Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-06

more convenient than tho ordinary
clumsy aud stubby implement Of the
came name.
when 1t IN recalled that the article
described was made moro than eighty
yenrs before the discovery u America
by Columbus, aud was probably brought
10 the New World by one OF It's oarlleat
c0lonists, the anxiety b. learn something
moro OF H. history priOrto MIR. Thaicher'a
acquisition Of / viii be easily understood.
Tue News therefore takes pleasure In In
siituuug inquiries as TO who her any
reader knows the uamO Of the family
who campod with Mr.. Phillips near
X, oiauqua, Iowa, after tho terrible OK.
pulsion from Nauvoo. and VI there arc
sny living members Of hauiamily, whoth-
or they can tell anything about the
anvil they disposed " to him just before
starting their journey Westward 10 tho
mountains.
Upon the same subject wo have
lately received the following letter
from NJ. rlA,cneu
wAsuINoroS. D. c., Nov. 90, 1895.
Dear Mr.. Cannon
suppose you can remember my visit
70 your Office about the 2Gth OF June, 1895,
aud giving you description Of Nor
mon relic / have Ia my possession; you
published the same In your paper, which
/ received when tatriycd home. Many
thanks fot the same.
Since leaving your beautiful and his.
ioric city, to which I got much At achod
~ my short say 10y tho .kiudness Of
Mr. Wilson, N tho Lion House,
who showed me aroundl, have
gained some moro information about
the old Mormon relic. / am now located
here for the winter. Aitor leaving your
city ! spent one day In Lead VILE, sixteen
In Denver with relatives, and going ON
many interesting excursions, viewing
the grand sights " nature with In added
arr OF man, such AZ the Clear Creek can-
yon, Piko'z Peak by tho "cogwhoeln the
"Spring-," caves, Garden Of the Gods,
etc, eic.i then few days In Topeka, Kan
SIS city, aud a. home, Rich Hill, No.
Then, being urged by old comrades 10
meet with them nj Louisville, at tho
national q. a. II. oncampmont, did 80.
aud spent very pleasant month In
kentucky, Tennessee and southern Mis-
souri,.
After getting through with all of this,
j concluded 70 spend the winter In Wash
lngtOn Cily, u. g., with brother; have
been here during this month, aud am
enjoying many thing. Of interest The
NNhNA ANN NAhlN W IVY Nlh llANNhf AAN
PHILIPS, Ia Iowa, a son Of tho man that
owned the relic, asking him the namos "
the Murmons VINO lived in thor yard.
lie said the mans name was Mallory
had forgotten the bret name, but he had
son about - years old, by tho name Of
Elisha. Thoy stopped there two aud a
half mile. south OF k00sAuqun, Van
Buren county, Iowa, In tho winter Of
lsii.i5. The man bad two wives.
NoN, II this will give you any
clue 10 what you desire (as you
seem TO DO Interested, ~ am myseln,
you are perfectly welcome 10 u, and eau
pub ish H. or any part, y. you see a., by
putting II Ia grammatical. order. am
well aware II needs IL, as I was raised ON
tho frontier, amongst the Indians.
have not tho ability % put IL In shape for
publication Now, " you mud any more
history regarding tho relic I would DO
pleased ~ hayoa paper. Please sond as
follows and obligo yours,
AAHoN II. THATCHER,
III Sixth Street, n. T., ashingt0u,D. 9.