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Sun. 5 .- At a council of the Apostles held in the house of Apostle Orson Hyde, (attended by Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimbali, Orson Hyde, Willard Richards, Wilford Woodruff, Geo. A. Smith, Amasa M. Lyman and Ezra T. Benson), Brigham Young was unanimously elected President of the Church, with authority to nominate his Counselors, which he did by naming Heber C. Kimball as his first and Wlilard Richards as his second Counselor.
Mon. 6 .- John Smith, the Prophet's uncle, was chosen by the Council of the Apostles, as Patrlarch to the whole Church. Sat. 11 .- Philemon C. Merrill, with fifteen others of the Mormon Battalion, arrived at Winter Quarters; they left Great Salt Lake City Oct. 8th.
Thurs. 23 .- The Twelve Issued an important epistle from Winter Quarters to all the Saints, announcing, among other things, that emigration could be recommenced.
Fri. 24 .- A general conference of the Church was commenced in a log Tabernacle erected by the Saints on the east side of the Missouri river (on the present site of Council Bluffs). It lasted four days. On the last day (Dec. 27th) Brigham Young was unanimously sustained as President of the Church, with Heber C, Kimbali as his first and Willard Richards as second Counselor. John Smith was sustalned as presiding Patriarch to the Church.
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January. Mon. 24 .- Gold was discovered in Sutter's mill race, which had been dug by the Mormon Battallon boys. This discovery soon put the whole country in a fever of excitement. February .- Nathanlel Thos. Brown, one of Pres. Brigham Young's Pioneer corps, was shot and killed at Council Bluffs, Ia.
Wed. 2 .- By the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico, Upper California, Including what Is now Utah, was ceded to the United States.
Sun. 20 .- The ship "Carnatlc" salled from Liverpool, Eng- land, with 120 Salnts, bound for Great Salt Lake Valley, un- der the direction of Franklin D. Richards. It arrived at New Orleans about April 19th, whence the company proceeded up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to Winter Quarters, and thence commenced the journey across the plains.
March .- About this time Davis County was settied by Perrl- grine Sessions, who located the settlement subsequently calied Bountiful.
Mon. 6 .- The Great Salt Lake City fort contained 423 houses and 1,671 souls. The adjoining farming field con- sisted of 5,133 acres of land, of which 875 acres were sown with winter wheat.
Thurs. 9 .- The ship "Sailor Prince" sailed from Liverpool, England, with 80 Saints, under the direction of Moses Martin.
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Tues, 14,-The re-enlisted company of the Mormon Battal- ion was disbanded at San Diego, and on the 25th twenty-five men, with Henry G. Boyle as captain, started for Great Salt Lake Valley, where they arrived June 5th.
April. Thurs. 6 .- At a conference held In the log Taber- nacle (Miller's Hollow), on the east side of the Missouri river, the settlement at that place was called Kanesville, in honor of Col. Thomas L. Kane.
May .- A company of Saints from Great Britain arrived at Winter Quarters.
Tues. 9 .- Twenty-two wagons-the first of the season- left Winter Quarters for the Valley and traveled twenty- seven miles to the Elkhorn river.
Thurs. 11 .- Apostle Orson Pratt left Winter Quarters on a mission to England.
Fri. 26 .- Pres. Brigham Young left Winter Quarters for the second time for Great Salt Lake Valley.
Wed. 31 .- At Elkhorn river, Pres. Young commenced to organize the emigrating Saints into companies of hundreds, fifties and tens.
June .- In the commencement of this month Pres. Young broke camp at the Elkhorn and started for Great Salt Lake Vailey, with a company consisting of 1,229 souls and 397 wagons. He was followed by Heber C. Kimball's company of 662 souls and 226 wagons, and Willard Richard's company consisting of 526 souls and 169 wagons. The last wagons left Winter Quarters July 3rd, leaving that place almost destitute of inhabitants.
-Myriads of big crickets came down from the mountains into the Great Salt Lake Valley, and began to sweep away fields . of grain and corn. The grain, however, was mostly saved by the arrival of Immense fiocks of sea gulls, which devoured the crickets.
