| Show lla ild bucsok TUCSON may way 1881 issi editor deseret news since writing you on the irth in hist st from st david our party has traveled some miles traveling south to the visiting the two elders campbell and famine families from there crossing the jine line ji ne into sonora through ilia custom house then west to the dividing ridge of the head lead waters of the san ban pedro and santa cruz that is the extreme west of the former and and east of the latter into the old and historical town of santa cruz where we stayed in the neighborhood one ill ril night glit following down miles to this place we passed through 0 one of the most extensive and bc beautiful countries of rolling and smooth hills covered with grass krass and large bodies of live oak timber that it has been my fortune to behold also large bodies of walnut cottonwood hackberry ck elderberry and other kinds of wood some trees we measured were from 5 to igi 19 feet in circumference there would be splendid opportunities for settle ments menta those who wish to settle to purchase a land grant the whole country being in spanish grants and the older inhabitants really having done little or nothing in the way of I 1 improvements in p movements rove ments I 1 forgot to mention the town of which is well represented by the tho plain unpolished miner we had a pleasant interview with the well known samuel S brannan of pioneer wail hall san francisco he is maturing his plans to colonize his extensive land grant in bonora we have also met a good many gentlemen who have been very kind to us and some parties from irom utah who are in business here we deem deeni it wisdom to go on tonight and not hold meeting here as no hall has hai been offered D P KIMBALL RANDO bando LPH atall may editor deseret wems news today to day has been a sorrowful day for bro a P ward and family they having burled their little boy james who was drowned in otter creek day before yesterday the funeral services were held at the residence of bro ward at otter creek six wagons well filled with people went from randolph and vicinity to attend the funeral appropriate remarks were made by bishop mckinnon counselors Q G A peart and E Spen spencer cerand and others after the tho services service q the remains were taken to randolph for interment the circumstances of the ilia drowning are as follows tile the little baby boy was playing I 1 in ll 11 a wagon box near the house rith with two or three other children the sheep herd coming coniing home at the time bro ward told the children to go across the bridge and turn tum the tho shee sheep tp they ey went as directed leaving the be b baby babs y alone he got out of flie the wagon box and followed the children he crossed the bridge nil all right as his little tracks plain plainly y showed he then turned down the creek and camo came to where tilo ilia bank is quito quite steel sleep it lit is thought that the little fellow got on to this thil steep bank and went tottering into the tho creek which is quite deep being only a few rodd rods above a dam he was found fast in some brush in the dam the child d was in the water not more than 20 minutes but the family found all vain in trying to bring him back to ilfe life he was a bright boy in lifo life and beautiful jn in death the tho disease diphtheria is abating there being no cases in town for which we feel truly thankful spiritually we are on the improve as is shown by tile the good attendance to our sabbath meetings our sunday school is in good condition 0 A pea peart rt supt bupt we wo have a good day school taught by wm rex our relief society young ladies and primary associations are all doing well many improvements are going on in our town the operative cooperative co store stoic has built an addition we never had a better prospect for hay liay and grain than tiuis this year especially hay hay iday and cattle are our chief products oats being the only grain that becan we ean can depend on some years they fallowing lowing fail fal owing to heavy frosts in july and august there is plenty of work here for men mid teams ms on tira ilia now railroads the U P and U and W utah and wyoming which will dass nass within 12 miles of ban pan dolph at present there aro arc not sufficient scrapers to put all the teams 0 o work that go there but hut I 1 learn that shortly the companies will have plenty for all that go there to work we have good mail facilities the DESERET NEWS comes regularly and is always a welcome visitor respectfully J S CHIPPEWA falls FAILS t chippewa wis june ad issi 1881 editor deseret news I 1 was called april ath last to take a mission to the united un cited states fals wisconsin con sin and on the morning of the tile I 1 started havink having only 13 days notice to get ready in at fremont neb we were detained 30 hours on accorn account t of til ill the a elk horn bridge being partly carried away we were then obliged to abandon the U P although we held tickets to omaha and take the sioux city and pacific to BIair Blair cross the ilia missouri on a steamboat then again gain take tilo ilia cars for missouri miss ouri valley junction there again we were obliged to lay over one and a halt half days I 1 then took train for dunlap iowa rows where I 1 spent a few days visiting relatives 9 I 1 then went to polk city iowa