Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-04-14
A Girl Shoots Her Seducer.

"A few days ago young married wo-
man named Chamberlain, a daughter
of the Rev. Mr.. Crandall, a well known
clergyman In LaSeur county, Minneso.
ta, shot her betrayer, n man named
Stanley. The woman was the wife OF
a soldier in the 10Th Minnesota yOlun-
teer infantry, and during the absence OF
her husband ut the front was seduced
from the paths of yir.ue by Stanley,
who is rebel deserter from Virgins.
Some months after her seduction, hear
ing of the death of her husband, and
feeling that she was eacie,atc, she wrote
to her. parents informing them of her
condition, and stating that in order to
shield them from disgrace she had made
arrangements with the man who had
ruined her to take her OIL out of the
country, entirely beyond the reach of
friend or foe, and there leave her to
herself and her own resources. 5" g..
Her mother who found the letter the
same day that the parties started, in
formed the father who started in pur-
suit Of them. lie overlook them before
they had got far, and pretended that he
had warrant for the mans arrest
The man at once proposed to give Sl0O
and leave the country never to return,
II the father would let him of. The
old man took the 800 and returned
home with the daughter, but In few
days the fellow returned to the neigh
borhood and boasted of his crime, TAX
ing pains to defame and SANDER the
victim. This conduct so preyed upon
the mind of the girl, that in moineft
of almost insanity she shot the wretch
who had betrayed her, and then made
good her escape. H1t hg f"FeE IS rsL -
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TIE Milwaukee Sentinel notes the
death in Milwaukee hospital of d noted
miser, William Jones. He was about
~ years old, and was native OF Heer-
fordshire, England, could talk English,
Welsh, Spanish and Portuguese, and had
probably been SLAYER In early days.
He lived I'm a most misery manner, in
q squalid hut on, or more properly un-
der, Chestnut street, and would there
have died, miserable and alone, but for
the kind interference of Rev. Mr.. Mul-
holland. He was n regular Ishinaei:
" his hand was against every man, and
every mans hand was against him. -
He literally had not friend. Mscrly
as a man could be, he had boarded up
considerable money nm old wallet hid
den in q dirty looking bundle, kept un-
his head day end night, and even to the
last moment OF his life, on being open
ed was found to contain q bank book,
showing q balance I'm his favor Of 81
500, besides a roll of tax certificates,
about sixty i'm number. He also owned
a farm in Rock or Wa,worth county,
and some lots in Milwaukee. "
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A TRAvELER near the close OF d wea-
~ days drive over a lonely and muddy
road, came to u little log cabin i'm tie
forest, and asked for q drink A young
woman supplied his wants, and after
wards, rs sire was the first woman he
had seen in several days, he offered her
n dime for a kiss. 1t was duly taken
and paid for, and the young lady, who
had never seen a dime before, looked at
II with curiosity, and then asked what
she shou!tdo with it. He replied, what
she chose, az 1t was hers. eff that's
the case,' sold She "you Inay take it
back, and give me another kiss"
Tn: PRESIDENTS HEALTM. The cd
itor of the baltimore A7ueritun has
been to see the President, and couldn't
see that he was so far gone in health as
Horace Greeley thinks. He says: ''His
form is 1.-THE and elastic, his features
Arm and expressive of energy and Wig
orol!s thought, and his manner OF re-
ceiying his visitors was indicative OF all
that kindre,s Of heart for which ho is
so distinguished" Mr.. Fulton thinks
that Abraham will last q good while
yet.
CHICAGO was drunk with JOY yester-
day.--JOurnat.
We heard fronauanUther source that
Chicago vas drufiyl1krith Bourbon whis-
--1lifWouEee WsSconsin.
THE Empress Ed5enfe ewears seventy
EIGHT lace skirts at once St,lnn tnter-