Tues. 6 .- Capt. James Brown entered into negotiations with Mlles M. Goodyear, an Indian trader, located on the present site of Ogden City, for the purchase of all the lands, claims and Improvements, owned by Goodyear, by virtue of a Spanish grant. Brown pald $3,000 for the Improvements, and soon after located himself on the Weber.
Sat. 24 .- Captain Daniel Browett, Daniel Allen and Hender- son Cox, three of the Battalion boys, left Sutter's Fort, Cal., on an exploring trip across the Sierra Nevada Mountains. A few days later they were killed and their bodies terribly mutilated by Indians.
July. Sun. 2 .- About thirty-seven of the Battalion boys, who had spent the winter and spring in the Sacramento Val- ley, Cal., commenced their eastward journey from Pleasant Valley, fifty miles from Sutter's Fort, with 16 wagons, bring- ing with them two cannons. After a dangerous and adven- turous journey they arrived in Great Salt Lake City Oct. 1st.
Sat. 22 .- Patriarch Asahel Smith dled at Iowaville, Wapello Co .. Iowa.
Wed. 26 .- Apostie Orson Pratt and family arrived in Eng- land from Winter Quarters.
August .- Apostle Orson Pratt succeeded Orson Spencer as president of the British mission.
Wed. 9 .- The Great Salt Lake City fort contained 450 bulldings and 1,800 Inhabitants. There were three saw mills and one temporary flouring mill running, and others In course of construction.
Thurs. 10 .- The Salnts In Great Salt Lake City had a feast to celebrate the first harvest gathered in the Great Basin.
Sun. 13 .- At a general conference, held In Manchester, Eng- land, on this and the following day, 28 conferences and 350 branches, with a total of 17,902 members, were represented In the British mission, Wm. Howell was called to go to France to open up a missionary fleid in that country.
September. Thurs. 7 .- The ship "Erin's Queen" sailed from Liverpool, England, with 232 Saints, under the direction of Simeon Carter, bound for St. Louis, where the emigrants arrived Nov. 6th. Most of them remained there during the winter.
Mon. 18 :- John Henry Smith was born at Carbunca, near Kanesville, Ia.
Wed. 20 .- Pres. Brigham Young arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley with the advance portion of his company. Pres. Kimball's divislon arrived a few days later, and the other companies all reached the Valley In good season.
Sat. 23 .- Reuben Brinkworth, who had been deaf and dumb for five years, was restored to his speech and hearing under the administrations of the Elders, at Newport, Monmouth- shire, England.
Sun. 24 .- The ship "Sallor Prince" sailed from Liverpool, England, with 311 Saints on board, under the direction of L. D. Butler, bound for Great Salt Lake Valley.
Thurs. 28 .- Addison Pratt arrived In Great Sait Lake City from a five years' mission to the Society Isiands, where about twelve hundred persons had been baptized.
October. Sun. 1 .- At a public meeting held In Great Salt Lake City, It was voted to build a council house by tithing labor, and Danlel H. Wells was appointed superintendent of its erection.
Sun. 8 .- At a general conference held in the Great Salt Lake City fort, Brigham Young was unanimously sustained as President of the Church, with Heber C. Kimball and WIl- lard Richards as his Counselors.
Mon. 9 .- The Nauvoo Temple was burned through the work of an incendiary.
Tues. 10 .- Apostle Willard Richard's company arrived in Great Salt Lake City, having been met by teams from the Valley.
Thurs. 19 .- Apostle Amasa M. Lyman's company arrived in Great Salt Lake City.
Sat. 21 .- Oliver Cowdery bore his testimony to the truth of the Book of Mormon, in a conference held at Kanesviile, Ia.
November .- The High Council at Kanesville voted to re- celve Oliver Cowdery back into the Church by baptism, ac- cording to his own humbie request. Soon afterwards he was baptized, and he made preparation to take a mission to Eng- land.
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December. Sun. 3 .- At a meeting, held in the Great Sait Lake City fort, fellowship was withdrawn from Apostle Lyman Wight and Bishop Geo. Miller.
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January .- The first number of "Udgorn Seion" (Zion's Trumpet), was issued in the interest of the Church in Wales, as a continuation of "Prophwyd y Jubili."
Mon. 1 .- John Smith, uncle of the Prophet Joseph, was or- dained Patriarch to the whole Church.
