Richland beacon., 1888-09-08
A WRONGED WIFE'S CURSE.
Ii Was Fulfilled to he Lasting Woe
of a FaithIcss Husband.
From the Cleveland Plaindealer.l

FROM the Cleveland flalnucaicr.I
A Huntington, W. Va. despatch says;
The death of job Hanna. which Oc-
Cured near this place a few days ago,
recalls to the minds of the people Of this
vicinity the singular fultllment of a
curse pronounced by a q woman on that
unfortunate individual years ago. Every
letter of that curse has been visited upon
the object of the womans vengeance.
There have also been SOME very peculiar
and astonishing revelations in connec-
tiOn with the case.
The history of this affair is In sub
stance rs follows: Years ago young
man of Minersvile, O., was married to
highly respected young lady OF Hart
ford City, in this State, the latter, to all
appearance, proving to be a devoted
wife and a woman of noble character.
Not so with the husband. He soon grew
Indifferent to his wife's endeavOrs to
please him, and seemed, really; to en-
deavOr to turn her love to dislike. He
even became infatuated with another
woman, q sister of the Hanna referred
to, and finally, in order that he might
be freed from his wife so that he could
marry the Hanna girl, he instituted
divorce proceedings, iii all of which
Hanna lent his aid. When the trial
began Hanna was the principal witness
against the offende' wife, and the
Court, relying on Hanna's good reputa-
ton, granted the divorce.
The institution aud outcome of tho
suit nearly broke the poor wife's heart
and greatly enraged many of the neigh
bors, who knew how she had been i'm
posed upon, for all believed untrue the
charges of her infidelity When the
Court pronounced its decision the
wronged woman, with ashen face and
trembling form. arose, and, announcing
her virtue and the falsity of the charges
against her, pronounced bitter curse
on him who by his testimony hal blight
ell her hopes and covered her character
with bla ;kness. Hanna, who was n
member of prosperous family and
whose prospects were bright, seemed at
once to feel the curse and fled from the
court room. From that very day no.
thing with which he was connected pro-
spercd. Even his own family, one by
one, died, leaving him prematurely
childless and wifeless. Not only was he
unfortunate in money matters, but from
the day he was cursed his erstwhile
strong constitution began to weaken and
it has been evident that he has never
known a perfectly well day since
Though but little past thirty at the
time of his death. his hair had for more
than year been perfectly white and he
himself was little more than an im-
bccile.
The sister of Hanna. who married the
faithless husband and who was also
cursed, Jared little better than her
brother. Her husband quarreled with
her on his very we lding day and those
in a positio to know do not hesitate to
say that her existen,e has been little
better than miserable. The husband,
too, has Jared bally. The salt works,
the largest in this vicinity, and which
formerly paid nice dividends, has, under
his management, run down until it is
doubtful if they can run the season
through. He and his wife and family
have had nothing but suffering. Ono
daughter died and the other mysterious.
ly disappeared. Constant search was
made, but in vain, though it has been
pretty definitely nscertained that she
was stolen, and that she has ever since
been subjected to hardships and indig-
mites.
So remarkable has this case become
that people even refuse to do business
with the accursed folks, fearing even to
handle money possessed by them. In
deed, several families who laughed at
superstitions' became singularly un-
fortunate by purchasing from the unfor-
tunate family. One neighbor who
bought highly priced COW was finally
obliged to kill her to destroy the i'll luck
she seemed to bring him and his house
hold.
Altogether, the case is very remark
able, and the subjects of the wrOnged
wife's cure are daily regarded with
more suspicion and distrust.