Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
The Probable Effec t Of the Col.
orado Outlet on Utah
Trade
The Apostles and Saints of
Minor Altitude Send
Greetings to Ed
munds.
The Unique Notions" OF Marriage
Continue the Great At
traction.

as during the Mormon confer.
enoe which closed q few days ago.
Added to the thousands of the faith.
full who came up to wor.hlp and trade,
there were several hundreds of track
constructionists of the Denver and Rio
Grande railway, which having closed
the gap between here and Denver,
brought forward its industrial army to
complete the line as far as Ogden.
It will connect with the Central
Pacific ard find an opening to the
western ocean. The officers Of the
line expect this to be accomplished by
the first of next week; or If they don't
actually themselves expect SO early q
completion they want the public to be.
lieve 1t. 1t will, however, be wise, I
imagine, to give them q few days
grace, and ven then they will have
done ~marvelously well.
Some anticipate . great Influx OF
immigration into Utah by reason Of
the completion of the new read. 1t Is
probable that quite q number Of Den.
yer men will open branch houses, but
the building up of business will
be gradual. There Ii nothing to
warrant q very great expansion
of trade just at present; Indeed, the
completion of the work of railroad
construction, and the temporary shut.
ting down Of the Mammoth mining
works at Tintio, will have O tendency
to make money tighter, In proof of
which, Notwithstanding the vast mum.
Der of visitors, many of our mercantile
firms did not do as good a business at
the late conference as Is usual on the
occasion of these meetings. There Is
reason to believe that Provo, some 30
miles or so south of this city, will he
more effected by the incoming of the
Colorado boom than any other of our
towns. It Is now a rural manufactur-
ing settlement, the fourth In size In
the territory, but Is the center of a
very large grain and vegetable pro-
duclng district, and as both the Utah
Central and the Rio Grande railroads
run through it,it will naturally become
tho distributing point for all that Sec
ton.
The services at the Mormon confer.
ence presented no particular features
to the unbeliever. The speakers all
seemed In good humor, and the burden
of their talk was, how little harm they
had suffered from the passage of SEN
ator Edmund's anti. Mormon bill, and
how great was their ,hankfalness that
he had not been able to supplement 1t
with more unfriendly legislation
during the late session of congress.
With this was combined the oft re-
iterated statement that they intended
to fight and oppose the provisions of
the bill and the actions of the commls'
sioners under 1t In every legal, consti.
tutional and legitimate manner. As
was laid of them In Missouri, The
Mormons are not dead, nor In their
spirit broken" If Mormonism Is dead
1t Is an extraordinary lively corps.
And here 1t may not be out OF place to
notice that in another generation this
peculiar people will have added TO the
bands of religion the ties of blood.
Like the Jews, by their inter.msr-
riages, they will not only be cemented
by o common faith, but by relation
ship which condition Is accelerated by
their unique notions or Christian mar.
rlage, or rather by the putting in
practice Of those notions. It Is b very
rare occurrence for q Mormon youth
to marry q non.M Mormon girl, though
unions of gentle. young man with
Mormonsgirls are far less uncommon;
in fact, for some unexplained reason,
there aeems to be o tendency in this
direction, though as q general thing
such marriages. are vigorously opposed
by the girls relatives. If any thing
mixed marriages are regarded with
greater aversion by orthodox Latter
Day Saints than by Roman Catholics.
This probably arrives from the idea
with them, that. marriages are eternal,
continuing In the next world as well
as In this, but the unions Of believers
with unbellevers do not extend be-
yond this life, and are all broken
up at death, consequently emo
in misery and disappointment
If general business has not been brish
the caterers to our amusement have
done we'll. The theater aud the opers
house have both been running, snt
playing to large audiences, In sddi
ton to which a large concert o.
Juveniles drew heavily at the Assem-
bly, hall. Utsh,has a musical geniul
In a young Welshman, named EvaI
Stevens, who excels as o teacher, Blu
Is also a good composer, instrumental
LIST and singer. He has CLASSES a
which he teaches 1000 children (ar
immense number for a place Of thil
size), besides adult classes, being ais
instructor of music at the university
His efforts are having q very marke,
effect In developing the musical tast
of the community, especially of tn
young.
The spring is favorable to farmers
a large crop is anticipated, the noun
tains have sufficient snow to supply tn
summer waters OF irrigation, minin
matters are running smoothly, an
whilst We have no special expectation
everything points to a prosperous set
son, Much building Is being don
here; the large orchards and garden
In the centre of the city are gradual
growing less; and the extensive are
at the mouth of City Greek Canyon
where the late Mormon president
gardens were, Is now rapidly film
with the residents Of some of h
numerous descendants, or Of those t
whom they have sold the property
MANY Of the landmarks are disappeal