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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
A BIG CIRCUS PROMISED
The People of WelIsburg When kem-
pie Rides His Mule.
., ~ l..

WELLsrURG, March 22.-The gas well OF
the Wellsburg Gas Company is behaving
very we'll now and consumers are getting
very fair supply. Gas consumers are
under obligations to Mr.. w. G. BArclsy,
the energetic secretary Of the company for
his untiring efforts to have the gas brought
20 town as soon as possible aier the flood.
If the gas company do not rene nber Bar
clay in a substantial manner, they ought
to. Few men neglect their private affairs
for the good of a corpora lion as Barclay in
this case.
Mrs. Sarah McHenry threatened Joseph
McHeury, from whom size recently o.
tanned divorce, with humiliation by the
pistol route. A hearing was had before
Esquire Campbell, who required her TO
give bond to keep the peace In the sum OF
slC0, in default OF which she was COM
mitted.
Hudson, q young son OF Mrs. Jane Muir
ray, was turied on Thursday. Death was
caused by typhoid fever.
Mrs. Meyer, wife Of Jacob Meyer, is quite
i'll with fever.
Elder c. w. Harvey, OF Straushurg, Va,
hes accepted a call from the Disc pies
Yi urCL OF this place.
Tit Democrats Of Brooke county, are, By
,sll sigLed by ", q Fair, Chairman, aud
II &. Lezear, Secretary, requested TO meet
al he Court House in Wellsburg on Sttur-
isy, April S, to appoint delegates TO the
CO. y,u.ior, 10 BE- held al Charleston, April
r.
Th' r. publican Executive Committee of
B'Oclc county are notified ny J. r. Cree,
Chairman, 10 meet in Welisburg Satur
day, Na!lh 29tn, 10 appoint delegates TO
q convention st Msrtinsburg.
TIE Riverside Glass Works is once more
in successful operation.
Everything is moving along in good
shspe ct the Panhandle Window Glass
Works
On Monday evening Messrs. F. C. OJ.
borne, Nate Hart and Col. Jake Kemple,
with his Thirty Minutes on a Government
Mule" will entertain the lovers of fun at
Bsrth's Opera Hall.
Mrs. Jane Hsney, widow OF John Honey,
and mother OF J. H. Hsney, OF this place,
and J. NJ Haney, OF Little Rock, Ark died
d; 'he residence of Prof. w. H. Anderson,
- N.,,n bottom. on Saturday last aged rs
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
IxrFERsOA's GRAND-DAUGHTER

\ Washington correspondent. presents
in the REGISTER to-day a graphic pic
ture of the humble little cOttsgP, in the
outskirts Of Georgetown, OF Mrs MEIE-
LEHAM, the granddaughter and nearest
surviving descendent ofTHOMAs JET
PERSON. The old lady is seventy.One
years OF age. The rent Of her little home
is only twenty dollarsa month; but she
finds great difficulty in paying it. One
Of her daughters, who WAS the chief
support of the family, is an invalid and
can no longer earn q salary as clerk in
3 Government department. Poverty
and want" says the correspondent,
fare stirring her in the face" The
House Of Representatives has just refus-
ed to place her name on the pension
rolls. Almost the last words Of the au-
thor Of the Declaration Of Independence
were, AZ leave mp family to my eoun-
try" Will his country, continue to re-
fuse the trust? Who will be the first
to respond to the dying request OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
BITS OF CRITICISM.
\ Look nc our Magazine writer.

