Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 28, 1890, Page 5

) ( THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES KELLEY, STIGER & CO COR. FARNAM AND 18th STREETS : Extraordinary Sale of CLOAKS l (OR the next ten days we will offer our Our regular customers will remember that we entire stock of CLOAKS and FURS at a discount from regular prices of 20 and 25 per cent, - 25 Per CGent Discount an All Plush Garments. 20 Per Gent Discount on All Cloth Garments and Furs. had a similar sale last year, at which we sold out all of our old cloaks. At this sale we of- fer you nothing but new and desirable goods, every garment perfect in fit and finish. At our regular prices, these cloaks were cheap, but ata discount of 20 and 25 per cent from regular prices, we are giving you the greatest bargain e - — we have ever offered. /i KELLEY,STIGER & CO. KELLEY STIGER & CO, i 25 Per Gent off on All 20 Per Cent off On All 20 per cent off on All Plush Garments eSS, Cloth - Jackets SO L : AND GLOAKS, B saayiey e e s ] Giles' FETECADES, N - : : $19.75,$30,$38 and $47 e s Lo ot s omosan oo | LADIES' CLOTH JACKETS In beaver, diag Svi Lo At this sale we give a discount of 28 per aver, diagonal, cheviot, and broad WERE TRUE SISTERS IN MISFORTUNE. cent from regula per cent. Plush Jackets $10, 13, $19.50, §22.50 and $25 All go at this sale at a discount of 28 r prices. stylish, regular prices Ladies’ Dolman Plush Wraps Very stylish garments--At a discount of 2B per cent from regular prices. 27 inches long, satin lined, new and Ladies’ Mulfts, In all the popular furs, at 20 per cent off for this sale. All Kinds of Fur Trimmings at a Dis- count of 20 Per Cent. Misses's Childeen’s Cloaks and Jackets In Stripes, Plain, Plaids, Rough and Figured Goods, Long Cloaks with plaited skirts, Gretchen and New- markets, Jackets with reefer and blazer fronts. choice at 20 per cent discount from marked prices. cloth, Your ted nove are this season’s goods--Also Reefers, vest front and tailor made, at $8, $7, $10, $12, $18, $19.80, $22.80, $28 and $38. Yourchoice for 20 per centless than regular prices. LADIES NEWMARKETS In a large assortment of cloths, all the latest shapes, tight fitting, half fitting and loose fronts--Also some very handsome Redfern cloaks in this lot all at 20 per cent less than regular prices. LADIES' DOLMAN WRAPS In Qamel’s hair cloth, corkscrew, and a few fine impor- ties, everything in this lot at a discount of 20 per cent. A DEAD MAN'S DOUBLE LIFE. It is Revealed at His Grave to the Two Women He Had Wronged. An Old Slave's Romance—Love, Fish Oil and Lamp Black--A Woman's Unique Revenge—Lochinvar of Oklahoma. One moryjng, in the spring, the day clerk of a large hotel in Atlanta entered the office and glanced over the register to note the arrivalsof the night before, writes Wallace P. Reed in the Atlanta Constitution. “Rather queer,” he said to himself. “Hore is Mrs. John Ellington registered from New Orleans, and here on the next page is Mrs. John Ellington from Bos- ton.” Ho turned away to answer a question from tho bookkeoper and forgot all about the matter, At 10 o'clock that same morning a pretty little brunette opened the door of room No. 225 and looked out, Her som- Orleans was again in the cemetery. As she turned a corner and came suddenly upon the lonely grave of her husband she saw a black robed figure lay some flowers on the mound. In a moment the two faced each other. The first comer was the tall blonde of room No. 227. “Imust thank you for_your thought- ful kindness,” said the Louisianian im- ulsively. “And, O, I am so anxious to learn your name,”” The other looked startled and almost dazed. She glanced at the flowers in the little woman’s hand. “Iam Mrs. Ellington,” she answered mechanically “How strange. Why, Iam Mrs. El- lington.” *I am Mrs. John Ellington, ’explained the Boston stranger. “‘And I am Mrs. John Elllngton,” was the response. A dead silence fell upon the two. Both turned pale, and they could almost hear each other’s heart beats. “What was John Ellington to you?” asked the bloude sternly. ‘**He was my husband!” There was ho responso for a full min- ute, and then came the whisper **And he wasminel” “The two gazed into each other’s eyes. One produced a lockot. *‘Look at his face,” she sald. “T know,” was tho sad reply. locket is just like mine. See!” The two portraits were undoubtedly those of the same man—a handsome face —one that any womun would fall in lovo whhl:'. sig"llc. & “Your whole family was then put on the block and sold to a Virginia man. When the emancipation proolamation was promul- gated lRo family took advantage of their freedom and ~ journeyed mnorthward, finally taking up their home in Louis- ville.” The husband died after the ciose of the war, and the children one by one left their mother to seek their fortunes elsewhere. The mother toiled and la- bored to make a livelihood. 