The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-30
BRIGHAM CITY.
The Field Crops Doing Well
The Harvester at Work.
The Twenty.fourth The New
Railway Route, Etc.
Especial Oorrespondence.I

| Especial Correspondence
Editors Herald:
1t was with no little reluctance
that LEFT my venerable mother in
her vine-eovered cottage in the
Seventeenth Ward and turned my
face northward; also in being com
PEELED to part once more with my
young friend Mr.. Wilding, who is
now IN his 102d year, if am cor-
rectly informed. He is the father
in>law of Mr.. o. Shaw, Of the
Seventeenth Ward, and always
seems very solicitOus for my welfare.
The old gentleman Is q wonderful
man for his age, takes his morning
walks and trips as though he wac
goirg to picnic.
Arriving here / found with much
qualification that the worms, or cat
erplliars, or CUBS, or whatever we
may be permitted TO call them, had
disappeared, leaving the 1ruit and
leaves on the trees, and almost all
Kind of vegetables seem to have sur
Vived the raid that was made upon
them. Lucern is rather back ward i,
but two good crops have been cut
thus far. Most OF the field crops
are doing well and considera bic
grain is re dy for harvesting.
The nstional political convention
at Chicago does not seem to have
affected our interests materially as
yet either for good or bad. II Cleve-
land should be elected to take the
Presidential chair, we hope the
Democratic party will turn somea
thing up that will prove beneficial
to the interests Of the whole country
aud that shall enable capitalists to
resuscitate the slum bering energies
OF trade and commerce,
And bring a change, set industry's wheel
in motion,
That shall rescuud Ger continent and
ocean.
The Union Pacific Railway Com
pany have had surveying party
engaged for some time past laying
off line of the standard guege for
the Utah q Northern. am told that
their survey stakes for the proposed
line through this country are set
about o mile and a half further west
than the present track of the Utah
d Northern, and it is said the Brig.
ham station will be removed that
distance. which, If true, will make
1t very inconvenient for passengers
to and from this place.
AS competition is the life of trade
and railroad business in many in
stances, / think il would be
q good opening now for the "Little
Giant" or D. & r. c., when they
settle their quarrel and recover O
little financial strength to bring
their great little road up this way
through Box Elder Canyon, tap the
coal beds in the east mountains and
continue north on the cart side OF
Cache Valley. Survey lines have
been run through this canyon, and
routes found to be practicable, but
the company that surveyed the road
seem very slow in commencing to
build their 1ines. f@
About a week ago, resident OF
this city, by name William Day,
who has ran III at Point Lookout.
had the misfortune to lose nearly ali
OF his earthly possessions, through a
fire that broke out from
a stove pipe that passed through the
roof OF his building The building
and furniture, also buggy and
new harness, was eonsumed; loss,
from $500 to $500.
The Twenty fourth was celebra-
ted here with energy and enthusi
asm. A conmittee that had been
previously appointed. consisting of
Messrs. Adolph Madsen, Eli a.
Pierca and VIM. Horsley, who pre-
pared an excellent programme.
which was carried ont with much
correctness, which, epitomized,
would read as follows: Break OF
day artillery salute, music; procts
sion to tabernacle, where the audi
ence was entertained; vocal
and instrumental music: an
Grafton by the orator d
the day. D. NJ. Burbank, upon the
history Of the Latter day SainIs,
their Is and triumphs. AIphonzt
Snow delivered an address upon
Constitutional Rights" VIII CHI was
u timely subject and ably handled
Apostle Lorenzo Snow also de
livered an interesting speech upon
the history and present position OF
the Latier-day Saints. The interior
OF the Tabernacle was tastefulIy
decorated, especially on and around
the stand, where a large number Of
boquets were displayed. composed
of the choicest rarities O, flowers
| On the wall at the back OF The
stand in large letters composed q
evergreen5 was the word Liberty
surmoun'ed above two droopiue
flags bearing the national colors
The afternoon was spent Ia out dool
psstimes and amusements, race;
etc, and in the evening there was
dance in the court house. Th,
"TweL ty-fourth" was q time of re
| freShiDg and endowment here. An,