Emma's first child Hyrum Smith Woodruff dies at age 13 months.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
November 23, 1858 ~ Tuesday
23rd My child is some better this morning I met
the mayor A. O. Smoot going to make out the papers
to arest the men at Kinkades store for assaulting
the police. Brother Stanes reported that Mr Wilson
the U. S. districts Attorney considered Judge Sinclair
was entirely out of order in his charge to the Jury
& insult to himself in not giving him the opportunity
of meeting with the Grand Jury they are becoming
diveided among themselves. I called upon the president
at 2 oclok Brother Sharp came in & gave an account
of the row at Kinkades last night He said that He
was in it from first to last Mr Charles Kinkade
was at the head of the row He tried to provoke a
Quarrel with the Poliece they made all kind of noises
to attempt the police to arest them but the police
did not interfere with them untill they came
out & kicked & stoned the poliece they then knocked
down some half a dozen of them several shots were
exchanged but nobody killed the Poliece quelled the
mob several of which were severely hurt one
asked for two poliecemen to guard him while He
wento to Mr Hartnets to get Dr Hurt to come &
dress the wounds of those who were hurt two
policemen went with him & while returning with
Mr Hartnet one of the poliecemen pistol accidentally
was discharged & the ball went into the ground this
Frightened Mr Hartnet for He thought He was
shot at But He was informed that it was an accid[en]t
the Gentiles are vary anxiouse to get up a row
with this people. The Court met to day at 11 oclk
& done no business except to decide that 2 indians
in the penitentiary should be tried in the next district
south.
I took all the papers or manuscript that
we had written in English for the Deseret Alphabet
& brought it to my draw[er] in the Historians office
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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Wilson, Alexander
1821-1864
11 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kinkade, Charles
abt. 1832-unk.
13 mentions
Sinclair, Charles
1828-1887
21 mentions
Hurt, Garland
abt. 1820-1903
15 mentions
Woodruff, Hyrum Smith
4 Oct 1857 - 24 Nov 1858
8 mentions
Family
Hartnett, John
unk.-1860
16 mentions
Sharp, John
9 Nov 1820 - 23 Dec 1891
69 mentions
Staines, William Carter
1818-1881
51 mentions
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Wilford serves ninth term as member of Territorial Legislature.