3he heard nothing of her first husband until about a month ago, when one of her sons found that the old man was living in Newport, Ky. The old negress journeyed thither, and found the Inm\mm{ of her youth: He had also been married the second timo, and had several children by the second wife. The latter was dead, however, and the reunited couple decided toagain live together. The woman returned to Lowsville, disposed of her effects, and yesterday afternoon completed the ro- mance of fifty years by returning to her husband. A hearing was had pefore Justice J. R. Devaney of Ellenville, N. J., re- cently, in a case in which Isaac N. Cox, the prineipal merchant of the town, and the congressman-elect for the Ulster dis- trict play a conspicuous part. Mr. Cox, who is past middle age, married ayoung Sullivan county belle about two years ago, brought her to Ellenville and es- tablished her in a handsome mansion, snys o dispatch from Middleton, N. J., to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, The bride and groom began housekeeping by against the widow by dismissing her compluint and discharging Thorp. Thero was a romantic elopement from near Campbell Hall Station, on the Or- ange County railroad, the other night. Mr. John Lord is awell-to-do farmer there, having three children, two boys and a girl, Jennie Lord is a bright, well-educated and pretty blonde of nine- teen years, Fora year or so previous to the elopement she had two devoted suitors. One was Asa McElroy, a young widower of the neighborhood, of excel- lent character and having some means. The other was her cousin, Samuel Ew- ing, a jolly, good-looking, rather wild oung fellow who was employed in the awrence creamery near by. The girl’s arents favored the sedate and well-to- 0 suitor, and she apparently acquiesced 1n their choice. The wedding day was sot and invitations to witness the cere- mony were sent to all their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Lord provided their daughter with a handsome wedding outfit. On the funday preceding the expected event yeung Ewing called on Miss Lord and was_permitted to have what was supposed to be a parting private inter- view with her. n Monday afternoon the wedding gown was brought home to the expectant bride. Miss Lord put on her bridal robes and showed herself thusarrayed toa number of lady callers. She was in high spirits and chatted gayly about her nuptials as arvanged for the morrow. Along in the evening theexpectant bridegroom called upon her. She had retired to her mit almost any sin for love,”” she con- cluded. Miss Jennio Barrows of Keyport, N. J., was to wed Mr. Morris Weinstein, but young Benjamin Robinson in_the meantime won her love; and thoy both mysteriously disappeared on the wed- ding night and left the would-be groom awaiting at the altar for the bride. But Mr. Weinstein and Miss Barrows were made man and wife, although her for- mer lover stood by saw them joined together. Miss Barrows is a stout and handsome-looking young lady, She went to Keyport from New York about six months ago. She became acquainted with Morris® Weinstein, who superin- tends a gang of men employed at Loril- lard’s brick works. His visits were quite frequent, and they decided to wed on Sunday evening, Novembes9. Two weeks before the wedding day Benjamin Robinson, who is in the employ of “Har- ris’ clothing establishment, paid marked attention to Miss Jennie, and told her that he would make her rich if she would become his wifeand discard Woin- stein. Nightly he pleaded with her, and his visits became so frequent that Goldstein ordered him from the house, where she was boarding. Robinson met his sweetheart in the street, andshe vromised to be true to him. All this was unknown to Weinstein, and when Sunday evening came all arrangements were made and Rev. Mr. Wolff of New York city, was in_readiness to perform the ceremony. The groom appeared, and was surprised in not meeting with A hot chase was