Show HOME ams FROM TUESDAYS DAILY leap lear thab thau IN lir eib vin SOUT bout southalay HAway away down south in dixie our dixie though they are enjoying the delights of leap year and the privilege which it confers u upon N on ifie ege ladles ladies A correspondent from rockville kane coteles co tells telis u us quite confidentially of course of a polite invitation vi tatton tation he received from a provokingly fascinating young lady to be her partner at a leap year ball hall and how he wenond went and enjoyed enjoyed hime telf self seif and what a good time t they ey ha had I 1 and that the he profits were handed to the bishop to aid the comin coming seasons emigration all of which we take af pf breasure phe pre asure in duly chronicling chroni chron laGg cling frow W haye have been favored with a letter from elder franklin D richards klc Kic hards to president B young dated liverpool peb feb fersth jtb from which we extract the following folio wing since the conference at birmingham on the of last month the papers have been giving us a general round of notices as you ion may observe from reading public opinion of feb lat ial I 1 haye have just received recel zecel a line frambro from Bro karl G maeser who is in saxony he wiy says the papers ther there have translated and published the report of the conference taken from the birmingham papers and give particular notice of the remark that you are the greatest philanthropist of mankind living on the earth be he says there are some me twenty nive five or thirty ready for baptism there some come of whom expect to go to america when he doe does the joy of I 1 the saints in england Is greatly increasing and they and the elders eiders are praying continually that ways may open whereby you may efrece effect the necessary changes of property into cash so that all may be accomplished that ihde Is desirable s frable frabie the american elders are generally well bow sow BO nar far as I 1 know A gamso STATE the cheyenne Chey enno aryus argus s t r i ft f aiex An exchange lange suggests that when utah Is ad witted into the union it should ba be called the tho state stata of matrimony I 1 well veli is it hot a a happy state ana and a united state ardd arid an honorable state stater better that than to assume assume the rights and privileges othe M matrimonial I 1 state stale without ring being legally admitted ch ehr in tho the city the fine flue weather and drying wind paye af pf esterday and toda to da h ig made the ground alt fit for working tn in if there are no frosts to kill tender legeta tion tiong we e will likely have abundance of or garden products very early this season I 1 Erncr colar Dr we notice that pres B D young and pres D IT wells haye hate had the side wails walls for halt half a block south of pres wells corner conner well weli 1 graded abed and a thick coating of sand and grayel gravel F eaid raid rid fid on if this improvement were extended for several blocks down east temple st on ou both pedestrians in general und and lady pedestrians in particular would appreciate it m wet and sloppy weather the anticipated travel through this city for the sweetwater region which has been expected this spring Is fairly commencing judging by the number of strangers in town and the business being done by establishments engaged in the outwitting outfitting out fitting business tarra WA wand WAED ud cerms lerms elder Elde ashman will lecture tomorrow to morrow evening on phrenology and astronomy and elder ou rambles Ramble 5 in the sierras 11 in the loth ward school house elder fuller delivered an interesting lecture in the same place on last wednesday night on the races of man mau to cna soura sorma President Preside ut erastus snow ac by elder joseph W young who goes bu on a mission eft left I 1 this city yesterday for st george we trust they will have a pleasant and prosperous journey br dr lE erastus rastus will be heartily wei wel welcomed domed to his home by the people of dixie in our visits to that part of our ter one ol 01 the most pleasing features we have havo witnessed Is the entire harmocy which appears to exist between the presiding authority the officers and the people and to the existence of f this feeling with the blessing of god must lo 10 ba e attributed the success which has attended operations there in bro josaph jossph W young we have every confidence bro snow will find a useful and sate site coadjutor funeral tho fut itt funeral ueral of bishop cunningham took place this afternoon a large procession sion slon accompanying his remains to the aeme ta W tary pes res pr D H huells wells and other prominent citizens ens being in the cortege the funeral obsequies so were conducted in the ward hall 0 FROM wednesdays DAILY Is ix NEW conr by telegram from general genital H B clawson to pre Fre president t B D young we ire learn jeara that he and company arrived in new york on monday all well ibur leni from a lehl lehi correspondent we learn thattie general health in that city Is not so good as desirable the winter wheat looks well weli hut but mt the prospects are that it will suffer from grasshoppers or locusts as there are eire indi of their being very verV numerous and some have been hatched out already by the sire fire until they have acquired sufficient vitality and strength to jump