Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-01-02

iuf IL uhnusoue anu convenient CalSnuar iOl
the year 1874.
A SUCCESSFUL ELoPEMENT-Fa Father Ouf,eitec1
A young couple entered the cars at Omaha
and were assigned to the section designated ol
their tickets. The bride flor SO the Young a|
dy was at once classified by the other passenl
gers) was prepossessing, complaisa n and evil
IDENTIFY devoted to her iege lord. The groom
young, tolerahly handsome, and very proud
OF the trusting young woman nesting BY hi
side, and so they passed the very delightful
hours that interviewed before reaching Grand
Island, but here their dream of happiness waJ
disturbed middle-aged man hustled ind
the car, and as he confronted the young conf
pie there was Il look of establishment on III,
part OF the young man, aud scream of teri
ror on the part of the young lady. The in
truder was the stepfather OF the young lady |
who was not yeta bride, but hoped to be on,
reaching the first station wherp an officer could
be found to perform the ceremony that would
unite her to the man of herichoice. A few
threatening words from the inte father caused
the brave young knight to siecumb and leave
the train his weeping ATTAINED giving herself
reluctantly to the charge of Ter father IN
But, though defeated the pung lSnighkhY
not subdued, for he silentlyhole away "
baggage car, told his sad Ale to lIssy'pf'a-
p
concealed among the trurs, and wren 'no
train reached Sacramento h mansSeu 10 ap-
prise his sweetheart of his Ereseaee ~ u'le me- "
whisk her away aud get tn mot tieu oe,ore
The parent discovered thrs fDe young man had
been n fellow-nassaager al the time that he
snnnosed him s. be in theeighborhood OF the
Missouri Vi. er.-AHd CdhorniGa.
MYSTERIOUS DISCREPANCIES OF A RIcH Wo-
The town of Eastoi Pa, has an inter-
es,ilg case of mysterious disappearance that
If HRS Carrie Cornell Size went to Easton
ahaat a month ago, and tok quarters at the
American HOTEL where sh gained the reputa-
ton OF being very wealtly and exceedingly
agreeable She told her hndady that she was
II widow, having marriedwben fourteen wears
old, and lost her huSbandfour years after, and
also stated that her fatht and mother were
still living in Boston, While she had a brother
and sister in New York. Her father, she said,
had treated her very uusindly, and, though
she had given him $40, 0t) to concliate him,
his cruelty drove her away from him. She
had repeatedly said that1er life was perfectly
wretched, and one day asked a man If death
by drowning was an cas- one. He answered
aiirmitvey. On the e'ening of the 10Th OF
the month she retired as usual, saying laugh
ingly to Mrs. Fisher, her laudladv, tina. she
was going to make her will, and asked what
she would give her. Mrs. Fisher. in Joking
way, designated beautiful wicker hamper in
her room. The next morning, Mrs. Cornell
was found to be gone, while her room was in
great disorder. There was some Paris green
in the room and somt evidences that she had
taken an overdose Off. She left card refer
ring 10 what she had heard about the ease Of
death by drowning. She also left note be-
queathing all her property 10 Mrs. Fisher. =
Her wardrobe, which was very rich, would
indicate that she possessed considerable wealth
The prevailing theory about her disappearance
is that failing to kill herself with the Paris
green, she drowned herself in the Lehigh river