Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-03
BELLAlRE.

An article in Saturdays Pitisburg Dis
patch, headed Beaver Wbits Gaps" wa'
read with q great deal of interest by Bal.
aire people. The article dwslls at length
Oa the late HOoktown outrage, by which
an old gentleman named Calhoun was
severely treated by rsil-ridipg and small
allowance of tsr. The perpetrators of the
rsz)o thought to punish the cid man
for his brutal treatment If his young wife,
who is young lady from this city.
A couple OF years since johnson Cal
honD, Of HOcks.owD, Pa, called at the
home Of Samuel Calhoun, Of this city. The
old gentleman said he had heard of fan.
lily bearing the SANE name as his in Bell
aire, aud he had called to sec If a relation
existed There was none, hat the visit
did net prove futile, as the Pennsylvania
became acquainted with Miss Maggie,
a pretty daughter Of Slmaal Calhoun, Of
this city. Tue visit was q brief one, buI
it wss not long ere second one Wa,
made. The II. okstOHn gentleman thor
oughly weighed the matter of marriage,
and came With d proposal. He wanted
Miss Maggie TO tske care OF him in his d.,
clinipg years. Hs had quite fortune and
he wanted 10 ehare it With her. Tha ycung
lady was cashier in leading dry goods
store At the time and had 40 desire to be-
come on old msa's darling Enticing Of
fers in the shaps of cash were made, We,
Maggie hssitated, IS she feared she c0uid
not live happy with en- admiIer who had
about resched his three score and ten OF
gears But Samuel was rot dsunted. In
a love affair be IVES as psrssveripg as q
young man Of twerty-one. After being
informed by the you1g lady and her par
ents that the match would be o mistake,
and he would rever be loved as he would
expect, he urged his suit with g,ester fer
yer than before, and finally won the desid-
eIatum.
The man from HcokstoHn proved to be
one of the greatest ciauks on record from
the day CT marriage. At reception ten
dersd toe couple by frienGs a short time
after the nuptial knot was tied, the whins
Of the groom strongly asserted themselves,
bat his young wife smoOthed them over
and made the best of matters. S1e WAS
as loving and kind IS possible under the
circumstances and all went well for a
time.
The couple went to housekeeping in
HookstowH, but did not dwell together
loog in unity. OF their marriage life the
article in the Dispatch says:
Il was net long until high words were
heard by people passing, snd the Villagers
were soon telling many stories ahout the
qusueling which went on in the old brick
house on the corner. NaturallT, 1t was
not difficult for the Oalhcuns to fad occa-
sions for their wraDgliDg. Almost any
thing was Sufficient. Mrs Calhoun raised
a lot Of chickens last spring She fed
them carefully and let them run in the
yard. Mr.. Calhoun declared that the
chickens we're his snd he locked them up
ia the hen house. Mrs. Calhoun insisted
that she owned thu fowls and she released
them. The resulting pitched battle stirred
the tongues of the Hoo sstOwn gossips to
their Toots. Then the old gentleman con
cluded that he had too maoy lounges N
the house. he sold cue. The young To-
man said tine sofa belonged to her and
there Was another war of words, which got
through the garden rsiliags into the
premises OF the neighbOrs.
SOME OF THE FAIRY TALES.
Some months ago it wss said in The gro
Gerry stores and across clotheslinss that
Johnston Calhoun wss accustomed to beat
his wife. More recently persons gifted
With facile imagiDalioBs OF reckless disTe-
,ard for tina ninth commandment averred
that. "a they passed toe big old house IN
the night time, they could hear the wO-
mans means and cries. Some even whis'
peled about that they could hear the
blows, as if the cid gentleman were laying
il on Justify with a htohipg-strsp.
TIE actions OF Calhoun were loudly com
ineuted upon and one night ten disguised
men took the old gentleman from his
home and treated him in the manner men,
toned above.
As soon az the mother OF Mrs. Calhoun
learned of the ''swinging around the CIR
Gle on the scantling" she went to Hooks-
town and took hand, the result OF when
was that the couple sgreed to tepsrate.
The wife agreed to reliI quish all claims
or her husbands estate provided ne wouid
deed to her the house and furniture In
which they were residiDg, which Will ne
done April 1st. Both husband and
wife claim the homestead IS
vet and neither has left As result, the
strange spe ctscle, is presented OF tho In
coppruous couple still living under ore
roof and eating at the same table until a
certain date shall arrive. Ga All FooIs
Dsy Mr.. Calhoun will take his departure,
and 90 TO the home of one OF his married
children. ,-.,,
Many people think the old man deserved
all be got. Others, especially members OF
the United Presbyterian Church, emphaii-
cally denouuce the outrage, and desire 10
see the perpetrators punished.
THE tale which WAS the immediate
alton for the rail riding was weird
enouOh. IL was said that Mr.. Calhoun
had digged a grave in his garden, that ne
had told his wife that he intended to bury
her there and grow dsffOdils and cowslips
over her body, that be bad whetted an Ak
10 nerIorm her execution, and that her
screams had saved her by calling 10 ner
rescue Rev. Mr.. McKerihsn, VINO hVSs
near. Mr.. McKsrihau, who Is Mr.. Osl-
houn's pastor, says that there 10 not tne
slightest truth in the yarn.
HOTEs.
Eff. Cash, of Mead township, died yes,
terday of paralysis. Deceased was an Ola
school teacher and for several years acted
in the capacity OF Secretary of the BueK-
eve Lantern Works of This city. For the
past two years he has suffered from mental
dissrrargement which was one OF the In
direct causes Of his death.
John Mullen got out of the county Jail
Saturday and came TO this city. DE wss
here seversl hours when be was arrested
again and is now in the lookup.
Miss Merry Nicholson had her eyes oper-
ated on in Baltimore few days since, ard
has her sight completely restored. She
will BE- home in few days.
The ger tlsmen who hsve purchased the
Ohio Valley cement works are from New
Brighton, Pa.
More electric lights are demanded. The
,.l...-a ,,;ca hut the tax-nSvarS will tlnQ