The Deseret News from Salt Lake City, Utah • 2

ims 0 11 1 1 ad 3 at imus I 1 va fl 9 adiladli aril ap rilrii 21 visit i in nom box idi ini glicr der weber fi mm it mill morgan countiesand tai to went west jordan operation cooperation co in 13 richan etty city citha A model quaker town A postman coneon iville couet court bouso Jal jai japanese rostal postal matters Nat tern fv SALT nairn lakia CITY april eth 1875 editor news since my last letter to you which wh ich I 1 wrote from ogden on the of or last month I 1 have visited willard and brigham cities box elder co echo audand coalville Co alville summit co morgan city it rich Bich richville villevilie porter ville lyttleton miltonarilton petersen Pet ersen efsen and enterprise morgan co also taylorsville Taylors ville and west jordan salt bait lake co in all of these places I 1 found generally enjoying enjoy ing the spirit of tile the lord making makini many inquiries about operation cooperation co 1 eind and how it was working in other set tletie clements ments evidently with the mind spirit and intent of more fully entering into the order in their own particular settlement my ily visit to brigham city and the knowledge I 1 gained there through the kind courtesy of president lorenzo snow and other brethren there came well to my aid in diffusing information as to the working 0 of tile the order in that settlement which i 14 in my opinion many years ahead in operation cooperation co of any settlement I 1 have as yet visited in this territory for the information of the numerous readers of the thadese ahse it luet ISET elt ett NEWS I 1 give a few of the items I 1 noted during mastay in brigham city there are twenty five departments of manufacture in full operation most of which I 1 visited accompanied compa compau nied led by president Snow who isls the principal head or superintendent of the whole of this busy and industrious settlement he is well supported by good and efficient as si sistan stantsstauts ls in every branch of industry each department has one superintendent who is responsible for the manipulation of labor in lu his own particular branch the whole workingharmoniously toge together theras as one gibat manufactory and indus trialinstitution during the past year the tannery turned out work to the amount of the boot and shoe department the harnessmakers department the ilie bat and cap department 2500 the furs used in this last depart ment were mostly purchased irom from 1 rom and prepared by I 1 indiansindiana the woolen factory turned out fabrics to the amount of A portion of the wool was furnished from the institution institutions own slice sheep herd which numbers between three and four thousand sheep the butchers shop furnished meat to the employees arthe value of in connection with this department are the sheep herd hornedstock pigs and dairy cattle the dairy comprises cows of which belong to the institution the remainder being taken on shares half of their produce brodu cc going to their owners from cheese butter and pork was realized the cabinet shop which has on only been in in operation sixmonths employs nineteen hands and turns out worth of furniture per week thotile blacblae blacksmith hismith shop allali and wagon repairing chops eliop did work to the amount of or the illo molasses lasses mills man manufactured facfae lured near worth ofmolasses the sorghum was anisca on the cooper co oper opert alivo farm belonging to the settle ment was idealized leali zed from the co operative farm the Tho sawmills saw mills lath and shingle mills did a good business also the broom manufactory the broom being raised on the cooperative operative co farm there is a cotton farm down in southern utah belbei belonging on zo to this settlement worked ig by thirteen arteen hands hand whose wants aro are an supplied pliedpiled from brigham city there thero are stockholders stock holders each achaeh elnclu employee aloyce can take shares with his or her labors the employees throughout allthe departments number the cooperative operative co institution ution of brigham city is now in its tenth year the total value of work turned out by the whole of the departments was for tho the year 1873 for the past year 1874 nearlydearly double that of the previous year this settlement lies some four or five miles from the head of the great salt lake in a beautiful bend of the mountains which overlook the bame the site la on a gentiegentle itleitie slope of bench land with a good supply of water all the year round from the melting snows in the stupendous mountains in the background whose towering peaks ks rise to an altitude of feet above the level of the lake the streets are broad and clean and the housesbouses mostly good 0 an andaud substantially allali built if taking the city as a whole it is a beautiful dutiful 0 orderly erly settlement without brinki drinking saloons or and reminds me ve very much of a quaker town I 1 once visited in the north of ireland called bessbrookhessbrook Bess brook near newry which was a patter pattern of cleanliness and order in that country it contained about 2000 inhabitants most of whom were werd employed in the spinning and weaving mills noted fluted for their beautiful irish linen fabrics these mills are mostly owned as well as the town and country round fon for miles by john grubb richardson esq a very wealthy and philanthropic gentlegentiegentleman tann belonging to ta the society of