The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-05-26

most painful case of human c-edulity and
yillainy. The victim was q daughter Of a
Minister Of that village, handsome and accom-
plsshed, A few months since she made the
aequaiatanee Of one Farris, who obtained a
situation in store at Woodruff, and two
weeks ago she married him with her parents
consent The third day after the nuptials,
and while At the place to which they had gone
on their marriage tour, acurious change came
over his demeanor, and be commenced drink
ING TO intoxication. On her demonstrating
gently with him he Mortified her by telling her
that their marriage was void as he had a wife
living. The heartless scoundrel then left her.
Without the courage to return home, sought
and obtained employment in family at Wat
kins, where she remained until last Wednes-
day, when under the pretence that she was
going to the Post Office, she went out to the
railroad track, and awaiting the approach of
train, threw herself under the locomotive
and was killed. This sad story, bad as it is,
might not be without its uses, If Young wo-
men would learn from it the folly Of marrying
men Of whose antecedents they know nothing.
MURDER IN PHrLLIPsBuRa.--A cold blood-
ed murder has just been perpetrated in Phil
lipsburg. Patrick Ward shot and wounded
Peter T. Miers, on the evening of the nth,
from the effects Of which he will undoubtedly
die. The ball passed through his right arm, and
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his ribs, and the doctors are unable to extract
it. The two had been bitter enemies for a
long time, and the murderous assault of Mon
day night was tho elimination of this long
standing hostility, although there appears to
have been no immediate cause for It. The
weapon used was large repeating navy pis-
tol, of the Remington pattern, which was
found hid in closet in Wards house. after
he had committed the deed. After short ex-
a. Inn Ward NOE ,vs,tf fod fcf y,a
rem County Jail, to await the action of the
next Grand Jury.
THE RIGHT SPIRIT. Passing group of
young ladies on the street the othor evening,
we overheard one of them say--"I have heard
he didn't go with her any more. He got drunk
and she cleared him out" Who the " she ;"
was or the he," wc haven't the remotest
idea. "She" is, however, to be commended
heartily for clearing him out for getting
drunk, and we will guarantee that if she
sticks to her decision on that question she will
never regret ii. If young ladies' generally
would resolve to have nothing to do with
young men who drink Intoxicating liquors, it
would do more to bring about genuine tenn
perance reform than anything else. So long
as young men find that tipping and drunken
ness do not prevent them from enjoying fe-
male society, SO long they will be careless on
the subject; but SO soon as they find that they
will be " cleared out !" by the ladies for such
practices, those who are good for anything
will make up their minds that it is best for
them to become and remain sober men.-Ncac
Brunswick FREEDMAN.
To BAD SrELLERs.- IL Under some mysterious
law Of compensations, which runs through
many of the transactions of life, the bad
spoilers are to receive their reward as well as
they who won their prizes at our recent SPELL
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of the very best of American periodicals
quotes from Elizur Wright, who some years
ago. said: "Of another thing / have no
doubt at all, to wit--that learning to spell is
discipline pernicious to good mental habits,''
and says The pupil who should spell word
as reason dictates, would be fiogged, or in
some other way disgraced, before the school,
On the other hand, the pupil that can bring
his mind into the most perfect harmony with
an irrational system, can 90 on perpetrating
absurdities the longest without failing, wins
prizes and applause So the man who
spelled neighbor s'nabor /" may comfort him.
self with the reflection that he was possessed
of a more logical mind than the irrational
being who won the prize by spelling psyche
pannychism according to Webster. The
Science Monthly thinks that tolerable spelling
is an important thing, but that the mind
should not be dwarfed or supplied in order to
in subordination to the regular exercise of the
higher faculties, and the end will be better
served, than by trying to make it the prime
accomplishment of education.
Serious fires are raging in Clearield, Schuyl-
kill, and Carbon counties, Pa, and have
caused great destruction of property. A ter
rible fire, which seems to have originated
from the burning woods, was raging in and
around Osceola, in Clearield county, last
Thursday. 1t was stated in a telegram re-
ceived on Friday morning that 200 houses and
all the public buildings, except two churches
had been burned, and the fire was still rag
ing and cutting off communication with the
town. Fires were also burning in other
parts of the county, and mine property, dwell
ings and lumber had been destroyed. In
Schuykill county there was also great des-
truct'on of property at the collieries, and
many dwellings were consumed. To add to
the calamity incendiary attempts were made
on Thursday to burn the town of Shenandoah.
Cardinal McCloskey's official oath of ale
glance to the Pope and HIS authority was
complete and unrcserved pledge Of submission
and obedience. He is sworn to defend the Pope
and his spiritualan temporal interests against
all the world, and to use every possible effort
to oppose aud defeat everything that may be
to their prejudice. Especially is the Cardinal
10 " seek out, oppose, prosecute and fight
against all heretics and schismatics, with
every possible effort These are strange OBJ
legations to be taken by prelate who lives
and rules in country whose greatest pride
and safety lies in religious freedom, and the
time may come when they will BIO dangerous.
The grasshoppers are all alive in broad
belt of country including Eastern Kansss and
Western Missouri. They are yet small and
unable to fly, but have voracious appetites.
The country east of them is in state of
alarm. A dispatch from Kansas City, dated
on Sunday, says that the grasshoppers have
penetrated the heart of the city, moving in
vast army going north. Trenches are being
dug, and millions are slaughtered, but nothing
can stop the red-legged pests in their march.
Many drive them from the grounds with
water from hydrants. Their depredations are
becoming very serious, lawns being stripped
Of grass, and garden truck destroyed Moth
ing can be raised, except in greenhouses.
Three days were occupied last week by
Judge Porter, one Of the counsel for Mr..
Beecher, in making an argument for the de-
Tense. He began on Wednesday forenoon and
continued until Friday noon without complet-
ing his address. An adjournment was then
do -...9l a.