A CATALOGUE OF WIVES.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 49, 7 September 1878, Page 4

A CATALOGUE OF WIVES.

The Pall Mall Gazette writes :—The heir* of the late Brigham Young having failed to agree in the distribution of his property, a lawsuit will, it is expected, take place, and is likely to prove a formidable affair, the suitors being 25 wives, or their heirs, consisting of 45 chili Iron. The prophet was supposed to have had only 10 wives; this, however, proves to be an error. The number was 25; two had died, and there are at present, T,i survivors. A descriptive catalogue of these ladies appears in one of the American papers :—No. 1, Mary Ann Angell, first wile of the Prophet—large portly, and diguiued. No. 2, Lacy Deck «•—■ not bright nor smart, but a good worker; for the Prophet's other wives. No, 3, Clara Decker, sister ol Lucy Docker—a short, thick-set woman, muck like Lucy, but more intelligent and agreeable. No. 4, Harriet Cook—tall, straight, light-haired woman with sham nose and fair complexion. No, 5, Lucy Biglow—would hare been an ornament to any gentleman's house. No. 6, Twias, waa Brigham'a servant, and subsequently wife—short and stout, luw forhead, sandy hair and freckled. No 7, Martha Bowker—plain sensible, and quiet woman, of stature and small mind ; seemed only to care for the Prophet occassional ly. No. 8, Harriet Barney—a gentlewoman, with pleasant expression: married the Prophet

!frorn pure affection. No. 9, Eliza Burgess—small in statue, dark hair aud hm aud a dark complexion. No. 10, Ellen ] Ruckwood—au even-tempered woman of little mind and a hazy coniplextoa i was a j " regular down-east Yankee girl." No. 11, Susan Suively—a very plain woman, the commonest of all Brighams' wives. He cared little for her. No. 12, Jemima Aagttl), sister of lirigham'a first wife ; I now very old. Brighatu merely married her to give her an exaltation in the next ' world. He seldom saw her. No. 13. ; Margaret Alley—died in 1853. No. 14, Margaret Pieuce—sharp nose, light hair ; ' a small woman with high temper. V> lj, Mr-Hampton—tall, with round features and dan abundant hair. No. 10. Mary Biglow—disliked Moimonism and deserted the Prophet. No 17, Ann Eliza Webb—the famous wife, who gave Brigham so much trouble; as smart as she is fair. No. 18, Emmeline Free—tall and graceful. No. 19, Elite Kovy Snow—a poetess, known as the " Sweet Singer of Israeli." of middle stature and dignified manners. No 20, Zina D Huntington Jacobs—has some literary taste ; portly and good-looking; took care of the three children ■of the Prophet's twenty-fourth wife, Clara Chase a maniac. No 21, Amelia Partridge—was originally a servant in Brigham's family ; good-tempered, universally beloved and respected. No 22, Mrs Augusta Cobb—a tine-looking Massachussets woman. No. 23, Mrs Smith—and old woman; merely married for salvation; sealed to Brigham for a short time and Joseph Smith for eternity. No. 24, Clara Chase—became a lunatic and died. No. 25, Amelia Folsom—the prophets last wife, and the one for whom he gave up all his other wives —a tine blonde with plenty of temper; gave the Prophet to understand that she alone would console his declining years, and oarried her point.

The Victorian Government analyst has found the poin'. of ignition of Diamond kerosene oil to be 104deg.; Devoe's 103 deg.; and Oriental 124deg. f None of them were up to the standard, but it is intended to use Oriental at the railway stations.

The following advertisement appears in a late Nelson exchange:—" Sir, —1 see a notice in your yesterday's issue that the wife of Frank Ferera has had a son. 1 wish to state that my wife and I have been separated for four years.—Frank Perera."

Refering to the marriage of Captain McKersie, of the Stella, tho Wellington Chronicle of a recent date says:—"The Government steamer Stella and the s.s. Wellington displayed an enormous quantity of bunting to-day. Upon inquiry, we learned it was honour of Captain McKersie, of the Stella, who has captured a handsome ana well-uued craft, and carried her into Matrimonial Bay uud dropped auohor. The pilot who steered the skipper into that sweet haven was the Rev. Mr. Ooifey."

One of the most interesting, and* valuable applications of Professor Bell's telephone in the United States was seen in a recent railway disaster near Hartford Connecticut. An excursion train, returning from Moody's and Saukey's revival meetings, plunged through a bridge, killing or wounding many passengers. Brought by telegraph wires to Hartfurd, the news was taken up by a system of telephone wires connecting a chemist's shop with the residences of twenty-one physicians. So prompt was tho summons that in half-an-liour the physicians, fully equipped, were at i.-.the railway station, where a wreckinwJroin conveyed them to the scene of- death and Buttering. Thirteen thousand telephones are now in operation in the United States. I A Wellington paper has the folloving: —" A man named Robinson yesterdiy hit on a novel expedient for punishii g his wife. Robinson is only the ninth-part of a man, we believe, but he is rather a jerror in his way, and asserts his martial authority very often in a manner mote forcible than polite. His arguments are stated frequently assume the shabo of a smack in the mouth, and having sitisfactorily terminated a little oonjugaljdispute in this way yesterday, he proceeded to the Police "Court, and laid information against his better-half as a dangerous lunatic. The result was that Mis. Robinson was arrested, taken away from her family, conveyed to the police station, and locked up in one of the calls.; i Here she! was visited by Dr. Diver, J.P.,wnoquickly found out that the unfortunate woman was both sane and eober. He at onto represented this to the Inspector of Police, and his opinion waa confirmed by Dr. Newman, who had also been sent for. Inspector Atchison at once liberated Mrs. Robinson on her own recognisances to appear this morning. Dr Diver, as a magistrate and medical man, addressed a letter to the Resident Magistrate stating the facts of tho case, and pointing out shamefully abused the process of law had been by tbo woman's husband."

"Doy ain't noniggerondetop sideer kreation," said a coloured man at Teuillie, the other day, putting his hand to his banc 1 aged head, " what can sing a hymn an' put tho gear on a kick in, mule at de same timo." A cititen of Troy, N.Y., being* his death-hod, is reported tohsvo called for proposals from the undertaker* Of Mat city for conducting his funeral and had the contract made with the lowest bidder.

The autograph of D»vid Garriok ii «i 11 ih about 14 dollars ; that of Mm. Sidiions brings about 80 dollars ; Rachel'* 5 dollars; Handel's 810 dollars , and Edmund Lean's 15 dollars.