Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-16
EeniE. OF JcNegson.s Grandson.

Ei2nii: Oh TeiieEs0n SS;s1uSGH.
N:7. Ubs;!as Ward, c! M,i!!a1t. F.., wi:;ts
rs i,iic:?s to ms Nea Vel, Titusa: "Ttsrois
Eppes. SIC !ts: Of tie g;ardsons Of Thomas
Jeflefscu. died May 2):h Oh lis o;ssuo estate,
ucsr Ocsrdo, Fla after ingcricg iaess. at
tic a3a Isl yeats Mr.. E2pes was The s,a CT
he Iaic Hoo. JS! \ Weyits Eypcs, a member Of
Coasus during jefferson & Standardization. sld
some lime chairman Q: tho F,CsuGo Committee,
ard Nlasia JcGalson h, Presidents Youngest
daughter. His father was r,l,!rd to Mr. JEFF.
ferso0 thru b hirs. JcH:rs2p, whose hsif sister
IVES John Waylts Eppcs' mother, the dear
! Polly" who figures 81 coGsp!c1cus!Y 10 Mir. JET
I:isoI'5 Published correspondence, and whom
| her father, ID he eSu5eraEco OF bis ST ioc,
c17,r.d with t md words 0. cHdcaTncut," aed
always tr:rtcd ss his Idol MI Eppes was
tavyi!o g;puGsJu ct Mr.. Jeff.rsoo. AID spent
poriion Of bis chI'dhocd, within his recollection,
with the President 10 tho Ezecu,iSc Maosion.
Ills youth aad cslIg manhood Tere passed With
his family Is: Monticello, the Jefferson home.
sead, wbc1e dep md te5der aff,c grew
up betTCe1 the ysulg mau AMI his Distinguish
cd relative. tbs memory OF Th:oh klr. Eppes
c:rried mcs: !1yay ead ssc:CGlj 10 bis grave.
|
| illustrated Ia the 2rrlspoDdenc, published 10
Mr.. R,udali'5 lilo ct Th9m:s J. ifIson."
Vol. ILL.,. pp 479 4Sj |; was en emphatic
aud Sc iii rant characteristic Ct ttat great man.
the cafe which he felt for lis ta,1ily. snd the
iIGcl:o pains which lie took, ia the midst Of his
most texi5s public duties. to superin!en1 the
smallest detail which cooceiaed his dome sic
HE. Tho msnucnp; letters which lii before
na as | wrl,c, arc Iu;l OF The m)st genuine
proofs Ct this. l0de9l they Arc 100 intimate
10 their personal afScioG 10 Justify quotations.
Nix. Eppes removed 10 Nicrlda, several years
$50 with hlG family. and Tls, OF ouo lime, mayor
O. Gu present capital. Rhtr, ho reuGSred signal
s9tvo2 10 Tie community il putting down, BY
his stocg n:tvo s0d courage, the laWlessncss
Of Vhat w9a ttca piyn:sr sctl ment. lie
dec EnoDg u. es he had lived, in every sense
60 hoG0.cI ADD beloved gcuticucc, carryiug
With hiu, through many misior!uncs. tie re
specs CT ell WHO knew him; acG. BY his kindly
noble chars! CT, re1:c:inS to The las: those pc.
cl,larIy amlebla and highbrcd traits which were
- c>uspicu ,us 10 his ancestor Hlr. Eopos vas
tu:i:d, by his eva request, bsoesth 30 oak
tree, which stands ia the midet Of handsome
orsnse tr)va. the result OF his Owe p.snlog AID
OF bis ste%sr; Industry tx tho past ttn years.
lie leaves aid3V, IVY co.: ccd f,u: dau2 Oh"
terra
J.! STRANGE CASE or SUFF0CATIoN -Corurcr
ElT1a;fD, OF Indianapolis, received ieltgilm
from T. ri, R'sr, al Aaoka, Day or ivo ago,
s:a'i2g tjat the Rev. ID. r. Hayes. The resi-.
dan Catholic prizes, RGa his brother Jclry Tcro
smcthlr2d TO death IL the t2wl Of CoIc2rin,
l!2alopia Guilty. ca tho pEcc dirg night. ard
stq12stlfg his nm dia;o pfcecncc. 1t is
learoc! that the ualoriu latn i..an waro sccrG.
log the r!Rh w,th a lGa,! usm:d NioIas, 10
C0.c.rlR. ard 5lrp: 10 a em.l, unvtntiieled
r0oD, end upJ1 !e!ripg sr1 presumed to have
iufc.l jG::G thai: lamp SD lief: it bu.airg.
! Trey PlTc G0abtllss spiTIca:ld by smoko aud
tho H3i322ouS gases g!ocGs;cd by the lamp.
"Hich 7a5 10 irt s ncp's upon the partially 70.
Cd sEnj. where IL lad hccn Is!:. L. was sppa.
rcat that the ilnp bad exploded.
tic cl:Gu1r a!icr heGflog tho testimony of
Inc members Of lie family a1d OF Patrick Liop,
who iaH ,cIomp.ui,d jerry, the Younger
brother, 10 the H. fitted kou:e, decided that O
: tara'al lrql s. would 20: b. necessary. hir.
lIloh's narrative Wss 10 the tfIlc: that Ito and
the brothers aad the family sacn. the cvo1iog
t|g :tutr uat rbau: 10 50 O'clock, when tho
brothers reared, aael5G word Hlth tho LADY ol
The htH'c 20! 10 ell them uotil late Tao
bFothes Tcra assigned TO acjlinlng rooms o!
, thos? OF lie l,miy. No unusual noso wa,
heiri b. Tie fanny Gu is the eight, nor VA,
anything wccnE suspected u1til yearly o eek,
= Fhen smcke WIS discovered issui 10 con>i Ter
. ao,c Vouu.e from Tie rocm nccupi,d by tho
bEo!he;s Mr. Lioo mado this discovery AID
gave lho atatw, aod hioleu 20. some water,
forced the door, and t:rew i: into the ROOM.
upo2 catering the room sictenug spcc:a.
c.c greeted theu. Tie 1909 va, deuso With
sna ko aGd burning oil. and fro WAS smoIdsliog
10 tho Tashstand ard in The partition of the
rGcm. Father liuyas ;7as Igirg on tho Roor en-
h's 'l5l: side, his heed toward tho washs.aoG;
Jerry VS. lying cIoss1sc Gu tho bed, iaca
do&rvsri Both the b.otLcra Rcrc clad 10
th9ir DIGh. ctC.Les. and qlitc dead. Tito bed
clothes W r, 10 great disorder, as wtro other
trl:les Ia tho room. There was every evidercs
that tho brothers had been uocousci9usly sirug.
CLING Tor alr,5us Sero SO fsr overcome that they
3 could E'l:hcr is;spo or i've tho sliru. The
I room ever IS well as tic enc adjoining this
chamber vas occrpiod, but their last struggles
Welo not hearj.-M. RdM. Him., Ponce,
: Press
g Msuice Thompson furnishes some verses on
Before Tie DAVIS, which will be admired BIZ
lhts' VINO have beeo out OF bed at that hour:
i kesD, insisteot hint of dawn
Came ,r)m tho mountain height;
3 gan. uncartaio CLEAN betrayed
III. tatcricg OF tbs night.
, iho emphasis Of silence made
The fog abovo the brock
Intensely psle; tho trees lock ca
, a haunlcd. hassard look.
: Such q lct came, expectancy
-. Filled ell the earth aud SKY;