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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-02

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Apply to Tho Woat Virginia Savings
and Building Association, Room is
Masonic Temple. Office hours: G:lS TO
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-02

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saith the Lord God Almighty unto the
ruler in the midst of Israel, an angel OF
the Lord God, the most high that ruleth
in the kingdom of men, will smite thee
because thou wouldst not give God the
glory, and the worms will eat thy flesh
and thou shalt give up thy spirit
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel,
the most high unto thee. For the mouth
of the Lord hath spoken it. Mnason."
Mnason and his converts always spoke
to strangers in this imitation Biblica
way. Mnason used to wear his hair so
long that it hung down onto his
shoulders, and his beard fell almost to his
marriage law, and all OF his disciples
must believe as he does. He also lays
down the law against the eating of meat.
He and his band subsisted entirely on
potatoes. turnips, bread, fruit and a
mixture called buttermilk pap. This diet
gave all OF them peculiarly palhd
look. Mnason is a vigorous man, though,
close-cropped, he is not SO eccentric look
ing as formerly.
The Angel dances often took place at
meal times. A resident of Park Ridge
who was invited to become disciple OF
the Church of the Living God supped
at the house just before Mnason left, and
he described the performance to the writ
er. No other outsider has ever witnessed
the spectacle. This is the way the dance
was described:
Finally when Mnason had eaten
enough, he seemed to make up his mind
that something was wrong. The devil is
among usn he shouted Chase him
away! AT this old Jane Howels got up
and began to prance around the table as
fast as she could.
Jump over it!'' shouted Mnason. She
put her hand on John the Baptist
shoulder and sailed over the table almost
without touching dish. Then she com.
menced to cavort around us again until
she had covered fourteen laps.
During all this time the Others were
clapping their hands, 'praising the Lord.
and squirting the old woman to renewed
efforts. She got wilder and wilder
and finally jumped upon the table anc
sloshed around among the vegetable
dishes. She stepped on big cake and
mashed it fiat.
I'm the meantime old man Storms
who had not yet finished eating, grabbed
some 'buttermilk pap and fieo. The ole
woman kept up dancing among the vege
able dishes until she had Over5urneC
nearly all of them. Then she sat dowr
by John the Baptist. painting with excite
ment, amid the rapturous EXPLANATIONS o
the disciples.
"This was an ordinary Angel dance
but it did not end here. Things woulc
have quoted down if John the Baptis
had not leaned over and made an affec
tionate remark to the painting Mrs. How
ellis. Mnason heard it. and waxed wroth
He jumped up and kicked the table over
Away. went the turnips, potatoes
buttermilk pap and dishes with grea
clatter. In an instant Manson and Johr
the Baptist" were clinched like pair O
cats, and rolled over the floor in the de
bris, fighting for dear life.
" 'Silas the Pure, in trying to separate
them received quantity of mashed pota
! d, and the dishes began to fly. Yor
.ou.a have heard the noise of comba
miles away When they got through
there were mashed turnips and buttermill
The herald., 1895-03-20

