Show from the he f south on last saturday afternoon we were called upon by elder W ff wilson a missionary just returned from the southern states he left leff Utah in january 1886 and proceeded to alabama in which state he spent the greater part of the time of his mission laboring in various parts of it genially generally he and the other elders in that field have met with good success and have been well treated in coffee county there is a branch of twenty one members of which elder john T wilkin is iq president the state has beeb bec divided into the north and south alabama conferences in january jan of this yeat year elder wilson went to florida where he be remained antil until released the pros pacts in that state are good this forenoon we were called upon by E elder ider milo A hendricks of richmond cache county another ot of the parly of returning return returning in 9 missionaries from the south he and elder john W tate of jocele are the missionaries who were shot and wounded in virginia in december last elder eider hendricks received seven rabbit shot in hie hia right leg several of which remain in the limb but the wounds have healed without leaving any bad effects he states that elder tate who was wounded in a similar manner also in the right leg still suffers from the effects of the shot the wounds have healed but the limb is stiff and more or less pain and inconvenience are suffered by fider elder tate in consequence eider hendricks labored inmany in mary land and west virginia but mainly maidl l w virginia Virgini aw for ten months brecey preceding 1 his release he presided over the virginia conference he reports the prospects in that thai region for the spread of the gospel as being good |