Show t t TilE OLD YIAU AND NKW t Tho DBWOCIIAT takes timu by the forelock 2 fore-lock and wishes its readers ono and all a t 3 Happy Now Year lleforo wo greet thom again 18811 will have dropped Into tho rearward division of time and its successor I succes-sor will havo commenced its short maicli If towards tho next station on the endless load to eternity Tho outgoing year has B ° witnessed the gathering in by tho grim icaperof unusually rich harvest of illustrious illus-trious Americans With that exception i i it has contributed but little of marked I I importance to tho pages of our NationH a history Peace and prosperity havo E however prevailed The march of progression pro-gression has not been Impeded nor has s I 1 r it boon notably quickened by any stirring event calculated to speed it beyond its r htl uniform movement o steady and gonerally I Although it has been rather an uneventful unevent-ful year it has in the main been u prosperous 1 tt pros-perous and encouraging one Commerce agriculture and all industrial branches t1TI 7 havo thriven and business of all kinds has been unusually prosperous Hero In r Utah tho past year if not fruitful with r accomplished results has given great t t encouragement for the future Preliminary ta Prelimin-ary steps were taken in Congress to secure t i s r for us the sumo form ol government I d u which prevails III other States and Territories it f I Terri-tories of the Union and there is every 1 reason to hope that before tho now year 1st v has passed its first quarter there will bo such a change as will gladden every loyal heart by tho substitution of Republican Repub-lican in tho place ot priestly rule Lo o us then welcome the now year K full of r s Y promise for us all With the midnight K stroke which knells departure of 1880 I n let us hail the advent of its successor with gladsome hearts and loyal shouts of greet r ing The King is dead I Long live tho 3 i y King I Vale 1880 welcome 1887 |