out of the cup in which they were placed hilll tury gothe gotha excitement continues in relation to the sweetwater country and numbers continue to leave our city in that direction some are intending to visit the terminus of the railroad money can be made at home in the midst of true friends and warm hearts boys without going east after it FROM THURSDAYS DAILY RIGHT rig rio last sunday evening dnn on of those fellows to whom wilom we have occasionally to make reference visited one of the ward meetings with the object of decoying decaying deco ying I 1 a young and inexperienced girl from chastity but sharper eyes than he dreamed ef of were e on his movements and a couple of young men intimated to him in a polite and effective manner their appreciation of his movements by administering to him a sound thrashing he has not been back there since if he does make another visit with a similar purpose there Is a possibility that his digestion may be einred injured for a couple of days at least Tn jore jOTE NOT noc The cheyenne araw says the mormons cormons want wyoming organized and ask that utah idaho and mondana montana be ann annex ex d to the new territory the cormona beat joe miller not if we know it memorial so recently presented to congress signed by citizens of utah 1 Is responsible for this squib 1 our cheyenne neighbors may wy find the mormons cormons Mor mons are not such tools though they dont patronize hurdy burdy gurdy 11 establishments and gambling MORE MORN papers we have the first number of ast a st george georgo fled geling ot of the comic order entitled the wineral mineral cactus published semi monthly by G CF 0 B R co from loua but not solid matter we learn that ahe missionaries who had gone to visit the muddy settlements returned on the lelh of february they reported things at st thomas to be in a prosperous condition and the bre brethren til trying to fulfill fulfil their mission the dixie minstrels performed at st george on wednesday evening feb rib to a crowded house and were to perform again on the tho next tuesday evening the following refers to the new territory which some smart politicians lans ians down there are anxious amelous to see formed jirgen virgen T irven territory we want anew territory down here especially on that part of the virgen that washed itself to the gal gai flast winter this thia being the case we invite the lame halt and blind to come and preempt pre empt all they theys want the advantages of this new territory are truly great lor for we think dream and talk of nothing else but the iron horse which will soon be heard whistling and seen winding his hla way down among the many collections of volcanic matter which have been brought here we dont know how nor do we care i the sun rises here hero tha the same tame as it does in other new territories may rise where it pleases as to that matter it Is not the intention ot of this new territory to regulate the rising and setting of the sun eun wo we would suggest the following trueborn true born Amer american ican icah citizens as candidates for the everal alices tobe alid filled when this part of the country 0 will wit I 1 ba bo laed as virgen territory viz for governor of santa banta clara governor haro hare lip of of st george Delt deit delegate gate Mok Mo beack eack of st george secretary of foreign afna Afra affairs irs tranae ington wo we wish the editor and his little paper all the tha prosperity he can desire liall lisul luster lesler this lady will div give a a reading in the theatre on saturday evening when she will present a very attractive programmed pro gramme among the pieces which she has selected to read are flora or nothing to wear a satirical piece 1 which leaped into immense popularity on oil its publication a few years ago the raven by poe roe that solemn croaking bird of sombre hue and ominous appearance the beautiful snow an emotional poem full of pathos the charge of the light brigade widow bedott 11 a most amusing yankee character sketch and others that will make a varied and interesting bill calculated to afford an evenings d intellectual enter we clip the following from an exchange as an illustration ot of the popularity which this lady has gained as a reader the leader says pays lisie lisle lester tha the popular elocutionist of the pacific coast la Is coming 16 10 cheyenne cheben ne this lady Is known to be without a rival in her profession and the eastern raper paper speak of her as a 6 second mary alary kemble Tn KiviKO FAST Fora for a very young though a fast city cheyenne keeps making rapid i to emulate thet tha old and in mammoth ammoth cities of f the world in the popular vices here nere la what the leader Leade of that city says rays about brute force sua slon sion the point comes in with which Is cecel excellent at the end wife beating and man bruising brul sing seem meem to be very contagious complaints not a day passes but that some individual is before the county justice on such charges the nine fine in each case helps to swell the school fund which Is excel lent lenta SEVENTIES last laet night in the ISM isto ward assembly rooms elder joseph woodmansee delivered a very interesting leo ture historical descriptive and statistical statistic alon aion on the valley of the mississippi IP elder W J silver followed in an instructive