Today in Mormon History - Sep 08

[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 8 I signed 66 Recommends. I received 31 Letters. I wrote 2 letter. (1)
-- 120 years ago today - Sep 8, 1891

After several days' preliminary examination before Associate Justice C. M. Hawley, Marshal McAllister and Warden Rockwood (Salt Lake City) were held to bail in $1,000 each to await the action of the grand jury. (2)
-- 140 years ago today - Sep 8, 1871 (Friday)

David O. McKay is baptized in Spring Creek near Huntsville, Utah; he is the first future President of the Church to be baptized on his eighth birthday. (3)
-- 130 years ago today - Sep 08, 1881

1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
2 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
3 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com