Daybook (July - November 1887 and April - October 1888) [DB-13]

DESERET NATIONAL BANK
SUCCESSORS TO
BANK OF DESERET,
IN ACCOUNT WITH

Wilford Woodruff

DESERET NATIONAL BANK,
SUCCESSOR TO
Dr. BANK OF DESERET, in account with

1873

Wilford Woodruff Cr.

1873

Journal

July 16, 1887 ~ Saturday

July 16 [18]87 I wrote 12 letters & packed
up ready for going North

July 17, 1887 ~ Sunday

17 we left St George rode to
Wilkinson at Leed took dnr [dinner]
& rode to Belview & camped out
Distance of the day 128 Miles

July 18, 1887 ~ Monday

18 we Drove to Cedr 230

July 19, 1887 ~ Tuesday

19 We drove to Paragoona 22 M

July 20, 1887 ~ Wednesday

20 we Drove to Beavr & slept
for the night at Br Mumfords 32 M[iles]

July 21, 1887 ~ Thursday

21 we rode 20 Mils to
Olsons had a vary sick colt
we Declared it 20 M

July 22, 1887 ~ Friday

22 {shorthand} Bles Sister Olson {shorthand}
{shorthand} we drove to fish creek
& camp colt vary sick we were
all sick I caught 15 In trout 25 M

July 23, 1887 ~ Saturday

23 colt sick I went fishing I caght
40 trout total caght 554 we left
at 3 oclok & d[ro]ve to Exellante
Distnce of the Day 15 Miles

July 24, 1887 ~ Sunday

24 Sunday we spent the day at
Bish[o]p Sylvester we left our
colts with the Brother to take
care of till our return
we Drove in the even[in]g to Rich-
field & had in interview
with president Thurber & 2 concllr [counselors]
Clark & Sigmiller & Wheelock
spent the DNight with Thurber
7 Mil

July 25, 1887 ~ Monday

25 We spent the day at
Thurbers resting
[FIGURE] I wrote ^I wrote^ 3 letters
[Stones Durham] parawun

July 26, 1887 ~ Tuesday

26 [FIGURE] We Drove to warm
creek & spent the night at
Brother [blank] Bartholomew
I heard at night 40 Miles
of the Death of president Taylor

July 27, 1887 ~ Wednesday

27 we Drove to Nephi 40 M[iles]
stoped at Broth Pictons
40 M[iles]

(5 M[inutes] to 8 Monday Ev[enin]g
July 24 J. T. Died)

27 Alonzo Hyde stoped
with me

July 28, 1887 ~ Thursday

28 I took cars
& rode to S L City Brother
Arnold drove me to the office
I Met with L. Snow F D Richards

July 28, 1887

and a Number of Brethren in the
office In the Evening I went to the
Gardo House & viewed the body
of president Taylor A M Cannon
then took me in the buggy
& took me to the farm &
I met my children & spent the
night Distnce 95 Mils

July 29, 1887 ~ Friday

29 [FIGURE] I re[cei]ved 9 letter from
Jaques, Shetter, Sarah James
McAll Bishop Farrell G Q C J F
Whittaker I rode to the office
& Met G Q C J F S M Thatcher
F. D. Richards H J Grant L Snow
D H Wells The funeral of
presidt We Taylor was held
at the Tabernacle Body taken
down to the Tabernacle at
15 to 17 {shorthand} seven kind of

July 29, 1887

12 oclok I saw the procession
pass to 7 Bands 43 carriages 31 Buggies
19 waggons 1 cart total 102 and a large
congregation I wrote letters to Sarah ^& Newton^
[FIGURE] McA Thomas Cottam Emma T
I rode to the farm recd 3 letters
from Jaques, Jesse Sarah McAll
I Held a Meeting with the Apostls
30 went to the field & spent the night

July 30, 1887 ~ Saturday

30 I spent the day at the farm Brothe
Thompson ar[rive]d at Night & I
unloaded my things I had an
Interview with with Brothe Wilkin

July 31, 1887 ~ Sunday

31 Sund[a]y I looked over my Ac[cou]nts
and offices and

July 24, 1887 ~ Sunday

July 24 ^[18]87^ at 7 oclok Sylvia M Thompson
had a son born

August 3,1887 ~ Wednesday

Aut 3. I Met with the Quorm
of the Twelve 8 of us G. Q. C.
opened by prayer W W made
a speech on the Apostleship
Br Grant & Thacher spok upon
the subject of union A vote
was taken to rensstate G Q Cann
& Joseph F Smith to ther plac in
the Quroum considerable talk
upon var[io]us subjects we discussed
for 30 M. Lawyer Legrand Young
& F. S Richards called upon
us about the suit ag[ain]st us
we Dscd then Met
D. H. Wells said the 12 was
not at liberty to ask for
the presidency of the Church they
ownly had the right to

appendt a presdt of the
Church {shorthand}

August 3, 1887 ~ Wednesday

August 5, 1887 ~ Friday

5 [FIGURE] I wrote letters to Wm H Thompson
paid him $100 increased his wages to 1500
[FIGURE] I recd letters from J McAllister,
[Pridey], Glines a Note for T Cottam
I could read the letter fine
George Ticknor Curtis letter for
publication also a long letter for

publication I recvd letter from
^[FIGURE]^ J McAllister I wrote letter
[FIGURE] to J McAllister I went to
Judge Smiths & spent the night

