Show HOME ITEMS itris f SABBATH za fid eid er geo ceo gearge ceorge rge A smith gave af iother another continuation of his highly interesting historical lectures tracing the origin and niso riso of that ilia bl J 1111 t j jd anil d the oen een lions consequent thereon lie he noticed the political influences that were at work and some of the plans hd adopted opted to obtain the mormon formon vote bringing ills remarks down to the arrest of the prophet by reynolds rey Bey of missouri on a writ issued by Gd governor vernor ford of illinois consequent upon a requisition from missouri obtained by political wl reworking for political purposes pres B R young briefly showed that though tho the saints suffered severely by persecution in missouri sand land illinois their persecutors have already suffered rea red far more through their own unrighteousness righteousness and wicked acts and pointed ou out t that the wicked in every age of the world have suffered more in the flesh than the righteous with regard to the slanders and falsehoods that have been andare and are being published concerning us he intimated that we do not reply to them because we have no wish for contention tent fon lon nor to dispute with wicked and malicious persons our business is to preach the truth and eit elt whether the world believe it or not afternoon elder george G bywater spoke on the simplicity of the first principles of the gospel and the comprehensiveness of the plan of salvation as a whole the gospel teaching those who receive it a knowledge of truth produces a unity of faith and feeling based on a knowledge of correct principles which cannot found except among those who receive and live according to it applied to governments and peoples a knowledge of the truth universally diffused will inspire the people with confidence in the governing powers because orthe wise course taken to the public getil and inspire the jo governing verning powers to seek tho the welfare of all this Is the reason why there Is so much enuch unity among the latter day saints and why our oar leaders are BO so much beloved by the people as a whole elder george Q cannon followed in some very plain and forcible remarks referring to the false predictions of certain astrologers and reprehending reprehend ing the seeking for so called knowledge from illegitimate and unreliable source there is a principle of revelation which every one may obtain who will obey the law of god and keep his commandments the holy ghost and it is one that can be relied on at all times and under all circumstances this the saints should constantly seek to obtain and retain he deprecated speaking lightly of the priesthood showing that such euch a course encourages th the espirit spirit of and leads to apostasy apo stacy i snip SHIP amused the following telegram has been received by president B U young new york june ath 1866 ship john bright with emigrants emIgrant 8 arrived today au all well johs JOHN T caise CAINE tr 1 tiie WM wins secret Is a pleasing I 1 crania fairly colored wm b tiit light and shade the of ladr lady Evel eveline lne ine sir walter and jabiz sneed were rendered by julia dean deall hayne hayno hay no na mr mckenzie mcke anzio and mr linday lindaay in the same excellent and carefully natural maliner mallner manner as whip the play was presented before mr grahams arden was easier and more finished mrs ura nir lir A Claw sons maude and miss alexanders page e were piquant and full of life when the laugh camean ca mein it was given heartily the playing throughout cigut the piece was ewas spirited and well received the 1 yankee peddler though a farce gives gli es scope scope for several distinctive characters the tha chief ai of which Is the dodging dodger hirum nirum llo ilo dodge dg e As hirum mr dunbar was decidedly successful and was excellently supported by the entire cast miss alexanders jerusha was a very laughable portraiture miss parks as marla maria gaye evidence of becoming a very useful member of the association she h has as a fine fige figo figure a good voice and considerable self reliance for so young a debutante mr fr S A kenner by cultivation will also make himself useful in the company the farce was well played and would bear repetition arra anta AnrA rz president brigham young jun jan arrives arrived in liverpool in company with elder john W young ata nta a tuh am on I 1 wednesday the dinst from hamburgh where he had beerson been on business connected with the scandinavian din avian emigration having havig satisfactorily accomplished co complis hed hea the object of lils his visit sni SKI ata tayl may 5 departures elder eider william T fannings wann Tann ings and and charles W stayner sailed from liverpool on the ath dinst for new sew york tork per steamship java elder jennings made but a short stay in this country but thinks that the short time he did stop was occupied to the very best advantage in accomplishing the object of ills llis visit elder stayner has labored for the past three years in the ministry and was at the last birmingham council rele released aged nied to return home he ile has been a faithful laborer in the vineyard these brethren have our best wishes for a safe and pleasant transit across the ocean to new york and from thence thour to our mountain home in deseret duil dull soar