pap on the windows and walls, and
mashed potatoes on the ceiling. The floor
was covered with broken dishes and the
place looked as though it had been up
turned by an earthquake.
''In their struggles the disciples had
rolled over and over on the floor until
their clothes were covered with proven
der. When quiet had been restored Nina
son said praise the Lord, and the
others said Amen! That settled it. l
did not join the Church of the Living
God" The cause of Mnason's departure
was the fear of another term in the peni-
tertiary. The neighbors were preparing
for another crusade against the Angel
and Silas the Pure have also disap-
peared. The two old women still linger
about the Stroms farm, but there is mea
on the,table now and old Hermann Storms
is once more the boss.
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son. was the chief of the band, and he
lorded it over the others with a power
that was as absolute as if he rea lily
were what he claimed to be.
The people in the surrounding country
always spoke of them as the Angel
Dancers, and unpleasant stories were told
OF Mnason's queer influence over the
women. Time after time efforts were made
to drive them out of the neigh borhood,
but without success. Mnason is very
shrcwd man, and when the law was
evoked he was generally able to wriggle
himself free by the exercise of some legal
technicality Except for his shrewdness
it might have been possible to have him
confined on the insanity plea, but the
people who disliked him most acknowl-
edged that he was an unusually clever
man.
The strange people lived on what was
known as the Storms farm. about three
miles from Park Ridge. suburb less than
twenty miles from New York. The farm
is in a sparcely- settled region. and it's
isolation was one of the causes of the pro-
lonGed stay of the obnoxious sect in that
neighborhood. AS it was. frequent
threats were made of tar and feathers for
only laughed them to scorn. Mnason
called the farm "Happy Valley" The
neighbors called it 'Hel's Hole"
The farm was the property of Hermann
Storms. weak old man with a wife and
daughter named Mary. In some way the
women met Mnason and he became
member of the Storms family. Prior to
Mnason's advent in the household both
Mrs. Storms and Mary had displayed an
almost morbid interest in religious mat
ters. Shortly after Mnasons appearance
the two men who afterward became
known as John the Baptist and Silas the
Pure appeared, and later the two old
women The names of the latter are j n =,
Howells and Mrs. Berry. The names Q
the two men were never learned.
In short time Mnason became the real
head of the household. Old man Storms.
who was a shoemaker and farmer COM
bined. was showed into the background
and his wife and daughter treated him
with no more consideration than did the
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others. He was permitted to have no
say in the management OF the house.
and fear of bodily ill-treatment kept his
mouth sealed. He never joined the re-
ligious band and for this he was always
spoken of by the others as an emissary of
the devil. Some times he did complain
to the neighbors, and they urged him to
have the whole crowd arrested but his
fear of openly disgracing his wife and
daughter held him back
About year and half ago, after many
previous attempts, the people had Nina
son, John the Baptist and Silas the Pure
arrested on the charge of keeping dis
orderly house and they were all sentenced
to one years imprisonment in the state
penitentiary at Trenton. AT the trial the
two companions OF Mnason refused to dl-
vulge their identity and served their sem
fences as John Doe and Richard Roe.
During their imprisonment Mary Storms
induced her father to deed to farm to
her. and on the release of the three men
last September they all returned to the
farm and the orgies OF the Angel dance
were continued with more abandon than
ever.
Mnason's idea of himself is admirably
shown in the following letter, which he
sent to Presiding Judge James M. Van
Allen the day he left for Scranton. Judge
Van Allen was the official who sentenced
him to the year in prison. This is the
letter:
"After taking my departure from thee,
at thy office, the spirit of God, the Lord
of Hosts, the Holy One of Israel, in
still voice, spake unto me as went on my
way down the street to take the train to
New York and thence to Scranton. Pa.
The still. small voice of the God of Israel
spake unto me, saying:
@ Thou son of man, write unto Van
Allen, the Judge and ruler in Israel, my
word, saying it is written whatsoever
thou has met unto others shall be met
unto thee
Moreover, the word of the Lord came
unto me, saying:
''As thou, 0 ruler. met unto those my
servants in the court of injustice and in
tended TO stop the cause of the Almighty
and most high God, SO will stop thy
course, in the world of thy natural life,
and thou shalt be removed
Moreover, the word Of the Lord God Al
mighty came unto me, saying: Thus
The herald., 1895-03-20
CALLS HIMSELF SAVIOR
Bent on Founding a Wierd, New
Religion
KNOWN AS ANGEL DANCERS
Huntsman Mnason Says the Lord Speaks
Through Him
His Disciples Known as John the Baptist and
Siias the Purc-An Odd New
Jersey Lot

Special Correspondence to The Herald.
Jersey City, March 16.-One of the
strangest characters in the whole wide
country-a man whose religious fanati-
cism has long troubled the community
about Park Ridge, New Jersey-has just
packed up his few traps and fled to Scran-
ton, Pa, with the intention OF seeking
new fields for the planting OF his weird
Biblical beliefs.
The man is known as Huntsman Nina
son. He calls himself the Saviour, and
claims that the Lord speaks through him,
and that whatever he says is the voice of
the gospel At the place in New Jersey
where he has lived for the past FIVE
years he had six converts, four women
and two men. Three of the women were
old and the fourth was young girl. at
tractive and pretty. One of the men was
known as John the Baptist" and the
other was called "Silas the Pure" Nina
The herald., 1895-03-20
THE FUNNY POSTMASTER

