The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-22

fHTsRuRG, November IA romance o.
the late great civil strife is attracting atlen.
ton here his week, II ID not one nf the
usual sort ut q, A, II, r0manGes which has
q beautiful southern belle ~ a bride and
q handsome northern soldier as tho hero,
henilment has NJ part In this story, II
was y question Of lilo ~ death aud Imam
elal ruin, The hero 10 long sInaa dead, tho
heroine still lives, and lhe probability Gl
Congress giving her $780, 900 points a moral
10 tho tal0-that while loyalty ID always
Spontaneous, w reward 10 frequently yeyy
tafdy
e'Mra' Thomas Harris Of Superior atallod,
Allegheny IA tho lady referred 10, Ahe
and hef children have Tor aome time had q
claim pending IN Washington CITY for TO-
muneratl0n for valuable property destroyed
IN tho South because NJ heF husbands
loyalty 10 tho North Abii fof their TO-
llef passed Congress On Third reading dur
Ink President GaFReld's administration, but
was then lost sight Of, II has been m0desuy
urged ainge then, and the latest infofma-
ton h. that there h every probability
Of II passing finally when Congress foas.
homble4 VA January, The claim amounts
W from $1,000 10 100000
Mrs Harris family ID VOL known, She
herself, 10 venerable, pleaSant'mood lady,
Ono daughter resides NJ home with her,
and three 0tier daughters are married,
They aro tho wives Of John Davis, Of tho
LAWS foundry and Machine Company
Row T. o. Davies, pastor Of tho Welsh
church on second avenue, aud Charles
Phillips, formerly Of Heavier Falls. but now
a glaa manufacturer AZ Thin, o,
Thomas Harris, the husband OF Mrs Har'
rio, same 10 this country from Wales ofigi'
nally, Ito had been IN Iron worker there,
and understanding the business thor
0ughly he s0on aet up q MILL Of hlH own In
Alabama, whore lao had settled, II was
right IN the great Iron ore dlatrletA, and
adding 10 II blast furnace no eventually
found himself In possession Of q valuable
plant Besides Ia cost II was notable from
being ono VI the pioneer iron r0lllngmllla
In tho south Ito employed q great many
mon, aud tho bulk Of his trade lay Ia the
South,
Although living In Alabama for many
years before the attack on Fort sumpter,
Mr., Harris was not q Confederate, lie was
an abolitlonlat nj heart and was violently
opposed 10 secession, In principles there
lore, he was q thorough NOfthonor, llia
position had brought him many petty an,
]noyanees In the period Just before hostili,
ies opaned, but when war was finally do
olared the rebels made II hot for him,
Ito tried 10 remain Ia his Southern home,
but ho found that would DO impossible 10
do with safety 30 long m no maintained u
loyalty 10 the North, Iron mills were few
In number In the Confederate States, and
the rebels arat tried TO induce Harris 10
make Iron for caun0n and other war sup.
piles, lilo steadily refused, and aworo ho
would burn hla mill first, They said they
would do that for him, aud ho was tho 70.
elplcnt OF many ugly threats on Tao lives
Of himself and family,
No porll0us did hls situation finally be-.
come that rebel raids were expected AZ tho
Harris mansion oyory night ono night
hlH AlNIIlN NhNl wv lNlH NllNNlN lNlNlINN NNIlll
TO socure tholr aicty Their departure was
20 sudden that they could take nothing
with them, one Of the little girls was
without shoe or stocking, u part u tho
way, and tho exposure she M iorod was
terrible, Thor destination was PitWburg,
They arrived here with nothing but tho
clothes upon their backs
E..u. fl.N Nlt.. 80. n.sr 40. I..N Ia.
anxious suspense, Thoy could getno word
from Mr. Harris, who had promised 70 fol.
low them In q week, Nearly three months
passed, Sarah, ono Of the daughters NOV
Mrs Phillips and her little brother, who
Is now dead, were one day playing on tho
street. whom they wCr0 oyorloyod upon sco-
lng their father come around the corner,
lie noarly tainted upon seeing them, after.
ward explaining that the thought struck
him all tho Others were dead,
"Whcrc's your mother Sarah Y' he
gnspcd
II appears he had q terrible time, The
rcbcls burned his Alabama home and tried
10 acasyinato him. lilo hud lost all his
ready money, and being compelled to dee
Tor hia He, lac actually walked big part Of
The distance from tho South, North Of Ma.
ION and DiSon's line he foundl friendly
help, but ho was sick and worn out when
ho reached pittsburg llo had loft his iron
mill In the hands Of the rebels, Thoy OPP.
Grated II for some timo aftorward, aud then
wrecked H.
Tho Harris family were thon reduced TO
poverty hut the plucky Wolshman was
not discouraged, lie secured work In Pitts.
purg aud Allegheny asa brioklaycr, and II
was not long before ho won't into business
Tor himself M q contractor In this way
no accumulated enough money to leave his
lamily In comfortable circumstances when
no died stx or seven years ngo,