Show cannon vill e new location Settler settlers P 4 litt 1111 Wn angea anted led L iron co december 15 1877 editors deseret news 1 1 J I thought a few lines from this H place would be of interest toy tos to your our yi j numerous readers we have had ji jt 24 2 24 hours of a nice warm rain it is cloudy yet we have laid out a new now towny towns town one and a quarter miles milel north of clifton we have a beautiful town site we have chalked chan ehan the name of ot clifton to the people have all moved up to the new town and are all comfortably housed we are surrounded on all sides with timber for bull buli building ing and fenc tenc fencing ingy Ings plenty of coal in tight hight of our doors plenty of red and white sand rock for building close by we ave have four miles of ditching to bring pine creek in then we will have plenty of water Thel eare leare several I 1 arms arnis for new comers close to town first come first served 3 J X T PA CicER STAKE ENOE NOE I 1 it 1 1 the th QuAt quarterly terly conference of the pin nitch aitch itch stake ot of zion was held at Pa de december ember island inland ad 1877 there therel beera were present of t the 6 presidency of this stake of or zion james henrie hennie george W sevy and J W crosby jr and most moat of the local authorities of the stake also elder jesse N smith of ot parowan Pa Pd rowan president Pies ident james henrie called the attention of the meeting and the choir sang bang prayer choir sang aang atiq the fore forenoon noon poon meeting was occupied cu pled pied by bishop seth of hillsdale aill sdale ward J T packer of clifton ward andrew P se how of Esc planta pianta wards and elder joel W white counselor to bishop wm king of kingston ward home borne industry and the principles of the united orden order were the subjects specially treated the choir sang aang U benediction 2 p m after affixing and prayer the bishops of the various wards being all present depre represented 1 the F spiritual condition of their wards warda the of the people were trying to do right a few were evidently on the road to apostasy apo stacy rhe the bishops generally felt tm encouraged courage d with the progress leing being made by the deop under their charge jesse W crosby jr superintendent of sabath sabbath schools reported the schools under his direction in good condition as far as he had visited elder jesse jesse jesee N smith said he be h had ad received a letter from president taylor requesting him to at tend the conference at pau Pan gultch he ele was pleased with the reports of the bishops especially that of bi shop king where the people were working in the united order recommended the bishop of each ward to provide himself with a ward record spoke i of the advantage of young men becoming skilled in some useful trade singing ben buff DAY 10 a m singing and prayer elder james huff AT W warner david cameron and R C pinney each occupied a short abort time after which elder J N smith delivered an interesting dis coerce topics of importance choir sang benediction ap 2 p mi m singing and prayer I 1 after the Rac sacrament had bad been administered mi president james henrie made a few remarks lie he advised the people to avoid debt and ex trava tiava gance the general authorities of the church and also the local ties of the alake and of the several warda were presented for rot the vo vote to 1 of the people and were accepted and sustained unanimously local authorities of the witch stake stalie of zion james henrie president with george W bevy sevy a and ild jesse W croaky jr counselors high council meltiar hatch david jo joe C davis james dickison joseph haycock david cameron john hou Bou houston bouston ston samuel henrie henries K N P cloves elijah elmer alien allen miller Bl Iller liler and james houston I 1 I 1 joseph ii heywood president of high priests quorum james H imlay first counselor second n not ot chosen alma barney president of the elders eldera quorum of Pang witch william prince and joseph houston tonI counselors james lehow predent prescient of the Elder eider eldera 41 quorum of Etca lanta lauta with joseph josleph lel JEL spencer and lewis dewel counselors 1 joseph L he heywood wood pati patriarch larch arch of the stake BISHOPS dGeorge War vaid gedrge W sevy bevy bishop william proctor alma barney counselor counselors kingston ward wm nung king bishop acel W white and haff counselors Hil nil hillsdale hdale ward seth joanson Job wilsen and E R C pinney counselors Es calanta ward andrew P bishop edwin and david RA madaus R daus adams counselors clifton ward jonathan apack er bishop president henrie wished all indebted to the tho P E fund to set tie the sam eam e aud and requested the bish biah ops bps to aid in the mitter matter instructed the people to be prompt iii in bay paying their temple donations bp wm king spoke a snort abort time upon the united order nepal packer was ordained a high priest arnd arid r set set pet et anait apart as counselor to bish biah J T packer of clifton ward choir eang benediction 7 JAMES B HEYWOOD clerk of conference ST GEORGE STAKE conference FEU Satur saturday dap daV and annd sanday ay december and 1877 neld held in st or a city q i i y pre pro frequent john DV D T mcallister McAll ister laler presiding saturday ay lopa iopa 10 apa pa fleeting opened