The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-06-17
A Brides Suicide.
ROMANCE ~ REAL LITE

cited on Thursday. May 18TH, by the
report that Mrs John farris. dnugh
ter OF the Rov. Joseph Thomas, Oi
the Woodruff Presbyterian Church,
had committed suicide near Watkin =
Glen. by throwing herself in front Of
locomotive on the Northern Cen
trail Railway.
Bavina Thomas, deceased, was 81
years of age, anl mp to the time of
the marriage mentioned was the con
ire Of IN almiriug circle, composed
of tho best society Of Woodhull. She
was handsome and accomplished. al
though her parents were i'll complr.
atively poor Circumstances. \ fuw
months since she f)rmc the ac lurin
lance Of mln namcl John FLycis. a
fow years her senior, who wont tD
, Woodruff from Ithaca. anl c!urkol
in u dry gools store lio WIS Vi
pleasing address AMI winning mlu.
ncrs, aud soon won tho hclrt Of Miss
! Thomas. Her ptreuts thiuGing well
Of Farris, there was no obstacle to tho
mlrIiagc of the two. aud tho ceres
mony wls performed at the time
above mentioned, the father of tho
bride himself officiating.
From Woodruff thn newly marie |
pair started on II brief wedding tour
They went 10 Watkins, AMI stopped
ut tie Lauglon House. After speui
| ing two or three days thcrc, the young
wife noticed "A decided change in the
conduct Of her husband. From bo.
ing kind AMI loving he becinIs cross
and noglocLiul, AMI finally, ON the
third day, appeared before her cpusid
crlblv intuXlcltcl. She was almost
cralcl at the conduct of Ftrris but
attempted to lovingly rcmonstrata
with him, when h. pushed her from
him, aud, to her horror, coOlly told
her that sue was not his wife, rs ho
hal been previously married, and
his wife was living ut Ithaca. He
also said that he intended to leave her
aud 90 back tO Ithaca, and that the
best thing she could do would bc to
enter II house of prostitution, even
suggesting to her the name Of ono,
and oiluring to con luct her to it. lie
then went away, leaving the heart
broken young woman, without pay
ing the bills that had been contract
cd at the hotel, Inquiry on her part
proved that what her supposed hus
band had told her was too truo, and
that he was u notorious scoundrel aud
thief.
Having no money, Miss Thomas
left hor trunk at the hotel rs security
for the payment of the bill. She could
not gather courage to return to her
home aud face the scandal her unfor-
tunato marriage would make, aud SO
she determined TO seek employment
| in Watkins for tlmo. She found
employment rs domestic on Satur-
day last, ut the house of Mr.. David
solomon. II prominent business man
of Watkins, to whose family shc re-
lated the story of her great wrong.
3, On Monday Mr.. Solomon went to the
hotel to arrange for tpking Miss
ThomaS's trunk away, when the dis,
covory WIS made that it hl1 boon
broken into anl riil1l Flrrio hal
returned to tho hotel on Sunday aud
procured admission 10 the room late
ly occupied by him aud the deceived
Miss Thomas, aud suspicion at oncco
fell on him ~ the thief. Mss Thom
as had in the trunk fine gold watch,
which was n wedding present from
her mother, gold chain, and other
iewelry, which wore all stolen A
warrant was issued for the arrest OF
Farris, and he wa3captured and lodS-
Cd in Jail, and on Tuesday was sem
fenced to six months in jail.
Miss Thomas remaineiat Mr.. Sol
omon's, doing the work of II servant.
and refusing to proceed against the
villain who had destroyed her happi,
ness. She rarely spoke, and seemed
to think that she was Stunned by all
who saw her. On "Wednesday even
ing last, after she had finished her
supper work, she told Mr.. solomon
that she WAS going mp stairs to write
letter to her mother A few min
utes afterwards she came down aud
went out OF the back door. One OF
the family, supposinG she WAS going
to the post ollioo, called after her and
told her that was not the way. She
made no reply anl kept on her way.