The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-04
SPANISH FORK NEWS.
DIR. Lift Talks Unexpectedly on Temperance
to Slim Audience

DR.. 1liff Talks Unexpectedly on Temperance
to Slim Audience.
The crops are nearly all garnered.
Cereals Of all kinds are plenteous, fruit
enormous and tubers so prolific and the
prices so low, especially as regards po
tatoes, that acres upon acres of them will
be left in the ground
Every day the road to the depot is lined
with teams loaded with sugar. beets des
tined for Lehi. It appears that the sur
rounding soil is highly adapted for their
growth and quality. AS yet, however, the
farmers have not gained sufficient ex-
perience in their cultivation to warrant
high profits, but in the future there is no
doubt but what the business of beet rails
will prove quite profitable.
Inc wonderful progress in building is
still going on. An excavation for the
foundation and vault of bank is COM
pleted and before many months a safe
pace OF deposit and exchange will add
much needed feature to our growing city.
Next week the work of grading Main
street will commence and the street cross
lngs are to be made safe and passable.
DIR. lifts FAILURE.
Friday evening last at the Latter-day
Saints meeting house the evangeiic cham
plon OF Liberal rule in Utah delivered him
sell OF lecture on temperance The
! people were we'll posted as to who was to
speak, including where, when and what
ana yet not strange to state, but very few
attended.
On previous occasions the people gath
cred by hundreds to listen to the distin-
guished speaker. They believed him to be
! Stnn9ra eli lao i'm
morallst. whose giant strength was by
nature and training constantly employed
against sin and the promoters of crime.
one, indeed, who would rather sacrifice his
HE than be guilty of rendering assistance
by word or deed TO any person, combina-
ton or organization OF persons for political
or other ends, especially when it was gen.
orally known that those ends were waste,
extravaganza, riot, inebriety, debauchery
and increase OF crime generally.
"A cnange. material change, has taken
place IN the minds of the people in regard
to the true inwardness of the gentleman
| The logic OF the divine's actions in their es-
tlmatlon, does not coincide with the logic
OF his utterances. All classes read with
wonder of the practical political doings of
the great reformer at the late general cleo
ton in Salt Lake City. They soon con-
cluded what the result OF his action would
pc. Ihey now believe, many of them, that
his course of action Influenced the increase
OF crime, and TO multiply the number of
saloons, to make life less safe and to burd-
on the people with irresponsible office
seekers and unbearable high taxes. Hav-
Ing formed such an opinion it was but
reasonable that few would attend his lect-
ure, especially when the subject announced
was one they verify believed would not
could not consistently be de-
livered with esrnestness. If, how
ever, earnestness is to be Judged
by voice volume, high pitch and craniat
gymnastics surely it was not wanting.
But the lecture itself lacked design, the
parts were not we'll fitted and the illustra-
lions were quite ambiguous. Indeed Mr.
Inns sermon on temperance was from the
standpoint Of delivery very Incorporate
1t was far more NEUROLOGICAL than histori-
cal and what added to its weakness was
the reading of it. AS a whole it was hol-
low mountain.
| HUMAN RIGHTS.
Saturday evening Mrs. Greenhalgh de-
livered very able and logical lecture un-
der the auspices of the w. S. A on the
subject of Human Rights'-woman beng
the chief human of the discourse 1t was
well taken because it was well and point
edly given. Even the men applauded fire.
quently.
MRS. DAHLE's DEATH.
1t is sad to chronicle the sudden death of
Mrs. Andrew DAZZLE. For several years
the lady has suffered more or less from
heart disease, but no one expected her TAX
Ing OFF so suddenly, which sad event &C.
Cured yesterday. Mrs. Dahle was highly
respected by all who knew her, was very
industrious and economical and was highly
devoted and attached to her family. Her
boys are living models of her moral train
ing. RcquieScdt in pace.
A transient by the known name of
Mayors evaded the clutches of the law the
other day by skipping" He is alleged to
hove stolen several bottles of beer from
Mr.. John Rockhill, for which he was ar
rested. Mr.. William Lloyd and Mr.. Will
lam Bona went his bondsmen. They will
pay 500 for their venture, else something
is wrong.
EDUCATIONAL.
Notices have been posted informing the
| public that an examination Is to be held
this week in all the public schools of this
district, and an invitation given for all to
visit who desire. IL is hoped that the
friends Of education will numerously at
| tend
With all the facilities aud advantages
presented here for education, there are a
great number of parents who do not appear
to beinterested IN the educational advance
, nent OIL tnelr cnlluren, Judging from the
number who do not attend school. 1t is TO
&c hoped that the reasonable requirements
of law requiring attendance will be en-
| forced in the near future, and that those
who are careless or blind to the future we'll
being of society will be mildly compelled to
do their duty.
HYMEN.
Two notable weddings will take place
here shortly. One is that of Mr. Thomas
Greer, son of the Hon. William Greer. and
Miss Mary Jones, the cultured daughter of
Selectman John Jones. The other is that
Of Magnus Biarnson, an excellent old gen
tleman, with one foot in the grave, to his
deceased brothers. wife. Nature sleepeth
not though death knocks at the door.
SUMTER.