Show MAC macclesfield CLESFIELD TO MARPLE no 14 A HAMPDEN GROVE patri croft near bear manchester engines nd aug saturday august 12 1 paid a visit to what la Is called the district ane traveling elders in charge of this distri district ut are eladore N L morri morn of salt ball lake city and john job 0 H evula eatn ot of idaho falls was my farea place a farming ji it to IB a very nilly hilly country here fiere are about half a dodou families NUJ faithful the meetings ruee linga are held Sak batu afternoons at ai 3 fl elock at the bouce of brother and r john salt A very hospitable reception rt is given by the family to till all travel ng elders and saints the tew saints are ever willing to bear brief testimony to the cupi I 1 they nave have espoused alter meeting elder N L U clorris and mael malkea over to rose hall otherwise called marple about five miles arriving there and having a spare half hour we visited marple halls hall a short abort distance from the railway station an intimate acquaintance gives the following graphic description os 01 this ancient looking building passing through the massive gates at the she entrance ot of marple park we leisurely strode along the undulating path across the grassy field and soon 11 crivea at tho the lodge thou approached the ivy mantled wall which surrounded this sweetly ed yet not lonesome sylvan abode the heavy iron gates were ere closed and all seemed wrape in a halcyon quietude between the gate through which we were viewing this placid scene and the tbt little oaken door of the house stretched a plot of richest green which c encircled Doire led an antique dial mounting a stone aone pillar 1 he front of thebus the building was smothered in vines ivy anu climbing rose bushes which the air with fragrance and through the ort orifices floes in this mantle of nature clear little windows peeped here and there from the front there seemed to be tour stories and on the roif where the irrepressible ivy formed in heavy clusters there was a watch surrounded by a white railing with a flag pole sup a union jack which hung bung knull undisturbed by any breeze beside it two cone capped gables helped form the frant view and to the side a number ol of small buildings like the mah une one built of rock ii in the gable ot of the barn rests a clock whose corroded ringers have lonu loni since ceased traversing their orbital journey over the effaced and time mutilated face or of this antique timepiece which haa has slept tor for halt a century mammoth oaks and trees forin a soft goit and pleasing background to the scene and wie tue I 1 surroundings and sweet simplicity of the whole are aline to be loudd in etil aunt sa fttie chig poetic spot is not entirely disconnected with history as an it was waa built at the latest date four years ago towards the latter part ot of the sixteenth century the lionhearted lionheart eU elizabeth made her temporary abode here bore and perhaps half a century later the invincible cromwell cromwel with bin big ironsides who were never beaten made a demolishing tour through these parts and after razing all the surrounding towers and churches retired t u maple mape hall for a few days repose today it to is the seat ot of an immense estate and is a decidedly inviting and unique spot fur for a weary traveler to rest an hour aud and tuen brighten his bis memory by recalling historical events which have happened in this ahia locality at we took the train for Mac macales cles clelo here we held a meeting at a private house brother Brow browne nse this thin town has been well aud and cut ut door meetings held with but little result three bap baptisms oms and one tiam have recently been added to the church brother C brwn wife and daughter are the new convert conver tF a poor tut out honest family daniel smith Is in the person that was re baptized brother smith was a member ot tile the church near forty years ago at that time there was a thriving bra branch branchin uchin in macales field but with emigrating and others removing to dif different lerent parts of the isle the branch was broken up and for about toiny five anve years brother smith has been like a wati wanderer derer ing to bear the gospel but could lind find no do ote 01 e proclaiming the joyful sound he often made inquiries but was unsuccessful in finding elders until about two iwo months ago when passing along the streets one even ng he saw a crowd and heard beard the gospel joanel pre preached chou it was au out door meeting H he soon learned it was the true gospel proclaimed by latter day saint elders at the close of the meeting he sought besought an aa interview with the elders and walked hume home with them the conversation was ot of such an interesting nature that midnight came aud and paused passed before they separated he was shortly afterward baptized and we t on his hia way rejoicing Mac macclesfield clesfield has about inhabitants it is a great ing town the labor being chiefly manipulated by female operatives according to statistics the female population predominates over the male about to one the town has baa a cleanly appearance situated apparently in a valley surrounded by nills dille of verdant green among the historical relics to be seen in is in the old church I 1 it L is called st michaels and was built in 1278 A lar e ad addition anu and one ogle which has made a decided improvement has bus been added to it sometime during the present ceu century tury the old portion ot of the chu church rob has hais an ancient if appearance in the interior sirs are vaults with figures ot of numan beings carved in marble on the walls wall are a large U umber number of ten too brass plates witti with inscriptions ot of epitaphs of reverends ert ads and other noted men who have i een eara prominent members of the church in bygone days daye in the equate beltry belfry tower towe r no if a black faced clock with brass bran numerals numer alc scarcely arcely ac ti lob able through the mu of ume time the old part to is built ot of sandstone and has a black and dingy appearance we are having another hot spell reminding me very much of the salt bait lake weather in august the thermometer has ranged from 90 to 96 95 degrees degree in the shade B R A AUGUST 17 1893 Still the coal acrisia continues and prices steadily increase increate Inc the dispute between the mine owners and colliers colli erB in ID scotland has been amicably settled A ate has been taken by the north colliers and they have decided not to strike north lancashire miners have resumed work but there are only a few miners minere in that part and it will not dot make much material difference it is reported that hardly a single colliery in yorkshire to is working gaad and many thousands are itile idle coal is beginning to be scarce A great many industries have been closed already railroad companies are beginning to feel tile effect of the strike on one line thiry two regular passenger trains have been stopped with regard to lo the general position and the prospect prospector of ot any settlement of the he dispute being arrived at there to is little or no particular change in the outlook at a meeting of lancashire zoll colliery iery owners held there was no new development whatever in the situation and no indication 0 of giving way on the part of the colliery proprietors connected with the coal owners federation the chief cause cf the coal crisis I 1 learn from the press arose from an extremely vigorous war in prices to 10 large consumers such as gas anu railroad companies talt war has bag been raging f for r months almost entirely unknown to ti e retail patrons and it has proved a disadvantage to them the monopolists have been making a clear profit ot of about per cent but competition has been so strong among the coal owners and prices so cut that in order to continue making a high profit ahe they have made a demand of 15 per cent reduction from the cA calders liers wages wagen who as heretofore reported have barely been making enough to subsist upon through this step hundreds ot of thousands ot of the labor laboring og class have been thrown out of employment fortunately this crisis hae come in the summer anu and at a time when the weather has been extremely warm or thousands would have been suffering from cold and hunger numerous device are being resorted to by the colliers colliere in order older to make an honest penny many can be seen on the streets begging from house to house banus of various inspru instruments ments have been organized anu ana they can be seen een on the streets playing in different parts of lano shire hire and aau I 1 expect the same ameaan can be said of other shires stil res AUGUST 18 there is nothing special to 10 report of this the coal crisis except a further upward move iu in prices B R A |