Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-09
READS LIKE NOVEL.
The RVentfuI Career of Gen. Eber,
correspondent of s"The London
Times''-How He Was woeed oy an
English Lerd's Daughter and Re-
fused co EIope With Her.
Vienna Cor. New York World

Vienna Cor. New York World
Gen. Eber, The London, Times cor
respondent at Pesth, who died a few
days ago, although not so universally
known as his Paris college, al. de
Blowitz, looked back upon a most
interesting and adventurous career,
which has now found an untimely
and inglorious end. The history of
his life reads like railway novel.
After having been made a general by
Garibaldi on the field of battle, he
went to England with the hope of
finding some employment for his
energies. The handsome young Hun
garian was furnished with warm let
ters of recommendation from Kossuth
and Andrassy, which opened the
gates of English society to him. He
was admitted on almost intimate
terms to the house of 8 noble lord
who employed him as secretary,
and whose only daughter, the reign
ing beauty of the season, with the
perversity OF British maidens, fell in
love with the penniless foreigner,
whose riding, fencing, shooting, talk
ing was superior to the performances
of all her friends. I do net know if
1852 was a leap year, but certainly
Lady - believed it to be one, for she
made advances to Eber, and last pro-
posed to run away with him. In
stead of carrying out this adventurous
plan Immediately, Eber thought of
his duty to warn his employer, telling
him at the same time that ne was
very fond of Lady - and that he
begged the lord to take good care of
her and give her into safe keeping.
The English nobleman was so much
struck by the young mans disinterest-
ed conduct, which he seemed to con-
slider the only natural course to take,
that he made it his duty to provide
for him. lie called upon the editor
of The Times and begged him to en-
ploy the young man upon some
foreign mission, promising to refund
the salary paid to him. It was the
time Of the Crimean war, and Gen.
Eber was sent as special eorrespon-
dent Of The Times to Russia.
When after a couple Of months the
lord came to Gsk after his charge the
gentleman on the staff of the Times
were fall of his praises, and as to al
lowing the lord to repay their expen>
ses they assured him they should ever
remain his debtors for having provid-
ed he newspaper with such a very
able correspondent. Gen. Eber re
manned true to the English paper
until death, and it is a proof of how
the editors valued him that they al
lowed him to be their Vienna cores
pondent while he lived at Pesth, a
circumstance which naturally made
important news day late. He did
not escape his fate, however. for his
Iady-Iove bore the separation some
years only and then left her family
and her country to follow him about
in the adventurous course Of his life.
Poor Eber's brain suffered during
the last years Of his life, and his
friends had of late often expressed the
hope that he should die before falling
a victim to incurable insanity. He
was a member of the Hungarian par
lament, and the president, well
knowing that he was not responsible
for all he said, took no notice of the
UnparlIamentary expressions which
escaped him and the epithet with
which he honored the Cardinal Hay
wald. a few nights before his death
he was at the Hungarian theater, and
IN the dead silence which ensued after
a thrilling monologue spoken by a
frst-rate actor, q stentorian ''Old don
key!" sounded through the house. 1t
was Gen. Eber, whose friends persuad-
ed him to leave the theater after this
liberal expression Of his private
opinion. His death was very tragical.
He stood on the top of the stairs, &C.
conpanied by servant who for the
last few months was always at his
heel, when, suddenly looking over
the balustrade, he exclaimed ''I feel
very unsteady. L wonder why?' and
before the servant could approach he
fell head over heels down two stories
into the hall below. He was still
conscious when taken up, but died a
few hours later.