Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1875 — The Reporter’s Bride. [ARTICLE]

The Reporter’s Bride.

Last week young Paddington, a reporter on the Meatax, got married. The next morning his bride availed herself of a wife’s dearest privilege and went through his pockets. She found some interesting letters from tailors, boarding-mistresses washerwomen, but these received -only a passing glance. She scorned the writers. But what fascinated her attention was his private memorandum-book. She read there a number of items which revealed to her pure mind a degree of degradation and duplicity which licked her innocent breast. This is what she read: “ Molly Maguire deserted Sepfe 9;” “ Annie Eversham, jealous of Ida Elwood, drew pistol 14th, missed, exposure prevented bv comSomise, no information;” “"William auler promises revelation of secrets of counterfeiting“ 19th mem.— * How to Make Money Easy’—splendid article;” “ Miss Martha Medytator—back gate, halfpast eleven p.m.—arrangements for elope-ment-parents discover pick—true love crushed in bud;” “Michael Manahow, murderer, threatens to confess' to-morrow afternoon—hush money Wanted—must see him;” and of such harrowing deeds and assignations with the wicked did she" read till tears Minded her eyes, and, brokenhearted, she silently slipped froth the house, and taking the first car to Allegheny was soon sobbing on the bosom of her father. She could only say she had been betrayed by the brute Paddingtop, who associated only with counterfeiters, bloodthirsty out-

laws and other awful people; and the old man patted her on the head and took down bis double-barreled shot-gun. He reached Paddington’s room before the unsuspecting monster was out of bed. He was aroused by the entrance of his frantic father-in-law, who filled the calves of both legs with bird-shot as the young man sprang to an upright/position, and blew a hundred bushels of corn-husks out of the mattress and set the bed-clothing on fire, when he rushed out, followed by the mangled reporter, crying “ Murder!” The two women who were scrubbing the stairs knew the bride had been murdered by the two maniacs, and they drew their buckets of water, chunks of soap and scrubbingbrushes after them, and yelled for the police, who were dozing against the tele-graph-pole on the corner. It has all been explained; but Paddington, who has a “ sub” on, and is lying up with both legs bandaged, lias given out that he has gone on a visit to Philadelphia. —Pittsburgh Leader.