A funny postmaster recently sent to
the Postoffice Department a new set OF
postofice rules. They were:
A pair of onions will go for cents.
Ink bottles must be corked when sent by
mail.
1t is unsafe to mail apple or fruit trees
with the fruit on them.
Alligators over ten feet in length are
not allowed to be transmitted by mail.
AS all postmasters are expert linguists,
the addesses may be written in Chinese or
Choctaw.
postage stamps and envelopes; the post
master cannot be compelled to do this.
Persons are earnestly requested not to
send postal cards with money orders in
closed, as large sums are lost IN that way.
John Smith gets his mail from 679, 279
postotfices; hence letter directed to John
Smith, United States, will reach him.
Ducks cannot be sent through the mail
when alive. The quacking would disturb
the slumbers of the clerks of the postal
cars
1t is earnestly requested that lovers
writing to their girls will please confnc
their gushing rhapsodies to the inside OF
the envelopes.
Nitro glycerine must be forwarded at
the risk of the sender. If it should blow
up in the postmaster's hand he cannot
be held responsible.
When watches are sent through the mail,
if the sender will put notice on the out
side. the postmaster will wind and keep
in running order.
When you send money order in a let
ter always write full and explicit direc-
tions in the same letter, so that any per-
son getting the letter can draw the money.
When letters are received bearing no di-
rection the persons for whom they are in
tended will please signify the fact to the
postmaster that they may at once be for
warded.
The placing of stamps upside down on
letters is prohibited. Several postmas-
tiers have recently been seriously injured
while trying to stand on their heads to
cancel stamps placed in this manner.
The herald., 1895-03-20
COLLEGE GIRLS TO DARN SOCKS

The half hundred goods at Adrian,
Mich. College have decided to aid in the
construction Of the new gymnasium by
earning dollar apiece. Among the de-
socks of the male students. The price
started at 10 cents pair. according to
the notices posted on the outside doors
OF the female dormitory, but the girs soon
began cutting the price, and now cents
will secure a good Job. The girls will
which each will relate in detail how her
dollar was earned.
The herald., 1895-03-20

severe rheumatic pain in the left
shoulder had troubled Mr.. J. H. Lopez, u
wellknown druggist of Des Mones, Ia,
for over six months. At times the pain
was so severe he could not lift anything.
With all he could do, he could not get rid
of it until he applied Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. II only made three Applicant ons
of it, he says, land have since been free
from all pain" He now recommends it to
persons similarly afflicted. 1t is for
sale by Off q Vaughn, Fourth and Spring
steets, and G. F. Heinzemann, 222 North
Main street, druggists.
The herald., 1895-03-20
Francois Volcano

Frances single volcano has been unus-
ually active during the cold weather. 1t is
low. broad, hill, 40 feet high, near
Decazevile. in the department of the
Aveyron. The crater sends out thick
clouds of smoke, and burning lava is seen
at the bottom of the tissures.s Ii u stick
is thrust into the ground it catches fire,
and smoke, sparks and sometimes flame
come from the hole made. Since 1870 the
hill has never been SO active as now.
The herald., 1895-03-20
Rupture

To the people who are suffering from rupture.
Prof. Joseph Fandry formerly of Berlin, Ger.
many, now OF Santa Barbara is practical rup
ture specialist and truss manufactures In
formation free whereby you can become cured
Those having tried all kinds OF patent trusses
and found no relief, also have given up all
hope, to those people am calling their atten-
ton and especially ask them to send me their
address.
The herald., 1895-03-20
HERALD BOOK COUPON.

CUT THIS COUPON OUT. and send
or bring to the HERALD. with 10 ccnts,
and any one OF the above list OF books
Z will be mailed or presented, without
further charges.
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Stockholders Meeting.

NOTICE Ia HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ Board Of Directors Of the Hesperia Land
Hsi Water Comp has, by resolution duly
s.GsG " Meeting sI 0 81 the ssnus stoS;ckh e
vs. Ct said, company to meet
D. Ts"sds;, Apiil CID, 1875, at 4 O'Clock
!, NJ. tt mo ones ~ the ,o:npnny, being room
~ a:nurury r:,iainx. N the CITY OF Los An
k.ieE, LIS lns.:ss eoun:y, s.rlc OF California
snlG s.aes Of inse.ing tc:a2 he principal place
ySa'u the nosrd vi ulfectSrs usually meet.
s.,d iles!iss OF tbs s;sC. hclIcrs OF said cor
Ta,AtiUn is called :or she purpose III consider
ii,G .sc prnprict? D. CT eating bonded iHdcbr-
eGacss tf tho esid rorporaloa for the suri or
AMOUNT ef 40, O0p. tnii.siy thousand dollars),
tss oLY .ncnt OF Ill iEccotcdnessie DC secured
b. moftSsSc or dccl cf trus,uron the property
OF the sale corporation. 1t il further orde red
tssi Tho fo,sating Older no pnhiished in his
llerAi:. = newspaper VI Slisheu N Los Angeles
t.iy, Csl, Is provided BY LAW.
e. II. MOTT,
Secretary o: said Corporation.
Deitd this 2lst day Of February, 1893.
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If the hair is fall ng out and turning gray,
the glands OF the skin need stimula ing and
color food, and the hest remedy anu stimulant
is Halls Hair Reviewer
The herald., 1895-03-20

