The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-04-26
MARRIED ThE %
Governor Hubbard's Daughter Did So -Four
Years Ago, and Is Row Divorced from Him,


Years Ago, and Is Row Divorced from Him,
HARTFORD, CoNE., April 1.-THE sequel
TO the elopement of Mis-. Nellie Hubbard
the Youngest daughter OF ex- Governor Hub
bard and her marrGigeto her fathers coach
man, Frederick Shepard, four years ago
mas Just been made known to her friends
here, who learned for the first time to-day
that Mrs Shepard had secured divorce
from her husband.
He was young fellow Of good address
and did not drink nor swear, but he was
very illiterate. Miss Nellie, then aDou
eighteen years old, undertook to teach him
t read aud write, and while engaged il
this laudable effort to benefit his condition
she lost, or imagined that she lost, he
heart. The fact of the marriage was no
made known to Ex-Governor Hubbard unit
eleven days after the ceremony, whtn tn
marriage certificate was sent to him by mt
groom's perents. His daughter was pre-
u ring to leave the house TO join her aus
oaud when this document was placed IN M
hands, The heart broken father confronted
her with the certificate, and she then can
didly acknowledged that she was married
Shepard, declared with the enthusiasm
b. a woman in love that her husband wa
fully worthy of her, and. left the house t(
10 n him, despite the attempts of the grief
stricken father to restrain her. From that
time to this Nellie's name, 1t Is SAID, ma
been forbidden word in the household o
e1- Governor Hubbard. The old gentleman
disowned the girl, who had hitherto heen III
tavorite child, and positively refused to re
celye any communication from either he
or her husband.
After the sensation created by her mar
rage had died away, Mrs. Shepard iel
| quietly out of sight of her former aristocra
tic friends and she would have been almos
forgotten but for her proceedings TO secur,
| a divorce, which have once more revived
the memory of her romantic marriage.
Alter the wedding the couple ramalnec
in this city for about two years, Shepard
re wing clerkship in Hartford shoe store
wher. he worked faithfully. his yount
" 'fe had plenty of money at this time
so ne that was hers in her own rlght, ant
MOI it is said, from theready purse OF be
heert- broken mother, who, while DoWint
meekly to the will of her husband, conit
not suppress all love for her darling child
Toe couple lived.very happily tor al time
aud a child was born to them, GIL Il
cement their union. About two years ag'
hey removed to New Haven where Snep-
ard started large livery stable in stat.
street, with money furnished by his WIZ
a I'd her friends. The stable is connected
with large hotel, and yields quite arevenu'
to Shepard, who is still running IL.
The Y engaged cozy cottage in apleasell
street, and here for time all went we
But the domestic peace was to be shattere
in New Haven. Mrs. Shepard becrmr
tired of her unlettered husband, and they
began to find that their tastes in almos
everything ran in counter directions. onep
ard attended strictly to his business, anG
Mrs. Shepard, who was not received WIZ
open arms by New Haven society, showeS
contempt of the fashionable world, OF whlci
she had formerly been a belle, purchasing
dog cart and a handsome pony, with whlct
she appeared in the street, elegantly attlre'
on every pleasant day. The beautiful woman
naturally attracted admirers, and amoni
them oae is said to be an aged and wealth
manufacturer of New Heaven, and another
millionaire of New York, who freq uents tn
Turf Club in the city. Shepard became
Jealous of his wife, with or without causte
and the result was that the two sephraln
several months ago, and have not IVeu To
gether since. Al,
divorce was Il. NJ. Blydenburg, who figure
as counsel for the NJ &c by II tn IT trls
| for the murder of Je eta The caus
| for which the divorce was granted is AID y
he abandonment, Shepard making no couI
tercharges. Great efforts have beens mao
| to keep the fact that a divorce haso
granted secret in Connecticut, tbs la wYer
and Judges doing all in their power TO con
ceal the record from the public. IL !
thought by some that Mrs. Shepard, having
disembarrassed herself other plebelan hu
brnd, will be welcomed back to her fathero
but The general opinion is that ex-Goyerno
| Hubbard will never recall the denunclatiol
which he pronounced against his dsughte
toui years ago.-ICommerci Gaz' Gu