| 241 Iowa; R. C. Elvin, Nebraska: J. A. McIntosh and A. McCord as circumstances permit; B. V. Springer, Southern Indiana, Southern Ohio, and Kentucky.
A committee consisting of D. H. Bays, T. W. Chatburn, and C. M. Wilder was appointed on music-book. This committee reported favorably upon the proposition to publish a book of tunes suitable to the hymns in hymn-book then in use. Its recommendations were adopted to the effect that the book be given the public at as early a day as practicable. The board of removal made the following report, which was accepted and the committee continued:
The committee known as the board of removal beg leave to report, that the improvements contemplated last April have been made. One of the roads referred to in the last report has graded their road through the township of Fayette, over nearly all the lands through which it runs, but nothing has been done towards grading the other. From this nothing could be done other than has been done by your committee. The prospect for a successful removal at no very distant day appears to be good.
JOSEPH SMITH, Chairman of Committee.
-The Saints' Herald, vol. 25, p. 292.
The Saints of Texas, through Elder D. H. Bays, who made the presentation speech, presented to the church a gavel made of native Texas wood. It was received by President Smith in behalf of the church, and a vote of thanks was extended to the donors.
A petition from the North Kansas and Central Kansas Districts was granted, uniting the two in one.
Applications were made for membership on original baptism in behalf of William and Huldah Batchelder, of Moline, Illinois, and Meacham Curtis, of Banders County, Texas. The first two were referred to Davenport, Iowa, Branch, for examination as to worthiness. The last was received.
In the same issue of the Herald appeared a lengthy editorial on "Deacon's Duty," being the last of a series on duties of officers.
About this time there appeared in several periodicals a letter addressed to the President of the United States called out by the universal prevalence and fatality of the yellow fever in the Southern States. This will be interesting in connection with the prediction of
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