Show HOME ITEMS ider idor george A smith delivered a continua continuation tio of his historical dis courses noticing the peculiar character of the tiie opposition brought to bear against the saints b by y apostates and some of the causes which led to their apostasy apo stacy with the corruption and iniquity of those who thus turned against the saints he touched upon the settlement of rati Nati Nauvoo the sickly character of the locality and the la labors bor bar orthe saints under the direction of the Prophet joseph to build the city and make it a place of beauty and health and referred to the mission of the twelve to britain and the great work accomplished complis hed hea by them while there elder john taylor tay lay lor lon spoke briefly on the source of that strength which has ever sustained the saints in their greatest tribulations the power of the lord lora has been with them and his spirit thas has buoyed them up continually afternoon pres joseph young treated on several principles of the gospel and showed that the jews did not understand the nature of the character and z mission of the lord jesus christ neither did the people of this age understand the character and mission of joseph smith he enjoined up an m the saints to be honest honorable and up Tigh tighten tin all things and to tor make their practical bamin wamin ilfe life correspond with their professions of righteousness and showed the importance of having faith in god elder walord woodruff followed in exhorts ex horta alon tion and testimony touching upon the establishment lish ment of the kingdom of god and the war sars tars fa between truth an and error s bif vif til the theatre will open for the ummer ammer seas season on saturday evening next with the celebrate play the gamester julia dean nayne hayne who has been re engaged for a limited number of nights will appear in the character of mrs beverly sustained by the members of A very laughable new farce farco will follow wl with th the ominous title titie of my dry nas hus bands ghost during the recess 4 considerable work has been done donck on the building br henry grow having had quite a force of men at work in his depart ment as well as painters and others the deck f N roof has been covered with a shingle roof raised a little above the deck while internally painters plasterers white whitewashers washers etc hacebe have been en as busy as bees the columns hasteen have been marbled seats grained and other improvements amade a made including increased ventilation to make aready comfortable and elegant place of k still more an ornament to the city 1 mails MAXIS AT T ILME 11 ME AND ABROAD not sot jot with I 1 standing tho the DESERET NEWS Is published and mailed as regularly and correctly as sunrise and sunset subscribers 1 n san gan francisco much too often do not re revive eive elve their papers packages between hero anu ana provo valley are broken open and capers abstracted the american fork for ik packages of may 9 and 10 did not come como to hand and dmd have to be re mailed subscribers no farther away than cache valley often receive no papers for three weeks and so forth and so on now this Is neither a gratifying reliable nor commendable condition of our postal lairs affairs af Is it mistakes will sometimes happen under great care but they can be remedied and a patiently endured but breaking packages ag abstracting s tr acting papers putting packages in the wrong sacks backs ac partake ra rather laher too much of culpable carelessness and infringement and are not conducive to pleasant feelings and confidence in our postal service we have heretofore stated that we would publish the name and facts connected with any properly authenticated case of carelessness car carles caries liess iless or culpable neglect of any official duty in carrier postmaster or clerk but it seems difficult from some cause to fasten the fault with proof since complaints continue without furnishing the proof of where the fault lles lies we are very anxious that postal omissions and short comers be remedied as speedily as possible therefore in addition to 0 our ur proposition to publish delinquents when d detected we offer as follows to any one preventing the NEWS reaching its destination in san francisco or elsewhere and too p poor or too penurious to subscribe for it we will endeavor to t forward a free copy if he will let the other copies pass and thus save himself from the crimes of perjury and theft if ane interruptions are caused by carelessness we ask that more care bo be exercised in future the american fork packages are again mailed and we hope will this time and hereafter come como sn safely E ly to hand as also those to all mall mail subscribers subscribe rg the won von hon leonard I 1 E harrington will please accept our thanks for his kind and encouraging letter and for his prompt notification of messing missing numbers which as in his case will always be supplied upon notification so far as we hav ethem information WANTED G L and mercy groesbeck living at afton union county iowa have written to pres H C kimball for information concerning their oldest daughter or any other family she married john lambert and her oldest sons name is john carlos it is nearly four years since her parents received any word from her and the required