| Show A tho tiie worle work in the sandwich islands balei H I 1 i april oth 1880 editors deseret cwg news the tile annual conference for NO hawaii pae pao aina was held at this place commencing april ath and continuing for three days the foreign elders and ladies president cluff and wife AV D alexander and wife C anderson and wife J knell H world and B murf duff jr were all present before daybreak day break on the sixth our morning slumbers were disturbed bythe bytho by the lively band of the hui opio which was around giving the mali hints strangers a we welcome como come to lale laie As morning advanced and the time for service drew nigh a procession was formed and headed by this tin s wonderful band consisting of a bass drum a snare drum and a flute the pride of laie laic and the admiration mi ration ot of all we were conducted with no little pomp to the place of worship the meet moet ing house was soon filled to its greatest capacity and those more tardy than thun tho the rest or who lived further off had to sit in the dooryard look in at the windows or return home and a wait await ile lle next meeting the house ins inside ide was nicely trimmed and dw decorated orated for tha thel occasion with ferns rems boughs flowers etc and looked beautiful the congregation gre gation gatlon was neatly dressed clean and ti tidy y and presented quite a civilized zed appearance it was in fact about the most respectable assemblage of banakas I 1 ever had lied the pleasure of addressing after singing and prayer prest cluff spoke a few moments explaining the object of a 4 conference and iving giving the law of tithing and Ea cathering gathering as subjects upon which the preachers were weme to speak ho he was tas yas followed by the returned missionaries sio sion slon aries narles who had been fabbrin laboring on the different balanda since october tober 1879 they gave interesting accounts of or their travels converts made mad e and an d victories v 1 c to r les ies won wo n over 0 v er learned opponents etc not forgetting the tile little trials they occasionally en countered the hawaiian takes perfect delight in telling about tr traveis travels ive Is and wonders seen the evening meeting was occupied by the foreign spoke well and encouragingly showing that they were interested in their work wednesday the rth was mostly occupied by the Mali maii hinis binis from the dif dit different islands all of whom felt that this is the work of or god and expressed a desire to do right and obey tho tile laws jaws and commandments A priesthood meeting was held heid in the evening and was well attended all wanted to preach and although the tile meeting was continued for nearly three hours some felt slighted because they were not permitted to speak april the ath the thead ad day i wag spent spent in reading reports presen presenting ting t the ie authorities of the church calling missionaries receiving do nations nation etc tho the amount of tithing and meeting house donations received d during u ring th the 0 six mon months ending april fth 1880 Is amount amount of missionary funds 74 the number baptized during tile the last six months is 72 and the tho whole number of members of the church on these islands is about the distribution of t the lle ile I 1 foreign elders and bifid the mission missionaries ar 1 es called as follows VV D A e anda with four natives are to labor a r on the island of ra rawati hawaii ea 11 brothers J JH H dean and C anderson on oahu bahu u brother jas knell knoll with t two 0 natives nat iveson on maul Maui Molokai a and lanai 11 a B cju clu muff duff 4 jr with two h natie natle t ve Sf 9 IRP on kawai kawal 1 at joint meeting of ot tle relief societies and young mens men nuli null nn 0 ladies ladles convened after th tho the 0 ada adjournment ou amen t of th tho the 0 general conference it etwas was shown that great improvement had bad ike been n in made do by these societies they a are fd donating liberally for the temple tempie which donation will be forwarded to tho the proper authorities in duo time our conference in ail all passed off joyfully and quietly all felt the rejoicing influence of the heiy holy spirit the speakers were filled with v ith it and it rested with con convincing vinc vine pow power er upon the hearers god is surely surety with nis his people and we are without a doubt engaged in preaching and promulgating the prin principles of salvation may we all have these bi blessings essing esbine of our heavenly father eather amen respectfully 0 O C J washington WASHING ton Tox D C april 1880 editors deveret neuv news the case of violence against the colored cadet at west westi point is becoming of national fame parties in washington are lp interested in it for several reasons tho the republicans think that the bourbon fe feeling eling ilas lias something to do with such outrages and they are aro ro willing ti to join berous body of persons mhd yh believe that west point ought to be put down anyhow as an aristocratic and monarchial iusti fusti tuti dds it would not surprise us if somo some hostile legislation should be the result of the investigation vesti gation it ig J 0 vory vary manifest that the colored cadelo cadet do not meet with impartial treatment from the th whites there and a purpose has been expressed to drive out the skins of color the hill scandal case has come up again a correspondent having a asserted sorte A that the senator is t trying crying to compromise with the woman yoman who makes charges against aim him senator hill denies this story but it is generally observed in this case that every time ho he decies denie sf some gome more testimony against him appears the tile grant boom has received some more severe blows this week geo goo georgia agla I 1 having baving I 1 gone square back on the general J who his friends have been s saying aying abing I 1 was certain of every southern delegation solid and it was only after a hard fight that virginia was forced into his column tile the news from the other southern states is also discouraging to the ex dents boom A revolt against third terni ism is apparent ill in tennessee south Caro carolina llna lina florida and illinois and delaware west virginia and maryland are pretty surely opposed to it from the start camerons little boast that grant would llave have a walk over is becoming laughable now if grant is beaten it will be the hardest blow to Cameron ism and machine politics over ever given in a national convention the two really vigorous democrat democratic lo booms are those of tilden and han cocle ipock it is difficult to fell which is ahead should gran grant abe be put lip up the democrats may possibly think link t I 1 it safe to put up lip tilden but as it looks mora more me blaine than grant so it appears to many political wiseacres wise acres that hancock will be de the democratic candidate if so irwill it will boa hoa bo a live lively canvass the adjournment of the tilo senate over several days at this time is an indication simply that the house 11 1 i behind hand and the senate will wi 1 wait for it to come up business bubines never proceeded so slowly in tha that body as it does now aind and the tiie of next month will arrive before th the thi principal appropriations are perfect ed ADAMS |
