Daily Republican., 1879-05-03

blindness. 1t was efectual and yer.
diet was found in favor of the contest.
ants.
MR. ROGERS DEATH-BUILDINd DISPOSED
Il OF.
!, Following the verdict Mr.. Rogers
retired from public life in MEASURE
He felt the blow severely, and the
) change in his demeaner was marked
, even to those not personally acquainted
, with him. He afterwards removed to
. Washington, where he continued
the practice of his profession.
He sometime after was taken
sick, which sickness proved fatal
The building was then purchased by
,, Alfred Wootten, Esq , Attorney Gener-
al, and son of Judge Wootten, of Sussex
) County. Mr.. Wootten dying, the build
ing remained unoccupied until up to
the time when it was taken possession
of by the lawyers of this city, under a
: club organization, in whose hands it has
been ever since.
MRS. MYRA CLARK GAINES.
| Before closing we would like to refer
: to the early life of the wonderful wo-
man. who has been incidentally allu
ded to. Her father was Daniel Clark,
a wealthy Louisiana planter. Col. Da
t Wis became acquainted with him while
residing in that State and the associa-
tions there contracted were of the most
t pleasing nature, and remained so up to
, the time Of Mr.. Clark's death. At his
: death Miss Myra was left under the
5 guardianship of Colonel Davis, and she,
after the burial of her father, was con,
y seaupntly installed in the bosom OF
: Colonel Davis family. She had that
= marked type of Southern beauty Justly
n celebrated as peculiar to her native eli
5 mate, Possessed of a will of her own
C she was often led into petty trou bles,
a from which her intensity OF purpose
: which in later days has so well been
= evinced as a peculiar eccentriclty OF her
Y character, would invariably stand her
in need. Self-willed she certainly was;
/. so much so in fact as to cause many a
. secret Leartache to her considerate
6 guardian. Upon reaching that interest.
: ing age when life, at every turn, re-
f veals its roseate hue, she fell in love.
4 Her guardian, of course, as guar
, dans, by long established preroga
# tive, are lound to do in such cases, OBJ
=. ipcted to the object of her young alice
d tions. An ordinary girl would have co
|, incided without the eastoppositlon anc
a summarily dismissed the aspiring your9
swain. With Miss Myra it was quite
different. Stern reproof was met BY
self-relianee, backed by strong de
termination to do as she pleased. He
: guardian protested. She stood stead
- fast. At last seeing that he wasn't 60
- ing to relent, she began to put in oper
:, alton little plan Of her own. Thu
, development Of that plan, when its 70
mantle peculiarities became general.
% known, threw society into perfect fer
;, ment. The plan concocted and carried
~ " out so effectively was nothing les
4 than elopement.
- As usual in such cases the fair on
" was aided by bosom companion of he
10 own sex. Miss Myra's sense Of genera
propriety weuld not let her forget thes
ie minor details. If the thing must b
u done it had to be done in the most az
- proved style. 50 When Miss Myra an
~ y, her lover fled from the Delamore mar
=" sion, they were materially assisted by
Miss Williamson, who atttrward maj
>" ried Raw. Corrie Chambers, who estal
u lish4d a military school in the b,lildin
. at Ninth and Market streets, where tn
u i. Wesleyan Female College was founded
II" When the escapade came to the ears {
y, y, Miss Myra's guardian, he relented, an
." sent for the culprits. The result of tn
:. - interview was a complete sweepin
w w away of "dear guardy's" objections
~ and was followed by a grand nuptia
" ceremony at the home of the Colonel
y During her early life she was kept il
" ., ignorance of her parentage, and not til
80 80 she had attained maturity did Colont
40 Davis reveal to her her family relation;
:, - In connection with this revelation wa
- stated the fact that she was heiress t
e. g considerable property in Nrw Ortear
v which was occupied and in a measur
40 40 owned by parties who were disposed
~ u' resist any effort made on the part of tn
u, Clark family to take possession of i
- notwithstanding the determined stan
ko'' taken by the possessors of the propert!
nf Mrs. Myra at once formed plans to cal
", v. ry on an aggressive litigation in h'
=, 10 own right. Her intentions, howeve
~, ~, received check by troubles within he
'S IS own family circle.
~ The husband soon after his marriaG
y " took i'll, and dying, left Mrs. Myra,
~ widow. In the course of years stl
10 10 again married, this time to a souther
"a gentleman, Major General Gaines
Is ';s After the rebellion she with her hus
-, y, band took the lecture field. She ha
"' considerable experience and being the
w., w. of mature years and lady of eXtrao
w w dinary al ility she vas well fitted ft
" the new role she had assumed. Sll
q spoke OF 1.-THE Horrors of War; Will
- her usband enlightened his auditor
- upon "The Art of War;" Genert
70 Gaines was CT old southern stock, ar
IL decended from q family who were Dor
" had lived and died near New Orlean!
., During this time she was endeavorn
ss to obtain possession of her rights i
'a Louisiana. The General dying lie
as o Mrs. Gaines alone with apparently a
10 insutmountabls legacy of litigatio
y, and ruin. How that litigation wa
~ 70 carried on is known to every INTEL
W W gent and well informed mind in til
,a country.
to to How she grasped the difficulty man
~ ~ fully, how injunction followed injun(
u ton upon favorable verdicts in low
50 er courts) in quick succession; until
-, last by the answering steadfastness {