While the inclination of every maya.
zine reviewer seems to turn him toward
that nine days wonde, The Bread
Winners" We all seemed to under.
ttsuG, wen efOre IL e auth ,, sstrong let
ter naie its appearance in tae "Cen
tury," that that story was the brilliant
exception instead of the rule. Ii seems
we are not to name its author among
the roll of talented men and women
who make American magazines the
b. at in the world. The charm Of thai
tale lies just here: The author has
never stepped once To auslyzs his owu
feelings, or the miads of his characters;
he has merely presented facts dramlti
eslly, consequently he ha- never bpred
anybody for one minute. Il may be
that Re will not write IS we'll again, If
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
BREEZY BRIDGEPORT BRIEFS.
Funeral OF an EstimabIe Lady-Lfyeiy
PersoBal Gossip.

uueIhI VI IN AShusaohN s<eeS
PersonaI Gossip.
The funeral OF Mrs. Rebecca Written
took place from the residence OF her sister
Mrs. Csptsin Clark, ia West Bridgeport,
on Friday afternoon and was very largely
attended. The remains were laid to rest
In Mt. Wood Cemetery and Rev. DR.. No
Clure, OF Wheeling off1cis,ed. Mrs. Whit
ten was IS years old, and very well known
and much loved BY all who knew her. 6he
was member Of the Presbyterian church.
end was good Christian.
Yest.rd.y Willie Giein received f1e
rev skiff from Cleveland, in anticipation
OF smother food.
The past week has been 90 exceedingly
dnli one in police circles. only TO or three
arrests being mede during the week.
A little child of Mr.. Henry Manager Is
very sick His wife has just recovered
from = severe spell Of sickness
Yesterday Mrs. James A Gray, Misses
Mary Park, Maggie Dorsey. Nellie R)mick
ard Emma D-itza, OF Martins Ferry, wrre
in ,o7u amerg friends.
Mrs. Apns Schsffsr nee McConuaughsy,
Of Steubenville, Is The gaest OF relatives
kere.
Mrs.. Jas. Gurlay. Of Bsllaire, Is the gusst
OF Bri.ig-V "rI iislds-
": ". 7. HeiJy. Of thee, L & " r R,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
A Perfect Medicine Chest.

SING SrsG, N. T., Post OFFICE,
March IS, 1888.
One week sgo, while engaged In my du-
ties ss assistant postmaster, was taken
with O violent pain or kink In my back; 1t
was 90 painful could hardly breathe, and
/ acbed all over my body. / Immediately
sent for an Allcock's Porous Plaster and
applied IL over the seat Of the pain; Ia
twenty minutes was entirely relieved and
cured. have used Allcock's Plastsrs In
my family for over twenty yesrs. and have
found them wonderfully effective In curing
coughs, colds and pulmonary difficulties.
They ere perfect medicine chest; they
cure without the slightest psin or iuoou
venieJce, bever leaving a mark on the
skin. TBos LEARY,
PRECEDENT OF Yillsg. OF Sing Sing. n. Y.
when Iurct asing 8 Pnrous Plaster, be
sure 10 get "Alicock's" All other 10
called Porous pi,sters are limitations.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
A BIG MARRIAGE BOOM
Again Strikes the Little Town of West
Alexander,
Special 10 the Rcqister,


WEST ALEXANDER, March 22.-The .funsr
al Of VIM. McNlarry Yves largely attended
Sunday last.
Rev. H. A BisyEey, of E4veGswood, W.
Va, was here this week to see his children
at his father.in laws, James TODD, OF your
county.
Mrs. John Pearson, late of your county,
now resident here, has been quite i'll for
some time, and at present is in precari-
Gus condition, but We trust she msy re-
cover.
Dave McIlwain, OF the firm Of Greer &
Laing of your city, paid our place visit
Saturday last and met with success. Dave
was at one time a resident OF this place,
and at that time was considered bad boy;
but since leaving here he has proved to be
OF material which goes TO make q good
business man. We are under obligations
to him for favors.
Your city was we'll represented here this
week. Archy 7. Hupp, G. II Gibson, and
others not known to writer were here on
business, and We learn met with success.
Miss Dora Patterson, OF Elm Grove, was
here ills week visiting relatives and former
neigh bors.
Our tfltnO Jas. SnemOerS Is DONG an
extensive business in the sale OF agricul-
tursl implements, saw mills, etc. he is
the general agent for Geo. Davis, OF Wash
ipgiop, Pa.
Joseph Davis, who died in your city this
week. was inferred here on Thursday last,
The trains on the b. & o still run be-
bind time, caused by running of the track.
Two cars this week got tired ruuning on
rails and reversed themselyes, thereby
causing delay.
The boss freight delivery team Of this
place. belonging to D. Howell & S)n, l.
spoiled by the death of one OF them, which
occurred Thursdsy last.
Adiis Ramsey, of Ohio, former resi-
dent of this place, is here on visit
The marriage boom has besn goJ1 here
this week, averaging one day.
AeKEE's Dyspepsia Tablets never fail.
For sale nv Edmund Booking, G. Msnks
miller, WbP.iing. aad r. 2. Zimnsr,
RIiApehhrt
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
A Railing Ticket,
pk;in Pr,.Ss

