Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-09-07

The life Of Mr.. Greeley has been closely
interviewer with what has been most
commanding in American affairs for
more than athird ofa centurA. Indeed,
this story of his life gives the reader by
no means an inadequate glimpse OF
American history for the past thirty
years 1t is the story of life that
commenced in the gratest obscurity, and
has grown into the greatest emlnence.
1t has been busy life, the busiest,
probably, in the land, crowded with
events, full Of brave words and generous
deeds, and marked by peculiarlties
greater and characteristics stronger
than, perhaps, those of any other Amer
lean Clifton.
The subject, therefore, would COM
inland respectful and eager attention,
though handled by an unskillful pen.
But Mr.. Parton is a master. He has
long been well and widely known in
our literature He is keen and bril-
liant essayist an incisive and sparkling
writer of English, and careful and
exhaustive searcher after facts. He
! does not touch pen to paper IN the
composition Of a book, till the entire
! field Of investigation has been explored,
and everything directly or indirectly
bearing on his theme thoroughly diges-
ted
In preparing this work, he spent seve-
raj months in visiting the town where
Mr.. Greeley was born and the various
places where he subsequently lived, col
Letting all the information about his ear
ly life that it was possible to obtain. 1t
is not, therefore, q hastily or lily con
trived book, labeled Life of Greeley"
but work which will always be the au
thoritative record of the three-score
years of Mr.. Greeley's life that have al
ready passed into history. 1t would be
a valuable addition 10 any library at any
time, but, just now, its opportuneness
gives it added interest.
1t is elegantly bound, we'll illustrated;
and in consideration of the great popu-
, lar demand for the work it is sold for a
little more than half the ruling book
prices.
1t is published by the NATIONAL
! PUBLISHING CO., Cincinnati, who
want agents in every County.
An ELoPEMENr AND CAPTURE.-On
Wednesday rather pleasant looking
young German woman, arrayed in a
green dress, reached this city from Bal
timore and took rooms at the Klein
House, where she registered her name
as Mrs. Teresa Settler, Baltimore, Md.
She kept pretty close watch on the
Baltimore and Ohio passenger depot du-
ring the day, rs if she was expecting
some one. 1t appears that her husband,
to whom she had been but four months
married, had eloped with another wo-
man and had taken Oft her trunks, con-
tanning her clothing, jewelry and other
trinkets. She had somehow heard that
the runaways intended to come to this
city, so, on learning oftheir flight, she
gave chase and passed them on the road,
although Mrs. Settler left Baltimore
last she arrived here first About seven
o'clock Wednesday night the guilty pair
reached the city The watching wife
missed them somehow and they got to
the Stamm House without being seen.
1t was not long, however, till she got
on their track, before they had an OPP
portunity to register, in fact, at the no
tel where they proposed to take quar-
ters The deserted wife seeing her hus
band and her rival, followed them about
the city and finally bounced down upon
them and compelled the husband to re-
turn the checks for her trunks and the
woman to give up her husband, by call
ing in the aid of Officer ST. Myers The
runaway husband and the pursuing wife
returned home last evening, leaving the
other woman here to get back as best
she may Mrs Settler says that her
husband did not run away with the wo-
man, but that the woman run away with
him.
Since writing the above we have
learned that the woman, whose name it
appears, is Augusta He'll, had the hus-
band, Classic, arrested Just as he was
going away, on charge of stealing
watch and $40 in money from her, He
was taken before Squire Gillespie, last
night, who sent him to Jail in default of
giving 5000 bail to answer the charge
before the October term of the Circuit
Court. Mrs. Classic registered her
maiden name of "Seltzer" at the kem
House in order to throw off any suspi-
cion should her runaway mate conclude
to stop at the house. We don't know
how it is ourself, but we should Judge
that Mr.. Classic has got himself into a
scrape on account Of his devotion to the
sex.
"Oh, woman, woman,
Thou shouidst have but few sins
OF thine own 10 answer for
Thou art the author Of such book
OffollIes in man; it would need the tears
OF all the angels ~ blot the record OUT"
-Uheeling Register.
A GLIMPSE OF THE NEXT WORLD
Mrs. Gardiner, wife of z farmer living
near Eastmanville, Ottawa county, died
recently under circumstances the most
extraordinary. Two of her sisters were
dead, but one recently only atew weeks
ago. The cause of Mrs. GARDENERS
death was a congestive chill and after
she had been considered dead for six
hours and was being prepared for the
grave. she returned to consciousness and
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