Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-26
4 yr.,Ilernns Wretch

"A N,
Thc New Haven Journal gives the details
Of Tie shocking tragedy in that city on Sun
Gay Il iricl mention Of which was made by
TELEGRAPH. itappears that HT. MatersOn had
mdllTedted ms wife In so ndgraut "a manner
that she obtained divorce from him about
year ago, and since that time ne has fol-
lowed her about and on several occasions
threatened 10 take her life. BY decree 0f the
court s1c assumed her maiden name OF Hat
lie + boOlittie, and went to Bristol, where
she Obtained livelihood by dress making.
she saw nothing Of MaterSOn in her Country
retreat, and returned to New Haven. about
three weeks ago. ON Sunday she attended
church with lady friend, and the two were
Just coming ont fTCm the afternoon service
wren NateT>on ran up behind mis- form ar
wife aud after knocking her down abbed
her once with q common two ba1ed pocket
Frtie. Thinking he had Killed her be turue,!
away and cut yLd stabbed himself in one
SIDE Of his neck. evidently meaning to end
IS !fe. But the sight of Mss D0Olittlc
rising fTCm Tie ground and starting 10 rUD
away showed him that ne had not killed her
and zee started to catch her, the blO0a stream
ing nom his wounded neck. The brute
caught The pOOT woman and had stabbed her
again wren pasSer-by rushed upon the
scene ana dealt tie murderer q blow which
nearly stunned him. While on the ground
the wTetchcd Struggled fiercely with his can
tor, scattering MS blood over them freely
lie seemed 10 have Waniac's strength, ard
eEd col cease 10 curse his former wife ana
81 ground him until The loss OF considerable
t-sV- SGbUueu him into silence. The wounds
Of 10Th MateTSOn and ms victim Were
speedily cared for, and at last accounts il
vas thought that both would survive. Miss
neck below the right ear, and again in :he
hack. below me right shoulder blade. The
wuUid-Je murderer Eas been the sailn"
master Of Tom Thumbs yacht.
EXTRAORDINARY CHESS PLAYrNG-Pqay
-IrTTtU EcfiySeL-MT. William IL. Nuudy
OF seneca Falls, n. Y, recently PLAYED al that
place twenty four games of chess at one time
AGAINST twenty four different players, with
o. sight OF men or boards. The games were
played AT the residence or Judge Josiah T.
y iiieT, The player meanwhile sitting on the
stOop, chatting and answering questions
about the games. This is eleven more game
than were ever attempted at one time before
A dispute arose about the position of the
pieces In two of the games, and Nj. Mundy
stood up before the guests and called OIL ali
me moves that had been made IL the gam as
ana TIE position Of the pieces on the boaris.
lie had previously played six games at once
IN Hnd,on, Y, and again in Geneva, v.
4. when fourteen years old ne beat some Of
iut besl players then living, but has played
little since.
STR1KTNG DEPREDAroRs-Farm
ran hlVef aud vicinity complain OF depreda-
lions upon their potato and corn fields by
NcGhmen on strike, who impudently tell the
deSpOiled owners that they are NOT going 10
staIve as long as there is plenty of corn and
potatoes 70 be had In The fields"
THROUGH 4 BRIDGE TO DFATn.-Tbe ST
Paul express train due at Chica 20 at 10 a. no,
miles south of that city, killing the conduc.
tor. engineer and fireman, and Slightly in
Juring some OF the passengers.
sVFx- Governor Seymour proposes Z, at
tend the northern Wisconsin fair.
wGenerals Beauregard and Joseph E.
Johnston are at Warm Springs, Va
ss~A Mississippi planter, who owued
many slaves IN the bad old days. now boasts
that all his f'nigeersr have turned ont we'll
y OF one ~ them have been elected 10 Ia.