WI 1TsSN.
Here Is q cyclone ticket that would make
things hum:
For President - Thomas Ptsmsth Gus
0chiltree, of Texas.
For Vice President-John JAphat Fin
erty, of Illinois.
Platform: The etfste IN ,naschss OF the
Cd World must 20.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

expressed 1t when she rode the broom
stick, being The great desidorstum.
Physicians have wisely prescribed .
walk Of FIVE miles 3 day to insure health
snd those delightful sdjuncts to beauty
symmetry Of form and clearness and
brilliancy Of complexion. We wonder
that this promised reward does not
prove more more alluring to those gen.
tie votaries at beauty's shrine.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
1H3 MEAN BUSINESS,
k.si.eer. eesma.sntIy Lse.tl.r ~.
G is.i Pe.,syiva.ia.

q ss.l Pe.ssylva.ia.
beeial 10 ne Regut~.
CLAsxsz 30. March 2l.-At thi, Nj.
engineers Under 7. n. Jackson, Ro -
comment the permanent location ~ !"
Central nnsylvania railroad, which !, =
form Q competitive line with the R,,s
more a Ohio. It Is thought the ,o,,.
will bel the vest side of the West po..
river, nning north of Cisrksbur, A..
the ID BIT and machine shops erect.d ~
the & ID OF the Hon. N. Cot, Jr. Tn.
is, ho over, quite a diversity of opipio.
upoHthis subject, and Of course Nh.
local dissatisfaction, yet the people A.,
elst( over the good tidings, which var.
pre- pimed by Richard T. Lowrdes, En
up( his return from so continued q To-,
in East. The road consequently win
helrouesticnably built, there being \.
otSacle, with the exception Of procu,;ns
thkright Of way, which task has slrssds
undertaken, and no dcub! will n
ed V accomplished.
lie funeral Of James 2. Davis took p'.s.
a last Sunday afternoon. bis remain,
Dig inferred in the Odd Fellows cems
Is. Il was exceedingly we'll ATTENDED ;,
y citizens, together with the Odd Pei.
rs, Mssons aud knights of Honor.
X, Reed, the populsr clerk OF Joha
tnnson OF this city, died at his home On
kt Tussday morning. after an illness Of
Gree months. He was buried on ID.
eth lust. The Odd Fellows officiating. II.
IS an excellent Young man. lesviugs hos,
u friends and relatives who lament hi
.srly tsking of.
Considerable sentiment exists in IN.
county as 10 the places OF holding the
Institutes. A msjority OF the teachers favor
at which place no doubt State
Il. L. Butcher will put an
institute. bridgeport has some claim q
he has never been favored with an inst.
ute. C!arksburg has many advantages.
,eing centrally located, and affordins
mple accommodation for ell who may de.
ire to attend. There would be no troubls
n procuring q suitable building Ia which
he convention could hold its daily
essions. One of the most interesting 10.
titutes ever held in the county wAs LAST
'ear at Clarksburg, when there were one
hundred and thirty five teachers enrolled.
'roL Harvey, the author Of the Engiish
now used In the public schools,
poke night after night to crowded houses
nd apprecistive audiences, and no doubt
'rof Butcher could send US another - en-.
ertaining and scholarly gentleman 10 edify
ID at the coming institute, which likely
yill be held at Clsrksburg, there being but
title opposition thereto, growing out Of
ocal pre- judice and village ambition.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

The REGISTER TO day consists o: six
pages, two less than heretofore. This
change is made only as an experiment.
Whenever the news, correspondence
etc, luslifies, the old size will be re-
stored. Our readers will observe that
the reading matter Is very slightly re-
duced to-day, and we think the issue
will prove satisfactory in every particu-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
RrfEid Circulation.
Philadelphia Call.

