| Show RETURNED ELDERS elder arthur townsend of the fifth ward this city was a caller on the news this week having returned saturday afternoon from england he left home may 5 1896 and laborea laborel labored while away in the leeds conference where he reports the gospel message fairly well received elder townsend enjoyed his labors and in returning visited the larger cities of the fast east accompanied by his wife when at st thomas between niagara palls falls and detroit the train on which elder townsend was traveling ran off the track at an open switch but fortunately it regained its position on an the rails just in time to avoid a frightful accident elder charles A thompson of oasis millard county returned monday last may 30 from a mission to norway he labored in the conference where he says the mission is in good condition and the elders are well received he had good health and enjoyed his labors very much elder P P of brigham city has returned from a mission to denmark whither he went march 28 1896 things generally says he are in good condition in that part of the country and the elders are fast re removing moving prejudice and doing a good work on the whole elder siad had good health enjoyed his labors and is in pleased to be at home again agai n elder george georgeh H birdno and wife of thatcher Tha arizona were callers at the news this morning having just returned from missions to hawaii whither they went october 3 1894 they enjoyed their labors very mu much ch while on the islands sister birdno gave her husband effective assistance she is by the way a native of hawaii in that she was born there while her parents elder and mrs B F cluff were missionaries to that section brother and sister birdno also had a child born bom to them while on the island bela alice a bright little tot now two y years old brother and sister birdno wrt leiport good progress in mission missionary axy labor in hawaii after visiting utah relatives for a time they will return to their h home ome in arizona elder george H meadows of farmington was a caller at the news office this afternoon he returned on may 30 from a mission to england for which part of the world he left home in march 1896 he labored in i the birmingham conference all of the time and found pleasure in his work among the people I 1 I 1 on last saturday afternoon elder victor E bandl candland and of nepal called at this office hie he had reached this city the day previous oua on his return from his labors as a missionary in the southern illinois conference over whick which he presided that conference embraces st louis and elder candland reports the work in it and that city where he spent the last w months in an excellent condition condit conditi loiE or the prest presh of st louis has treated the elders with great fairness of late elder candland left utah january 18 1896 elder H T robertson of spanish fork also called at the news office on saturday afternoon he left utah april 11 1896 and returned june eth he labored in the eastern and northern missions elders enoch N and joseph R of toquerville utah were callers at the news office tuesday having returned monday from the swiss and german mission whither they went october 12 1895 they enjoyed good health and spirits while absent from home and report good pro progress gress in theli their work elder geo B williams of mill creek reached this city on the ath dinst on his return from a mission to the southern states on which he took his departure march 21 1896 he labored in tennesse and north carolina he enjoyed his labors had hald good health and left the work in the states named in a very flourishing condition elder F D hughes of the eleventh ward returned home monday from a mission to birmingham england he is looking and feeling well physically h his hie home coming is a sad one his wife annie swenson hughes and his mother having both died during his absence elder hughes hughee left home march 30 1896 and labored in the birmingham conference all of the time elder john hirst of pleasant grove called on the news monday afternoon on his return from a mission to C great reat britain elder hirst left home april apri 1 19 1896 and for the first fifteen months labored as a missionary in ireland where he says much prejudice la Is being allayed and the mormon people are becoming better known and understood the remaining part of his time elder hirst spent in the leeds confer ence england where there to is a flourishing branch of the church and the elders are much encouraged in their labors elder hirst enjoyed himself Z very much while away had good health and is pleased to be home again elders J W dangerfield of the eleventh ward this city and abinadi olsen of castle dale emery county were callers at the news office having just returned from a mission to the samoan islands elder danger flold left home on the 2nd and of january 1895 elder olsen following two days later elder dangerfield labored on the upolu island and elder olsen the first year put in his time on the Tatt lila island and afterwards joined elder dangerfield both report the mission in a flourishing condition with a very encouraging outlook for the future at present there axe are twenty six elders in the samoan mission and two sisters the brethren returned turned le on the moana when within miles ot of san francsco francisco a lurge large amount of cotton batting took fire causing consternation among the passengers fx tra steam wals put on to reach if possible a alae ot of safety the seamen worked 1 for c e hours bours com batting tafe ramak and finally succeeded in contri lii g ahto 11 av m edward L chapman succumbed to an operation for appendicitis at grand junction colo sunday afternoon mr chapman was superintendent of the grand junction electric light plant |
