Show correspondence I 1 I 1 thie the centennial pa oct ISN editor debrei mems news I 1 r the approaching presidential elec tion which at every place outside t of philadelphia and the Con centennial tennial is the topic of all absorbing inter est eit hasso far at least done nothing in the way of decreasing the number of visitors on the contrary although such a thing seems strange the directors of the show have actually succeeded in turning it to some bome account as has bas been sut but sufficiently proved on new york day when the well advertised announcement no that gov tildon tilden was to hold a reception in the new york i state building drew large numbers of people who thought it worth fifty cents to blicke hands hantis with the democratic presidential candidate A repetition or or this occurred on r thursday ohio day when whon the 1 standard bearer of we the republican J party gov hajes intended t to 0 ad au yint philadelphia noh not for any political purpose but simply ply to see the centennial 1 awaa was nv weir welt ej un der dera stood tood ho however vertha we that t jhue there would be n reception in the buckeye building and so thousands of v worthy or philadelphians ians lans who weeks ago declared themselves to be sick and tired of the Cen centennial tennial fennial y did not hesitate t to roin loin their western ireth toioi ren in the hope ope of chance to shake hands with one of the cel eel of the day but ains alas how bow human hopes are foiled rolled be fore it 1 f was two the governor e ekine twe two to the conclusion thab that it would take him several days to share shake b hands with tho iho I 1 ho multitude assembled in front oi 11 lae building nan uan nando and ang do so lid 1 politely informed bla hia friend 3 in jia hij hig goo 1 cLat cawed died aud ard aid nid jocular lur lir manner that lie lio have to t take tho the a rest upon this an n no was received pd good ly tife tile westerners ard and resignedly by tu tto ans the crowd crowl crowt slyly fairly dispersed androv an and d gov hayes accompanied by gen hawley and a few friends commenced taking in the show 11 the ht attendance on ohio day was something over one hundred and twenty thou thousand sandi and considering that thera there were neither fireworks nor tournament nor balloon ji biond other othen mere popular attractions ther showing foi the s buckeye buc Bac keye Sta state tewa was 0 11 1 1 derf uly good i r 1 the financial results lofther of 0 thor ther EX exl i 1 position up to the present ta time mel mol have surprised even eveh those among ohe t the we managers 8 wh apse calculations at t the he were nvere most sanguine the aniual cusit ex eess cess of or what bad nobody ever expected tha tha the exhibition hibi tion would pay 11 and a deni deficit dit I 1 oft ofis everal millions wv wa predicted 1 by ege eve everyone who pre Vre pretended tended to I 1 r arnow about institutions s this character it is therefore A Lg gratifying ratify ing 0 to know that the ther total expend expenditures it ures will but v very e ry slightly exceed the tho total Inco income dae bae and also that our international exhibition bas has been muro more successful in lm this direction than nafie that at paris patis atan thab that at ut vienna in 0 men wd consider thee superior r facilities that france franca atia atiq dudau austria atria for making udder takings f a success rs we will b t looking baek back with noth bome some ai pride upon our industrial show of ii L 76 hs ha a proof of vf what our nation hatlon though young is capable of in tn a lormer ietter letter I 1 mentioned a subject which atthe at the abr threatened eat to lead to a serious disagree ment between th the tha 0 cl i of thi ladelphia aud tho the park commissioners of bf that city I 1 mean the rete retention nilon of the main exhibition building which in spite of both public and newspaper opinion opinions the commissioners obstinately refused ret tet used to consent to after a number of meetings and several i spirited dis flis cuss cussi longi onsy onay the they yhale have finally ietto j ed to permit the people to have ithe their irown down way and the main maln build ing will remain philadelphia is now to have a permanent exhibition of industry and art at 1 h low rate of admission if it will pay is a 9 doubtful question questions but our quaker brethren will be willing willingto to sacrifice something for the glory of keeping the naim main building until the next centennial br or till it falla oain to tb blaces pieces 4 those wap lave iben iban been there ther 1 eh vill pr tadd an interest in knowing what disposition As is to be made of the immense hotels ere erected for the occasion in the vicinity of the centennial grounds the CC transcontinental trans trani continental will remain as long as the main building does so twill the united states both of these being comparatively substantial structures the globe will be re removed moved in sections as the philadelphia papers gravely state to the sunny shores of ofner new jersey where it will in future years furnish the summer residence of marriageable maidens fashionable flirts tourists and mosquitoes a qui altoes toes it is important that the reader feader should know that it will be removed acin in section sections ss t tile lie entire structure being