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cstnxpaxxx.Friday.April 23 1339Ail Subscriptions due for The Enquirer should be forwarded only to 3. C. Graham. manager. R. J Dmrdale is our local auent, ami is authorized to collect subscriptions in Provo City.Esquiseb Co.Mass meeting to-night.And still the cry is “Water!”Mattie Vickers -Mon Ly night.Grand May Day bail on Wednesday.Bring jour musical ear with you on the First.Good carpenters are in great demapfu in I’rovo.Prepare to have a jelly eoodJfijno on the First,Contagious dis-Casli paid for fat Calves bv W, Cos, Butcher, Provo.There are several important building projects under way.The preparations for the May-day festival are simply immense.Many Salt Lakers contemplate visiting their friends in Provo on the 1st.The next cargo of Colorado excursion ista will pass through Provo next mouth.Read the Mayor’s call in another column tor a mass meeting of the citizeus.The school-children are laying Uiem-relves out for a glorious time on the 1st.The la rfn around the Tabernacle is kept in good condition by Janitor Jen-Ben.Water seems to he scarce everywhere. Provo is not the exception by any means.The farmers would laugh half way up their sleeve at the sight of a good rain fctorrn now.There ia more building going oil in Provo than was ever kuown before at this time of the year.The Sun Foundry, anticipating a Kcateitv of water this season, has pus in a teu-horso power engine.Prof. Kent ia kept pretty busy these days. He is jumping in and out of the settlements like a dog at a fair.Pont fail to see the grand street parade of the consolidated Brass Banda on May-day at 10:39 o'clock a.m.Kent’s orchestra of ten pieces furnishes the music for the grand ball by the Silver Band Wednesday evening.Ou.' Spring Stock has arrived- We have the most elegant goods ever seen in Provo. Co-or. Clothing Dept.Never before in the musical history of the Territory wan such enthusiasm manifested as is ou the coining festival.’When you want the most approved and cheapest legal blanks send to the Provo Book Stationery Co. for themt Our new buttonhole attachment for jhe “Domestic” will make ail sizes oi buttonholes at the rate of two per minute.Full line of Buggies aud Spring Wagons, cheaper than the cbeaoest aud better than the best at the liasi Co-oi\Elder 0. II- Berg arrived safe in Liverpool on the 23d of last month, and the following day proceeded un hia mission to Scandinavia.Just call at the E:t.'t Co-op, and view that, pyramid id all kinds of Garden Seeds. They are surely headquarters in that line.The chonigeijfor the May Day festival in the Stake Tabernacle arts making rapid progrei-sion under the direction ol Prof. J, E. Daniels.Buckingham’s die lur the whis’ ers is easy of application, and never fails tlt;. color the beard brown or black as may hh desired. Try it.Brig. Smoot and Brig. Johnson ari busy preparing for their missions. The former g-res to Samoa, and the latter to the Sandwich Islands.The Company hook store has the finest stock of stationery, books, no tions, gold pens, etc., ever before exhi-THE N ilGHBOEHOOD.Tlie Colorado Excursionists i auk Provo.STEPS TAKffiN TOWARDS CELE-BRATI^f G NEXT TUESDAY.People of^Moroni Cry Aloud For J “Water!”Lake Shore. aoauaI meeting of the Relief So-F was held in the echooihou.se Sat-f J-v' Bishop Argyle and Ouu use loro vere there .and made some encouraging remarks. The labors of the Bisters in toe past year was good, and the society is lii a nourishing condition, After the meeting was dismissed, about twenty or thirty of Lite sisters made a surprise on the President, Bister Mariab Ferguson. Large table.” were Bet the entire length !jf the schoolhouse, and everything in tilc-isbapeof eatables were spread Sport them. About thirty of the sisters, with Bishop Argyle and counselors, eat down to do justice to the food that was set .fcturu mem. President. Ferguson, be-ore partaking of the bounties of life, made a short address, in which she said she did not feel worthy o! the nonor that the sisters had bestowed up-01 her. She thanked all for the kind-less shown her. The sisters presented uer with a nice tidy after cupper. The party dispersed to their several places of abode, it was a day loug to be remembered.Ouu Tabernacle is up to the square at present, and the carpenters are busy at work. We expect io have the roof on by June. It is a fire brick building, 3Sx3G feet.Ciiorfl are looking very well. We have sown as good grain as you will find in the countv. But the cry is “water,”The prospects' for farming hero this season looks very dark. We Lave one stream of water here now. which is doing a good work. Last Chance,l'liE health of the people here is good. Lake Shore, April 20, 1S39.Mount Pleasant.The hue and cry of “give us water” ts beginning to be heard louder than ever. Already threats have been freely indulged in, to the effect that buits be plauted against the city, if certain parries are not allowed water; hence, if we aro not blessed with the refreshing showers from above, the indications are that the cereal crop Will be very ccaniy mdeed this year.The match game of base-ball between the Fairview and Mount Pleasant ame-teur clubs last Monday resulted in a victory for the -Mount Pieasantera, by a store of 1C to 30- Ou Mayday, theltesolutca” will meet, the Fairview club on the grassy arena for the championship of the county.Another new store is nearing completion on Main street- Rumor says that tlie nine cent “Chicago Store” from Payson is to