New-York tribune., 1878-03-25

.o.on ne was taken sick and died Quite recently more
over the physician who was IN a,tehdnec up1n ,br
Young grrl, and who was niinseh TIC his'i0N '"AA
ieenth has died in Elmra.
Even in death mother-in-law is sometimes
Troublesome gentleman, who had been spending the
Winter at village between Perpignan and Touion,
started for Marsees three weeks ago. having under his
charge the remains Of his wfe's mother who had ex-
pressed desire be buried in the family vault near
the sea- On arriving at Marseiles he went with the
Commissioner of Police to receive the body from the
railway officials, but noticed that tue coffin was OF
different shape and construction from that which ne hau
ought from home 1t turned out that the Oncas hau
sent on to Toulon the coffin containing his motherin
laws body believing that it held tho remains OF
deceased admiral which be embarked for inter
ment in Algeria while the coffin awaiting delivery was
the which should have been sent on. Inc nOa, i,a
having requested the railway officials 10 d hithsT
at once with TOulOn by telegraph proceeded nIte
himself with the coffin OF the admiral PM Ine M t
had arrived too late He wSI ap ken on
board the state vessel which was waiting lor II, i anu
dispatched to Aa IS aapaeen e a. feo he Of
case but though dispatch-boat was sen. ~ pun '' o
prfncple that an admiral hand is worth motheT-ln
law in the bush he declined to gye up ie semas men zen
other corpse He consolcd himself doubtless with the
thought that fun military ana naval nohpPs S HsG e penn ont
Of harbor amid the thunder of fort and of fleet
A lady who was accompanying the remains
Of her husband from Florida 10 her home in Akron Ohio
Jumped from rapidly moving express tram on FRIDAY
night Just before she reached the end of her journey
she was crazed with grief and morbid apprehension
that she would be blamed by his friends for having taken
him away to die. When the train left Cincinnati she
,eemed be calm, and the family physician, who accom-
nanied her. thought she would sleep after so much ex
baust6n Worn out with watching and anxiety he went
10 sleep himself in berth opposite 10 her. When the
train neared Akron early in the morning the physician
arose and his found her berth empty and the
window open Search was made all through the train,
stopped the poor physician almost speechess How
coud he give the sOrrowing friends the dead body OF
Mr Phillips and tell them that his wife had committed
sicdel The telegraph used at once 10 get tdlngs
OF the missing woman but it was several hours before
env response came and then was announced hat ho
woman was lying at q house in little village some dis
.ance OF the railroad not far from Mansfield. tram
was chartered and friends hastened 10 bring her home
They found in bed, conscious but almost exhausted
The people said that she knocked at their door little
while before daylight and When they opened the door
they found her all covered with mud and unable TO tell
her name or anything about herself She explained that
after she went to her berth she could not sleep she
finally opened the window and looked out IL was rain
ING and the feeling that she was rapidly approaching
bsr home brought indefinable dread and powerful
mnulse to escape it, With tins feeling she threw herself
ont of the window while the train in ful motion
She fortunately struck upon sandbank and was thus
saved from Immediate DEATH well as from severe In
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