Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-30
DEATH or BRIeuAa YorNG.

EAT OF B8iSIfAH W..
Brigham Young. prophet. seer and
revelator of the Mormon Church. died
at his home in Salt Lake yesterday al
4 o'clock and five minutes. His H.
ness was of short duration, having
terminated fatally inside OF three
days. Brigham Young was born at
Nottingham. Vermont, June lst. 1901.
aud was therefore seventy-six years
and three months old at the iime of
his death. He was the son of q far
mer. who had teen a soldier in the
revolution. lie was one of Joe
Smiths earliest converts to Mormon
ism. He was ordained an elder in the
Mormon Church at Kir1lsnd. Ohio, in
the latter part of 1882. From thence
he followed the fortunes Of the Nor
mon Church through Missouri, Hi
nois, and, finally, In 1877, he led the
expedition TO the Rocky mountains,
arriving at Great salt Lake on July
2I,h of that year. After being run GU
Of Missouri, the Mormons settled at
Nauvoo, In Illinois. and built up a
large and prosperous Joe
Smith was at that time the acknowl-
edged prophet and head of the Church.
He carried matters with a hish hand
and Dol became possessed OF
immense wealth. Il was here
that the doctrine Of polygamy
was first preached. Joe Smith
was all-powerful. his followers
believed implicitly in his prophecies,
and under the assumption OF revela-
tons from God he managed to seduce
many women, claiming them as his
spiritual wives. His course created
great scandal among the faithful in
Nauvoo. He finally approached a
Mrs. Foster. wife of DR.. Foster, and
this circumstance kicked up a bigger
row than ever. The Doctor withdrew
from the church and begsn the publ
cation of a paper called the Eepositor,
in which he handled the pretentious
prophet without gloves. Smith, at the
head Of a mob composed of Mormon
roughs, destroyed the Doctors print
ing office; whereupon the Doctor pro.
ceeded to Carthage, the county-seat of
the county, and swore out warrants for
the arrest of Smith and his mob. Ar
ter great difficulty the civil officers
Succeeded in arresting Joe Smith and
his brother Hiram. They were lodged
in the Carthage Jail. and a lew nights
later a mob, composed mostly of Mis-
sourians, overpowered the officers and
began to fire into the Jail. Hi.
ram Smith fell almost at the first fire.
Joe. the prophet, had a s~ix-shooter.
the contents of which he fired at the
mob. Finding himself in a tight
place he attempted to escape by a
window. He leaped our, but fell dead.
pierced through with a numbsr of
bullets. This occurred June 9th,
1914. Then followed confusion in the
Mormon Church, and much rivalry
for Smiths place, bit Brigham Young
was finally chosen TO the fret Pres
idency, a position which be held until
the day OF his death. After reaching
Salt Lake Brigham Young brought
fourth a revelation authorizing poly
ganous marriages, and the doctrine
has ever since floGrished in Zion.
The Prophet was appointed Governor
- I-.oh "a, IQin -, D...tI.-t LssIf,,,~1
but owing to insolence and violence
towards other Federal officers he was
removed at the expiration of one year,
Colonel Steptoe, of the United States
Army, succeeding him. The Colonel,
however, did not like the place, and
after passing the winter in Salt Lake.
retired from the Executive office.
Brigham Young again became Govern
or, and held the Office until 1857, when
President Buchanan sent out Johnson's
army TO bring the Mormons to a sense
of their duty to the Federal Govern
ment. The remainder of his career is
too we'll known to our readers to call
for further explanatory comments. He
had nineteen wives and was the father
of seventy three children, the largest
family being that of Emmaline, mum
bering nine children. Amelia Folsom,
the daughter CT uce prominent con-
tractor and builder of Council Bluffs.
Iowa, now a Mormon, is the Queen OF
the Harem, and for years past has
ruled the Prophet and his wives with
despotic sway. The most accom-.
plisbed OF his daughters are Nettie and
Nabbie, both married aud both bitter
enemies OF the ~polygamoas doctrines
taught by their father.
How the death of Brigham Young
may affect the Mormon Church is, OF
course, a question. The idea all along
has been that with the death of the
Prophet it would fall to pieces of it's
own weig bit. His successor will prob
ohly ha spIactai from tho foflnu iny