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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1880
Page
2
A Cincinnati Times contributor notes long terms such as honorificabilitudinitatibus from Bailey and its extended form found in Shakespeare's Love's Labour Lost. The piece underscores the curiosity of archaic words and their meanings.
The Indianapolis News praises Chicago Daily News for fastest printing press in the world by Tice & Co. It prints both sides and delivers 50,000 copies per hour in folded packets. The paper has expanded its size and now serves about 60,000 subscribers.
A Chicago Inter Ocean compiled price guide for U S coins up to the present date. It lists denominations from 1793 to 1877 with typical dealer prices and notes private collectors may pay more for complete sets. Values cover half cents to dollars for various years and mintages.
Wastixeton correspondent retells a Philadelphia Times quip about the Supreme Court and patent cases. He imagines justices in black gowns examining corsets and whalebone devices while a pleader argues a patent suit, with dining among ministers and a joke about live models in court.
Local area reports Borwoixa facing delays as unexpected storms disrupt schedules. Weather warnings persist, impacting travel and outdoor activities. Officials urge caution and shelter during peak storm hours.
The Ogden Junction surveys early calls for a city university or academy in Weber County, notes public funds approved for a central higher school, and outlines a proposed board of management to organize courses, departments, and staffing while easing trustees’ burden. The piece emphasizes graded schools, experienced instructors, and future county expansion.
National forecaster expects pattern with dry conditions in many areas. Heat will surge in the central states while scattered thunderstorms develop coast to coast in the afternoon and evening hours shaping outdoor plans.
Parnell reports from Cork that the Irish party won nine seats from Whigs and Tories and expects bills on land reform local government and household franchise. He warns liberals, predicts opposition strength, and cites Roscommon election as proof of determined Irish policy. He criticizes Beaconsfield cabinet and British party divisions.
The resignation follows the Bundesrath rejection of Bismarck’s receipts tax proposal, with Prussia casting key votes against. The emperor’s earlier rebuff did not deter him as talks of constitutional changes and greater Prussian power rose. Observers warn of growing centralization and the fate of small states under Prussia.
Taxpayers of the First School District met at the Tabernacle to decide on a tax to complete the Central School House and fund general school needs. The ballot showed 75 yes to 36 no, supporting a one percent levy, with discussions on timing and facilities for future classrooms.
Sunday night two prisoners Fred Klein and Thos Morton attempted a tunnel escape at the county jail after dinner. They raised a 300 pound flag, removed foundation rocks, and dug four feet wide. the effort was discovered Monday morning. Guards were not disturbed and the men remain shackled in separate cells.
A long morning train delayed about forty five minutes at the U P ticket office carried around fifty missionaries from laat Conference to their fields. Elders Lorenzo and Newton Farr among the travelers head to Great Britain for two to three years to advance their cause. Families shared emotional farewells as the train pulled away, wishing health and safe return to their firesides.
March 23 1791 birth in Yorkshire England. emigrated 1869 to Marriottsville. Survived by nine children fifty grandchildren and fifty eight great grandchildren. Funeral drew twenty eight vehicles as friends Ekters Thomas Wallace Joseph Stanford and W W Burton spoke of his probity and integrity.
A destructive fire broke out in the Decker House at Sandy Station below Shia City around noon. A high wind prevented water access, reducing the hotel to ashes and spreading to the railroad station, destroying the station building and furniture and part of the telegraph instruments.
An obscure discussion outlines a subject on military leadership and strategy. The fragment hints at historical patents and sources, with references to a debate about a field of study and the name Napoleon appears as part of a larger historical discourse.
In Weber the thermometer hit 85 on Sunday while ploughing began in Weber Valley last Tuesday. Stevens has planted forty acres of lucerne on his North Ogden farm. The writer jokes about spring blossoms and advises readers to paste these vernal notes in family bibles for future reference.
On Tuesday the 13th David H. Grow of Huntaville, a boy of Mr. John Grow, was playing near a wood-pile with his brother when an axe severely cut the middle finger of his right hand. Mrs. Smith set the bone and the boy endured the operation well with no fear of losing the finger.
The Weber County Republican gathering drew a large crowd overflowing the hall as the call for a convention stirred lively chatter. By 7 30 local time the organizer announced the meeting, a chairman remained to be chosen as proceedings began amid anticipation of a spirited caucus.
Ogden City and Weber County Republicans accuse the Utah Territory Central Committee of overstepping authority by declining a territorial convention and appointing delegates. The article notes disputes with Judge McBride and General Kimball, endorsing Salt Lake City’s call for a Territorial Convention in Salt Lake City on April 20 1880 to elect delegates to the National Republican Convention.
A Chattanooga Times interview with Elder Morgan reports rapid Mormon growth in the Southern States with about thirty baptisms monthly, forty missionaries, and rising support. The piece notes declining opposition and plans to ordain twenty more elders at the April conference. Separately General Kimball’s speech is summarized, defending liberal politics and critiquing Mormon despotism while urging citizens to resist church influence.
The last session required new corporations to file copies of their articles of incorporation with the County Court and also with the Secretary of the Territory. If not observed, the incorporation is illegal and officers’ acts void. Citizens planning to incorporate should heed this.
A Blaine special reports from Mixersville Utah that a Republican meeting at Lessings hall elected J A Wecker J H M Smith and Ed Kiesele as delegates to the Territorial convention. A Podlech as proxy delegate was instructed to vote for Blaine.
The text notes Ogden bids for the Insane Asylum and argues it should be built in Salt Lake where most needed. The Juxeucy also files a claim, with the outcome unresolved as to site.
Last evening R. B. Watson Esq Supt of the Logan branch returned to his home in Logan after an absence of about two weeks. He has arranged to move his family from Ogden to Cache Valley around the middle of next week following a successful trip.
Geo Seagera of the Silver Chief mine in Ogden Canyon strained his back while removing a large doubder. He returned to town and is expected to resume work in a day or two.
Just received an immense stock of dry goods clothing boots and shoes hats and caps groceries and other goods too numerous to mention G U Trise Fourth Street announces the arrival in this local notice dated in the issue.
A western suburb correspondent asks to rename Mound Fort to Lynne and reports repeated picket-fence damage by youths. The writer thanks the paper for aiding property protection and urges authorities to enforce law fully and residents to aid in catching offenders.
The Tridune reports yesterday at 10 am an explosion in the Old Telegraph mine. Henry Gustafson, lighting a fuse with a match in his left hand, held a gallon of powder in his right hand. The blast burned his face and body and knocked him down. De Thompson of Bingham says he is severely hurt but not in danger.
The Weber Stake of Zion holds its quarterly conference this Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at the Ogden Tabernacle. All are invited and many country friends are expected to attend.
A free book of about 100 octavo pages is offered for patients with chronic ailments. It covers scrofula diseases of the breathing organs men women aches and pains heart trouble and other chronic diseases with claims of curability. Sent for a three cent stamp to Mryngar Urn Pos Co 129 E 26th Street New York.
Pare Seed Egyptian Rice or Josephine’s Corn offered in three pound sacks at one dollar per sack. Address inquiries to S. W. Borntox in Kinsley Kansas.
On Tuesday morning January 15th at 2 45 the wife of Mr. Theodore F Anderson of this place presented a fine daughter. Mother and child are in good condition.
Died on the 10th from injuries on a Utah and Northern gravel train near Logan Photias Sprunt aged 23 years 6 months 26 days born in Kilmarnock Scotland and son of Wa D and Elizabeth Deceased. At London February 15 1889 Ellen Emma Simmons daughter of Joseph and Maria Simmons aged fourteen weeks and 2 days.
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