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V0L. XXXII.?NO. 13. CLARKSBURG, W. VA., FEBRUARY 10, 1893 WHOLE NO. 15<
\ FALSE lover.
jetty Daisy Uhler Takes
Rough on Rats.
SAD ENDING TO A LOVE
Wr_"norj Me with My Enr?ire
mtnt RlnK," her last word*.
??Mother, I have taken -rough
, rats' and am dying. Bury me
jth my engagement ring upon
iv finger."
These were they dying words
(Miss Daisy L. Uhler, abeauti
il young woman of twenty-one
jars, who committed suicide
?count of unrequited love, at
tiebton.near Mount Hope.at an
uly hour Tuesday morning,
or many days the young woman
id brooded over the estrange
#nt between her and the man
hose engagement ring she
ore, and to one of her relatives
lesaid, a few days ago, that if
er troubles did not end she
onld take her life. The man in
lestion is William T. Childs,
5ed about twenty-four years, a
irpenter by trade.
Miss Daisy Uhler was the old
stdaughter of a family of three
iris and six boys. Her father
Nicholas Uhler. a section boss
mho Western Maryland Rail
ed.
Daisy was a girl who made
iends wherever she went, and,
ishe budded into womanhood,
ithered about her a large circle
[admiring acquaintances. She
u endowed with' a pretty face,
i attractive physique, and had
charming personality. Her
BetlDg with " Childs and the
bnble that caused her death is
>14 by her mother in the follow
ig way:
"About a year ago Daisy met
hilds. and a mutual attachment
nsued. They seemed to admire
ich other very much, and some
looths ago Daisy came to me
od said that she was engaged,
id would be married on March
Ih.so she and her husband could
0 to Washington to attend the
uugural ceremonies. She
bowed me a ring that bore the
litials, -VV. T. C. to D. L. U.'
sanctioned the match, and every
ling progressed smoothly until
ie lattei part of December, when
hilds ceased his visits.
"The last time she saw him
as last night,, when she hailed
im from our porch while he was
?his way home. They talked
>r fully a half hour, and while
he told Childs that
SHE WOULD KILL HERSELF,
did not notice anything unusual
1 her conduct up to the time I
ent to bed."
It was while the others slept
'at she prepared the deadly
raoght. She carried a lot of
3'd coffee to her room in a
'teher, and after disrobing
""red a quaniity of it into a
taring mug. The determined
Wthen broke open a box con
lining "Rough on Rats." and
mptied about one-half of the
"?son into the coffee. Some
?e later Mrs. Uhler was
*akened by an unusual noise
tove. and going to her daugh
!rs room found Daisy in a ser
"s condition.
Upon inquiry the girl told her
j?"ier that she "was only sick."
?Tery effort was made to resusci
her, but she gradually sank,
died in the greatest agony
nl45 o'clock Tuesday morn
'?? She was conscious until with
*?few minutes of her death,
^ among other things said:
1 killed myself because Will
15 ^ted so strangely and put off
'r wedding. I told him last
jot that I would kill myself.
,ry me with my engagement
my hand. "
> Ids is employed in the city,
was passing the Uhler
home Tuesday morning as Daisy
was dying.- Mrs. Uhlar hailed
him from a window. She said:
"Will, Daisy is ?ick, and has
taken poison, and I am afraid
she is dying." Cliilds drew
nearer to the home and said:
??Yes, she told me last night
that she would kill herself; but I
didn't think she would do it."
When Childs reached the sta
tion at Mount Hope.he was weep
ing. and remarked tJ a friend as
! he stepped on tho train. ?'Daisy
has taken poison." He ac
knowledged being engaged to the
girl, but said he had concluded
to break off the match. He said
ho felt very sorry that Miss
Uhler had taken her life.
The remains were prepared for
burial, and during day people
living at distant points in the
county who heard of the sad
tragedy came to look upon the
face of the dead girl.
Howell Edmunds Jackson was
nominated by President Harrison
to be associate justice of the su
preme court of tho United States
to fill the vacancy caused hy the
death of Justice Lamar. He is a
Democratic ex senator, and at
present judge of the United
States court for the district em
bracing Tennessee. He was re
garded as a state's rights Demo
crat.
A gang of tpen have been at
work for several days scraping
up the mud and filth from the
streets.
PP FOR BlAMY.
A Young Man Who Marries
Once too Often Lands in
the Penitentiary.