information forwarded to their address as above given would cunfer confer a great favor FUNERAL the body of br P harrocks was brought tb the city on saturday afternoon I 1 about three the obsequies were conducted in the ward assembly rooms on sunday sanday at 2 p m and a large concourse of friends attended his remains to the cemetery about loura four I 1 I 1 ic in the afternoon yu under lunder division orders no 51 5 from major geni benl P PT IL int T burton to col sol john it winder milder that gentleman proceeded in on monday last to organize a company of cavalry in west jordan anch anoh an place a to watch the movements of the indians east and west of jordan river col was accompanied by brig geni benl F D richards col S W richards major IV calder caider captain 6 P miles ulles les ies captain D P kimball and R 0 sharkey esq the company was organized and an election held when samuel bateman was elected captain and james winchester first major john bennion was out with his battalion of infantry and there was a general attendance from t the he w whole oie ale district the new company Is attached to the first reg caa N L after the election some excellent instructions were ere ece given by geni gelli richards col winder col richards bishop gardner and cap D P k ulm kim kimball im both visitors and visited enjoyed a good time together that we have no doubt of oil and the west jordan boys manifested a full fuli share bare of interest and energy in the proceedings aj WIND STO STORM nir rin on sunday night the wind commenced to blow pretty freshly from the east and on monday morning it had reached the condition of a tolerable strong gale we have not heard of any particular damage being done one or two cottonwoods cotton woods were torn lorn lorn or broken down a few shingles blown off and a large quantity antiey of young fruit prematurely d dropped ro nothing has reached from irom davis dayis co 0 of f damage there where east cast winds are generally general ly severe jf j f S SANDWICH vich my letters to president i young and and ana elder george C Q L cannon from elder george Nc beker with which wo we have been courteously favored of dates april IM loth and we have obtained several items of interest connected with the sandwich islands mission further than those contained in the extracts from the conference minutes recently published they were building anew a n house ouse at bale laie aleO oahu bahu ahu 36 by 24 feet towards the ir erection tion of which the natives had contributed with commendable liberality the building had progressed so far that they were able to hold their conference meetings in it and expected to have it finished at an early date much improvement la Is manifested among the native saints in dress deportment and personal care and several very comfortable houses have been built by them on the settlement of laic they chey have a very fine choir of nearly thirty singers led by a native saint named kaleohano Kale kaie ohana and its singing would do credit to almost any enlightened white whito con can ere afi gatlon gation tion about fifty had been baptized on laie lale from the previous conference some of them leading natives much interest was manifested in the success of the settlement by business men of honolulu and many favors were extended to br of seeds ac the school under the care of sister randall is nourishing flourishing the children making considerable progress the season up to date of 04 writing had been usually dry with an extra abundance of worms yet hopes were entertained that the labors a of the brethren would be blessed with at least average cro crops S re the brethren and sisters from zion were in the enjoyment of a fair share of health and prospects were altogether highly enco encouraging ur ag JORDAN FALLING we understand that th at ae ane Jord jordan auis auls Is falling which will ivill be good ne news to many when W hen it gets within proper bounds will be the time to strengthen the tho banks and ei extend cordial invitations to those sand rand haulers not to push us h their laborious eff orts quite quito so far NOT so PROMISING A gent gentleman ieman lemaa of judge ment told us lately afler after having been round considerable that the crops are really dotso not so promising in many places as reported he did not impugn th the statements of th tho the thio io who have furnished such reports but andred mldred Wn jred dred 1 that they had formed their opinions without careful investigation much of the rain that has fallen has not in many places sunk deep enough to meet the moisture underneath and while an unusual greenness Is seen in consequence of the rains it does not truly represent a really vi vigorous orous condition of the growing crops many liany orffie f the showers that have fallen h have ave merely wet the surface and have been dried up ina in a very short time in gravelly and porous soil it may be well not to depend toe too much on the late rains but aid therewith them thern with a judicious amount of irrigation we think his reasoning was sound la in its application to many localities as the len tender of certain roots which are fed by the moisture reach a point where they have not been touched by much of the rains that have fallen and yet are so near the surface that the ground Is dry to a short