The Newtown bee., 1877-10-11


 terest in Village Improvements Do no' forget this lecture U morrow night
 SEQUEL TO THE LATE w0oDBURY
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 It will he remembered that several months ago there was an elopement case in Wbodbury, the details of which went the rounds of the newspaper press, and excited considerable comment, as the distinguishediindividuals who concocted aided and abetted in the affair took great glory 10 themselves for their share in the splendid and wonderful achievement Persons residing herewith not soon for get the great graduation and joy that reigned At he chief headquarters, as the happy pair" returned from their mid night tour to old Shandanet Wheeler's, and said that they "felt just bully" Per sons who read the former accounts of the event may be interested to learn how it all turned out Some extracts from a letterlately received from the father of the clipping girl who resides at Green vile, Illinois, will show the parties who aided in this .ignoble transaction, the wicked nature of the business in which they took so much pride They thought it d ''big thing" when young girl had been placed by her parents among ,friends fifteen hundred miles from her home, to get her out of.the house in the night, and run her over into the state of New York, to be married to such crea- ture as this letter indicates It is no ex- cuse to say that they did not kuow the parties-sthat fact was reason enough why they should have kept themselves out of the dirty business, even fit were ever good thing to meddle with the af fairsof other peoples families. The ex- tracts are as follows:--e .-,Hfra sss. ss@
 You inquire in regard to Roxje. She IS in Terre .Haute, Indiana, and doing the best she can, which is poor enough. The man inherited from his grandfather some time in the early Spring the sum of eight hundred dollars. Four hundred of this he received in cash, and the remain ing four hundred in note. When he came to Greenville there remained of the cash about $125. It lasted him until aboutthe time started east with RoXie. He had no money till he could sell that note, which he did, at some sacrifice This was the money he used in follow ing Roxie. Heigot it on Friday before arriving at your place on Monday. They trayeled till they had spent the last cenl Then he left Roxie with his relatives ilt Ohio, and arrived here the 4th of July, stating to hissfriends thatahe was going to St. Louis to get ai job in printing office, but was out of money. They seemed ashamed of their part in the busi- ness,l but loaned him enough te.curry him to Terre Haute, and there, he got a job in printing office at $9 per week. On this sum they have had to live as well as they could,i I never spoke to himin my life, and never will ,sif I can help'it,. My wife, with my consent, sem, Roxie's things to her,as she.had nothing to do with, and nothing to buy with Notwithstanding she lis trying to make itlappear that she is happy, Hoxie is mis- erably unhappy, and sit. will only end with her life, which will not, last long, as she is feeble 1T, body, and. deranged in mind. Her mother invited her to copie home, with, the understanding he could not come. Bhe came and staid week, and then returned. I have never ,lAen- toned the name of the man she married to her from the d-y I started eas. with her last Spring. Poor, child ]! she has no mind to reason with. Her own torment is all that she can bear. What is to be come of her cannot tell, but must wait and see. Her old home is eyer open, to I |. her; but to hiln-7neyer. Not cent of 1 my priperty shall ever be handled by the man she calls her husband. .Yon may tell those who helped her to elope, that they helped her to her ruin. His best friends say he was drnrt whep he was here in July and his name had previous. IIy been put upon d drdnkards' list, ai Urbana, Ohio. where by law o5ff tlall state they publish drunkards'. list as a warning to groceries not to sell spiritu ous liquors to persons Oh the list. This is toid by Mir | --, whose wife Va, Roxie's main correspondent here ane lthe woman who carried on the telegraph i ic. correspondence with the general post office department in Woodbury. in aid ,oi Ithe elopement. When these people gol the news that they were married they got their friends together and had jtibi lee, They dosbtless thought. that we should hasten to be reconciled, invite tbe couple home, and have great feas, of