Show BOX ELDER STAKE conference the quarterly conference of this stake state of zion was held at brigham city on the and of october 1880 october 10 a m after the opening exercises the clerk read the statistical report for the half year ending august 31 1880 and the meeting was addressed c severally by bishops J C de dewey wey E D dlee Blee cham and wm neeley on various subjects of mutual interest to the saints 2 p m singing r and prayer counselor E A box spoke on the permanency and ef efficacy fleacy of gods godys work in the plan of salvation and the sure failure of man made systems of af religion apostle lorenzo snow addressed the saints at length on their duties and their obligations to god and one another through covenants and baptism and the necessity of trials nd and temptations requiring sacrifice in in order to prove the integrity and upright uprightness ne as of all october alst 10 a m singing and prayer bishop J D burt made remarks on the tile gathering of the people to these lands gods design in n regard thereto the tile judgments about to overwhelm the nations and the marvelous manner in which god has blessed his people in various ways bishop A nichols said gaid it is good tobe to hearken arken unto un to what the spirit hath cosay to fay say unto the churches and it is written he that hath bath eyes to see let him see and he khat hat hath bath ears to hear let him hear bear elder jas jag pett spoke in a very earnest manner of the labors performed by hn ill lii brethren of or this stake for the benefit of the p people eople and exhorted all to cheerfully obey the holy priesthood elder C 0 card superintendent of or the loean logan temple said I 1 am here in the interest of or the lo lonn loan yan temple and desire to procure more carpenters to labor there that we may be enabled to put on the roof this fal fall and thereby gain pain six months time as the work could then be continued all winter patriarch wm box made a few very apt remarks which the wise will profit by 2 rpm p ni singing and prayer the sacrament was administered pres pros 0 G snow said many good things in support of union and obedience being wing prominent features in our lives and of guarding the same came from every attack of the enemy elder wm S watkins approved in a very earnest manner the course pursued here to unite and blend the interests and hearts of the people prest 0 G snow presented the general authorities of the church and the stake authorities all of whom were unanimously sustained apostle lorenzo snow bore a powerful testimony of the divinity of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and exhorted all present who know the truth of these things to be true and faithful always singing and benediction JAS beira BY bywater IrA clerk of stake texas sends a solid democratic representation to congress defaulting postmaster macarthur thur thun ot 0 chicago chimo 11 be pardoned ys irs the magistrate of longford county was fired at near longford last night thirty four additional cases of smallpox small pox were reported today to dabin day in san francisco A chicago dispatch says look jut out for a positive republican victory in north carolina secretary sherman will contest the ohio with foster poster taft and Al matthews atthews justices hunt and clim Clif clifford flord of the supreme court will give place to devens and edmunds the republicans think john A kasson ramn of iowa is the most available man mau for the |