Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-15
SPECULATIVE MINISTER'S.
Gentlemen Of Cloth Who Gam.
BILE GenteeIy.

BILE GenteeIy.
Some Of Thsm Who Are lnvolveI
In Shady Transactions.
Especial Cor. Of the American.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-The spec
ulative craze that has contami
mated every class and condition
inclndesss among its devotees {
goodly number of the clergy
and the Methodist brethren O
Chicago are evinclng their full
share Of mingled greed fol
wealth and credulity. The Rev
9. Fl. Fowler, ID. d., now will
the Publication Society, whose
connection, together with 9th
ers of the denomination, will
the Isabella and Alice mining
fraud has lately been the sub
ject of much adverse criticism
was a favOrite pastor of Cen
tenary Church OF this city. II
is but fair to the Reverend
"Charley," as he is affectionate.
ly styled, to state that his mis-.
take is here considered due to
lack of judgment, and that the
suspicion of dishonesty is not
entertained by his former flock.
| DIR. w. @. Daudy, another
prominent Methodist divine,
and presiding elder, now agent
of the Garrett Biblical Society,
was recently, through unfortu.
nate business ventures, forced
to go through bankruptcy like
any common sinner.
Among the Victims of th
bucket-sh0p swlndlers are mum.
bered several clergymen and
one of these, the Rev. j. V.
Fleck, of Excelsior Springs, Mo-,
who bucked Kendall & Co.'S
"Club 13' tiger, has just written
Postmaster Palmer that he pub
fishes the "Christain Magazine
and Temperance Union,o and
asked for information that he
may give Kendall & Co. "a wide
publicity in his next number,
of which he will publish a large
edition..
And now, following these OK
amples Of gnilelessness, comes
the Rock River Paper Company
and other creditors of the de
funct Chicago Publishing Com
pany, who file in the Superior
Court q creditors bill for the
purpose of reaching the proper
ty of the Rev. Matthew M
Parkhurst. The court has de.
cided that the reverend gentle,
man is responsible, as stock
holder of the company, to the
extent of $1,000. Judgment
was rendered and an execution
returned by the Sheriff unsatis.
fed. 1t is now claimed that
Bro. Parkhurst is the owner of
three houses at Evanston pro-
ducing $1,000 a year, a dozen
cottages at Lake Bluff, "a much
frequented religious picnic
ground, an interest in the whole
sale hardware firm of Parkhurst
4 Wilkerson, q large sum on
deposit with Preston, Kean s.
Co, and a fat income arising
from his ministry of a church.
1t is further claimed that he has
fraudulently conveyed his prop
erty to his wife Mary, and in
other ways concealed it to evade
payment of his just debts, and
every one who could by any
possibility touch the reverned
gentleman's money is made a
defendant to the bill. DIR. Park
hurst-for he also is a ID. DIS
pr0minentin the councils of the
Church, and in the Thomas
heresy trial he was conspicuous
as the accuser and prosecutor.
AS long as the rules of the de-
nomination permitted he was
pastor Cfa fashionable city. con-
gregation, but is banlshed TEN.
porarlly to a suburban town.
He is possessed Of a large
wealth secured IN the name of
his wife, q Scotch lady, who
brought him q neat fortune.
Two or three years ago, when
iron went up the Doctor cleared
$4,000 in a speculation in that
metal. He is accounted a
shrewd business man and his
ventures are generally fortu-
nate. But not always, for he,
among others. subscribed for
stock in the Chicago Publishing
Company, which issued the old
Post and Mail. When the pa
per went under and the Daily |
News bought its good will,
Associated franchise, Bullock
press and material for $4,000,
the stockholders were called on
to pay up their subscriptions to
satisfy the debts of the concern.
Nearly all have so done, but to
this day the return of an execu-
ton associationally served on
DR.. Parkhurst is ''no property
found"
These are but a few instances
OF the patent inability of the
gentlemen of cloth to cope with
layman in questionable busi-
ness ventures. "Truly they are
without guile"