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Show HE OHIO MORMON TEMPLE. The Mormon church which Joseph Smith built at Kirtland, Ohio, in 1831, is now owned by Smith's descendants, and is rented for lectures, dances, and exhibitions of all kinds. This first Mormon temple is a massive stone structure, four stories in height, and surmounted by a tower over-looking all the country around. It was solidly and durably built by the Mormons themselves, of roughly hewn sandstone, from plans Smith claimed to have received in a vision, and is still quite well preserved.-Daily Outlook, Beloit, Wis. |