the he companies on the plains the ile last company started from Florenc ethe same day that elder cannon left july under the presidency of elder win bodge in addition to a late start from eng england I 1 and this ca company had been somewhat detained in quarantine through sickness which caused it to be beyond the usual time in leaving Florence hut but from the character of their outfit and the reliability and prudence of capt budge they are expected to make good time timi ani and ana arrive iyre lyre in september elder cannon and friends passed hooper and El dredges t ox train of merchandise merchandize dize 11 M D haight captain 82 miles out from florence the mule train of the same merchants john ar Y greene captain was passed miles out elder eldr asa calkin and family were traveling with this train the second handcart liand hand cart company captain oscar stoddard 12 persons 22 carts was miles out on the evening of the capt bri brigham harn hain 11 II young f with freight train and a few families was on the 40 miles below AshIl ash hollow ollow on the same day they passed a small company under castjohn Cap capt john tJohn tay taylor lory from rowa iowa I 1 D i 1 a city the company was principally from wat at raglon region on arriving at deer creek on the ath dinst t they h saw sav capt james D rossas company camped on the north side of the tile platte E elder I 1 cannon crossed over and learned that capt smithy company was about a days travel behind that of captain ross they overtook capt murphys Murp hys company at greasewood and camped with them on the night of the ath at independence rock the next evening they camped with capt franklin browns small company near the three Cross crossings ingra of the sweet water the handcart hand cart company capt Rb robison ison lson was at the same place the com companies paniel had been greatly pros prospered perea in traveling with the exception of capt smiths train which was not visited there is no loss of cattle reported save two in capt grosss company the wagons with 2500 ibs lbs of faour and lbs ibs ot of bacon sent out by president young xoung r to the girst first handcart hand lind cart company were met five miles east of the weber river on sunday afternoon those who expect friends can rely on the fore forego 0 lug statements as a basis for calculation