A Sensational story.
A correspondent writes to Vtmity Fair : — " In the vil.liago of Rivcrton County of Cork j there lived a widow : wllh her son and fomily. The son emigrated to America, aud ,in process of time wrote to his wife, cn.closing money to enable her and his children to join him, adding that his mother might go to the poor-honse. Stung so the quick by such heartless conduct so heartlessly expressed, the ► old ..woman, procured some : paraffin , oil, ,wi.tli r ,wjuch; : she, saturated, .her, clothing, and wnen the family .were, about to retire to bed one fine .summer evening Recently j she left ; tlie house, closing the .dopr .after Jicr. She then stood in the midclle of . the rpad opposite the cottage, set .fir'e to lierself, and with more. j;han Spartan courage she silently burned to deaifh, ;pr nearly so. She was/ound ,by. an accidental passer-by , -in i . her last a f gony. There w,as /: a jCptvo.ne^s inquest on the body, when the :circum-. sjtances as above detailed came tb light. ; ' '... -■.■ y - ■'■■'■■':
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 40, 17 January 1885, Page 4
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173A Sensational story. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 40, 17 January 1885, Page 4
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