Jan 9, 1894
This has been an important day concerning affairs
of the Church the U.S. Government has had possession
of the Real Esstate of the Church, & nearly $500000 dollars
of our money & stocks for several years in the courts
for years & the Congress of the United States
Passed a Bill to restore our personal Property
& the supreme Court ordered the money to be
turned over to the Presidency of the Church but it
had to be turned over to the supreme Court
of Utah Territory to day the supreme Court
here ordered the Receiver to turn over the
Money to the Presidency of the Church amounting
to ($438174.39) which will help us to partly
to Pay our debts Also the shares 4742 of the
Telegraph Line And office furniture in the hands
of James Jack in church office, in Presidents office
office furniture and Books in Historians office and
office furniture andturned over By late receiver
Dyer to present receiver Lawrence Now this order
to turn over this money will assist us to pay a
Part of the Debts. We had much company Bishop
Preston called upon us again about $140000 dollars
He owed to the Banks Br Goosebeck & wife called about
a Bill of Divorce

January 10, 1894 ~ Wednesday

10. I spent the day in the chur office Had a report from
Smith & Hardy concerning there survey for a Rail Road
& we talked about the Bank

Jan 9, 1894 [FIGURE] This has been an important day concerning affairs of the Church the U.S. Government has had possession of the Real Esstate of the Church, & nearly $500000 dollars of our money & stocks for several years in the courts for years & the Congress of the United States Passed a Bill to restore our personal Property & the supreme Court ordered the money to be turned over to the Presidency of the Church but it had to be turned over to the supreme Court of Utah Territory to day the supreme Court here ordered the Receiver to turn over the Money to the Presidency of the Church amounting to ($438174.39) which will help us to partly to Pay our debts Also the shares 4742 of the Telegraph Line And office furniture in the hands of James Jack in church office, in Presidents office office furniture and Books in Historians office and office furnitureturned over By late receiver Dyer to present receiver Lawrence Now this order to turn over this money will assist us to pay a Part of the Debts. We had much company Bishop Preston called upon us again about $140000 dollars He owed to the Banks Br Goosebeck & wife called about a Bill of Divorce

January 10, 1894 ~ Wednesday

10. I spent the day in the chur office Had a report from Smith & Hardy concerning there survey for a Rail Road & we talked about the Bank