Show general conference the fifty seventh semiannual semi annual conference of the church ot jJesus christ of latter day saints will bo be opened at 10 on thursday october oth I 1 1887 in the tabernacle at salt lake city and will continue until the business necessary to be transacted has bas wn attended to tho the officers and r members n ember of the churchard Chur church chare are respectfully fu ily invited to attend on oil the evening of thursday the ath there will be a general meeting of the y young oung mens and young ladies mutual muy t improvement associations on friday evening thero there will bo be a general meeting of the superintendents teachers Teacher sandall and all interested in the sunday schools on saturday evening there will boa bo a meeting of the priesthood these nee tinga tings will cosmenco com menco at 7 in the evening we lye wish the officers of these organizations izat ions to bear these appointments appoint monta in mind WILFORD Pr in behalf of the council of the twelve apostles huff a e Close Call the largest bear any of us ever saw was a cinnamon that came within an inch 0 of billing killi Dg oneal my men a good hunter bunter and a first class guide charles huff he bet set hie his traps near sunlight in and was unable to visit them for a week when ho he got to the bait trap and lo 10 log were gono gone after taking up the trail ho he soon found the remnant remnants chewed to match wood the bear evidently a large one had gone off with the trap he followed hia his trail as long as he had light but found nothing and had to return to camp next day foolishly be he took the trail 8 again alone beginning where he had d left off after a long march he came to the steep side aide of a hill the bear had evidently gone up there on the soft snow ground the trail was plain juet just as a he was he be ginning to ascend there was a rush and aud a roar and the bear was wu on him lie ile had no time to put hie his repeater to his shoulder but letting it fall between his hands pulled the trigger the bear was within a few feet of him and by a great chance the bullet took him bim be tween the eyes he ile had evidently tried the hillside hil leide and worried by the heavy trap had bad come back on bis trail and lain behind a great heap of dirt into which he be had bad partly burrowed waiting for hia his enemy among the debrie debris of springtide fallen stones and uprooted trees a bear could easily lie bidden if he was mad and wanted to conceal himself till the enemy wai was within a few feet Scrib nert mag may azine |