Thursday, August 1, 1901
Mrs. Izzie Dilley has a garden that presents an object lesson, illustrating the possibilities in near reach of all who have gardens. From a few short rows, 38 gallons of fine strawberries were picked. From an area but a few yards square, 10 or more bushels of onions have been gathered and as many more remain to be gathered. The large proportion of the gathered onions are large as a man’s fist and just such flavor as would enrapture a Bermuda onion epicure. The space cleared of onions is occupied by thrifty cabbage heads.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Holt, of Academy, with their children drove over to Randolph some weeks since and returned last Thursday. The party was so overcome by heat and fatigue that the carriage was sent on from Marlinton, and they boarded the train for Seebert where the carriage would meet them in the cool of the evening.
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The happy influences of unity of Christian effort are seen in the policy pursued by the Buckeye and Dry Creek neighborhoods in their Sabbath School management. Instead of two weak and languishing rival schools, three or more denominations combine and hold Sabbath School services alternately between the two points, using Cook’s Sabbath School literature, which is published on lines suggested by the late Mr. Moody. This literature is equal to the best, and cheaper than the cheapest and gives special attention to ascertaining what the scriptures really mean, just as Mr. Moody endeavored to do during his evangelistic career, for which he became so famous.
GREGORY’S GHOST
Boogaboo Hollow and Gregory’s Pond are two places in the Hills concerning which are blood-freezing legends that would furnish ample material for a dime novel more interesting than many that have been widely read. These legends have come down from the first settlers and constitute a part of pioneer folk lore, waiting for the use of some ready writer yet to appear and give them suitable expression.
The legend concerning Gregory’s Pond is this: that about 1770 a man named Gregory was murdered by outlaws and his body dragged and thrown into the pond. His faithful dogs followed and stayed around it for weeks. Search was made and traces found which led to the belief that the body had been taken out of the pond and dragged to the Boogaboo Hollow about a mile distant. Ever since that time, more than a hundred years since, periodically can be heard the wailing voice of a little child accompanied by the howls of the faithful hounds.
May apparitions have been seen in Boogaboo Hollow which upon going close to them, have turned themselves into a bunch of white flowers near where the sounds are supposed to proceed from.
On the other hand, if you flee from the apparition, it will pursue you some distance from the hollow.
INSANE MAN RUNS AMUCK
Leavenworth, Kan. – Michael Kelly, an insane man, at the office of the Robert Garrett Lumber Company, in the business district, shot six persons, killing one, probably fatally wounding another and more or less seriously wounding four others. He was himself finally killed by officers who tried to overpower him.
Kelly had lived in Leavenworth for years and at different times engaged in minor business enterprises. He was eccentric, and during the Presidential campaign in 1896 lost his mind entirely. At that time, he threatened to kill Garrett and four others for testifying against him. After a year in the Topeka Asylum, Kelly was released.
Recently, he had been acting queerly again and declared that he would kill the five men who sent him to the asylum. For the last several weeks, he has been practicing shooting at the Fort Leavenworth range. Tuesday night he drank heavily.
Soon after noon Wednesday, he went to Garrett’s office and without warning, shot Garrett as he sat at his desk. Garrett fell to the floor and Kelly deliberately fired four more shots into the body. Leaving his victim for dead, Kelly ran to the rear of the lumber yard and began reloading his pistol. Returning to the office, he found. Dr. McGee, who had been attracted by the shooting, bending over Garrett. Kelly fired at the physician, the bullet striking Dr. McGee in the spine, and he fell near where Garrett lay.
Then followed an exciting street fight between the madman and officers who came upon the scene. Kelly, flourishing his pistol, ran through the lumber yard. He met Isaac Healer, a laborer, and shot him in the hand. A few yards further on he encountered Sergeant Dodge. The two exchanged shots as they ran. One bullet from Kelly’s weapon struck Dodge in the neck, but not before that officer had shot the madman in the shoulder. Kelly kept running and was soon confronted by Detective McDonald and Policeman Falthager. McDonald dropped Kelly with a bullet in the neck. Dodge raised his pistol, but it failed to work and catching up with the murderer he crushed his skull with the weapon.
Kelly was carried to the station in an unconscious condition, dying soon after his arrival.
DIED
A telegram came Tuesday afternoon saying that Sherman H. Clark had died at 1 o’clock p.m. that day in a Richmond hospital, where he had gone to be operated on for a stone in the bladder. The operation was performed several weeks ago and was thought to have been very successful as he rallied remarkably well for a man of his years.
Mr. Clark was probably the richest man in the county, and a man of much influence, being prominent in county affairs. He was a member of the Hillsboro Presbyterian church of many years standing. He was about 71 years old, and is survived by a wife and one child, Mrs. Lee Beard. Full life sketch next week.
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Died, near Mt. Zion, July 20th, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William Moore, aged two months. In one year to a day, these worthy parents have been bereaved of their two children and are left childless.
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Sherman Dilley died recently on Thorny Creek near Dilley’s Mill. His illness is believed to have been occasioned by over exertion from carrying a half-barrel of flour on his shoulder a distance of several miles. He was over 30 years of age and a son of Joseph Dilley.
