Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1892-05-13
DANvIllE.
The mystIfyInu Case of Rev. Neal &c.

Col. ". b. Thomas, editorily con-
nected with the Kentucky Homestead
was in town Wednesday.
Elder Kendrick, OF the Christian
church, will begin series OF meetings
here next Sunday morning
Mrs. Daniel, OF Gainesville, Ga, for
merlv Miss Lavinia McFerran, OF Dam
vile. is visiting her sister, Mrs. Dr. j. {.
Boyle.
Franklin Masonic Lodge, OF this
place. will at a regular meeting on the
10th inst, vote on a proposition TO in
crease for the benefit of the Masonic
. widows aud Orphans Home the annu-
al assessment OF each affiliated Mason
from 80 cents to 81.
Miss Mamie l.. Nandenpe, only
daughter OF John j. Vanderipe, and Mr..
James Collins, all Of Perryville, were
married "Wednesday evening at the resi-
dence Of the brides parents. Rev. Mr.
Eklar OF the Methodist church perform
ed the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. X. McGoodwin
have returned from their bridal tour and
are making their home at DIR. j. NJ. Mey-
ers. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Rue have also
returned and are with Mr.. AID Mrs W.
NJ Rue. Mr.. II. w. Eastland, late of
Logan q Eastland, Dauvillc druggists, is
now travelling for the NJ. ii. kaufman
Medical Publishing Company OF Chica-
20.
John Robinson's show is here and is
10 exhibit this, Thursday, afternoon.
The ISrRRIoR JOURNAL met Messrs fitz'
gerald and Lolo, business managers, aud
found them TO be courteous and polite
gentlemen. They expressed themselves
a. being much annoyed at the insinua-
tons OF the newspapers that they stand
in" with the thieves and pickpocke,s,
who sometimes get in their work on
show days They said the show con-
tribut, d $500 to the prosecution OF the
bank sneaks arrested at Mt. Sterling.
Rev. J. w. Lynch, OF the Baptist
church, left Wednesday for Albany, ".
York, where he will preach next sun
day. He was there las, summer aud deliv'
cred an address before the Young Men 5
Christian Association and also preached
several sermons. Since then the Albany
Baptists have offered him fine church
and a big salary and have renewed the
offer several times. Although Mr.. Lynch
has said but little in regard TO his inten-
tons in the matter, his friends think
he will not accept the call, as his health
is rather delicate and he prefers for that
reason the country life OF Kentucky.
The Kentucky newspapers have
again taken up the case OF Rev. Il. NJ.
Neal. who they say has Just completed
wears sentence in toe Missouri peniten-
tiary for bigamy. aud is back among the
members OF his old congregation at Mt
Vernon, Mo, many OF whom believe
him an innocent and prosecuted man. A
brief history of Neal II there Toe only
one, and OF the Meals, II two, is as fol
lows: About II years ago there appear
ed in this county aud that part OF Lin
coin adjoining Boyle, a young man 10y
the name OF b. NJ. Neal. But little wa
known of his earlier history and as he
was common farm labortr, quiet an'
unobtrusiye, no one took the trouble Il
make inquiries concerning him. AmonI
other people he worked for was Jailer +
NJ. Shumate. then renter OF Mrs. Ann'
d. Moore's farm, on the Perryyille pike
Neal was uneducated. lie could scarce
ly read. and If he could write at all,
was little II anything beyond his sigma
ture that he could put on paper Bu
friendless. moneyless and ignorant Is h'
was, longing seemed to possess hi
soul for something better than he ha'
known His friends and acquaintance
were necessarily few, and OF the humble
class being made uplof residents oil th'
"knobs" and the country sklrting abou
them. He seemed to be religiously In
clined and joined the Christian ehurcl
during a revival held at one OF the knol
churches. He soon felt that he had beel
called to preach the gospel and bis el
forts in that line began among peopl
hardly competent to criticize his crud
and probably ridiculous utteranees' IL
married Martha Mann, who lived sever
al miles back Of Junction City, and con
tinued his farm labor and his preaching
IL
At the preaching people gradually grey
TO laugh less, for it began to be seen tina
he was slowly bursting ithe bonds
chose twin iailers OF the daring heart
low birth and iron fortune" His ma
ried life came to be unhappy. He some
times went away from home to preac
and did not take his wife with him. sh
did not like that, and imagined he va
getting tired OF her, and as matter
fact. he probably was. Once when .
was holding meeting at Cornishvill
in Mercer county, she followed him. an