The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-07
brigham Young.

the death, on "Wednesday, Aug. 29tl, of the
great Mormon prophet. Brigham Young,
whose disease inflammation of the
bowels, superinduced by cholera morbus,
which from the first prevented any passage
throagh them and by continual swelling to
ward the throat finally stopped respiration.
Brigham Young was born i'll Vermont in
the summer of 1901. He was the son of Il
farmer became "A painter and glazier and
Baptist preacher, and in 1892 joined the
Mormons at Kiitland, Ohio. Joseph Smith,
the Mahomet of the Mormon creed, was
also native of Vermont and Ioung's
Junior by four years. BY the aid of Sidney
HigdOn he produced the Book OF Nor
mon" which he pretended 10 have found
10y angel guidance on plates and with this
he organized church at Manchester, n.
Y, in 1880, aud next year removed to Kirt-
land, where he built a church, started Il
bank and was tarred and fea,hered for
fraud, in company with some of his disci-
pies. Brigham was a suitable co-laborer
with Smith was speedily made an elder
, and an apostle, and was engaged i'll prose
lytiug until the whole party were driven
from Kirkland III 1898. They escaped to
Far West, Mo, but were driven away and
settled at Nauvoo, Ill. There Smith
centrated all powers, divine and human, i'll
himself before he was Shot in June, 1874.
oung aspired to the succession and hav-
ing shown more ability jhan any other man,
was unanimously elected president. He
! first ex-communicaied his great rival, and
when the City was attacked in 1916 led out
! his followers to their promised land in
Utah. The migration was most prudent,
and, indeed, absolutely necessary /; and it
was conducted by Young with great skill
and energy against very great difficulties
and dangers.
In the summer of 1S47 The new prophet
! founded Salt Lake City, and two years
later organized the territory Of Deseret, of
| which he was the absolute ruler. His first
! effort To have the eriitory admitted to the
! Union refused by Congress, but the
| territory was organized aud Young appoint
ed governor i'll 1850. He laborcd zealously
| 10 attract immigration, and felt himself
| strong enough i'll numbers and distance 20
| defy the authority of the Union when a
| non Mormon was appointed as his success
! sor III 1894. For three years he WAS not
! seriously interfered with, and his apostles
/ sent IN many recruits, from various portions
| OF Europe. His boldness grew with his
/ growing power, and it was not until 1851,
when military force of two thousand five
/ hundred men was sent out with Governor
! Cumming, hat his pretensions were curbcd.
| Immediately after his arrival at Salt Lake
1onnE promulgated tile doctrine Of po-
/ lygamy as reserved revelation to SMITH
! The assertion was denied by Ioung's fami-
, ly, and led TO "a chasIn i'll the church. Some
! y
| his sons, but Young Incorporated the doc
| trine as a church tenet and maintained il
/ To be the last. The presence Of the troops
/ had wholesome effect a compromise fol-
| lowed, ami the MOrmons have since been
| peaceabie. The construction of the Union
! Pacific railroad, and the influx of {. large
| 'Gentile' element, have considerably mod
/ Ifled the character of the Mormon colony
and material change in its policy, or an
J nf he f4Jtl MI in
evltaoie. The change may be FASTENED, if
/ not prcclpliated 10y the great leaders death.
! brigham Young had rare executive ability.
! Polygamy was openly proclaimed by him
| IN 1892 Us revelation from the Lord, and
| he set The example to his followers of a
plurality of wives.
1t is understood that his successor as
| president uf lie Mormon church will be
| The youngest of his sons 10y lis first and
| legitimate wife, his sou john W. Young
!
| CHEAP LANDS IN MIssoURI.-A cores
! pondent at Steeleville, Craw ford county,
! MO, referring TO "a recent statement that
! lands could not be bought III the counties
adjacent to St. Louis for $50 an acre
/ writes to say that improved farms good
! land) can be bought i'll Crawford county
/ Tor 30 u $40 per acre, and that there is
! about -, 600 to Il 900 acres of wild lands
| III the coumty subject to .rntry under the
hoheSUead Ia"-the cost nf ihe homestead
| entry being about SO for 40 acres and slS
Tor 50 acres. Lands in the surrounding
counties may be had at the same rates. "
| In proof of his statement the cores poud.
ent sends list of several farms offered for
/ sale III that region. One is a farm of 100
acres with buildings and orchard, six lies
sohIh OF the Meramec iron works. for 800
ano her oil 50 acres, two miles from Keys
| vile, small house, good water and fine tim
/ nfS 81.
/ miles from Cuba, comfortable house, good
water, plenty of timber, for S400 another
J OF l2O acres near eeleville. sma II DWELLING
! good water foI $500 another of 93 acres
near Cuba, frame house, 400 fruit trees for
! $l,ooo another OF 50 acres near Cuba
comprising comfortable dwelling house, for
| S5oO These prices are low enoup n 20 plsce
| the farms offered within the reach of an in
duStilouS, resolute, man, whether he has
! money 10 pay Tor one of them or not
! Thousands of persons i'm Missouri have
bought the farms they live on on credit and
! paid Tor them with the crops raised on
/ them, supporting their families i'm tho
! meantime-and thousands of others can
/ 90 the same thing. There is no lack
/ oi cheap lands in Missouri pu, chasable bv
/ persons who really want to max their own
living, and are willing to make some sacri-
/ IceS Tor the sake of securing home and an
| independence. The above facts may be of
interest TO those intending to .'Co West"
sheriff Coffin, of Clarke couutv. q
anc Perry 8echtei, who found the bov
known as Gus. lowering, whom he claims
| TO be the lost Charley Ross, visited Mr..
| RoSs in Germantown on Sunday morning
iast. Immense crowds assembled at the
! depot at Ninth and Green streets, and also
h 0eimantown, where people came in
from the couutry in all directions tn soc
the boy. The child was taken into tho
presence of Mrs. Ross and her children. all
9t 9t whom failed to recognize him, Mrs.
itoss says he is not her boy, although he
resem oies Charley, his eyes being like his,
out that his wrists are too large, and he is
100 VIDE between the cheek bones. Tb.