TWO GIRLS IN TROUBLE
Seen bj a Reporter as the Sheriff or
Gilmer county lakes htm through
Clarksburg.
As our reporter was walking
leisurly along the depot platform
on Monday evening, his attention
was drawn toward a modest, well
dressed, smooth faced young
man who seemed to be awaiting
the arrival of the train. His
countenance was not unpleasant
and there was an air of indiffer
ence about him that would never
lead one to suspect that every
movement he made was closely
watched by Sheriff Albert Pearcy
and deputy sheriff Bennett, of
Gilmer county, who stood near.
The young man was French
Wiant and his destination the
West Virginia penitentiary.
Young Wiant was born and reared
near Glenville. He was a school
teacher and moved in the "upper
circles" of society. He wooed
and won the affections of Ella
Meadows, daughter of one of
Gilmer county's most prominent
citizens and a sister of the late
Prof. Meadows.
Wiant and Miss Meadows be
came engaged and Wiant went
to Kentucky for a short time.
There he so far forgot his West
Virginia girl as to woo and marry
a belle of the "blue grass region."
He shortly left his Kentucky
bride and came home on a visit.
He met his fiancee, number one,
and "to make a long story short,
married her also. It was not
long until the Kentucky bride
heard of his second marriage
and instituted proceedings that
landed him in the penitentiary
for two years as above stated.
Both girls, it is said, claim
that they will live with him when
he is released from prison. Well
indeed has the poet said:
'Tis sweet to oonrt,
But O! bow bitter,
To court a girl,
And then not-"git 'er."
'Tis lieaven to oonrt,
But how I'd lo?the.
To oonrt two girls,
And get 'em both.
BURIED AUYIi. ;
A Crop ot' Barley, to Ripen
Above his Coffin.
TRIFLING WITH THE GRAVE.
To be buried alive!
To have a crop of barley sown,
ripened and reaped from his
grave!
And then to be dHg up aDd be
brought back to consciousness!
Sounds so impossible as to seem
silly doesn't it?
And yet that is precisely the
experience which an Illinois man
proposes to go through, says
the Utica Globe of this week.
This man is no other than Prof.
Andrew J. Seymore, who is now
filling an engagement at the Mu
see Theatre in this city. His re
markable mind reading feat in
finding the watch the other day.
told in the Ilcginlrr, excited con
siderable interest. The Globe |
goes on to say: Everybody has
read of those remarkable men
known as the Fakirs of India.
Some enterprising gentleman
of a speculative tendency have !
I determined to bring from India
j one or more of these Fakirs and
have them perform their won
drous feats at the World's Fair.
Andrew J. Seyinore, the famous
"mind reader,' has concluded to
demonstrate that he has such^a
control over his mind and nef^
vous system that he can perform
the feathimself. ;? j
Mr. Seymoro is a native or
Somerville. Butler county, Ohip,
and is 44 years old. ,
The feat which he propose to
accomplish next summer will,
however, cast into the shade any
thing he has so far accomplished.
He admits that there is an ele
ment of dauger in it, but is confi
dent that he will come through
the ordeal all right.
Mr. Seymore has most of his
arrangments made. On the 21st
of June he will be at a place al
ready selected, near his home.and
only a few miles from Rockford.
and at that time he will place
himself in thecare of a committee
of citizens who will see that he
does Drecisely what he promises,
preventing, the possibility of
fraud or collusion. He will then
throw himself into a state of in
sensibility, purely by force of
will power. So completely will
be this suspension of animation
that even the most able medical
man -will be unable to say that
any life exists,without.of course,
applying the most rigid tests.
This condition reached, his
tongue will be drawn out to its
utmost limit, and then turned '
and folded back into his throat
in such a manner as to prevent
the faintest particle of air from
reaching the lungs by the way of
the mouth. His nose and ears
will be sealed with wax. Hisap
parently lifeless body will then
be placed in a sack, so oiled and
sealed as to render it positively
air tight. Then he will be put
into a grave several feetdeepand
the grave filled in the usual way.
During the entire operation he
will be watched by the committee,
who will be able to show the pub
lic that there is no optical de
lusion or other deception about
the operation. The ground over
the grave, in common with the
rest of the field, will then be
plowed up and sowed with barley.
After the seed springs up and ri
pens and is harvested, the grave
being meantime watched night
and day, Mr. Seymore will be
disenterred, the wax taken from
his ears and nostrils, his tongue
replaced in its natural position,
and he will return to life, as well
as ever except for the temporary
efforts of lying in one position
for so long a time.
