I met with the Presidency & Twelve & Br Wm H Folsome
upon the subject of Biuilding the Dining room and tower
& Engine house of the St George Temple and it was
decided to build it on the north side of the Temple Joining on
to it. we had a rainy night I obtained a Donation of
$40 from the Trustee in trust for Haden Church to assist
him in necessities and deliverd the Money to him
~ Tuesday
18 I wrote 1 Letter to Milo B. Webster I spent the forenoon
Auditing Church accounts for 1881
~ Wednesday
19 I met in council & prayer circle in the forenoon I visited
Mother Mary Ann Yo[u]ng first wife of President Brigham Youngwife
who sis sufferin vary much with dropsey. she cannot lie down
but sits up in a chair I laid hands upon her head with her son Brigham and I Blessed her she will not live long
~ Thursday
20 we received a telegram this Morning from G Q Cannon
saying that a vote was taken on his case and there was
123 vote cast against him & 79 for him & 90 did not vote as
there is 292 members of the House of Representatives & 202
voted the delegate seat from Utah is declaired vacant I
think the time has come when the Nation is getting ripened
in iniquity and is getting prepared to be cut off I think Br
Cannon will now come home
[FIGURE] I met with the Presidency & Twelve & Br Wm H Folsome
upon the subject of Building the Dining room and tower
& Engine house of the St George Temple and it was
decided to build it on the north side of the Temple Joining on
to it. We had a rainy night I obtained a Donation of
$40 from the Trustee in trust for Haden Church to assist
him in necessities and deliverd the Money to him
~ Tuesday
18 [FIGURE] I wrote 1 Letter to Milo B. Webster I spent the forenoon
Auditing church accounts for 1881
~ Wednesday
19 I met in council & Prayer Circle in the forenoon I visited
Mother Mary Ann Young first wife of President Brigham Young
whois sufferin vary much with dropsey, she cannot lie down
but sits up in a chair I laid hands upon her head with her son
Brigham and I Blessed her she will not live long
~ Thursday
20 [FIGURE] We received a telegram this Morning from G Q Cannon
saying that a vote was taken on his case and there was
123 vote cast against him & 79 for him & 90 did not vote as
there is 292 members of the House of Representatives & 202
voted the delegate seat from Utah is declaired vacant I
think the time has come when the Nation is getting ripened
in iniquity and is getting prepared to be cut off I think Br
Cannon will now come home
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," April 17, 1882 - April 21, 1882, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 30, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/oZgX