BOOKS
New Offer.
One Coupon Only
WHICH WILL BE FOUND BELOW.
For one coupon and 10
cents you can get any
of the books on this
list.
- Present the coupons at the HERALD
Office. Or any one of these books will be
mailed to any address, postpaid, for one cou.
pom and 10 cents.
BEYOND THE CITY .......A Conan Doyle
THE MAN IN BLACK. Stanley J. Weyman
THE MAHARAJAH's GUEST. An Indian Exile
THE LAST OF THE VAN STACKS. ..........
Observation-Disclosures. Edward s Vsn-Zile
ALOVER'S FATE AND A FRIENDS COUN-
Sell. Observation-Disclosures. Anthony Hope
WHAT PEOPLE SAID. ........An Indian Exile
MARK TWAIN, His Life and Work. .
Observation-Disclosures. viii NJ. Clemens
THE MAJOR. Major Randolph Gore Hampton
ROSE AND NINETTE. ....... Alphonso Daudet
THE MINISTER'S WEAK POINT. ... .
Observation-Disclosures. David MacClure
AT LOVES EXTREMES. Maurice Thompson
BY RIGHT, NOT LAW......... r. H. Sherard
SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Beatrice Harraden
ODO, A Detail of tho Day ......... e f. Benson
AHoLIDAY IN BED AND OTHER. .........
SKETCHES... j. M. Barrie
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. His Life and
Voyages Franc B. Wilkie
IN DARKEST ENGLAND AND THE Way.
OUT ....................,.... Gen. Booth
UNCLE TOMS CABIN Harriet Beecher Stowe
DREAM LIFE. Tx. Marvel Donald MitchelD
COSMOPOLIS.. ............. Paul Bourget
KEvERIES OF A BACHELOR. .............
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WAS 1T SUICIDE ?.. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
POEMS AND YARNS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
...............J. Whitcomb Riley and Bill Nye
AN ENGLISH GIRL IN AMERICA ........
..................T allulah Matterson Powell
SPARKS FROM THE PEN OF BILL NYE.
PEOPLES REFERENCE BOOK-999 800 Facts
MARTHA WASHINGTON COOK BOOK.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY Emily S. Bouton
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE. ~ Emily S. Bouton
LOOKING FORWARD.
THE PASSING SHOW Richard Henry Savage
The herald., 1895-03-20

FOR IRRITATION OF THE THROAT caused by
Cold or use of the voice Browns Bronchial
Troches" are exceedingly beneficial
The herald., 1895-03-20
CoInD0QnIe GeneIQ|e TT0DS0||0nIQue.

FRENCH LINE TO HAvRE.
NoMPANY'5 PIER (NEw) NO. AZ NORTH
~ river. foot Of Norton st., New York.
Travellers by this line avoid both travel by
English railway and the discomfort OF cross
ine the channel in a small boat
La Normandie, March IL.
Ia Bourgogne, March %.
La Champagne, March 80.
La Gascogne. April 6.
La Normandie, April 10.
La Bourgogne, April 20.
New York to Alexandria. Egypt, via Paris,
Ars:-class $l0O, second-class 81 u.s.
For freight or passage apply to
A. FORGET, Agent.
No. 9 Bowling Green, New York.
i. FUGAZI g. CO., agents, Montgomery
ave-. ran Francisco. Tickets are for sale by all
railroad and steamship offices.
The herald., 1895-03-20

Hollenbeck Hotel Cafe. Grill rooms and
private dining rooms. Oysters on shell.
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- Present the coupons at the HERALD
mailed to any address, postpaid, for one cou-
pom and 10 cents.
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P-via Pasadena; O-via Orange; Gladly
except Sunday from Highland Loop; D-Sun3
days only from Highland Loop; a daily except
Sunday, "a Sundays only, aaa Saturday only,
all other trains daily
For rates. sleeping car reservations. etc, call
on or address r. w. MGEE,
City pass and Tiki Ag't 129 N. Spring st. and
La Grande Station.
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searsport Locals.

