| Show RETURNED ELDERS elder otto johnson of tooele thoele county paid the NEWS a pleas ant call wednesday he 1 returned tuesday november 24 from ft a mission to iowa and he be nas been laboring the past pait two years year he left for that field on od sept and has hag presided td over the iowa conference tue tu last jear j ear he ha says aya he be has ha enjoyed good health during his ob ab deuce and had bad many of bearing a testimony to the truth of the dospel elder george A whitlock of may field county arrived in bb city wednesday on en his hie way home borne irom the northern states beatea mission alion field his labors have been in the states fates of missouri and nebraska where he has enjoyed fairly good health and ahe succeeded eucce eded in making many friends the mission loo he says to la looking well and the elders traveling without nurse duree and scrip are doing a good work elder whitlock left this city on his outward journey sept 19 1894 and will spend thanksgiving with his folks at home elder john jacklin of american pork fork returned from the southern states mission field on sunday and paid the NEWS office a visit monday he left home auy and buring hie bin entire absence has labored in the middle tennessee conference where be met with mamy friends and enjoyed hie bin labors labora greatly he reports the conference iu a condition and believes that the future will see a great work hoccom pi lobed there tb the elders now laboring there are in good health and getting along nicely elder jacklin returns in good physical condition nod aad went to his home homa today at a m today wednesday elder daniel stevens ot of fillmore utah V tab arrived in this city on his bis return irm a mission to great britain elder stevens left on september 8 1894 for his field of labor and on arrival I 1 n liverpool was assigned to the Scot scottish conference he traveled and prea preached cheu in that country for seventeen months month his principal field being the city of edinburgh he reports the progress programs of the gospel in scotland ve being quite satisfactory during his pre presence tence in edinburgh he be baptized twelve member and ft a branch of the church was organized upon leaving lea scotland elder stevens slovene took up his bis labors in the newcastle conference of which he had bad been appointed president and in which capacity he remained till re released leaped the work in newcastle conference la Is in a fair condIL condition IOD the elders laboring diligently to spread the gospel ana meeting with many kind friends friend elder stevens made the homeward voyage on the Anchor ls which the telegraphic news told of as having broke her propeller miles out from sandy hook elder stevens says ays that during the 69 59 hours bours and 20 minutes which was occupied iu in repair ing the vessel so she could proceed to harbor the weather was most delight in ful the thermometer registering 66 degrees in the shade in the day time and the sea being quite calm the passengers spent the time in readi reading nir games fishing etc A number of fisa were caught brother stevens himself booking a codfish nearly three feet long among the callers on the NEWS tuesday was eldera W backwater of american fork utah who has had been on a mission to the southern states slates he left home july and was assigned to the south carolina confer once there he found the people very kind and hospitable he met wita some rome opposition ioD but nothing or of a serious character there to is much indifference ference among the people as to religious matters but he had bad much success among those who were willing to consider the gospel lite his labors were mostly in the opening up of new counties lor mit fields he enjoyed excellent health and to is highly gratified with fits file missionary experience he returned home november 25 elder F M houston also of american fork made a visit to the gnaws today he returned on nov 24 from a mission to the southern states on which be left july 14 1894 he was assigned to the east bast tennessee con ference and traveled in eastern te buessee and western north carolina meeting with much success he found the people generally inclined toward the mormon elders the better classes of the residents giving the elders a cordial welcome the people of that section of country are beginning to realize the foundation 0 the gospel as presented by the mor mon sand give it intelligent rod and sincere investigation by this means many are learning the truth and receiving the gospel elder eider houston enjoyed fairly good bealco and to la well pleased with his missionary success suo cese elder george T taylor also of american fork dropped cropped into the NEWS sanctum for a row few minutes on tuesday he reached home over the rio grande on sunday evening after a mission of a little more than two years in west virginia and eastern kentucky he left for his mission field on july 14 1894 and met with much hospitality and success la in his labore labor his health was good and he be reports the conference as being in a very prosper oua one condition elder taylor came up rom froin american fork this morning and will return home this evening |
