Show THE LATE conference the fifty third annual general conference of the church of J jesus asu is christ of latter day saints which commenced commence i on the eth dinst and closed on the eighth was one of the most important and numerously attended ever held since the organization of the church during the whole time he the large tabernacle was well filled with people who came from the extreme north and south as well as a from every other part odthe of the territory there were also large numbers present from idaho nevada arizona etc on sunday the vast building was crowded to its utmost lost seating and standing capacity besides that hundreds were unable to obtain admission both in the rooming morning and the the instruction given by the speakers were suitable to the times and circumstances of the church and were replete with wise aue counsels counsel and fatherly advice there wae wits no excitements excite ments no feeble knees but those who addressed add rated the conference spoke with assurance dignity openness honesty fearlessness au and courtesy when the various measures and authorities were presented to be sustained or rejected by the people the alacrity with which the vast sea of hands numbering evinced a confidence in their leader leaders that is not equaled in a any ny other part of the earth neither did they vote blindly but intelligently li understanding both the meu and the measures which they voted to sustain and they will prove true t to their own declaration a on that ever memorable occasion the names of nearly two hundred bundred elder elders were presented accepted and sustained as missionaries to many parts of the earth some of them have gone to their fields of labor the others will ge go shortly these elders are willing to forego the comforts of home with all the word implies and go to the nations of the earth bearing their own expenses to propagate the principle principles of the gospel which they hold dearer than thau all things else even life their families are also tin sympathy with their husbands and fat fathers bers in thia f h aner arter a ner being present and bitne witnessing ss the proceedings ef of a general conference ef of the church of jesus christ of latter da day y saints man many y stra strangers ners confess there is an influence a power in mormonism that they cannot comprehend yes there is a power it is truth truth i is mighty and will wilf prevail men who are ignorant of its prin principles caples may fight it they will fail but truth the rock on which the mormon church is built will live for ever NEW kew YORK pays per annum to tho the offal contractor for removing dead anim animals als and effal from the street streets his report for the year ending march shows that in that twelvemonth dead animals were taken form the city to baren island as follows dogs and cats what a pile of sausage age 0 meat horses cows calves sheep wall street not counted 15 steers no bunko rera steer ers among them eviden evidently tl y and 30 mules to handle so much deceased beast bood must be a somewhat odorous occupation but we must remember what emperor vespasian aid said to his son titus when he up braided him for levying a tax on privies he took a coin of the sum gathered by that tax and held it under titus nose asking oleh olet does this stink 2 A BILK SILK association all the members of which are ladies has been organized at sumter S C land has been secured near the town and a large number of mul berry trees purchased the ladies propose to buy a reel and reel off the silk in sumter instead of senda ing the cocoons afrand on and hope to have at some time a silk manufactory thia this reminds us that sericulture doea does not appear to make all the th progress it deserves tomake to make herein utah where all the natural facilities are so favorable and encouraging tim minneapolis ali tribune baye that never before in the history of the new northwest has the spring movement of immigrants and home seekers set in towards the inviting fields of w minnesota and dakota katase s early and iu in euch such tremendous volume tuc tue ST louie louis Globe says that mr tilden is i like the lady of whom byran wrote she has been dani dan genously go gerou sly allbut is now dangerously dangere asly well WHEN mi rutherford B hayes presidential ended it was supposed says t the lie NY world that she had bad gone out of politico politics permanently but now it ii pro posed to make AIMA AI MA TAMMA says the portfolio an art journal has masterly veracity which the rochester post says is only another name naine for lying without being caught at it |