| Show from the millennial sw alary OBITUARY ia S brecon bracon road dee dec S isa elder elden orson pratt dear brother it be becomes corpes our painful duty to record the departure of minister ot of the gospel elder abel erans brans late president of the welsh district who departed this life on friday november soth at about ten minutes past 7 pm of consumption his first illness was contracted by standing guard over night while the saints were c banking embarking in on board the ship john jonn bright at liverpool on or about theist the of may last lie lle he struggled against this cough and cold with apparent success until some time in september last while attending conference in iti birmingham he be got wet which renewed the cold and coughing upon him his indomitable energy and courage would not allow him to yield before the influence of the thel destroyer and he continued to travel and preach out of doors and in until he became too weak to stand still unwilling that his afflictions should be even referred to by his friends which was the reason that we had no correct information of his real condition until hearing of his inability to be about he gave us the facts in answer to our letter of particular inquiry which reached us only within a week of his decease at this time lie he was only able to be dressed dally daily but not to sit up eyen even for this it ills is deeply to be regretted that we could not have known of his affliction in time that means or changes in circumstances might have been employed to mitigate the severity of his complaint at least if not permitted to prevail foghis for his recovery from the time of his confinement to the house all that the country could afford or that could be derived from the tao faithful attention and administration of affectionate saints was bestowed brother abel evans has been a faithful plo rio pioneer of the gospel into almost every part of of the principality he was born june nth uth ath 1813 in the village of Llan boldy county of carmarthen marthen Car south wales was baptized on or about the of march 1814 we are unable to state by whom but he appears to have been the fruit of elder william henshawe Hen shaws labors who commenced the work here shortly before elder dan jones arrival in the principality on the arrival of brother jones brother evans engaged with fresh ardor in the th ministry traveling and opening up branches that have grown to conferences indeed his name has become like household words among all the welch saints but a few days before he died he told elder john gaii parry l that he be had baptized over seven hundred souls into the church in merthyr alone and elders morris and say that he had recorded more than two thousand that he had baptized la in wales before he emigrated to zio zion n he was an able minister of the theli noly holy oly ghost and the lord wrought many miracles among this people through his instrumentality healing many of their maladies among others several cases ot of cancer and cholera brother evans emigrated in 1850 IKO andaas ana and was first married during this journey I 1 think at st louis staid at council point two years and was there chosen hl high h counselor in isa removed to utah in thi ihl the company of captain 3 Morg anand was chosen captain of the guard located in lehl lehi utah county where he was chosen captain 0 marshal marshai of the city deputy sheriff sherif r of the county count an and counselor to bishop david I 1 evans in which 0 offices ces ho he continued to act ae until april conference of 1865 when he was called ile lle on his last mission to nis his native country he arrived in liverpool on the of july and labored as travelling Tra velling elder in Wales until soon after the tho birmingham council of january last he was aj appointed hinted president of the welsh district where he E e labor labored edwith with unceasing diligence so long as the powers of life berit were continued to him elders john parry and john D rees were his faithful attendants at the residence of brother thomas james the deep and abiding affection which he had won in the hearts of all the saints around secured for him more of kindly consideration and tender manifestation than he could rould accept he ile was strong and unshaken to the hour of othis othas his death that he should recover and rebuked those who manifested any doubt so great was his confidence of recovery that it was not until the day of his decease that he consented for brother parry to write to his kaelly family in ln utah to inform them ahat he was sick of a cold but that he expected to be well in afew a few days and would write them lam JAm himself self seln ile he did not seem to realize that he was veryl very ill iii ll and had no idea that he was dangerous nor did he complain of any disease or pain except the inconvenience and weariness of the cough ile he died with the utmost quietude as a person falling asleep I 1 assisted elders J W young parry morris rees and davies to lay his body out just as he aud and his family would wish to have it done if they could have been present to direct and by request I 1 spoke to those at the funeral according to the measure of the spirit given to me all was conducted with great greal respect throughout and only for the very stormy weather a very numerous company would have been present resent the kau gam funeral was on tuesday the ath dinst at 3 pm several of the american ameri Amerl dan elders were present namely J IV youn john parry john reese ellas elias morris richard S davis joseph lawson and myself P F D RICHARDS justl justi after his getting wet at birmingham during the second week of october while tra traveling v in the Car marthen conference he slept siept tek in a damp place which fastened his cold and confirmed his him from which time he rapidly rapidly grew worse until his death this was t the I 1 e immediate cause canse of his deaul death added to his former exposures RUSSIAN CONC concessions concessin Essid a TO TIIU THE PEOPLE A dispatch fromont from fro moSt SSt petersburg says say sAn an imperial decree has been issued remitting the exceptional imposts taxes and monopolies in force in four hundred and fifty towns in russian poland and which had bad been established on the basis of ancient feudal laws to the profit either of the government or of the individual proprietors on whose lands those towns were built bulit these rights are relinquished by the state without indemnity the various landholders will receive compensation for fbi the loss of their privileges it is computed ted that four hundred tho thousand ll 11 sand citizens will thus become proprietors of their estates in cons considers consides idem tioff the payment of the necessary indemnities A n |