-The first $1 bill of "Valley Currency" was signed by Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimbail and Thos. Bullock.
Fri. 19 .- Marcus B. Thorpe, one of Pres. Brigham Young's Pioneers, was murdered in Cailfornia.
Mon. 22 .- Pres. Brigham Young and Thos. Bullock were engaged in setting type for the 50-cent bills of the Valley paper currency. This was the first type setting in Great Salt Lake Valley.
Mon. 29 .- The ship "Zetland" sailed from Liverpool, Eng- land, with 358 Saints, bound for Great Sait Lake Valley, under the presidency of Orson Spencer. It arrived at New Orleans April 2nd, and the emigrants arrived at Kanesville, Iowa, May 17th, having suffered much from cholera while passing up the Missouri river.
February .- The Stake of Zion in Great Sait Lake Valley was reorganized with Daniel Spencer as president and David Fullmer and Willard Snow counselors. A High Council was also organized, of which the members were: Isaac Morley, Phineas Richards, Shadrach Roundy, Henry G. Sherwood, Titus Billings, Eleazer Miller, John Vance, Levi Jackman, Ira Eldredge, Elisha H. Groves, Wm. W. Major and Edwin D. Woolley.
Mon. 5 .- This was a very cold day in Great Salt Lake City, the thermometer showed 33 degrees F. below zero.
Tues. 6 .- The ship "Ashland" sailed from Liverpool, Eng- land, with 187 Saints, under the direction of John Johnson, bound for Great Salt Lake Valley.
Wed. 7 .- The first number of the "Frontier Guardian," a semi-monthly four-page newspaper, was published by Apostle Orson Hyde, at Kanesville, Iowa.
-The ship "Henry Ware" sailed from Liverpool, England, with 225 Saints on board, bound for Great Sait Lake Valley, under the direction of Robert Martin.
Mon. 12 .- Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow and Franklin D. Richards were ordained Apostles, to fill the va- cancies in the Council of Twelve Apostles caused by the re- organization of the First Presidency and the rejection of Lyman Wight.
Wed. 14 .- Great Salt Lake City was divided into nineteen ecclesiastical Wards of nine blocks each.
Fri. 16 .- The First Presidency and the Apostles, in council assembled, divided the country lying south of Great Salt Lake City into four Bishop's Wards, namely, Canyon Creek (afterwards Sugar House), Mill Creek, Holladay (afterwards Big Cottonwood) and South Cottonwood.
Thurs. 22 .- At a council meeting held in Great Salt Lake City, the following Bishops were ordained and set apart to preside in the City Wards: David Fairbanks, 1st Ward; John Lowry, 2nd Ward; Christopher Williams, 3rd Ward; Wm. Hickenlooper, 6th Ward; Wm. G. Perkins, 7th Ward; Addison Everett. 8th Ward; Seth Taft, 9th Ward; David Pettigrew, 10th Ward; Benjamin Covey, 12th Ward; Edward Hunter, 13th Ward; John Murdock, 14th Ward; Abraham O. Smoot. 15th Ward; Isaac Higbee, 16th Ward; Joseph L. Heywood, 17th Ward and James Hendricks, 19th Ward.
Sun. 25 .- The ship "Buena Vista" sailed from Liverpool, England, with 249 Welsh Saints, under the direction of Dan Jones.
Mon. 26 .- Work was commenced on the Council House, Great Salt Lake City.
March .- Provo, Utah Valley, was settled by John S. Higbee and some thirty others. On March 18th a branch of the Church was organized with John S. Higbee as president. Dur- Ing the year the settlers had some trouble with the Indians. -A post office was established in Great Salt Lake City, with Joseph L. Heywood as postmaster.
-The Icarians arrived at Nauvoo, Ili., and bought the ruins of the Temple, with a view to refit it for school purposes.
Mon. 5 .- The ship "Hartiey" salled from Liverpool, Eng- land, with 220 Saints bound for Great Salt Lake Valley, un- der the direction of W. Hulme. It arrived at New Orleans April 28th.
