LOCAL MATTERS
--A company of militia was organized at Crab Orchard last Saturday. J.T. CHUNNINGHAM, Capt.; George BURNETT, First Lieut.; John DAVIS, Second Lieut. We are informed that J.W. LANDRUM, of Crainville, will address the company at Crab Orchard next Saturday week.--Samuel MULKEY, a young man well known in this community--who was arrested last fall charged with the burning of Wm. WILEY' s hay-- was arrested in Vienna this week for horse stealing. He was lodged in (we had like to have said jail) that log hut used as a prison, where he will remain until he gets out.
--According to previous appointment the ordinance of Baptism was administered to Marshall CRAIN last Sunday evening. Not withstanding the melemeney? of the weather, about five hundred people assembled on the muddy banks of the pond to witness one of the solemn ordinances of the church administered to a man whose life has been spent in the service of the devil and whose fiendish act has carried his name, brought reproach upon his family and stained a county with honest men's blood. A strong guard armed with double barreled shot guns and Enfield rifles, escorted the prisoner to and from the water. Elder W.H. BOLES delivered a very interesting address on the occasion and discharged his duty as a minister and left the case for the decision of a higher tribunal in the beyond.
DIED--Died, at the residence of Mr. S. DUNAWAY in this city, on the 30th ult., Mrs. Martha A. NEWTON, wife of Mr. Thomas NEWTON. Mrs. NEWTON leaves a host of friends and relatives to mourn her loss.
DIED--At the residence of his parents in Marion, Illinois, on
the morning of Friday, December 3, 1875, at 2 o'clock, Daniel
Webster HARTWELL, eldest son of Joseph W. and Martha HARTWELL,
aged 15 years and 6 months.The funeral services took place at the
M.E. Church in this city, of which deceased was a member, and
were conducted by Rev. WILKIN, who on Saturday morning delivered
and eloquent and touching address to a large audience, composed
of the bereaved relatives and many sorrowing friends of the
deceased. After the services at the church the body was conveyed
to the family burying place at the HARTWELL Meeting House, some
five miles North of this city, attended by a large procession of
relatives and friends, including the members of the order of
Friends of Temperance, of which deceased, at the time of his
death was a member. The burial service was conducted according to
the beautiful and appropriate forms of this order. Prayer was
offered at the grave by Elder W.H. BOLES, and after the mortal
remains of Daniel Webster HARTWELL had been consigned to their
last resting place, a letter was read from Prof. C.W. JEROME, of
the Southern Illinois Normal University, where deceased had last
year been a student. In giving a copy of it to our readers we
only pay a just and fitting tribute to the memory of the
deceased, as it is but an echo of the golden opinions he had won
from all with whom he had been thrown in contact during his brief
stay on earth. Truly the King of Terrors loves a shining mark.
This letter will be read with interest by his schoolmates and the large circle of friends who so sincerely sympathize with the parents who have suffered so great and irreparable a loss: Carbondale, Ill., Dec. 4, 1875.J.W. HARTWELL, Esq., Marion, Illinois---My Dear Friend and Brother:-Your letter dated Thursday last, failed to reach me until Friday morning about 8 o'clock. I had a few moments before heard of the illness of your son Daniel, and you may well imagine my surprise, when I learned that his disease was probably fatal. When your letter was read, I was satisfied there was no hope for his recovery. Rest assured, if the letter had reached me in time, I should have been at his bedside on Thursday night. I have no words to tell you the feelings of my heart this day. While at my work, many prayers have been sent to heaven both for him and you. During my labors, I could not keep my mind from the bedside of your dear son, and I have longed to be there. When I went up town yesterday afternoon, John MANIER came to me and said "Daniel was dead--had died at 9 the night before." While thinking of him all day yesterday and praying for him, I little dreamed that his spirit "had already passed to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler ever returns." I feel satisfied that the dear Father sent his "good angels" to bear his spirit away, for he was a good boy, and he is surely now resting in the arms of the blessed Redeemer. While Daniel was with us, his whole conduct was such that he won the confidence and love of my heart. His urbanity of manners--his gentleness of spirit, and his amenity of disposition were such as won the regard of all. He was dutiful, attentive and kind, and he has left with is a memory fragrant with love and affection. I need not tell you that my heart bleeds that I could not be at his bedside, to whisper a word of comfort, as his feet pressed the cold waters of death,--or catch the last lingering expression from his dying lips. That he thought of me, and mentioned my name, is exceedingly gratifying to me-and if by any effort of mine, a single drop of happiness was added to his cap of joy, I am very thankful indeed. Daniel was a good boy and what more noble can be said of any one! I remember him as he met with us in our Young Men's Christian Association last Summer. How interested he was! I remember how he spoke of his hopes and determinations. Ah, how little then we dreamed that he would be the first that would cross the river! He had a good mind, and I am sage in saying his heart was the very throne of honor. May his companions and associates profit by his example, and may they emulate and imitate his noble virtues, and seek the same heaven to which he has gone! I shall miss him as well as you. But he has only gone one before. Another golden limb now binds our hearts to heaven. One more cord drawing us heavenward--one less binding us to earth. His spirit is now among the loved ones gone before. Do not murmur or complain! The good master knows, and does all for the best. But a little while and we hall follow. The chamber of clay to which you will consign the body of Daniel today will soon be the resting place of us all. But like him, only our bodies will tarry there, our spirits will go to God who gave them. Blessed be God! to the Christian the grave is only the gateway to heaven--and it will be the softest bed in which the christian can lie. The memory of Daniel will not, can not fade form my heart. I shall love to think of him as he was with us here, and as he was in the school room. How sweet it will be to meet the many loved ones who have gone before! I have many, many pupils who have crossed over and are waiting on the other shore. I feel sure I shall meet Daniel in the "Sweet by and by." I shall know him too. We shall all meet there if we are faithful--"O how sweet it will be, in that beautiful land. So free from all sorrow and pain; With songs on our lips, and harps in our hands. To meet one another again."May God bless you, my dear Brother, and help you to bear up under this terrible affliction, and sanctify it to the good of all his associates. I would like to be with you today, but I can not. I shall remember you. With a prayer for your comfort in this hour of sadness and gloom--I am, dear Brother, Yours most truly, C.W. JEROME.