distance below them enoi enol LONDON by letter to E elder eider lder ider geo A smith from bishop A K thurber dated london loudon april 1 we learn that a conference of the saints in that city was held on the Sunday previous to writing at which elders 0 pratt benr N H felt A N hill and son bishops W B preston and warren and a number of other valley elders wera were prees preas ia S young junr did not arrive until after the conference having been detained in liver liverpool R oo 00 1 with business he was accompanied by au elder eider er john W young who was in good health after his journey X A good ume time was enjoyed at the conference baptisms were not very numerous though many attended meetings and were inquiring A concert got up b by the london saints was a very creditable marr warr affair and was attended by quite a number of people not in the church some of whom were a good deal astonished toni shed and not a little envious alpar apparently tl at the amount of musical talent display displayed b by 7 byh I 1 the e saints in the execution of the pieces in their r pro og gramme ramme the john bright was to sail from Ever liverpool pool pooi about tho the of april and a vessel was e expected to leave london on or about the ath of f may carrying saints elder eider wm jen ge was in london and in the enjoyment of good h health and spirits IMMIGRANT AND FARES fanes from the millennial milen nial star mar of april we leam learn that after much difficulty consequent upon a great scarcity of ships for emigration purposes pros pres B young jun had succeeded in chartering two magnificent vessels the john bright of 1440 tons and the caroline of 1132 tons at rates considerably lower than were ruling at the time in the english ports the former was to clear from liverpool on the soth april carrying aso american adult passengers and the latter to clear from london on the ath may way with adult passengers other vessels were expected to be chartered to sail about the may the passage money to new york was while passengers by other emigrant ships were paying 5 fares faxes from britain to wyoming Wy orning would be about this information will doubtless be interesting to many of our readers reader whose friends are or are expected to be coming through this season FOR fon THE A AL train of twenty six wagons freight edwith flour from various parties started on tuesday for helena montana WHAT DO you THINK OF IT we met a man on saturday who had footed the entire dI distance stanCO from new york to great salt lake city except seventy flati miles cause causene Cau he wanted to come to utah was too poor to pay for riding and too independent to ask it gratis he is aB a mormon lormon we feel pretty sure of that fact and likes the country and the people 10 we asked him how much tyranny he r 13 a ay suffered since he came to utah he looked amused and said if there was anything of that kind round he was good for a walk back but he had no notion of leaving on the and a soaking rain on the ming mingled ledwith with a little limie hall keep every species vegetation of in an excellent condition deseret CITY crry says br jacob croft has as good a prospect as he has ever evet seen for abundant harvests UTAH COUNTY COU fine eine rains in utah co have produced splendid prospects for next I 1 harvest the people are full of energy so writes oui our correspondent A PRICES at virginia city montana may slay 16 FLOUR st louis to 1 great salt lake to BEANS navy 30 cents a pound BUTTER buttell BUT TEIl great salt lake 80 cents fine sa 20 10 per ibs ills colb sacks ts each FRUIT dried dried apples CT 67 cents peaches 40 bents cents cents mantana Myn tana oana democrat tile TIIE TRAINS GOING EAST the I 1 follow telegrams young have been kindly furnished us sw sweetwater may 21 wo we are all well J S RAWLINS WM Cuir man xAN three crossings may 24 I 1 pass here to dayall well capt right behind r IT D habant sweetwater may hay 24 my train passed horo boro at 7 am fam all well stock improving very fast good feed making good time J D holladay three crossings may 25 boonin at this place the health of the camp Is good ve we havo have had fine weather since we passed bridger my stock la is in good traveling condition except those that were poor when we started the grass Is growing sinei finely 9 J D sweetwater may 21 we passed b ere to day well animals in good condition thos E P RICKS nicks I 1 C Y 9 A APHIDES r lides or plant lice heretofore numerous only on plum and cottonwood trees and cabba gas sas ge s are this season very plenty on rose bushes and peach trees and there aro arc a few on the appie apple and pear trees who will inform us of the estand cheapest way to kill them triem without injuring the plants and trees treesa we learn through a om earn baut maul cation catlon eat cat ton ion from br wm win H u packer dated may ath that while br smith heap was travel ing from st joseph on the muddy to beaver deaver city at the eighth crossing of the virgen north of the virgen hill his wagon upset ana and came apart in the liver through and rapidity of the water and three of his youngest child ren were drowned one a boy five rears years old and the other two girls one over six and thal the other over eight years old with the greatest exertion on the part of br heap E eap his wife and two |