The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-01-19
THE DEATH OF MRS. GOULD.

IutIt nINC SiOIC Out uiClUuutu anu
undimmed beautiful family relations.
Rich enough TO have commanded the
adulation OF woman he has always
been true to the wife of his bosom, the
tender aud loving little woman whom
he took for better or worse some
twenty years ago. He was not
a prince of finance then, simply a
leather merchant, though he had
launched himself upon the sea of rail
road speculation and was president OF
the Washington u Rutland road.
His wife was Helen, daughter OF
Daniel G.. Miller, of New York, a
member of the firm of Lee, Dater &
Miller, grocers and provision dealers.
Mr.. Miller amassed quite a fortune, and
from him Mrs. Gould inherited means
which she always managed herself,
and managed well, scrntiuizlng in
vestments and securities with as much
care aud sagacity as were displayed on
q larger scale by her husband.
With all her wealth Mrs. Gould was
a modest, unpretentious, charitable
woman, loving her home and domestic
duties more than show and society
The good sense of herself and her
husband were probably never better
displayed than in the delicious result
of the marriage of their eldest son.
George, to Edith Kingdom, tine actress,
about two years ago. All manner OF
evil was predicted of the match, but
the loving kindness of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gould smoothed the way to make of it
a happy union.
Mrs. Gould had five children, George,
Edward, Helen, Howard and Frank.
They are all living. Her mother, too,
Mrs. Ann Kip Miller, who is past so,
survives her.
Since the paralytic stroke of ten
weeks ago there has been no hope for
Mrs. Gould's recovery, and On last
Sunday night she peacefully passed
away.
Whatever hard words or hard
thoughts Mr.. Gould's ~phenOmenally
successful business career may have
brought to him from a public which
has often deemed this success to have
been attained at its cost, there are none
who will fail to feel for the intellectual
giant that shows his humanity at last
ia that his affections are so true and
tender. That this is so we have many
evidences in the last few weeks, and
probably none more touching than this
paragraph taken from the communica-
ton Of d New York correspondent OF
last Sunday jay Gould's appear
ance has changed remarkably since
Mrs. Gould fell i'll some months ago.
His once black beard has become
almost white, his features are wrlnkled,
his shoulders are rounded and he walks
with q stOop like some decrepit old
man who has left a sick bed for the
first time in many months. After the
long conference at the house of Pierre
pout Morgan last Thursday his son
George. affeclionately linked his arm in
that of his father, and with Il slow,
measured pace literally supported him
along Madison avenue toward the
family mansion in Fifth avenue" We
might moralizc upon this graphic pic
ture, but cus bono?
Mrs. Gould was a genuine, good,
loving woman, and TO her Jay Gould
has been a devoted husband and q
good nan The public feels Tor him in
this loss that is greater far than any
other that could lave befallen him and
criticism is hushed by the yelling up
of warm human emotions.
Probably the most unique railroad
pass issued this year is that of the
Silverton Railroad company, of Colo
RADIO. 1t is a thin silver plate, about
the size and shape of the passes in gen
eral use. On the upper left-hand cor
ner of the face of the plate is a vignette
showing Il curve of the road between
Silverton and Ouray. The pass is
rolled from silver bars and stamped.
The vignette aud lettering, with the
exception Of the presidents name being
in relief. The name is intagllo, and is
| gildcd, as are the vignette and scroll.
The number of the pass and the name
of the person to whom it is issued are
engraved by hand.
George France, "A farmer of Laporte,
Ind, went into the woods near bis
residence a few days ago to chop stove
wood. lie was accompanied by hi;
son. The two commenced work on an
oil hollow beech tree. After it wal
felled the elder France looked into the
the hollow stump and discovered a
peculiar looking earthen jar. 1t was a
once secured, the i'd removed and the ial
was found to be filled with silver coin
The money was OF Spanish mint anC
its coinage was over 200 years old
France brought the silver to town,
where it was weighed and tested an(
the farmer was given $500 Tor his find
Mrs. Eads, of Jamestown, o., locked
her 2-year-old adopted child in TIN
house while she went to a fire in tn,
neighborhood. Her own house caugh
fire, and when someone broke into j
they found the child burned to dealt
on the bed, which had caught fire.
Congressman Grain. of Texas, wants
deep water somewhere on the coas
liue of his state. He should have it
by all means, but first let him divorce
meritorIons plans like his from the DIR,
branch steals in the river and harbo
bill.
Mr.. Bodime, member of the legis!a
ture from Monroe county, is quite il
at the Madison house, jefferson City
with pneumonia Mr.. Bodinc is
faithful and able Legislator and it is t,
be hoped he will soon recover
We hope the suggestion elsew her,
made to organize democratic clubs a
once in every voting precinct in LafaY
cite county will bc.hceded. Delegate
should be sent 10 The St. Louis meetin.
February g.