DEATH OF A FORMER RESIDENT OF THIS COUNTY. Mr. and Mrs. H. E, Cary were again called to Aurora, Ind., last week, to be present at the dying bedside of Mr. S. G. Roach, Mrs. Cary's father. On Saturday word was received here that Mr. Roach had died the day before, and that his burial would occur on Sabbath at that place. Mr. Roach had been a resident of this county and neighborhood, previous to his settling in Indiana, for about forty years, having assisted in the building of the canal, and may be considered as one of the pioneers of this section. At the time of his death be was in the 66th year of his age. Most of our citizens are familiar with his family troubles among the later years of his residence here, but the following correspondence which appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer of Tuesday may be of general interest:

Aurora is considerably stirred up over recent developments affecting the marital relations of one of their late citizens, a Mr. Samuel G. Roach, who came here sometime in the year 1878, accompanied by a lady whom he introduced as his wife. Both were elderly people, and bringing with them letters were admitted to membership of the Methodist Church and permitted to enter the first circles of society. Mr. R.. was elected a Steward In the church, and the conduct and demeanor of the pair during their entire residence here has been respectable and proper. Mr. Roach engaged in mercantile business here, had a good run of custom, and possessed to a large degree the confidence of the public. Several weeks ago he took sick, and his physicians assured him he could not long survive. Then it was that visitors to the bedside of the sick man saw that some unrevealed trouble burdened his mind, but no explanation was given as to the nature of his uneasiness. As the shadows of death gathered closer around his feeble form it became apparent that his secret grief was more poignant, finally he directed that his daughter, Mrs. Amelia Gary, residing at his former home in Napoleon, Ohio, should be telegraphed for to come at once. As the hours rolled by nearing the time when the expected daughter was to arrive the dying man became more excited, and calling an old lady that was employed about the house he directed her where to go and get him a sack of money. The old woman obeyed, and the poor man seized the money when brought, placed it in his arm pit and rested upon it. The time flew by, and the daughter did not arrive when expected. Again the dying man called the old woman, and giving her the money made her sacredly promise to give it to his daughter as soon as she should arrive should he be too far gone to attend to it himself. The old woman hid the money in the oven of the stove, the amount being $300, all in gold. The daughter came. The father died. The old woman fulfilled her trust. The child received her dying father's bequest. The funeral took place last Sunday. After the grave had closed over all that remained of Samuel G. Roach, the daughter sought the office of Hon. H. D. McMullen and made the astounding assertion in the presence of numerous parties that the woman who had for the past five years moved in society as Mrs. Samuel Roach was not his lawful wife, and, therefore, not entitled to inherit his property. The story, as told by the daughter, and which has created such a furor here, is briefly this:

Her father was engaged in mercantile business in Napoleon, Ohio, where she and her mother resided. (The woman who now claims to be wife No. 2 was a single lady, living in a room over the store occupied by her father. They consequently daily met, and it soon became apparent that her father was infatuated with his female neighbor. Gossip created a little family unpleasantness, and one day, alter drawing over $6,000 from the bank, Mr. R. and the woman left for parts unknown. Family pride prevented any steps toward obtaining a divorce, and the daughter asserts no divorce was ever procured. About one year ago wife No. 1 and the girl's mother died, and now the daughter, being the only child and surviving heir as she claims, will make a vigorous fight in the Courts for her father's property, having retained Messrs. McMullen & Downey and C. J. Jelly. Wife No. 2 has retained Hon. O. F. Roberts to fight her legal battles, and claims to have been married to Mr. Roach in 1878 and also about a year ago in Cincinnati, the last marriage taking place after the death of wife No. 1. She also claims the property to be her own, and points to the fact that the sign over the store is in the name of Mrs. S. C. Roach. An administrator will at once be appointed to settle the estate, and then the whole matter will be publicly aired in the Courts. Both sides are defiant and full of fight.