star may it 12 THE HE FIRST tes TEST DAYS DATS OF jum jurne junne the ancients called noahs flood Ham abool in hebrew which simply meant the great rain raid wate water r and 1 I as we have had rain snow and ball enough daring th first ten days of june to produce 52 of f water which Is more moro than five and a quarter inches oyer over the surface we can shout liam JIam abool agthe great rain storm of the mountains and I 1 guess kuess that the aroble buildings and fixtures though they imitate rocks and riches in sun ae T icalla meditate mud mua anu and mis misery eryin in ln moge mege ese storms buta but a rainbow last night increased mv my faith in fire to finish the folly of satan and sin on monday anu and monday night of r rain aln fell being a little aleia aver quarter of an inch more 1 1 1 l THE VUE JUDGE MAILS malls nontia the tho northern mail arrangement upon every alternate week threw a thursdays maii mall out of connection with the cache valley and other home malls beyond brigham city we studied several plans to this difficulty but could not devise one tt that would accommodate all we are now reliably informed that wells fargo J fe co will I 1 have a daily dally express running north on or before th theist 49 of july next when if the mail mall Is not also ordered to be carried daliy dally on that route we shall endeavor to arrange with the express co to carry the NEWS packages on alternate thursday days mat that our numerous and good friends in cache richland and other places beyond brigham may be supplied with all possible dispatch delvery OF PAPERS parees owing to sickness and deathly dea death thiu thin thlu in his family the regular carrier on the east ide side of the city was not able to deliver the papers of last thursday and sunday mornings the temporary carrier employed for the oc callon calion may have failed to deliver the papers to some dome of our subscribers jf if so they will oblige by notifying this office and receive the lacking copies from THE NORT UWe we had a call on tuesday from our friend bishop budge of providence who got into the city from cache valley oO on blon SIon londay day cache has been blessed with abundance of rains lately but fortunately escaped the infliction of hall which visited this county last week in davis county there had been snow on the level but none north in cache the logan muddy and blacksmiths ws were falling when br budge left but there aps vps an abundance of snow in the mountains the only news of ot interest from cache is that everybody is minding his own business and thriving at it that Is characteristic of north k r I 1 BUTTER FIELDs Bs again agala wm wua martin esq representative of the company got in on monday and arrange meMs ate pending for the adjustment of matters connected with their freighting contracts and the delivery of floods still detained on tho the road to the the merb ants who own them or who purchased on commission mr the subcontractor sub contractor Is I 1 s aiso aito also alto in the city manifesting a disposition to do the honorable from the character borne by these gentlemen we hope athla matter may at last adjusted in such a manner as to give some sans satisfaction faction to the owners of the goods S essow ow it etwas was an unusual sight for june to see the mountains covered down to their base with snow on friday priday and saturday mornings we learn from a gentleman who came la in from wasatch county chat that he passed through new now snow three feet deep near the summit having been compelled to dismount break a road through it and lead his horse until he got to where it was not quite so deep he reports it nearly a foot deep on the average up the kanyon towards the summit rather eather more like january than june but a few days hot sun will make mako it disappear everything looked as calm and serene through the city on friday afternoon tenia teria ter ten hernoon noon oon a as s if there had be been en no storm no injured nor buildings s suffering with an excess of the aqueous element the snow Is reported to have fallen to the depth of twenty two inches in lambs kanyon and eighteen inches in north mill creek kan yon up towards br tor joseph A youngs steam saw mill THE stoer the rains of the past few weeks culminated in the most severe storm of hall hali and rain that has visited these valleys for several years which commenced on wednesday ath dinst it had rained pretty heavily the previous night and on the morning of wednesday but towards noon the sun appeared for a little as if indicating fine weather shortly after noon I 1 however a black cloud gathered to the northwest over the lake which burst in a terrific hall hail storm about one pm the hail hall fell with unusual annia violence large some specimens being picked up over half an inch in fhi diameter for scarly balf bair an hour hony it down cutting through fruit trees and scattering leaves leavea twigs and young fruit on the ground in large quantities grape vines squashes young corn tomatoes strawberries and every everything thin of the kind were cut down as if it immense volleys of grape shot had swept through them and in some parts oi of the city they were almost destroyed mu much ch of the young fruit still remaining on the trees la is so badly injured by being cut open with the hall hail that it will be