Thurs. 8 .- A convention, which was held for three days, convened In Great Sait Lake City. Before Its adjournment a State constitution for the proposed State of Deseret was adopted. Almon W. Babbitt was soon after sent as delegate to Congress, with a petition asking for admission into the Union.
Mon. 12 .- An election took place for officers of the provis- ional government of the State of Deseret. Brigham Young was chosen governor; Willard Richards, secretary; Newel K. Whitney, treasurer; Heher C. Kimball, chief judge; John Taylor and Newel K. Whitney, associate judges; Daniel H. Wells, attorney general; Horace S. Eldredge, marshal; Aihert Carrington, assessor and collector of taxes; Joseph L. Hey- wood, surveyor of highways. Magistrates were aiso appointed for the several Wards.
The ship "Emblem" sailed from Liverpool, England, with about one hundred Saints, under the direction of Robert Deans, bound for Great Salt Lake Valley.
Thurs. 15 .- John Van Cott sold a peck of potatoes for $5 In Great Salt Lake City, which was considered cheap.
Sun. 25 .- The first publle meeting was held on the Temple Block, Great Salt Lake City.
Wed. 28 .- The Nauvoo Legion was partly reorganized; Daniel H. Wells was appointed major-general. The first com- pany organized was under the command of Capt. George D. Grant, and those who belonged to it were styled "minute men."
April .- The settlers in Utah Valley buiit a fort near the present site of Provo City.
Sun. 8 .- The Fourth Ward, Great Salt Lake City, was or- ganlzed with Benjamin Brown as Bishop.
Mon. 9 .- The First Presidency issued the "First General Epistle" to the whole Church from Great Salt Lake Valley. By this time the people in the Great Salt Lake City fort had commenced to move out to their city lots.
May. Sat. 5 .- Elder Elijah Malin, of Winter Quarters, died of cholera, in St. Louis, Mo., returning from a mission to Pennsylvania.
June, Mon. 11 .- Caleb Baldwin, one of the brethren who had been imprisoned with the Prophet Joseph in Liberty jail, Mo., died in Great Salt Lake City.
Sat. 16 .- Parties from the east en route for the California gold mines began to arrive in the Valley, and during the sum- mer they traveled through by thousands. They brought all kinds of merchandise, wagons, tools and farming impie- ments, etc., which were sold to the Saints below original cost, in exchange for provisions.
July .- Elder William Howeli visited France and began to preach the gospel; he baptized the first person on July 30th, at Havre, and during the remainder of the year he baptized a few more. Among the number was a Baptist preacher about sixty years old.
Mon. 2 .- The General Assembly of the Provisional State of Deseret met for the first time in Great Salt Lake City.
Sat. 21 .- The first endowment in Great Salt Lake Valley was given to Addison Pratt on Ensign Peak.
Tues. 24 .- The first celebration to commemorate the en- trance of the Pioneers into Great Salt Lake Valley was held in Great Salt Lake City.
August. Fri. 24 .- Wm. W. Phelps ascended to the top of Mount Nebo, south of Utah Valley, to make scientific obser- vations.
Tues. 28 .- Captain Howard Stansbury and party of survey- ors arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley, accompanied by Lieu- tenant John W. Gunnison.
September. Sat. 1 .- Wm. Dayton was accidently. kllied and Geo. W. Bean crippled for life, by the premature discharge of a cannon at Fort Utah (Provo), Utah.
Sun. 2 .- The ship "James Pennell" sailed from Liverpool, England, with 236 Saints, under the direction of Thomas H. Clark, bound for Great Salt Lake Valley. It arrived at New Orleans, Oct. 22nd.
Wed. 5 .- The ship "Berlin" sailed from Liverpool with 253 Saints, under James G. Brown's direction, bound for Great Salt Lake Valley; it arrived at New Orleans Oet. 22nd. Twenty-six died on the voyage of cholera.
Sun. 23 .- Orson Spencer arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley, with his company of British Saints.
October. Wed. 3 .- Three companies of emigrating Saints were exposed to the fury of a tremendous snow storm near the South Pass. Sixty head of cattle perished.
Sat. 6 .- The Deseret Dramatic Association was organized in Great Salt Lake City.
