The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-07-30
ADVERTISING RATES.
An Illipois 'Yi Yega&s" ai Lady Deceived
ana Deserted.

Pittsburg eosF6spobdeuee Louisville Courierl
A young woinauI nhmed Mary Melvin
appeared nc The Office of Alderman Don
aldson on saturday evening, and made the
following gstHtementeHN IN IlfT
Nbout two months since. while at the
home OF her parents, in Centralia, Illinois.
she made the acquaintance Of 4 youno man
named Frank Heron, then employed Ms
check agent on the southern branch of the
Illinois Central Railroad. After "A time
Heron began to show a disposition To pay
loverlike attentions to the deponent. Tile
fact BECAME known tO her parents, when her
| father ordered her to dismiss Heron, on
his making his usttal visit aud he deterin-
incd to forbid tiin the house in case she
would not eOmplylwith his parental order
On OCCASION oftlerron's next visit, Miss
Melvin informed him Of the opposition her
friends expressed to his suit, and requested
him MOTTO come to the house any more. hut
iagreed to meet him the following SUNDAY
teVFning at o place called Odin, some seven
miles distant on Che line of the Ohio and
| Mississippi Railroad, where they proposed
| 70 have an uninterrupted talk over their
mutual difficulties.
4 According to agreement, the twain met
| in Odin, and forthwith engaged room in
n hotel for the purpose of passing the day
\ IN each Others society. In Tie evening
| Mary proposed returning to Centralia but
| lltIIpH OIDOHtu Tue pibDOSlIlOll, t0lllnH
\ her to mind that her father had been in
| formed of her whereabouts, and would, as
n matter of course, be greatly inceused at
her conduct. This had the effect of fright
ening the girl 80 some extent and, finally,
at the entreaty of IlcrrCn, she consented To
go with him TO Cincinnati, where they
Iwere to be married Immediately on their
larrival.
| On reaching the Queen City, they put up
! n thn Dpmlprtou IInuep nt1
lvhere they were married. The third day
after the nuptial ceremony, Heron left his
ibrde. stating that he was coming to this
city to go into business, aud would send
for her in the course of week.
A few days after she received letter
! from him. dated Harrisburg, but post
marked Bittsburg, in which lac informed
her that he had wife in Schenectady
J New York, and, therefore, their marriage
was null and void He concluded the
cavalier epistle by advising her TO go to
Iher parents HI"1 rr ....
Believing Ierton to be in the city. she
procured loan frOm.a lady boarder at the
| Pcmbcrton House, to whom she made
known the facts, aud taking the evening
train at Cincinnati, she arrived in this city
on Saturday Afternoon, Desrous of having
Heron arrested for his baseness, she in
lquif'ed for a Magistrates office and WAS
shtiwn 10 that OF aAlderman Donaldson.
twh0 issued ~ warrant for the arrest of
| Heron on q Charge of dcsertiot.
! If the above story be true. It shows
want of discretion OH the. part OF the girl,
Which is almost criminal while words are
| inadequate to express the contempt we iccl
| for her deceiver tHj iHta
n Miss Melvin, or Mrs. Heron, is quite
lyoupg, not more than seventeen, and
doubtless belongs to that numerous class
! Who set aside the advice OF their friends