Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-01
The Chilling Wave Of Dull Times
Strikes the Center of
MOrmOndOm.
The Railroads Temporarily Die
turb Real aud Ficti-
clous Values.
Another Disciple Of Joseph
Refuses to Squeal and Be-
comes a Martyr.
The FIowery Duo Blossoms Behind
Bare Walls-Mea for Two


Correspondents OF The BEE
SALT LAKE, May 2S.-Northerr
Utah shows signs of approaching dull
times. Bear Lake valley, which auti.
clpated so much from the building of
the Oregon Short line, Is disappointed.
The railroad carries more away than 1t
brings In. Cache valley, one of the
richest and most prosperous districts
in the whole Rocky Mountain region,
show signs of o~vertradlnq. 1t the U.
p. and O. p. carry the termini of
their lines to Salt Lake City, of which
there is considerable probability, then
| Ogden must inevitably suffer fiusu-
cially. Prove has the best prospects
Immediately ahead of her, but the
extension of q branch line of the Den.
YER & Rio Grande through Sanpese
aud Lewis counties will necessarily
open those rich valleys to direct
communication east, and give the
merchants of Monte, Ephriam, and
Riohfeld o goodly share of the
Southern Utah trade. The
advent of the Denver and
Rio Grande hes disturbed values; and
az that little road seems alive from top
to toe, every day brings Its surprise or
its rumor OF something surprising. A
few days ago an effort was made to
steal the Utah and Nevada railway;
two parties voted the stock held by
the trustee of the road (95 per cent Of
the whole and both presented proxies
signed by that gentleman. 1t was a
case of 8 to z, or In this instance of 8
to 4, for the U. p. Interest had five
representatives present, and the other
parry only four; and, of course, the
five won. Now for court proceedings,
writs, attachments, injunctions, etc,
ad libitum.
But railroad squabbles are of little
import compared with the general in.
terest manifested in the case of a lady
now In prison in the Territorial peni.
Tertiary. A month ago Belle Harris
was nobody, to-day she Is a martyr.
A short time since she wss brought be-
fore q grand jury OF Beaver City
as a witness In a polygamy examina.
tlon. She was asked If she was mar.
ried, but refused to answer, stating 1t
wal o privileged question. The jury
reported her to Judge Twiss, United
States associate iustice for that judicial
district, who committed her for O
tempt. She vas brought up to town,
a journey of 200 miles, having a sick
nursing infant with her at the time,
and hence taken to the penitentiary.
That establishment has no accommo.
dalton for females. TIE only woman
v sent there before, during the
whole history of Utah, wss a negro
woman, many years ago. Mr.. Har-
ris has been confined Ia the quarts
dining room. In the meantime the
marshal Is dividing off the butcher
shop, 30 that she may have a compare
lively secluded place, which, when
finished, her friends intend to furnish.
Unfortunately, the lady has been
taken sick sincs her Incarceration,
which adds considerably to the indig.
nation ex pr assed by her co.religioniats,
Her solicitors hope to shortle release
her on a writ of habeas corpus.
There 10 another polygamy case
which for a few days attracted
quite : On amount of attention.
o. f. Due, q florist, has been
brought up before the justice
of the peace for abusing his wife.
Examination showed that "the gray
mare was the better horse" and that
when they quarreled, which WAS q
frequent occurrence, she generally
did the whipping. Not getting the
satisfaction that she expected from
the police judge, she complained
against Duo for polygamy. To the
great surprise of the non. Mormons,
his follow polygamIsts let him go to
the penitentiary In default of bail;
there seems to have been O sentiment
amongst them Of dlstrust and chagrin
that a %polygamist should be fool
enough to attempt to whip q woman,
as they think his extensive and varied
experience should have taught him
better. So the loraculturist lapguishes
between four bare walls where no
flowers bloom and no women are
permitted to enter.
To-day a blacksmith named Fowler
went into q butcher shop on Second
South street, and quarreled with the
proprietor, who Is named Gsllifsut.
Finally the blacksmith planted his
brawny fat into the face Of the dealer
In meats, and the latter retaliated by
drawing a revolver and emptying
three or four of It's barrels Into the
body of the blacksmith. As l write
Fowler is alive. WENo.