New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-09
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| We appear to be living in somewhnt re-
markable epoch. The weather is cutting all
sorts of unusual capers, and human nature
| shows n disposition to enter INTO competition
with il. The newspapers are filed daily with
! curious social devt lODmcnts. passionate
coachman in Brooklyn cndeavored to excite al
| miralOn and love in the unrcsponsve bosom of
| his inamorata by committing a tremendous and
complicated assault upon himself. lie shot
| himself carefully twice; stabbed himself once
with great caution, r6ckltssly sacrificing shirt
| in the desperate operation; then allowed NM
! self TO become unconscious, and finally 10 re-
! cover himself and relate n marvellous account
| of his heroic struggles with two armed burg
lars. An unromantic policeman went smelling
| about the scene Of the encounter and speedily
revealed its bogus character. The cOachman
was arrested for grand larceny and locked up
| like common criminal. Here was line I'M
| aginative nature sacrificed to the IRON bound
laws Of an unpoetic age. In the old days that
sort of thing might have been called chlvaIry
aud the cOachmau instead of langushlhg III
dungeon would have repOsed ecstatlcalIy III the
arms of the mistress whose affections bis VaIor
had won. The Brooklyn knight IL merely
century or two behind the times
simultaneously with this incident comes
most remarkable account of marital quarrel
in Hartford. A young and wealthy couple,
moving in fashionable society people who
are the subjects of a particularly bad scandal
are always set down ~ moving in fashionable
society hive set the go,,ips of the town
nearly wild by some very unusual perform
ances. The present aspect of the trouble repre-
a hta foil s.T'a
house in another State, after cutting OIL the
supply of water aud gas from his own house, and
, removing the servants, horses aud carriages.
The wife, left in Isolated possession, il sad to
be EARNED AGAINST the approach of her huS-
bands family and To amuse herself by cut
ting up valuable paintings with carving
knife II is added that she Is Il very ~attTac-
tive woman so we shoud judge. From
Pittsburg comes IA cheerful story of an enraged
church member who IA making the fences oi
the city bloom with handbIll- charging his pas
tor with some very black crimes. The minister
SAYS the charges are false, that the author of
them il nj the head of Il clique which IL
irving to injuro him, and that the authors
wife and others of the clique" have been IN
the habit OF writing their pastor scurrllonS let
tiers making such pleasant charges a that ms
daughter WIS ilcgitImatc. hat must hc nice
sort.of church for "A mcc, and lowly Christian
to belong to.
These are only the more striking incidents
of a day, record. There have been many stint
lar to them recently. An aflcctionate young
creature Ia this city Tired five shots at her lover
the other day. simply because she had felt
pistol in his pocket and was afraid If she didn't
shoot him he would shoot her. Early in the
week the peace OF mind OF every bachelor IN the
town was shaken by verdict which a washer
woman got in suit against former bachelor
for nearly a thousand dollars of alleged unpaid
washing bills. The victim declared it as his
opinion that the verdict should be solemn
warnlI & to every bachelor that the same thing
might happen to him in case hc waS not in the
habit of taking receipts from his washer
woman The bachelors look upon the verdict
with mingled emotions. They don't knOA
whether the warning to be doduced IL for them
to get married or to step having any washing
done They point to the fact that the victim of
the suit had no trouble till he got married. and
say that not u man of them can get married
now without danger of similar prosecution. 1t
will be seen, therefore, that this verdict is
likely TO have far-reaching social Influences.
thus while some are seeking marriage with
most extraordinary zeal and ingenuity others
are running away from IT, and some of those
who are married are chatting under its bonds.
IL ia a onecr world and always has been just
now its qucerness seems To bc "A trliie aggra
waited.