Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-12-08
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A Terrible Death Scene.
YOUNG HUSBAND SHOOTING HIMSELF AT
THE DEATH BED OF HIS WIFE.

gence OF tho death of Charles II. Durham
and vito, the one dying from the effect Of
pistol ball in tho head fred by his own
hand, and tho wife dying in tho same room
OF consumption, ton minutes after her husband
The circumstances of this painful occurrence
as near as we can gather them, are as follows
MIR. Charles II. Durham, son of our we'll.
known citizen, Thomas Durham, ESQ, about
23 years of ago, praoticing attorney, was
married last spring to Miss Lucy Seaman.
After marriage, owing to the failing health OF
Mrs. Durham, they resided at Judge Evan s.
Tho disease with which she was afflicted
was that of consumption of the lungs. Dir.
Durham, from tho testimony Of all, was the
most devoted of husbands, kind, generous,
and noblo-hearted of sons. She continued
to grow worse, and as the prospect of her ro.
ooyery faded away Mr.. Durham grow sad aud
gloomy.
DR.. Ball visited Mrs. Durham yesterday
morning aud found that she could not long
survive, fow days at the most. In the
evening he was sent for again, aud arrived
at the bedside of tho sufferer ten minutes
before O'Clock. Mrs. Durham wished to
take some medicine, morphine and chloro.
form, prescribed by the doctor when she was
restles and could not sleep. Her husband
asked the doctor about giving it, expressing
himself as if fearing the desire for the seda-
tive might increase. The doctor requested
him to give her the medicine, which he did,
at III, same time seeming very nervous and
excited. He walked partially around the
room with his hands in his pockets, and
finally stopped at the foot of the bed The
remedy did not seem to produce relief She
was then breathing very hard. The doctor
then gave her some valeriatc of ammonia,
MIR. Durham still standing at the foot Of the
bed, and seemed to be suffering intensely
Hc said to the physician "Doctor, for
Gods sake, can't you give Lucy (his wifc's
name) something to relieve her?" lie told
him to wait, that the remedy had not had
time to act. AS the difficulty of breathing
seemed to increase, tho doctor told Mr.. Dur
ban to bring some unslacked lime, that she
might inhale it while it Stacked. He did so,
and attempted to hold it to her face, but
seemed to bo unable from nervousness. She
then took severe fit of coughing, when the
doctor took his place and Mr.. Du.bcn passed
to the foot Of tho bed, saying as he did so,
"Doctor, can't you do anything more for her,
she is dying" The doctor found that she
would sutfooate unless her position in the bed
was changed, aud with the assistance of her
mothor and Mrs. Evans was trying to change
her position, when report rang out which
filled the room with tho sound. The DOCTOR
glancing up, noticed Mr.. Durham staggering,
and supposing that he might have accidentally
shot himself, rushed to him and laid him on
tho floor. Flo did not breathe, seemingly,
after tho shot.
His wife seemed fully conscious of what
had taken place; said she was sorry, but
couldn't cry. She tried to speak again, but
tho words were not understood, when she
breathed her last, thcro being from five to
ten minutes in the time between their deaths
The ball took effect in the right temple, lit
tie above and back of the eye. In his poclx-
ct was found q letter addressed to his wife,
saying that he could not live without her,
and if he died first that he would meet her
in Paradise. There we're letters also to his
parents, and a note requesting that no Coro.
ner's inquest be held upon his body; that it
was matter between himself and his God.-
ZAnesOi1c (Ohio) Courier, Oct. IS.
HOME heading. G.-One of the most pleas
ant and noblest duties Of the head of fami.
ly is to furnish its members with goud read
ing. In times which are past it was consid-
SASN
lily. This was the sum Of parental duty
But lately it has been found out that wives
and children have minds, so that it becomes
n necessity to educate the children and fur
nish reading for the whole household 1t has
been found out that the mind wants food as
well as the body, and that it wants to be shell
tered from the pittiless storms of error and
vice by the guarding and friendly roof of in.
telligcnce and virtue,
An ignorant family in our day is an anti
quatcd institution 1t smells Of the musty
past. 1t is a dark spot which the light of
the modern sun of intclligcnc has not reached.
Let good reading 50 into home, and tho
very atmosphere of that home gradually but
surely changes. The boys begin to grow
ambitious, to talk about men, places.
principles, books, the past and the future.
The girls begin to feel new life opening
before them in knowledge, duty and love-
They see new fields of usefulness and pleas.
ure. And so the family changes, and out
from its number will go intelligent men and
women, to fill honorable places and be useful
members of society. Let the torch of intel.
ligence be lit in every household Let the
old and young vic with each other in introdu
cing new and useful topics Of Investigation,
and in chershing love of reading, study
and improvement.
BEAUTIFUL SToRY.-D. Conway tells
In the World story Of female Communist
recently shot in Paris, that must remind the
reader, by it's pathos and true self.sacrfce, of
some of the scenes in "a Tale of Two Git.
ies." Mr.. Conway vouches for the authentic.
itu of the storv