August 10, 1887 ~ Wednesday

6 10 Wednesday I wrote 2 letters
[FIGURE] to Ovando & Clara & Asahel

August 12, 1887 ~ Friday

Aug 12 [18]87 [FIGURE] wrote letters to W^m Atkin
Met at 10 {[shorthand]} F D Richards
J F S opened the subject of a state [scc[h]ool]
It was discussed

signed 15 rechemends 15 total 30

August 13, 1887 ~ Saturday

13 [FIGURE] I wrote to Ema & Merrill

August 15, 1887 ~ Monday

15 signed recom[men]ds 8

[15] recd 4 letters

August 16, 1887 ~ Tuesday

16 signed reccomends 6 x 5 x 4 x 5
Morn & Evestar

August 17, 1887 ~ Wednesday

17 signed recemends 4 x 3 x 4
[FIGURE] Recd 3 letters 3 x 2 x Atkin & Clara
wrote letter 21 x 1

August 18, 1887 ~ Thursday

18 [FIGURE] I wrote to Sarah My & Bell in one
wrote 9 letters.
Recd 2 letters. signed rec[ommen]d

August 19, 1887 ~ Friday

19. Recd letter 3 x 2 x
sined rec[omm]end 12 x 6 x 1 x
[FIGURE] wrote letters 11/
to Sylvia Sarah

August 20, 1887 ~ Saturday

20. Recem[men]ds 20 x 6
Rcd letters 4 x 34 x
wrote letters 4 to Tinney Sarah

August 22, 1887 ~ Monday

22 Rcd 10 letters signed 14 Rec[om]mends
[FIGURE] wrote to [Malo &] [Stenton] &
Atkin & Cottam Had an interview
with E Snow F S Richards &c
were up till 12{shorthand}

August 23, 1887 ~ Tuesday

23 rose 15 to 2 went to Emmas
took Breakfast then took cars
with Em Nellie 2 children &
Bro Bateman at 4{shorthand} rode to
provo and at 9{shorthand} travelled 50 Miles
in 5 Hour the total 50 Miles
I[n] evening rode in the same time with
a teem [and unto Mr Evan]

& Clara

August 23, 1887 ~ Tuesday

23 Aug paid Bulah Woodruff
$21 for [lunch] & illegible

I gave Nellie $5 children $2
gave Emma $5 Her sick

August 24, 1887 ~ Wednesday

24 [FIGURE] I wrote 4 letters to Asahel
Phebe James & Jesse I took
a ride around provo with
A O Smoot I Met in the
evning A O Smoot & wife
2 Dusenbury David
John Cluff & A O Smoot
& wife I was called up
at 12 at night to adm[inis]ter
to the young woman [Zella]
Webb b[u]rned a year or so [almost]
to Death got [Let[ter] for Asahel]

August 25, 1887 ~ Thursday

25 I rode to G Q Cannons in
Jordan 50 Miles

August 26, 1887 ~ Friday

26 [FIGURE] recd letter 10
33 rec
public letters recd 15
private letter 7 rode to
Brothe [Ruieche] 25 M[iles]

August 27, 1887 ~ Saturday

27. ^[FIGURE]^ I recd 3 p[ublic] letters
{shorthand} 6 rec & Deposit for
$12000
[FIGURE] wrote to John Ferryman
I pitched quails for exercise

August 28, 1887 ~ Sunday

28 Sunday [FIGURE] I wrote one
letter to Kemp I recd 5
letters

August 31, 1887 ~ Wednesday

31 Met in council
recd [FIGURE] 10 letters
signed recemends x 20

September 1, 1887 ~ Thursday

Sept 1. recd letters 12 x 2 x
wrote letters 3 x 1
signed recemends 25 x

September 3, 1887 ~ Saturday

Sept 3 recd 10 letters wrote
20 public Dcmts letters

September 5, 1887 ~ Monday

Sept 5 [FIGURE] I wrote letters to Thurber
Bleak ^&^ Farnsworth 15 public letters
recd 10 letters 1 from Jesse Moses
signed 20 recmds