LOCAL MATTERS--M.C. CAMPBELL and M.W. BARHAM started South with mules on the evening train last Tuesday.--The messenger of death has again visited our county and removed from our midst one of our time honored citizens, Mr. Alfred P. CHITTY, who died at his residence in the Southwest part of this county, last Monday night. Mr. CHITTY had for several years living in this county, and by his upright walk and honorable dealings gained the good will of all who were fortune enough to form his acquaintance. --An order was drawn for our thousand dollars in favor of B.F. LOWE, last Monday, by our County Commissioners, the reward offered for the conviction of any member of the murderous clan in this county. Marshall CRAIN is the only one that has been convicted. Others will probably turn up in due season.
LOCAL MATTERS--J.M. MCDONALD of this county, has gone to McLanesboro, where he expects to reside. --Miss Stella WHARTON of Madison, Indiana, is at present visiting her uncle, Dr. A.N. LODGE, of this city.--Samuel MULKEY, the young man spoken of three weeks ago in the Monitor, and Joseph GORE, and James MORGAN, broke jail at Vienna last Tuesday night.--John SHANKLIN, who attempted to kill Henry B. NORMAN, in Randolph county, last August, was released from jail last Friday on a bond of $1,500.--Dr. R.M. HUNDLEY has been confined to his room for two weeks with erysipelas. --W.P. GOODALL is able to be out and transact business. He is bleached and shows the marks made by the hand of affliction.
--One of the most daring attempts at jail breaking that we ever heard of, was that of Marshall CRAIN, at this place, last Tuesday night. About seven o'clock the guards entered the cell of CRAIN and found him absent, which caused excitement not easily described. No ---- was lost in ascertaining his whereabouts, and the whole story is this: He has sawed the ceiling overhead, which is nine-inch square timber, and had succeeded in reaching the roof of the jail, and would no doubt have been out in a very few moments ---- had torn his blankets up and made a rope on which he aimed to descend from the roof to the ground. We have no comments to make on this, but one thing is so plain we must notice it: How tools were passed into the prisoner and an armed body of men constantly on the lookout, is a strange thing. We do not, in fact we are far from believing that any of the guard were treacherous, but such movements as has been carried on and the feeling manifested since this vandetta has been broke into, naturally causes the suspicion to arise that a Jud-- is playing his part in the drama.
IN MEMORIAM.--At a regular meetin of the United Friends of Temperance Council No. 13, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted:Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God, on Dec. 2, 1875, to call from our ranks our esteemed brother, Daniel W. HARTWELL. While we humbly submit to the providence of God, yet will we cherish the memory of our beloved brother. RESOLVED, That with heartfelt sympathy we sympathize with the bereaved parents and all those who mourn his departure, although we feel assured that our loss is his eternal gain; furtherRESOLVED, That we did in his lifetime, and still do, appreciate his virtues, as an obedient son, an agreeable associate, a young man of integrity and true piety; and furtherRESOLVED, That while we try, we would also recommend that all the young men of our town and vicinity strive to emulate his example. RESOLVED, That we request the publication of these thoughts in both the county papers. {A.E. PHILLIPS,G.W. YOUNG } Com.W.H. BOLES
Whereas, It having pleased the Alwise God, in the dispensation of His Providence, to remove from us our worthy brother, Wm. S. CALVERT; therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the members of Fellowship Lodge No. 89, A.F.& A.M., feel deeply the great loss they have suffered in his death, who departed this life on the 24th day of Nov., 1875. They feel that they have suffered from a misfortune that will be felt in every relation, almost, that man can be of service to his fellow man. He was an honor to the order, and studiously alive to the principles of the profession. As a member of society, he was unassuming and respectful towards the opinions and demands of others, singularly regular and temperate in his habits, and with a moral character above reproach.RESOLVED, That in his death the Fraternity has lost one of its brightest and ablest supporters a man not by profession only, but who was eminently a practical Mason, and was delicately conscientious in the discharge of Masonic duties.RESOLVED, That we tender our sympathies to the afflicted wife, children and relatives of our brother, and remind them that they, and we, should honor his memory by striving to emulate his characteristic virtues.RESOLVED, that a copy of these resolutions be furnished the family of the deceased, and also a copy be furnished each of our county papers for publication.Wm. R. HALL }Com.C.M. EDWARDS