J R Howard left new
News for Woodruff

January 12, 1884 ~ Saturday

Jan 12 [18]84 {shorthand}
{shorthand} 10 {shorthand} Heber J Grant

January 13, 1884 ~ Sunday

13 {shorthand} 2 {shorthand} J E Taylor

W^m B Preston sp[o]k 9 M[inutes] 6 x 2

G Teasdale spok 55 M[inutes] 8

Ask Teasdale Joseph H Felt
Address

January 16, 1884 ~ Wednesday

16 Jan 1884 I met in council
It was mo[tio]ned sec[ond]ed & carried
that F D Richards should be
the Assistant Historian

January 18, 1884 ~ Friday

Jan 18 I looked over my
Journal & saw I had paid
Tithing $5751.75 cts

from 1851 to [18]59, 9 years
not counted the amt. Recd
see public Books

January 12, 1884 ~ Saturday

12 [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters to Nellie & David Woodruff [FIGURE] I received 1 Letter from Sarah I spent the day In council {of fifty} I went to the field at night 6 miles

January 13, 1884 ~ Sunday

13 Sunday I attended Meeting Joseph E Taylor Prayed Wm B Preston spoke9 Minutes G Teasdale 55 I Attended Meeting in 14 ward

January 14, 1884 ~ Monday

Jan 14, 1884 FIGURES I received 1 Letter from Jesse N Smith I wrote 5 Letters to Jesse & Bell Moses, Shuah C Moulton, Benjamin Cluff, John Henry Smith, & E A Scammans

January 15, 1884 ~ Tuesday

15 [FIGURE] I wrote 8 Letters to I. F. Carter, Lot Smith, Jesse N Smith, Jeremiah Hatch, J P Christofferson, Joseph H Felt, Ozem T Woodruff & Sarah Woodruff. The Utah Legislature received theGovornors Message to day

January 16, 1884 ~ Wednesday

16 [FIGURE] I wrote One letter to A E Hinkley [FIGURE] I met in [FIGURE] council with the Presidency & Twelve and during the conversation F D Richards was called upon to Make a statement of the Purport of a Letter that He had written to President Taylor concerning what He thought ought to be written in the Law of the Lord or the Book called by that Name which met with feelings of all of us And it was universally voted that Brother Franklin D Richards Be appointed assistant Historian I spent the Evening at home

January 17, 1884 ~ Thursday

17 [FIGURE] I received two Letters from Elder Brigham Young which were interesting I Attended a Dinner party at Sister Barretts in the Evening

January 18, 1884 ~ Friday

18 FIGURES I looked over my Journals to day to try to find what amount of tithing I had Paid since 1850 I found I had Paid Tithing from 1860 to 1883 $5751.75 cts But what was Paid from 1850 to 59 Being 9 years I could not get from my own Accounts But I paid Tithing those years as I was in Legislature and received $120 each secssion and I always paid my tithing on my income