This remarkable feat has never
been performed in any country
with the exception of India, but
that it has have accom
plished there is beyond question.
If Mr. Seymour performs the feat
he is to receive ?100,000 and if he
comes uut dead. 125,000 is to be
paid to his relatives.
VERY SAD.
A Dor Runt a Knife Itladr In kin
Thigh and Dim In ? few Hour*
apednl Di?patoU to the TEUtonix.]
What a little things sometimes
sever the slender cord of life!
What a frail partition separates
us from eternity. On Sunday
morning a son of Enoch Child
ers^ of this county, who lives
near the the Harrison and Dod
dridgf line, accidentally run the
sinail bladt) of a pen knife into
the lleshy part of his thigh. It
was not thoughtat first that there
was any danger of serious results
but when th6 great flow of blood
could not be stopped the friends
of jthe boy became alarmed.
Every remedy at hand was used
in ?;iin. He died from loss of
blood in a tew hours. Ho was
about fifteen years old and was a
healt hy robust youth. His father
is a 'farmer in good circum
stances.
Gfeorge, a four-year-old son of
George Basuble.of Parkersburg,
was listening to an accountof the
Kings and Queens in Sunday
School, when the little fe'low
with a quizzical look inquired:
?'Whore were the Jacks.?"?Ex.
\ BY CHANGE.
A Harrison County Man Dis.
, covers that he is About
TO MARRY HIS DAUGHTER.
West Union Record]
It has just been discovered that
a resident of Harrison county
named David Murry recently
came near marrying his own
daughter, says the Stubenville
Star. In 1872 Murry married a'
Miss Hopkins, living near Smith
field, and a daughter was the re
sult. They lived together only a
short time, when they were di
vorced and the lady, with her
daughter, moved to West Virgin
ia. Afterward Murry married a
Michigan lady, which match was
made through a matrimonial pa
per. She soon died. Murry,
flushed with his first success,
again applied to the columns of
the matrimonial journal for a
wife,: and became acquainted
with a young lady of 19 living
near Charleston, W. Va. He
met her and they were lovers and
the date was fixed for their mar
riage. He casually asked her
history, and she reluctantly stat
ed that she was the adopted
daughterof highly respected par
ents. He was perfectly satisfied,
and she gave him a paper prepar
ed by her mother and given her
on her death bed, giving the acts
of the girl's life. Upon the peru
sal of the paper he was borified
to discover that the girl he was
about to wed was his own daugh
ter.
The South Penn surrendered
the lease on the 76J acre tract
situated on Little Battle which
they lease of L. M. Allen for
fl.COO and a monthly rental of
$76.50 in advance. They have
also surrendered leases on Big
Battle, Skeleton and a part of
Kobinson.?West Union Record.
The Weston Insane Asylum is
full and there are a number of
lunatics in county jails awaiting
room to get in. There are also a
number running at large who
ought to be in.? Ex.
The Louisiana lottery goes to
Honduras. The other place be
ginning with tho same letter is a
still more suitable spot for it.?
Ritchie Gazette.
*
THE UPRISING
Of Clerks and Employees In
Clarksburg.
SIIOKTKK IIOl'US ItKNAMIKII.
TheHorpmpnt Comuipnrfd In Kwbpst.
To the Editor of the Tw.miiuii:
There seems to be unusual in
terest taken in our municipal
government at this time and
active measuros are being takeu
by some of our prominent men
towards Retting a city charter.
Now. while good things are
being done for our town, wo
would ask these gentlemen not to
overlook or forget those who
comprise the working life and
energy of our town, namely the
assistants of the business man.
By investigation it is found
that in no town in the State of
the population of Clarksburg,are
the business houses kept open as
long as those of this place, and
the only way to romedy this evil,
is for the leading business men
to tix upon a certain early hour
for closing their establishments
at night, and the smaller doalers
will only bo to glad to follow
their example.
Our business houses Keep open
from 7 a. m., until S and 10 p. m..
making the working day from 13
to 15 hours long.
The proprietor rarely bears the
full brunt of this confinement; it
is the man behind the counter
and behind the desk.
If he be a married man, when
evening comes he goes home too
languid and tired tu enjoy the
pleasures of his family; if lie is a
young man, without family ties,
he is only too apt to seek a stim
ulant "to brace him up" and if
he has a desire for advancement
what time has he for reading or
study? None whatever.
Fatigued and worn out by the
duties of the day he goes to bed
glad to find consolation in sloop.
