Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-01-25
~WHAF GRETsK GREEn has DoIE-


IIrEzzsIISs MATzINoSfAL STATIsTTcs--It
Is well kaouu thar for time innemoriaI
car aeigbborisg toSn of Vest Alexander.
Pa, has been regarded as the Gretaa Greea
OF this section Of county. Our friend
Esquire & Hayes, Of that place, has fur
a5zaed rs With an aaeieat book in which
his father, nov deceased. kept the record
Of the runaway Darriages7 soIenuizsd
By himself dnring the thirty odd years that
he acted As magistrate From October
ssh- 1911, 70 June 1874, Esquire Isaac
Aayes married AZ West Alexander s4s
couple NEST of zhom we're united against
the consent Of parsntz- At least one-haIf
Of the number we've from this city and
county, and among the Bsues recorded in
the book We notice many Of our eirzers
Who are aoE quite prominent in the social
aud commercial world, and whose soos
and daughters have lived, bEooned. loved
and gone and followed the example of
their parents Mr. MAJes, ST.. was il uauv
respects very remarkable nan At the
tine Of his death, in 1874. an obituary
aoties appeared il the Washington Re-
porter, Of which the following is an extract:
The subject Of this obituary Vas born in
Adams County, Pa, March 9Th I7T7
year afEeF the Declaration Of Independence
and Wien our coy, his parents removed
% THIS eouatyr aud near 20 this village.
Uaen- As yer the couatrT vas disturbed By
the uAr2udsngs al the savage He had
HTec Tor - years II thiz township, 20 Of
which we're spent in public services, a.
IaStIes " the Peace, to the general salts
tzetIoa OF the comm entity &c had taste
for accuracy il all his pursuits, domestic |
snd professional Owing to his aszidui.v
and PERSEVERANCE. ne had become veil |
se9aaIuted with the spirit aud application
OF Law and there we're such preeisicn sad |
correctness IN his Judgements Of litigation. !
Is TO render them II general, decisive. II |
Is SAID that none of his '.j1dgments7 were
ever reversed IN the Gou9ty Courts. To |
tie Htigoaz and qua-reIsome, he rendered !
many salutArT adTiee5 aud though the
Ina=Ilhle advocate OF Justise, when caIIeI !
70 set n the capacity of JzdEe. We, he |
would oi1eo interpose between disparauts.
a peace maker To the poor be often |
sneEei bis generosity aad sympathy bv
iaFglTlnS us fees aud frequently used all |
cue pseeautlnu il his power TO preEeat liz
'oose sued st the Law. He vas mAu OF |
strictly temperate habits su his life. sud 10
ms vas owing, II part, his general health
ana vigorous Constitution Re had
JOINED together IL Darriuouy s2S coupIe
As found II his Journal 4is views Of moral |
Aao sOelA1 dscozUn ve-e Correct and
&c encouraged correct habits n others
As parent and husband he WAS tender
AID aHecHonate-hiz children we're The
ooyeets 81 Ms every =oIEciSude Hissttaeh-
meat 70 trleadz vas devoted, and though \
Man OF sAaguI1s tsuperameut-af strong
feelings sod PreiuGiess, which sometimes
Inadvertently betrayed him jzto errors
Jet MS general department. secured hin the
est een Of las acqUaia5aaeez.
We presume that Mr. Hayez during his |
life made more people happy or miserable
than almost any man that ever lived
Young people cane TO bin a, all hours OF |
the night aGd in all sorts of veather, on
foot, &C horse back, il carriages, sEedz aad
under al Circumstances. His patrons rep
AL coudirious of life sad all cotors
Of skin, aod the history of the sdveasures
Aad mtzaaPs of the lovers you'd make al
almost endless yuIone- Sometimes the
Squire would receive dollar. sometimes
;=O dollars, sometimes three AMI occasion.
ally i've t-r his services according to
the ueauz sad disposition OF the persons.
Aad those Who had no money get the joo |
dooe for nothing
Mr.. NAyes, Jr., the gentleman to whom |
Ee are indebted for the record, still carries |
% the business. which be Informs Us has |
sI~sys been and ztill continues TO be Ii7slv. |