begun, and a large party soon got on the trail of the fleeing couple. The girl had dressed herself in a suit of men’s clothes and was riding astride beside her lover, both being heavily armed. A running fight ensued on the plains, in which old man Carson and one of hisherders were shot slightly and Royson had his horse killed under him, This proceeding drove back the pursuers, and the couple rode into Buf- alo whero they were made husband and wife. A peculiar decision was handed down by the district judge the other day, suys a Deer Lodge, Mont., correspondent of the Anaconda Standard. By this it is not meant that the decision was not sound law, but only peculiar in that the facts upon which it was based were strange and peculinr. It appears that one Krancis S. Smith broughtsuit in the district court of this countyabout 1886 and obtained a judgment of divorce against his wife, Julia C. Smith, who then lived in Wisconsin, Now Julia C. Smith has applied to the court to have the decree of divorce set aside and to be restored to her marital rights on tho grounds that the court had no jurisdic- tion of her person, that the docree was based upon perjured testimony and fraud, and for other dofects appearing upon the face of the proceedings, It ap- pears from the petition of Julia C. Swmith that she and Fran were married in 1877 at Racine, Wis., where she has ever sinco resided; that she and her husband continued to reside there until wife in Massachusetts. A te'ezram from Mrs. Stalcton informed tho lonely ranchman that his bride was still living, and would hasten to him on the next train. When Staleton received the joy- ful tidings his impatience would not allow him toawait his wife’s coming, Sending her a te ram hetook the next teain for the east. Their meoting was a most affectionateand joyous one, James Dukes and atinlivedand loved at Plainsville, Daviess county, Indiana, the lalter enjoyable pursuit, however. boing against the wishes of old Farmer Slatin, father of Mary. The couple thereon decided to elopa and secured a hack and started for New- berry, On the road the hack broke down and they asked for ateam from a farmer, He, however, refused to assist in their “foolishness,” and the lovers had to travel on foot, to Newberry, whera they arrived at daybreak, While waiting for the train the ‘“old man” drove up and. the couplo started across the railway bridge, the father, pistol In hand, in hot pursuit, Dukes made the pace hot across the bridge and Miss Slatin lagged behind. The farmer overtook them and threatened to shoot, his daughter got in rangeof the pistol and tho father desisted. Mary then fook off her shoes and urged on her lover. They sprinted to the other side and os: caped, much to the joy of a large crowd that witnessed the affair, The old man offered $25 to anyone wha would capture the pair, but he found n¢ ¢ s Bt i 5 A takers, SR AR recepti their friends from | room an hour or so before. Mrs, Lord | his bride. They waited till 9 o'cloclk, | twelve children were horn to them, ho oo { bre black dress and sad face told the | & 0 G0 T Ty the E.ETH'I?J&Tfi"'l‘x’?m‘l‘au‘r‘u\-,“ ‘and while the | went to her room to call her and found | with the same result. Tho mext day it | in the meantime becoming quite pros ( . HiFnoy aors b th e | “story of a recent sorrow. Tho lady was | ThQ WhOIO StORy twas told Ahon e | 4 i vitios wore in progross, some mali- | 10 ono there. ~Jennio had fled hastily in | was loarned that tho young Indy and | perous in business. —n 1582 Francis be- i P06 . Beo bldg, 11 of 3 2 D E i " o 4 . 3 ) £ " AN Y v " . e 0} n of New Orleans. b her bridal garments, carrying off ‘the | Robinson were missing. Weinstein | came enamored of a woman by the name Mrs, John Ellingtol hotel. John Ellington’s business kept | cious person smeared the gateway and . COrry ; 2 g ! 