Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-23

ference. ana the work. he thinks. is
progressing at about the same rato
throughout the country.
Eldor lien r. Rich. president Ct III,
fcuihHfn States mission. uui.l AT tho
Ncwf' Office last Saturday. Sept &c.
~ itt,ndl spending hls tllt win
friends and relatives until aftsg IN, Uc-
lnN.' c.nitrgutg, and l.1 return to nis
pp.l. Elder Rich feels tha' 70 Iold NIX
j. l,lIE done hy the Elisr In the
Southern States and that tht. GOSPEL IA
uiumufarl Notwithstanding the tppI-
sit'Dn u hos encountered DO some places.
Elder J. w. s.8mona of HYDE Park.
Cache county arrived boz Salt Lake gifv
ON the lb'h uf this month. rct MAIN.
nome from o. mission iu ihe Minrelota
ssth Of July iHG Elder se1mona hD4
found the people in tho confrrs1cs
whore De- labured very Mud.hoaftod. NJ
well ug liberal minded aud wen inf1tm-
90. 10 says Doc met vita much tuc-
cess 100 DIS missionary ghosts. ana he
feoH well repaid fIr the time pnG ,abOr
spent in The service of ths Master.
Elder ". H. Petty " Uishinoni,
ctth' county, was srt apart rJr mlf-
a.1ulry wore in The sou'h-ta States. un
The itih ~ sept 1857. ami g. ifu a home
from fut nHII uu the 18Th iHtt Ihs
INT ghi,cn months hs travelled iu
Kentucky and the remainder of tho
time, until released, De- was engaged In
clerical work of tho office NO ChnttA-
uuuHu, Tenn Elder Petty has enjoyed
fairly good health during hla mission,
md looks back with Hatmfnrtiun upan
the uno spent lu The missionary nCld.
Elder r. Il. u. Brown OF HarriHviilo.
Weber county who was cot apart on
The 10Th uf March. 1897. Tor missionary
lnbprs, returned on the goth Inst. For
two years and two months b. Travelled
ln Eastern ArigHnHnH. AMI the remainder
OF ih' tuo 100 Kansas The work u
nrugrrag lng with fair rapidly IN these
States be- says ana he has enjoyed hls
missionary experience very much.
Elder William ~ Iariine Of West
weber. Weber county. arrived ln this
city on the Goth of this month returning
from o. mission tu Texas His field u
labor was nrst the Ion. star confer
tnc". and then Tor ten months b. pre-
Hidrd over thH Austin conference. Ito
was sot apart Tor bio mission on the ION
~ March. 1870. Elder 1uriino has found
many friends Iu Texas. The people ua
rule are kind ana prosperous.
Elder u. u. Smith ~ the First ward.
this city. returned on the gtHt % this
month from the Southern State. He
was ~ apart on The IAN of April. 1897.
ana lnhurel ln the Virginia conference.
lio states that The mission la progress
ms well there though lately the spirit
NJ opposition o. growing strong. chiefly
through the efforts ~ ministers. who.
he thinks. became alarmed ut the sue
cess OF the Mormon Elders.
Elder W W. Evans o. Ccntoryliie.
Davis county returned IN company
with Elder Smith lie has also labnrod
On the Virginia conference. AMI be was
oct apart on the iIth " February. 1897.
lie loft the neld on the ~ ~ this
month being houuruhly released. and
hiss visited New York and other eastern
cities before starting for home. lie hns
had good health and enjoyed his mis-
sion.
Elder W. j. Shakespeare u Tronlc,
Garfield county. WINS get apart for a
mission 90 the Southern states on the
7th N April 1897. aud was assigned 10
Florida and South Georgia. He return
cd home on tho i1th inst It, states
that the Elders urc meeting with much
success ~ those States although there
~ some opposition 10 their lnhor..
Elder Franklin nudgc ~ Paris Idaho.
was oct apart Tor missionary work on
the 18Th Of May 1897. and returned from
the East Kentucky conference on tho
10Th Inst. iio states that he has had
pleasant time while absent While
the Elders IN Kentucky are meeting
some opposition, n great work IL being
done In parts Of the State.