ned by benging abad prayer president president mcalli mcalaster J sier sien made s gme opening remarks expressive of a fervent desire delre that our coming together as a conference might be productive of great blessing to us El elder derEvan evan kvan AI algrien Grien taught that if we gain that full salvation purchased by the redeemers bloods blood we must govern ourselves by the principles of the gospel and bor bore u testimony to the truth of tb the e united order bishop geo goo W bevy of pan glitch expressed his conviction that the only ule suite uie way to gain lull salvation in guda kingdom is to be obedient to its lawm he ade gave a good report of his hia ward bishop john parker stated he had been a member of the church forty and still felt encouraged to continue in the goad work he made some encouraging remarks bishop r T J jones jonesi of oi washington gave a good report of his ward th thi members were active in obeying law ot of Lith eith illg iLig bishop george el crosby of he bion biou siad slAd sid bid thu the people of his ward never felt better in the work of god than they do at the ibe be present time 1 they were diligent in attending t to their tithing and other duties hin Sin singing gilig benediction 2 p m singing and prayer A letter from president john taylor on temple donations was read also one one on the same subject from klupt folsom manti president moan MoAH ieter leter instructed the saints on promptly paying uther tithes bishop marius marlus ensign shi showed owed awed the necessity of pray praying ing lug mei meo meeting doting together paying tithes and offerings r feeding the poor etc bishop rubert hubert knull knell of pinto reported the of his ward improving in good works ho he had bad made call in vain upon any of them bishop joudy goudy hogan of leeds after 34 33 bearss years gears experience in the church bore testimony that when he was moha mota active in discharging lug ing his hia duty he was waa most happy and most prosperous considered it necel necessary sary for the saints to become one in temporal as in bpi epi spiritual ritual things bishop charles N smith of rockville spoke in favor of df active organization of young mens men 3 and J nd young ladled ladlee mutual improvement e me ut associations singing benediction Benedi cUon A Q PM the acting of the take intake met and ind neld held an i slon sion I 1 su sunday baay ped lec 16 r i 10 a a m singing and prayer president mcallister Mu Allister gave pertinent instruction to and othur other officers on in their respective callin eau caU inke kp the stake slake report of december 1877 was read A letter from bishop goudy hogan of leeds asking to boxe be je leased from his appointment as bishop of leeds ward was read bishop hogan was honorably released from the bishopric bisho bishe pric of leeds ward that he may more fully identify himself with Or derville urbanization tion tiou the general gendral authorities of the churchak Chur chas chaa presented and sustained at the october conference in salt lake city were viere then fese kese presented iese and unanimously sustained the local authorities of stgeorge were then theu pren presented ted in the following order and each sustained by unanimous vote john jphn D president of st george stake or of zi 1 eith thomas J jones and honry henry gy counselors high councilor Counci lof of st 81 geci george G stake Js james mes G blenk bleak john 0 ant ang angus wha erastus samuel miles bichard bentley john M macfarlane erastus V snow enow charles charies smith john lytle archibald sullivan henry W N miller and ullo milo andrus bvm fawcett P of the high priests quorum and win G perkins and john liy ily loytle tio tie his counselors I 1 i wm squire denhof the te first quorum of elders snow and geo goo T cottam big hig counselors headquarters at alst st george president 1 of second quorum ofed of eider elder ee 1 casper guber gabier t nd jacob bastiana Basti bastl a aba afa his couns counselors head hend headquarters 1 at st george john hinton president of the third quorum of elder elders alma alba P and cyrus M jennings his 4 counselors headquarters at virgin city jenderson jefferson Jef lerson hunt president of the fourth quorum of elders francis francia C lee and wm gardner hiff counselors elurs headquarters at hebron miles allies P rumney romney bishop first first Vard St george wm fawcett and geo gen jaryis codus counselors elors walter waiter granger bichop second ward I 1 bat fat george stephen A B R molls and J joseph soseph orton nis counselors jarmes james W nixon bishop third ward st georze geow chas A nerry terry i and anson P R counselors s david H cannon bishop third ward st george Georg fr heury henry J platt piatt and aud mahonn lyl ehnow rinow coun counselors gelors thos J jons jones bi blabon 11 hop bop of washington ward wand andrew A carew lar larco Lareo nand marcus marcub funk couns count counselors elors amri marlus marius ensign bihon bishop of santa clar ciari 4 waru wro samuel mamuel knight JC night and jacob tobler counselors wm A BrinK Bring burst bishop of toquerville bardl ward geo goo anu and charies jr counselors I 1 john parker bishop of virgen city wats wars jas jag jepson and imd le roy hoy beebe counselors coune elors charles N smith bishop of rockville ward chas P terry and wm