Show CORRESPOND correspondence ENC THE CRUSADE IN ARIZONA arrested a and nd placed under bonds MESA CITY maricopa maricola Mari marl copa co arizona Ari arl zona zoua october aoth 1884 editor deseret bews news on the of this month mouth bishop 0 31 stewart geo W wilson hyrum phelps and myself were arrested on a charge of unlawful cohabitation the writs were served at 4 pm and we were taken 0 to o phoenix nix that night and the next mo morning aning at 9 taken into court and the indictments read to us which in substance were as above stated excepting that against bishop stewart who is charged with polygamy also charles chrismon who was arrested the next lay day their bonds are 2000 each while those of the rest are soo SW each we were placed in jail from 9 till we procured our bondsmen which we did by 3 pm after keeping us on expenses for three or four days our cases were continued until the next term of court this prosecution was gotten up by republicans the grand jury thau than found the indictments were of that party A number of gentlemen here acted like friends coming to the jail and offering to go on our bonds which we accepted and were soon at liberty THERE ARE AKE out for some nine or ten other brethren president A II 11 mcdonald being among the number but he is away at present resent on an indian mission which re he takes a great deal of interest in being heart and soul in that labor he is doing a good work in that capacity as well as with the people veople he presides over CONDITION AND PROSPECTS the people in this land are improving those who are living their religion are arc observing the word of wisdom and growing better while those who do not are going in the opposite direction as a matter of course the people are following freighting more or less since they came here until of late they have turned their attention to raising grain which can be done with profit behave started a coop co op store which shows every sign of being a success under the able management of our business a agent ent ant brother geo rassey we have just cleaned out our canal ready for putting in f fall all grain this is a climate that w will rif 11 grow almost everything that can be grown in any country we have our sunday schools in good running order and will organize our young mens mutual improvement society R next x saturday evening the ladles has been in running order for some time respectfully ALMA aulk P |