3 e LT e 7 Whilo sho was standing thore the | ey in the north Half of overy vear aed | the walks approaching the mansion, and | best part of or wodding ioussony with | almost went into hysterics, Itenbure, | of Saphior, and fimlly, in 1881, lft his |, Se0F80 ofas nbin Marten, 2, j i A fndan ol . ith a fish | her. On a tablo in the room she left a | brother-in-law to “the missing lady, | home aud ‘abadoned his family. and of tho Mission Indian maide dRerkotimonebo S I Spasi a0 R L R tho poreh also, with a compound of fish | /Oy (00T i chain and othor. value: | sought her and brought her homb, | joined the womun Saphior. and 1of, it 1 [ 10U ALOECUISr o lapby one, ewp-cilly if sha opened, and a tall, handsome blond in i v 5 a % - out. She held a bunch of flowers in her the mourning costume of a widow came widow was Mrs. John Ellington of Bos- ton, Two hours later the New Orleans lady stood by a newly-made grave in the cemote ry. low, good-hearted, but thoughtless, Two years before his death he had married n Boston during the summer, and the had; not even changed his name, The two women had their marrviage certifi- cates, but they would have believed each other without such proof. They in- stinctively felt that the truth had come out at last. dresses of the lady guests and of the costly carpets and other furniture in the house. On several oceasions since then effort has been made until very re- cently toward detecting and punishing the offender. It was recalled by gossip that for ten or twelve years before his marriage Mr. Cox had paid marked attentions to Mrs, bles which had been given her by the lover whom she so summarily jilted. When she fled from the house young and then boarded a fast Erie train west- ward bound. It is conjectured that they have gone to California,where they have near relatives living, An attempt at murder und suicide was the sequel toa love story in Woburn, Weinstein was present, and, after some explanation, the couple were again happy. Last night they were made and house, but refused to go. After a little discussion they quieted down and Rob- inson made his exit. While the bride stood at the altar and the clergyman read the marriage vow she began cry- ing most piteously and was hardly able supposed, for Montana, This was the last heard of him until 1889, when ho roturned to his home, sought forgive- till in January of this year, when he died, It was after his death that she heard that her husband had obtained a divorce out in Montana, and sho im- maediately instituted proceedings to have the decrée set aside, with the result that e e = is pretty, judging from the fat a_comely Grando which befell of tho t at Mest v, says the San Diego Union, ived here from one of the mosi daughter Iy, s ausing to lock her i i in | acts of malicious mischief of a similar | EWing was waiting near by with ‘a fast | wife in the prosonce of about ity ness, was received into the bosom of his | reliablo resi of tat district relates 1 -Kum-l‘ 1:““1 '1'1'2'5" fli(l!l Eov.hu elevator &;”flvg"lg .,lf,‘;‘”hé‘ ":vlu;“ gnnoelfk‘l‘ffgh;uifi Character havo beon porpetrated on the | team. The pair were driven rapidly to [ plo. Robiuson was present, and when | family, and after that lived with his e S T e e 0 L e | R O o nonat w0 Tocilons and | romisos, but, strang o suy, no earnest | this ‘place, whero they were married, | seen by Weinstoin was ordered {rom the | wifo as hor husband, He lived with her | SPORdeit 8 “In the antumn after b Indiaus hold this fearful orgio—human saci fico. Each clan by itself, at the burial place of its own tribe, gathers in from all the con: try round and pr frighten away the evil spirit by oM a human sacrifice to the gods, t! ays consistiug of rvest is over the o . id : " os St B _ : 5 1) " | tho ‘most comely young maiden belonging te “Fresh flowors on his gravel” she ox- | _*Poor John,” said Mrs. Ellington of | Surah Melviile, an attractive widow of | Mass., the other evening, to answor the questions necessary. b lulx f r]\h‘,fl her pL:_Lnlmn and ro- | (10 Gl Thle was prect Hioro PaiRlY: ) " New Orleans, “I cannot blame him for | the village, and it was long thought they Hannah Dillon, a handsome young L stored her to her marital rights. In this case it was @ young girl about thir olaimed, with toars in her oyes. "I dld | U8 o0 were engnged to be married. Peoplo | woman, who was thtown aside by James | A shooting affray in which a western notexpect it. Poor John was a stranger “And I know that he could not help talkced of the annoyances of which Mr. M. Callahan, a swit¢thman on the Boston James Stalcton was a rising young toon. years of ago, whosd Tace was nearly as Lochinvar and his stolen bride came white us my own and whose here, but his kind heart must have won i R eonal 5 Y Cox was the victim as the revenge of a | and Maine road, visited his station with | out best is reported from the southern | mechasic of Johnstown, Pa. Miss Min- | long ~ tresses would haye —graced = the e Taee ficwera! ahow that ‘“5‘.,"1'5";‘;;"“.::?; i‘;‘;;y‘;:fi]{;‘,',',‘.;’."»",‘" Jilied woman, aud thoro was litle fecl. | tho intention of killing horlover and | part of " the publio land strip, suws o | nio Apperson was a young lady of - bead of o dicen Bio lua beot body in this great city loves him The blonde took the other’s little | ing of surprise when on the might of | then herself. 