The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-03-21

matter, many of them attributing
the difficulty to the debtors misfor-
tune. The losses, though generally
small, will fall heavily upon the
losers.
The BURIAL OF Mrs. ELIZABETH
BLAINE WALKER.-The burial of Mrs.
Elizabeth Blaine Walker, sister of
James G. Blaine, took place at
Brownsville, Pa, last week. From
the Commercial Gazette we get the
following of the life and death of the
distinguished lady:
This afternoon Elizabeth Blaine
Walker was brought back to Browns
vile and laid to rest in the shadow
of st Peters Church, where she had
been a worshiper when she was a
child, the days when the Blaines and
the Gillespies were the leading fam
lilies of the Monongahela Valley. She
had gone away a bride with all her
life before her; she returned in her
coffin, with her children following her
remains.
Mrs. Walker was the wife of Major
Robert G.. Walker, of United States
Army, and was the sister of Hon.
James. G. Blaine. There were two
girls in the Blaine family, but the
other-Margaret Blaine-died when
a child. Mrs. Walker was born in
the old Gillespie Homestead, which
stood in West Brownsville almost
across the river from the church and
in plain sight ofthe graveyard. She
was raised here; it was here that she
met Major Walker, and in st. Peter s
Church she was made his wife. The
train upon which the body arrived
reached here shortly after 2 o'clock.
In the funeral party were Major Wal
ker, Mrs. 0. ]. Salisbury, Mrs. D..
W. Fiske and Mr.. William Walker,
children Of Mrs. Walker, Major Rob-
ert G. Blaine, her brother, and his
wife; General Eakin, of the United
States Army, an old friend of the
Blaine family, and a number of dis
family connected relatives. The ar
engagements for the interment had
been made by priests of St. Peters
Church, and there was no delay after
the arrival Of the train in West
Brownsville. The procession, hearse,
followed by seven carriages, moved
from the depot, across the covered
bridge, through the neck and up the
hill to the little stone church built
by the ancestors of the dead woman.
There are number of persons here
who are distantly connected with the
Blaines and Gilfespies, and many
others among the older residents who
were their friends long ago. Some
of these were at the depot and came
over with the funeral, but the greater
number had assembled in the church
yard. These with the people to
whom the Blaines are of interest,
filled that portion of the little burial
yard which overlooks the Blaine
lot.
Mrs. Walkers grave placed at the
side of the mound that marks the
resting place of Mrs. Blaine, her
mother, and but few feet away from
the monument that makes this the
prominent part of the graveyard. 1t
is to the right of the rough but pref
ty stone church; below stretches the
town and beyond that the Mononga-
hela can be seen in long curve
above the town.
Father Kearney, of st. Pauls Ca.
thedral of Pittsburgh, and the two
priests who watch over the welfare of
st. Peters parish, officiated at the
grave. The ceremonies of the Church
had been held in Baltimore, and the
exercises here were very brief. 1t was
but few minutes after the coffin had
been carried up the narrow little path
leading from the gateway set in the
stone wall, that the last words were
said and the people turned to de-
part with the sound of the earth, fall
ing on the coffin, in their ears.
After the funeral the strangers
were taken to the Monongahela
House, where they were the guests
of Mrs. Ada 0. Krepps, a relative
of the family. They left for theil
homes in the East tonight, going
as they came, by way of Pittsburgh
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