Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-11

cnlY DE tue faithful as an entrance to
Brigham 1oung's private grounds. takes
US onto 1.-The Bench" and turning TO the
east at the Lookout Tower" and pass
an enclosure of about half an acre where
repose the bodies OF the great prophet
and several OF his wives Only a huge
SLAB OF granite marks the spot. Those Of
his wives who died before him are bur
led in the cemetery belonging 10 the city
Several OF the nineteen whom he scknowi-
edged as wives survive. and his fayorite
Amelia has cousoled herself. Her palace
is now occupied by Woodruff. the succ, g,
sor OF Young. To the northwest, also
accessible by electric care, are the warm
sulphur springs, and to the southeast is
Liberty park, comprising 10 acres. Here
one can see the trees. There is not Jog
else to see unless il be on race day. but
In and over EmigraDt Gap, through which
passes the principal water supply of tie
city. drive of two miles brings US 10
Fort Douglas, on the East Bench" t
the foot of the Red Butte. 1t is quite an
oasis iu this desert land; il Is full regi
ment post. The quarters are built of red
sandstone qusrried 10 the canon only
few hundred yards distant The band
c,
posI'e fine parade ground from the
most commanding point, six osnnons ar
trained on the tabernacle, and during the
services one day the commandant amused
himself by throwing ball over that
building just to convince Brigham that he
was within range. The shot had the de-
sired effect
The temple with its white granite walls
and towers-wh are 100 feet highs
conspicuous I'll over The valley. 1t is not
finished and probably never will be. as its
completion is to be the herald of the secs
ond coming of Christ, and his peculiar
people here seem in no haste for that
climax. Aud another, perhaps more
potent reason. is lack of funds. Some of
the apartments on the first floor are in use,
but no ore who has not been through the
endowment house NAV enter here. On
the same block are the tabernacle with its
turtle shaped roof and assembly hall. the
latter built of chips from the temple, with
many spires, Is very elegant building,
and has been used for services in the win
ter, as the tabernacle has not been heated
| until quite recently. Now the ungodlv
steam pipes penetrate even here. We
wasted our Sunday afternoon attending
the services. The building is principally
remarkable for the ease with which it may
be emptied. You know its oval shape:
just below the overhsneing roof there are
| windows around the entire building snd
below these are doors which are oil thrown
| open at the close of the services. making
of II tabernacle indeed As the seats
ing capacity is 10000 the simple and
easy exit is great desideratum. On the
| occasion of my first visit, there were
| probably not more than four or d We thous.
| and present. There were several grey
haired men on the platform whom we sup
posed to be APOSTLES" we were told there
should have been twelve. Two elders
held forth for the edificatinn of the peo-
pie; one upon the subject of faith and
the others speech was TRADE against
tie government and the capitalists of the
country, and lament for the lsboring
classes who are kept down and obliged TO
work for starvation wages, while their
employers roll in wealth; this state of
things he believed, would bring our land
| to ruin. 1t seemed To us that such treas.
enable utlerances should he checked, but
probably Uncle Sam feels that the H.
t1uence of such men Is so small, and the
majority OF their followers so ignorant
ana debased that ike the barking of
small dog, or the noise of small child.
1t serves to amuse them, and does the
country no harm. The audience was of
different type from any we ever saw be,
fore. All the babies In Salt Lake City
were there. as well as all the worst char
acters from Dickens. and the sights and
sounds and odors were something APP
palling.
During the speaking bread in silver
baskets and water in silver tankards. both
having frat been blessed, were passed to
every one throughout the immense au-
dience. and all partook. even to the babies.
There must have been twenty OF thirty
elders or deacOns distributing it, and at
the close there was a hymn sung by
choir of one hundred and fifty voices ac-
companied by the large organ which was
manufactured here from wood grown IN
this territory. Mrs LEX.