-On this and the following day a general conference of the Church was held in Great Salt Lake City, at which the Per- petual Emigration Fund was commenced. John Taylor, Cur- tis E. Bolton and John Pack were called on missions to France; Erastus Snow and Peter O. Hansen to Denmark; Lorenzo Snow and Joseph Toronto to Italy; Franklin D. Richards, Joseph W. Johnson, Joseph W. Young, Job Smith, Haden W. Church, Geo. B. Wallace and John S. Higbee to Great Britain; Charles C. Rich and Francis M. Pomeroy to Lower California; Addison Pratt, James S. Brown and Hiram H. Blackweil to the Society Islands, and John E. Forsgren to Sweden. A "Carrying Company," for carrying goods from the Missouri river to the Valley and also to run a wagon passenger train, was organized. It was voted to lay off a city in Capt. James Brown's neighborhood (Ogden), and an- other one in Utah Valley (Provo); also to make a settlement in San Pete Valley (Manti). For the latter Isaac Morley, Charies Shumway and Seth Taft were appointed a presi- dency.
Fri. 12 .- The first Presidency Issued the "Second General Epistle" from Great Salt Lake Valley, to the Salnts in all the world.
Fri. 19 .- The missionaries' camp was organized for travel- ing, Shadrach Roundy being appointed president. The com- pany consisted of 35 men, with 12 wagons, 1 carriage, and 42 horses and mules. Among the Elders were Apostles Loronzo Snow, Erastus Snow and Franklin D. Richards, Bishop Edward Hunter and other prominent men. It was the first company of missionaries sent from the Rocky Mountains.
November. Sat. 10 .- The ship "Zetland" sailed from Llver- pool, England, with 250 Saints, under the direction of S. H. Hawkins. It arrived at New Orleans Dec. 24th.
Mon. 12 .- The missionaries traveling east were attacked by about two hundred Cheyenne warriors, on the Plate river, but escaped unhurt.
Mon. 19 .- San Pete Valley was settled by a company, under the guidance of Isaac Morley, Seth Taft and Charies Shumway. They located near the present site of Manti.
Fri. 23 .- An exploring company, consisting of about fifty men, was organized at Capt. John Brown's house, on Big Cot- tonwood, with Apostle Parley P. Pratt as president; it started the next day to explore what is now southern Utah.
December .- The general assembly of the Provisional State of Deseret met for the second time and heid adjourned meet- ings at intervals through the winter. Among the Important business done was the creating of Great Salt Lake, Weber, Utah, San Pete, Juab and Tooele counties, appointing a su- preme court, chartering a State University, etc.
-The first Sunday school in Utah was opened by Elder Richard Ballantyne, in the 14th Ward, Great Salt Lake City. Sat. 1 .- Nineteen men on foot arrived in Great Salt Lake City from the East In a very destitute condition, having left thelr wagons In the snow on Echo creek, forty miles back.
Fri. 7 .- After an adventurous journey, during which an overruling Providence was clearly made manifest in be- half of the Elders, the missionaries arrived at Old Ft. Kearney, on the Missouri River.
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Mon. 24 .- A terrific wind swept over Great Salt Lake Valley from the south.
Before the end of the year, the Saints who had settled on the Little Cottonwood creek, south of Great Salt Lake City, were organized into a Ward, named Little Cottonwood, with Silas Richards as Bishop.
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In Utah Valley, where a number of new settlements were founded during the year, the Saints had trouble with the Indians. The first missions of the Church were opened in France, Italy and Denmark by Apostles John Taylor, Lo- renzo Snow and Erastus Snow respectively, assisted by other Elders. Later in the year the first Latter-day Saint Elders aiso arrived in Switzerland and in Hawaii (Sand- wich Islands) and commenced missionary labors. The Ter- ritory of Utah was created by act of Congress.
Jannary .- The British Mission contained about twenty- eight thousand Saints, having increased more than ten thousand during the last sixteen months.
-Apostle Parley P. Pratt's company explored the southern country as far south as the mouth of the Santa Clara river, beyond the Rim of the Basin.
Thurs. 10 .- The ship "Argo" sailed from Liverpool, Eng- land, with 402 Saints, under the direction of Jeter Clinton. It arrived at New Orleans March 8th.
