Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-28
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SUPPOSED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LovE-A rAr7ur

SUPPOSED sUIcIpE-UNREoCTTED Iowa rXr7utxss
LOVER
There is The greatest Interest fer I'm Rr-aio ana
vicinity over The whereabouts OF a Young Girl
named Lizzie Dempsey, who has disappeared NON
her home near Lockport Y. Y. She was last se,n
AZ Niagara Falls going over 10 Goat Island and "a
she has not been heard OF since N n tloyht
that she threw herself over the AmertcaD feiIs
rom that rock from which 50 many have preceded
her
Her case is one or unusual interest. ana there IA
great excitement AT her home aud al Nlagar. Fails
from The SENSATIONAL details OF a love lair which
Is At the boutom Of the story. She was the maid or
tanner named John Henning, and Tor four years
had been engaged 10 John HAYDEN. He rented the
farm adjoining, and they We're 10 have been mar
RED shortly, when his affections cooled and Al tina
same time he began hestOwing his attentions unon
young lady named Bertha Fraser. The discarded
girl found out he was 10 be married last SUNDAY
and called upon him, stating she should XIII her
self. He offered her money 10 ra1uIre her
love, Out ms only added 10 her Indignation An
olher appointment WAS made, but he failed TO
come, and she started from home the following
morning. She LEFT letter FOR her foster-father.
stating that she had decided 10 commit suicide 10
END her troubles, and closed 10y saving She would
mark her body NJ that it might De kroWn as hers
when II was found Another letter Was found hy
the roadside addressed O. her reluieut lover re-
proaching him and warning him that In death her
ghost would haunt him day and night
his IS all that Is known She was recognized on
Goat Island AID IL i thought highly probable that
she drowned her sorrows and took her life by
throwing herself over the falls search viii De
instituted 10 secure her body.
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Edseway, Minnesota, says that j. q. B..Tch Yesl,r-
day shot and killed his wife from whom he Was
recently divorced. and then killed himself The
trouble which resulted ia the shooting aro~a over
The possession OF their Clid which tie court had
delivered Into the custody OF the woman.
REPORT OF RauRoAD PURCHASE DEsrEn.-Nr.
John VI. Robinson, president OF the Seaboard and
Roanoke railroad, SAYS the r-port from Norfolk
that his company has purchased the Richmond
and Petersburg Railroad l. Incorrect The l. SP
road Is now controlled by the Wilmington and Vel.
uoh system, and VIII 40 doubt 80 continue.
AN OLD M,S's RoN.scE.-Edward r. Wh aites,
or Springdale. Conn, aged ~ years surprised his
n n,g the other day by bringing home with
MN from New Roche!Ie. as his bride. a young
woman 10 years old. When Mr.. Whaites was a
young man he wood Sarah Ann Treadwell, or
East Chester, y. y. Her family objected TO their
marriage. ana the engagement was broken on
Mr. Nhaltes engaged la business In New YORK city
and other parts OF the country. Returning to tba
scenes OF his youth nftv years afrerwarf a
widUwer. h. found Miss Treadwe stu Unmarried
The Old nasHion revived, and their marriage took
place. The couple caIne 10 reside Ia springdale
and FOR I've years their LIE was like a honey fnoon
AFTER her death. year ago. the bereayed husba nd
praise and widely circulated It, and his grief WAS
So great that his relations feared he would loose his
Itasoh. Ills recent marriage is, therefore, the
more surprising
SAVED BY A WATCHFUL wIFE.-The New York
1rtouse OF to-day says: Mr.. ana Mrs Carl VENTED
Ike IN a modest cottage on the outskirts OF Ire
mont MI Wentzel Is a plcture-rrame maker, and
q lew Gays ago he bought q considerable quantity
OF gold leaf and stored IL under his bed ON Monday
night lac went 10 bed earlier than was his habit and
Slept undisturbed until midnight, when he WAS
awakened 10y his wife, who whispered In horror
stTlken tones "Dere voS a man inter der ped
NJ. VENTED told her 10 80 u sleep, and himself
rolied over on his other side TO finish his rest Mrs
Nentzel endeavored 10 obey the command OF her
lord, tut, being exceedingly nervous she remained
awake While her husband was snoring peacefully
by her side MIS- Vented listened 10 SUSPICIOUS
noises beneath the bed Presently she saw q mans
head appear. followed by his shoulders IL took
Tut a moment for MIS- Vented 70 make I'D her
mind With a shrek the good wife rolled out OF
bed and sat on the shoulders or the intruder with
the emphasis OF rs pounds Mr. Wenzel was
awakened, and In a twlnklng he had placed q
revolver against the mans head and Induced him
TO disgorge yaluabes worth about 500 which he
had appropriated
AN ARREST CAUSED BY PUBLIC OPISIoN-Olver
Kingsley, or Lebanon, Conn, arrested upon suspi-
clon OF having murdered Harvey ChapIell on the
night or the 18th Instant, Is the son of the late
thomas Jefferson Kingsley, a well-to-do farmer.
He Inherited 5000 several years ago and spent iu
Ia nine months Kingsley WAS seen In the neigh
borhood OF the Chappell farm at 6. 80 p m. on The
night OF the murder, and when arrested was un-
aDie 10 give good account or himself He first
said he spent the evening with nelghbOr. but the
ncighoor said he ed. linen he said he had TO view
a wood-ot; but as wood-lots are almost Invisible
after DARK the officers merely laughed at his state
menL The demand Tor his arrest 50 eteaI that
the Officers had TO yield 10 public opinion Al
though there Is hot evidence enough 10 hold him,
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