comparatively worthless after the hall ceased the rain commenced pouring down accompanied by bt thunder and lightning the rain continued with little intermission until thursday evening falling as snow hirthe mountains around and covering them a considerable depth the streams were swollen in an unusual degree and the waters ran over the sects in the ad esth oth loth and lith wards sweeping through and washing away part of a number of gardens and doing a good deal of damage to the streets in some parts city creek I 1 was vas raised about as high as at any time this season though so much gravel did not come down as formerly but bunt the on north temple street escaped damage through being peo pro finely for beesa arisa iea lea nea Jed nutte Butte cre creek was ads swollen swollen much above beunus bo unus and was the cause of the flooding hooding reported in the loth and lith wards altogether the storm was a most severe one and attended with no little damage to many among other things a great number of ware were destroyed forming unmitigated mud piles to the serious loss of the owners THE weather the sun shone forth on friday after the lengthened storm which appeared to have wound up on thursday night on saturday morning the weather was very looking again with storm clouds drifon drifting 9 around the mountains threatening an addition to the deposits of rain and snow which have already dropped their fatness in a most unusual degree from THE SOUTH B by letterstrom letters from elders silas S and jess jessa N smith to elder george A smith we learn that quietness preva prevails ils ilg in th the e southern settlements while guards are vigilantly watching to be prepared for any sudden attack from the indians who keep themselves out of sight for the present the men ben have moved their families to Cir clr cleville para glonah an parowan carowan Pa rowan it Is believed that they will hilll be able abla to attend to their crops at pang witch itch about acres being under cultivation there DIED diem on tuesday ay esth dinst at noon george IL son pf af hon W n hooper nearly terl ten years of age died of inflammation of the stomach af ter an illness of about three weaks there was a large number of the friends of the bereaved parents including some of our most prominent citizens accompanied the remains of the deceased to the cemetery on wednesday afternoon on friday afternoon about 2 ezat son of elder frankiin franklin D and charlotte richards aged six years of inflammation of the brain after alter a very brief illness roT pot POTTERY TEry we dropped in to the city pottery lately and after a brief inspection of the place and the machinery at work hauled up before a splendid spread out oue of homemade home made pottery mottled and brown which was highly creditable to the workmanship of croxall cartwright co some of the articles had a finish that showed much ability in manipulation and skill in carrying them through the various processes of the manufacture from specimens of work shown and specimens of the crude cateral on hand we think it likely that it will not be a great while before the finest Queen may be produced here instead of having to import it and pay more for the freight than it costs where purchased the materials for making the choicest articles which come from the potters hands are said to exist in abundance in the territory and dehope they will be developed without any extra amount of prospecting CITY creek city creek has been on the rise again through the week in consequence of the storm we are glad to learn that while no damage has been done doue by it this time measures are aro being adopted to prevent the washings away of f I 1 houses and heavy deposits of gravel on lots that have done injury to some of the citizens on north temple street occasionally when its swe swelled lied to overflowing with spring floods our worthy water master bishop E F sheets informs us that dams are being put in at various points for the collection of gravel to save hai hal hauling g from a distance preparatory to paving and grading the channel of the creek when the waters are taken out for irrigation and the bed of the creeh creek becomes dry we look for the banks of city creek on north temple street being a favorite promenade before a great length of time passes away the foliage of overarching shade trees and the murmuring of the cool and pleasant L waters of the creek as they dance down from the kanyon will be inviting to leisure loving pedestrians who can admire natures music and natures beauty combined dropping to the prosaic property instead of being diminished in value will rapidly rise in that quarter when city creek Is confined in a nicely graded and well paved channel SERIOUS ACCIDENT A letter from elder eider jesse N smith bearing date june to elder geo A smith kindly handed to ns us contains the following paragraph concerning an accident to a ason son of elder eider amasay M elicit feelings of sympathy oli oll on the part of our readers for the young man andris parents A L acci accident defit occurred at parowan carowan yesterday morning as ag I 1 learn by express fr from 0 in there roswell lyman while taking his gun offa off a wagon in the kanyon where he had gone gonei for wood discharged it inflicting 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