| Show ILA MEXICO I XICO HIJ or of ofA orA ort A t Special Correspondence Colonia Dma Diaz Chihuahua Mexico May loy 11 Our spring thus thui far has hu been so 50 pleasant with very IY little wind and anal showers that one would almost Imagine we w were back In good old Utah The annual excursion to the tho Grove wan planned for the Sunday school schoolchildren children on the tire Sib of the month but It had to 10 ba he b given up as n It cold cohl rain set In on that morning some soma something thing that never occurred before on n that date dale In the history hl tory of ot our colony Our crop prospects are arc very ery hatter flutter fluttering ing I nil especially for fruit and groin grain Surely the he Lord Is IJ blessing bles lu this land and the elements tar for the good ot of Ills people During the he past week wa we have havo hail had the pleasure pJ of at witnessing the closing and commencement exercises fl of or our academy and they were certainly excel excellent excellent excellent lent anti and donate denote the fuel fact that our teach teachers ers era are both hath efficient and faithful Thin The Th Alumni society vas Vis organized on Friday with teachers and students as members The TIre grip has left us and I nd the health of the people generally II In III l good goad DEATH 01 OF A VETERAN On April 29 Mrs Maria Marin Th wife of S 8 0 C C departed this life lIfo after otter an Illness of at some months She was born In J I Denmark Oct 30 1827 1127 was married to Soren C on Christmas day baptized a II member In the tho Church In InISI ISI went to Utah In Ibo l a and resided at Sanpete county count Utah un until until til 1891 when she moved with willi her husband to 10 this tine colony rolon and has hns lived here her over ever sInce sin ct She was tire tho mother of or 10 children one son Non only her hor herShe herShe She a n devoted Saint IATT L NUPTIALS Preston Gruell son Ion of M I L and ond Nellie Patterson daughter of ot John and Martha Patterson lute late of ot North Carolina were wert recently married at Dubinin Dublan by b President A W V Ivins E K Vf W V Johnson welcomed his twelfth daughter on the morning of lit Friday tha th all nil of ot whom are living and doing well We Wo are arc looking forward with pleas picas pleasure ore lire to tho visite of ot Elders and Cowley who aro are coming to attend our stake Blake conference which Is IH to 10 he be held hehl here on May 30 and 31 We anticIpate n It time tUne of rejoicing The Th News Is a n welcome visitor to our colony and nearly every family subscribers for tor the Church organ |