Prince OF Wales-Rather bloomin'
cold weather, Mr.. Griffin. How is Miss
Awndeison?
Step. pa Griffin-Sbe Is well. Yes, 1t
Is cold, that Is true. 1t reminds me Of
my boyhood's days in Old Kaintuck.
Prince of Wa'es-Ha! hai Did you
h'eveh when you were . boy try kissing
han iron hinge on h'a frosty morn
ing?n
Step-pa Griffin-Well, no; but I kiss
ed my step daughter, Mary, one Christ
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
A Yosl.HoathsA Nsnaa

10 sven worse than q foul-moutbed man.
But no oH< med he f"nl aioutnsd II thew
will OILY use snz0D0Sr sni rib Z. 10
veil. Dun't rpars the brush and sppl, thu
o.. urb. rs sons parent do si,h th,t. oail.
arsp sttn Trey Withhold the roi,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
THE Dik6EE & c0MAR0 co.'s
BEAUTIFUL EvERBLOOMiHg
R 0 s z s J.

r. Hi sL: :;t.ss: s 81 so. 49,:
HOleKS fsy 8OakA sisne. Ws 0lyS
HOeKS than mod establishments grov.
strong Pot Plants suitable fof innediats
bloom delivered sassiy, postpaid. 70 any pot
s 81 s.. iII ss s i, s fGs g; Is I: z.
Our NEW GUIDE, . conpists fresaaas o.
the ES.s; ~ e: s,:ssntiE iIloss.:s:ccI; yhs.
Ross 0rowsrs wsss Grove, Chastss o. -
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

OLD age seems 10 be the stumbling
block in the way Of majority Of the
Democratic possible Presidential candi-
dates. Give the old men a chance.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

OCHyLTREE now belie7es that he is 3
bigger man than old BISMARCK.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

IL President ARTHUR yetOes the
FITa JOHN PORTER bill he will have q
Bull Run at Chicago.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

THE Grand Amy men and the old
COnfrderates are doing more to reuuite
tie sections than all the politicians Of
both parties combined.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
Notice TO Creditors.

ITO THE CREDT7oRs OF GEORGE ".
i Colts, deceased.-In Pursuance OF . do.
cree Of the Municipal Court OF Wheeling, IN
the county of Ohio and state of West VIZ.
gipia, made In a cause therein pending. 20
subject the real estate Of the said teorEs W.
Cotu TO the Payment OF his debts, you are
eststs Of the raid GeOyge W. Cotts, for ada
chsnceIy, At his ofios, No. lid ChaplinS
West Virginia, on or before Tuesday. the sth
Witnes, Thomas 81. DarTah. clerk of said
court, this 18th day OF February, 1884,
mrloawv THOnAB n. DARRAH, Clerk.
N THE COUNTY COURT or OHIO OoUH.
Il ~, BsAts of West ViTginia, In tbs msel0
81 tho Drobats Of the last will and testAneot
G. Wi1iAn HSstenstsin, deceassd.
NJ o65ect Of the peiition Ma In ths mat.
ttH - have admitted 70 probate pAps!
yrtting puiporiipg 70 % the Last VIII aod
&c cate the sth day q J.Dsasy, Al
Nth Hs IN NJ o1es that Loreon naaS
thh s'sts nor found therein. II Il ordsnsl
Asl they DO appear ~ ny ofiios, Ia the city
q Ehss ms, In the eoasty Of OHIO; 500 g
Wet Virginia. on the I'd tay Of haseh. a.
Q: ~, NJ 10 o'slosh . m- aL1 Do = a:s y
nssisr;. r,vv, 9Eok9s HooK, uSE.
Tue ndNCeE n c0N On IN -
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
SUNDAY, MARCH -, IssL.