take charge of the biplding. Ere long, also, we anticipate another store, in which will be located the Post-office and a bank.The fourth term of the district schools began a week ago with but few scholars, considering tlie size of our city. Besides our district schools the Presbyterians ami Methodists have had a full attendance all winter.Although business is not very brisk, yet, we have several coinu-erciatjnen io our midst, among whom is the genial ■dr. Empey, of Clark, Eidredge Co., Balt Luke City.It seems that we will Lave no liieh water tlii-s season. For several days tile weather lias been excessively hot, but uo perceptible raise 111 the water.Heao Water-master Burns is busv now from daylight till dark, and tsotne-iimes till laier in the night, attending to the distribution of the water.The thirsty earth w ould gladly drink in a shower of rain of twenty-four hours Juration, if wc could have it, and never complain.I’oi-LAits, Balin of Giliead and Box Elder shade trees aro out in their spring attire, lending beauty to the town.Nimrod.Mount Pleasant, April 23, 1SS9.They Return Thanks,Mayor Dusenbcrry has leceived the following expressions of gratitude and appreciation Irom Col. A. il. York, in ueuall of the Colorado excursionists who passed through Provo last, week: The Honorable the Mayor and Citizens 0/ 1‘toro City, Utah:At a meeting of members of the Interstate Land aud Town Co’s Ogden ex cmsiouists, field in Ogden on April 22d, it. was uuauimouslva,.,.a tn,n ,--...1,,,,,, ...t3335335LOCAL PICKINGS.Officer Wilkins received a letter from mfl boys yesterday who are in Chalk Creek canyon prospecting on their coal beds. In the letter the information is con tamed to the effect that they had built a small test kiln in which to burn oyster shells for lima, a ledge of which, thirty leet high, they had discovered. The test was satisfactory, and Sait. Lake men, connected with the Chamber of Commerce there, pronounce it the finest lime ever made iu Utah. Being manufactured from oyster shells, It will not slack when .exposed to the air, wbiie a 70i)-bushel kiln can be hurnt in fortv-eight, hours. The boys write that if they bad ten thousand bushels of it they would have no trouble in disposing of the article. It is the intenuon to erect large kilns and commence the manufacture of lime on a large scale. Several pro/uinent Provo business men aie interested in the scheme.The contract for furnishing plans and specifications for the Agricultural college at Logjii has been awarded to a Mr. Thompson, Kansas city. Ilia plans provide for a building having two wings, and a centre structure oi three storeys and fifty feet front, the whole to cost when finished *70,000. But 0113 wing, costing $20,000, will be built at present. It will accommodate 2t0students,and js^o have an amphitheater lecture room with seats for27o studients.The building 13 to ba of brick, and the site is one Of the finest in the Territory, overlooking, as it does, nearly the whole of Cache Valley. The college lands comprise ninety-three acres.A dispatch was received Wednesday, from W.G, sharp, superintendent of the _ tab.Central coal mines at Scofield, to the effect that James Russell, underground foreman, bad been seriously injured. Later a dispatch conveyed the information that Russell's injuries were on the back and aide. No bones were broken and there were no signs of paralysis. It was thought at that lime Russell would recover. The unfortunate man is married. He lias been in the company’s employ for many years.People arc invited to a preaching service at Proctor Academy ilall next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, in tli« evening the hour will be devoted to answering some very interesting questions placed in my hands for consideration. On these question nights I will speak ou any suitable topics of general luierest which you may request. Hand them in and come with your friends. J. H. Goonnix, Pastor.The annual conference of the Young people of this Stake will convene in this city, May 11th add 12th. Preparations are being mad® to give a grand National concert in the Theatre on the evening of the 11th, at which time mauy nationalities will ba represented by costume, national hymns, domestic ballads, oddities, etc., of each country. The best talent ol the Young Men and Young Ladies’ Associations will be enlisted,Clias. IF. Dusenberry, 0. A. Anderson and Albert Moore have formed a copartnership under the name of Anderson ct-Uo. They will be ready to do all kinds of painting, piper-haugmg, graining and general decoraLing. They expect to establish themselves next door to Abe Greeuhalgh’s store.THE UTAH LAKE.For nearly half a century Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral has been the most pup-uiar cough remedy in the world. The constantly increasing demand for this remedy irove» it to-be the very best specific for colds, coughs, and all diseases of tise throat aud lungs.A benefit is to be tendered Brig Smoot and Brig Johnson ia the Theatre 011 the niglifot the lctti of next month, by the rhepian Glub and Sliver Band, Mr. oinuot being a member of the former and Mr. Johnson ot the latter.On Wednesday Eii II. Day, of Fair-viow, anil U. O. Larson, of Ephraim, Sanpete County, weic released horn tha penitentiary, where they have served imprisonment for living with more titan one wile. They were also held thirty days lor fines imposed.We are requested to state that if timely application is made, Prof. Kent will provide a custodian to taka charge