Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-12-21
An OLD CoUPLE-A WlDowER OF
EIGHTY MARRIEs A MAIDEN OF SEVENTY

An OLD CoUPLE-A WlDowER OF
EIGHTY MARRIEs A MAIDEN OF SEVENTY
EleHT.-The facts which 60 to make
up the following interesting sketch were
furnished us by gentleman just arrived
from Liberty, Mo, who was present and
witnessed the ceremony that bound to-
gether two souls that had lived beyond
the time allotted to man or woman. The
devotion on the part of the woman is
without parallel.
The parties referred to are named Mr..
Story and MISS Lizzie Davis, now resi-
dents of Liberty, Mo. Mr. Story, is a
widower, aged eighty years, and Miss
Davis fingered on the sunny side of sew
nty,eight The bridegroom until re-
Gently resided in Kentucky, where he
owned large farm, we'll stocked, and
he is reported to be worth about $780,
0O0 1t would be well enough to state
in the beginning that the bride had a
sister Carrie when she first met Mr..
Story, and to her is accorded the honor
of causing the misery, and almost death,
Of the now happy bride. Mr.. Story first
won the heart of Miss Lizzie, and was
devoted to her until the green-eyed
monster, in the shape of the above men
toned sister, stepped between them. An
open rupture was the result, which f.
nally terminated in his leading Carrie to
the altar.
John lived with Carrie what some
people term happy life for fifty years.
But the grim destroyer, few months
ago, laid its icy fingers on the once
beautiful Carrie, and she passed from
earth to a better land. After having
enjoyed for so long the happiness of
married life, single blessedness to John
was monotonous and dreary. The old
love for Lizzie revived, and to her he
wrote long letter, asking her to forgive
and forget the cruel part he had played.
To this letter she replied without delay,
assuring him that the old love for him
had never ceased to exist, and that she
only waited for him to come and make
happy the few remaining years of her
! existence. The next train carried the
liyht-hearted John toward Liberty, Mo.
The meeting was affecting in the ex-
IRENE, and many friends of the pair who
were present mingled tears over the
happy meeting. They were married
without delay, and after the ceremony
the bride began to weep for joy and kept
it up the entire day Omaha TRIBUNE.
MYSTERIOUS DEAru.-A few daysago
Benjamin Coleman, young man who
resides near Etna, Illinois, seven miles
south of Nation, called at the house of
near neighbor, Mr.. Benjamin Hyatt,
and invited his daughter to ride short
distance in buggy with him. Miss
Hyatt, who was young lady of twenty
years, and bore good character, com
piled, with his request and they started,
but in short time Coleman returned
with the dead body of Miss Hyatt in the
buggy. He first stated that his horse
had run off, throwing the lady out and
causing her death, but in conversation
a few minutes afterward stated that Miss
HYATT had jumped from the buggy, and
was killed by the fall. Coleman fled
Immediately, and this circumstance, ia
ken in connection with the variations in
his versions of the affair, has given rise
to strong suspicicions of foul play. AZ
inquest is being held, aud further facts
may be developed.