The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-19

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Waae-boro Iafetagencsr sid The
...happiest 10 king man in W~adesboro,
and doubtless the happiesi man a well,
rs Ur. B. B Horton. And why notE Tor
..he vss married on Wednesday last 10
Mis- Sallie r. McCombs. Of Charlotte:
Tgo weeks Of HONEYMOON. and then the
bsi@e became a widow! Here l. another
traesdy In everyday life. Rockingham
Sorfh saws: The widow Of the late
Bennett, haviny become insane since The
death of her husband, was taken TO the
Iunatic Asylum at Raleigh. Iarboro
.Southerner says: "A negro woman living
~ " iiiiamston. was 50 uetermlre Ell TO go to
the FIRE tina, she locked her k;tle child
nm In the house and went to SCI hen
she returled, she saw the skin OF her chhd
burned to a crisp. aud life alnos, extInct.
The child had fallen into the fire.
Montgomery Star tells now jesse Sulith-
ermen. a prominent citizen. alter roup
ing with his grand-children. went to bed
and called his wife u JOIN hlm "Good-
night he said, and died
1T reads ike a roauapcc. bot i uutor-
tunately all fact. Five years ago zzie
Lueeubeel Of Washington City, was a
young and blushing or ~unblushing Bean
ty'' who had many admirers, and the
rroportion9te amount OF vanity. IN Old
fellow PANIED Christiancy boarded with
her mother. He was abolt 80, dry a a
chip 10 all respects, but by virtue ol a
lifetime Of political intrigue had gotten
into The United States Senate. Its easy
to guess tie Ie.t. Lizzie had a lover,
but he wasn't rich, nor able 10 send her
parading in front of the city hotels IN the
pony carriage of Mrs. Sena' on Christian-
cy so called. So she took the Michigan
der" and both were badly taken H."
as usual. The welding sensation lasted
nine DAYS, and then cane all manner
of GOSSIP. Old Chris. found himself
into such hot water that he got his
, neighbar in the Fraud Bushes. Ruth
erford Hayes to seud him to South
| America, where water Tolls wit tout fire.
Liz. thought it would sound grandiy to
have her cards Printed Mrs I. ;.
Minister to Peru and she went too.
But there were some good looking South,
erncrs on the steamer, and she shared
another scandal with tkeul. Her hus-
as the Chilians came from South of Peru,
he took sides against them. One day
they got near enough to Chill his ardol
by a shower Of shells, which made him
run so fast that his long legs got tied il
a knot, aud he had to come back L
Washington to untangle them. He al
the same time, got the court to unite The
bonds Of marriage which had bound hin
to pretty Lizzie. She then sank lowel
and lower; a choral drinker, a wreck
This was one year ago, and now the Garl
story closes. A telegram says:
"~Surrounded by a halfa dozen doctors
male and female, Mrs. Christiancy, tn,
divorced wife of ex- Senator Christiancy
of Michigan, died a raving lunatic OF
Thursday morning at Brooklyn, the houS,
house of DR.. Dupre, a lady physician.
"Mrs. Christiancy left her room las
Monday morning, clad only in her night
dress, and knocked at DR.. Dupre's door
She said she was being hunted and want
ed protection. She was asked If sh,
would not like to see her parents, and sh,
said she would, and talked of writing 70
them, but it was not until WedEesda,
afternoon that they were summoned from
Washington Mr.. ard Mrs. Lugenbee
arrived yesterday afternoon, but too lat,
to see their daughter alive. On Tuesda,
Or. Dupre was summoned by Der ser.
want to see the unfortunate woman, VIII,
had suddenly become very violent. Tn,
Doctor was engaged with a patient il
her office, but went up stairs IN a fey
minutes. When she reached Mrs. Chris
tiancv's room the latter had left tn
house. She was not again seen unit
Wednesday uight, when a carriage drov
mp to DIR. Dupre's door, and Mrs. Chris
tiancy slipped out. She was in a terri
bic condition, and could hardly speak co
herently. She said she had been in New
York with some friends. but she told 5
many contradictory stories that very littl
reliance was placed on what she said
DIR. Dupre administered a small dose Q
choral, and then left the room to sum
mon other medical aid. When she re
turned Mrs. Christiancy was unconscious
The bottle containing the choral was o.
the nantel, uucorked."
Mr.. William Hogan died very sud
denly in Chapel Hill last week. II
went to the p~ostotfice. got his mail an,
returned home. He took q seat, and re
marked to his wife that he was goin,
to die and Immediately eXpired.-TIs,
tOr.-Mrs. Wesley McIver died unex
pectedly at her home on 4th inst. Sn
was a staunch member of Buffalo church
james Levister went to his barr
Sunday evening to feed his horses. II
was found dead by the basket. II
seemed well when he left the house,
F~r0nkiintoR Weehly.