The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-01-15

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she had formed the acquaintance of a
young man employed in the cigar manu-
factory Of Edward Aschermann & Co.,
and permitted him to call upon her.
The acquaintance ripened into love on
his part, but not On hers. Therefore,
when he proposed marriage she rejected
him, saying that she did not, and never
could, love him. The parents of the
young lady interceded for the rejected
suitor with such persistence that she
finally consented to marry him. The
engagement, like many another similar
one, proved short-lived, however. The
poor girl found that she could not cult
vate love for the man of her unwilling
choice, and rejected him finally and alb
solutely. When the baffied lover found
every appeal in vain, he became frantic,
and, striking tragic air, invoked the
curse of Heaven upon her, and called
upon the spirit of his departed mother
to appear at her bedside in the dead of
night with lighted candle in her hand,
and thus disturb her sweet repose. This
curse, uttered with the vehemence OF dis
traction, fell with crushing force upon
the mind of the agitated and supersti-
tious maiden. She brooded over the
portion that appeared most terrible to
her,-the nightly visitation Of the ghost
like form of the young mans mother,
clad in the garments OF the grave, until
at last the imagination resolved itself in
to such realistic shape that she actually
believed she saw the spirit form approach
her bedside, candle in hand, and heap
mute imprecations upon her head. The
shock of the apparition proved too great
for her frail system. She sickened at
once, and two days later, despite the ef-
forts of the attending physicians, breath
ed her last. In her dying moments the
rejected lover appeared at the bedroom
door, so the story runs, and essayed to
approach the sick girl. She saw him,
and, being too weak to articulate, i'm
patiently waived him out of her presence
with uplifted hand. Still the parents
urged him to go in and see her, which
he did, knowing the while that he was
violating her dying wish not to see her
any more. In the announcement of the
death of the young lady under such pc
culiarly sad circumstances, heart-disease
was ascribed as the cause, in accordance
with the diagnosis of the case made by
the physicians.
New YORK, Jan. 8.-A Washington
special has the following story: Major.
". E. Sweet, a clerk employed in the
office of the First comptroller, has been
detected in swearing to false and extrava-
CANT accounts for expenses while travel
ing In the service of the government.
Sweet served during the war in Hayes
Ohio regiment, was given his present
place, $1,000 clerkship, at the request
of Hayes, and on account of ability pro
NOTED over, the heads of several clerks
who are his seniors. Sweet recently had
been travelling for the department in the
South and on the Pacific slope. Upon
presenting his bills they were audited
and paid. One of the accounting Off
GERS, noticing that Sweets bills were
very large, made detailed investigation.
and learned that Sweet had been paid
between six and seven hundred dollars
more than he had just claim against the
government. Upon being confronted
with the evidence of his guilt, Sweet
promptly made restitution. In his de-
fence he urges that in his opinion an of
dcer of the government should travel in
/ style betting the proud position of an
employee OF the greatest republic on the
globe. Sweet still retains his position
in the department, but it is said he is to
be removed.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, Jan. "a most ter
rible tragedy occurred at the village of
Lyons, Wayne county to-day. Between
II and l O'Clock p. m. Miss Francis Ho-
vey, beautiful and amiable young lady
of that place, left her home ostensibly to
mail some letters and then return hor.e.
After going to the post office, instead of
going home she went Immediately to her
fathers hat and cap store. On entering
the store she went to the rear where her
father sat reading by the stove. Having
gone behind him she took pistol from
her pocket and shot her father in the
right side of the head, placing the barrel
against his temple. After this she went
up stairs in o back room of the store.
where, with the same pistol, she sent
bullet whizzing through her own brain.
Heath resulting in few minutes after
One of the brothers returned from his
Inner, and, going to the rear of the
store, found his father sitting in his |
hair with blood trickling down his face.
Having examined the wound he imme- |
lately called physician, who pronoun.
ed the wound to be one made with a |
bullet. \ search of the premises was
hen made, and the poor girl found ".
ng on the floor, slowly dying. Mr.. |
doyey was killed instantly. The girl.
francis Hoyey, is dead. When she was
ound she had a small glass in her hand.
With which it is supposed she saw how
o take am. The glass was brought
rom her home. Miss Hovey has been
insane at times on account of the death
t fond lover, Eugene Ralnes, of Roch-
ster. who died some time in September.
hey are said to have been engaged for
yer four years. His death was q terri
lie blow to her, and shattered her intel
Act: She was considered most lovely
Dung lady, leader in society, and one