| 475 as I believe, an exact transcript of the original manuscript, including erasures, misspellings, etc.
J H. FAIRCHILD,
President of Oberlin College.
KIRTLAND, Ohio, 24th July, 1885.
PRESIDENT W. W. BLAIR, Lamoni, Iowa:
Herewith I transmit to you the copy of the Spalding Manuscript prepared by President Fairchild as attested by him, together with his certificate, and photograph sheets.
E. L. KELLEY.
The "Manuscript Story" was published by the church, and has been and is kept on sale by the Herald Publishing House, at Lamoni, Iowa. An examination does not disclose any resemblance to the Book of Mormon.
A controversy had been running through the columns of the Herald for some time between Elders W. W. Blair and Z. H. Gurley, on the questions of the gathering and tithing. In the Herald for April 11, 1885, the closing arguments were published.
At the spring session of the United States Supreme Court a decision was rendered annulling the test oath prescribed by the Utah Commission, thus restoring the elective franchise to several who were deprived by the test oath.
The following information was received from Elder J. F. Burton dated at Sydney, Australia, March 25:
Everything is going on as usual. We reorganized, or revived the Wallsend Branch; but the Sydney Saints do not wish to be organized. They never were a regularly organized branch here. We are still preaching on domain and in hall.
The annual conference for 1885 convened on April 6 at Independence, Missouri; Joseph Smith and W. W. Blair, presidents; H. A. Stebbins and W. C. Cadwell, secretaries. The following ministers were present and reported: W. W. Blair, J. R. Lambert, J. H. Lake, A. H. Smith, James Caffall, Josiah Ells, W. H. Kelley, Charles Derry, H. A. Stebbins, E. C. Brand, J. S. Patterson, J. C. Foss, G. T. Griffiths, Heman C. Smith, George Montague, R. M. Elvin, Rudolph Etzenhouser, Joseph Luff, G. E. Deuel, Henry Kemp, W. J. Smith, Thomas Nutt, Peter Anderson, A. H. Parsons, Columbus Scott, I. N. Roberts, M. T. Short,
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