Show HILL CUMORAH IS BOUGHT lyons N Y juno 12 after negotiating for mormon hill near palmyra for several months georgo albert smith of salt lake city utah yesterday tho place for it is a farm of thirty nine acres out of this hill joseph smith founder of the mormon church claimed to have dug the golden plates from which he translated tho book of mormon A largo delegation of high dignitaries nit aries of tho church of jesus christ of latter jay galanta visited tho last week it Is understood that an extensive tabernacle is to bo erected on top 0 the hill where it can bo scon or miles around tho farm was owned by wil ham avery chapman the purchaser Is a direct descendant george A smith cousin ot tho founder of the mormon church the price paid was enormous considering si the intrinsic value of the property the hill referred to in the foregoing dispatch is evidently the hill cumorah so frequently referred to in mormon literature george Alber is the epostle ho is a son of apostle john fleury smith and grandson of george A smith who at his death was a member of the first presidency |