Day in the Life

Jan 11, 1859

Journal Entry

January 11, 1859 ~ Tuesday

101th I spent the forenoon in the Legislator in the
council the House adjourned to make room for the
District court who occupied the lower room on
the case of James Ferguson who was taken up
for intimidating Judge Stiles this case has given
the Judge Sinclair much trouble it has been in the court
100 days & the Judge has set upon ^it^ 38 days James Ferguson
was making a speech in the forenoon the Atturney Wilson
followed then the case submitted to the Jury which
set till 8 1/2 past. Calvin Foss & Stone hung out till
that hour then they brought in a vierdict of not
guilty the Judge got vary tiered of it The Eastern
Mail came in Brought papers to the 10 dec.

I met with the rush valley Herd company at the
Historians office there being present W. Woodruff
Luke Johnson J. W. Cummings J. C. Little L. W. Hardy
we resolved to inclose 250 acres of grassland
250 Acres would be 200 rods square
also 100 Acres farming land 126 49/100 rods square
or 150 Acres farming land 154 91/100 rods square
we agreed to make a half ditch around the grass land
and a cedar stake fence around the farming land
to be done this spring the ditch would be 50 cts/rod
the cedar fence $1 or $1.50. we had a time of rejoicing
in the liberation of Gen James Ferguson

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11 mentions
Foss, Calvin Ichabod
10 Jan 1826 - 21 May 1908
36 mentions
Family
21 mentions
Stiles, George Philander
21 Oct 2024 - 1 Sep 1885
16 mentions
Ferguson, James
23 Feb 1828 - 30 Aug 1863
71 mentions
61 mentions
Little, Jesse Carter
26 Sep 1815 - 26 Dec 1893
178 mentions
Hardy, Leonard Wilford
31 Dec 1805 - 31 Jul 1884
233 mentions
Family
Johnson, Luke
3 Nov 1807 - 8 Dec 1861
73 mentions
Apostle

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Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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December 1858
Wilford serves ninth term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Jan 11, 1859