| Show CURRENT EVENTS edmunds law prosecutions thomas broadbent withdrew lils his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty to unlawful cohabitation october wm win S sibby was arrested at mill creek on a charge of unlawful cohabitation he Is 18 to have a hearing before commissioner green greenman man the case of unlawful cohabitation against wm win JL gibby was heard before commissioner greenman Green naan wednesday day oct 23 and as there was no evidence against the accused he was released october john J B ar hicks an aged resident of south cottonwood was arrested on a charge of unlawful cohabitation he was taken before commissioner greenman where tie lie entered a plea of guilty and was placed anjer bonds to await the action of the grand jury thursday oct 24 david janies james was arrested on a charge of unlawful cohabitation and was taken before commissioner Commissio nef greenman he gave ball bail to secure his appearance on monday next at the preliminary hearing amelia spencer was arrested this afternoon as a witness in the prose cutian against david james it is alleged that she is his plural wife shadrack driggs was called for trial for the same game of fence it was discovered that defendant had been fined 10 for a similar offen offense offence ceat at last term of court which however he had not paid but on account of his age and decrepitude and the fact that he could not hear well and evidently did riot not understand the lecture which the court administered last term the vane cake was dismissed u upon pa n motion of mr evans monday october 21 st david W leaker of the eleventh ward was waa arrested on a charge of unlawful cohabitation he gave bonds for appearance for preliminary examination but as the lawyers were otherwise engaged the case again went over this time till 10 am october the preliminary examination of A W leaker on a charge of unlawful cohabitation was to have been held before commissioner i greenman but the witnesses f were ushered into the presence 0 the grand jury j ury and mr leaker will wila await the amion action of that body released from prison thursday october bishop J 0 arthur was released from the penitentiary having served t the e term of six montas to which jud judge e anderson sentenced him and paid pai his fine some time ago bishop samuel oldham of paradise lise ciche cache county was released from the penitentiary where he served a six months term for unlawful cohabitation and was detained thirty days for fok his fine martn martjn B cutler and john P F manwell Man weli who were s a beaver by judge anderson Ander sou to six months in the penitentiary for unlawful cohabitation were released their terms being completed they paid the fines assessed george C wood pardoned the following appeared among our associated press dispatches last night washington oct 25 A pardon has been granted in the case of george C wood convicted of polygamy and sentenced may 29 1886 1896 to n ve years Imprison imprisonment me nt I 1 in n the utah penitentiary and to pay a fine of 11 official notice of the pardon has not yet been received by united states marshal parsons but is expected in a few days judge bartsch judge G W bartsch the newly appointed probate judge of salt lake county assumed the duties of his new office today his commission having arrived he took the oath of office before chief justice zane and filed his bonds this afternoon A great deal of bus business ness has accumulated for the judges judged attention frauds A few weeks since a man and woman appeared in this town with medicine to sell the goods were offered at 1 the purchaser was allowed to choose a dress pattern from samples which the nie medicine dicine man carried and in due time the pattern would be sent of course this generous offer was done to advertise the wares and save the expense of printers ink the anxious buyers have been looking for the dress drees goods but in vain strange in a community like this there should be found so many to be taken in by such persons B the temple the season for laying rock on the temple is drawing to a close and when ended will leave the structure at a height of a little over one hundred bundred and sixty feet above the ground carpenter work will however continue during the winter the building being so far ad danced as to permit it considerable advancement has been made this season under u the able management of architect J A C young and superintendent james moyle 00 A one feature has enabled the workmen to progress more rapidly and with greater safety this season than heretofore and that is the appliance for handling stone on the top of the building in this there are two cranes one each for the east and west ends of the temple they are built to carry a load of two tons and have a traverse motion of about twenty four feet east and west and about feet north and south and will lift and deposit a rock at any point within these limits exactly as wanted the main bridge consists of two wrought iron I 1 be beams ams with wheels at each end to run on the main track while a trolley carries the weight and travels on the bridge the men who work the crane are stationed on a platform at one end of the bridge and hoist the load and traverse the crane in all directions without leaving their places the cranes were designed and drawings furnished by wm J silver M E and built by the salt lake foundry machine machin e co 0 o eli A folland luperi superintendent for the next season the scaffolding will be raised this work will be done under tinder the direction of brother edward cox who has charge of the carpenters it is quite likely that the four outside towers will be fully completed next season and the inside work well advanced returned elders october we received a call from elder W C hawkins of marsh valley idaho who returned nome on the alth finst from a mission to te the southern states this beling being the first time he has been in the city since the above date he was absent one year and labored successively in north Ua carolina rolina east tennessee and last in southern missouri he opened up a new field in the latter place pla ceaud and baptized six persons he was treated well by the people everywhere every where he went elder hawkins returned earlier than he would otherwise have done on account of his health failing elder ed ward bennett of holden millard county who was in charge of the company of saints that arrived october called at this office on october 26 and gave some account of his mission and of the jourden to utah elder bennett left utah november 1887 and went to wales where he be la labored one year from there be went to manchester england where he labored first as a traveling elder and afterwards until his release as president of the conference elder bennett had a varied experience peri perie ence neg and met with rough treatment from mobs in both wales and manchester some of elder bennetts adventures in this regard have appeared in the NEWS in accounts of the jarman persecution the company left liverpool oct ath and had some rough weather and made the voyage two days longer than it would otherwise have been kind treatment was extended to the company throughout the whole journey jour DOY including that portion of it traveled by rail elder bennett expresses his gratitude to the returning elders and som some i members of the company for the ases assistance istance they rendered in caring for the saints there was no sick awk ness deaths nor serious mishaps ini S among the company which nu num bared including returning return fog i elders aud and five persons who has baa 3 beer been on a visit to the old country e y the bear lake Re region glon A correspondent over the WM non de fe plume of bees wax writing to us as from garden city rich county coun utah gives us a brief account of dr 4 his recent sojourn through bear lake valley he says the ie weather is at present very showery aud and every appearance of an early fl winter is visible monday moro ift a very refreshing shower was 44 k perien perie ced by the dwellers of tilis j valley and still threatening US ue more if we would have had those very frequent showers of late some f time in july or august it would J have been a great boork boon to this coun try but it will do a great deal of 4 good now dow maty mat Y of the farmers are an taking advantage of the beautify fW weather we have had of late and are summer fallowing following their land tor the coming season hay is a ve very scarce article in this valley this season and it will pay farmar well to take good care of what hay they made and they woun would do well to keep what they have to feed to their own oattie instead of shipping it out of use the country if they do not they suz surely will be sorry in the spring wb they find their cattle dying off for the want of feed hay is worth more this fall than it has been for se several eral years past potatoes aft m also in pretty good de mandall sell very readily at a good market 3 price feed on the range through the valley is a scarce article and andu bill many places cattle are already dying on the range A few of the r farndow me inthe in the centre and southern part of bear lake valley are begin beginning IV JW t 1 l raise fruit such as apples WW 4 plums etc indeed the seems to have changed chan ed for the bati better of late years wheat heat sad and botn are also in good demand and fare fana oro ers find 11 nd ready market for all kind of vegetables i 1 the health of the people through this valley is at present pretty good although some little sickness te is going around in the different settlements the feelings of the are also very good and pretty now near all feel like serving the lord |
