Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-15

and many. OF the country districts and
distributed thousands OF trncfe. lie
was SCI apart for his mission March
s.gth, 1877, aud LEFT FOR northern Europe
,ne heN. dny, lie reports good progress
Ia the scandinavian miaalon.
Elder s. J. Callan Of Dayton, oneida
county. Idaho. returned home from a
mission. ON the nth Of this month. lie
laborcd Tor twenty-aiN months Ia the
North Alabama confcrnoce. ana then
pIoeesd.d 10 Great Britain, where he
Travelled two months IN the New Castle
conference and the rest ~ tho time In
the Welsh conference. In the latter dia-
tflct he had the pleasure of visiting
many of his relatives. who received him
very kindly. Elder callan says gJod
work IL being done by the Elders In
the British mission. He has enjoyed his
laboir very much, particularly In the
Southern states. Elder ci.llnn WAS sct
apart on May Is. 1896. aud left for the
missionary Held ON the 18th OF thpt
Elder Samuel 3. Florence OF Porter
vile, Morgan county. was set apart ON
Nay ?. lss' to perform misaionary work
In the Eastern States mission. lie la
bored three months In Pcnnsylvnhin.
seven months IN Maryland. and then Ia
virginia. lie reports good success IN
that field. lie performed twenty two
baptlsina anu assisted In organizing
one Branch VI the Church and two
sunday schools. Elder Florence re-
turned from his mission on tho siat OF
March. this year
Elder Joseph ]. 1.arkin Of snowvlllc.
BoNcldcr county. returned home On the
9TH Inst. from u successful mission 10
Arkansas and Kansas. lie was set
apart NOV. %. 1896. and left for the
Held the same day.
Elder Byron II. Alfred Jr., Of Alton.
Wyoming. was set apart FOR missionary
work on March IL, 1887. and loft the
same day FOR the Southwestern states
mission. lie has been laborlng IN in-
dian Territory ana In Kansas. princi-
pally In Topeka. lie reports that this
mission IL very prosperous. lie has
aided In the organization 0f a branch.
and "A Sunday school at Lawrence and
two sunday schools at other places. lie
has enjoyed good health. he says. with
the exception OF tho nrst weeks when
he was subject 10 some sickness. He
returned home ON the 9Th OF this month.
Elder Ncia g. Nelson Jr., OF Bloomlng-
ton. Bear Lake, Idaho, returned from
hts mission ON the Srd inst. lie was set
apart May ). 1857, and left the same
day for the Northern States mission.
Ills missionary laboru were performed
In the Northern Indiana conference,
principally In Minneapolis. lie says a
branch has been organized there and
Sunday school. ana therc IL prospect
OF the building of a nice meeting house.
Elder Howard u. bushnell. OF
Meadow. Willard county. who mas been
laboring In California. being set apart
April :, 1877, returned from that State
on the 9Th OF this month. lie reports
that he has mot with fair succcns IN
the Held and that he has enjoyed hla
laboru very much.
Elder lobe Feikinn. OF GRANGER. Salt
Lake county. who wnn set apart for
missionary work IN the Southern States
mission. Dee. .. 1895. returned from his
feld Of labor on the sth Of this month.
Hc was assigned 10 the State Of Loulsi-
ana, where, he says he has mot with
| much.
Elder Joseph Mcknight OF Miners
VILE. beaver county WAS set apart the
snd Of April. 1897. for the British mis-
sion. lie loft the following day and on
arrival In Liverpool was sent 10 Scot
land. He reports the mission there In
a prosperous condition. Last year "a
bapti-mn were performed. ana the pros
! pcct n that the Church therc VIII be-
further Increased this year. Elder Me-
Knight returned from his mission on
the nth inst
Elder ia. ]. Wood OF Salt Lake. who
was set apart for missionary work In
Samoa the 2sth OF November. 1850. left
for that Held ON tho 9TH 81 December
that year. lie has visited. besides
Samoa. the Friendly Islands. Navnu,
Hawai-. ToFntabu. New Zealand. Aus
tralin, the FIJI Islands and Sandwich
islands, lie returned home by way of
Victoria. Canada, Vancouver. Portland.
or. and San Francisco. lie arrived In
this city on the 9Th OF this month. Eli
der Wood says he has enjoyed good
health during his absence and found
the missions In the various places WIS.,
itcd In n prosperous condition.