some or DOO feet long the atlas atlass hotel will bo be sold for the lumber it contains a chance by the way for some enterprising ter speculator to lay in a stock of splinters with a to supplying relics relies for the next cn con tennial now that the exhibition Is nearly averit is eagy easy eastby by a walk through the main maln aiding building to find out which of the foreign exhibits have taken best wih with our citizens j judging from the tho sales that have been made the swiss exhibits have all been sold but they consist mostly of little nick tempting as Cent centennial centennia ennia euniA souvenirs holland will ta tabo take but very little home and sweden scarcely ary anything the latter country has magnanimously made a present to the smithsonian institute at wash ington cof its entire agricultural piscatorial and mineralogical exhibit Rus russia sia sla ba sold one drie half galfand and germany over three fourths of their exhibits italy and spain have made satisfactory sales canada has disposed of some worth of furs turkey has sold some cai cal carpets and ruts denmark sume bume 2 worth of pottery norway all her furs and filigree silverware and china nad had japan last lasts but not least leaston on of successful trades eave about two their exhibits I 1 in this country the weather weathers which has for the pas past pasi t several weeks been remarkably favorable for this season of the year still cout cont continues Idues so overcoats it ia is true are in demand but fortified fi edwith with one the centennial will furnish eder eier exercise cise cibe enough to kee keep P anyone warm and lively for the twelve or fourteen day daya that remain J pr 0 I 1 J travelling velling preaching baptizing tilt Z per S elution cond cand condition of the people their wickedness li mecosta Meco co michigan ocl oct 23 1878 editor deseret naf my lay labors have havo been crowned with su success cass lar I 1 rived arrived here hero on the ath pomay and found the people very prejudiced bu but anxious to hear me imea speak accordingly a meeting ilij ilik was appointed in the schoolhouse school house bouie where I 1 address addressed eddu an assembly thal that veis teis was very attentive it t ny was the first time I 1 eyer ever addressed u believers unbelievers un while hile bile I 1 have been traveling trave ilag liag I 1 have haye been traveling 1 jn in the counties of iia ila and Mont montcalm calm ealm pre preaching aching nearly overy every night and sometimes in the clay tjay time in barns dwelling houses and schoolhouses school houses but none would open thein their churches I 1 have visited high and ands low classes have hayo con pon versed wi with th lawyers and priests but I 1 find the jn n heart hearl heart amon rmon among the poorer class for theu thet higher highey class are lovers of pleasure more than lovers of god t still they say you preach thel the bible lible but you do not preach the same in jn utah well it is like gleaning after hardest har yest there is a i head of wheat be here q and there and an d we must pt around and pick vp up the scattering seed of fsr israel el that aro are in iii the thet united tales stales which our fathers did not gath gather er in the ba harvest at of agg ago or nather rather that b have a sprung up hp since there uro ar e but fow few in this part thab that have ever even heard the tho gospel I 1 aisik grom from house use to house howe expounding scripture Scrip ap tHre and nd the plan pian uhn i of df salva Balva tion and the result is that the tho lond lord has blessed myia myla my labors fabors fa ors so much i that have baptized twenty y two souls ald and shall baptize some eme more mono this week I 1 llave have organized a branch brauch a and nd feld field isabella co and land appointed justes blood an old kirtland mormon who was wag ordained an sider elder there to preside after being baptized re and P 1 and al 1 mirin blood a teacher 1 to assist h him JUL shave also atso organ zed a branch here and ordained d henry thomp thomps 1 son a priest and set him anait apart to preside reside over the tha branch and ruth euth jb herrington to take charge of df the sunday school the brethren and sisters slaters rejoice in the work and are full of love and unit unity yand and determined to serve god the saints sainta here intend emigrating to utah in the spring if they can sell their farms I 1 have passed through considerable persecution I 1 have hadla ticks and stones thrown at me and once was lamed for s everal several days the mob has lain in wait to mob mb me but I 1 was warned in time to go through the woods and escape it I 1 have had bad them spit in my face and punch me m in the side I 1 have had bad to go without eating for some time ald and sleep out of doors afew A few days ago I 1 had preached three times at westville blont montcalm calm caim co and when meeting was out there were fifteen to twenty persons waiting outside armed with drums pans bells and pistols and they followed menen me nearly fly hait half a mile cursing blaspheming hurrahing hur for old Brig hamas m as they call him and shoot shooting g off their pistols pistola over our heads for one of the brethren wag with me he said it only strengthened his faith falth 1 for they were fulfil ing the third chapter of second timothy and