26th I spent the fore part of the day choreing for myself
the after noon in the . I met with
at the Historian office & wrote a letter to
the warden of the Penetentiary & gave him directions as
inspectors to provide a certain list of articles to supply
the prisioners. We called into Presidents
and there learned That had just been found
dead in the Street was shot dead throug the head it seemed
quite doubtful whether he shot himself or was shot by another
He had been abed most of the day got up in the evening aran-
ged his accounts called his family together had prayers
put on his pistol went out into the street & soon two repo-
rts of a pistol was heard when he was found his pistol
was lying betwen his legs two barrels was just discharged
& another cap broke the general impression is that He
shot himself. He killed a man by the Name of
on in in 1847. President Young in
speaking upon the subject of the wicked men & Devils that
surround us at present that we should soon have peace
& have power to controll the evils around us. A messenger
has arived in advance of the mail & reports that government
has ordered the army to stop selling the government animals
& to immediately fit up one ridgment & move on to the
to winter & in the spring go to &
a rumour is that President has sent word to
Brigham Young that He will prove to him & to the people
of that He will remove evry obstruction out of their
way & give them equal rights to any other Territory in the
union. It is also rumoured that orders have been sent to
