Show TEMPLE D BishO bishop peter PPeter loutensock Lonton sock of eureka late president ot of the german mission has reached home sate rate and in excellent health the salt lake stake quarterly conference will be held in the salt lake tabernacle sunday and monday march 12 and 13 A new paper called the northern S star tar is about to be published by the tha presidency of the north northwestern estern mission in the interest of that mission the unparalleled paralleled cold and stormy weather lately prevailing in many ol of the southern states has grea tely impeded ped ed the labors ot 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 resler who has been released by the first presidency from the tha presidency of the eastern states mission will start from new york tor 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 1697 1897 8 which treats on the life of the savior that the first and second editions have been exhausted and a third edition is now in the press professor talmage delivered deliver ede lecture on successes and failures in the nineteen ward meeting house salt lake sunday evening last under the auspices of the Y li Y 31 M I 1 L 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 lie ile went there on business connected with the church and among other things accomplished complis hed assisted in dedicating a new meeting house the he her stake house is one of the best in the state it is built of red sandstone sand stone laid in courses its dimensions are 30 feet to the ceiling with a tower feet high to the top of the vane the seating capacity ot of the building is 1200 the students and faculty of the university of utah celebrated on the ath insl 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 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 Uin lah eighty six have been added to the church by baptism in another twenty six baptisms are reported 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 been received at the president s office sentry sent by C F wright of paradise at liverpool england announcing that the american line steamer WaIse lad hall had arrived there safely the vessel made a good trip across the atlantic having left philadelphia on the evening of february ar y 18 among the passengers were christopher 1 I kempe of arizona IL P Yi errick of ogden elder robert sher manof salt lake city and other utah people A movement is on OIL foot to raise a monument over the grave of elder john morgan of the first fi council of seventy who tor for so many years w waa president of the southern states mission and those who labored in the ministry under him are particularly invited to take part in the accomplishment of this tribute to the memory of tills aliis widely known and esteemed missionary sio nary uis ills successors in the presidency of that mission elders B n H roberts J 0 kimball and ben E rich eich are the committee appointed to carry on the tha work to a successful completion ion A reunion of the old folks was held at alpine on birthday and a very enjoyable time was made for allover all over sixty years of age at I 1 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 13 preston of the OU OM folks central committee was present and responded to the speech ot of welcome at 0 p in a royal banquet was wa served to the old folks and at 8 p in the old people enjoyed themselves in the dance died at malad city idaho john J williams in the year of his bis age elder williams embraced the gospel ind find was waa baptized in the year 1819 by elder jonathan thomas nathan brecken conference south wales and was ordained a priest and afterwards afterward in an elder the following year ile he emigrated to utah in february 18 1853 ind and ordained a high priest by apostle lorenzo Li orenzo snow in 1850 lie ile was ever a zealous calous faithful and energetic tol fol lower ower of jesus christ and a staunch defender lo fender of the faith and of the ariu lood bood of the son of god |