September 23, 1859 ~ Friday

Sept 23rd
A rainy day I spent the forenoon in the office
I went into the field in the afternoon with the men &
got two loads of cane it was not ripe I cut my left thum
quite bad

September 24, 1859 ~ Saturday

234th I was quite unwell to day I spent the forenoon in the
Endowment house we ordained one Elder & [7] men had their
Enodowments. I spent the afternoon & night Boiling Molasses I made 37 gallons
Brigham Young D H Wells & O Hyde visited my works

September 25, 1859 ~ Sunday

25 Sunday I was unwell. John Taylor preached in the
morning Joseph W Young in the afternoon & W Woodruff
spoke upon the subject of the coming fair I met with the
Twelve in the evening. O. Hyde Prayed O. Pratt was mouth
it was the first time Elder Hyde has met with us
for some time He has been ab[s]ent for some 3 weeks in
consequence of hearing that there was some warrants out
for him. The evening was spent in conversing upon the
subject of the Ten tribes in the North Country, the Higher
law of god in oposition to the law of gravitation in the assencion
of Christ. Elijah & Enoch & the City of Zion to heaven upon
the same principle a portion of the North Country containing
the ten tribes may be separated from the Earth [Moses 7:21]. O Hyde
& others believed they would soon return

September 26, 1859 ~ Monday

26^th 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

September 23, 1859 ~ Friday

Sept 23rd A rainy day I spent the forenoon in the office I went into the field in the afternoon with the men & got two loads of cane it was not ripe I cut my left thum quite bad

September 24, 1859 ~ Saturday

24th I was quite unwell to day I spent the forenoon in the Endowment house we ordained one Elder & 7 men had their Endowments. I spent the afternoon & night Boiling Molasses I made 37 gallons Brigham Young D H Wells & O Hyde visited my works

September 25, 1859 ~ Sunday

25 Sunday I was unwell John Taylor preached in the morning Joseph Young in the afternoon & W Woodruff spoke upon the subject of the coming fair I met with the Twelve in the evening O. Hyde Prayed O. Pratt was mouth it was the first time Elder Hyde has met with us for some time He has been absent for some 3 weeks in consequence of hearing that there was some warrants out for him. The evening was spent in conversing upon the subject of the Ten tribes in the North Country, the Higher law of god in oposition to the law of gravitation in the assention of Christ. Elijah & Enoch & the City of Zion to heaven upon the same principle a portion of the North Country containing the ten tribes may be separated from the Earth. O Hyde & others believed they would soon return

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 aranged his accounts called his family together had prayers put on his pistol went out into the street & soon two reports 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