Show A BAD PIECE OF OP BUSINESS the suspension of four post offices in this county will bo be productive of great inconvenience wilson people must hereafter receive their mail at ogden this is 1 not any desperate matter wilson Is 1 the first village west of the weber it has not a largo large population and except in winter when roads are bad the people frequently come to ogden still it is growing rapidly and a restoration of its office must soon become a necessity slaterville Slat mater erville ville is a large settlement lying west and northwest of lynne it must hereafter get its this case is more serious rious than that of wilson wilon eden after the dinst must obtain its mail from this thi 5 will be a great hardship r aen eden lia liaa 3 80 86 families famil iee many of them must travel six and even eight miles to the office la in huntsville throughout the long and stormy winter which prevails in ogden valley thi thie swill will be a serious burden the worst case is that of alma or west weber v which aich will be required after the dinst to get its mail from ogden west weber has bas families many of whom live 10 miles from this city postmaster postmaster tyler says that the mail heretofore made up for alma lias has been quite heavy no one at the ogden 0 den office knows kno s the reason for these suspensions no cause is assigned for them by the department part ment at washington beyond this that the offices are no longer considered necessary it seems a cruel and foolish policy to deprive thrifty populous and anI growing districts of their mail facilities instead of such a method the department should foster to all legitimate extent the material welfare and the convenience of budding communities it must be that A J sparks has a twin brother operating in the post office department no one but a man like sparks could be such sucha a fool as to order the suspension of the post postoffice fico office in a town like alma ILLINOIS now ow claims that patrick henry was aas her first governor an act was passed by the authorities of virginia in october 1778 creating the county of illinois in la the state of virginia which embraced the territory terri tery now forming the states of ohio indiana illinois michigan and Wisconsin making probably the largest county ever organized exceeding the whole of great britain and ireland and thus the great orator of the american revolution patrick henry then governor of 0 virginia became the first governor of illinois am tfx dispatch has taken up the knee breeches movement and says men look so much more handsome and attractive in knee breeches and blue or cream flannels than they do in the conventional black and white drese drem suits that it is surprising they do not adopt them for every day wear at least in summer when they are admitted to bo be so vastly more inore comfortable their failure to do so shows them to bo be quite as sensitive and subject to the worlds dread laugh as are their sisters BOSTON CA NOT feel very well satisfied with the work of her only kelly when one of her papers dares to speak in this way we want to hire out our boston base ball nino nine to dime museum to exhibit as awful examples I 1 E EUROPE 9 of war debts on which she pays yearly interest of one billion dollars not satisfied with this vast amount she expends nearly four billions annually to maintain armies and fleets IT is a proof of the superior liberality of this country that every congressman Is allowed allow ed two tw spittoons for his especial use while the members of great are not permitted remitted to have any |