Thursday, April 13, 1899
The Gillespie neighborhood has been on quite a boom during the last few weeks, since Col. Dan O’Connel’s camp opened up. This camp is situated two miles north of Gillespie and one mile off the Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike. It is in charge of Theodore Lesster and John Warren. They have 175 men and 30 teams under them now. To feed the men it daily requires two barrels of flour, 400 pounds of beef or 15 hams, 15 pounds of coffee and other things in proportion. The horses consume 50 bushels of corn or 60 bushels of oats and a four horse load of hay daily.
COURT
The only criminal case tried in this term was an indictment against Charles McCoy, of Elk, for disturbing religious worship. A Sunday school was held on Elk last summer and James H. Jackson was Superintendent. He had been annoyed in his position of responsibility by the levity of some young folk. One Sabbath last summer four young people, two boys and two girls, arrived early. They were all present at the trial. Each of the young, red-cheeked boys was wearing in court the largest, greenest necktie ever seen in these parts, which in itself was enough to break up a religious assembly.
On the Sunday in question McCoy was singing a hymn and Snowden Dilley was accompanying him on the French harp – in his poor weak way. In comes the Superintendent. McCoy very glibly asks him to lead a piece. Mr. Superintendent gets miffed. He is so disturbed in his mind that he reminds the young man that he is getting too smart, and that he is in the House of the Lord and has the law on his side. Thereupon, McCoy takes the liberty to invite him out in the road to discuss the matter further. The superintendent is so ruffled that he goes home…
The two young ladies, Miss Lula Gibson and Miss Dilley, testified that they thought no disrespect was meant to Mr. Superintendent. Miss Lula gave it as her opinion that the French harper could not play at all, but thought that he was in earnest and doing his level best. The superintendent was rather hard on the young folk’s church manners, and they retaliated by calling him a cranky old thing. The jury found the defendant not guilty.
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A felon was taken off the hands of the county jailer in the case of Jim Lewis who was indicted for cutting his wife’s throat. The court appointed counsel for him and a jury was empaneled to try the case, when the prisoner unexpectedly decided to confess to the lesser count of the indictment which was a charge of unlawful and felonious, but not malicious, cutting. When asked in the customary manner if he had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him, he said that he was moved to do the act through jealousy. The Judge gave him a severe lecture for his murderous attempt upon the woman whom he had placed himself under a solemn obligation to cherish, and sentenced him to a term of two years…
A DOUBLE WEDDING
A beautiful wedding took place in the Presbyterian church April 11th, 1899, when Mr. F. J. Kincaid and Miss Hattie Patterson and Mr. J. D. Pullin and Miss Edith Patterson were united in marriage by Rev. William T. Price.
The brides are the daughters of J. H. Patterson, our Circuit Clerk. Mr. Kincaid is a young business man of this town who has been in Marlinton for about a year and is well known and liked by our people. Mr. Pullin is a popular merchant of the firm of J. D. Pullin & Company.
DIED
Mrs. Rosa Arbuckle died at Clover Lick Saturday, April 9, after a prolonged illness attended by excruciating suffering, aged twenty- eight. She was a wife of Charles Arbuckle and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ligon, and leaves an infant. Her memory is worthy of being specially cherished as a dutiful daughter, self-sacrificing wife, affectionate sister and a truly devout Christian lady in the pale of the P. E. Church. The interment took place Sunday at the Clover Lick graveyard and was attended by a large and sympathetic concourse…
