During the course of my job, I spend a lot of time looking through the microfilms. There are some serious gems of randomness that I constantly find and I generally post them on the MCPL blog. This time I'll post something here too!
This is from an article in the New York Times from February 23, 1861. The title of the article is "Personal" and it has many little tidbits from around the country. Here is something about the best husband ever!
"A man living near Fentonville, (Wis.,) who shall be nameless for the sake of his children, was riding with his wife some weeks since, when, in crossing a railroad-track, he came in collision with a passing train of cars. His wife and both the horses were killed. At the time the wretch said that he did not care for the woman, but the railroad company would have to pay for his horses, and now he has brought suit to recover $400 damages, $200 of which he says is to remunerate him for the loss of the former and $200 for that of the latter."
What a gem.
This next bit from Monroe County is actually pretty sad,
"Miss Jones, of Monroe County, Indiana, was ruined a short time since by a scoundrel named Braham, who promised to marry her. She procured her seducer's arrest and made affidavit of the fact, but Braham introduced a witness who deposed that Miss Jones had told him that she had not been seduced under promise of marriage. The poor girl in her despair then said she would not disgrace her family, and calling for a glass of water suddenly emptied into it a deadly poison, and refusing all aid died in a few minutes. The people talk strongly of lynching Braham."
It's too bad that (almost) all the Monroe County newspapers from this time period were destroyed. I'm curious to know if they ended up lynching Braham...
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