I Attended the Council of {Fifty} the Priesthood in social
Hall through the forenoon. The Territorial Convention met at
2 oclok PM. I spent the Afternoon in the office Journalizing
12 [FIGURE] The reports in the papers gave two names as the person
injured in the falling of the Brick Building in RochesterI. F. Carter &
J D Carter. I visited the Telegraph Office to asscertain which
it was and it was Decided it was Ilus F Carter the youngest son of Father Ezra Carters family I wrote him
a letter to Enquire how badly He was hurt
~ Friday
13 I received a letter from Henry Woodruff saying that
My Daughter Emma Manella his wife had a son born 5 minutes
past 10 oclock PM. on Aprail 4, 1883. Mother and child doing
well I attended a council with the Presidency Twelve and
the first Presidency of the Seventies Our Meeting was upon the
subject of reorganizing the Quorums of seventies and the
order of the same President Taylor said the Twelve are
to see that the gospel is sent to all the world and the Twelve
must call upon the seventies to assist them and they must [be]
the Best Men you can get out of the 11000 Elders to fill up
the Quorums of the Seventies.
~ Saturday
Tenney 14 The Presidency Twelve & Preside[ncy] of the Seventies
met at 9 oclok and received council upon the
organization of the TSeventies and a Revelation was
read at 15 M[inutes] to 11 oclok we took carriages & rode to G Q Cannons
House & attended the funeral of Mother TenneyA M Cannon
Prayed W Woodruff spoke 14 M[inutes] J Taylor 15 E Snow 10 m[inutes]
[FIGURE] I Attended the Council of {Fifty} the Priesthood in social
Hall through the forenoon. The Territorial Convention met at
2 oclok PM. I spent the Afternoon in the office Journalizing
12 FIGURES The reports in the papers gave two names as the person
injured in the falling of the Brick Building in RochesterI. F. Carter &
J D Carter. I visited the Telegraph Office to ascertain which
it was and it was Decided it was Ilus F Carter the
[FIGURE] youngest son of Father Ezra Carters family I wrote him
a letter to Enquire how badly He was hurt
~ Friday
13 FIGURES I received a letter from Henry Woodruff saying that
My Daughter Emma Manella his wife had a son born 5 minutes
past 10 oclock PM. on Aprail 4, 1883. Mother and child doing
well I attended a council with the Presidency Twelve and
the first Presidency of the Seventies Our Meeting was upon the
subject of reorganizing the Quorums of seventies and the
order of the same President Taylor said the Twelve are
to see that the gospel is sent to all the world and the Twelve
must call upon the seventies to assist them and they must be
the Best Men you can get out of the 11000 Elders to fill up
the Quorums of the Seventies.
~ Saturday
[FIGURE] Tenney 14 The Presidency Twelve & Presidency of the Seventies
met at 9 oclok and received council upon the
organization of theSeventies and a Revelation was
read at 15 Minutes to 11 oclok we took carriages & rode to G Q Cannons
House & attended the funeral of Mother TenneyA M Cannon
Prayed W Woodruff spoke 14 Minutes J Taylor 15 E Snow 10 minutes
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," April 10, 1883 - April 14, 1883, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 24, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/mqjG