Salt Lake Herald | 1895-02-24 | Page 7 | The Icarians

THE ICAHIAXS They Virtually Decide That Social Is HI is n Failure Corning loWa Feb 3The members mem-bers of Icarian community three mile east of this city have agreed to a division di-vision of their property and a dissolu tion of their society and steps are dow being taken to that end The interests of heirs of the deceased and other legal intricacies have rendered It advisable to appoint a receiver and put the matter mat-ter into the hands of the court This community In socialistic In the extreme Its founder was E Cabet and its inception dated back to a period just previous to the French revolution when sixtynine socialist embarked from Huvre for Texas and located near the Red river Internal dissensions discouraged the band anti they removed to New Orleans A 3 soon as Cabet learned of this change of bae he sailed for New Orleans and resumed leadership of the colony Under his leadership they migrated to Nauvoo HI Here the banana were successful for a time Dissension arose and in 1S5G Cabot and 170 ad hcrenls left the remainder and went to St Louis where the founder of Icaria died the same year jMeantlm the other faction had settled in Adam county Iowa and were incorporated under the laws of the state as Icaria They have resided there ever since Another rupture occurred in 1879 when the property was equally divided di-vided The remaining members have since continued In the original manner of living