Show eom tom ollo diio it 1011 CC kane co april 16 10 60 carrington OF tire TIIE NEWS imar dear bin sin knowing your anxiety to leam learn what Is transpiring amongst the saints I 1 write to bayto say to you that general health prevails in kane county spring Is far advanced the peach zil and apricot trees have shed their flowers fea pea and left in place an abundance of small fruit which if not so pleasant to the eye as the flowers will in its season itis it Is hoped prove quite as reles refreshing hinz hing to the palate the cold snap that began on tiro ano dinst and lasted until the ath killed billed some fruit but there Is enough left to try the strength of 01 the strongest trees it Is very cold today to day has been snowing apple trees it 11 Is thought will do well here some small trees are in doom oni this season but nothing like a crop of apples will be grown I 1 bave have seen pear trees in the nursery rows this season with bloom on oil them A fast country is tills rio virgen country the old adage that he that plants pears plants for his heirs has about exploded grapes when we get anything better than the lach lack flack spanish wine gra grape e known as the call omia oala gra grape e will come Y in for a largo large share of praise acx and attention but the variety above named like California horses honses Is keeping better varlet varieties lesout out you may ask what are my objections to this grape it Is not the finest flavored ad it Is not hardy as I 1 have seen but one vineyard this season but what has suffered from frost and the winters freezing and in almost every instance the vines have been killed into the ground the pruning season for fruit trees is nearly over according to the theory of most authors buti buta fear that it Is only beginning in this locality iho ibo the iha cater caterpillars allars are tarin taking g the cottonwood trees ana and hundreds reds of nests ests n can be found in our orchards A inless unless stringent ent measures are adopted to stop them they ivill will destroy our orchards in a year or two more they are increasing with fearful rapidity thene these are within a stones throw of my ray table eight ellit larv lare large cottonwood trees that aro are almost defoliated by y these insects or worms strawberries do well here and currants and goos berries are very veny prolific the fig ilk has not succeeded yet we have only one variety and that is too tender for this latitude or altitude wheat looks well early corn for tabie table use the the general crop is planted in june looks well cotton is being planted sorghum is growing rapidly and spring is hastening to summer in evern everything tb except the weather which is cold enough today to day for an overcoat and mittens br maltin martin slack late of cedar city has opened a school in Grafto grafton nand and br jabez Woo woodard dardis Is tea teaching chingTa day school here A half a dozen more such institutions well weli wel wei I 1 patronized would be a blessing in kane county ars 0 georga ea A smith and erastus snow were with wl t h us u ba a few f e W weeks since preaching teaching ie inz ing an and ana 1 e exhorting x or t an g and much good was done the he saints were strengthened in their nali faith falth th and ana all seem to feel well may they soon come aa a again a n yours 8 tho tho the foregoing letter and accompanying I 1 weather ather observations did not come to hand till may WEATHER observations at roceille roca Roc hille kille kane Cl bunty county from dec dee 1 1865 fo april 15 DECEMBER cloudy clody days 16 stormy 7 snow an fn inches t TA rafn rain 7 JANUARY storm stormy 7 S snow now inches 19 rain 75 75 on the auth a slight h J shock of earthquake on the another with with a hea heavy fer FaR rumbling sound coming from the SW S W FEBRUARY UARY cary cloudy days 8 stormy 3 snow inches 4 rain 2 MARCH Cloudy days 10 stormy 7 snow inches 3 rain 35 33 35 april APRIL to lve ive the irth loth cloudy days 5 stormy 3 rain and snow inches inches 3 S wasatch co I 1 may 1866 NEWS 3 two new school houses bu built respectively at a cost of SMI swi and each ach to gether with fe veral several private dwellings all i red sandstone so abundant close by our ville vine ma mark the progress of our little place we are endeavoring to educate our numerous children who are growing up strong in faith and good works by the way how few examples of juvenile pro so much complained of all over christi endom are to be found in our midst I 1 do not hear them swearing nor see them smoking and chewing tobacco this it seems to me can only be accounted for in the proverbial bW temperate habits of their parents if polygamy Is a great sin as our virtuous neighbors east and west declare it is why are not other sins found practiced with llin itin it in utah jf this people are corrupt in their domestic relations would they thoy not be in fn other things would not such sins as murder infanticide drunkenness drun keness idleness s ac ac be found also who has ever heard of a fem bem female e foreign or aboriginal being unfairly dealt with by a latter day saint by their fruits they shall shan be known 11 Weare we are willing tobe to be judged by the results of our course we are securing our families and stock within forts and corrals so as to prevent a surprise from indians who seem at present hostile snake creek settlement has up a forty rod snare square lo 10 log fort tort with large seven acre corral inside s do in which they drive their stock every night nihl ni hl we have probably men in the coun county constantly doing ricket picket and guard duty e each taking in his turn w with t th a willingness characteristic of tg the mormons cormons Mor mons grass Is very abundant and grain all in a and nd most moat of it tup tur up wo we have had had several fine showers of rain we have no tippling houses bouses in our midst no poor not no tyranny nor oppression all atour Is peace bace and prosper prosperity rT I 1 ty ranner r your youn paper does not coi col commas as a regularly as we would like many times the parcels are ate torn 1 open and copies extracted respectfully etc 1 oar COALVILLE LE summit co if may aw I 1 f EDITOR DE DESERET senet seret NEWS dear bro ero afew lines from this standpoint may not be uninteresting to your numerous readers the last of the trains for the frontiers pass passed ed here some days since the conduct of th the boys in charge seemed to express this sentiment weare we are thankful the honest poor of the old world are being sent for and that we have been called to fetch them