jj ij brundidge counselors william snow bishop of pine valley ward harrison burgess and frederick W jones counselors robert eneil knell bishop of pinto john habison harridon harrl Harri aon and neale D forsyth counselors luke lube syphus bishop of panacea ward samuel ni lee and george A wads Wadi wadsworth worth rth counselors thomas S terra bishop of hebron ward john Pul Pula ipher and jas jag W hunt counselors george henry crosby bishop of leeds ward joseph T wilkinson on and alma alms T angell counselors coun selom john P chidester presiding priest mount blount trumbull branch nephi B R fawcett presiding priest price city branch geo goo prince presiding priest Middlet oil branch dudley leavitt presiding priest gunlock fort branch edward bunker presiding priest branch i milton dailey presiding priest HArris HArria burgh branch james sylvester presiding priest J bellevue branch jorgen peterson presiding ding priest north creek branch i blokes gibson presiding priest Dunca duncann Dun eana cana retreat branch alonzo H russell presiding priest grafton branch brauch rvan eyan M greene presiding priest Sp ringdale branch james A lenmon Len mon moB residing presiding priest northup bianch Oll oli oliver verde do mill presiding priest branch cha chas F foster presiding bishop fosters place on the clara branch niels ti presiding pleasant valley branch george AL burgess presiding priest grass grasa valley branch jacob at truman presiding criesi priest fort hamblin branch Ly mantl martL woody wood presiding priest clover olover valley bratich john E hammond presiding pre alding priest eagle valley branch artemus willet presiding priest spring valley branch thomas A jennery jeffery Je fiery presiding priest jefferys place on the clara ard aad dameron valley branch israel hunzicker Hun zacker presiding priest camp lorenzo branch zemira palmer presiding priest at orderville derville Or cotton farm branch miles niiles P superintendent of sunday schools of st george stake taki take with erastus Era stua W snow and A R whitehead his asI assistants stants I 1 george Spill abury superintendent of sunday schools in boquer ville virgen city ald aid A roe rock civille li ville wards under the direct direction io hot hof of bupt romney R dmn Y james jamea Q G bleak clerk of st george stake and historian of the southern thern mission 1 singing f f benediction s 1 to i fl at 0 p pm m ahm fat cat singing and prayer the bae Bac Sacrament viO was administered d was reid read read ot ordinance work performed in st george from ath january 1877 to decem ber her 1877 president Bl cAllister delivered some so me excellent setting forth rth the responsibility which rests upon latter day saints to officiate in a templo tempio of god for and arid in behalf of the dead elder john D L pearce just cretu returned arned from a mission to the sou bou southern thern states gave an account of bla hia in missionary missionary labors la bors in the missionary field bishop luke syphus of panacea ward and bishop wm Vm A bringhurst of toquerville gave ailef reports counselor henry would like to see tee the moie mole general application of the principle of union in temporal thi things n gs he delivered a general exhort exhortation tion tiou for ail all to discharge their duty temporally and spiritually spir ritually Itu ally aily the following we and sustained as home homo missionaries jacob gates and to take charge edward bunker bunkers milo And andruse ruta rute charles smith thomas hall eras tui B snow robert parker evan al green edwin ed win D Woolley py jun martin hiack black samuel L adams and richard bentley president jacob gates spoke to the bishops and people on the subject of making temple off offerings to I 1 aid I 1 some of those who administer in the st george temple to live like the rest of UP elder rodero rodert gardner delivered a brief but very practical common cornmon sense sermon on tem temporal thing president said baid s slid skid iid lid more labor Is needed to continue the grading around the temple block and called for shade trees to plant around the block he submitted to the bishops the propriety of ordaining our young men as priests teachers and deacons in their respective spec tive wards he referred to the article on dancing recently published I 1 in toe DESERET NEWS exhorted the officers and members of the relief belief societies and young mens and young ladies mutual improvement A associations to be diligent and faithful enlarged upon the duties ald and jurisdiction of the high council cited the attention of bishops and presiding omm off meers officers to pages five and six of the circular of the first presidency and concluded by blessi blessing nj the choir and people singing aud and benediction JAMES G blear BLEAK clerk of st george stake bo ito reunited united at a childs grave many years year sago ago ngo a young gentleman of manchester of good character and honorable connections had the misfortune to fall out with his wife a beautiful girl of only 18 summers he ide speedily arranged bis his business affairs and without formality took an abrupt leave of bib bis wifel wife and a sweet little babe lie he travelled far and lingered long in many strange lauds lands without communicating intelligence of his bis whereabouts and without knowing or caring to |