Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-09-25
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times wholly swallowed Uncle Sans promises
to pay.
wards portions of ten dollar note; that he
has watched the dog vigilantly for the remain:
der Of it, but his watch has not been rewarded
with success. He got new note. The old
boot figures quite frequently. A Tennessee
man nut S135 in an old boot and secreted the
boot in his smoke.house. When he went back
for it he lost his bearings and could not find
it. Six months afterwards he stumbled across
the old boot exactly where he had left it.
The money inside had furnished nourishment
for cockroaches and wood-lice. A handful OF
small pieces was all that was left to tell the
tale Sending them on to the treasury, they
were examined, fixed together, and enough
rescued to give the man, who hid his money in
boot, fifty dollars
Another Tennesseean put $105 in an out
house and lost the place. 1t staid there six
years. Last week the decomposed notes ar
rived at the treasury with proper afhdavits.
They were redeemed in full.
Lost or mutilated coins are never redeemed.
This is not generally understood, and it fire.
quently occurs that solid sticks Of gold or
silver will be sent in. The coin had been put
in piles and by the action of fire melted to-
gether. These chunks are always returned.
All the owners can do is to sell their gold or
silver as so much bullion Washington STAR
THE MORMONs.
A gentleman who has just returned to
Washington from Salt Lake City, who has
business relations which take him there every,
year, states the present feeling between the
Mormons and Gentiles is not fully under
stood in the East The suit against the ex-
ecutors of Brigham Young, one Of whom
was the Mormon apostle and delegate IN
Congress, Cannon, was not instigated by any
of the Genties, but by the heirs of Brigham
Young themselves. The original mover in
the suit was one of the daughters of Brigham
Young, not altogether reputable person.
The suit has thus far been successful and the
court has appointed receiver. The pros
poets are that the heirs will recover large
amount of improved real estate which yields
large revenue. The proceedings in the
court and out of it show that Brigham Young
was either very careless in the management
of the estate that he held in trust for the
church, or intentionally mingled the funds
of the church with his own private estate.
Equitably considered, Elder Cannon, Apos-
tie Taylor and their associate executors, at
tempted to divide the estate as it should be,
separating Brigham Young's private proper
ty from that which, it is well known by the
executors themselves and by the public gen.
orally, belonged to the church. 1t was easy
for the executors in many intances to make
such distribution, but the law does recognize
any such assumption of authority as the ex-
ecutors exercised. Bringbarn Young's estate
stands plainly in the name of Brigham Young,
without any mention of any trust, and no
trusts can be implied. The heirs of Brigham
Young-as varied in character as they are
in numbers-will be benefited by this care
lessness or crime on the part of their polyga-
nous sire.
"But who," asked, "is going to tell who
Brigham Young's heirs are? They are re-
puted to be as numerous as the sands of the
sea. Certainly, the law does not recognize the
fruits of polygamous marriage"
"Of course not. The children born in po-
lygamous marriage are certainly, under the
law, illegitimate. Those only can inherit
who were born of the first, or lawfully welded
wife. There are number of these-certain-
ly three sons and some daughters. The origi.
nal wife herself is still living, and would, of
course, under the legal distribution Of the
estate, be entitled to her homestead and
dover share. She has suffered much and is
still controlled by the marvellous fanaticism
which cover all her troubles beneath the veil
of her lbidinous faith.
"The end of the litigation about the great
estate is not yet. Their heirs will not aban.
don the contest. They will not be troubled
by any scruples about the dignity of the
Church. The moment the pocket of Nor
mon is touched, he is as keen in self-interest
as other mortal men. Indeed, the bonds Of
Mormonism sit very lightly upon some Of the
richest men who nominaly adhere to that
faith. 1t is worthy of notice, perhaps, that
some of the richest Mormons are not polyga-
mists. William Hooper, for instance, the
Delegate in Congress who preceded Cannon,
and now wealthy banker and railroad man,
never had but one wife. Nearly all the
Welsh Mormons, of whom there are con-
siderable number, never had but one wife.
The Welsh women are notorious in their op-
position to polygamous marriage, although
they adhere to the faith in other respects"
"Do the Mormons interest themselves in
mining2"
"Scarcely any. They devote themselves
principally to agriculture. There can be lit
tie farming done in Utah, except by the Nor
mons. Nothing can be raised there except
by irrigation, and irrigation is dependant up
on the mountain streams. Wherever stream
comes down into the valley from the noun
tains; there the Mormons have farm. They
control the mouths of nearly all these streams,
but the mining business is almost entirely
carried on by Gentiles."
"What is to be the outcome of this anoma-
lous condition in our political system ?" .
"There is certainly more excitement in
Utah than there has been for many years.
The end of it will ultimately be that polyga.
my must 90. Then Mormonism can remain,
with its follies and fanaticism, until the peo-
pie abandon it or it dies of its own weakness.
There will be more attempts at legislation
this winter of course. The only eAectual
way of crushing polygamy is to so amend the
jury Law as to enable the United States mar
shals to draw all the jury. Under existing
law, they can only draw half of it, and the
remaining half is filled by the Mormons.
This, in criminal cases, would nearly always
secure hung jury"