The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-06-10
A sRBEETON FINGER AND A DIA.
MOND RING

A ASKBGET0N FINGER AND A Ola,
MoND RING,
Thir!eOn ysSrs ago, a man nance
Jolly, who lived 10 DoKslb County, ws,
mysleyiopsly uade away with ahci
having lee his home TO visit Nashville
Ao was Iolemble well 90, had bcsu,ilu
young wife, whom hs had msrried a
! year previous 10 bis sudden ond fnal
disappearance. and whom ho had suc-
eN'Iully won from powerful, perinl-
cions and roOcorous rival. At the time
Of Jolly's departure from home be con.
fessed no mad strange presonlimeut Of
impcnaiug evil. and hepassionnlely kiss
ed his infant boy tho mornipg he was
leaving, and shed tears. His wife was
enoiente with a second infant, which
Afterwards proved to DO a girl-born an
orphan. Woon he was away sbou, a
week, his wife and friends became alarm,
ed Nothing had beOn heard from him
mo one had seen him on the journey
After couple ofdays tntoleraSle sus.
pensp. search Wa3 Instituted. No trace Of
any sort could b. found, except that the
marks Of feet, as il those OF struggling
men, were found on the banks of the
Cumberland, about TWO miles from a
lending, where it was expected Jolly
was to tAto boat TO como down the
river, Several small soplins were eth,
er torn up by the CoOts or broken, thus
giving evidence ofa fierce combat -
Nothing that could in any way, throw
any ligh! on the fa,o Of Jolly was over
discovered, After remaining two years.
on the farm, and when her two little
Children vera in condition 10 run
about, she became weared of scene,
the contemplation orwhich Afforded her
nothing but The most exquisite pain.
She, by tbe advice Of friends and physi-
clans, sold out and came to Nashville.
In about three years afterward she mar,
ricd the clever but excrulric Dr.. Harper,
who died down South during the war
She had since remained widow, pos
so4ped of considerable property and an,
interesting family Of three girls and
boy. beearly but unsuccessful, suitor
10 her hsnt, having never mattied, eu-
gagged in the Southern cause, and WAS in
the eane regiment in which Dr.. Harper
was the medical officer. Ho got along
inGppsrent good terms with Dr.. Harper
but was frequently heard 10 curse him
bitterly in private, and. 10 fact, the day
before his death, had fercu alteration
.viIh him, which was only prevented
gipeniqg info aiatRl eolHioR3tl,sslhs ga
ltetyenuon d superior OiicPrj. Fora
long time ulIor he death Of Harper, tho
manner Of it vas consiccd strange, but
thought finally died out OF the minds Of
men After tho war, the ffrce but
bstilel suilor of her young days came
~ Nashville and renswcd Acquaintance
with the twice-widowed fame Of his
youth, Very recently ho WAS on the
point Of succeeding in fact somo prcIim
iGsry arrangements we're already modO
for wedding, when arrangement
oecufed IN the water pipe Which sGp'
piled the bonso OF the widow Harper.
10 South Nashville Plumbers wSro SO,
10 work upon the pipe bat could make
no improvement on il, Finally tho
street was ripped up to ascertain The
cause Of The water s!oppSgc, 1t was
found. At tho mouth Of the pipe,
where it was attached 10 the stree. sup
ply pipe, the skeleton of hand vas
found; the Grgers we're closed up like
knot, firmly jammcd into the small pipe
On being taken opl jauk'sniie WAS found
clutched in The fingers, covered with
rust, of course, but sufficiently sound
and perfect in shape to show that it
had been once tho property Of the man
to whom tho widow was engaged 10 be
married. Upon ono Of the fngegs vas
iound glso.a diamond ring whch her
GrsL hos baud wore when hO lcft their
house, in DeKalb County 10 years ago
When these particulars bsoime known
The intended bridegroom hastily left
town. Snl Ihe good lady became sick,
An ouempt wSs made to hush % these
laoia. but they gradually leaked out, and
came into our possession yesterday
The lady has no! yet recovered She
has frequent spells of deliSum, and fears
are entertained by her phySicals that
her reason ha, been imp,iroi By the
shock Of the disCOvery.-Nashuii!e Press.
RULES or HEALTH.
/. Baihe twice each week,