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Day in the Life

Mar 30, 1878

Journal Entry

March 30, 1878 ~ Saturday

30. I sent Message to St George. We went to the Tithing
Office looked at the plan of the Temple read the Account
of the American piping Manufacturing Company in the
Afternoon we rode onto the Temple Ground examined the
4 walls 1000 feet long 17 High 3 feet thick. saw the
Effect of a Blast of 800 lb of powder under the moun-
tain 40 feet high. Trench 25 feet under the hill & 35
in the shape of a [FIGURE] it lifted & Broak 9000 yards of
Rock and Earth We then rode to Ephrain & spent the night 7 M[iles]

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Telegram to John Taylor, 30 March 1878
From Manti Received at 1 PM. To Prest. Jno. Taylor We held meeting at Glenwood Salina & Manti will spend Sunday at Ephraim & reach Salt Lake Tuesday. W. Woodruff Erastus Snow 20 collectpaid 135 Lines to all Principal Points in Utah. Sent by P. A Rec'd by S [sideways text] READ THE NOTICE AT THE TOP. [end of sideways text]

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Mar 30, 1878