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Show j Mayor Hall of Springvllle spent to-I to-I day m town, busy as a nailer. J The financial statement published ' elsewhere shows a healthy condition iur Utah county. Fkank P. Warner leaves tonight for a four weeks' visit to his family at iew Castle, Colorado. The young men as well as parents showed their appreciation of Dr. La-Vake's La-Vake's sermon to young men last night by packing hia church so that some were standing. Mr. Allman is exhibiting some yery handsome specimens of onyx from his land between Pleasant Grove and American Fork canyon. It must be indeed a splendid body of the stone, and is well wo.th the attention. ot capitalists. cap-italists. Trustees Gillis, Lewis and Soren-sen Soren-sen of Vineyard are iu Provo today consulting with architects, contractors and builders. The erection a new schoolhouse to cost $2,000 or more lor Vineyard school district will be begun soon. Miss M. G. Burdette, secretary of the Woman's Baptist Home Mission society, will speak in the Baptist church Wednesday evening, Jan. 31st. Admittance tree. All are invited to hear her. Miss Burdette is a sister of the celebrated humorist, Kobt. J. Burdette, Bur-dette, and is always heard with great interest. She will speak Wednesday evening on the great work being done bv the women of the Baptist denomination. denomi-nation. Miss Parsons represents this ; society in Provo All are welcome. Tue B. Y. academy has au attendance attend-ance thie semester greater than ever before. There are nearly eight hundred hund-red pupils enrolled,, and their coming iu and going Jout is like an army. The cry is, "'uive us rom that we may dwell." The twenty-three teachers employed are working under high pressure, and as no other teachers vould work except with the enthusiasm enthus-iasm of reiigious lervor. The discipline dis-cipline is excellent as is always the case where the pupils themselves make the ruiea and see that they are respected. re-spected. The people of the Third ward gave President John a surprise party on Saturday evening, the occasion being tiie gentleman's sixty-first birthday, i here were representatives from every ward in Provo, and from every organization organ-ization in the Third ward. There were many youacr people present, and many who had been intimately associated with President John since 1S61, when ne first came to Provo and located in the Third ward. President John made some very appropriate remarks, music, recitations, Epeeches all in harmony har-mony with the occasioM, and expressive expres-sive of the love and esteem in which the hosts is held, occupied the time until rupper was announced. About fif:y people sat down to ithe sumptuous repast provided by the ladies, and all pronounced it a most enjoyable time. The hotel de Brown now accommodates accommo-dates nine guests. The four whom Jailor Wilkins has been waiting upon for some time received company today three from Goshen and two from Vernal. Justice Gardner sent over with Constable William Edwards, W. D. Mansay, Anda Maxam, and George Sansome, who on January Jan-uary 120th, broke into a R. G. W. bunk car at Homansville and stole two suits of clothes, one sack of flour, twety five pounds of beef and one cheese, each to remain in jail thirty days. Justice of the Peace Black of Vernal sent in by Sheriff Sher-iff George Searl, B. F. Mayson and Al. Pedden, both to await the action of the grand jury. Mayson is accused of having hav-ing passed count rfe:t money and Pedden Ped-den pleads guilty to having resisted an officer in the discharge of las duty at Rio Blanco, Colorado, on January 16th last. |