A few years of this and the
energy he once possessed is lost
in the measuring of calico and
weighing of sugar. A noted
physician once said that ''after
10 hours of work the brain
needs some recuperation, or
change of thought before sleep."
Jay Gould's death was caused,
it is said, by his intense anxiety
to protect his property.
Can not the nervous system of
the poor clerk be worn out, not
by the weight of millions, cer
tainly, but by the nervous strain
of continous duty.
There are now being conduct
ed in two of our prominent
churches a series of very success
ful and encouraging meetings.
Have the gentlemen engaged
in this good work thought of
those who would like to come to
these meetings, but cannot leave
the stores?
There has been in the past
several petitions asking the
firms of the city to agree upon an
early hour for closing. The al
most invariable answer was, "I
am willing to close early if my
competitor across the street will
do so," and his competitor across
the street makes the same reply.
The result is that neither close
one moment earlier, and the
grind goes on.
The Maryland Legislature in
1892 passed the Saturday half
holiday bill, and the U. S. gov
ernment is equally lenient on its
clerks at Washington.
The busiapss men can get bet
ter service from their employees,
and their customers will not
make smaller purchases because
thev have to do their shopping
before 6 p. m.
Let the business men look at
this In a financial light and they
would lose nothing. In a relig
ous and humane light they
would gain Much.
Employed.
Hlad?Uac't. Il?me Hut* Bill,
Tho provisions of Mr. Glad
stone's new Homo Rule bill, jin
revealed, go far to redeem th
Grand Old Man's promise u
"Ireland (or the Irish." A Dublii
Parliament is created which wil
represent tho will or tho poopl
of tho whole island. Tho power
of this parliament are restricted
After tlve years a number of re
strictions will bo removed, bu
tho Irish Legislature will bo pot
manently debarred from tM
power to enact laws relating t<
the Crown: to peace or war; t<
tho army. navy, volunteers
militia or public defense; rola
tions with foreign states or witt
other ports of the empire; dignl
ties or titles of honor; treason o
naturalization, trade, navigatioi
or quarantine; tho postal service
or beacons, lighthouses, etc.
coinage and valuo of foreigi
money, weights or measures
copyright and patent right: tarif
duties or internal excise: the es
tabltshment of any religion, tin
freo exercise of religious opin
ions, and the right of children tt
receive religions instruction; th<
rights of corporations already ii
existence; changes in the llomt
Rule act itself. It will not be per
mitted to tho Dublin Parliamen
to impose any tax, duty or impos
for any purpose, unless sucl
action has been recommended bj
the Imperial Government. AI
bills passed by the Dublin l'arlia
ment will be subject to tho voti
of the Crown. Controversies it
respect to constitutional quos
tions?the extent of tho l'arlia
ment's powers?aro to bedecidei
by the judicial committee of thi
privy council. For five year
the Irish Parliament will be de
barred from action in regard t<
land, the judiciary, the roya
Irish constabulary or the ordin
ary police.
The parliament is to consist o
an upper and a lower house, sit
ting apart from each other. Thi
first to have 108 mombers, o
whom, for thirty-eight years
twenty-eight are to be represen
tative Irish peers. The rest ari
to be persons elected for termi
of ten years, one-half of theli
number retiring every fifth yeor
This upper house is not to b<
subject to dissolution. At thi
end of thirty-eight years th<
peers will be replaced by electec
members. Members will be votec
for by such voters only as owi
or occupy property producing i
net annual income of at least$i2l
a year. The person voted foj
must own property worth fi!0,000
or have an income of at leas
$1,000.?Baltimore Sun. '$
The two most absent mindiii
men on record are the fellow wh<
thought he had left his watch - a
home, and then took it out to set
If he had time to go back and ge
it, and the man who put on hii
office door a card saying: "Out
will be back soon," and on hii
return sat down on the step t<
wait for himself.
The two girls with sleighbelli
on their garters attracted consid
erable aiteation yesterday on thi
street and were freely talke<
about. Their parents should taki
them in hand and impress oi
them in a forcible manner tha
that mode of advertising thei
charms may be novel but it i:
not nice.?Parkersburg Sentinel
Several newspapers of thii
State published the above am
headed it 'This Beats Fairmont.
What can be the matter witi
Fairmont?
A railroad from Buckhannor
to Belingtpn is being agitata
by the citizens of Upshsr ant
Harbour. The indications an
favorable that the road will b<
built.
All good things to be found it
Telegram this week.