Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-27
A Female Pedestrian.

a BEAUTIFUL young woman, apparently
twenty years of age, applied for lodgings,
few nights ago, at the Nineteenth Pre-
cinct Police Station, in East Fifty-ninth
street. Her dress, although well worn
was neat and tidy. The blonde hair of
her head hung in curls down a we'll
shaped neck. Her form was petite, and
her speech Indicated that her education
had not been neglected. To Sergeant
WhitcOmb, who sat behind the desk, she
gave remarkable story of how, sixteen
months ago, she married man named
Anthony Briggs, carpenter of no mean
capacity, residing in Boston, Mas s., where
her parents also lived in comfortable cir
Cumstances. The young couple lived
handsomely together on the outskirts of
Boston until last February, when, in com
pany with several other families, they
emigrated to North Carolina. On the
way thither her husband began to show
his true character by beating her without
the slightest provocation. This he kept
up at intervals until she left him in the
country near Charlotte, n. c., with the
determination of going to her parents in
Massachusetts,, even if she was compelled
to walk the whole distance.
She accordingly started on her trip the
second week in April, with only a few
cents more than two dollars in her peck
ct. On her way she stopped at farm
houses, and by cooking and washing
earned food and lodging for the night.
On an average she spent five hours day
in walking; the rest of the day was spent
in sleep and working for families in order
to procure a meal. She travelled through
North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and ar
rived in this city last week, foOt-sore and
sick from the long journey which she had
undertaken Being an adept with the
needle, an excellent pianist and good
cook, she sought for work in any capaci-
ty, but without success. Since her ar
rival in this city she has been kindly
taken care of by the several Captains of
police stations where she has applied for
lodging, By the kindness of several we'll
known business men down town, to whom
her case was made known, she was en-
abled to start for Boston yesterday after
noon. She does not know-or at least
does not care-where her husband is 1t
is her intention to apply for a divorce at
an early date.-N. I. Herald.
THE Christian InteIZtgencer tells this
STORY. w Z huOM VI d CASE III WHICH 4
mother and her sister, her daughter, and
her son-in-law were furnished with a
good suit of rooms, handsomely fitted
up, with more than simply decent cloth
inc. and with a well-ordered table, by
the pitiful supplications of the aged sis
ter, who made frequent and regular visits
to a certain set of offices down town
This was spoken Of in the family as
going down to the bank to draw a little
deposit.' This source of income not being
deemed sufficient to meet the wants of
the son-in-law, a retired lawyer who
was little fastidious in the matter Of
dressing-gown slippers and cigars, a
strike was made on new set OF glvers.
The matter was referred by one of the
latter to a faithful city visitor of the
poor, who called, reported, and the result
was not only no new gifts, but even the
bank before mentioned suspended pay
ment, and the young man was actually
driven to the cruel alternative OF going
to work or going hungry"
The Lancet asserts that night work is
not injurious to adults under certain
conditions. The hours of sleep should
never be curtailed, and the light should
be white, powerful, steady and concen-
trated by shade upon the work. 1t
argues that an insufficient, Pickering, or
too diffused light is one of the most