Show missionaries J elder joseph smith of granger left borne me august lut two years ago and in in is ponee to a call to fulfill a mission to philadelphia and then ossed the broad atlantic to his destination ti which was great britain on his s arrival in the mersey river he was signed to roll op on the work in the ming bam conference where he ful J ailed ed an honorable mission until re sed to return home a couple of beeks ago during his stay in the bounty u aty of warwickshire Warwick shire he enjoyed lobust bust health and a big share of thy spirits he reports the blaming bam am conference which by the way is 13 the e only conference in the british mis rion n that owns their own o wn meeting ouse to be in a flourishing condition ILS regards baptisms v elder R W king of fillmore and other brother to judge king left millard bounty on october 5 1895 to fulfill a gussion silon sion in the southern states he was ignec to labor in the turpentine and acao state principally in north arolina rolma a he reports having enjoyed a bendid time in the sunny south here ere despite considerable opposition on ie e work Is growing apace so eio much so lat at now eight mormon meeting hous houses 9 lay y be counted in the districts wherein be e lo labored bored he returned to salt lake atty ty NOV in good health elder R C Sava genot biot brothers no flou to C R left toquerville dashington vas a sh ington hington county I 1 on november 3rd ard 6 he was elder kings comparion compan compa wion lion yf a great deal of the time in the bahem thern states mission where he la ayed ed in the north carolina conference enjoyed excellent health during his ee e years mission until he received receive honorable release when he pearn prompt pt contracted a touch of fever that placed aced him hors de 6 combat for three jt reeks eke however the ithe mountain breezes zion have restored him to his wanted balth ith and strength he arrived on last ane he news received a call from eil bl r john W lawson last wednesday der er lawson who makes murray his BM has just returned from a pro isted d stay in the scandinavian mist having been called on a mission to eden aden where he has been laboring aig g the last year he left lef t salt lake yr october 94 4 1897 and was wan bon orally released from his labors as present of the Ga conference owing to tio his work being retarded consequent oon sequent on the fact that he had contracted an obstinate case of rheumatism he was very desirous of vo soloing loing iris his appreciation regarding the treatment he had received from the steamship and railroad officials en route from his field of labor elder E H kimball likewise expressed sincere regret at his inability to stay the usual two years or so in the mission field as he was recalled owing to the illness of his wife who has been oiling ailing for several months he left sugar house ward for the southern states mission afi on the of last april he labored in the georgia conference until he was released to return home during his brief call at the news office he stated that the outlook was splendid in the state and that the only thing that impeded the full development of the work was the scarcity of missionaries sion aries william eyre of carowan parowan Pa rowan rowlan iron county returned last monday from birom the southern states where he has been engaged in the labor of love lova of rolling on the cause of christ he left his home october 2nd and 1896 and was set apart for his mission five days later his HI 9 ia I tabors a bio rs were mostly concentrated in the cities of jackson and lexington where he traveled without purse ox scrip and from the testimonies that he had re received on his mission he felt that his voluntary sacrifice had not nh been in vain he re turned returned direct from the mississippi conference and left for his home the next day the salubrious little settlement of richmond cache county has for the last twenty five moritas hs been without the presence of elder eder alex E harris who has been away from the vales and dells of the building up the kingdom of god in the southern states and especially in the east bast kentucky conference of the same he called in upon the news the inist looking the picture of health and strength and feeling that his bis time had been far from wasted during his lab absence sence from the presence of his relatives two local elders so says elder harris axe are pow now filling lesions m in kentucky and the erection of a couple of places of worship are in contemplation he left lef t his home on october 1 1896 to be set apart on his mission on the ath of the same month missionaries returning f from rom the southern states St aites bring the cheering intelligence telli gence that elders thos R condle of morgan county melvin E kent of lewiston Lewi stun cache county and elder eder 0 D flake of meza arizona who contracted yellow fever are now on a pair way to recovery elder peter G johnston of the awen ty second ward returned from a mission of two years duration on november alth 1898 he called in the news office this week and stated that he had enjoyed his labors in great britain very muflih and felt that he had gained a lasting ano and valuable experience he left his home in this city on nov 21 1896 and landed in liverpool some three weeks later when he was assigned to i labor in the scottish conte conference he remained in the land band boakes for fior eighteen months concentrating his energies principally in the towns of oc wishaw eshaw and stirling where twenty souls were added to the church later he was called to work in the emerald em kerald isle among the irish people in cooks town before returning to vales elder johnston made a tour of switzerland SiwU aerland and as aa tor for south in as pompeii he reports that for the first twenty months of hla his mission that hi his health was excellent after which period he con contracted tan at tack of rheumatism sm elder H H Ki kinsman of the ward oame came in from the east on nov 15 1898 where he has been laboring since june 18 1896 he arrived at his home on tuesday morning last elder kinsman has been traveling in we new england states conference of the eastern states satte s mission in fart fact left there a few days day sago ago a new president had to be appointed in his stead he reports the work to be progressing in bhe hub of culture and conting contingent eDt towns and prospects to be br brig IgIster lster every day although a great deal af ignorance and prejudice against the latter ater day saints sainta are prevalent |