Telegram-herald., 1888-02-16
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ToLEs0. Es6. l5.-D. &. Locke. editor Of
ths Blaas of lhis sily. widely kaosa as
'.Pstrolsam v. Ssz8y. died Al $50 this
morning. The lmmsii2is o4ase of his
death was consumption of ths lungs The
esasamotisn was inherited. bsiag IN his
aothsrs family. aad several brothers aad
sstsrs dying of IT, Its approach vas very
.lox snd q sas not tiiI l2st November shat
d. -as esniiasd 70 me house. Ills fortune
= estimated Al = million sKciAaife oi ths
BL1as.
DAVID K. Locks. or ~Pstrolsum Y NasoY.'
has bssn one Of sns mOst esisDratsd hUMor-
ia, u me prsseat day. hls quaint express
ions dllsd sitn rare satire. clothed In oddly
sDslisd -of,ls, are Iaaslllar Ia every house
hold 0f the laad-
Locke Ess prsdestin@d % suecesd
Ia ths spriDg "a s45 10 stepped into the
once of ths Coft.aad ~. ~ Dsaocgea snd
aid that be bad walked fourteen miles IA
rsspOuss - al Advertisement Tor an sp-
orsntIce zone from the cOuatry preferred.
Although only "a add siisnt Of build, bis
department pleased the manager and ae be-
s4ms a 'pfintsrs devil fnls vas The nrsL
stsp 0n TIE journalistic ladder.
Afsr being c0nascted with several west
ern papers as local reporter, Ne oecaoe
suecsasiFely etltor and publisher Ia OalO.
from is5Z 10 $50. of the Plymouth ddcer-
assY. Manslsld Herald, Bucy rus j0szrlsoi snd
Findiay JstfsrsOsias. la the lasl named he
published IN I.6O. under The signature Of
Rev Petroleum Vesugious Nasty, letter
purporUn< % coms from an ignorant and
psnnilsas kentacky DsmocFst. Who was
devoted 10 fTse whisky and ne perpetuation
OF slavery, and wanted . DC = roads post
master.
The development Of this peculiar vein OF
humor resulted Ia long series Of Nasby
Letters" .hich Esrs soon Transferred 10
TIE foissto Nl1as. of ~nlC1 Locke became .
proprietor aud editor snd they have since
been continued regularly.
Mr. Locke has lsctursd in al the North
srn states generally On political topics. In
Isll ao became managing editor OF tns Ne"
York Egess.aq MAJ but still retained bis
connection with the BIals. After several
years residence ia New York be returned
q rolsdo. tie has Published Divers
Viess Opinions and Prophecies OF ours
truly ~Ekxoes from Kentucky" aud
numerous other humorous political and So
cisl works.
Vale adhsring irmly TO the RsDuhiicau
party he has been for = number OF years
past one Of the most prominent prohibit
ti0nists In the country and scarcely a. issue
of he Blads has gone out without bearing
The slogan "Puigerize the rum power
His lsttsrs from Europe and from the South.
sriIEsn 20 the Blade we're written. not IN
as characteristic style. bat IN serious
vein. Ogt nevertheless attracted wide atten-
uOn. lie was 81 years Old and native OF
Ss~ York STATE and leaves vile and three
SOUS
He vas offered oeicial positions by Pres
id~nt Lincoln and President Ursnt but
stesAiIy declined. as bis only ambition was
IA the editorial neld.
* was m fs65 that he assumed charge of
the Toledo Blsisie .nrst on salary. aiterwsrd
Durchssfnx al interest, and hnally entire
control he was one ot the founders Of the
Republican, party of Ohio. and the Nssoy
,st5srs ssre bat part Of sas powerful work
he did Ia the political tsld. he was also n
u.,t Of no mean order. and several Of IN.
asvstsonal poems can oe found IN various
church bymnals-
Soue four or I've years ago, bis health
began 10 fsit after Twenty-Five busy years
Of artiuous iobor. and De gradually With
Drew himself from active work since then
be b as written very little, save the oc-
casi0nal Nasoy" letters that have appeared
snd fe~ special articles. cnieny on pronl
ton must De the nnal solution 0t the nquoi
question. and for SIX years has strongly al
vocAsed it Ia bis paper. 0at always through
nOn-partissn metnoas-
Consumption was inherited. It being IL
his mothers family. and several brother
and sisters dying Of It. Its approach VA
very SLOW. and it vas not tili last N0vemoe
thai he vas confined 70 the house. dis ht
srary ia5Or3 snd newspaper we're verJ
probable. and IN bis latter years be va
largely interested IN building and msnufac
turing IA Toledo. lie vas married while q
Plymouth 10 Miss Martha B0dine, VINO
with thsir thfse sous. al grown 70 man
hood. survive him. Tie eldest Captain
Robinson Locke. has been associated witt
bis father on The Rigfe FOR the last dozsI
years. except While C0usul a. NsWcsstle-on
ryne. England. % which office be was ap
pointed 81 President Arthur.