from the tho frontiers weber Is high high A good new bridge at wan ship Is a desla desia desideratum ratum much a appreciated by all concerned it cost some V and Is mostly the work of two persons namely brizee aud and alexander the latter gentleman has good prospects of finding coal some two or three miles west of wanship wanshin Wan ship which if I 1 of good qua quality ty an and a abundant will ill lii no doubt be a g good t thing in forthe for the proprietor ro as it will be e much uc nearer G S L city it t than an an any yet et disco discovered red while the river will 11 not have ave to be e crosse crossed to 0 re reach h it if I 1 were not afraid of woun wounding n th the feelings of some of in my fello feilo fellow citizens s I 1 would oui corm corn plain iain lail a little of a practice or habit a ii which lc has grown to n somewhat in our midst I 1 allude to the tho even vend inc ing of and fermented liquors and to some people occasionally getting tight getting tight may do well enough 11 I 1 Is suppose I 1 po sefor for ir a pagan a a 11 christian 0 rist t an or a regenerator buffor anybody body professing to be a latter day saint I 1 think it highly censurable now br NEWS I 1 do not mean to insinuate that we have much of this kind of work going on in summit co no no we are a pretty good averaged lot of folks and it will not be long iong 1 if f our law and order abiding citizens will log bog but put their foot down and keep it there before valley tan 11 forty rot roi rod etc will be as though they never ead had a shad shadow of existence among us we are drawing our scattered people together lest the Lama should interfere with their peace bace and quiet A large fort Is to be put up at this his place lace and smaller ones along the river A now fow indians indians even friendly ones circulating on the mountains around the settlements would help to advance this work materially yours in the TRUTH the above interesting communication did not reach us till the 1 ath ED NEWS particulars OF THE KILLING OF THE THREE ROBBERS stephen venard who killed the three stage robbers lately near nevada california has given the transcript 2 a circumstantial account of the facts connected with his coming and killing them the version given by the 0 transcript from Ven lenards Ve ards narda statement Is as follows on hearing of the robbery sheriff gentry and party immediately started lor for the spot which Is a short distance down the grade to blacks bridge on the south yuba yaba an examination satisfied some of the party that the robbers had gone down the hill so as to strike the river at a point below the party divided to scour the coll country atry ven venard are art and nd lee got upon t the he trail of the robbers and followed on such a distance that it seemed likely they would come out on the road to holts crossing lee went back to tako take the horses round to that road venard followed the trail till it struck the south auth yuba near the mouth of myers ravine and found the robbers had bad not crossed the river nor the ravine which Is a stee steep at muddy mountain torrent rushing among and over rocks with considerable noise he followed up the steep bank watching to see kee if the robbers had crossed or ascended the hill coming to a mass of huge rocks rising in the midst of this torrent he crossed to it at its lowest point ile he heard not nothing ng unusual kut but kut cautiously proceeded A huge uge rock towered above him smaller ones but still huge were between he came to an alley between the rocks that opened up the larger one at the base of the latter ten feet above him and at twenty or twenty nive five feet distant he saw a robber sitting and in the act of drawing arawill his bis revolver venard says 0 one ne thought fl flashed through his brain t hat that t the he robber or he must dle die and he preferred to live himself ile he was a mile away from his companions quick as thought he brought his hen henry rifle to to bear on the robber robben at the same instant t n he saw another leveling a pistol at him it was too late to change his aim from one robber to another he fired the victim fell back the second robber slipped into a cleft in the rocks rocus to cover himself ills lils pistol showed over the top As his nis head jeaa came cume up to 10 take tako aim alm aim alm venard v enard fired fined and ana the robber fell still there was another robber it was a lonely spot rocks logs and brush were all around venard rushed up to the den where the robbers bad fallen and took their pistols pistols that others might not uso use them upon him im there laid the bags of money ile he took them a few feet and covered them from sight he then hurried up a steep point on the other side of the torrent to overlook the scene and ancl to discover the robber if possible at about sixty yards distant he saw a man making off up the mountain as fast as possible he fired tired and the man fell but continued his flight on his hands and knees looking over his shoulder at his pursuer an another other shot and the robber stopped st stared upon venard a minute his head fel fell y avd an and he rolled down the hill venard then sought his companions the scene of the encounter was visited and the bags of money brought to town and delivered to wells fe co A coroners jury went to the scene of death accompanied by twenty or thirty citizens A more lonely rough and inaccessible spot Is not to be found in this vicinity it Is near the mouth of myers ravine at the foot of rocky and precipitous mountains and three miles at least from hugan human habitation two bodies laid on the rocky island in the ravine another laid u upturned on the hillside a hundred feet above the te h first robber shot was pierced through the heart he was a black eyed curly headed man about five feet eight inches in id night hIght twenty eight to thirty years of age square face prominent forehead and short upper lip theroun the countenance indicated firmness boldness and decision of character the second robber lobber was sh shot one inch below the right eye the ball coming out at the crown of the head he had p prominent r om sharp cut feature features s blue eyes abo about u t th the lz same hight bight but was ol 01 older d e r than thair ms his is mate by a year or two and had the look of an irishman ear gar ho died with a cocked pistol inels hand the third robber was shorter smaller was older and had one boot and a laced shoe his face was about of the same model as the second robber ho he too died with a cocked pistol in his hand |