Show RETURNED ELDERS elder john Q critchlow of ogden made a call on the NEWS he returned home last week from a mis a sion ion on which he left may his field was in the northern states mission where he was ne assigned to labor in the pennsylvania conference his time was about equally divided between the states of pennsylvania and west vi virginia r he had fair health and enjoyed himself in the performance of his ni missionary duties the treatment he received irom from tue the people generally was very good there were some threats on the part of persons inclined to be lawless but b it nothing of a serious nature the people do not show much interest in religious affairs their att attention on being occupied chiefly by worl adly matters matter especially in the present v ery dull time elder august carlson also calle d t today 0 he returned to his hom e in oden about three weeks since fr ova om a mission to scandinavia he left b ome jan 23 1892 and on arriving at copenhagen was assigned to the stockholm conference after A tier a few w aweeka beeks there he wasi was called allea into the copenhagen office to labor on the an where he remained several months he was agala called to the confere conference inces over which he be su subsequently bent was made president elder carlson carleon gives a most encouraging report of the work in the lacal locality where here he has labored there Is 1 a great deal of interest manifesto d by the be people an J many requests co come me for elders to preach meetings are held without nin hindrance drance and good halls balls can be obtained where for merly it was not dot possible to hire them there has been no opposition to me otinus since the efforts sometime some time sine since e of a minister to close up the sunday school bible classes mutual association and beliet society meetings and gatherings of the saih ts are held regularly now and every thing to is ina in a most prosperous roub and encouraging disposition or convenience the announcement la Is made that tomorrow june 17 a force of 1 I 1 1 which has been disappointed at the capital will take up tip its ita line of march for the pacific baet coast A good deal of sympathy was shown the alleged in their off efforts orts to got get east because many of them were believed to be willing to work but unable to got get employment in the west and were desir one to get back to their former homes beyond the mississippi but when it comes to moving to and fro in ia the count ryas appears to be the proposition now on the part of some of them merely as an organization of tramps they will find a very different state of affairs public sentiment in the west will not be found kindly toward the suggested move and it if general calvin and his bis collection ot of industrials know when they are well off they will abandon their project of invading the west as an army barmy people in this section may not be inclined to patiently bear a permanent tramp nuisance |