Show STATE HEWS jn wellsville wednesday night a crand farewell party was tendered elder john wyatt and thomas lloyd who departed for great britain where they will take up labors mr christen nielson a well known and highly respected citizen of logan died late tuesday night he had been suffering for nearly a year and death came as a relief the weather has been extremely cold for the last few days in nephi haynes fruit tree inspector says that the fruit has been greatly damaged peaches apricots plums cherries drapea and possibly pears have suffered severely from the recent heavy frosts at the state tabernacle last sunday afternoon and evening in bieber elder sherdian Sher dlan jacobs was the speaker his talk was on pioneer work in western canada describing the facilities and advantages tor young men that are starting out in life to secure good homes he talked to the midway people monday night and Is making a tour of the county to encourage emigration A correspondent says no 3 saloon of bieber city opened up on monday with tree drinks all around for those who frequent such places A few old copers topers had to be escorted home along in the afternoon temperance must be on the decline or we would not need 9 third saloon ln heber city with a population of 1674 souls that means a saloon to about every souls A dispatch was received at the presidents office in salt lake yesterday from the international navigation company announcing the arrival of the steamship Rhyn land at queens town at 1 p m tuesday on this vessel wore J percy goddard albert toronto J L woodruff R T haag and F G F buetner Hu etner of salt lake and a number of other utah and idaho passengers sheriff storrs returned to provo lasi night from grand junction with geo thompson the burglar who on the evening ot sunday last entered three houses in and stole a number of articles he confessed to the crimes and returned all the property taken from the residences of ray packard and thomas keily but II 11 M dougall did not fare so well thompson having disposed of the 5 gold piece in part payment for his ticket co grand junction and both of the diamond rings one to a jeweler in a colorado town and the bolher to a one all mr dougall received back was 4 in cash and a diamond ring thompson informed the gentleman that he could get his ring in colorado by paying the present owner 1250 thompson is about eighteen years of age and states that he worked at a salt lake hotel tor two months he claims that he has relatives in texas and california lie told the sheriff that this was not his jerst piece of crooked work the prisoner is now in the county jail th e action of the district court having waived his preliminary examination judge dusinberry resigns A provo special this week ends judge lye term of office be having handed hie to the governor to take effect on the ath dinst and the governor accepted it five year sentence A from provo says it was quick justice meted out to george thompson bouse breah er who was this afternoon given five years in the state prison by judge du benberry een berry three bouses were entered laet sunday and after purloining a jonm ber of articles the young man took the train for grand junction there he was intercepted by telegraphing to the officers of that city and sheriff storre returned with him ute tuesday night wednesday the prisoner waived preliminary examination and yesterday plead ed guilty in the fourth district court getting as before stated five years there was no chance for a fight lu the case as the young man waa with most of the stolen articles in bia possession he was this evening taken to the bbate arieon by sheriff storre the prisoner that hie was artber bevere killed near west jordan the bingham branch construction train of the rio grande western rounded a cuave and foiled down upon a citizen of west jordan at yesterday rooming and hurled him from the track with fatal results he lived only a few minutes and did not regain consciousness it la eald he was gathering ties from the track which had been given his son by the railroad company new york may 4 paul lawrence dunbar the negro poet la seriously ill with pneumonia in this city |