche particulars so far as can be learned are that edward blackett a well known resident in this city retired to his home at about twelve wednesday evening and went to bed unobserved by his wife and family who were in the adjoining room from what can be learned the deceased gen cleman got up a little later ater l and about one the report of a pistol shot tied the neighborhood the groans of kr blackett arousing his family who found him on the bed with his clothes on and a 32 pistol laying at his side medical aid was summoned and it was found the bullet from the pistol bad entered mr blackette Blac ketts left breast about one inch below the heart pen et rating his left lung and lodging in the backbone from rom which place it waa retracted near to the skin further particulars which have been mentioned to we seem to indicate that the shooting was accidental as when he was told he would die he was asked whether le did the act accidentally or other wise wine and the answer he gave was that ne he shot himself but that it was done accidentally ed was well known and belongs to a respected family who were the early settlers in utah he leaves a wife and three children and three stop step t adren it is a most sorrowful occurrence and one which throws a wide circle of relatives and friends in the throes of gloom ed was well liked and we do not think he had an nemy in the world if he did that enemy waa wa himself him seif I 1 am sure the is sympathy of the public is extended to the family and frie friends rift in this hour of their bereavement and on this head I 1 on behalf of the republic join re qu escat in n pace nephi republic THURSDAYS DAILY 6 provo utah oct 6 1898 this morn mom ling ins about 7 mrs W M wolf was Ss seized with an attack of asmo hage emge a the lungs which resulted in ath to iu a short time mrs wolfe white has buffered from consumption for several yea bews yews but her sudden death came very to her relatives and friends lends here she was an estimable g lady about albut 27 years of age and a ahter daughter of mr and mrs nels jihnson Joh naion of the first ward her husband prof wolfe Is away from home on a a hunting trip no arrangements will be made bhe ate home of ct city recorder bach idaa and wife was maide made wa aad abde morning A w by the bew dearth th of their two and a arif lr if year om old son melvln melvin the rIffle fellow was as well as usual up to monday last when he was stricken ricken et down with a throat trouble and Bb ob anding the fact that he had the beat of care medical and otherwise he passed away at 1045 am today the funeral cortege will leave the family residence resi denee ot alt 11 am tomorrow the services service will be private pil vate mr and anal mrs bachman have the sympathy of a host of friends in me ese unexpected bereavement which has overtaken them silver city utah oct ct 6 A sad bad accident occurred at silver city at noon today at the mouth of the martha washington mine two of the ern em aloyes meeting their death they were oart carl and A N beaman a youth of 18 years the cause of the fatality was the turning over of a skiff by reason of it having jumped the track while being hoisted from the mine both bodies are horribly horTi bly man aled ailed and almost cut to pieces young beaman is a resident of dragon hollow about four miles from silver city and the son of mr beaman a well known miner of dragon hollow joseph austin walton the 15 year old lad who was seriously injured in a runaway last tuesday evening in salt lake city unfortunately succumbed to his injuries at the holy cross hospital last night to which institution he was conveyed soon after the accident the lad had been employed for some time past as driver for godbe pitts drug company and wasi was engaged in the discharge of his duties when a number of boys ran out into the street throwing up their hats and frightening the animal which he drove the horse immediately sprang forward and broke into a run dashing against a telephone pole and injuring both the legs and arms of the boy he was picked up and conveyed to the hospital where treatment necessary to restoration in those cases was given but without avail the boy died from the effects of the shock his parents are naturally overcome with grief at the termination of the affair FROM FRIDAYS DAILY OCTOBER 7 the news received a pleasant call this morning from hon george F bucher of mt carroll illinois mr bucher is supervisor of the uintah forest reserve with headquarters at coalville Co alville summit county where he has been stationed for the past two months he is congratulating himself on the fact that while forest fires have been sweeping the reserves of other states that the one under his jurisdiction has been almost entirely free from such visitations one reason for this he says is the fact that sheep have been running on the reservation it is against the law for them to do so fro and he has been compelled to remove many of them still he considers