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Source: Church History Vol. 4 Chapter 32 Page: 576 (~1888)

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576 one of the Mormon Batallion [Battalion] for the Mexican War, and served as sergeant under Captain Hunt.

On June 19 the Unionburg Branch, in Harrison County, Iowa, was reorganized by Elder Charles Derry, with thirty-two members; Thomas Thomas, presiding elder; P. C. Kemish, priest; W. W. Wood, teacher; Samuel Diggle, deacon. This was the first branch organized in Western Iowa in the Reorganization. It had been permitted to dwindle into disorganization, though most of the members retained their standing in the church.

On the same day the North Ruby Branch, of Nevada, was organized by Elder D. S. Mills with fifteen members; A. Hays, presiding elder; A. A. Fausett, priest; Leonard Covert, teacher; William Fausett, deacon.

On June 22 at Union Schoolhouse, near Eldorado Springs, Missouri, a mob of about fifteen or twenty persons, all blacked, threw eggs into an audience while Elder Emsley Curtis was preaching. The meeting was interrupted for a few moments, but was afterwards resumed with no damage except the breaking of a few window-panes.

On July 16 Elder J. A. Carpenter commenced the second of a series of three debates he held somewhere in Michigan, the dates of the other two not being reported.

On July 19 there was a discussion begun in Forkner County, Arkansas, between Elder A. J. Cato and a Mr. Kirkland, of the Missionary Baptists. After two days, adjournment was had to August 1, when it was broken up in a riot. Some question arose between the speakers, and Elder Cato proposed to leave it to the moderator for decision. Elder Cato relates the circumstances as follows: "A Mr. Cox then started towards me and a Mr. Hook stepped in ahead of him. Then their friends began to gather around them. I was told afterwards that the ominous click of revolvers and jack-knives could be heard in several pockets. When we dismissed for dinner my friends advised me to stop the discussion, or somebody would get hurt; for a majority of the people had determined not to listen to any more of his filth. When we assembled after dinner the matter

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