Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-14
The WORK In OLD nEXlCO.
PROGRESS Of The Saints in Bulldi1s
Settlements There.
Reports 81 Missionaries, church or
ganizations, aud pFSrrtss Ia
Industrial nniters.
CoLoNiA JUAHTz Mexico,
July 81, 1876.

July 81 laB5,
Ed.tOr Dssorci NoiUG
On Tuesday, July 2uJ, Elder Hsrs
A. Thompson returned from hb mi-
sion 20 Denmark; he leit here on the
seth u March, 1898. On hiuRsrivfl he
wal sereHsded by tue JusStI bras-
band, aud on the 9TH Of July q aoCisl
party wac got W In his honor s3uEs,
reciia,ions aud dancing were tho otdsi
Of tue evening. Elder Henry Eyring,
OF the mission presidency, delivered nn
address Of welcome, which was very
isclingly replied to by our returned
missionary, and a very enjoyable even.
ing whs spent This Is the third mlt-
sionafy vino has returned this yest
from foreign missions.
Elder JasepA II. 1uTley loft here on
n IA isfiUn 20 tue Btlv.a ltlrs hlRfUp
-, ls03, anu returned January %,
1895.
Elder Miles a. R5muey loft here
March 20, 1893, aud returned Mpy 10,
1885.
They ell enjoyed an excellent ml'.
sion and gained valuable experience,
establishing them more sDllIly 81 the
principles OF the gospel They were
all Warmly welcomed nome.
Our rainy season commenced early
this month, and we have been much
blessed In this TotpVCL Our wheat
crop this year hab teen very Hntis'at-
tory. One Of our Rblu iatmcts raised
eleven hundred anu twenty bushels Of
wheat on sixty acres Of lau.; another
Of the brethren raised tivu hundred and
fOfty.tWO bushels ON eighteen acres. IL
In estimated that between four anu iivo
Thousand bushels " wheat nave boon
raised ia one settlement, by a few
families,
Late irosts cut oil our apr.cols,
peaches anu apples, but We we're iAv-
0fed with an abundant straw berry and
black berry cfop, and our grape
Vince are lotd,d with fuit We
have tho beet prospects for n large
Yield Ot corn that wo have
ever had sincc we Camo 10 tnis cOun.
try. 10 H. the old experience latter
tTibulgtiou COmcih the blessing" and
We are belng rewarded iJr our patient
lablfs aud trust IN the LORD. TIE
ralus have started the grass aud our
prospect for plenty OF hay Is quite en-
cJuTArinp.
On the tenth Of this month there was
a gathering OF the presidency OF the
mission, tue hishUpiiu AMI Lending
officers u the organizations at the rlr.
CANT home IT Brother Jas. &. Bentley,
IN the occasion ui the dedication oi
his house. IL was o. mos. enjoyable
- lat. Z FH HNs.s
addresses, excellent suuRF, rUCllatiUuu
and exhotiAlluns with the tempting
feifeshmeuts ull cIntfiout d i1 render
II nsYeT-ts -te-fofgulton tlmu.
On the 18TH the Primary gss1ClA'inna
aud Y. NJ. NJ. Improvement as'0cia.
tons held their tymI.anuusl
conferences a conloint meeting
Of the Young Mems ana Young La.
dies Mutual improvement as'oolntious
Was held IN thu evening, dcmUnslfat.
ing a marked improvement aud nt-
vau cement by their excellent oXsf-
Cisco,
Tns 18th and li.h was the semi.
annual conference ~ the mission,
which was well attended, The Young
Ladies' Improvement association held
u fair, which unaffected their tnsts,
ability to beautiiy AMI aid In home
productions In the talent th0wn by
thor EXHIBITS, They held their con.
ference on the ljth, ana toe Relief
adclely held theiTr In the afternoon. We
had four Day conferences mseliAgs
AID \ most enjoyable time,
We celebrated the rwrnty.iOurlh IN
our usual happy manuel The JuareE
bras band was around early, making
the SSints' hearts glad with their tN.
cellsnt music. A Joyful gathering
and excellent program at 10
u. M. at the school house (;
a children's party Ut = y. m, and a
social party NJ s y. M, thus We cole.
bfated the memorable day when the
Pioneers entered the Great Salt Lake
valley.
The change from the hot, dry Rtm's.
phore to the wei, humid air and cool
brue1es has somewhat initiated against
the health OF the people, ana there has
been come complaining. Then tue
heavy Tains ana high waters iuteri re
more or lees with lraiilo and The malls,
aud when tho DE,ERET NEWS is d.
tainrd aud fails u come 20 hand on cur
mail day, we all miss II and there "
much disappointment manifested.
Us HERmANO.