The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-04-02


HABTFoRD. CoSs, March 25-
Har ( su's best circles sefe shocked
Yesterday by tue announcement Of the
eIopsmans Of she Youngest dsagLteI
Of ex-Gor. r. ID. Hubbard with bel
iather's coschmsn. la some respects
the affair possesses romantic features
The ms in the cast is Frederick
Shepherd, u rather Gne appearing
Young fellow Of %. Of American pa
rens age, aud, according t. statements
of those who knew han, of fair repu
iation. He has been ia the employ
of Gov. Hubbard f3r Eve or six
months.
The heroine in the case ia the Cows
youngest daughter, Nellie, a pretty
blonde OF 10. highly educated and ol
fascinating Few bad sus
peeisd any relations. ts~srd yrung
Shepherd other than might property
exi-t toward a rasIe1 empipye II her
fl her. but rone oi The grsslps noted
~lb ~u-pdeion NE frequency # theii
horseback rides a9d that she was #
tea riding alone With him 10 a bug.
Nv N,ae # these su-picions aere
communicated 10 The family aud 81
circumspect were the couple thai
grbia tie Governors household they
never gave tbs Sigh est hiot Of TOE
uaisn toward when they we e diff
Ing. Ia one Respect, at least, yguog
Sheppard acted boDofabi5 having
won Msss NrllIe's Affections be mar.
ried Der legally Tne wedding oc.
Cured on The ll,h iost The yeung
lady weot /, New Haven. o-tensibly
. visit friends, and GU reaching there
vent by the canal road North ward Ia
West6 I'd, Mass, where her lover
iued Der.
TIE marriage took place either
there or 10 Springfield. a dit
ierisg on thi- pOIat Both returned
to Hartford immedisieiy. aud con
craled their secret. o. Friday night
last Nellie mysteriousiy disappeared
frsm hume, aud on Saturday night il
was learned she had lefs Hartford by
train, accompanied by her husband
Scarcely had this news had time to
Impress itself Oh the minds Of the dis
tressed family when a brother OF
young Sheppard called at the house
aud exhibited to CIV Hubbard the
marriage certificate. While this was
10 q sense q relief, in another il
was mortifying, for it was clear pro,t
the daug hter bad gone too far 10 war
rant any measures 10 return her To
Der family. The latter have no def
lutte Information up 10 to-oigbt of the
whereabouts Of the couple. They are
reported to be ia New Haven or
New York, and il is believed that
The latler report is correct. as the
Young lady is So we'll snosn 10 the
former city her appearance on the
street would lead u immediate de-
lection.
Gov. Hubbard is psosirated with
grief, and has bot lett the house since
his daughters C was discovered
His friends assert hat be will posi-
lively refuse all advances toward a
reconciliation. Sach advances be
has every reason to anticipate will be
msde, for Nellie was bis fsvorile
daughter aud young Sheppard nat
urslly based his hopes on this, aud
that bis father in-law would 20 fur
Their aud make some provision for the
support of himself aud his bride Ii
is stated that Q letter from Nellie To
her mother has been found, bat, il
true The contents have been kept a
family secret F9r years no affair
mas ereated a greater sensation than
this. Late last night, when it WAS
FIRST whispered about, il was regard
I'd as u mere story, unworthy Of be-
lief /; Dut facts have been gradually
c ming 10 light to-day aud Tonight.
Il is the subj Ct Of conversation ev.
erywhere, although at the earnest re.
quest If Gov Hubbsrd's frieuds the
Loc4l newspapers bad refreiDed from
Publishing even the slightest ailusian
60 il There Is much difference of
o%piaion as to the pnssible finale of The
affair. but some Of the irieads of the
family assert L tonight that there are
possibilities of reconciliation through
the in1ercession. of ibe ladies OF the
family, aud 10 view of the facts that
the parties not only attempted 10
osliiate their act by lawful wedlock,
bot the young man, although oceu-
pying a social position not very en-.
viable. bears a fair reputation 10 the
to Sn. and may make wen a better
husbsnd Than anticipated