Show ELDER JOHN MORGAN DEAD it is with feelings of deep morrow borrow that we make the me announcement of uie oki e death deach of elder bider john morgan of council of the seventies efte mil mad jowh will cume cumO with great and adde force upon the people for not the fact that floor elder boa baa been ill for about out aft weeks pasti pait his big deame was unexpected until a very abort short time before ft VA occurred Gurred he was suffering from which culminated in at yesterday at a gim gimpson tar oooo poon august 14 at preston cuabo his illness he be received careful and medical attention but the bofty worn by toil and anxiety was overcome by the added burden of the agli mm assailed it and ana the ane spirit toia took it flight from mortality morgan was waa but five ave days day over of age having been born near V decatur county Indiana 7 august his parents were oar amft morgan and eliza ann 11 hamilton amilton during the war of the re As boraas which broke out when he was eighteen years year of age be joined the pulou army and served with honor participating in sevi 1 fl of the most moat important battles to utah at the close of the wax be pon was waa engaged as an in in the university when that was conducted conduct oo in the house later he established UW HV morgan commercial college on first south street in the building occupied by the morgan hotel on november 26 1867 be became a member of the church of jesus christ of f latter atter day saints borne yoris years tt erward be responded to a call as a to the southern states position tion be filled with ability and zeal he was next Int iod to the presidency of the pont barn states state 9 mission and in his devotion ad and energy ipa ta the dospel made for him i bright anti lasting costing record on the th of october 1884 he be was sel selected as aoa of the first seven of in which position he with diligence and a ad faithful afen ifen as op imp to the time of his big being P V down lie he also has held other mitlena amslow Mi tlona of importance in the corn com having been a member of bf the legislature egi slature and speaker of its gumme of representatives or morgan was a man of probity and honor possessed oll keen intellectual power and marked courage be was an able tear fear jq jk expounder of gospel truths espe were these virtues exhibited dur fable long presidency of the southern states mission at a time when in that section of country we the feeling wool v high sl against day saints belr ali M ministrations Inist rations were atten attended dod with fower ajia to the last his energies wr earnestly devoted to the cause of troth which he had bad espoused he has done does much traveling and preaching kobbe Kot be saints during the closing sam ew of his bis ute life in him ble death amo and good man MAD has he eo away and he aho heims hearts il fk 4 f of all H israel will be bowed in sorrow with his bin family at the departure from our midst of a beloved servant of god bod the funeral service as to be veldin held in the salt lake assembly Aea embly hall tomorrow thursday Ta at ai 4 p m w the body will be brought from aado idaho and placed to rest reet in the cemetery in this thia olty city |