Show 1 r f t INTERESTING RELICS COME TO LIGHT I i lI h IN DESTRUCTION DESTRUCT ON OF TITHING OFFICE j 11 One of most historic old build r logs the old tithing office at the head i ft ef of Main Maii street In fast fa t falling beneath I 1 the Ute pick and bar of the wreckers In a afew aL at I t L t few te days the old building which has hab ha hai 4 i t I stood at the corner of Main and South I i J k Temple since the year 1862 will willMe w l rn f h J L Me Ite gone and on the site sUe will be a gang 1 t i J of men busily engaged in iii digging ns ex ox excavations i f t for the big hotel to LO ne he con constructed it 1 i aU on this historic site j t i I jl k Many lany rooms in the old tithing office ollice r i J have been closed for years yeans and andI their contents records and books boob of the thet I ii I t iJ 11 I i churchs business affairs in the early t f p t days day were moved from their long rest fi J tog tag place yesterday Covered thickly thiekl ti J 1 with dust duat of many years yean i l i I I lien were the records and the cords i ti i which held papers together were rotten 11 1 with age e Several everal bundles bundle of the old 1 T It i i I document i deeds tithing receipts and andi i i I orders were broken open yesterday ye and anu an andi 11 i i I were found to be in an excellent t state I jL HI of preservation The writing on the th papers slating dating back to 1866 Ii ws WIott as clear 1 I iz j Ml if written but bui a few days lIas ago I i f Among Imong the many interesting relics 1 if ft J which were unearthed by the workmen wf I i i t I f fm yesterday was a deed given by William WilliamG WilliamI i I G C Petty Pett of ot Manti and conveying to ton 1 n 1 I Bri ham Young all of his hi property The TIM TIMi Thea a i j l document is dated May lay 21 fl 1 1853 1 and liD liDwell 1 te Is well preserved The paper b bears th the thet t i following indorsement Indor ement on the back n ni W V o 1 i 6 G Petty deed to Brigham Young Youn t trustee tee in trust Reech ed for record N Nov Nev v 12 l 1 lS l i 5 Recorded in book U 11 UI I I deeds deed axe age 13 this 16 1 day of Jan JanUK Janif if v t UK lu A Petty J Segar deputy county ty U 1 4 recorder Sanpete county Utah Paid ti r la Below Belo Is the t l endorsement e Con Consecration ConS on ont t S q iI ration book No 1 The Th text ol of o the 1 U i deed follows L Be The it known by y these heM present pre nt that I If f William G Petty of Manti in the th 1 H county of Sanpete and the territory of ofU U Utah for and in consideration of the b pea goad oM will m which I have to the i if t of 4 Jesus Jeans Christ of Saints i give and ad convey unto Brigham Young Youns I i trustee rae in trust tru t for said Mid church his bb suc sn c ca a 4 i in office and assigns a all my m 1 daim to and ownership ow r of o the follow follo following ft 1 i lag ing property I Lot L four I block SI 31 SIte of 1 f te In the Manti Mand Big Bt Held containing fit fifteen fitI 1 I i i Wen teen acres 8 also lots tots one 1 two 4 2 j three 3 S and eight ei ht S in bLock bl k seven c r t fr an 72 containing of an acre J tj value ue 3 t fI 1 Ii Three Thre cows one yearling heifer heUer three to f f last at spring calves value alue fl Jk j I Household furniture one on stove and t ii f two pigs pip value I l ii Mechanical and other touts tools value alue J t IS UI 1 Total value three hundred nJ six aix 11 1 r 5 inars 1306 together with all the thel Ii 11 l P rights privileges prIvilege ge and appurtenances appurtenance A 1 belonging or r appertaining I II II I I I j also I covenant md a Tf thit I am the Iho m k i 1 jj nd will warrant and forever defend the same ensue unto the said axEd trustee trust trustIn in trust his successors in office and as assigns assigns signs against the claims claim of my heirs assigns I or any person per son whom over I G PETTY Witnesses es i Alfred H iI Billings John nJohn Crowford Croford Robert Brown Territory of Utah County of or Sanpete nI I George Peacock judge pro probate probate probate bate court in and for the county ot Sanpete Utah certify that the signers of the above transfer personally known to me roe appeared this day da of May A D 1855 and acknowledged that he ho of his own choice executed ex th foregoing transfer GEORGE PEACOCK Another interesting paper which w i found among al O e the ruins wa was a telegram of the old Deseret Telegraph company compan sent from Moroni Joron I Utan Dee Dec i IS S The T message m e is to Bishop Hunter ot or Salt Lake City and is as follows follow Have about chicken hIcKen a arese ret sot and considerable fresh eggs on hand han From a It tithing store receipt date Nov 10 1885 was obtained the follow folio following folioIng ing IngRe Received Re elved from lens Jen Andres Andrea Neilson Si pounds pOund of wheat ll 11 IK pounds pound of oats 20 O ISO sO pounds of potatoes potato 11 t E R It J Parry arr receiver It will willbe willbe willbe be seen that food rood was cheaper in those early days than at the present time tim timAU All AU the old documents up to about the th year were dated Great Salt Lake City Utah but after that date It is noticed that the word ord Great wa wao was dropped and just jUt Salt Lake City used The Th tearing down of the old building will bring many old mems mem s back to tu t the minds of ot the pione few who hc are left eft and the de lh ti of or the tithing office is being watched matched with in interest Interest Interest terest |