The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-09
A MISER'S MONEY.
e,ooo MysTERIoUsLY MISSING.
Ap..d Hermit NAs wa. Toe saee.ilsulin nltlDs
his HOlrd-nOand.rlls natt.rs-B.llalrt,
nlrtin'. Psrry and 81. ClAlrsrllls Notes.
a.n.r,l s...s el..sinss &c.

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MilIigan Taylor. of TaylOr's Ridge, Mar.
shall county, died a few days ago, aged about
"A years. The deceased had occupied the old
log house where he died for many years past,
living a sort OF q hermit life, being q bache-
lor and having no one with him. He owned
a considerable amount Of land, and being ex.
trsmely penurious and misery in his dispos-
ition and habits, 1t was known that he had
snassed considerable OF q fortune, which was
supposed 10 be concealed somewhere about
the house.
Like all misers, Taylor was extremely sus:
pIciOus Of his fellows, and 1t was supposed
that no mortal man knew anything about
either the amount Of his horde or Its hiding
place, but In this, as the sequel will show,
people were In error. Immediately after the
old gentleman's death, an administrator,
Mr.. Hornbr0ok, was appointed 70 take
charge aud dispose OF his effects. Appraisers
were appointed 10 list and value the personal
estate.
On the day set for the listing the property,
a large crowd OF curious neighbors gathered
ut the house, drawn there by u desire 20 look
on the vast sums Of money that 1t was conf
IDENTIFY expected q Aearch OF the premises
would bring TO light. After a long and patient
search through every probable and inproba'
BILE nook and corner Of the old habitation, an
old sack made OF some material resembling q
coffee sack, about three and q hall feet long,
and about six inches in diameter, was tished
out by means OF q cane with q crook 1t the
end, from a mass OF old shoes, worn out
wearingapparel and other refuse, from under
a sort OF an old cupboard, or receptacle for
dishes, pois &c. The sack was found 10 COD.
tain 1852 80 IN gold, and S24s SO in silver and
coppers, many OF the coins being OF ancient
date. A number OF trade dollars were also
in the lot. Among the crowd who anxiously
watched the operations OF the appraisers, was
a neighbor, one John Dwyre, who, ait r the
specie had been resurrecttd from Its strange
hiding place, informed the appraisers that he
was aware OF the hiding place OF the
money all the time; that he bad, at
the request Of Mr.. Taylor, in February last,
assisted the old mar In counting his money,
and that they had counted 50, 00e In green
backs. The paper money had been carefully
divided into $1,000 packages, aleaf torn from
an old almanac folded around each $l,C00.
aud the money then placed In an old tin fruit
can, which he described as a ''long halfgallon
can" After placing the money 10 the can,
Mr.. Taylor said to Dwyre: III anything
should happen To me, or should die sud.
denly, you will lnd this can and money
among the old rags behind the chimney In
the loft"
To say that those present were astonished
at this revelation, coming at SO late an hour.
after standing by and watching. the long
tedious search OF the appraisers, Is drawing
il mild. In answer to the question why be
did not make this known sooner, and save
the appraisers all this trouble, Mr.. Dwyre re-
piled that ''he didn't think 1t was any OF his
business"
A most scrutinizlpg search fthe loft, how.
ever, failed TO discover the lost thousands.
and it is supposed that the old gentleman had
removed the money to some other hiding
place. Mr.. Dwyre turned over to the ad-
ministrator notes 10 the amount OF about$2i.
coo that had been placed in his hands by
Taylor for safe keeping. The old man ap.
pears to have made an exception In Mr..
Dsyre's case, as he gave evidence 81 placing
the most explicit confidence in his entire
honesty, by not only exhibiting his money
70 him and telling him OF the place where he
kept It concealed, but IN giving into his
keeping without the slightest evidence OF the
trus. tie notes held by him against different
persons, aggregating the sum OF $500. As
far US the writer eau learn there Is not, nor
has there been, the slightest suspicion among
the people OF tine neighborhood, or the heirs
OF the dead man, Of Mr.. Dwyre's entire hon
esty In the matter. yf
That Taylor bad in his possession at the
time Of his death fully as largs u sun, IL not
larger than that described by Mr.. Dwyre,
those in q position 10 form Q very accurate
estimate fully believe.
The M.Gugin gas well has been sod.
The Washington Lead Works Company 10
entertaining a proposition 10 sell D part OF
Its grounds TO a plate gl'ss company.
Long & Son, grain merchants, OF Little
Washington, fornerly OF Pittsburgh. have
made an assignment TO L. Mcconnell.
Smallpox has broken out in Barker Ridge
district, Wyoming county. There have been
titIy cases and nine deaths within q few
days.
From present Indications the acreage of
corn this year will be nearly 50 per cent
larger than last. The fear that tue wheat
prop would not be large has induced farmers
u put In a much larger crop OF corn than
usual. ID. ..,.a ~
District across the river, still owns "0ld
Bill" the horc he rode at the funeral Of
President Lincoln at indianapolis 10 1865.
He Is still n serylceable work horse.
The Washington Reporter makes this sug.
~gestion; IL will be remembered that some
weeks sgo a party OF yagabonds, with bears,
mules and children, passed through Wash
ington. 1t was reported then that they
had q dead baby with them, aud It 10
now suggested that, instead OF feeding It
10 the bears, they threw It into CHARTERS
creek, and that It is the babe found on the
9th instant.
The q. s. Maruhal 10 out Of money for the
payment OF United States Witnesses at the
present term Of the Federal Court at Charles.
ton. He had, at the beginning of court, only |
81, 046. 81, which was appended The second day,
Since that time all, witnesses have received
certificates from the Clerk OF the Court, and
have traded them Of on the best terms they
could. The rate Of discount lie abouttwenty-
five per cent The fiscal year ends June 80,
be appropriated until the next Congress does
1t, II will likely be about one year before
these witnesses certificates will be paid.
When they are paid It will be directly from
the Treasury Department and not through
Mershal Atkinson.
WEST VIRGINIA COAL
Last evenings Pittsburgh Leader says: An.
other surveying corps will start next week
for Huntington, w. Va, with q view OF fol.
lowing up former surveys In which the Penn.
sylvania railroad, Baltimore & Ohio
and Vanderbilt have been engaged
looking to the development Of the great
mineral and other esource OF West Vir-
ginia. A Leadr reporter learnedto.dsy that
quite a number OF Pittsburgh coal men
are becoming dlsgusted over the fact
that West Virginia coal, while not from
one-half to one cent per bushel rs
valuable for manufacturing or domestic pur.
poses as that mined FROM the phenomenal
measures OF Southwestern Pennsylvania, Is
outselling ithe latter In New Orleans and
otbet southern markets. Were II not for the
money invested here The disgust goes 90 far as
10 impel some Of our local COIL Operators 10
pull Up stakes, but the Pittsburgh Coal ex.
change as a body feel certain that the black
diamonds from the western slope Of the
AllCghenies viii maintain. their naturally