THE REGISTER has, by sew
eral thousand copies, a larger
circulation than any newspaper
published In the two Virginias
or Eastern Ohio. Its advanta-
ges rs an advertising medium
are therefore apparent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

PRINCE BISMARCK now drinks cold
tea. Wonder If il IL Of the Congress
slOnal variety?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

BLAINE has carried the Philadelphia
delegation, and now his book will have
another boom.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

The budding candidate will bloom
before he bursts.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

SPRING jumped into tie meterOlog-
zeal arena yesterday.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

ENGLAND is getting all our gold as
well As our dynamite.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
LITERARY NOTES.
BOOKS R1oxTvm


3Hx CURRENT March ~.
THzPoPULAR SCIENCE MoErHLx.
THE MANHATTAN.
TIE MODEM ACE
The BAY STATE MONTHLY.
THE PANsY.
OUR LITTLE ONES.
THE CENTURY.
Tur ENs1IsH ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE
mMark Twain' is dramstizing his
book, "The Prince and the Pauper,"
and the play will probobly be ready In
q few months.
Queen Victoria's ladies in waiting
mark favorable notices Of "Life in the
Highlands" and send them to her
Majesty for perusal.
-
Mr.. Howard Pyle, the artist, has
written a story, which will appear in
the May Harper. 1t is entitled "A
May Day Idyl Of the Olden Time"
ana it has been handsomely illustrated
10y tie author.
rhe next volume in the admirable
series OF American Statesmen" will
be on Jonn Adams. 1t is by Mr.. John
II. Morse, Jr., editor of the series, and
author of the Lives of John Quincy
Adams ard Thomas Jefferson"
-
The causes of the increasing frequen-
CIV and violence of floods in American
rivers, and the measures that ought to
be taken for protection against them,
Is discussed by DR.. Oswald in the April
number OF The North American Re-
view.
John Boyle O'Reilly, Robert Grant,
~. s. of Dale" John T. Wheelright,
and George Parsons Lsthrop, as 1t Is re-
ported in the Harvard Herald, are going
10 write novel together, and they have
already sold what they shall produce
TO- 5000.
Mr.. Andrew Lang is writing a for
midable work on folklore and savage
mythology; and he will, pending its
publication, bring out a small volume
containing the articles on those subjects
which he has contrleuteu " various
periodicals.
S. w. Green's Son, New York, an
nounces for immediate publication a
story by O'DoBovan Rosa: Its title is
Edward O'Donnell"; and the author
says that he strives to paint IN it 1.-THE
rypical Irish landlord, and to show the
Inc Efficiency of the much lauded land
bill"
=
The May Harper will contain paper
on the Emperor William from the fa-
miliar and entertaining pen OF DR..
Busch, the Boswell of Bismarck. a
clear explanation will be given of the
Emperor's position in relation to the
German people and the German Con
stitutiOn.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

Mr.. Herbert Spencer has in the April
number Of the Popular Science Month
~ a striking article on "The Coming
Slavery" in which he discusses the
tendency of legislation to impair per-
sonal liberty under & philanthropic
pretext, aud for free government to
substitute systematic restriction OF
conduct, which is the essence of des.
pOtiSm
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

The original manuscript Of Anthony
Trollope's "Orley Farm" has found its
way INFO the hands Of Scribner X Wei.
ford. 1t comprises about l 200 pages OF
note paper closely written on both
sides. with few corrections or interline'
atoms. Rari;ies of this sort find ready
market in America, aud many of them
c,me here. The Byron letters recently
sod in London were bought for some
ere in this country.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

The pretty little duodecimo edition OF
the Queens journal which the
Harrers have just brought out contains
the portraits and other illustrations
presented in the English edition. They
serve to show again how the German
strain in the blood of Victoria's family
prcponderates over any British admix-
tuIe.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

