Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-17
The Early Sorrows and Disappoint-
nltnts Of a Bride Of Eighteen.
The Versatile Attachments Of Msm-
hers Of her Adopted Family.
Vayi6us Industrial and Social Hap
penings Of the Week.

The Standing of the two families, the youth
of fkk young wife-only Is the day she shot
herself heartlessness of the profigate
whcin she had married, the apparent SYM
patty of his folks with him in his contempt
ibIe conduct, all combined to give the affair
a eIamor of romance that was most gratify-
ing 10 the quidnuncs and gossips, and yet is
rollsd as a sweet and rare morsel under
theik tongues Pershing is the son Of the
Rev. /. c. Pershing, D. D., president and
lessee of the Pittsburg Female College.
Noman in the Methodist church is better
k.bgn both as an educator and preacher,
buf more particularly as fnancier. Asa
fifiancier he is greater than as either OF
the former. He is up on all stocks,
boIias and mortgages Of an eligible charac-
ter on the market, and his judgment in
these matters is considered Al. He also
has Pennsylvania, East Ohio and West
Virginia reputation ofno mean magnitude
as a church dedicator. He drives thriving
irade in this line in the three States named
and for several years has been in great de
mand in the rural districts. He has the
matters Of church erection, church dedica-
tidk ard taking up collections down TO 0
cfsnbric point His sermons ara mods of
historical finish and are delivered with an
unction that leads the aUd'...or to imagine
that heaven is in The vicinity and the
angelic choir chanting the Sweet Bye and
Opposed to Church Mortgages.
The necessity, nay the duty of the Chris
tians in the matter Of supporting the earthly
| tsbernacle in the highest style Of the art
and the ignominy Of dedicating church
sgasnst winch is debt are his themes, and
| % clearly does he demonstrate them to the
satisfaction of the gullble congregation that
i-ityoluntarily the members End themselves
&oppiDg quarter into the plate where only
tEenty per cent. OF that sum
vas originally intended. The Doctor
| does not perform this work strictly speaking
u labor Of love and Christian duty. He
Isls sliding scale for his services and its
facture is not contingent upon the pleasure
b freaks of,he rest of the Amalgamslion. He
IS the scale committee himself and has been
kble to stand out against any strike that hos
| Yet been inaugurated. The scale is quite
flexible, however, and is so constructed as
Ito adapt itself to the necessities of any com
Immunity. Where poor church has been putup
and the prospects for receiving pay for Sun
day's work bad, the minimum, which is $40
kcs,$ ,$25, is charged; but where the member
fship is large and the church gaudy the
| Other exirJme Is reached. At the same
service he is able to call attention to the in
estimable advantages that are derived from
an attendance upon good female college
and as one of the best OF the kinain the coun-
try lie calls atttenion to the one on Eighth
street, Pittsburg. This "ad" is nearly a.
good for himselfas one would be in the
| SUNDAY REGISTER at card rates. The
daughters of the members of the new
| church do not rest till they
are safely hired in the college.
| For this are we Christians, however. | do
not mean to say that DR.. Pershing does not
give value received for all the returns OF the
visit. His sermon is worth the sum ind,
Gated by the size of the church and the ref
trence 10 his scale. The contributions. |
say, are always large and the church is
pretty we'll out of debt wcen the Doctor gets
| through with it. His share is always earned
sid be has no compunctions about signing
| receipt Tor it.
Somehow" have !ost track Of
my own text. started out to de-
scribe the attempt OF very est.
n,able young lady to commit suicide and In
a fit Of abstraction have been inveigled into
giving great and good man his need OF
distinction at the expense OF the conference
Of this letter.
An Irreparable Loss.
However, if should be coherent in any.
thing l should lose my Individuality and
I can't afford that. Dr. Pershing has been
so impartial, so kind, so iudcious, so Chris
lisu.Iike in his conduct in this great
trouble, both toward the unfor
tunats girl and the members OF
the press who have tried in their poor way
to give the public the true inwardness Of
the affair that he desires to have his con-
nec,ion with it set out in Its true manner
Why the young girl attempted the act o.
seltdestruction is still part Of the domain
of conjecture. 1t is said that the incentive
was the desertlon and indifference of the
husband. They had been married less than
sixty days. 1t is true that the young man
is only q printer, that he Is small, hardly q
manly heigh and by no means progressing
\ in appe arance. 1t is also charged by his
associates that he occasionally despite his
diminutive stature, had the courage to
taclle the "Tiger," and as often had his
tender epidermis punctured. The forked
tongue of gossip places still other mascu-
hne plishments in the young mans
repertoire, most of which were never &C
| quired within the walls of female col.
lpge, but they are not substantiated and OF
course are not printable.
Why She suicided.
He made arrangements to 60 to Chicago
last. week and at the same time TO get back
his position on the paper on which he was
| working upon his return and then
informed his wife that ne was GO
ing away. Sunday night and Monday
nipht he came not, and on Tuesday she went
10 The newspaper Office and then to the col
lege. Not finding him at either place she
went home and with all the method aud
energy of despair shot herself The revolver
carried too small ball for the accomplish
ment of its purpose and she was euly
stunned and will recover. Il is generally
thought that there is sill something hidden
in this affair which was the cause OF the
act of Mrs Pershing but if there is it will
not be divulged.
The letter sent BY Pershing 10 his wife
and the one she left lying By her bed when
she shot herself, are kept out OF sight, aud
NO one has seen them bat her parents
They tell the story. bat they Will not be
attended to very soon.
Trade Topics
The Anslssmated association ard the
COMMITTEES Of manufacturers have locked
horns and unless some compromise ot the
| trouble Is made q pEoiracied strike snoog
the iron workers via take place: The man
sfseturers have submitted scale which the
workipgmen say is ou, Of all propTaon to
1 ,1,nala that