The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-08
4 sk.loA Of salt Lax. Casy.

sphieally,, this city Of tho :'iatter-
{ & 1nts" Z soS Sstbis lif Washing.
6ae of mA9fifioens saista pes, an is
safsd and IsSgthensd ouEto s14h q
2hat it Aasi the appAaranSA bf
ssaSSs sme fS@ease H. folier: rokli as Is k vHs
f1ttS Smifs5 they are limitless, except In
the: direction Of the lake, that stops the
lofty from going way,sand the CD
vernment reservation stops it in another;
bpt in rapotherj way, it extends as far AZ
Bfigghhtn fbdng has building lots. TIE
Fetreets-are wide md regularly laid ont,
with streams Of water running down
each side, though in winter time they
generally take to the middle Of the street.
The city is beautifully laid out in squares
of lurge size, aud except in tho busi-
ness portion OF the city, most OF The
squares are Only partially built upon,
The reminder being converted into gar
den, apple und peach orchards, which.
| when IN full bloom in the spring. give
to the city most beautiful appearance,
and ono can hardly tell whether he is in
q country fed city or cititiel country.
In winter it is the muddiest, drearest
place West Of the Missouri, and ono can
say of it, as Tom Moore said, Of Ireland
ut is beautiful place to live out Of"
Since the arrival Of tho Gentiles. Salt
Lake City has gradually improved in its
buildings, and has received many of the
| ''modcrn Improvements" such aa gus
| works, steam fire engines. street car
railway, theatres and respectable hotels
in fact changing itself thoroughly, yet
slowly, 80 TINT now, as the city stands,
it consists Of palaces and huts placed
promsouously side by side, aud one can
pass from the sandstone pavement OF an
Iron front" to the clayey walk of an
adobic brick shanty ;. walking doWa the
principal street of.the city.
Much haa been said about the Nor
m els& during the last few years, go I
shSll say but little of them. In their
religious duties they are as bigotesz as
they are careless, aud all that their lesd.
ers ask OF them is strict payment OF
their tithing, apl dislike Of anything
anti Mormon. Their church service is
very like that Of the Methodist. Their
place OF worship il what is called the
Tabernacle. the largest building in the
country, which will hold IA, 900 people
sitting. Hero they worship and here
they Listen to sermons which are nothing
but political haraDguee, or else speeches
to arouse feeling against. the Govern
mcnt and the "Gentiles." ~
I as I said, the coming OF tho "Gen.
tiles" has impro ved the city wonderfully,
but the change cauHed by them did not
cease here; With them came fashion, and
that made the greatest, and to the ,hus.
band Of ten or fifteen wives, the saddest
O., .nge. Before his chief expense wa
in buying gingham to make his wives
bonnets. Alasl now the envious wives
49, xt,o~ -1,;o |, ~,
GENTLE neighbor can wear ''those lovet
Sc. Nor would they wear uapanniered
calico while their more modern neighbol
hustled about in silks and poplins. Sc
had the green cotton "umbril" to give
way to the silk parasol. and thus the
change came. II the authorities al
Washington will only let polygamJ
alone, fashion will kill it quicker thar
anything that they can do, tor what mar
can stand the acquisitions Of severa
fashionable wives?
I Let me say that Eastern people en-
deavor to make Brigham Young. ''ths
prophet. seer and sage" Of Mormonism
more miserable than he is; instead O.
sixty some odd wives, he has only nine
teen, and instead of some 200 or 30t
children, he has only tifty or sixty; still
ho has enough to make itquite an outlay
J to furnish them all with Christmas pre-
scnts.
There is garrison of United State.
troops stationed near the city. ! hav,
not been up there yet, but can eel
from here that they have very com
manding position over the oity.
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DEATH CT Mrs. a. A. FosrER. 1t il
our painful duty to announce the death
J Of Mrs. julia Foster, wife of Mr.. A. A
; Foster. Of our city. She departed thiI
life on last Saturday night, leaving two
infants but few days old, besides (
daughter and husband, and numerou
friends. The community has lost M e1
cellent lady; one who adorned her spher.
with oil the true graces of her sex. The
afflicted ones, and especially the mother
less babes, have the sympathy Of all.
GreenvMe Enterprise.
DEATH OF OLD CITIZENS. .-Rey. A. Q
Stepp, of Dunklin Township, who WA
in the city on Monday, informed ns o
the death of Mr.. Robert Scott, which
occurred in his neighborhood, on lh'
2Ist of January last. Mr.. Scott was il
hiH 10th yaar and an pfataI on hi