Show of delegates of box elder county EDITOR JUNCTION at pm july the delegates of the various precincts of box elder county convened at the city hall in brigham city to nominate candidates for territorial and county officers to be voted for at the general election in august 1880 the chairman of the central committee of the people stated in a brief manner the object of the meeting which then went into permanent organization mayor samuel smith was elected chairman and justice R II 11 baty secretary A madsen geo facer and jas pett aa a a committee en credentials mado returns in iho usual manner which brero accepted charles kelly george facer and U P jensen wore appointed and acted as the committee on nominations the result of the deliberation of the delegates assembled were as follows fol lowi to wit for commissioners to locate university lands auditor and treasurer of the territory the present incumbents cum bents were nominated for reelection for the county john D burt was nominated judge of probate geo W ward selectman jas by water clerk chester C loveland sheriff M L ensign coroner G snow assessor Asse sor and collector and A christensen attorney the central committee was then reorganized and the convention adjourned sine die SMITH IT BATT chairman AND nature are jealous rivals and often play each other tricks such as we read in an exchange when the curtain rises on the third act of carmen recumbent smugglers are discovered in peaceful slumber they are speedily roueas by a watchful comrade during a performance at the vienna opera house one of the leading bass smugglers although prodded in the ribs by the sentinel remained insensible carmen represented by sime lucca advancing fron the recesses of the contrabandists cave found ncr tuneful utterances accompanied by a snore which is described by a viennese musical critic aa only comparable to an avalanche the roar m from a traveling menagerie at feeding time or the howling of a cyclone the audience laughed loudly and the smugglers gathering round the prostrate steeper belabored him to such that carmen herself pleaded that some morcy might bo shown hiffa finally ho was dragged off IKE LANDS SITUATION is tersely and graphically depicted by james red path tho special correspondent of tho chicago inter ocean from dublin if you could give me ten columns ho gays I should try within that I know about all space to tell you but as of ireland the present slate you cannot afford to bo so generous during a presidential campaign I shall try and give you a general re view within tho space that you can loan me i credit crops looking splendid all over ireland early potatoes ripe antho eastern counties fand in the limestone districts of the south and middle counties the famine region now confined within a few western counties a large exodus of laborers to england who are beginning to send back their wages to a grant of ft million of dollars secured by mr rannells importunate widow policy from an ibish fund held in the british parliament every reasonable prospect that there will be no more deaths from famine this season that the charitable funds in tile hands of the dublin committees and of the bishops will bridge the people over the existing til the potato crop id ripe in the northwestern and coast counties from date contra parliament refuses to aid the irish fisheries tho lords will throw out the bill prohibiting evict lions for two years the potato blight has made its appearance in three counties and if the present wet weather continues will destroy the promising crop s he dreadful famine swept thousands thou ands upon thousands into the graye in 1847 has broken out in the county mayo and sadder still the landlords are procuring writs of ejectment eager lebed since the famine of thirty three years ago so while more american contributions are needed and while there faai prospect of a prosperous harvest it is still quite possible that another total failure of the potato crop in the counties where the need is greatest may compel the irish leaders more to appeal to foreign generosity before three months are passed lie then gives extracts from letters to the land league which afford sad glimpses into an almost appalling state of affairs among the poor of the counties of mayo clare leitrim cork carlow tyrone and others |