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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1604, 8 February 1884, Page 3

The Mormons appear to be in very good spirits (writes the Pall Mall Gazette) notwithstanding the thunderbolts which arc so constsntly being levelled against them, At the fiftythird Semi-annual Conference of the church, held at Salt Late City on tho sth October, violent, speeches wero delivered condemning the efforts made by Congress to,put a stop to pole-gamy. " No power on earth " said Brigham YoiingnJun., " could overthrow the Saite,'lind even stronger revelations than those they had received wero yet to come." Other apostles followed in the samo strain, and statistics were presented showing the nourishing condition of the church, These figures show ft membership in Utah of 127,294, The number of families is 23,000. During the past six months the births wero .1200 male's, and 1100 females. The number of children under eight years' 37,000'j there have been 339 marriages in the same period. 23,040 new members have joined the church, and there have been 781 deaths. Tho church organisation embraces 12 apostles; 58 prtriarchs, 3885 "seventies," 3153 high priests, 11,000 elders, 4500 bishops, and 4500 deacons. Arizona reports a membership of 2203. Idaho is not reported, but has, it is stated, double the number of members of Arizona, Eighty-one missionaries have been appointed to go on missions to Europe and the United States, Eighteen of this number have been set apart for missions in the Southern States, where the church is meeting with considerable success in increasing its membership. The Southern converts are being colonised mainly in Colorado, Altogether, the Mormons, by their own account, are" doing nicely." According to a return prepared in the Victorian Lands Department, over 325,000 rabbits have been destroyed in tho shires of St. Arnaud, Eorong, and Hampden within a period of less than six months. A'bonus of threepence per dozen is paid by the Government,

An Arkansas editor, in retiring from editorial contrul of a nowspapor, said, "It is with a feeling of sadness that we rotiro from the active control of this paper ;■ hut wo lcavo our journal in tlm hnnda of a Kentleman who is abler than we are, financially, to handle it. This gentleman is well known in this community, He ia the sheriff."

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