and stayed one week with my father in law how and family here I 1 held my first meeting in the christian church had a large attendance and good order was pretty w well weli ell eli received I 1 think perhaps some good could be done there I 1 next visited an uncle at DoWitt iowa staid with him two days and then took train for chicago stayed here one day and a half visited the most noted places and then lef let left t for chippewa falls wis about nine miles north from hero I 1 found bro C wailan Wallau tine whom I 1 had bad left at fremont but lad had come on ahead of me a week we began holding meeting Ll and have kept it up as often as wo we could ever since we have bavo held ten in this county eight of which have been held in schoolhouses and one in the town hall in this place tile the other we wb held in the street in th the e town of bloom er wh which is about 15 miles north from here the reason we preached ln jn the street there was because wo we engaged the congregational church to hold our meeting in and went vent round and notified the people of it when about one hour before the meeting hourcade hour houn came fame one ono of the trustees of the church came and told us we could not have tho the church because some of the lady members objected having no other place and it t being late wo we met the people that gathered and told them the ax fix we were in one man mr george ii jones proprietor of the bloomer workman weekly awe a ekly ehly paper published here herel said gaid he was bound to give us a chance so he said boys boya cant you preach from this hotel porch the place where we were stop stopping pin fr wo we said we yo could so he got a slab of steel and a hammer and in less time than it takes to write it called up bout about sixty men we addressed them for about one hour of them thorn paying good attention while a few were calling out shut up give us a rest lets give them some rot ten eggs etc however we were not molested wo we find flud if quite dinn didd cult to get houses to prea preach in there is not a mormon in this i of wisconsin so far as we nye can car learn thero there never bave have been auy any of au our elders through this county the people here are from norva norway sweden germany canada and a 1 i parts of the union the chief in destries dus tries are lumbering and baloon keeping in thia this town of lu in habitants there are over 50 saloon saloons wo we have two appointments out to preach next sunday the county papers are taking considerable ii so tice of us so I 1 think flunk we must bo be doing some good we have traveled over on foot and are determined to do what good we can while here iro IVO V do not fail fall to bear a faithful mony and warning and we wd wiy leave the result with god we have bave found some acme who say you mot mor molls have no business to live 9 other who think we ought to t tie tarred and feathered Y we ten them thern we are not afraid to compan characters with any of them may enquire where we happee stopped and they cant fincha we have misbehaved praying god to bless his bai sai everywhere I 1 remain your brother THOMAS J steeg STEED ROCHESTER butler Coun county tyl ky y may 31 issi 1881 editor deseret mews alews it is with pleasure that I 1 embrain the present opportunity of in inform forio ing your numerous readers of th tia progress s of the work in this part the vineyard after my last communication tc to you brother bean and I 1 left simp sons county and wended bended air alt our HIT wry way ti tj this cart pant of kentucky ren Hen tucky where aate three or four weeks gewere we were joined by elders bigler and thurber who remained in this vicinity for aboul ten days on the ath of april BrosT Bros hurie Thurba and bean I 1 left aft here for clinton county on the cumberland the prospects are aro fair for an opening oder oper lim to be made this summer alint county is a distri district ct where broca L 0 smoot and julian moses and baptized some members a grel grai many years ago for the last three months I 1 have been laboring in butlett butle tt eulenberg Mu lenberg counties Count iea Jea with ww sult suit ia Is not yet proven many friends and their numal are increasing every daya day dasa aira agia pm many that express believers and some are ca c I 1 tem plating baptism soon Meeli tj are arc very well attended and the as td attention is paid so we feel aa cou raged in our labors andare and are 0 ter mined to do all that lays inar in a power to deliver to the people A message of salvation and and leave A result with the lord on the evening odthe of the irth insl we had llad the pleasure of meeting meetings a welcoming our worthy presides ded dem brother morgan Sl organ who had eoa coa from nashville to pay us a vill visit 0 the we held two meetings the union chapel where barotti morgan preached to very congregations on the we to meeting at school houss bouss housed houses edy eAi eulenberg Mu lenberg co this is a newa nowa friet h iet let never one of them ever tes tel ing an elder before though wei vei five or six miles of where brothe helm and mcdonald medo McDo labored la id summer on the we hoid hold m ing at tile the same place again and hi 19 a very large and attentive concep cong reri regi tion who seemed highly pleased what they heard hear on the 19 th bro morgan preal pread ed