2 This is the Great Election for the Nation I took cars in the
Morning Rode to Ogden with my Daughter Susan & 2 children
got her a ticket and saw her on Board of the U. P. for Council Bluffs. I then took cars & returned to Salt Lake to
cast my vote for G Q Cannon as our delegate to Congress
In the Afternoon I returned again to Ogden making 80 M
Miles travel to cast my vote. I took Utah Northern in the
Evening rode to Smithfield arived at Midnight Distance of the day 170 miles
~ Wednesday
3rd I went with Newton to bear River we shot 4 ducks and
returned Mary had burned her knee caught cold in it and was
in great Pain in the night I got up held her limb over the
smoke of burnt wool, and Put on a peace of salt Bacon
& she went to sleep & rested
6 In company with Thomas D Lutz & Sarah I rode to Logan
to attend the quarterly conference Met at 10 oclok ^Br^ Merrill
Prayed Statiscital report read Total souls 14550. Total of
Temple funds $257,271.41. G. Q. Cannon spoke 25 M[inutes], W Wood
ruff 25 M[inutes] Afternoon Wm B Preston spoke 12 M[inutes]. F. D. Richards
one hour & 10 M[inutes] on the Law of Tithing At the close of the Meeting we visited
the Temple, two banks of the Roof was on we could see that it will [crowd]
hard to get the roof on this fall. I rode to Smithfield & spent the night 16 Miles
~ Sunday
7 I rode to Logan attended Conference at 10 oclok C O Card
prayed Lorenzo Snow spoke one hour & 10 M[inutes]. W Woodruff 38 M[inutes]
At the close of the Meeting the Twelve Met at Br Cards House
Nov 1, 1880 FIGURES I received 2 letters & wrote one to I F Carter
~ Tuesday
2 This is the Great Election for the Nation I took cars in the
Morning Rode to Ogden with my Daughter Susan & 2 children
got her a ticket and saw her on Board of the U. P. for
Council Bluffs. I then took cars & returned to Salt Lake to
cast my vote for G Q Cannon as our delegate to Congress
In the Afternoon I returned again to Ogden making 80 M
Miles travel to cast my vote. I took Utah Northern in the
Evening rode to Smithfield arived at Midnight Distance of the day 170 miles
~ Wednesday
3rd I went with Newton to bear River we shot 4 ducks and
returned Mary had burned her knee caught cold in it and was
in great Pain in the night I got up held her limb over the
smoke of burnt wool, and Put on a peace of salt Bacon
& she went to sleep & rested
6 In company with Thomas D Lutz & Sarah I rode to Logan
to attend the quarterly conference Met at 10 oclok Br Merrill
Prayed Statiscital report read Total souls 14550. Total of
Temple funds $257,271.41. G. Q. Cannon spoke 25 Minutes, W Wood
ruff 25 Minutes Afternoon Wm B Preston spoke 12 Minutes. F. D. Richards
one hour & 10 Minutes on the Law of Tithing At the close of the Meeting we visited
the Temple, two banks of the Roof was on we could see that it will crowd
hard to get the roof on this fall. I rode to Smithfield & spent the night 16 Miles
~ Sunday
7 I rode to Logan attended Conference at 10 oclok C O Card
prayed Lorenzo Snow spoke one hour & 10 Minutes. W Woodruff 38 Minutes
At the close of the Meeting the Twelve Met at Br Cards House
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," October 31, 1880 - November 7, 1880, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/qQ12