Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-10-11
y,.-,rost Married of women.


BENJAMIN Abbott, one Of our old citi-
zens. died in this town Saturday last in
the eighty-secOnd year of his age. He
was a nephew of the celebrated Rev.
BENJAMIN Abbott, the great Methodist
revivalist of the early part of this CEN
tury, came to this state from New Jersey
when young man, and settled in the
"Neck," east of this town, where his ac-
tive life was mostly spent. But the
notable feature in Mr.. Abb0tt's otherwise
uneyentful life is the remarkable fact of
being the seventh husband of his widow,
who survives him. This much-talked-Of
and much-published event, (fOr it went
the rounds of the press of the natiOn,)
when he for the second time and she for
the seventh time bowed before this alter
of Hymen occurred on June 80, 1875, he
then being 7S and she so years old. Mrs.
AbbOtt's history i'm the martial relations
of life stands perhaps without parallel
i'm the records of the nation, and tradi-
tiOn has it there is to be yet another. 1t
is currently stated without contradiction
that some years ago she had a vision in
which eight men stood before her in a
peculiarly impressive manner, which
she has ever regarded as prophetic of the
number of cOnquests she was to make.
The eight is just as likely and as reason
able as the seventh, and already public
gossip is beginning to mark this and
that man as the victim of next conquest.
Her maiden name was Williams, and
she has been successfully Mrs. Truax,
Mrs. Berry, Mrs. Pratt and Mrs. Abbott.
In M OF Grcf ohn hoo
married widOwers, some of them with. a
good number of children; on one Occa-
sion in her early married life she went
to the almshOuse and took therefrOm
three children and raised them. She
never had any children of her own. All
her life has Been spent in this vicinity,
and all her husbands were buried by the
same undertaker.-Smyrma, Del, Times
A Remarkable spcullations i'm Brogans.
A vessel recently arrived from Homo
lulu brought 20 dozen mems stOgy bro
gans, having large wide heels, consigned
to a chinese firm. 1t represented that the
shoes had been shipped from this port on
speculation, and had been returned be-
cause there was no market for them in
the Hawaiian Islands. Being of Ameri-
can manufacture, the goods were enti-
tied to be imported duty free. The cir
cumstance being such an unusual one
the custom house officers suspected that
the heathens had been putting I'D a
trick, and an investigation was made.
1t turned that the heels of the shoes
were hollow, and when sent to Honolulu
contained about quarter of pound of
opium. A duty of 80 per cent. on the
value of the shipment was imposed, and
the goods delivered to the cOnsignees.
The successful plan to deceive the rev.
enue officers at the Islands was certain
ly an ingenious one, but it is an old de-
vice, having been resorted to years ago
in this port. The speculation proved
very remuerative. Opium can be pur-
chased in this city for about S14 pound
and brings $50 or more per pound at the
islands. The venture must, therefore
have realized in the neighborhOOd of
$1,000, less expenses. The importation
OF opium into the islands is interdicted
San Francisco Bulletin.