| 519 hiding for some time, thus evading meeting the charge of unlawful cohabitation; but on Saturday, February 13, his arrest was effected at Humboldt, Nevada. While en route to Salt Lake City he had the misfortune to fall from the car or purposely leaped from it, sustaining considerable injury. The officer, however, again secured possession of his person. Upon arrival in the city he gave bonds in the sum of forty-five thousand dollars and was released.
March 1 witnessed the death of Elder Peter N. Brix, at Aalborg, Denmark. He was in this foreign land engaged in missionary work, and fell at his post. He was greatly missed by the Saints of Denmark who respected and loved him as a faithful worker in the Master's vineyard.
March 12, Elder Joseph Dewsnup, Sr., communicated the following cheering news from England:
The Manchester District (English Mission) bids fair to excel the progress of the past, if we may judge of the future from present appearances. The spirit of inquiry seems rife in several of the branches, resulting in the attendance of numbers of strangers at the ordinary services each Sabbath evening. Five were added to the church by baptism on Friday evening last, in the Manchester Branch. . . . At Leeds in this district the work is onward. The brethren and sisters are battling manfully for the faith once delivered to the Saints, and are succeeding almost beyond their most sanguine expectations. . . .
The work is onward in Sheffield, and the Saints under the presidency of Elder John Austin and his faithful coadjutors, Elder Henry Hoole and Priest Frederick Beaumont, are indefatigable in their efforts to build up the church of Christ. . . .
On Saturday the 6th of March, I visited and met in tea-party with the president and Saints of the Farnworth Branch, spending a very pleasant time with them. The brethren and sisters were all alive to the interests of the church and I believe prospects are brighter than they have been for some time past. The local ministry is leading into sympathy with the church those who are honestly searching after the truth. . . . . We have had a decided revival of the Lord's work here in Manchester and our present condition is clearly traceable to the self-denying and praiseworthy efforts of a band of noble young men, chief amongst which may be mentioned the name of Elder Wm. Armstrong, Jr. The efforts of these brethren have resulted in the bringing of quite a number of people into sympathy with the gospel; several of whom have already become
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