3uffalo, O. T., dispatch to the Globe- [ usual beauty when their courtship ““h"m_‘? rhood for several years, snd is ROTObORy SH ) y P A . October 11 last it was announced that | She threw hersélf in front of an tho | Democrat. Mary Carson has been the | began. Stalcton by economy and theift | s ‘woll aducated as the. sverago countey and remembers him. “‘He loved us, and we bothloved him,” | the Widow Melville had been caught in | approaching expréss train knowing tha | belle of the section and all the young | had just finished providing himself with | maiden of that ago as far as school books o, The visitor added another floral |y "0ia softly, ‘“That is enough fo | the very act of smearing theapproachss | ho would rush to her rescue. After she | mon have nspired to her hand, but the | a homo, when ho thought himself in Las is in that hote . tribute to the one on tho grave. Shere- | | niw ™ We cannot judge—we can only to the Cox mansion, had been carricdite a place of safety, | parents were cold to all comers until a | prosperous enough circumstances to 0 ie, and ull the mained some little time, Finally with a | forgive,” The hearing had before Justice De- | and while her loyer’s arms were still | wealthy cattleman named Royson made « marry. Miss Apperson look with | outside influence counts for na in coun: silent prayer, she left the place, and, entering a carriage, rode back to the hotel. I wonder who left the flowers there,” she maid, after she had reached her room. “When John was killed in that awful railroad disaster, and was buried 80 fur away from home, I was afraid that his grave would be neglected until 1 could eare for it myself. But somebod here loves him. Perhaps one of his fel- low travelers.” She removed her bopnet and threw herself into a chair completely exhaust- ed, “If John had carried any letters with him,” she murmured, ‘‘the news would And then these two sisters of sorrow embraced and spoke lovingly of the dead man, and in their simple, sweet way tried to comfort each other, A colored woman, bent nearly double with eighty years and a_heavy bundle, was seen to board the Cincinnati Mail line packet at Louisville, Ky., the other afternoon, says the Post of that city. Approaching the clerk of the boat she slowly untied a knot in the corner of her red bandana handkerchief and produced enough cush to purchase a deck ticket for Cincinnati, The wrinkledand feeble old negress is the heroine of a romance. In ante-bel- lum days she was a slave and was owned vaney on Friday was oncomplaint for al- leged assault and battery made by the ‘Widow Melville against James J. Thorp. The complfinant testified that on the night named, while she was passing along the street in front of the Cox man- sion, the defendant seized her violently and dragged her into the dooryard, pinching her arms black and blue and shocking her nervous system, She de- nied that on that or any other occasion had she committed any malicious mis- chief of the character indicated on the promises, The defendant testified that on the night in question he was employed by Mr. Cox to watch the house, and that he caught Mrs. Melville in the act of smear- around her, she dpew a revolver and pressing it to his breast fired two shots, but neither shot took effect. Callahan saw the flash of th&"Weapon in the light of the headlightiof an engine which dashed past, and in some unaccountable way he suddenly furned and the bullets penetrated only his clothing. Again the infuriated woman fired, and again her victim escaped death. Then followed a desperate struggle for posses- sion of the weapon, and the man’s su- perior strength saved his life. The woman was overpowered and locked up. She was intoxicated, and her act was then believed to be only adrunken freak, but today she told the story of her delib- erate plotting to kill. known his intentions of paying court to the young lady, His suit was favored by the girl’s father aud mother, but the euitor to whom the girl showed prefor- ence was a young and handsome herder, who had nothing but his monthly wages on