Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-12
ELIZABETH DANlELsl
Your Brother In New Zealand Wants 10
Hear Prom iou.-Mis,lon.
AIRY Notes

OGDEN Cry, Utah, Jan I2lb, 1894.
hafor Dsscret AeiOG
have just received n letter from
Elder Thomas l.. Cox, Of the New
Zealand mission. The letter IL dated
Owaka, UAtlin Rlvei, OlagO, New
ZEALAND, November 20, 1898. He asks
for information which he hopes can be
obtained through tho columns OF the
DEsEREr NEWS. He sayG sin my
travels lately met with n man who
said he had = sister, Lalter.day
Saint, who loft Epgland for America
about September, lsiS. lilo had In his
possession n fow letters which his sister
mad written 10 the family since leaving
her home. He has handed them 10 me
10 read, with request that would try
10 dnd out something OF her or his
family, Ne he has entirely lost track Of
them. rhe first letter was dated Liv'
erposl, England, Sept. llth, 1915; tue
next was dated 81. Louie, NO., April
l2,l6iB, In which she spoke OF her mar
riags 10 a man Bame1 samuel smith.
Tue next letter was dated At Council
Bluffs, Iowa, on Juue s, 1859. At thai
tune ahs was preparing 10 cr1s, tue
plains to Utah. IL IL supposed that
samuel smith was nj that ume dead,
for she had been married again to n
man named Canto-she signed hofsei,
N Elizabeth Matthew Casio (nuf
maiden name was Elizabeth Danirlsl
The last letter received from her wal
dated Salt Lake CiIy, April /, 1853
5hs was then well aud happy, though
not rich. IL appears the family address
In England was; Mr.. Daniels, No. -,
West EAsIon street, Clerhenweil, Lon
don. Her brothers name IN Jane
Danielk, he " In New Zeaiaud, Auu Il
very anxious To learn, ~ possible, III,
whore AboutH VI his long lost sister.
Elder Cox N president u the Otagi
conference, and speaking Of his lab1rs n
the ministry there, he sayl."EldefPetrl
son aud have been, since | iast wrote
lAboring In Bnlclutha, Milton, AMI ia
surrounding country. We have bee
very successful In getting IN
people 10 open their school house
and churches for us 10 preach iu. 4
some other places where Wo were uu
able 10 obtain such places FREQ We hirl
halls 10 hold services Boz, sud in ueafl.
all cases tue people e0mu OUT In iafg
numbers 10 hear NJ. Since being II
this vicinity VIZ have, within the las
Tow months, held fTom four 10 nv
meetings each week. Thee meeting
are always held IN the evening, aul
we have 70 walk oil distances from sli
TO twelve miles 10 attend them.
"Afrr the services are over we =.
trace our hlopH humuwhrI, arTiyirl
thefe ut all hours Of the night. W
feel happy In doing this because II
apparent that We are doing some good
and whereas th0 people had pToviOusl
been hlled with prejudice 10
wards uH on account " evil Tuinoi
spread abroad concerning Va, aflu
they have heard VA preach they b,
come very much changed In lhei
views, and We Rrs now treated vii
great retpeot by tho people In tai
vicinity. We anticipate good result
from our lAbon In tho near iutut,
Within the last three months we hAv
held fity meetings among thote who d
not belong 10 the Church. We lis
like Paul did-in our own tento
house, aud en- pect 10 10 90 for seven
months 10 come"
Elder Cox's health Is good and b
experiences much pleasure In his mi
sionary lsbou.
Yours In the Gospsl,
JosErH HALL.