The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-19
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! IN CONVERSATION with General Georg,
Goddard last evening, a HERALD re
porter learned that secret preparati1 n.
are being made by the forces under his
command, to storm Fort Douglas at ar
early day. The greatest enthusiasm
prevails in the ranks of the Sabbath
school children who are to take part in
the slaughter and pillage of the garrison
on the hill. The report thatth President
has telegraphed General Howard, di-
recting MIN to keep all posts OF the
Western Platte department in full
kstreng,h and be prepared for any emeF-
gency that may arise in Utah. and
! that General Hatch with tue Fifth
! Cavalry will be ordered to proceed to
Salt Lake by fast train ii necessary, "
creates no dismay in the breasts OF the
attacking legions. General Superin-
tendent Goddard further stated that
what we have heard OF the sixth In
fany at the Fort, consisting of 500 men,
being considered sufficient to guard
against anything except an organized
outbreak" is mere idle Boosting, as
there are enough children in his Bible
claSSSS dlOlO W oC0OD Il OOU6LGe
clean, to say nothing OF Evan Stephens
terrible regiments of falsettos and altos,
against which nothing has yet
Deen able to stand The plan OF
attack. 50 far as arranged. is as follows:
The Sunday schools of the Stake will
rally at the Tabernacle at 10 o'clock, on
the morning of the 24th, where they
will receive their final instructions from
the Mormon hierarchy" All children
over five and under twelve years OF
age, armed to the teeth with hymn
books ana palmetto leaf fans, will adj
vance to Zulfikar Pass. mile south of
DR.. Young's Insane Asylum, in which
all prisoners they take on tAe way, in
Guiding Tribune editors ana agents OF
the Ass. Press. will be perman-
emily confined. The Sixth Ward Tesla
ment huzzars. after razing the Tribune
office and sacking the employees, vii.
by forced marches occupy Wagner
brewery and turn the taps and barrels
of that stronghold upon Fort Douglas
from the south. From the effect these
agencies have had hitherto upon the
boys in blue, much is expected from
this feature of the assault. The Eigh- |
tenth Ward choir and the Union Glee |
Club will scale the SUBMITS of the |
Wasatch at sunrise and fire |
several pieces at the Fort, as the |
signal for the general onslaught
which will be made principally from |
the west by the main forces under Gen
eral Goddard's command. Those who
are spared from the saturnaha which
ensues, will be sold into slavery, as it is
the intention of the Mormon chiefs, who
Of course are at the bottom of the whole
business, to revive the dead twin relic
Of barbarism" and bid defiance to the
government in its efforts to again put it
down. AGentile exodus is looked for in
he near future, and real estate brokers
ire getting ready for land office bust
less" in corner lots. Regretting as all
must do, the rupture of our peaceful re-
atoms with our neighbors on the hill
md throughout, the nation, we cannot
nut congratulate the dealers in realty on
his prospective boom in their business.
But they will probably have to ''divvy"
nth the victorious "hydra-headed hier-
rchy" after the cruel war is over.