Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-20

Brfgham YOuag's Family.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Webb Young, the nineteenth
wife OF Brigham Young, delivered her 6rst lee
ture upon the Mormons in Denver Col, on the
evening of the 9th instant From the reports in
the News OF that place We take the folio wing rs
treating as it does Of brigham Youns himself
and his family:
Brigham was seventy three years of age last
June. He has nineteen wives; fifteen of these
are his own for time and eternity; the other
four are proxy wives, being widows of Joseph
smith: The children Of their union with Brig
ham Young are accredited to Joseph Smith and
go TO swell his kingdom. All plural wives are
known by their maiden names to distinguish one
from the other. The following is q correct list
marriages: Mary Ann Angel, Lucy Decker,
Mrs: Augusta Cobb, Harriet Cook, Clara
Decker, Emeline Free, Lucy Bigelow, Rins
Pierce, Mrs. Twiss, Emily Partridge, Martha
Boxer, Eliza Burgess, Eliza ID. Snow, Harriet
Barney, Amelia Folsom, Mary Van Colt, and
Brigham has two large ihouses called the Bee
Hive and the Lion House. There is one wife In
the Bee Hive and six In the Lion House. The
rest are scattered throughout the city and terri
tory. His three eldest sons have follo~ed the
polygamous example of their father. He has
forty five living children; the most of them are
girls and sixteen boys in the family. His son
John W. has renowned polygamy by discar ding
bis first and second wives and retaining his
third. Seven OF Br'gham's daughters taste the
sweets OF plural marriages. Two of the seven
call Hiram b. Clawson husband, two are allIet
to George Thatcher, and two to Mark Croxsll;
the the seventh is the second mate Of Thomas
Wiliiams. Brighams sons Joseph A.
Brigham, jr., John W., Heber, Ernest, Arthur
Ferry. Oscar, Aipillius, Morris, Mahonri, Mo
TiAnchamsr, Hyrsm, LORENZO, Willard. and
howe. The daughters are: Elizabeth, VIlate
Alice. Luna, Fanny Mira, Clara, Netoie, Nab
bic, Lula, Eva, Dora, Susie, Tootie, Ella,
Msrinda Louisa, mick named Hunk by her
father, Emma, Emily, Carly, Mamie, jose
phine. Mary, Maria, Phebe, Zevs, Ruth, Della,
and Baby, the youngest, who will be three
years Old in january Amelia Folsom is the
has forsaken all for her. Upon this favorite
wife is lavished all the care and attention the
most devoted monogamest could possibly be-
stow upon his companion. At present he is
erecting a mansion for her that will cost at the
least 100000. Brigham loves her better than
all others: He is afraid OF her, and this is
lecture she remarked that she had not been ac-
tuated by any malicious feeling toward Brig
ham in speaking of him as she had. He put
ton. and she felt moved to tell the truth about
it. She knows that much of the system is a de-
fusion, and part of it q crime. lift has a gilded
side, she has found 1t cheat. 1t wrecked
her happiness, and that of every true woman"
THE PoMKRoY BRIBERY Casa dispatch
from LeavenwOrth, Kansas, to the New York
tribune states that"a new chapter in the his
tory OF the Pomeroy bribery case may soon be
expected to bring TO light another vein of cor
ruptiOn III this notorious affair. Affidsvits by
ex-senator PomerOy, it Is alleged, are now in
the hands OF persons here to the effect that he
has paid large sum OF money to secure the
quashing OF the bribery indictment which now
stand against him in the district court, and
soon as a move is made to prosecute the case the
affidavits, it is declared, will be published
United States Attorney Schofeld wants to dis
miss the case, but his deputy, RYAN, who is
prosecuting attorney of the county, refuses to
be approached on the subject, and declares his
deter minatiOn to prosecute at all hazards. He
office OF deputy United States attorney il he re-
fuses to let the case be suppressed, but he ad-
heres to his determin alton to go to trial, and
the case will come up next week.
THE CAPTURE OF JEFF. DAvIs.-A cores
pondent OF the Detroit Post, residing in Law
ton, Mich, who has read Gen. Pritchard's ac-
count OF the disguise of jeff. Davis, when he
was captured, as furnished correspondent of
the Wayne Republican and reproduced In the
Times, says: have no particular interest in
the matter, but would il not be well enough to
mention the name of the young man who first
discovered the "old wOman's boots" and let
him receive the honor, for it is gnite probable
that had it not been for the soldier, G gorge
Munger, now of Prairie ROnde, Kalamazoo
county, in this state, that General Pritchard's
regiment could never have claimed the honor OF
taking -Ien. Davis prisoner. Every soldier of
that regiment Fourth Michigan cavalry with
whom have talked has taken particular pains
to credit Mr.. Munger with the capture of JEFF.
Davis. and in several articles which have been
published on the subject he (Munger) is the
hero, and is given the credit due him.
EXPERIENCE OF A You're LADY RESCUED
FROM THR sEA.-A letter from Miss Binninger,
of New York, to her father in that city, descrb-
ing her experience on the Vile du Havre which
went down at sea on the 23d ult.. states that
when the steamer was struck both she and her
mother were fully dressed. They were soon on
deck, where they stood with clasped hands until
the vessel sunk. Mrs. Bininger was perfectly
calm and was praying audibly. They realized
that they were in great danger, but did not
know that the steamer was sinking until they
were under the water. 1t seemed to her that
she went under the water for miles, and on re-
turning to the surface she was alone. Her
mother was drowned. Miss Bininger seized
piece OF the wreck floating near. Little Helen
MiNter soon rose from the water and seized hold
of the same plank. These two were the first
ladies rescued. There were eleven ladies saved
in all, among whom were the two Misses Hum
ter, OF New York, who lost father and mother.
PoMPEII.-Another discovery has recently
been made at Pompeii of a skeleton, one more
perfect than yet discovered. 1t is man. with
marked features and remarkably large ears,
position recumbent, with only one hand under
the cheek. Travellers who have visited Pompeii
recently will remember the bodies preserved
there in the small museum near the entrance.
a fney are not skeletons, but perfect human
truth, the agony of his death. There are the
"Mother and the Daughter" lying 90 near to-
gether that they make but one figure, and fill
one glass case. The features and general APP
pearance of the "SIave' are so marked that it
would be impossible to think him anything else:
anc there is the body of the woman whose lovely
hand and arm proclaim her gentle birth. These
are painful yet Interesting relics OF q past and
terrible tragedy.
A MAN FILLED FULL OF CANcKR-The New
Haven Palladium says: ON Monday post NOR
TEN examination was made by DR.. Shelton, rs
sisted by DIR. Booth, of the body of Mr.. Alfred
Kitteridge, who died from cancer, when the
most astonishing facts were revealed as to the
development Of this fearful disease. tumor
beneath his right knee measured seven inches i'm
diameter. Another on the breast, in its growth,
had passed between the ribs into the chest in
volving the whole tissue Of each lung and filling
the chest to Its greatest extent. A cancerous
mass was also found pOsterior to the liver hav.
ing diameter of six inches. This in its growth
carried the liver and stomach far out Of position
to the left side of the body. Within the heart
was found an astonishing amount OF cancerous
deposit. Not single organ seemed free from
the disease.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL STATIsTIcs.-Ths
general minutes Of the Methodist Episcopal
church for 1873, now In press, shows that there
are ,46I ,0N members and pr0bationers of that
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