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Show TEMPLE fiND TABERNACLE. liishop Peter Loutensock, of Eureka, late president of the German mission, has reached home safe and in excellent health. The Salt Lake stake quarterly conference con-ference will be held in the Salt Lake tabernacle Sunday and Monday, March 13 and 13. A new paper called "The Northern Star" is about to be published by the presidency of the northwestern states mission in the interest of that mission. The unparalleled cold and stormy weather lately prevailing- in many of the southern states has g-reately impeded im-peded the labors of the missionaries in those regions. A series of meetings are being held in the Fourth ward meeting house at Provo, addressed by elders who explain the principles of the gospel as they would do in the mission field. Elder A. P. Kesler, who has been released re-leased by the first presidency from the presidency of tho eastern states mission, mis-sion, will start from New York for home on March 14, when Elder W. H. Smart will succeed him. So great has been the demand for the Improvement association manual of 1S97-8, which treats on the life of the Savior, that the first and second editions edi-tions have been exhausted and a third edition is now in the press. Professor Talmage delivered a lecture lec-ture on "Successes and Failures" in the Nineteen ward meeting house, Salt Lake, Sunday evening last, under the auspices of the Y. L. & Y. M. M. I. A., to a large and attentive audience. President Joseph F. Smith arrived In Salt Lake City Monday, March 6, from an extended trip to Honolulu. He went there on business connected with the church, and among other things accomplished, ac-complished, assisted in dedicating a new meeting house. The Heber stake house is one of the best in the state. It is built of red sand-stone, laid in courses; its dimensions dimen-sions are 50x100, 30 feet to the ceiling) with a tower 100 feet high to the top of the vane. The seating capacity of the building is 1,200. The students and faculty of the University Uni-versity of Utah celebrated on the 7th inst. what was considered by them the most important event in the history of the institution the removal to the beautiful site on the east bench. The governor, members of the legislature, and the university regents were the guests of honor. Never before has the great building presented so animated, brilliant and joyful a scene. One hundred and fifty missionaries have been engaged in Mutual Improvement Improve-ment work, in the various stakes of Zion, during the past winter. Their labors closed at the end of February. Much good has been done. In one stake (Uintah) eighty-six have been added to the church by baptism; in another twenty-six baptisms are reported re-ported as the result of the work of these missionaries. The enrollment also of the ward associations has in a great many instances been increased. A cable message has been received at the president's office, sent by C. F. Wright, of Paradise, at Liverpool, England, announcing that the American Ameri-can line steamer Weeselad had arrived there safely. The vessel made a good trip across the Atlantic, having left Philadelphia on the evening of February Febru-ary 18. Among the passengers wee Christopher I. Kempe of Arizona, R. P. Herrick of Ogden, Elder Robert Sherman Sher-man of Salt Lake City, and other Utah people. A movement is on foot to raise a monument over the grave of Elder John Morgan, of the first council of seventy, who for so many years was president of the southern states mission, mis-sion, and those who labored in the ministry under him are particularly invited in-vited to take part in the accomplishment accomplish-ment of this tribute to the memory of this widely known and esteemed missionary. mis-sionary. His successors in the presidency presi-dency of that mission, Elders B. II. Roberts, J. G. Kimball and Ben E. Rich, are the committee appointed to carry on the work to a successful completion. com-pletion. A reunion of the old folks was held at Alpine on Washington's birthday, and a y.ery enjoyable time was made for all over sixty years of age. At 1 o'clock a sumptuous repast was par. taken of and greatly enjoyed by old and young. After dinner an excellent prepared program was rendered for the entertainment of all present. Bishop William B. Preston, of the Old Folks' central committee, was present, and responded to the speech t,f welcome. At 6 o'clock p. m. a royal banquet was served to the old folks and at 8 o clock p. m. the old people enjoyed themselves them-selves in the dance. Died at Malad City, Idaho, John J. Williams, in the 76th year of his age. Elder Williams embraced the gospel and was baptized in the year 1S49, by Elder Jonathan Thomas (Nathan Ddu) Brecken conference, South Wales and was ordained a priest, and afterwards an elder the following year, ne emigrated emi-grated to Utah in February 18, 1S53, and ordained a high priest by Apostle Lorenzo Snow in 1856. He was ever - a zealous, faithful and energetic follower fol-lower of Jesus Christ, and a staunch defender of the faith and of the priesthood priest-hood of the son of God. |