, 1859-09-17
TdF &Eu nE1rr- Hamaa.

TnE NEW DELEGATE 70 CoxGnEss rnoa UrAn
Tho latest intelligence from Etah indicates
the election Of William H. Hooper as Delegate
70 Congress from tdat Mormon Territory. Mr.
Hooper Is well known iu this city and county
4 natire Of tic Eastern Shore Of MARYLAND. Ie
commenced Mercantile life in Galena in 1854, MS
one Of The firm offiooptr & 1rann. Iu 1885 be
6ecane partner 10 the well known house Of,
Hooper. Peck Scales. which for some years
was the most extensive mercantile establishment
IN the Lead Miues. The concern suspended
somewhere in 1899, and after few years Hopp-.
craguin cutered into business with Richard K.
ltarr5, Eco, tnow cashier Of the Mc.chnu.'s
nabk. st Louls,) under tho name md firm Of
Hooper barry. Proving again unsuccessful.
N buainess, Hooper went to steamboa.fng on
the Upper Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and
he run for some time between Ga'ena and ST.
Louis tbe beautiful steamboat Alexander Ham
ilton, owned ~ our well known fellow citizen
Henry Corwith. Not meeting. with auy yery
great success ssea1nbosting Capt. Hooper pick
Cd up his traps eight or ten years ngo, and went
70 oslt LAKE On trading expedition, where he
has remained ercr since, und he there turntl.
Mormon snd lccan,e q leading man among the
"Saiuta." He is, M active, planslble talkipc
man, and x1en he, GSed Aere. was cousidered
tie best arcountant and book keeper ever in The
mines. .'''. "' .--.'
In politics lae was. Of course, n Democrat, be-
fore turning Mormon. and he undoubtedly be-
leFea With Brigham Young that aSEayery il 4.
divine institution &c Galead Adrerfi.er. :
E. B. Baxter, lately employed rs q job printer
in tho Office Of the Rd-epo!isaa. at Kansas
City. Mo-, has just received the intelligence
that be has fallen heir to M cytate of $50 ooo in
England. ~ ::
Ten Brock writes from England to friend in
Aemfas ahnt bis Finningsip England this year-
topped s44o. 900! to gain which, he risked but
100000. Think u; ;that; hewess. Of rood and
drawers Of wates7,,
-An iudisidual whose name ne suppress
oelissing his statement TO be true-was tried il
sne Police Court: yesterday. on charge of dis.
oroef's conduct: He ststed to The Court that be
M was resident Of Chicago; taat he came to this
CITY eome days since to seek employment at lay.
ing brick; thst- he was a ':mGuttcr Of III
Methodist Episcopal Church. at Chicago: ind
previous to 'eavlng hume had taken his letter
c;sx inm ane te church: but Cd arriving in this
formed associaiions Which led hin astray:
that be got drunk. and That while IL
that state, ht'di5,' be knets hbt tshat, He vent
bitterly an4 begged hard 10 be let otf-not 50
mnchfor his own sake as for the feelings Of bis
vile and two LITTLE children, who we're IN Chica- !
fo:aae :a.gend'ng; On his Labor Tor support :.
ns Fa5, discharged By the Court and promised |
70 DO better. What lesson. is coatained in
This mans statetnent.-C Cihcianatt Pr<tt,
Oox'1 STAND OK ruE P1irroxx."-Such. H.
the notice usually stuck up on the platforms Of
railroad cars. II seems that railway coach Mat.
fo'ms are not the only platforms that .rs dan
gerous. The following incident. which occur
red 1hila old Sam Houston Was addressing n
'arge aadienee in Sacosdoches, is an illustration
Of t6iftrath:- :'::'::: =: ..s.::