others and he said he could see what the saints were ark driven v en out of the united states for just preaching the bible aa As to the tho condition of the people here their families as a ge general thing consist of one or two children the women generally are of a sickly look are not of a robust rosy cheeked and lively turn as the women women in utah are and the men and women are troubled with chronic diseases there is hardly a farm 9 or city property but what av ia under a mortgage and it t takes all they can get to td pay the interest and live scrimping they work hard nii all summer to raise their crops and all winter in the lumber woods this is a vast lumbering country for hundred hundreds of miles and saw mills and shingle machines in overy every lovery direction some mills have as high nigh as sixty saws wages are from f fifteen to twenty dollars per month the wickedness here is great they are aro quarrelling b ack back biting swindling stealing lying and lawing nearly all the tims time and committing adultery one oho man running away with another baans wife threes minis tens had bad to 0 o run rozi away nor for adultery near here hero lately A gentleman in iu lakeview Lake nake view told me that thele was hardly a manu man in the village but has got a mistress 0 the wickedness of or th this is peo people alb my bly heart mourns for hem mom there are murders and outrages in every direction I 1 will itell you of two that happened lately near mount pleasant isabella county reven seven men or rather lather demon brit entered ered tho the house of an arl indiana indian knocked iam lum se ns useless ns eless threw the baby out I 1 in n the fhe brumfi dragged drugged the he squaw equaw into the neighboring wood woodi ravished lavished ravi shed her iier and let et her go the thu indian ia Is thought tobe tobo dangerously 11 ili ill 1 they h six of the laiq ariu athey they will h have ave their trial thier week near bt st johns I 1 heald while at millbrook aw of all an awful 6 outrage at rage near bt t johns at a county schoolhouse a i mile from any dwelling the school mistress stayed after dismissing school 1 to write when three villains cama came in and violated her heri and because she bhe not nota greo agree not to expose them they cut hor hot tangue out she wrote thelt names mames antl and died when foun found dahe she sho was nearly dead they had not nob caught taught the outlaws the last news talk about the turks we have got turks in our own land paul says 2 Timoth timothy yf 3 chap 13 iyer lYer seBut nut but evil men and seduce seducers ra shall wall wax worde worse and worse deceiving and being 0 deceived s twelve miles from here several houses in a village named morley w were burned to ashes A woman and child were burned to cinders crops were very poor here this season wheat averages t es eight or trw ten bush bushels th per acre and every tick they ha have havo thy tiie the wheat fly which B sucks the milk kwik butt of th the 0 berny berry and eind cockle c cleese eleese ci leese eese and ana rosr iso bugs and cut worms to til destray destroy destroy their crops still they will not repent tra ow W even evet eliere aro arc many honest in hart and they are anxious to hear me preach so I 1 start on a tour tomorrow I 1 L n broni from your brother in the gospel WM lil dr manning was w walking on th the 1 I at newport w with atti a lady said gild she f at the sweep of the cooan ancita power ra and d ot of the infinite races beyond ewe ona I 1 1 feel myself it so small email as to be all insignificant at ant 3 do not t you 0 u my dear f friend said he hey I 1 when I 1 look T k at the th infinite I 1 do not think ot at all 11 and bali ball seminary seminar y 1 theft 1 CITY nov 8 E aitor editor deseret news on monday evening we were honored to be presen present at a ball elven riven by bro leonidas Leon idas idaa peirce and sister bister genia snow who had llad been united previously in the holy bonds of matrimony quite a number of ladies and gentlemen enjoyed themselves in the merry danco dance until 10 A better conducted party we bave haye never seen in this thia town A good spirit and a pleasant influence prevailed on the 0 casion occasion it was repeatedly remarked during tho the evening that the wedded pair could not have been better matched than they were the noble appearance of the brido bride and ber her attire at tire were the attral tion of all present it was just as it should be and one was struck by tho the remarks of a certain writer viz wiz 14 modesty always appears graceful in youth jt t doubles tho the lustro lustre of every vartue which it seems ins to hide 11 brother morris young and lady from your city were also present at t the party A seminary was opened here on monday day morning at he the upper department part ment of the social hall mie yie A box to be the princ principal 1 pal pai of the same about one li hun undred dred students were enrolled and fifty more will be added within a week or two on the same day we were grieved to witness that two youths had to be brought before nia Bla mayor yorT J D rees jrees on a charge of theft they made an open confession and the mayor was lenient towards them thorn in imposing fines lines we withhold names for the sake aake of the parents and friend friends sot of the youths |