Mon. 21 .- Apostle Parley P. Pratt's company on its re- turn from the south went into winter camp on Chaik Creek (near the present site of Filimore), unable to travel further with wagons through the deep snow. Twenty-four of the men with the best horses and muies pushed on to Great Sait Lake City, and the remainder followed in March.
February. Thurs. 7 .- A company of about one hundred minute men, under command of Capt. Geo. D. Grant, ieft Great Salt Lake City for Utah County, to protect the settlers there against the depredations of the Indians (Utes).
Fri. 8 .- On this and the following day a battle was fought between the "minute men" and about seventy Indian warriors under Big Eik. close to Utah Fort (now Provo), in which several were killed and wounded on both sides. The Indians subsequently retreated to the mountains.
Mon. 11 .- General Daniel H. Wells, who had arrived in Utah Valley with more men, pursued the Indians and over- took them near Table Rock. Five warriors were killed and the rest taken prisoners. The next day, when the Indians tried to overpower the guard. another battle ensued in which severai natives were killed. The squaws and chil- dren were subsequently taken to Great Salt Lake City, and a number of the children adopted by citizens.
Fri. 22 .- A light shock of earthquake was felt in Great Salt Lake Valley.
March. Sun. 3 .- Oliver Cowdery died in the faith, at Rich- mond, Ray Co., Mo., of consumption.
Tues. 5 .- A branch of the Church was organized at Ogden with Lorin Farr as president.
Tues. 26 .- Col. Thos. L. Kane delivered his famous lec- ture on the "Mormons" before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia.
April .- Elder Wm. Howeil organized a branch of the Church with six members at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. This was the first branch of the Church raised up in that country. May. , Mon. 27 .- The walls of the Nauvoo Temple were blown down by a hurricane.
June .- The water was higher in Great Salt Lake Valley than ever before since the Pioneers arrived. A number of bridges were washed away and other damage done. Emi- grants en route to California passed through Great Sait Lake City almost daily.
Sat. 8 .- The first mail of the season from the States ar- rived in Great Salt Lake Valiey.
Fri. 14 .- Apostle Erastus Snow and Elders John E. Fors- gren and Geo. P. Dykes landed in Copenhagen, Denmark, as the first missionaries to Scandinavia, except Elder Peter O. Hansen, who had arrived there a few weeks before.
Sat. 15 .- The first number of the "Deseret News" was pub- lished in Great Salt Lake City; Willard Richards, editor. Tues. 25 .- Apostle Lorenzo Snow and Elders Joseph To- ronto and Thos. B. H. Stenhouse arrived at Genoa, Italy, as the first Latter-day Saint missionaries to that country.
July .- Under the new management of Apostle Orson Pratt, the "Millennial Star" had increased its circulation from about three thousand seven hundred to over twenty-two thousand.
Thurs. 4 .- Parley's Canyon, Utah, was opened for travel under the name of the "Golden Pass"; Parley P. Pratt. pro- prietor. The toll was 75 cts. for each conveyance drawn by two animals, and 10 cents for each additional draught, pack or saddle animal, etc. The Newark Rangers, of Kendall County, Iil. was the first company to foilow Apostle Pratt through the pass. which opened a new road through the mountains from the Weber river to Great Salt Lake Valley. -The general assembly of the State of Deseret held a joint session and passed an ordinance taxing the sale of liquor at the rate of 50 per cent ad valorum.
Fri. 19 .- Elder John E. Forsgren baptized his brother Peter A. Forsgren, near Grefie, Sweden. This was the first baptism in Sweden by divine authority in this dispensation.
August .- Lehi, Utah Valley, was first settled; about the same time the two neighboring towns of American Fork and Pleasant Grove were settled.
Mon. 5 .- Pres. Brigham Young pointed out the site for a Temple on the hill where the Manti Temple, San Pete Co., Utah, now stands.
Mon. 12 .- The first baptisms in Denmark, by divine au- thority in this dispensation, took place in Copenhagen, Apostle Erastus Snow baptizing fifteen persons in Oresund. The first man baptized was Ole U. C. Monster and the first woman Anna Beckstrom.
Wed. 28 .- Capt. Howard Stansbury and suite, having com- pleted their surveys, left Great Salt Lake City, on their return to Washington, D. C.
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