Show I 1 for the news extracts from a letter written by A robbins to elder orson Hyde FORT SUPPLY greeir river county I 1 march ath 1854 1 we are enjoying farsi first rate rate health and hoy baye ever since you left the spirit of the lord has been with us and we have enjoyed ourselves much we have had pretty cold weather the most of the wili winter tor tho the no cofas vas much snow as was anticipated the most on the ground at i one time lime has probably not exceeded one foot 0 on n the level but in consequence of the west winds our animals have had a good chance to get at the grass the severe weather set it in about the first of jannary and the thermometer on the ath stood IT 17 I 1 deg below zero at sunrise on the 25 deg below at sunrise on the 30 deg below A few cattle died and some who went out to see to the stock got their feet slightly frozen A at L his date the thermometer ranges from 8 to 12 deg above zero with frequent frequez t snow squalls we had a shoshone family with us some two months an old lady with two sons and one daughter all of whom have been uniformly friendly and we have mainly supported them as they the could not hunt huat to advantage during tho the cold weather I 1 extract of a letter from elder af D hambleton MANTI CITY march 1854 I 1 sau gnu the U S Mar marshal J L heywood and eld elders e rs fors forsgren reit and M ff peck pech arrived here from GP G 8 E L city in good health they preached today to day and advertised to preach again tomor to mor row rov th the e health of this place is good at present aud and ahe brethren are tolerably well united in the location of a fort of 3 blocks square on the highest gr ground lid in the city the blocks 26 rods square with a six rod street around the he whole to be built of stone and the east line is in iii rapid progress and will soon be completed 8 feet high tw the wall is jo be 14 feet high 3 feet on the ground and 18 inches aaflie at the top the weather has been very favorable for busi i ness through the past mouth month and bids fair to be an early spring yours as ever |