September 7, 1887 ~ Wednesday

Sept 7. Recd letters 30 public 15 private
signed 85 recemds

September 8, 1887 ~ Thursday

Sept 8. Met at 10 {shorthand}
Mexican offer investigated
& voted to Drive stock to
Mexico & org[an]ize a
coorperte company to carry
on the business the

September 10, 1887 ~ Saturday

10. Recd public letters 10 x
private letters 11
signed recemds 12 x 4 x 4
wrote letters
& signed for $6000

September 17, 1887 ~ Saturday

Sept 17. signd rec 4 x 3 x
received letters pub 3 x
private letters 1111 [4]
wrote letters pub 8 prvt 2

October 2, 1887 ~ Sunday

Oct 2. [FIGURE] I wrote to Ray McA
Sylvia A M Teny

November 21, 1887 ~ Monday

Nov 21, [18]87 signed 20 recmds
recd 20 letters I wrote letters
[FIGURE] to Jaqus
I had an interview with [Edton Green]
& with Ensigns gave him $20
to get posts wire & boards to
make a fence in the East sid
of the lot I had Deposited to my
credit at Zions Savings bank
$1000 to my order

Temple donation up to Nov 21
$984.
washakie Indian [farm] ^$^505 90

April 11, 1888 ~ Wednesday

April 11 with {[shorthand]} & {[shorthand]} & {[shorthand]}
{[shorthand]} I wrotede to Brother
Madsen & spent the night 45 Mile

April 12, 1888 ~ Thursday

12 we went Hunting Ducks
I shot 8 Solom 32
Bateman 3, B Young 1 pratt
1 Owen 6 total 51

April 13, 1888 ~ Friday

13 No ducks to day I was
quite we[a]ry we took
waggon at 9 oclok &
rode to platform on
the rail road took
car & went home 45 Mile
& spent the night

April 14, 1888 ~ Saturday

April 14 [18]88
I recd 20 letters
[FIGURE] & wrote 10 public
letters I helped the boys
plant 2 bar[re]les of
potatoes set out a
strawberry bed & sow
13 fruit trees was
weary at night I put
into my pond 4 carp

L B Logan
Youngstown Ohio
the New Book
Practical Carp Culture
$1 send paper
[American Carp Culture]
send stamps 50 M
send Book Number
&c Vol 4 to W Woodruff
Box 321 Salt Lake City
Utah

Willie Beatie $150
Ema $300

May 13, 1888 ~ Sunday

May 13 I met with G Q C
& F D R at Asahel to prepare
the prayer for the Dedication
of the Temple we also Blessed
Ovando & Claras Daughter
Idi Clare Beebe at
9 oclk I rode to the RR
at Mously street
Crossing at 10 oclok was
G Q C B. Y. F M L C H
Wilcken and G Reynolds with
on board of a special car
& rode to Nephi 95 M[iles]
G Q C & myself slept at
Broth Teasdales for the night

May 14, 1888 ~ Monday

14 we spent the day at
Broth Teasdales

till 9 oclok we then
took waggons & drove
through the canyons &
on to Manti we
came neer turning over
in the dark got out
of the road we arrived
at Manti at 4 [{shorthand}]
quite cold got warm
& went to bed 40 Miles
slept in the Temple

May 15, 1888 ~ Tuesday

15 We took breakfast
& Met with McAl
& Bleak we visited the
whole Temple from Base-
ment to roof I was
quite weary I met with
a Number of the Brethrn
I was not well did not sleep

[sideways text] at all in the night [end of sideways text]

May 16, 1888 ~ Wednesday

16 I signed 15 recomds
I recd 10 letters

16 I arose unwell this
morning I Met in the Temple
& had the prayer read
for reception or rejection
we also org[a]n[ize]d the Temple
company we Met friends &
Afternoon I Met with qui[te]
a Number of the Broth
I suffered much during
the night with Azma [Asthma]
hard work to breath

May 17, 1888 ~ Thursday

17. We Met in the Temple
of the Lord at 10 {shorthand}
for prayer G Q C was
Mouth remarks were

Made by several of the
Brethrn. We Met at 12 {[shorthand]}
in the Celestial room And
Hyms was said & president
Woodruff offered the Dedicating
prayer after which remarks were
Made by W W L Snow &
G Q Cannon Br Young & F M Lyman
we then Dismised & the 12
Met Below & discussed several
Matters Br Arthur Winters
reported our remarks at the
Dedication of the Temple
I recd letters from Phebe
Scholes Bell Moses Sarah Mary
& Newton I recd word
that Dyer had made a
Demand for Logan Temple
Tabernacle & tithing office

[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Sarah
of 8 pages went to bed at
11:30 slept till 6 in the Mng [Morning]

