A TERRIBLE WEDDING NIGHT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1996, 23 April 1885, Page 4

A TERRIBLE WEDDING NIGHT.

V Mo\ri Vi uk vii eontempmary pnh Imhcs the following account of a hornlilc afl.iu winch took place recently at Kio (li.uule <1( I nor thu IJingunyan t ion tier - — A young farmer \\ is bitten by i di.kl tl r '^, nn<\ remedies were inline di ttely applied to the uonnil. Cantcii .ition hmi lesoited to, mid there w,i« e\ery reason to believe that the vims hnd not entered the \ iuti iii system. When the acfidcnt hippened the young nun was .\bout to many, but in consequence of tli' untoward 1 occurrence the cciemony was postponed for three months, when the medical nipn who werr oonsulted on the case give it as their umnimons opinion that there wan not the slightest i^ioinul for apprehending any dangd fioiu the bite. The mauiage took place on the farm, and was i i-Ii hinted with the eustoinaiy frstnities. After th<* nuptial supper was o\ er i!»o brulegtodin .ippciroil to be neiieo •\itli a lit of inulancholy. One of loxe's iMpiicu*), sumebo ly After supper cimc thu lull, and when this was at its hf* ght tlie ne« ly wediled couple withdiew from thr festive «eene, ami retired to their apartment. Alruifc an hour after wards th>' house let-ounded with fciocious cues intermingled with shrieks and groans. As soon as the guests had recovered fiom their stupefaction they started in the direction of the cries They proceeded from the nuptial chamber. The door was burst open, and a honible specUclc presented itself. On the floor lay the young biido in a pool of blood. She still bteathed hut her body was torn and bitten juit as if she had been sei'ed by a tigrr. In a corner of the room was the bridegroom, co\eicd with blood and foaming (it the mouth, scratching, biting and tearing away at the wall and furintiue. With a sudden bound ho sprang like a tiger upon the irivadeis of Ins lair, and he would have made one or more Metims had not a brother of the dying hiidesentn bullet crashing* thiough the madman's brain -Melbourne header.