Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-20
MARRIED THE CoAoHMAN.
Governor Hubbard's Daughter Did so
Four Years Ago,an Is Now Di-
vorced From Him
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
HARTFORD, Conn, April 14.-The
sequel to the elopement Of Mas Nellie
Hubbard, the youngest daughter Of
Ex-Governor Hubbard, and her mar.
rage to her fathers coachmsn, Fred.
erick Shepard, four years ago, has
just been made kno wn to her friends |
here, who learned for the first time to-
day that Mrs. Shepard had secured q
divorce from her husband.
He was a young fellow Of good ad.
dress and did not drink or swear, bat
he was very illiterate. Miss Nellie,
then about eighteen years old, under.
took to teach him to read an write,
and while engaged in this laudable eff.
fort to benefit his condition, she Lost,
or thought she lost, or imagined that
she lost, her heart. The fict of the
marriage Was not made known to ex.
Governor Hubbard until eleven days
after tho ceremony, when the marriage
certifi, cato was sent to him by the
groom's parents. His daughter was
preparing TO leave the house to join
her husband when this documant war
placed In his hands. The heart. broken
father confronted her with the certi6.
cate, and she then candidly ac-
knowledged that abe was married to
Shepard, declared with the enthusiasm
Of q woman In love that her husband
was fully worthy Of her, and left the
house to join him, despite the attempts
of the grief stricken father to restrain
her. From that time to this Nellie's
name, 1t 10 said, has been n forbidden
word In the household of ex G )vernor
Hubbard. Tae old gentleman dis.
owned the girl, who had hitherto been
his favorite child, and positively re.
fused to receive any communication
from either her or her husband.
After the sensation agitated by her
marriage had died away, Mrs. Shepard
fell quietly out Of slight of her former
a~ristocratic friende, and she would have
been almost forgotten but for her pro-
ce dings TO secure o divorce, which
have once more revived the memory
of her romantic marriage.
After the wedding the couple re-
manned this city for about tvs years,
Shepard receiving g olerkship In a
Hartford shoe store, where he worked
faithfully. His young wife had plenty
OF money at this time, some that was
hers In her own right, and more, 1t Is
said, from the ready purse of her heart
BROKEN mother, who, while bowling
meekly to the will of her husband,
could not suppress all love for her
darling child. The couple lived very
happily for a time, and q child was
born to them, a girl, to cement their
union. About two years ago they re.
moved to New Haven, where Shepard
started a large livery stable in State
street, with money furnished by his
wife and her friends. The stable ID
connected with a large hotel, and
yields quite a revenue to Shepard, who
is still running 1t.
They engaged a coy cottage In
pleasant street, and here for q time al
went well. Bot the domestic peace
was to be shattered In New Haven,
Mrs Shepard became tired of her un'
lettered husband, aud they began tc
find that their tastes In almost every
thing ran in counter directions
Shepard attended strictly to his busl
ness, and Mrs. Shepard, who was moi
received with open arms by New
Haven society, showed her oontemp
of the fashionable world, of which sh,
had formerly been a belle, by pur
chasing a dog cart and q handsom
pony, with which she appeared In tn
streets, elegantly attired, on ever,
pleasant day. The beautiful woman
naturally attracted admirers, an,
among them one Is said to be an age
and wealthy manufacturer Of Ne,
York, who frequents the Turf club Il
that city. Shepard became jealous O
his wife, with or without cause, an,
the result was that the two sepsrateI
several months ago and have not live
together since.
Mrs. Saepard's lawyer in movin
for the divorce vas M. l.. Blydenbure
who figured as counsel for the Male
boys in heir trial for the murder
, Jennie Gamer. The cause for whic'
the divorce was granted IL said to b
abandonment, Shepard making n
counter charges. Great efforts hav
been made to keep the tact that
divorce has been granted secret i
Connecticut, the lawyers and Judge
; doing all in their power to conceal Il
record from the public. It IL though
. BY by somethst Mrs. Shepard, havin
. disembarrsssed herself of her plebeia
husband, will be welcomed back to h,
t fathers house, but the general opinio
Is that ex' Governor Hubbard wi
never recall the de~nunciation whic
he pronounced against his dsught'
four vears aoo.