The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-19

We learn from Mr.. r.. ]. settle. o this
county, who has been running a : cam
sawmill at sand Rifle. In Henry county
the particulars ofOne Of the saddest TRACE
dies, Ina connection with the recent vista
ton Of the cholera az that place. that has
come within our knowledge.
At the time Of the first cholera panic at
Sand Rifle, the Eddington family, consist
ing OF Mr.. and Mrs. Eddington and their
four children. left the place and fed with
the rest. After a short time. however.
they returned and took possession Of their
dwelling, which j. situated directly against
the elf Of the valley Of the Kentucky
river. which j. very narrow al the point.
Within two or three days after returning,
Miss Eddington, a young lady of some sew
entcen or eighteen years, took the cholera
at 10 y. m. and died in four hours. Her
brotherinlaw. Mr.. Shelton. who waited
on her during her sickness, and afterward
sal up with the corpse. was taken thu SAINT
day and died within a few hour. Mr.. Ed
dington's son. "A young man some nineteen
or twenty years, with some difficulty OBJ
tanned "A wagon and team with which to
convey the body of his dead sister to the
place of burial at Union Church, six miles
distant, having previously sent onward a
request 10 some friends to have the grave
dug. He was followed " his Ather and
mother andtwo younger children in anoth-
er vehicle. On their arrival i'm the vicinity
of the church they not only found that the
request 10 have the grave prepared had
been neglected. but the people residing
there refused to permit them TO enter their
houses. The young man took the coffin
containing his sisters body to the church,
and. after depositing il therein, repaired TO
the residence of an uncle a few miles off,
but by the time he arrived there he was 50
far gone with cholera that he died within a
few hours.
Mr.. Eddington. with his wife and two
children, went a short distance from the
church to an unoccupied house recently
vacated by its owner for a new one. BY
this time all -four were sick with the
fearful disease; but il l. currently reported
and believed that soon after entering this
~unoccupied house. its owner came about
3 or 10 O'Clock at night with "A loaded shot
gun. and. with threats of instant death.
drove them ont. They, too. were then
compelled, sick nigh unto death as they
were. to shelter with the dead body of the
daughter in church. and there before day
light next morning the children died. The
feelings of those parents. when informed
few hours later of the death of their sons,
In the presence of the dead bodies of the
rest of the children. in that lone church.
themselves still deadly sick-may be bet
ter imagined tina described. Later. some
good Samaritans from the neighborhood
came forward. and after performing the
offices of burial for their children. took Mr..
and Mrs. Eddington TO their homes. where
they finally triumphed over the fell disease
and were restored 10 health.
1t is difficult to believe that such cold
blooded. hcsrtless inhumanity a. that de
scribed above exists in a Kentucky COM
munity. But our informant l. a gentleman
Of unimpeachlhle ver.city, and. while he
gives the incident of driving the sick Ed
| dingtons and their children from the UNI
occupied house b.. it, soulless owner. "a
the common talk of the n~eighborhood,
SAYS he has but little doubt Of it. entire
authenticity. That '-little doubt" how
ever. was all that prevented the indiyid-
ual's name from being given in full. and
his vile conduct held up TO the proper
scorn and detestation Of mankind.-FraHk-
fort XIV TeOnada. august 20.