The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-01

dard for judgment. 10 reiute tness
assertions it is only necessary to polnt
to our newspapers, school houses and
libraries, and ifthese are insufficient &c
convince them, to the noble provision
made by the State for its University.
While here, as elsewhere, there is nc
doubt plenty of room for both moral
and mental improvement, the popu,
| lation of California, as whole, will
CONF pare in intelligence with any other
half million on the globe, and it Ger.
tainly gave proof Of it in refusing to pat.
ronize every itinerating vender of trite
platitudes who came along.
A woMAN's REVENGE.
Murders, homicides, shooting ARRAYS,
or by whatever other name it is GUS
tomary to call Gains crimes, are Of such
frequent occurrence that it is only oc-
casionally, and when the offense is in
vested with peculiar circumstances, that
it attracts more than passing attention.
Such case happened last week at
Gilroy, a quiet agricultural village in
the Santa Clara Valley. A man named
Kelly became acquainted several years
ago with young lady named Prudence
McNamee, and after a friendship of
some months made her a proposition of
marriage, which was rejected; where
upon he threatened that if she did not
marry him he would ruin her Shortly
after this she was united to a gentleman
named Stout. In few months reports
began to circulate derogatory to her
character, but her husband dying, she
removed to San Francisco and for a
time lost sight OF her prosecutor. He
followed her to this city with a renewed
offer of marriage, (which she again de-
ined, and about two years ago became
the wife of well known citizen named
Page. Kelly Immediately recon-
menced his aspersions on her virtue,
which caused, she states, a separation
from her husband and the breaking up
of happy home. Resolved to have
on the man who had caused
her such unhappiness, she went down
to Gilroy last Thursday, procured a
horse and buggy from livery stable,
and was driving to Kelly $ rancho when
she met him, and invited lin to
get in the vehicle with her and have a
ride After driving round for some
time, they came to place that she
thought suitable for her purpose, so
telling her companion that some friends
lived a short distance from the road she
him to tie the horse to a fence
and accompany her to the house. TAX
ing his arm she walked with him about
a hundred yards to a hollow place,
with a dense willow thlcket,
and then dra wing a pistol shot him
three times, killing him instantly.
Having thus consummated her plans,
Mrs. Page came to town and surren-
iered herself to the civil authorities.
As may be supposed the affair has caused
more than ordinary excitement, though
popular opinion in great measure dc.
lends her conduct.
PANGs OF CONSCIENCE.
By the way, writing OF murders is
there not a great deal Of fiction in the
popular supposition that he who spills
mans blood becomes victim to the
cravings of conscience, the pangs Of
remorse and various other unpleasant
sensations? The stage muir.
ierer is always haunted by the eyes Of
his victim, but | am afraid such post
nortlm vindictiveness is peculiar to the
boards and has no existence anywhere
else. know several respectable muir
ierers who move in first class San Fran
cisco society and they smoke their cigars,
drink their wine, eat their dinners, tell
q good story and behave like ordinary
mortals in every respect, just as if they
hadn't sent fellow mortal to hurried
gave. And this view of the subject
ls>Onfrmed 10y n recent occurrence that
tooI place near Marysville, in this
State.
NoSCHALANT MURDER.
Three teamsters (all Americans)
quarreled about a trivial affair while
watering heir horses at a trough on
the road size. One claimed that the
others monoiolized too much space,
and a wordy Contest ensued, resulting
in a man named Osten being struck
lightly with bucket. This so enraged
him that he drewa knife and plunged
it into the heart OF his assailant. While
the third man went to town to inform
the police of the murder, Osten IN
hitched all the teams from the wagons,
laid down by the side OF his murdered
companion and went 70 sleep. When
arrested he was still IN the arms Of
Morpheus, sleeping as calmly as the
metaphorical bale on it's mothers
bosom.
DANGEROUS PLAY.
| will conclude this letter with the
following extract from a communica
ton lately addressed to one of our
State Senators from a citizen of San
Gabriel, which would indicate that hui
man life is not unattended by dangers
in that locality:
"rhe people Of this place have a way
of shooting one another accidentally.
For instance, if a man wanted to kill
another, he will get him into play with
him, and stick a knife into him and
let on it was done accidentally. There
have been two cases OF this kind here
in the last eight days. Pass law to
make it crime to play with weapons
BLUEBEA2U.
Courtesy to Strangers I'm Churches.
The Christian World is acquainted
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