The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-12-27
Brigham Young's Household.

Ehe prophet as - OOer ana q
Husband.
A correspondent who heard al
Sail Lake City, on the 25th ult.,
one of the lectures which Mrs.
! Ann Eliza Webb Young, the
nineteenth and last wife OF Brig
ham Young, has prepared to de.
liver in the Eastern States, our
ing the coming winter, writes rs
follows concerning it to the Chi
cago Inter Oc8na:
"Mrs. Young was born in 1874,
and was first ma ried when she
WAS eighteen years of age. She
lived with this husband three
wears, and had two boys horn to
her. From this husband she was
divorced by the Probate Court,
Brigham Young and Daniel Ii.
Wells assisting her. She then
| we'd with her mother in South
cotton wool, aud at a meeting
there over which Brigham pre-
sided, she noticed his eve nDOn
ncr during the Whole service.
/ When the meeting wa o fer I5rjg-
h IN proposed 10 90 hume with
I-r. Arriving at her house Brig
b u proposed 10 her saturr for his
laughter in marriage. and to
save her father and brother from
ruin, and being cut OF from the
church, she nidiTirt .'rigIItin
rne ceremony was quietly per,
formed in the Holy Endowment
house by Heber c. Kim bali, the
Il ST Chancellor to the President,
with injunc,i0nS from the Pro
phet to keep 1t IA secret. Mrs.
Young makes many disclosures
toucerning the Hoy Endowment
House that are new to the outside
world. After three years of we'd
lock with the prophet she Sepera
led. the nrst ihtimatiOn of which
any OF her relatives or Mormon
friends received. being obtained
from the newspapers. Her story
is one Of neglected love, abuse,
he want of necessary comforts,
the need Of medicine and medi-
cal advice, and Of base and I'M
priucipled treatment by her huo-
Oand AYERS that beyond month
~ ratiOns Of food of the common
est character, she received only
$50 per year in all order on the
cooperative store for her and her
children'S wearing app rel. In
regard To the pr0pheto partiality
FIR Am; liza F,le0m, she says it Is
owing to his fear of her, she haV-
ing violent temper. OF Ybich he
otind5 in great dread. n1G
nay be soneth ng in this, but il
IA, been S i'll by parties familiar
with iirlgham'5 families that his
= rtEtl5l. fgT -Aiu.i .f r. -.r.ItHH ia
uIs tu Lae wonderful magnetic
power she exercise, over him,
and not to any love for her. Il
.annot he denied that In every
separation from heT, the Prophet
Is not well, and Is only restored III
re Urning ant living with her.
IN 3rignam's public declarations
he ha, stated that he only has six
teen wives. Mrs. Young declares
he has nineteen wives, and gives
the maiden name of each one !;
also, the names of f0rty-fVe living
children. OF these wives niteen
are. married to The Prophet for
shis world and for eternity, four
are married TO him for this world
alone. These four were the wives
OF Joseph Smith when living, ana
are to be his in eternity. The
chiIlren Of these four wives ~
Drighann, are also to be JUseph'>
for his eXaItation in the great
here; fter, Brigham acting rs
proxy husband for this world
81 The Prophets habits We learn
that he rises with Amelia AT ~
o clock, when his barrier sails and
makes biz as good a looking man
rs possible, immediately after
which breakfast is served by one
OF the Older wives, they eating
alone. AT dinner, the PFophet,
Amelia, Eliza onOW-the pocie5e,
ana the house eeptr III the bee
niVe have ii table 10y themselves
ut one end Of the room, WIlh all
The delicacies OF tie season, While
he rest Of the wives with their
miles, six Of which reside n
has house, dine al another table
un the pldine-J of fare"
NEW MODE OF TREATING GOLD
QUARTZ Some experiments have
reen II ed publicly during the
month OF new process Of treat
lug Quartz. discovered and pdtel-
ca ay Mr. g. Reading Of Castle
reagh street, Sydney As far us
he experiments have gone they
have been highly succ=~~.ui. 1Ht
treatment consists nIou III burr
ing The quartz, and then, whilst
red ho', plum ing it into Il bath
prepared with acids. The effect
Of this is to utterly destroy the
silica in the quartz, and To render
t perfectly tritbIe, 50 much 80
llial il can be readily reduced t"
powder by II Chilian mill, without
| lin, intervention Of the ordinary