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Show MORMON HOME IS SOLD. I RESIDENCE ONCE OCCUPIED BY DKIOITAM YOUNG. Dwelling at Nauvoo, 111., Built tn 1B30, Is Trannferred for $-100 Birthplace of Polygamous Dos-trtnes Dos-trtnes Well Preserved. Chicago. In tlie wnkc of a report i tin r officials of tin .Mormon church lire disposing of u largo part if the property owned by tho sect In Suit Uilse City. Utuli, coiiioh the Intclll-gence Intclll-gence that the old brick dwellings ill Nauvoo, III., which IJrlgiuini Voting Duce called home and which for over ivo years harbored three or his fnvor-tc fnvor-tc wives, has passed from (he hands f the family that bus owned It slnco the Mormons weie driven out of Hancock Han-cock 'county. I Capt. Joseph Uelchtmann, an old river man, recently bought the old residence res-idence of the fonniler of tho Mormon church from 11 former Chlengoaii, Dr. J. W. Parker, now n resident of Peoria, MOIIMON TIJMl'1,1: AT NAIVOO. II.U ill!., for f 400. Dr. Parker, who at ono .tlmo occupied tno chair of lecturing physician In n Chicago medical col-llego, col-llego, lived In It when n boy with IiIb parenta and tins been its owner for over n quarter of a century. I to In-jhorltod In-jhorltod tho property from his father. Capt. Itclchtmnnn will add a story to tho building and ho and his family wilt mnko It their home In tho future. To tho eyes of the casual observer It suggests little out of the commonplace, .yet It stands to-day a well-pro.sorved landmark to the birthplace of doctrines doc-trines that havo aroused much bitter conflict. It was tliero that polygamy, under tho doctrinal cloak of Mormon-Ism, Mormon-Ism, wbh first practiced In UiIb country. coun-try. Around tho unlmposlng vl Btruc-uro Btruc-uro la entwined a web of romance. In Us atmosphere are conteied n flood of momorlcs of tho stirring tlmc3 and exciting ex-citing periods when treason, mob vlo-lenco vlo-lenco and varied lawlessness ran tho j gamut Id Nauvoo and Hancock county coun-ty before the Moimoiis were finally forced to seek n foothold In other parts. Within Its three walls nrlghnm Young's ihreo attractive wives, oblivious oblivi-ous to tho condemnation of Christian people nml the outside world, professed pro-fessed their faith In Mormon Ism, lived mid called one man husband. The structure was built by the iig-giesslve iig-giesslve leader of the hitler day saints j In 18:!!), when the cohesive loyal fol-I fol-I lowers of the dot trine fathered by . Joseph Fmltli were driven out ol ' iiorlheast Missouri, across the border , into llllniiK by the enraged Inhih-' Inhih-' Hunts of that part of the former slate, i Thoii(!h It has pamcd throu;li Ihn I turbulent times wblih have bad ih'jlt oiilbuists of war and tint. It has stood I unscathed, and is to-day practically aii I unhurt r radio of embryonic Morninn-i Morninn-i Ism. Situated on an eminence at Kimball and Orange streets in the historic V-tle V-tle village of Nauvoo. the bulldlm commands a beautiful anil unobstructed unobstruct-ed view of the Kntber of Waters, as it sweeps In a graceful and picturesque bend nround the town. Looking at the fascinating picture nature lues wrought from one of Its windows, one can readily understand how thin place could he tho birthplace of Inspiration and amazed that the promulgation ol vicious creeds could havo a thought In such a view. Willi the exception of having on room added nnd n half-story being built on, tho old edifice Is tho same now as when llrlgham Young entered It. I.lko neatly nil homes of tho lnttei i i'ay saints In Nauvoo nt that time, th house was built of brick and stood or, I an aero of ground. 'I ho substantia. I manner In which It was constructei. would not suggest that tho exionent 01 polygamy anticipated then that th "faithful" ones, adherents of tho now religious Invention of tho brain 01 Joseph Smith, would bo forced fron Nauvoo and Hancock county nt th points of guns. The houso originally consisted of sl rooms, two halls and a largo cellar. Three of tho rooms served ns Individual Individ-ual bed chambers for his three wives Tho others woro used for sitting room dining room nnd kitchen. Tho main hall was used for reception purposes. On tho exterior tliero Is little to show that the houso has been standing for n period of nearly 70 ycai-3. Many Interesting tales nro still told by old residents of Nauvoo of occurrences occur-rences that, took placo In tho old homestead during Drlghnm Young's tenancy. Wncn the ..formons woro driven from Hancock county In 1810, tho snug llttlo homo where tho Mormon "npostlo" and his wives lived was forsaken. |