| Show BRIGHAM CITY WAnD Crops Crop Hemin of ot Special Correspondence Co Au Aug iOn On i the tho lUst Hist a 1 of tho i ibl bl bishopric 0 ot Second word ward was all ef et effected J th tho action being necessitated b by former First Counselor W C e Horse Horseley ley having been selected n a IL member ot of the presidency In III Hornley he was also 1110 pre l 1 with I a Hold gold natch and chain as lie n 11 tolen tok tol token en ot of the good feeling held b by tho ward tor him Tho organization now nol Is b us lIa follows Bishop Thomas If H with J Valentine and Peter PettI as cou counselors M 1 Anderson of ot who ho as operated on last week fur for an 1111 af at faction ot or the lun lime died at Al tho nOR hos hospital pital on Saturday the tho und the remains Immediately ed Illel s nt to his hll homo home for tor burial I Tho crops crop generally In thin part out arc not nol going to be nearly as hen heavy as w WA expected Tomatoes seem to be hI almost a failure and other crops are light lightA A m OF NAUVOO Justin O e Wixom of or place Is a 1 Nauvoo hI his father Solomon Wixom being n 1 rc resident of that his historic historic city from about 1812 to the ot of tho expulsion wa u IL carpenter and helped to build the tho Nauvoo Temple Justin was then about f Ii or 7 j years of at age Of tho and of or the tho boys bos of Nauvoo Mr tr Wixom sayni Probably about 1813 a 1 man named Rot got up a 1 military organization of boys and young men of about G to 18 or 20 years of 1 I w no ono one of ot thu number I think tho total number was wnM about W Wp had a bl band ot with drums drum and fHe The boys car carried ried United States Ila Hags s and wooden guns with mechanical looks Wo ero dressed In uniform and had broad pa paper per caps decorated with and We l were r put through regular military drill and marched through the streets stroet of ot tho city and lre presented a nOn fine military ap nl appearance I do not remember the tho naino the tho organization wan IAM known h by tin un leai It IL was called tho Nauvoo Some mixed It up tip with the legion but It had nothing to do with that organization I do not remember how often otten thesa military drills took place probably once a II month G |
