Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06


To the Editors
II has been over two years since I
babe Utah farewell IN order 10 MI a.
mission to the Northern States, TO
preach unto them who ut In darkness.
and bring them the GLAD tidinEs u great
JOY. Upon my arrival at Kansas city
NO. was assigned TO labor IN the Nils
souri, conference. The firat two months
u my mission was spent IN jackson
County, the place which II held In 20
much esteem by the Saints. I nftar.
wards laborcd In Howell. Macon. Gem
Try and buchanan counties. and IN all
my labor, have experienced cxcccd.
INK great Joy.
The Mlrsourianu Of today arr not the
people that Inhabited this state sixty
Year, ago. The majority of the old set
tiers have pnarod and zone and the
Ercltter part OF tho hatred and pcrHc-
cution has been buried With thcin and
meeker and kinder feeling has taken
It's place. ana now We arc priyilcgcd 10
come and 20 where we will. FREE FROM
mobviolenc", or disturbances. In.
stead ~ being forced 60 nee and being
driven at the point ~ bayonet as the
Saints werr rixty-one years aEo, We
arr welcomed by great many and due
respect II generally shown unto ~. The
old settlers arc dying on AMI uod fear.
Ing people are taking their place. and
- We are well respected NJ Christians
and citizens.
I have had the privilege ~ visiting
tho old settlements u the SAlnir, where
they sought 10 worship uoi uhmolcst-
ed. Hut from which they were driven,
mohbed and piundcrcd..
In visiting the sites % the towns. Wiz
iaEsa and hhhitationH of the faints. ]
felt 20 thank the Lord that the time had
come when We could pruarh the Cos
Pei 10 the people on the very sites
Ha.a.a .NaNa
Adam. Ondi-Ahman we were received
IN Kindness and phrtook u the hospl-
tally Of Mr. Mcdonald. who holds
and owns the land where the city "
Dl.Ahmond once stood. ana We fordei
the Grand river Just below tho old site
~ President Younr's house ID Al.
inond IL one ~ the prcttieat spots IN
Missouri. NJ far as have seen. II
~ upon gradual rise and the spot %
Adam. Ondl Amman IA AZ the top of the
browning hill which ovcflonka the little
valley OF Adam Ondi- Amman and the
Grand RI or which lies 20 the south and
wrist.
4 visited Far wcst with group Of
Elders. sixteen IN ALL and while vicw-
Ing the site aud the scene 81 the ptvs-
ont, We reversed our thoughts TO the
| days and scenes which might have
been In the past and a. the scene ~ the
past was and then the glorious
| NHnuENtn NI luNNIfI AWMfN'NINNf'
has been place long looked to BY the
Saints and one which I have often
visited. and II was at this place that
we held our spring conference.
CLEANED from the history OF iu-
| chnnnn county. No. the following con-
corning the press which was stolen ana
thrown into the river. or me SAME &c,
cnnlon that bishop Partridge was thffcd
and feathercd.
'arhe ~. Joseph Gazette was the firrt
paper published In the city 81 ~.
Joseph. n was published weekly, IL
nrHt issue being April 70, 1855 William
RidonbauFh was the editor aud pro.
pfletor. which position he held until
lisa. when he sold 10 Holy and Car
I'VE uhc publlsheral have been In
formed that the type used at that
period In tho Gazette oiilco was "a pnr-
ton 81 the type owned by the Nor
mons" ~ early ~ iNli and used IN the
publication " a weekly paper published
by them In Independence Mo-, called
the Evening star
"fn this paper appeared weekly In
atallmcntH of revelations promising
wonderful things 60 the faithful. and
Htili more wonderful things 10 the I'M
cody IDENTITIES,
80 bitter aud dcnunelatory was their
paper that the indignant aud outraged
I 'tfNNNN'H N'NNfh Wv lNtN" hNN wv NNA
| threw them Into the Missouri river.
THE type thereafter being recovered
became the property of william Riden-
hauRh who brought II with him TO ~.
Joseph. where Il did good service In the
production ~ the star"
In an Interview which had with the
present manager OF the Gazette he con-
/ firmed the above In regards 10 how the
press was Hecued and that II was the
first press used In publishing paper
/ In the city OF ~, Joseph, Mo,
lie also stated that the press had
been sold 10 a printing arm In Tracy,
Kansas.
a. present we have nineteen ener-
Fcile Elders In the State, -four NJ them
being In pettis county, They are
Fiiish ', Trembling aud Hans Hansen,
Andrew &. Jensen. and the writer,
Any persons having friends or rcla-
tivoh here whom they desire visited by
the Elders, will please address any Of
the above and obligc them by 10 doing.
The News" N welcome visitor
Your brother In the Gospel
ARNOLD RElSEn.
sedalia, pcttia County. Mo,