Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

who lies beneath it. The man had lived il
the first years of the nineteenth century
and in the days when more than date anc
name was thought necessary TO mark the
last resting place of beloved one. This
particular epitaph is said to have been
written by Bishop Hopkins, who, being a
relative, was chosen also to be the chroni.
cler of a sad event. The Bishop wrote the
story cut on this stone. and anyone
can read it by coming a few min-
utes earlier TO church by way OF
the western walk through the graveyard;
BENEATH THIS STONE
RepoSe the mortal remains OF
WILLIAM EDWARD MULLER,
who was cut off by the hand of a wise but
mysterious Providence in the 23d year OF
his age. In the week before his expected
nuptlals, in the morning of life. Happy in
the warm attachment of his friends. and the
general esteem OF socity: Strong IN
health-buoyant in hope. and with every
earthly prospect frightening before him.
His death was occasioned by severe frac-
ture OF the leg, followed by swift and fatal
modification. The efforts of medical skill
enc the watchful assiduities OF friendship
were all eNerted in vain, and the lapse of
seven days closed the scene and compelled
him to resign the promised festivities of the
bridal for the awful stiffness of the tomb.
lie endured his acnte sUfferiuks with heroic
foTtitude, and met the approach of death
with degree of calm resolution and ferVent
piety which philosophers may applaud, but
The Christian alone can seek, learning to his
youthful companions salutary and impress
sive example, and to his deeply afflicted REL
etives the blessed assurance that he was
taken from world of uncertainty and sor-
row to the bosom Of his Savior and his God.
Born on the 23d of May, A. D., 1923.
Died on the 81 OF May, A. d. ls22.
The Story of Prominent Families.
him only at his birth and afterward at his
death-was engaged, as the tombstone tells
us, and his hancee was Nancy Denny. The
name wss an old one, even then, in Pitts
burg. Miss Denny was an only daughter of
HsTmar Denny, aud even in the short time
then permitted to girl to be in society,
had become celebrated as beauty and
belle. The wedding had been set for April
Z. 1922. The thrifty young husband had
taken house and furnished ii, preparatory
to housing his pretty bride. He was atten-
tive, as all Young lovers should be- not
only TO his sweetheart but 10 everyone who
claimed kinShip with her A few days be-
fore the wedding young Muller drove Miss
Dennv's maiden aunt, who probably had
little chance for thriving on those sorts OF
attentions, tc Hamilton Hall, near Brad
drock, the residence of Charles Won Bonn
hurst. The fashionable turnout in those
days was gig, in which the driver stood
up if he could pride himself st all on his
skill On rough road one can readily
Imagine tn, danger to which man driving
in this manner would be exposed. Young
Muller was thrown ont and his leg
broken. The tombstone tells us, though in
other language, that the best doctors in
Pittsburg were called in, but in vain. The
things of this world were laid sside forever
by Edward Muller; the maiden aunt. the |
indirect cause of the trouble, and the heart
broken Nancy Denny lived. The Young
man was laid in old Trinity, and all the
country side came 10 the funeral. After a
while, somebody, whose name was Harding,
came along and Miss Nancy's tears were
dried and her broken heart was mended.
The Mullers and the Harding-Dennys still
belong to Pittsburg, but they are not re-
lated. as they would have been had Edward
Muller not driven of on that fatal day in
the year 1922
The Cricket on the Hearth.
This IS the complete cast of ''The Cricket
on the Hearth" which the Sewickley Val
lev Club gives between Christmas and New
Years:
John PerTybingie....Mr Edward Carpenter
aieS G saekIIg50m 1IIg6 M Fan Mr. rib j. M Tate
Stranger Nj Carl Eimball |
Dot Mrs. y. Ii. starr |
bertha (the blind girl. Miss Bessie Anderson |
irs. Fielding Mrs. Dwight Bell |
llllE SIowooy--- Miss McCleary |
The Use of Husbands Titles.
Helen Watterson SAYS something con- |
cerning women using their husbands titles, |
whish, once for all, ought to kill that repre- /
hersible custom. The rebuke is best given |
in her own language: Last of all" saws |
Miss Wstterson, "let any wife take heed |
how she wears her husbands title and allows !
herself to be spoken of as Mrs. Governor |
ZONES or Mrs. Secretary Smith. No matter |
what title her husband has, she has no more |
rights to wear it than she has to wear his |
shoes"
Some Society News Notes.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Welshons en-
q party of visitors at the Grand |
Opera House Wednesday evening. Ar
had been made for box party
the night before to see Crane in .'The
Senator but the expected friends, who
we're on their way from Portland, Ore, did
not appear until the next day. Mrs
WelsEons gave dinner party on Thursday
evening for these friends. Mr.. and Mrs. HI.
r. Campbell ard Mrs. Camubell's sister,
and or Saturday morning accompanied them
as far as Washington. u. C, on their way to
New York.
Mrs. Joseph Brown, of Stockton avenue,
receives Oil Tuesday in honor of
Miss Clara Childs and her niece. Miss Siebe-
neck. both Of whom belong TO the bunch of
beauties expecting 10 hud this winter.
Mrs. Henry Kirk Porter, of Pittsburg
and New York, gave an afternoon tea on
Tuesday in conjunction with Mrs William
Sprague Hoyt, to the pstronesses of the
New York Summer School of Art. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thom as Shields Clarke were among
he distinguished guests.
Mrs. A. T. ". Painter has issued invita-
iors ior reception on December 16 in
lopor of Miss Newton, of St. Paul, MINI,
Miss Lane and Miss Mary Lane, of Trov,
'. Y, ard Mr.. Max Agasslz, of Cambridge,
Mass.
4 rehearsal Of the various tableaux and
iances for the National Pageant was held
t Mrs. Magee's house last night. Un-
ioubtedly faltering success awaits the pre-
entation Of this novel entertainment
.