Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-01
NUMBER 81
THE GRAND DUKE GIRL.
Early IntriEues and PASSIONS Og Ma
dame FeeniN--The " ys1s riOus Death
OF her FIRST Husband.


who futters athw1rt tn
sky Of everyday occurrence by tht
0oldness Of her strategy, the romano,
# her career or utter disregard o.
.Onventionalism, shocks prudence
cts gOssips' tongues wagging anC
.mazes and appals the world at large.
| Lola Monte, springing from an
Austrian peasants freside to be the
Of crowned heads; a Belle
SOyd, a successful spy; a Nell Gray
on, leaping from a peanut stand to
he royal fayors Of 6 red hot court, OF
Josie Mansfield, launching the bold
81 fiuanCier OF the age into that
hOreless sea where "bulling" Erie OF
bearing" New York Central could
elp him never more. The publica-
on IN Eastern papers of some items
j the history OF Mrs. Lizzie Black
1rd, nee Ely, as the hero Of the re-
ant
DIAMOND AND RUBY ROBBERY
! the city of st. Petersburg, has re-
iyed a chapter in the history Of this
smarkable woman, the scene Of
.hich transpired in this city. In the
lmmer of 1864, when the town was
He'd with troops, the Hon. J. J.
United States district Judge
I the Third district. sent has only
aughter, Miss Lily, to fashionable
oardlng-schoQl .at the good Quaker
iV,s = s-tIttS'Slrzf- -Evzsssa~,-tss--ss- -..lao
,rmed the acquaintance Of Miss Liz
2 Ely, the only daughter of a then
ointment Presbyterian clergyman.
4uaintance melted into friendship,
sndship fioated into schoolgirl
e, and, when the holidays came,
:. Jackson repaired to Philadelphia
bring her daughter home. She ex-
ded an invitation TO her daughters
md and associate, MISS Ely, to ac-
Ipany her. Nothing loath to a
and frOiic in the South, she
e, and soon became the centre of
action of admiring beaux and the
of less-favored bellies. With n
delicately rOunded-plump with
being gross-eyes like sparkling
aires, and manners winning. vet
sst, the satiny sOftness Of her lily
skin inspired with burning fer
he ardent blood of all the young
lrios here At Philadelphia she !
tenure as a kitten, mild as a pet |
and circumspect as a staid mat
set withal a slumbering volcano |
ssiOn. No sooner had she reach !
rkersburg than the hoOd-gates |
passion broke loose, and like |
lters Of the Massachusetts, dam, |
posely cemented walls of pru- |
and virtue gave way and swept 4
wanton riot and mad revel. She
MADE ROME HOWL,
2 BOwery tragedians have it,
n one occasion took u pleasure /
it'll a party of ladies and gentle /
IN the steamer Potomac to Gin /
ii, when she punished so much /
that her bon mOts made the Ia /
blush and the gentlemen litter,
he chdDerORes of the party deem
necessary to place her in charge /
cclored fiddler, who locked her
tate room and stood sentinel du- |
5he silent watches of the night. |
said she was imprudent; of /
women of an uncertain age de- |
| she was a bold hussy; the boys /
;ht she was gushing; her friends |
ened her conduct as eXcentric.
IT IN A NET LIKE VENUS AND
MARS.
this as il NAV, she was not
lful enough of peeping eyes ana
Il enough to turn the key, ald
discovered in relation with a gay
2 man neither creditable nor
sworthy,, nor exactly fit to he re-
i in this history. Accordingly,
Ely was for, and decided, after
g-fbcratlUu, to repair to Phila-
ia with her amOrous charge.
he young lady had marriage on
rain, and with persistency wOr-
Miss Prue in the play, who ex-
ed, "It is weIthey got me hus-
or, ecod, I'd Ga-married the ba-
she determined TO risk it.
ling Oakland, a station on the
more AMI Ohio Railroad, she
ID Sickness, and telegraphed for
5lemaa who had been paying her
ddresses-a Mr.. Beale Black
connected with one of the |
lmilies of the town, and at that
occupying the position of ticket
in the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
Company-''to come on and
her" Blackford, vastly pre-
g to repOse in the green pastures .
3trimonial bliss to browsing
on the bleak and lonely moors
chelordOm, repaired to Oaklind |
a Mr.. Jack Cuthbert, army con-
Or for the purchase of mules and
s-a iovial companion and boon
of Blackford.
THE MARRIAGE.
thbert poured the oil of kindness
lympathy over the troubled wa
# Mrs. Ely's sorrow; hoped Mrs.
would soon recover, and be her
again. while Blackford hied away
e priests and the gushing Miss
became the lovely Mrs. Blackford. /
lrning to this city, she and her ,
band Immediately took lodgings |
b a Mrs. Saunders, and afterwards
h a Mrs. Littleboy. But scarcely
the honeymoon done and the bat
f life in earnest begun when Mr..
kford discovered that his wife
q genuine female thoroughbred. |
lad taken a position in the North
7ern Bank as teller, now known as
Parkersburg National. She joined |
.tv(Rev. Mr.. Hyland's) Episcopal
.ch, and shortly after her only
I was baptized there. Suspicious
glanced askance at her, and her
habits of dissipation chung to her.
could not subdue her lve 70:
ng drink. Frequent jar ecker
3 and quarrels ensued, and one
day morning, her husband not ap-
ing at breakfast, she replied that
vas ont late the night before. The
ant was unable to awake him and
ed her. She went 10 his bedside
found him stiff and cold in death,
s fact announced, physicians were
lmoned, who pronounced that he
been dead some hours. One of
sisters wanted an investigation,
she twas overTulsd, and Mrs.
oxford had no trouble in procuring
cash for a S15, 900 policy of insu-
zee that she held upon his life IN
New York Mutual.
NUMEROUS.
But strange to relate, Mr.. Beverly |
nth. the cashier of the same bank,
Mr.. Steele Smith, his son, the
and intimate with Mrs,
.ckford, were each found dead with
a year. The public were suspi-
us then, and whispered, but did
openly avow foul play, yet many
the citizens now openly declare
It they never had q doubt that Beal
lekford, at least, met his death by
ison. From this city she repaired
Philadelphia, left her boy with her
.ther, laid in wait for rich young |
N and amorous old bachelors, and /
.de all pay the fiddler who danced |
her court. At the watering places !
2 was known as the gay and pretty |
dow Blackford, and so adroit were |
r schemes, so modest and suspicion
iarming her ways, that many's the
she lured TO her folds.
r love for notoriety was always
cessive. She was never happy un-
IS in.the whirl of constant excite
mt; her name on everybody's lips;
7 presence at every gathering.
me years ago she caused to be pub
he'd a tale which went the rounds
a II,