Show OGDEN occurrences A flimsy charge against mayor eccles the alae Lib liberals going doing into the boycott wa in birthday an arrest tho the W weather etc FEBRUARY the liberal element in this city has been very despondent of late especially ally since their defeat in the recent election for municipal officers and more especially since the tucker bill has been into such a shape as deprives them of the power of spoliation tiou they have also been bard up for materials out of which to create a to vary the monotony of their existence until today to toda day da when they circulated that his hobor hoil gs s mayor david eccles was A and on that charge he be hasteen teas has been placed under arrest the origin ot of the report is ia said to tobe be a telegram f from ram one J 13 stoddard now in chicago who accuses mr eccles of marrying dards sister while be had another wife still living and it will be remembered that some months since young stoddard assumed the role of anti mormon lecturer in which he hoped to acquire fame and fortune after delivering a few tirades in og ogi den and salt lake city oe he started oie off for the east full of egotism and expectation of becoming a great man his lies proved a failure he be is impecunious without friends long ing to return to utah and this Is said to be the dodge be is playing hoping to be summoned here as a witness and that uncle sam will wih day his fare toe the truly loyal at least it a number er of them have commenced the boycotting business with some of the peoples party by y refusing to buy roods of which atey ahey have been accustom accustomed ea to pur purchase ehase a good supply vy for use in some of their estaba establishments suf a ments but bat I 1 think the boycotters boy cotters will be the first to berret this step lor for by the law ot of retaliation which in this case is legal and alm almost ost sure to follow they w will 11 the be placed hors de combat in this fight and the peoples party will be taught a practical lesson that will learn them to sustain those only by whom they are re sustained in their commercial and all their business enterprises if the peoples party will attend strictly to themselves and act as cupit unit in all these matters they will soon be victorious a and ad their foes will want to withdraw from this fight I 1 BIRTHDAY passed off ver very y quietly indeed it was wa observed as a holiday and bu business bubines sines was wa s s suspended i eded the G A R ate their pork and beans the rods went to wage war with the jack rabbits the second S ward dramatic association went to brigham city and played condemned to death to a good and appreciative andi audience ence and were kindly treated by the citizens the only desecration of the day was so far as learned the arr arrest estat at harrisville of levi J taylor en an a charge of unlawful cohabitation he was brought to this city and taken deforte commissioner by whom he was placed under bonds to await the action of the inquisitors inqui his legal and alleged plural wives were also placed under bonds to appear as witnesses the defendants brother harvey G taylor and his brother in law N L shurtliff were accepted as sureties for them all ohp WEATHER is clear very cold and frosty the roads in n the town are dry ing up somewhat but in the country it Is s difficult and in some places dangerous for teams to pass through the terrible chuck holes sometimes the vehicles will sink in up to their hubs bubs travel in those places is very severe on animals as well as destructive dest destructive to wagons and carriages our oar mountains are well covered with snow this year and the gulches back of them are said to be well packed witla with the beautiful the prospect now is ig that there will be no lack of water for irrigation vur purposes poses the coming comine summer and I 1 think it quite likely tha aba we shall have HIGH WATERS again this year of course much in this tabs matter depends on how bow the spring weather opens the agriculturists are preparing re paring for their spring work and I 1 believe believe at al arger acreage of wheat will be sown sowa this year than there was last the snow in ogden valley is still quite deep sleighing there is good and the sensible citizens are making the best of it we have but little snow left in this part of our valley and what there is is fast disappearing I 1 |