May 18, 1888 ~ Friday

18 I set D H Wells apart
& L Snow [set apart] Brother Lund we
spent several hours in council
in council we then bid good
by to all in the Temple & rode
to Ephraim took Diner
took carr[ia]ge & rode tover
the Mountain to the rail
road 2 Miles North of
Nephi we took special
car & rode to Farmer Ward
took cariage & rode to
Emmas & sp[en]t the night
Distance of the day 130 Miles
went to bed at 2 {[shorthand]}

May 19, 1888 ~ Saturday

19 got up had an interview
with Azmon who was
in Trouble saw Sister Ship
gave her a ticket to go
into the Temple

July 17, 1888 ~ Tuesday

Tuesday 17 I took Em &
Alice with Brothe Bateman
& drove to Youngs Peak Lodge
whare Asahel had set 15 tents
a cook Home &c & spent
the night 14 Miles

July 18, 1888 ~ Wednesday

18 I ^took up the oar^ went up the creek
fishing Mr Leopold & wife
fisher Mr Leopold is a great
fisher I caught 5 Asahel 25
Mr [Smith] 15 I was weary at
night I see the play
croquet in the Evg

July 19, 1888 ~ Thursday

19. Asahel took some ore
out of his [claim] & we drove
6 Miles up the creek and He
entered his city plot as Mineral
lands we fished Down I caught
7, Asahel 9 [Lind] 8. I was
vary weary & lame 10 Miles

19 we laid in camp
Had a hard rain storm
in the evening & cold
Owen came up

July 20, 1888 ~ Friday

20 we lay in camp Asahel
went up to the Mill &
got saw dust had
several [Amnts] We returd
home in the evening 15 M[iles]

July 21, 1888 ~ Saturday

July 21. Saturday I was quite
sick in the forenoon with
Diarrhea 2 loads went up
to the Lodge Owen went
up in the evening with
Ovando Beebe & Clara &
Blanch we had a little
sprinkle in the evening

July 22, 1888 ~ Sunday

22 Sunday I spent the day
reading mostly

July 23, 1888 ~ Monday

23 I went to the Gardo
& HERE spent the day Met with
the 12 & [Legr[a]d y[ou]n[g]]
Got Telegram for [we hoped]
[then our] Temple wold be
safe I signed 18 Rec[om]m[en]ds rcd
25 Letters wrote to Jaques

July 24, 1888 ~ Tuesday

24 July pioner Day I wrote
an Address for the Assembly

[upside-down text]

October 18, 1888 ~ Thursday

18 Oct Solomon 6 Bateman 3 Ovan 7,
W O & cut carp

October 19, 1888 ~ Friday

[upside-down text] All Men to act honest in all
their Dealing and render a strict
Acc[ou]nting

call a committee to watch
the Book of Manti Temple

Call a comittee to watch Audit
the St George Temple Book &
see who has rcvd the Donations

October 15, 1888 ~ Monday

Monday 15 Oct rode to Madsen
on the C U. C and at night 50 M

October 16, 1888 ~ Tuesday

16 spent the day Hunting Ducks
& fishing we got 3 trout & chub
Br So Alfred Solomon
got 24, Beebe 7 the Boys 6
Bateman 8 W W 1 total 38
Ducks

October 17, 1888 ~ Wednesday

17 W. 1. Solomon 3 Beebe 2 Bateman
3 total 119 & 50 lb trout 4 other 2 [end of upside-down text]

[upside-down text] 1. G Q C & J. F. S returned to the Quorum
J F S ahead of B Y as He was and
first to the Apostleship

Auditing Committee [Apointed]
M Thatcher F M Lyman
H J Grant George W. Taylor
& John R Winder
the 12 to Help all they can

Gardo Home closed up keys &
charge put into the Hands
of John R Winder

The financial office of the
Church Made Manifest the
Debts of the Church to be
paid

The [can] [defend] all Church
property sold Herd of [stock]

[upside-down text]

Exiled from Home
Exiled from home to night I wandered lonely
Far from my friends and those I loved at home
seeking a place where Earth myay lend her shelter
who gives her rest where ere the wanderer roam^s^

Chorus

Exile from home to night I wander lonely
Far from my friends and those I love so dear
Heaven alone my Heart can ownly comfort
soothing the pain and stop the falling tear

Chorus

Earth has no charms when parted from our loved ones
Though we may hear the music and the music and the ^suns^
Though she may gleam in splender all around you
Though you perchance might Join the festal throng

Chorus

Yet there a gleam of light is seen above us
Opening to view a vision yet to come
when we shall meet again with all our dear ^ones^
And share again the love of all at home

Chorus

[upside-down text]
God has set in the church
Apostate Hebrew

the Apostleship the Right office
[end of upside-down text]