friends commonly called quakers who told me that bess brook could boastof three things which no other city town or village could throughout the whole of england irelandscotland and wales namely that there was no drinking saloon policeman or pawnshop in the place in all my travels nor for twenty four years through a great many of the countries of the world I 1 never saw a cityelty town or village an equal for bessbrookhessbrook Bess brook until 1 came to the tile territory of utah may blay zion grow and increase until righteousness covers the whole earth as the waters do thechar chac charnels enamels nelsneis of the great deep and the honest in heart hrom from all nations shall come forward and obey the gospel and learn of her ways and walk in her paths for out of zion shall go forth the law aw the brigham city woollen factory runs eleven looms fourfor broadcloth the building is feet with dyehouse dye house car cardingding and anu dressing machinery this season they are going to double the 0 number of looms there is in course ot of erection a social hall feed feet of brickwork 18 feet high from floor to ceiling with dressing rooms for lor ladies and gentlemen social stand and orchestra the settlement boasts of a good dramatic society which gives entertainments in the theatre every other saturday the pottery a building recently erected had just burnt its first kiln of goods which were very creditable this building is 20 60 feet A piece of ground in and around the woolen factory pottery etc has been laid out with the view of having all the manufacturing departments together covering a space of ten acres A line of rails will be laid from this to the utah no northern athern nall rail railway way a distance of about a mile when these improvements prove ments arearc completed Brigham city manufactured goods will be more extensively thrown into thetha market while in this city I 1 was introduced to a very remarkable paper and letter deliverer brother owen pierce jones who is totally blind having lost his sight a number of years ago work in wales of which country he is a native he has a great number of pockets in his hia clothes and a very retentive memory the postmaster sorts the letters and papers reading the names to him when he deposits them in his several pockets and away he starts through the city with the DESERET NEWS og- den junction salt lake deraldherald juvenile instructor comans womans exponent states and foreign newspapers and letters delivering them at the various houses and workshops and I 1 was told that he very rarely makes a mistake which is very marvellous marcellous marv ellous I 1 have seen blind people employed at various occupations but never in the postal department part ment before while at coalville Co alville summit co boj through the courtesy of bishop WW w- i IV I 1 I 1 visited in company with him the new court house now near completion which is a beautiful building reflecting great credit on the country it is built of brick and is 40 feet square the basement is I 1 12 ft clear in height and contains se sevenven cells the first floor contains fourfine rooms for offices the court room which is above the offices is 38 ft square 17 ft from floor to ceiling the total height of the building is 75 fee feet it stands on a very prominent rise of ground as you enter coalville Co alville fro from echo while passing through ogden on my return to this city mr beld boidi the courtocourteous ous and gentlegentie manly mailmaii agent on the CC central pacific railway informed ine that the first mailhad just been lecoin ed fronifrom japan under the new postal arran arrangements gem en ts which have havo been established in that country by american postal officials sent there to reorganize the postal department part ment of japan the names of the gent gentlemen lemeh selected for this duty are wm bryan esq from washington wm carr esq from the central pacific Paci raci railroad farr Es esq from the union pacific railroad and VV marp dark esq sq fram the central pacific railroad the orderly and business manner in which the niallmailhas been received ignot is not only a very avery great improvement but reflects great credit on the sove above gentlemen business in the west jordan district is very dull just bow now owing most of the smelters shelters sm elters having temporarily stopped work the farming population of salt bait lake co I 1 I 1 found very busy plough ing and sowing respectfully yours in consequence of the crowded state of our columns last week owing to the conference minutes the following two days locals were crowded out outa local antlanil other matters erom frol FRIDAYS DAILY APRIL 9 robbery case A swenson the young man arrested yesterday on a charge of robbing a cache valvai valleyvailey ley man the night previous was found guilty and justice py per fined him which amount he will work out with the pick and shovel information wanted respecting the whereabouts of william bates formerly ef of poplar branch of the london conference and who em emigrated to utah in the year 1866 ally any person erson giving information will please communicate it to his sister sisters airs caroline davis academy commercial road step- ney london millennial star codling moth the meeting at the old tabernacle last evening for the purpose of adopting measures for the destructionof the codling moth was largely attend attends ed llon hen woodruff fl in the chair and mr air john