The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-01
WANTS. ANOTHER CHANCE.

Strange story OF the Career OfIho Russia
Count, Late Owner Of the Irondnle Fur.
mace, Just ParehaSsd by wheeling
man.
Last week the Intelligencer chronic
led the sale of the Irondale furnace
property. in Preston county to Charles
Bachman, Of this city. In this connec-
tlon the following interesting story of
the career of the former owner Of the
furnace, Russian count, IS interesting:
There is every Indication that the
commissioner sale OF the lrondale
Furnace Company's property in Pres
ton county, which was made yesterday
at pubAc auction In front Of the govern
ment building, viii not stand. The en-
tire property, 1t will be remembered,
brought 81, 400.
The report OF Commissioner Charles
R. Durbin, Of Grafton, on the sale was
filed and the court subsequently, made
an order designating August as the
date for hearing a notion TO conhrm
the sale, at which time II Is practically
certain some upset bids Will be pre-
sented.
tualy composed OF Felix Nemegyel,
who Is q Russian count, and who had
10 flee from thatc ountry because OF the
iiberaa views he held regarding gov
Count Nemegyei was In Parkersburg
yesterday. He IS a hne looking, gray
headed and gray be0rded gentleman.
who Is over SIXTY years old. He was
ut one time q very rich man, but the
unjust prosecutions he underwent IN
!. dansrH Tan1FNaEgI6t
liberal Ideas caused him many heavy
financial losses He IL a gentleman on
superior education and scholarly attain
ments, He Is dGgnihed, chivalrous and
Possesses manners OF courtiy gracious
ness. despite the heavy burden OF re-
verses that weigh him down and have
so visibiy changed J. m, In the eyes OF
his friends, in recent years. Count Ne
meEyel was o. great friend OF kossuth'
and after being compefled to leave MS
native country he went to Mexico,
where he engaged IN the manOgGny
business, and finally removed TO this
stofe and settled at Irondate, q small
town on the Baltimore & Ohio, short
distance from Grafton. He there es-
tnblIshed the Irondale Furnace Com
PAM. and Invested about 5000 In the
business, all Of which amount he has
lost because of his lack OF success. HIS
financial losses have broken the spirit
oe thls titled gentleman, who, with
tears in his eyes, pleaded with Judge
Jackson yesterday, in his honoTs pri-
vate oiilce, to give him Just q httLe
longer time-just ONE more postpone
urgTt Of sale-ln which 10 redeem the
property in which he had sunk 50 mucn
of as wealth. and devoted SO much OF
his time. talents and energy.
The pathetic appeal would have soft
tened a much harder heart than Judge
Jackgon's, for, indeed his is a SYM
patheytic nsrture-proofs OF which are so
often shown IN his official acts upon tine
bench, But Judge Jackson found 1t
harl to turn q mute ear to such nm
aDpeni and could only bring himself
M 10 the point Of refusing the courts
REQUESTS by remembering that for four
Venrs ne had from time to time stayed
WITHOUT uEiustly treating the rights
OF ciaimants-the inveitable, the sale oil
yesterday ... -. ~,
However, the unfortunate count Will
have between now and August in
which TO proceed with some plan, with
which. II he be successful, may save
TO him his valuable property.
In New York City there lives man
OF wealth who Is a son-lIt-law OF Count
NemeCyei. but the Btter's appeals to
him 10 assist and save a vuiluabie prop
eT.ty from being sold for mere trivial
amount kaYe been UNDECIDED.
Tho story OF Count Felix Nemegyei
e f,,,Grad q sad one.