Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-09-02
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TIE tglorriere Mercantile, Of Genoa, rela5tes
the following curious mode oftaking revenge on
an unfaithfpl wife: A wealthy inhabitant of the
Vico del Yecchigtti "a streetin Genoa,) had OBJ
tained uneqpivoeal .proof6f his Yife'si bad CON
duct Without getting into a passion or pro. {.
ceedlng toiviolence, as most people would do in
such case, he simply turned his wife out of
doors with her parainour, and then sent for a
carpenter, whom he directed to set up a rcata.
talque, such6ias7i is used in ! Roman Catholic
churches for theif funeral service This done. he
Sc sent invitations to all his friends for the follow
ing evening, when they found the room lit up,
with burning tapers Their host made them,
stand round the catafalque and5rc9ucsted them
to chant the service for the dead, he himself
acting as conductor, thus intimatipg that his
vile was thenceforwardl dead to him.. lie then
conducted them to alwcll provided table, where.
he entertained them until late hour. att 5s
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An ITALIAN HEKolNE. following is from I
an article on Women Artists" inrthe Test,
minister ReUiea0. 20 H9t 10 7sjil 81
Onorat9 Rudiano welded at once the printers
pencil and the warriors sword. She is quite
parsonage OF romance, and we are surprised that
she has never figured in novel or poetry. In
her 23d year, she had already attained SO
great a reputation for artistic Skill, that Ga
brino Fondolo, tyrant of Cremona, committed to
her care the ndornmcnt of his palace. Onorata
would have willingly declined this equivocal
honor, but the Marquis would listen to no refII-7
sal and to excite the anger of a man at once SO
ylndlctIve and unscrnpulous was too fearful
q risk. Onoratalwas destined, to ilabvr long III
the service eff Fondolo. One day. while occupi-
ed in painting the walls of one OF the apartments,
a courtieE, notorious for his dissipated habits.
entered the room and offered some uniustifiabe
Liberties. The young artist Indignantly repulsed
him, and on his returning to the charge, she
seized a dagger she wore concealed in her bod.
dice, and stabbed him to the heart Then rush
ing from the palace, disguised herself in mans
attire, and fled to the mountains, declaring that
she would ratherPerish in exile and n wanderer
but put ppreand untainted, than enjoy splcndor and
diShonor at home. The marquis was furious
ne sent soldiers IN every direction in pursuit,
with orders bring her back, alive or dead
but unable to discover the place of her retreat,
and finding no one capable of completing her
labors, he promised full and entire pardon on
condition OF her instant return. Onorata, how
ever, effected her escape from his doninions.
Retaining le1 Disguise she obtained adnittancc
into one OF the companies of Condottieri then
intcSting Italy, and, bV her
soon rose to the post Of captain Her warllke
spirit delighted in the Independence and excite.
ment of her new career; she refused TO abandon
for thirty years. In 1872, her native town,
Castelione, was beseged by the Venitians On
orata, at the head Of her company, flew to it's
relief; she forced the enemy to raise the scige
but was mortally wounded in the conflict, and
died few days later.