them the best possible means of preventing fires in the forests in that they e consume the vegetation that becomes dry in the fall and burns at the drop of the first spark or application of the first torch re he says he shall recommend to the department part ment at washington as a matter of safety to the reserves that the government lease the mountain lands to sheep men for a small rental ahls his to is mr buchers first visit to S salt it lake and he was accompanied to this office by attorney moyer who came to utah from mt carroll illinois mr bucher to is the father ln in law of mr charles 8 tate well known in local mining circles circles 1 he will return borne in november next from MONDAYS DAILY octoba lo 10 tuesday afternoon at the copper center tunnel upper bingham a dozen sticks of giant powder exploded in the blacksmith shop and completely demolished moli shed the building some of 0 the flying fragments landing many feet away there was a box of giant containing thirty to forty sticks in the place which very angularly although wrecked and scattered did not explode the cause of the accident is a mystery eTy the powder was at a safe distance from the forge in which there was little if any fire W A hicks had just entered the tunnel and was out of harms way and W J cox was in advance of him the boys are con granulating themselves on their narrow escape bingham bulletin the news 1 is requested to publish the following A branch of the A F A for teaching the french language to all adults who wish to learn it will be opened abu week at templeton Temi buld ling the alliance is a national organization founded by frenchmen and americana with the ultimate purpose to draw closer the bondson bonds of sympathy already existing between the two sister republics for the propagation of the french language and its literature among americans and of the english amon amongst the french its central idea is that of bringing there studies within with inthe the reach of those who long for culture but are d deprived of opportunity morning and evening sessions of the institute will be held and the french tongue will be taught in a conversational form by words in dally daily use only it will be a great opportunity for thise intending to visit the paris exhibition who will find it most convenient TO know something about the french tongue at least enough to ask for the common necessities of lite iffe A free musical and literary soiree as an opening will be given next wednesday evening at 8 at assembly hall dr J E talmage acting as an chairman A lecture on napoleon and josephine illustrated with 80 cent stereopticon views will be given by dr A director of the alliance who will bring out the ithe real character of the great conqueror apart from his military genius the news had the pleasure forli during conference of meeting bishop goo geo U I 1 farrell of smithfield cache county countr and gleaned a few items concerning his bin gigantic farming operations bishop parrell farrell Is the promoter find and pioneer of dry farming in cache valley and has now under cultivation and summer fallow over one thousand acres oadry farming land on the west side of the valley from a portion of which he has just finished the shing bushels of no 1 wheat 60 pounds to the bushel he also made some tons of fine lucern hay and harvested about 66 pounds or bushels of lucern seed this season has been an exceptionally fine one for farming without irrigation bishop farrells average crop was thirty three bushels of wheat to the acre his average last season w was but twenty three bushels per were acre considering cornsi si the lessened cost of farming from irrigated farms these yields are far more profitable than the average production of utah the work on the dry farm is e easier wid and the soll sail is put in good title with aoh much less abber and responds as readily to 0 good culture as the irrigated farm from long practice bishop warrell elf has demonstrated that light geddin seddin seeding ll lit 11 better than heavy see seeding divo on the vi adly harm farm his best results falleo followed odthe the sowing of three ahrie pecks of wheat uitto to the how acre of lacem seed the sowing mowing of seven pounds to the ithe acre gave mot moat satisfactory results dry farming if properly carried on pays well in various parts of the state better than in some of the bon bonanza tanza farming states in the dakotas for instance the yield of wheat ranges from five to fifteen bushels per acre seldom exceeding the latter figure except in much favored localities it Is no ageg aeration ge ration to say that there are thousands of acres of land in this state now iffie idle and unoccupied that if properly proper ay tilled would pay well as dry farms in producing wheat lucern hay and seed the writer writer has also seen tine fine harvests of excellent corn grown without any IrrIg irrigation aAlon tillage conserving the moisture derived from rain and snow and