October 25, 1858 ~ Monday

Oct 25
I went to the Church stray pen to get a Durham Bull
calf which Brother W^m Rydalch let me have he had
never been halter broak & we put a lariet on his neck & he
nearly choaked to death before we could do any thing with
him he faught us with great force I got him home
& shut him up & fed him I then assisted in cleaning
out four hog pens whare the Hogs was belly deep in mud
Wilford started to Fort Herriman with my two yoke of oxen
& my loped horn heifer & one red calf left ear croped
& [FIGURE] on the nigh shoulder I spent the afternoon in the
office, Journalizing. Brothers A J Stewart & G. S. Clark
arived this evening from Austrailia mission they came
From Calafornia via Carson valley Brother Stewart
Spent the night with me gave me an account of his
Mission Luke Johnson also spent the night with me

October 25, 1858 ~ Tuesday

26 Claudius Spencer started a drove of cattle to Rush
Valley this morning Brother Stewart started for home
The city Poliece has turned one room into a calabose
to shut up their prisioners so they could not be liberated
by the mob. I recieved 500 feet of Lumber of the public
works at $3 per hundred $15. Brother & Sister Smoot
spent the night with me He informed me that Samuel
A Gilbert Had written a liebill of the worst form again[s]t
Utah, the mormons, & Govornor Cummings saying the
court records & Library were burned & that Govornor
Cummings had lied in saying they were not burned
Govoernor Cummings called Mr Gilbert Judge
St Clair & Secretary Hartnett to his room he made
Gilbert acknowledge that he wrote the letter He raised
his cane over his head & swore he would kill him
if he did not contradict the statement in writing
which he did He also made Judge St Clair & Hartnett
sign a document saying that the records & Library were
not burned & that Gilbert had not lied

October 27, 1858 ~ Wednesday

27^th I spent the day in the office i

October 28, 1858 ~ Thursday

28 I spent the fore part of the day at work at home
the afternoon in the office I recived 2 letters from
I F Carter & C. W. Wandle

October 29, 1858 ~ Friday

29^th I wrote 2 letters to I. F. Carter & C. W. Wandle
I spent the day in the office compiling History

October 30, 1858 ~ Saturday

30^th I spent the forenoon compiling History the
afternoon at home making pig pen I got 3646
feet of Lumber at the temple Block 2 cts $7.32

October 31, 1858 ~ Sunday

31^st Sunday I met with my Quorum at 10 oclok Bishop
Hunter prayed & L W. Hardy was mouth. We were informed
that M. C. Donald who murdered Brother Cook while on duty
as a policemon has been killed at Green River under the
following circumstances A man called Scoty a mountainer
while going with the mail said if He saw MCDonald He

October 25, 1858 ~ Monday

Oct 25 I went to the Church stray pen to get a Durham Bull calf which Brother Wm Rydalch let me have he had never been halter broak & we put a lariet on his neck & he nearly choaked to death before we could do any thing with him he faught us with great force I got him home & shut him up & fed him I then assisted in cleaning out four hog pens whare the Hogs was belly deep in mud wilford started to Fort Harriman with my two yoke of oxen & my loped horn heifer & one red calf left ear croped & sideways text W end of sideways text on the righ shoulder. I spent the afternoon in the office, Journalizing. Brothers A J Stewart & G. S. Clark arived this evening from Austrailia mission they came From Calafornia via Carson valley Brother Stewart Spent the night with me gave me an account of his Mission Luke Johnson also spent the night with me

October 25, 1858 ~ Tuesday

26 Claudius Spencer started a drove of cattle to Rush Valley this morning Brother Stewart started for home The city Poliece has turned one room into a Calabose to shut up their prisioners so they could not be liberated by the mob. I recieved 500 feet of Lumber of the public works at $3 per hundred $15. Brother & sister Smoot spent the night with me He informed me that Samuel A Gilbert Had written a liebill of the worst form against Utah, the mormons, & Govornor Cummings saying the court Records & Library were burned & that Govornor Cummings had lied in saying they were not burned Govornor Cummings called Mr Gilbert Judge St Clair & Secretary Hartnett to his room he made Gilbert acknowledge that he wrote the letter. He raised his cane over his head & swore he would kill him if he did not contradict the statement in writing which he did He also made Judge St Clair & Hartnett sign a document saying that the records & Library were not burned & that Gilbert had lied

October 27, 1858 ~ Wednesday

27th I spent the day in the office

October 28, 1858 ~ Thursday

28 I spent the fore part of the day at work at home the afternoon in the office I received 2 letters from [FIGURE] I F Carter & C. W. Wandle

October 29, 1858 ~ Friday

29th [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters to I. F. Carter & C. W. Wandle I spent the day in the office compiling History

October 30, 1858 ~ Saturday

30th I spent the forenoon compiling History the afternoon at home making pig pen I got 366 feet of Lumber at the temple Block 2 cts $7.32

October 31, 1858 ~ Sunday

31st Sunday I met with my Quorum at 10 oclok Bishop Hunter Prayed & L W. Hardy was mouth. We were informed that M.C.Donald who murdered Brother Cook while on duty as a policemon has been killed at Green River under the following circumstances A man called Scoty a mountainman while going with the mail said if He saw MCDonald He