in rochester and almosa eva ev person expressed himself as rt if pleased a at t his sermon on anthe the I 1 we bade farewell again to broil morgan his duties requiring bli bit hil his turn to nashville we were vai reluctant nt to part with him built feel that wo we were greatly biem liesa with his teachings while here anili am satisfied that it will r resulting inh great deal of good to the camb cause will cause us to go ahead ivl Ivi direl energy and a greater than ihan ever fon for somo edmo time previous 9 brother morgans visit here thi ministers had bad been very quiet IV lii sincer since then they have begun to rai ran andrace and rave and reiterate all the on stories that havo have been rehearsed years whenever they undertake ll oppose tb the a tru truth til of the gospel TK come out so strong that there is DD fow few that will atheni 0 those that do have to strain consumable and will swallow it if it Vs them their opposition does P injure ua us and is the best advert advertis advert ls 1 men ment t we can get because it iesta ow il people to investigate and that thai 1 what we want for or t then en truth troth is sure to triumph over error the winter w was very late breaking up this season and it seemed that there was no spring but when cold weather gave way summer seemed to come right away the thermometer has been up in the nineties for two or three weeks the weather is very daiy diy and crops are suffering for want of rain ran fruit is 13 almost all falling from the trees for some cause unknown the country is full of loci ats and some people are much exercised over them having a W on their winge which is said sald to denote war it really seems that the day is at it hand when men mens s hearts fail fall them for fear of the judgments of god may god our heavenly father bless and prosper zion is the constant prayer of your brother J H WELLS WE W ells my present address is rochester butler co ky MESA june juno ay 1 issi 1881 editor deseret ahrews news in the last account of our trip Prel Frey president ident dent macdonald and company were still at st davi on the san pedro river at 2 pm on the ins twe started out on the course previously indicated wo we arrived at contention in short time this place is situated on the san ban pedro race vace river diver ver eight agh t miles above st david and 16 6 in miles hes mes from Benson their dearest nearest rest railroad station at this biaco place there are two mills enebe longing to the head light dillwith mill with a stamps the other belonging to the on mine which lias has 25 stamps at this point wo we leve leave the river ad ind travel 10 miles in a southeast course which brings us to tombstone which is a marvel we expected to nind find that which is so common in mining camps that is light frame buildings with canvas roofs etc but not so the buildings are substantial and have a look of permanency ma which denotes that there is something a behind it that can be relied on while rambling through the city larin darin doring during the evening taking in the sights wo we observed the shingles of wells spacer and others other of lit hit salt lake fame among whom were dr greer and anil family lately erum frim payson utah who treated asvery us very kindly anthe on tiie morning of the we left tombstone and aud taking a south west course for ten miles brought us back to the river and to the town of charleston which is eight miles above contention this place has t two wo mills belonging to the Tough rough nut alining company and a population of about there thare ia is also a custom mill two miles below the town Here we crossed the river and took a southwest course for 20 miles to millers canon in the huachuca Hua chuca pronounced wa chu ca mountains and about two miles up the canon ve we found brother J W V campbell and family edgar sessions john sessions and frank campbell and all engaged encased with a steam sawmill taw saw mill the property of brother JW LW campbell we spent the evening with the brethren who felt tell prest macdonald giving them bome some good instruction and counsel we blessed two children and bid ring our friends goodbye good bye we started laek ilek eck sack to the river follow following ingup up it ume 15 miles mi les ies over some of the finest razing country that any one could vish riah for grass as far as the eye mild uld reach and plenty of water to cutain a settlement of 60 50 families lat lut alas aias the whole river for 30 tiles niles is covered with an old aj grant which the mining companies of charleston have secured a order to control the water for milling purposes purpose sand and no chance even tor for or a 4 garden patch we are now at the mexican custom itom iton house and six miles over the line ithe rhe the first thing was to overhaul our wons iTa iva gons gong the off leers ordered ils us to ven ten lipen our satchels the next thing Ps vas tas our team after inspecting it ibey aey informed us through our in ler fyr fer preter W brizzee that ye we ouid rould haye to deposit 36 per head tiu i when we returned if gre we pre i our horses back baek with ua us wo we luid auld uld have our money this tills was tm ething we had not looked for 3 Sr other rother brizzee went to arguing the pint leini with them on his Am 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