May 22, 1883 I received 6 Letters from Gifford, Farnsworth, Tenney, McDonald, ^&^ Neilson I spent the day in the office writing
I wrote 6 letters 2 to McDonald, A M Tenney, P W
Nelson, Gifford, to Huffaker The Church
Empire Mill Burned down this Afternoon with 3000
Bushels of wheat. It stood up City Creek it is reported
that the loss to the Church was $23000 & about $5000 dollars
to private Individuals as it was said that 5000 Bushels of
wheat belonging to private Individuals was burned
~ Wednesday
23 I spent the forenoon writing in the Afternoon I met in council
~ Thursday
24 I rode with Wilford to the settlement of the Coones under
the west Mountain & returned home I went to the field with Wilford
26 I spent most of the day writing I went to the field with Wilford at night 6 miles
~ Sunday
27 Sunday I attended Meeting in the Assembly Hall G. Q. Cannon spoke 65 Minuts. we had about 150
strangers present I Attended Meeting in the Evening
at the 14 ward. we had some of the commissioners present
2 of the Missionaries present & spoke a short time then
W Woodruff spoke 30 M[inutes]
May 22, 1883
FIGURES I received 6 Letters from Gifford, Farnsworth, Tenney,
McDonald, & Neilson I spent the day in the office writing
I wrote 6 letters 2 to McDonald, A M Tenney, P W
Nelson, Gifford, to Huffaker [FIGURE] The Church
Empire Mill Burned down this Afternoon with 3000
Bushels of wheat. It stood up City Creek it is reported
that the loss to the Church was $23000 & about $5000 dollars
to private Individuals as it was said that 5000 Bushels of
wheat belonging to private Individuals was burned
~ Wednesday
23 I spent the forenoon writing in the Afternoon I met in council
~ Thursday
24 I rode with Wilford to the settlement of the Coones under
the west Mountain & returned home I went to the field with Wilford
26 I spent most of the day writing I went to the field with
Wilford at night 6 miles
~ Sunday
27 Sunday I attended Meeting in the Assembly HallG. Q. Cannon spoke 65 Minuts. we had about 150
strangers present I Attended Meeting in the Evening
at the 14 ward. we had some of the commissioners present
2 of the Missionaries present & spoke a short time then
W Woodruff spoke 30 Minutes
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," May 22, 1883 - May 28, 1883, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/jYWP