The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-30
PROVO POINTS.

ONLY FIVE days more to- prepare fo
the April Conference.
NEARLY ONE hundred men are EN-
ployed IN and around the new stak:
Tabernacle.
a LARGE number of men, with teams
have been hauling gravel from the base
OF the mountain near the Insane Asy.
lum onto the sidewalk. around the Tab,
ernacle Block.
THERE was about three inches of snow
on the ground last Saturday morning
which has not yet entirely disappeared.
though we feel inclined this morning 10
gladly herald the opening spring.
The CONFERENCE of the Mutual I'm
provement Associations in this Stake
was largely attended on Satur ay and
Sunday by representatives from sif
parts OF the country and gave Provo a
more than usual lively appearance.
There was a variety Entertainment
given under the auspices of the I'm
provement Association in the Theatre
on Saturday night, pronounced by all a
grand success.
Work ON the new Tabernacle is pro-
crossing at rapid rate, and under the
direction OF Supt. Snyder, the entire
appearance OF the building is being
changed, asit were, by magic art. 1t is
true the house will not be completed in
time for tie April conference, but it
will be so far advanced towardsDcom~
pletion, that with the chairs and seats
from the different halls in, town,
temporarily arranged, so as to
R0mfnrrQhIU 10
will hold, and heating stoves con
veniently placed to regulate the
temperature, in case the mercury should
fall too near zero, and decorated with
evergreens and other objects to attract
the eye, will in a measure counterfeit
the dreary, mon0tOnous, and cherries
appearance of bare brick walls. The
merchants of Provo, and especially1the
Coop, S. S. Jones, and Factory Stores,
nave donated literally towards these
preparatory improvements for the
General Conference, and if there is any,
thing to be gained in the way of trade,
they are certainly entitled to it. B.
Provo, Marches 1886.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON the home of
Bishop Johnson was a scene of con-
siderable excitement. His little 8-yeaE,
old son, quitting his companions in the
kitchen, went into an adjoining room
and picked a shotgun up. Not reaEz-
ing that it was loaded, and thinking to
brighten the other children, he applied
cap and brought the muzzle in range
witbthem, when the gun went off, the
shot passing through the partition door
and shattering the kitchen window, ,.
several piercing. the face and body of
the boys little 4-year old sister, and
some eight or ten striking the little
daughter of Mr.. l.. G. Loveredge in the
back of the head, The parents of both
children were Immediately brought
fromsthe Tabernacle, where they were
attending meeting, and DR.. Pike was
called in. On examining the wounds
he thought it not advisable to probe
for the shot. The wounds were not
serious, but it is evident they would
have been very much so had the door not
been partly closed, and for the inclined
position in which the little Miss Low
eredge held her head, it being dropped
forward.
Mr.. JAMES F.. DUNN, after a weeks
confinement at his home with a severe
attack of influenza, is again at his post !,
the affable smile that characterizes
him generally remaining unmolested
during illness or returning with con-
valesence, to greet all customers.
Court CoNvENEs again this afternoon;
will resume the Shurtliff case. only five
jurors being as yet secured, but suff-
cient number is drawn from the north
part of the district to complete the
panel, it is thought.
AL Is life around the new Tabernacle,
work progressing fast.