lecture on the principles of mechanics 11 A brief synopsis of these lectures would not do justice co to the subjects 1 james athman ashman and james phillips lectured last nigh tin the loth ward meeting house the former on physiognomy and phrenology and the latter on rambles in the sierra nevada both lectures were highly interesting there Is a probability of the same gentlemen continuing their subjects next wednesday evening w vy FROM FRIDAYS DAILY still they THET coue COME it Is highly gratifying to receive every day and by every mall additions to the lists of subscribers for our various papers apers the EVENING NEWS the news semi seni and the NEWS weekly congratulatory comments auevery are very satisfactory but these additions to our subscribers are more mor e su substantial bastan congratulations the DT deseret eysing NEWS has now a circulation larger than any other daily dally paper in the western territories ri tim TUB sevier bevier BRIDON we have received a communication from samuel pitch ritch forth esq relative rela tela tiye tive to the bevier soviet bridge being unsafe for travel through some orthe of the bents being carried away we are obliged to br dr but do not publish his communication in full lecause because because a notice of the circumstance was waa received by telegraph the day after the bridge was injured and was given to the public in that days issue of the NEWS As ax bro john pea of the oth ward drop dropped ln to see us lately with a avery tery ingenious door or gate fastener patented by his son ezekiel pea who resides east the fastener fas isa simple but effective spring which holds the latch with the utmost security bro pea has the right to dispose of the invention inthis lathis territory and we believe it 16 will oame into very general use as it becomes knowd RETURNED president B young returned from provo yesterday arriving in the city shortly after five he ile I 1 Is s in good health stoner yesterday was quite stormy sleet hall and snow coming down at h intervals fiercely and caama we take the following from the idaho of the uit it Is contemplated by a considerable number of the citizens citizen of this city and vicinity to carry the water of the balse out on the west side of the river for irrigating purposes there Is a large body of land lying all along the boise from this city to the mouth odthe of the river extending back from the river from three to five miles in some places even more the tract Is covered for the most part with sage brush but bug there Is a good depth of soil which only needs water and tilling to make it produce as well as any land in the valley in many places bunch grass grows rank among the sage this kind kina ot hand land iff utah and colorado has been foundas found as good as any for most purposes and the best tor for some the irrigating canals canal of those territories have caused a large outlay of capital and ate works of considerable magnitude ana and of great importance to the prosperity of those territories terri we hope the present plan plait will not ena end in talk taik we do not see why the enterprise should not receive aid from congress Con eress cress in the shape of a liberal grant of land the land as it lies now Is totally worthless for any purpose in its present condition it will never be settled the work of building a canal Is too great to be undertaken by private enterprise jt would be an actor economy on the part of the government to give half the land that would be bene fitted by the work to a corporation which will do it the remaining half would then be quickly sold bormore for more than the whole will ever bring without improvement r 1 I 1 the idea the enterprise referred to should receive aid from congress in the shape of a liberal grant of the land Is a good and sen sensible ible thle one the labor expended in making su buch such ch lands landa valuable add to the national treasury by preparing them for being brought into the market and the public exchequer Is directly bene fitted thereby to extend this aid to the industrious and hardy citizens of this territory who have reclaimed and madeva made valuable lua iua so much of the wilderness by extensive irrl catle canals and ditches taking the water out of numerous numer gus pus rivers aver s and creams uga the territory and ana carrying inmany miles to theland to be irrigated would only be a simple act of justice we commend the suggestion of our I 1 northern neighbor to congress and invite their attention to the subject cliant CHANGED HANDS rands the boise bolso democrat has changed hands in proprietors and editors walton browne the late editor and S R buchanan tho the late proprietor have retired from the field having been kindly but plainly told by friends of the paper that they were in the way and rather injured it nali ball and carlton are now the proprietors and editors they place their platform before the people and ask the support of th e democracy and an d of others who may differ from them in views to buy bay their 1 aper paper and advertise with them if inthey they so ch choose 00 e and candidly admit a truth which most newspaper men shirk now nowadays a d days ays aye that they intend to publish the paper for a living we hope they may secure it 1 4 4 FROM 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