An American doctor who is young
and wealthy falls in love with Lady
Barbentina, the daughter of hundred
earIs. What happens thereafter is told
by Mr.. Henry James in the story which
will appear in the May Century. The
scene is laid partly in London and
partly in New York.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

Mr.. Howard Pyle, the artist, has
written a story, which will appear in
the May Harper. 1t is entitled ga
May Day Idyl of the Olden Time"i
and it has been handsomely illustrated
hv tie author.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

Mr.. Andrew Lang is writing for
midable work on folklore and savage
mythology; and he will, pending its
publication, bring out small volume
containing the articles on those subjects
which he has contributed to various
periodicals.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

The causes of the increasing frequea-
CIV and violence of floods in American
rivers, and the measures that ought to
be taken for protection against them,
is discuss ed by DR.. Oswald in the April
number OF The North American Re-
view.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

John Boyle O'Reilly, Robert Grant,
~. s. of Dale" John T. Wheelright,
and George Parsons Lathrop, as it is re-
ported in the Harvard Herald, are going
10 write novel together, and they have
already sold what they shall produce
TO- $1,000.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

.rhe next volume in the admirable
series of American Statesmen" will
be on Jonn Adams. 1t is by Mr.. John
T. Morse, Jr, editor of the series, and
author of the Lives of John Quincy
Adams and Thomas Jefferson"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

AeKER's Dyspepsia Tablets never fail.
For sale nv Edmund Booking, @. Menks
miller, WbPoiing. aad r. 2. Zinnsr,
Bridgeport
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-07-02
In Mn,nnrinu.

Rev. George b. Rowcll of Waimea. Kauai. father
Of the Hon W. L Roveil member Of the Legis=
lature, died on the 18th Of June, 1854, At koloa,
whittier he had been taken TO be under the doc
tors care. He vas born in New Hampshire
January -, lel5. being in his 70th year AZ the
time OF his death. His father was she lev. Joseph
kowell pastor OF the Congregational Church IN
Claremont. n. H. AZ the AGE Of II be entered
Amherst College and graduated in 1881. In 1871
he finished theological course in And0ver Theo-
logical seminary, and was ordained the same
Of Newport, N H., and soon after left with her for
the Hawaiian Islands, under the auspices Of the
American Board of Commissioners for foreign
missons- Rev. DR.. J. W. smith and wife were
also passengers by the same veSscs from Boston.
being sent by the same Association They arrived
in Honolulu September I'd 1872, and Mr.. R0Well
vas located for number of months at Waialua,
Oahu. In 1913 he was transferred to Hanalei,
Kauai, where he remained three years going to
Waimea, on the same island. in 1916. There he
be has lived ever since. never having returned TO
the land Of his birth, even for a visit. He had
seven children, OF whom six are still living. and
y grandchildren OF whom 10 are living. In his
missionary labors he remained connected with
the A. B. C. F. NJ. until about the year 1855. since
then he has been the pastor OF the independent
Church at Waimea. For the FIRST few years the
congregation met in a grass house, but afterwards
a comfortable house built, which stands to
this dav monument 10 his energy and to his
skill as architect and builder. The walls are Of
white stone Of sedimentary formation-not COM
mon On tucce islanus. Inc ueaNy lltnpeIs ucCcs-
sary for the beams aud rafters were all obtained
from the forests IN the mountains back Of Wal
mea, where they were cnt, hewn and brought
down by natives under his personal supervision.
At that time many difficulties had to be over
come, which not known now, but Mr.. Rowell
spared neither physical nor mental labor IN his
effort TO build up the church lie was an ardent
scholar, and kept up his familiarity with the
Greek aud Hebrew languages till late years. He
vas one of the few Of the Hawaiian missionaries
who acquired thoroughly the idioms and pronun-
citation of the Hawaiian language. HIS loss IS
felt deeply by the natives Of his district and his
widow and children suffer As only those can ap-
inn