November 25, 1889 ~ Monday Nov Sunday 245, 1889 My Son in Law Ovando Beebe was taken quite bad again with the Lumbago in the Back I Engaged Seymour B Young to go & attend to him I soon went to see him myself. He was some better but quite poorly. The court closed receiving Testimony and the Lawyiers commenced ther arguments I called upon Ovando in the Evening & found him some better I went to the farm & spent the ...

December 7, 1889 ~ Saturday Dec 7, 1889 I spent the day at the farm in searching my Papers I found a Document I had lost for 20 years A lecture from a R R {Mas[on]} December 8, 1889 ~ Sunday 8. Sunday I spent the day at the House reading & writing we are passing through a strange portion of our History the whole Nation seems to be united against me us Judge Anderson has decided not to received any Mormons to citizenship the whole country ...

Dec 7, 1889 I spent the day at the farm. In searching my papers I found a Document I had lost for 20 years a lecture from R Arch {[shorthand]} 8. Sunday I spent the day at the House reading & writing we are passing through a strange portion of our history the whole Nation seems to be united against us Judge Anderson has decided not to receive any Mormons to citizenship the whole country is stired up against us 9. I signed [blank] Recommends ...