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Washington Matters

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Day
9
Month
February
Year
1882
Copyright
Public Domain
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A connnittee from the "Beorganized Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints" came to Washington on Wednesday to wait on the President and Congress and present their version of the Utah problem. Their memorial sets forth that the Hormon church, althongh classed and known generally as "Hormon," is, and ever has been, opposedto any compromising with that polygamie, body in Utah, also called Hormon. The organized Hormon church, under the leadership of Joseph Smith's son, the original Hormon head, and duly organized and incorporated under the laws of Illinois, has for the past thirty years opposed and denounced the doctrine and practices of polygamy and has all this time kept and sustained missionaries in Utah to preach against them, theresult beingat least that 100,000 persons in that territory have thus been extricated from the corruption of polygamy and its concomitant Lila. John W. Guiteau, in a card to the public, disavows all knowledgo of the proposod exhibition of his brother's body and says whether his brother dies oy legal progresa or in a insane asjlum the body will be disposed of in a manner which will not offend public decency. In view of the recent propositions to make a public spectacle of Guiteau's remains it is thought highly probable that Judge Cox will exercise the discretion given him by the revised statutés and include in the death sentence the disposition of the body. Guiteau is beginning to show much nervousness and iriïtability. "There are my three other daughters you can take your piek; this is the best 1 can do," said au nonest eitizen, of Scranton, Penn., the other day, to a young man who appeared at what he supposed was to be his own wedding just in time to see his beloved married to another man. The generous offer was accepted in the spirit in which it was made, and the youngest of the three remaining sisters was promptly chosen and married on the spot. Queen Victoria has a taste for birthday books, and keeps a little volume at hand wherein are collected the autographs of many interesting people.

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Ann Arbor Democrat