The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-27
A Romance of True Love.
SIN Death They Were Not Divided.

L #45 From the ST. Louis Times
! The death of Miss Jackson of this
city, on Thursday Of last week, was fol-
lowed by that of Mr.. w. L.. Hudgens the
Saturday following The former peace
fully breathed her last after long and
painful illness the latter in a paroxysIn
Of grief burst blood vessel and died
almost instantly. The deceased were
bethrothed, and the contamination of
their dreams Of love had been deferred
from time to time, until, finally, Miss
Jackson was Frustrated by sickness.
Unwilling, even then to be debarred
her presence, Mr.. Fl. was admitted to
the sick room, where none were more at
tentive to the every want of the sufferer
than himself, so far as the delicacy of
his position would permit. A sister of
Miss Jackson was, for days and nights,
the shearer of his watchfulness. Her
more feeble nature, however, sunk un-
der the burden of fatigue and sleepless
apprehension, which she vainly strug-
gled to sustain, and at last Mr.. Hudgens
was left alone, with barely the assist
ance of servant. The object of his
ls:solicitude and devotion, day by day, be-
bedside. Sleep became stranger to
his eyes, and even food was put away
| by him. But even such devotion could
| not turn the penetrating barb Of death,
and finally the eyes Of the sufferer closed
forever upon the fearful face ever above
her, and her hand grew cold and rigid
in death while yet in the warm clasp of
his to whom it was 50 shortly to be Civ
| en- in life and love. This was on Thurs.
| day. #s51 ae5 sa3a faEa
On Friday the remains of Miss Jack
son were followed to the grave. He
who had been ever present at her bed
4 was by her. bier. His heart went down
into the gravewith the sleeper ba
). Tie day following the burial, the ia
tigue to which Mr.. Hudgens had subject
ed himself, began to overcome him. He
sank Frustrated upon his bed. and CIV
ing way to the poignancy of his feelings,
burst blood vessel, and in less than
Eve minutes his heart had ceased to suf-
fer, for it was cold forever. The next
day he. too was followed to the tomb
and placed by the side of his betrothed.
The Pennsy lvania oil regions are reported as paw
ing better than ever before.
The Peruvians are afraid to rebuild their houses,
i fearing more earthquakes.
r. California pays one dollar premium for every tree
planted by the roadside. --a9 ne z
The evening train from Washington has been dub.
bed the swearing train suIss1 s. pfsofssffgrr
Rockport, Mass, has voted to erect a new Town
Hail. to cost not over $4,000.
l. The London physicians complain of the scarcity of
subjects for dissection. @ a sat- II
In the Isle of Guernsey nearly every family ha a
Victor Hugo among its children. ne FIX
The Prussian Government has laid tax of one
and half cents on every telegram. fss.s 4 -
~ A Chicago woman is seeking divorce from man
A who swears he never married her. -@ p
Partisan concert has the sign Ladies' are reoue at
| ed not to sn1dke in this ROOM IstEa 50 Z
The time between the teruin of the two Pacific Rail.
roads is now twenty -four hours. zgss
One of the candidates for Mayor of Council Bluff
is known as sMrs Boomers husband
Muscatine, Iowa, takes its name from Muskontine
the Indian word N ,aning Fire Island.
The ship King Philip of Boston, was burned at ses
near the Sandwich Islands on the 18th ult. -
l. Considerable additions have been ordered 10 The
artillery and cavalry corps of the Prussian army.
, March Was very stormy the French and Eng.
lish coasts, and wrecks of frequent occurrence.
Il Boston imposes hundred dollar fines for water
ing milk, and New York, occasonly, half that sum