The St. Johns herald., 1885-06-18
AFEw POINTS ON MoRMoNIsM

lySduly WILL euAN4N0 tL0 OOF01II ment of the United States. Apro pos of this sacred institution, wish to state that in 1883 I had { revelation that the polygamous craft, with its President, Apostles and High Counselors, would sink into the deep water of oblivion il the year of our Lord 1888. A little over two years of the specified time has passed, but in the three to come the prophecy will surely be fulfilled and I want the Bishop and hi; counselors to make a note of the fact, as my reputation as revela tor is at stake.
 Portland Oregonian: The Nor mon heresy finds it's best recruiting ground in denselY ignorant coun. tries in the old world and in DOT. tions of the South. The Mormon missionaries have won astonishing success among the "Thite trash" oi the South. In Tennessee the Leg. islature passed at its last session bill prohibiting the preaching oi polygamy in the State. Three Nor mon elders were arrested a short time ago for breaking this statue. and there is prospect of hard fight in the courts. To make it a misdemeanor to advocate" any doctrine is not strictly in the line of our legislation, and the consti- tutionality of the act will be stoutly disputed.
 Butte nter-Mountain: The Nor mon church priests in Utah are now taking more interest in the sanitary condition and manage ment of its penitentiary than ever before. They charge that the old prisoners are in the habit of prac- ticing all kinds of immortality, and have a regular organized society for hazing new convicts by tossing them up in blankets, making them put on the gloves, etc. It is simple blasphemy thus to saddle indigni- ties on the polygamous martyrs. But pretty soon, under the benef- cent rulings of Judge Zane, the Mormon prisoners will be in the majority, the tortures will be re- versed, and the old convicts will then be hazed on the Mountain Meadows plan, unless the warden shall interfere.
 San Francisco Chronicle: A prominent Mormon of Salt Lake named Aurelfus Miner, after five months of hiding from the officers of the law, returned to his home recently and was promptly arrested. He declared that he had grown tired ofroaming about the East and travelling on what the Saints call "the Underground" and contem- plated giving himself up when the Sheriff saved him the trouble. The seriousness of his present position Is beginning to come home to the polygamist. He is forced to SUD- port several wives and their chiI- dren while he has not even the sat isfaction of living with a single one of them or of devoting himself to his usual business. If he comes home and risks arrest, conviction follows his prosecution as surely as night follows day, and he finds himself fined and imprisoned for six months or a year. No wonder the pent up feelings of Mormondom found vent in the recent pathetic appeal. It differed strangely from their previous defiant utterances, and Is a fair indication of the col lapse of power which depended largely for its success on ignorance and isolation.
 Great Falls Tribune; The cour- age displayed by the Salt Lake Tribune in its unrelenting war against the Mormons is commend able. Day after day for years it has poured grape, canister and chaln-shot against the Mormon bulwarks and is now about to be rewarded by seeing the enemy