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where He has employment.
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riVeo az b'S'"h SnhtaN from h"eii9s = res
MISS AGA i'liieN KEN 'ly rain East FRIDAY
for Maatn, Mass anu ~lii Ne absent untli
June
Ahnona Park NINA INV with first atficer of
bark F.i+. Reei. j. spending A few weeks in
Town
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5lo154at TWLH.. 4rsl s4ss S44ssIaiat sst III sea.
hill NO in5ee
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS

srk.... Tie se,ectmen finished taking the
Valuation last Saturday 49, ii. Is. Carr IS
having Liz dining-roam finished iii hard
wood. Miss Emile Hatch Of Montyile is
snemdimg d few weeks with her sister, Cora
a. GoodW in. The ladies sewing circle met
last Thursday afternoon and evening at
Wesley a Nelson's There were fifty pres
ent.
HALLDALE. The snow settled very fast
last week Sleghing is now a thing Of the
past and wheels have taken the place of
runners. The first sparrow made its APP
pearance here last Sunday .. Fred a. Foster
left for Lowell, Mass, last week. He has
employ ment i'll the nachine shop there.
MI and Mrs. Albert f. Brown left for Lynn
Mass, hast week . Mrs Caroline Foster
ati Mrs II, NJ Hamilton are On the Sick
list tins Week. Mrs Asa Guwen, reported
Siak last week, y sAinin5 sl9wlN
CfNrKE NASHVILLE Mrs Nniney lheinl-
Son AAS tern Sutfariug from -eNfW 5ttcks
~,u.+ 4 hlt Resembling grfpe ..I'Ae recent
iui., y arafiler ha, caused the ,'iaw tp Als-
sWrN rtliIN aud ttaveins X eeiiSeqpt-ill-
IN vers uGpo.Sant rnnse wheeNn llislilr
t#eA. aa4 mapr@y4ug TIM tXGellant c~It w
fiV-y M luilNe maybe sYlup Mr ! Garter
.a- aaist ahe lMln,lltl gallons MN Ciaa.
FA9f i,-oA ia- Ret.H selling III tAe Sttel1 an
isis tUln aHl III 4 rrANi'ed that aN itenNS
fN M@tc IN Reliast Mr lehn loaAg IL
Ycls 81 MAR Elisha Narter remains al'9W
tAe t4H Mr jarneS Namant hAi NeN
'.'i'ieH ny ~ nous st sVi'1 "ass
li84NNnilE. lhrra wltl A4 l.a~ter arNi rs
III itie CsEtr- vAurah Sl.nday pr lita, at
Nm lid. sc singing ,aliuv n pru -it1~i b :.
i4YIv, snG lAst sunday the ci,tsS hInisllrG
lams5p f0r Thu, church service. Z Ike remarks
t 0con.sreEatior weft fill 6f I4rAtse stii,t
nurh ,prluise MAS expressed al the rapid
ilr,fr,,ss ns4a. AlI inin M s4Si,ta that ths
s4I,frs III, .rreaf rre,}it tn 1l,.ir+,.4..ii.f NJ,
nays Mn n y II1ugtns r4,,.,.s4a i y4r,-
.ni,y.,bi.. r.lT fra,n Liisie. Gnrfa, 1.s-
Wrslu,sl4r eyepiua Miss Grae. lJiS,fir,s
nvited stveraI W lt-r seho6l-lii4t4s Nv sp4ntl
rla 4fi.ly440,. with her Satnr,l.,- Atnil 6th
HI .n,t,r Nv III II nfnth hi~tltdav Mr. anG
Mrs Frank k.npev live returned from
Inys.ll Mass vbsra tb4v have ra+n AZ
,nrl ,lurir,1 tIe winter.
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The Republican journal., 1895-04-11

The Importance of the new German Ship
Canal is set forth in "The Progress Of the
World" in the April Review of Reviews
The editor recalls tie fact that the Straits
of Cattegat from which shipping will be di-
verified by the new canal, once levied heavy
tolls on our merchant marine. and that oar
Government took the lead in securing free
dom OF navigation through them.
The Republican journal., 1895-04-11

Is- Ny m . E I'm
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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-13

"Well, he never stopped to ask me, :"
said Mr.. Crane, which was very true.
"But l can't understand how you
missed each other if you kept the road.
However, go ahead and warn Kelly,
and then como back here and we'll
talk about Leon"
And Munccy had gone on to Kelly's,
but that was the last seen of him, de-
spite the fact that he gave Kelly to
understand that he must hurry over to
Crane again at once. Ferguson and
his friends came galloping in to old
Retribution and stirring up the guard,
and they could tell of Leon's safe
arrival within easy range of the new
post, and of their warning him to stay
there, but they, too, had pushed on
over to Kelly's, and thence, scofiing at
Kelly's story of Muncey's return to the
outpost, and telling him the man was
a liar, which Kelly already knew, and
a horse thief, which he more than sus-
pected, they had ridden straight back
past the lower gate of the canyon and
made for the trail to Ration Springs.
Whether they had met or had escaped
the Indians no one could tell. The fate
of Muncey and his pursuers became
for the time being a secondary consid-
GRAFTON. Thornton's first effort was to
ascertain what had become of Leon.
ITO BE CONTINUED