Day in the Life

Sep 26, 1859

Journal Entry

September 26, 1859 ~ Monday

26th I spent the fore part of the day choreing for myself
the after noon in the office. I met with A. P. Rockwood
at the Historian office & wrote a letter to Daniel Carnes
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 Young office
and there learned That John Geen 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 Condit
on Keg Creek in Ioway 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
Santa Clara to winter & in the spring go to Calafornia &
a rumour is that President Buchanan has sent word to
Brigham Young that He will prove to him & to the people
of Utah 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


wind up the firm of Russel Miller & co in this city I
went home at 10 oclok & spent the night boiling molasses
I went to bed about daylight some person came & stole
about 8 gallons of good thick molasses after I left the
works. I also heard last night that 3 men was seen on
sunday night at the window of Blair & Fergusons
office armed with pistols. The same night some men came
to my Front Door & tryed to get in by using fals keys

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Rockwood, Albert Perry
9 Jun 1805 - 26 Nov 1879
130 mentions
Condit, Amos W.
abt. 1804-abt. 1848
4 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3458 mentions
Apostle, Family
Garn, Daniel
1802-1872
8 mentions
12 mentions
69 mentions
Historical Figure
Ferguson, James
23 Feb 1828 - 30 Aug 1863
71 mentions
Gheen, John
unk.-1859
4 mentions
Blair, Seth Millington
13 Mar 1819 - 17 Mar 1875
70 mentions

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Sep 26, 1859