UTAH.
Condition of the Railroads—A Mormon memorial.
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 17.—The snow blockade on the Utah Southern Railroad caused a suspension of communicatien by rail between this city and Ogden since Saturday.
A dispatch received here this noon says that the trains on the Utah Central Road finally broke through the drifts and reached Ogden, and expected to return to-night. The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Roads are both open, and the trams are all on time. The recent storms caused no delay on these roads.
A memorial was privately telegraphed to Washington, yesterday, signed by about 200 persons, mostly Mormons and their sympathiz-ers, protesting against the recent memorial of the members of the Salt Lake Bar. The exist-ence of the document was kept strictly secret, except to those in the Mormon interest, out of fear that it might suggest a counter protest.
The Snow Blockade in Utah—A Counter-memorial from Mormons.
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 17.—The snow blockade on the Utah Southern Railroad caused a suspension of communication by rail between this city and Ogden since Saturday. A dispatch received here this noon says that the trains on the Utah Central Road finally broke through the drifts and reached Ogden, and expected to return to-night. The Union Pa-cific and Central Pacific Roads are both open, and the trains are all on time. The recent storms caused no delay on these roads.
A memorial was privately telegraphed to Washington, yesterday, signed by about 200 persons, mostly Mormons and their sympathi-zers, protesting against the recent memorial » of the members of the Salt Lake Bar. The exist-ence of, the document was kept strictly secret, except to those in the Mormon interest, out of tear that it might suggest a counter protest.
Clawson and others of the Zion Co-operative Mercantile Institution were principals in the se-cret of the protest sent yesterday to Washing-ton. The document was prepared on Saturday night as a sort of forlorn hope, although several leading saints expressed fear of its being too late, and thought there was no use to contend any longer against the National authority. A polygamist, two of whose three wives died recently, remarried the last according to law, Judge McKeon officiating.
The report that Brigham Young was on his way back to Salt Lake is denied. Brigham's organ this evening publishes Frelinghuysen's bill in full, and expresses a hope that some good will result from all this evil.
