The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-11-16
-. If the Richest Man in Ohio.

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Gsd suddenly, while sitting in his chair,
rst week. He possessed enormous
saith, mostly in the shape OF real es-
are and mortgages on the same. He
lao ovaed large interests i'll number
-TOhio banks He was noted for his ex-
...mp penmiousness and intense devo-
.i0n @ TO money making. Though worth
"%IiOns. when travelling on the cars he
r',nld carry a lunch in his pocket to
awe the expense of dinner at an eating
Sonse He bought plain brick resi-
1snce below Wellsville, on the Virginia
';de of the Ohio river, and made that his
Inne 10 escape paying taxes in Ohio on
his mortgages, Judgment notes and mon
49, He always managed some how TO
void rayiug a large share of the taxes
;,.tlv dine from him The heavy FEEDER
y incone tax nearly broke his heart
Hr wa, very obese and gross looking,
and for several years drank whisky in
Iorre ohantities. He was probably the
richest man in Ohio. He leaves no di-
reef issue-dying childless. He has sew
oral collateral heirs, however, but leaves
,ronerty enough to bestow large for
tnns on each of them. We have not
hard that he left any requests TO benev-
olrnI Objects
Ihe lroll old gentleman who Informed
-. ot fine death of this rich man enter
tanned the party 10y giving some remin-
i,ruccs OF Mr.. Jennings. One story was
MIDI him with great relish by the real
state owner himself and is briefly us
fIlnw>: A few Years since Mr. Jennings
t,,k occasion to ride out in Il buggy to
his extensive mCultivated lands in a
certain county in Northern Ohio His
hundred, OF acres there were covered
w,hyugiu forest, and afforded the best
po,slM. opportunity for making sugar
On approaching his estate, one early
spring day, he saw Company of rough
l00kin! men buSily engaged i'll making
sugar They had not only tapped his
fine naples, but even girdled them, so rs
10 be sure to draiu the last drop o. sac
cLarlur OF course the girdling was
fatal 10 the trees, aud the sight of the
vandalism" stirred the blood of the
owner but he smothcred his wrath, be-
Ing intent Oh getting data.fOr prosecu-
ting the robbers and destrOycrs. He ap-
preached, and personal stranger that
he was, blandly told them that they
ought not to girdle the trees and inqnlr-
cd whose property they We're. ooh they
belong to that - old skinHint Sim.
Jennings; havu't you heard Of the ID
old cut-throat ?" Whereupou they en-
larged upon his merits" thundcr-scar-
ring the said s J. all over with ScathIhg
expletives, which We would rather hoC
repeat The stranger having heard
them go over his own biography, lnquf-
ed rs 10 the amount Of sugar they had
made They took him into rCn%h, i!1
prOvished shed and showed hiln some
three or four hOgSheadS and several bar
relS full of sugar He also aSCerrained
the names and residence OF the parties,
and then drove on TO the county seat,
and tool; immediate steps to prosecute
the whole gang He made them sweat
immensely, and TO bis last days he told
with glee the story of his sweet revenge.
Our informant said he had IN inter
view with 1ir Jennings. Il year or two
since. when tn" subject Di the final dis
position of his wealth came up. He had
never made his will, hr said. Int he often
wondered what hc shnuld do "ith his
property His guest administered trHth
TO him IN rough, electric shocks, telling
him that every one hated him, even lis
own relatives. who iongrd To See the day
Ofhls death, when they would seize on
his effects. After his death his memory
would drot. He advised him tn make such
adiSpoSi>on of bis riches rs to ensure
him fame and Immortality" aud cited
the example of Girard lie seems 10 have
urged the case with cl0qucncc, for Mr..
Jennings was mach taken with the idea
d,buildiug himself up in some charitable
institItiOu. and said, Well. really, l
never thought oi that. and often. in sub
SeQucn, conversation. lCCurrrd to the
subject ~ if the ashes had been sudden
lyblown oil from the cmbcrS Of his Smoul-
dering imagination, revealing that he
hal yet little warmtn OF human SYM
pathy and heucvoencc. But the old ma
t1rc or wrapping of habit was never
Soughcd; the glow of mingled ambi-
ton aud charity died ont, and the old
man dropped dead off his chair. the other
sabbath day aud lives in no monumental
asylum. college or charitable institution
Ot any sort