of any settlement of the Stake in, danger of being depopulated itom the fact of its inhabitants attending the grand May Day festival at Provo.A “stranger within our gates” was found by tins police yesterday afternoon in an unaccountable condition, and they took care of him by putting him in the cooler. He was too befuddled to giya any account of himself, only that he bailed Irom Lake bottom.Mr. A- J. Stewart and daughter, the two small-pox patients, have cumplctely recovcred and relumed to their home in Benjamin. The, effectual check to the further spread of the disease is duo to the vigilance of the health officer.Under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society there will be given a social ia the new Methodist church this evening Horn 7to 10:30o’clock. Icecream and elegant refreshments will be served. Everybody invited.The Government’s Action in Making: It a Reservoir Site.In connection with the selection of Utah Lake as a Reservoir site, tlie official document relating to which wo published in our last issue, we aro requested to state by T. C.‘ Bailey, government land agent in Balt Lake city, f hut the new ho met tend law of March 2,18S9, aud the instructions thereunder, have not yet been received at the local office, and therefore it cannot be acted upon by the Register and Receiver until such instructions are received.J. Fewson. Smith, a member of the water commission recently apppointed by the Balt Lake City council, espressos lum«elf greatly- pleased at the action of Commissioner Stocklager, of the department of the interior, in ordering that the site of U tab lake ba teseryed as a reservoir site, together with all lands situated witsdn two statute miles of the border of said lake at high water. “Further enterics of land, on the lake shore,” said Mr. Smith, “will, of course, be refused, and it is but natural to suppose that the people who have acquired title to laud within the two mile limit will receive compensation if. they are o impelled to surrender their titles in the interest of the public weal. This action ou the part of thu government, will do much to rid Salt Lake of a condi-tiout hat has confronted herfrom time to iituo and whiehhas stared her in the face whenever she hasjuiade amove to store water for future use. The difficulty has not been so much a lack of water as the protest from the residents along the shore of the lake that their properties ••••■ere being damaged. The result o£ this was the establishment of what Isf known as ‘compromise point,’ beyond which the watei could nut he raised. The action of the government, however, wiirpermit the water to beraised asjbigh aspossible, jtnd instead of millions upon millions of gallons of the precious fluid running to waste during the winter and early spring months, it can be field hack uutil sucJi time as we need it. Utah lake is a big body of water, and the raising of even a foot means salvation for thousands of acres of land that now receive scarcely a 4rop.It should be borne ia mind that no entries or filings on land located within the prescribed limits of two miles will ba permitted.A survey is being made under the direction ofthe government, the purpose of which is to ascertain its condition and segregate what ia still in tlie public domain from that which Is legally' in possession of private parties. When tlie survey ia completed, and a report made, it will form a base of operations for the practical establishment of a reservoir. There will he no disturbance of existing titles. The surveying party is now at Spanish Fork.The subject is one of much importance. If the project carries, a large amount of land now without water_will be rendered arable. Of course it will require years to perfect the enterprise.THE MINSTRELS.A Show Uneqvialed By Any Ever Seen in Provo.The performance of Johnson Slavm’s minstrels Tuesday night was in all respects the moat enjoyable and refined ever seen here. While minstrels are minstrels at all times and under all conditions, aud intense!}' stupid to the majority at the best, this particular combination has at least the merit of originality in its jokes and in its attire. The ragged and forbidding clothing of the past (to which there must be attached a certain degree of humor, for no other possible reason could have influenced its use) is replaced by richly colored satin knee breeches, coat, vest and' silk stockings, completed by silver buckled pumps and powdered wigs. The programme presented was one calculated to please throughout and contained many novelties. For almost three houra the fun was continuous—unbroken by the fall of the curtain. The bright, particular star of the evening was Carrol! Johnson, his singing was superb, bnt Bob Slavia was even with him, and. had a banquet of comicalities that tickled every rib. Fred B. Malcom, as a prima dona, has a remarkable voice for a man, and in his elegant female outfit is a most presentable girl. The beauties of the clog were well shown in a scene on sbip-noard by a baud of middies. A reminiscence of auli-bellum days was seen in a quaint'sketch called “A Night on the Bayou.” The McShane youngsters 'were good in their pugills’tic set-to. f he Chinese Laundry was another excellent feature of the evening's entertain^ ment. The closing “disturbance,” as it is well called, is “The Lost Ace; or the Island of Fofcah,” and it was cast to the strength of the company, and was novel in conception, costume and effect.
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