Show frow from ake t missionary field today we were pleased to meet elder john F laub of washington washington county who returned yesterday morning looming from a two years mission to the southern states in the company of missionaries there were elder JM h of ogden elder riggs biggs mad and meis levi harmon of washington city utah A 0 lee of panacea nevada and alvin N heaton of Or orderville derville kane county the company of immigrants stopped in colorado whither they were accompanied by elder wm spry A portion of the giL gathering saints accompanied elder laub from huntington west virgin ia and joined the main company at kansas oily city elder laub left this city for his field of labor on the of june 1886 and was assigned to labor in the virginia conference his field including a portion of kentucky he remained in IH that conference during the whole time and succeeded in baptizing niu nin teen persons and assisting at the baptism of twenty four othe others rs there Is some religious excitement and considerable discussion going on in the virginia conference between the camp baptists methodists and other denominations and the elders frequently get an opportunity to proclaim the truth of the gospel brother laub has been followed and threatened by mobs three times during the past two years but bus on no occasion ion ud did he receive any personal injury he found many warm friends who are very kind and hospitable to the elders his health has not been the tb best as in the summer of 1886 he received a sunstroke and the not yet left him on reaching kansas city elder laub received the sad intelligence of the death pt A his eldest daughter mary jane who ho was buried at hebron on thursday june 21 she was the daughter of john F and alad mary elizabeth laub and was born august 4 1876 at hebron she was a bright in tellisene telli sent child and her death is a severe vere blow to the family elder laub aiu probably be detained in ia this city till thursday next when he will leave for home I 1 |