reading secretary A multiplicity of ideas reread were advanced on the subject and numerous recommendations made after it was considered thattie that the question had been sufficiently discussed the meeting adjourned till 7 this evening when it is expected definite means to accomplish the object sought will be te decided upon and a necessary organization effected mr air woodbury with power to select his own committee to assist bim him was appointed to draft suitable resolutions and present them this evening 0 A predicament somo some time ime since a stalwart jovial rollicking well known resident of one of the settlements this side of kaysville Kays ville went into one of the leading dry goods stores on east bost temple where there arearc some durn dummies inies er or imitation figures of ladies on which dress goods are put for display this gentleman saw what he supposed to be one of these dummies with its back toward him and in ir his usual innocently mischievous way he laid a hand hard on each shoulder wheeled the figure face about at the same time exclaiming old lady dont turn your back to me imagine his bewilderment and confusion when he was wms confronted by a genuine good looking and rather indignant and surprised specimen of the genus live woman retreat was never known to be one of this gen tieman clemans tl emans i tactics but what a mess hebe made of an attempt at apology apo legy as hisbis face illuminated with a brilliant brilliant scarlet flush and his ears tingling he stammered out something likebradammadam 1 I that is to say excuse 1 I did not noti I 1 was not aware that is 1 I had no intention A gentleman who happened to be acquainted with both parties while nearly exploding with merriment in rit took in the situation at a glance I 1 and went forward to the i rescue of our friend from the northern settlement seit sout lemenu lement and the tho atair athir terminated amicably 1 native pigments to today da to we were shown by brother 11 dalton of on Villard Willard box elder co some specimens of pignig pigments taken from an immense deposit situated about three miles eab oab eastst of that place they con consist of umberand and tilo the products of those aWal awai attained fied by bv tifelife process of burning there were gero were two kindshinds of si ennas one of which was of undoubted richness pro probablybablybabiy not exceeded in that particular byan by an article of the tile kindhind used we unhesitatingly state that there is no dout in our mind regarding the good quality ofthose pigments and brother baltondaltou informs us that the deposit is apparently inexhaustible being about twelve feet thickand about six rodsroda wide the gentlemen interested te in ill this valuable claim are arem dalon dalton james and al- bert dalton tile the firstnamed john thayne andadd chariescharles harden hard eh these gentlemen are takings taking leps steps toward purchasing the necessary machinery for krinhrin grinding ding etc with a view to puffing ing ahe aho product production ign in the market in A prepared condlcondi lialie tien we were also shown some dorrio mens of graining in imitation bf bof oak mahogany and walnut done with this coloring nv which were placed position wilh vilh similar specimens done with Im imported ported poTted pigments and there was no pre pro cep tible diffie difference rence to the eye it is intended ns as soon as practicable to export this product to other markets specimens of it can be seen at the deseret WA the jones election case in the district court yesterday atte afternoon anoon counsel in this case concluded their arguments and this morning the court charged the jury in lb substance as follows the court read thehie statute I 1 under which the indictment I 1 was found and then instruct ed tile the jury that they coula could not convict the respondent unless they were convinced of his julit guilt beyond a reasonable doubt there was no question about the respondent be being i ng a policeman and tind 1 the lie party struck being a deputy ilartiar marshal and both were therefore con serva servitors tors of the peace evern everi if the crowd in front of the city hall or on ejection election day lay were hot what might be strictly speaking ini ina in a 1 state of riot yet if they were ii creating eating 0 a disturbance tur tut bancebauce of the peace the respondent as a conservator of the peace peace havn hawn had a right to dis disperse the crowd and to use such force as might be necessary under tile the circumstances cum stances to accomplish that object As for i ps stance tance if a disturbance was boid going on by a crowd outsideof this court house and although the disturbance might not amount to a riot it the business of the court were hindered by it the Court would have a right to order the marshalmarshai Aldr diar shai but to disperse the crowd and use such force as might be needed to enable him marshai to do so successfully and the marshal would hebe excusable if they found however that there was no disturbance disturbance then tho the respondent was wholly in the wrong if there was a disturbance soai to mender render it necessary for the to quell it and if the respondent used no more force than was necessary lie was excusable if found from the evidence that whittemore nadhad nothing to do with the disturbance tur bance then the respond respondent ent was not excusable if however the respondent believed that tills thia