which to live, The persistent wooing of the cattleman and the cocrcion of the pavents caused the lovers much unhap- piness, After holding out against the emands of her parentsuntil lifo was made a burden to her, Miry at last con+ sented to marry Royson. All the prep- arations for a big wedding were com- pleted, and when the day came the peo- ple guthered for miles around. ust before the hour set for the ceremony John Holland, the poor lover, appeared favor on the suit of the young meehanic and the couplo were macriod w fow days before the Johnstown disaster. Their honeymoon was rudely broken in the ruin that overwhelmed that town and in tho confusion und tervor of that awlul catustrophe husband and wife were torn asunder, and each thought that the other hid perished. For weeks Stalc- tou walked about the place, expecting in overy mangled form that was taken out of the ruins to discover the lifeloss features of his bride. But in this he was disappointed, and, hopeloss and broken in spirit, ho left nad settled in California. In tho meantime, aftor un- dergoing months of mental agony, Mrs, teracting the pernicious influences whicl sun round her thero. A huge fire was built and the usual preliminaries of groaning, chanting, flat-footed stamping and all that sort of jug: glery that is common on_ such occasions was koné through with ia extra forvor on this oo casion, and whilo this was in progress the fire had burned down somewhat and lost it fiercest heat 4v.en it reached this stage a huge pile of very grecn brush is brought and throwr upon the fir, -~aking the most blinding smoke you can’ well ieagine, and whilo this 15 at its height the maiica is bound, a blank: ot is thrown over the smouldering green brush, and amid the most demonincal cries and shouts she I thrown whole mad crowd vie with each otheru pil ing orush over her until, in this case, it was a5 high and broadus & squatter's cabin, Of n 0 0 Staleton had given up her husband for | courso all this brush is green, and is not eal: have been telegraphed to me, but he was | by a plantor neav Asheville, N, C. At | ing a compound on the walk leading Ten years ago Hannah Dillon and | riding a large horseand leading another. | lost Fach thinking that the other was | culated to cromate the girl, but only to come onl; wuldenunfiy rdontlfled, and I knew | an early age sho was married to a slave | from the gateway to the porch, He pro- | James Callahan were schoolmates, and | The prospective husband and tho par- | buried beneath the ruins of Johnstown, | as near to it as they dare. The smoke iy no',{lng of the horror until I read it in | of the same master, By him she had | duced an old tomato can in court which the newspapers. O I cannot bear upun- several children. Over half a century he alleged the widow used in the opera- after they had heen graduated from ents of the girl met him with frowns, the couple drifted apart, hesettling ona. enough to kill anyone but an Indian, and if Cummsings’ school their friendship rip- { but he was allowed to come into the { California ranch, while she returned to | the vileshould blaze ap, as groon brush some- der my grief—it will kill me yet.” ago her husband was torn from her and | tion, Mrs, : Cox corroborated him by | ened into more intimate relationship. | house and participate in the fostivities, | some of her relatives in Massachusotts, | [mes dogs nothing cahsavoher frota listant She threw herself ona lounge face | her children and was sold to another | testifying that she saw and identified | But when he refused to marry hor sho | All went well for a time, but it wassoon | A short time ago, through amutunl | {4 it ar's ‘-x’z'fiii.?u'f;:'.':':-'.fi.‘ffc;z'hm'i: downward and sobbed @s though her | plantor. The woman continuod to work | Mrs. Melville as the person captured by | watchod night alter night to kill him, | noticed that the girl and Holland had | friend in Memphis, Tenn., news of the | tonstautly contributing 1o forig misions. heart would break. on the North Carolina plantation, and in [ Thorp, but her courage disappeared when the | disappeared, and a search revealed the | husband, whom she had long given up The next morning the lady from New | a short time was again married. Her Justice Devaney decided promptly i opportunity came. “A woman can com- fact that both the horses were also gone. for dead, was received by the sorrowing s o Dr.Birney, nose and throat. .