insuring a profitable harvest FROM TUESDAYS DAILY OCTOBER 11 E C an explosion in the overland mine at mercur yesterday brought grief to dam hackman who had one eye completely destroyed and the ithe other so nearly so eo as to make it doubtful as to whether he will ever recover the use of it mr hickman was badly lacerated in other parts of the body his chest cheat neck and head being very materially affected the accident resulted from the explosion of a shot that formed part of a blast which had bad failed to resi respond pond with the an awful accident occurred to victor the 11 year old son of albert J gray on wednesday afternoon the threshing machine was at J A andersons some small boys were playing near the the mac machine lne victor noticed that a rope or whip was attached to the tumbling rod and in the endeavor toi to remove it the lad was caught and with terrible he wao wa carried round and round his legs and arms dashing upon the ground with such force and velocity as to break an arm and leg each in two places and the other leg in one besides horribly lacerating the boys flesh in numerous parts of his body it is the greatest wonder in the world that the lad was not instantly killed of course the threshing machine was stopped as soon as possible and the little fellow tenderly carried to the home of his parents dr grant brant assisted by 1 T T brown and many a willing hand did all that could be done for f or the unfortunate boy who was marvelously brave throughout the setting of the five breaks in his legs and arms besides the taking of seven stitches in one of his arms he is doing as well as could be hoped for under the circumstances sta cardston bardston Card ston canada Rel record oord 0 the Cam brians have decided to with hold boht the prize won by this choir or rather barther award it to another on the technical grounds that a rule was blaken by prof stephens stepping in and helping to make the required number of 40 voices the justice of this it i on the grounds that mr presence could not possible hamb affected any of the points from which dr parry airry awarded them the patze fw according cording to his hia statement read at agthe the eisteddfod and here reproduced from fro m his book vote ote the points the tempo or 2nd and blending of voices ard 3rd emotional feeling fth pianissimo or aff alft singing ath chromatic difficult harmonies 4 rmon lei oth last movement mo plain gild without exaggeration ath free of faults li the whole being a picture of rarity and free of all straining for effew fet we e contend that these were points bened by the works of o f the choir as a ule and would have been apparent 14 it not been I 1 forced by v the lack of cambers to ask for add ia and that they are each and all points which this ald aid could not have in the least enhanced hence the injustice of awarding the prize to other choirs who were not equal to them in these essential points EVAN ARTHUR the utah people says the denver field and farm are growing some very fine fruits but are not taking to the same varieties as we have adopted for commercial planting in colorado J JIs As Is with esthe winter apples bring th the largest profit among the best are newtown pippin rhode island greening Pear maln baldwin jonathan wine sap gap and sawyer their pears are wilder early tyson clapps favorite bartlett garber howell beurre bearre easter flemish beauty sheldon P barry and winter nells nelis their peaches are alexander brigdon mountain rose elberta crosby crawfords Craw fords late wheatland stump Wood burys utah orange heaths deaths cling the crabapples crab apples include martha Transcend transcendent ant general grant hyslop and siberian eberlan plums bradshaw coes golden drop genii lombard ponds seedling yellow gage good prunes are tragedy french and italian they grow some sweet cherries as yellow spanish black napoleon and black eagle sub acid or market varieties grown are dyehouse Dye bouse montmorency may duke hortense and english morello in nectarines necta rines they have early violet hunts tawney and boston apricots Wood burys seedling breda early golden moorpark Moor park and blenheim quinces rea mammoth Mom moth orange prolific yesterday afternoon and evening witnessed a very pleasant reception I 1 given by bishop john R winder at his i handsome and commodious mill creek residence in honor of the first presidency and members of the quorum of apostles and their wives the idea of giving the reception was suggested to bishop winder by the fact that all I 1 of the officials of the church from thal the clu quorums mentioned were in the city at the present time an event that had not occurred for many years past he therefore thought that after the strain of conference an informal gathering of the officers named would not only be appropriate but very enjoyable in this he seems to have been correct for the occasion wag most delightful in all respects the guests arrived at 2 in the afternoon at 4 dinner was |