man took part in the disturbance and that he was about to commit an and he did wb what atthe the respondent did do ta prevent dimand used such means as were necessary even if there was no prospect of an assaul assault tand and he believed fro from maur surrounding round circumstances that there was then he was justified if the jury foundfrom the facts however that the respondent acted in a wanton maunermanner when hen he struck Whittemore asfor instance if lie he struck hinihinl afat he was down then he was not excusable I 1 the jury then about twenty minutes past nine retired lo 10 their room in charge of an of mider officer about one the jury came into court with a verdict of not guilty 12 FROSI SATUR SATURDAYS dars DArg DAILY APRIL arrin 10 spring at last the Winter seems to have broken again and spring to have reappeared appeared re this beautiful day probate colart tn in the probate court of this county today to day a decree of divorce was granted in the matter of the application of mary anderson vs william anderson the applicant is daughter to bira diro nrc Bas Ms bassett ett iett of tills til is city can ibbe Kil hilleda ledA eman of our acquaintance desires to know whether there is any method of successfully I killing illing lucern if ariyarly any body udy can give any light on the tho subject we wo shall lake like pleasure in publishing it in the tile columns of the NEWS lost his horse and wagon lat evening dr plant tied his horse lion le with wagon attached to a hitching post on first south st while he culeul cut into ahouse on bust- ness business busi- nn ess IV when he came 0 out his is horse orse and wagon were ro rib boneff nest neff nest and holie wd was i diligently hunting for them this is morning the tho reynolds rey Key appeal the appeal tor the supreme court of the territory of the defendant in the tho case of the people ac vs deorge george reynolds convicted of polygamy was wai wa perfected this afternoon the district attorney reserving the privilege of throwing any additional light on the mode of perfecting charmay that may happen to strike him in future not recovered it will be remembered that shat brother joseph was terriblyinjured last fall on north temple templo street paused caused by his team running away he was BO so severely hurt in the back as to paralyze his body from the loins downward we regret to learn that hebehas not recovered yet but hopes are entertained eliat he will yet regain the use of his limbs as sensation is gradually though very slowly returning tate them the rae other ca oase case se mr sutherl- and one of the tile defendants dependants coun- selsel gel in the case ewe of the people george ceorge cannon indicted fer for hwe cocab corabi made an attempt to dispose of that case this afternoon the district attorney stated that hebe was not ready and it was i ag agreed reed by the ah attorneys orneys on each side and by the court that the matter should be submitted on briefs brieff which the court will examine at lelure lefeure arid give his decision probably at an early day ay george reynolds sentenced mr lar george reynolds convicted at ar polygamy a short time since appeared in the tiie third district court this na morning orning with his attorneys attorney for the purpose of receiving the lodgment of the court in sentencing the respondent hl his honor judge emerson merson remarked in substance that it was not the severity of or the jaw that tended to deter people from perpetrating criminal acts and he did not wish as a representative of the government to appear vindictive he therefore sentenced the respondent to be imprisoned in the territorial penitentiary at hard labor for one year and to pay a fine of three hundred dollars mr reynolds entered into a bond of to bide abide the decision cl a on of the supreme court of the tile territory john sharp esq and hon jennings being there was some discussion be- tweentween tile the district attorney and the attorneys of the defendant relative to the modeof taking an appeal as prescribed by law jaw special meeting meting 0 I 1 A at a special meeting this afternoon of the BI 1 I stockholders in the new bernacle tabernacle Ti it was resolved that theole institution should build a store and warehouses in which to conduct its bubines busines i that the selling in part of the business should be conducted ted at both wholesale and retail and that a committee of seventeen shareholders be bo appointed to consider the kind of building to be erected and the site ther etor elor the following gentlemen were appointed said committee cannon I 1 0 caical colder den der grosbeck john sharp cobl le ley 9 0 romney A miner grow A 0 smoot A 11 cannon A rockwood oa 11 11 eldredge EI dredge freeze anson call 1 winder IV woodruff fr price the committee were requested fed ted to meet at president youngs office at 7 this evening at a meemea meeting tinz ting of the directors held subsequent to the stockholders meeting clawson and theodore merean es were appointed to superintend the business of the tile institution to succeed hon 11 1 1 hooper whose resignation took effect on the ath last the codling moth the adjourn ed meeting at the oldtabernacle last everil evening tigilg convened for the purpose of adopting enni effi efficient clent measures forthe for the destruction of the codling moth was numerously attended woodruff in the tre tl chair thomas john reading and james janus mcknight bt the tho.