Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-02
A BUDGET OF MARVElS.
The Queer. the Quaint and the Quizzi'
cal, a. Gathered From Exchanges.

Oddities ana WONDERS,
Antiquities and blunderS,
Omens dire, mystic fire,
Strange customs, cracks and freaks,
With philosophy in streaks.
From the Memphis ArdlGRche.
On October "a the property known as
the "NashObah" estate, near Memphis,
was sold by order of the Supreme Court.
The property brought Sll,7l7.40. 1t
was the estate purchased by Fanny
Wright in 1925, on which to try the ex-
pertinent Of educating negroes. Fanny
Wright was an accomplished, elegant
woman, and very romantic; fond of the
refinement and luxuries of life, but
possessed with desire to remake the
world according TO the Community pat
tern. She had sister named Sylvia
Wright, Who also came to America. She
was no orator, but quite as quiXotic as
Fanny. She also bought tract ofland
IN the then far West and hoped to help
humanity by some impossible and grand
agricultural scheme. Sylvia Wright's
solitary Western life naturally created
a morbid, exalted state of feeling. One
stormy night she was told that the chief
of her farm hands was down with the
fever. She went to his cabin, found
him delirious and nursed him faithfully
for several weeks. Owing to her care
he recovered. He was a great, hand
some, coarse animal, without education,
decent breeding, or good morals. Not
withstandiug all this, the refined,
beautiful gentlewOman, Sylvia Wright,
fell madly in love with this
human beast. She married him.
or course he treated her like a
brute. II was the old story of "Titania"
and Bottom" with her. After few
months she awakened from the horrid
spell and lOathed her miserable mate;
fled from home; went to Europe, Joined
her sister, who adored her, and died OF
heartbreak and modification, leaving q
baby daughter. Frances and Sylvia
Wright, who were left orphans at an
early age, were of gentle birth and had
large fortunes. They were wards OF the
distinguished philosopher, Jeremy
Bentham, who had them educated &C
cording to his own peculiar crotchets,
and very eccentric women he made
of them. Frances Wright married
a Frenchman named d'Arusmont. She
adopted her sisters child and called her
Sylvia dArusmont. The girl inherited
the large fortune of her mother and
aunt. After the death OF her adopted
parents Sylvia d'ArusmOnt employed
Eugene Picault as her agent in Amert-
ca. Picault played the mischief He
obtained complete control over Sylvia,
and abandoning his wife and children
married the heiresS. The guilty couple
changed their name to La Guthrie.
When they died they left three child
rem. But in 1881 the real Nine. Picault
had the marriage declared an act OF
bigamy and came into possession OF her
late husbands estate, including the
property at Nashobah.
Bear at His Heels.
From The Troy Telegram
The TELEGRAM noted few days since
the fact that William Wilkinson and j..
l.. Merrick, officials of the Hudson
River Water-P0wer and Paper Com
pany, had started for the Adirondacks,
where they intended to devote two or
three weeks time in hunting bears.
Last Friday trail was started, and in
following it the two hunters became
separated. In q short time Merrick
heard shot fired in the direction he
supposed Wilkinson to be, which was
at once followed by the most unearthly
wells he ever heard. Fastening to the
locality he took in the situation at q
glance. A shot from WilkinsOn's rifle
had evidently wounded one of the black
beasts, and angered by pain the animal
had turned upon Wilkinson and was
giving chase, while Wilkinson was run
ming for dear life. The ferOcious animal
gained rapidly upon him, and as he
stumbled and fell to the ground two or
three times the distance between the
pursued and the pursuer was soon re-
dueed 10 nothing. AS the animal had
Wilkinson once almost within his EN-
brace, Merrick's heart nearly failed
him, for he had followed on with hope
that all opportunity would be afforded
him to dispatch the animal and thus
save his now nearly scared-to-death
friend.
Once the animal was close enough to
bite off a piece of Wilkinson's coat tail,
and again his teeth were fastened into
| the bottom of one of his pantaloon legs,
which of course had to succumb to the
wrath of the Infatuated animal Thus
| piece by piece of clothing was
! snatched from the person Of the pursued
| hunter, until after an half hours chase
| an opening in the woods was reached
and Il rude dwelling house appeared be-
! fore the eyes of Wilkinson in the clear
/ ing few rods ahead. For this build
! ing he made q straight line, and in less
| than three minutes he fell over the
/ threshold almost breathless and nearly
exhausted. II proved to be q farmers
| abode, and the kind-hearted rurallst
lost no time in applying proper restors-
tives and rendering all the aid in his
power fOf the comfort of his suddenly
acquired guest.
AS soon as Wilkinson was sufficiently
recovered to notice the arrival OF his
friend Merriek he sliced the latter's
rifle This own having been dropped in
| the chase) and vowed that he would
hkill that bear if il took him until snow
flew. The farmer at once assured him
there were no bears in that vicinity.
"Wbat do you mean, sir?" exclaimed
our hero. mo bears In this vicinity
Why, was Just chased into your house
by one of the largest bears l ever saw
or even heard Of Don't tell me there
are no bears here" "Why, my dear
sir,D said the farmer, "that bear that
followed you to this place was one 'oi
my black Berkshire hogs. / have got
over two hundred of them cut here in
this piece of woods"
Alive I'm Her shroud.
From the Fort Wayne Gazette.
On Tuesday afternoon last Mrs. w
l.. Petit, wife of the teller of the Firs
National Bank of Fort Wayne, ap
parently died and the undertaken tool
charge Of the body. Arrangement
were making for the funeral anC
watchers sitting vita the supposed
corpse. At ten o'clock at night fain
sigh was heard coming from the body
The watchers started to their fee
with alarm, stepped to her side
found her eyes were wide open, Will
in q voice that was scarcely an aud
bic whisper she recognized them an
asked for her husband. For a momen