Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 22, 1888, Page 15

INCIDENTS OF THE ALTAR. Oack and I—-They Died for Unre- quieted Love. CLAIMED BY SEVENTEEN WOMEN Klow He Won a Widow—Marriage in Venzuela—An Old Man's Darling Ruined by His Wife—A Wedding in Mid-air. Jack and 1. 1 was so tired of Jack, poor boy, And Jack was tired of me; Most longed for sweets will soonest t:loy ; Fate had been kind and we, T 0 foolish spendthirift hearts, made waste Of life's best gifts with eager haste, Oh! tired we were, Time seemed 80 long When everything goes well The walls of home rose grim and strong; Like prisoners in a cell ‘We clanked our marriage chains, and pined ¥or freedom we had left behind. Tired, tired of love and peace were we Of every day's calm bliss! ‘We hiad 10 goal to win, since ho Was mine, and I was his; And $0 we sighed in mute despair, ‘Aud wished each other anywhere. But sorrow came one day—the pain .Of death's dark, awful fear: Oh, then our hearts heat warm agaia; Then each to each was dear, 1t soemed that lifo could nothing lack, While Jack had me and I had Jack. oo A Died for Unrequited Love. Leavenworth, Kan., Special: A tightly corked bottle was found in the Missouri river, this morning, near the sugar works, which enclosed the follow- ing messago: ‘I am about to make a fatal jump. Iregret my course, but it is all caused by love. The object is Miss Belle Howard, of Lawrence. I have been night operator at Lawrence for the past six months. The finder will please }m\)l(!h this in all the papers so that my amily may know where I am. R. H. Drummond.” No other evidence has comy to light to show whether Drum- mond kept his promise or not. DETROIT, April 10.—George Shear- a farmer living about fourteen miles back of Harrison, went to Gladurn re- cently to get married, but when he re- turned he despairingly asserted that the girl he s(mg‘]\l had married another man, and all he got was her best wishes and a chunk of indigestible wedding cake. He put the cake away in a trunk, and Sunday he went out and hanged himself. He was thirty years old, and hiad a good farm and money in bank. Ile Got the Widow. Atlanta (Ga.) special: Lafeyette, the county seat of Walker county, has been under martial law for several days. The affair grew out of the marriage of a colored couple. Mrs. Bailey was the widow of a colored man who had left some property W. J. Johunston, a contractor, sought possession of both widow and property, to which her sons._ Jeff and Lee, objec swore out a peace w sons and a possession warrant for the widow. The sons were heavily armed, however, and resisted arrest. The mayor called out the citizens and it was only on the appearance of ihese im- posing forces that the sons surrendered and Johnson had a chance to change the widow’s name. :d. The groom rant against the Seyenteen Women Claim Him. A Detroit special to the New York Her- ald recites the following remarkable ptory: Detectives claim to have informa- tion that no less than seventeen women claim a man pamed Brown as husband, but they are as yet unable to iny their hands on him and confront him with the numerous Mrs. Brown. His latest victim is an_intelligent German girl named Annie Winter, twenty years old, and until just before her marringe was acook at No. 484 Woodward avenue. She says that she saw an advertisement in one of the Knglish papers here for o housekeeper and sent an answer to the address given. Four weeks ago the man Brown called at the house to see her. He told her his wife and family were dead and engaged her. He promised Miss Winter 83 a week and every comfort to become his house- keeper. Next day he wrote her that he ‘was terribly struck with her; that out of the twenty-five applications he had re- ceived he liked her best, and asked her to marry him, The deluded girl wrote him that she would doso if he con- vinced her she could trust him, He answe that he would always love her, ete., and the following Saturday evening, when he asked her her in per- son to marry him, she accepted: “I con- sented,” said she to-day, ‘‘because he seemed to me to be such a good man.” A week later they were married, and last Monday he deserted her. He bor- rowed $300 of her small savings and stole all her jewelry when he left. Marringe in Venezuela. Says a Venezucla correspondent: *‘In the far interics there are no churches pf any kind, and it is only at intervals of many months, ever of years some- times, that priests can visit these dis- tant villages to baptize and marry, and hence resulis a curious state of things ns far as marriage is concerned. Men and women are accustomed to live together as husbands and wives in strict honor and faith until the priest does come to marry them, Then both church and state legalize the union and all children resulting, and no one finds fault. 1saw one man in Caracas whoso wife had borne him sixteen childrendn succession bofore he married her. Then the opportunity came ana they are looked upon as being entirely en regle.” An Old Man's Darling. Meniphis, Tenn., Special to the New Yock: Three weeks ago Andrew J. Smith, of Byhalia, Miss., thivty miles from here, was married to Mrs. Bur- ford., He was seventy-four, she twent, fou He has two married daughte living in this city, she another husband. Mps. Burford is a pretty brunette. She was married at seventeen to John Bur- ford, a worthless drunkard,who deserted Dor within a year. She returued to her urents, Shortly after the death of Mr. mith’s wife Mrs. Burford visited her brother, who lives near Mr. Smith, The latter fell in love with her, and they were married very secretly at Bolivar, Theu. A week later Mr, Smith’s daugh- ters heard of the marriage, by which they were cut out of their father’s for- tune. They investigated Mrs, Burford’s ast life, and,finding that she had never en divorced from Burford, went to Byhalia and had her arrested for big- mmy. The father engaged counsel to flofend his wife, and sent her to Arkan- us to sue for a divorce from Burford mith vows that he will again marr Ler and leave her all his property. e Married in Mid-Air, Cincinnati Special to the Chicago Mail: A queer divorce case came up in {u\lge Evans’ room, in which Samuel C, Young was the plaintif and Laura Bebwartzel defendant. Young is the mau who made balloon pseensions and arachute decensions at Coney Island t summer. In 1884 he was.in the vess of giving balloon ascensions over the country. In order to add in- terest to these displays it was his cus- tom to hunt up some couple in each town be went to who were on the verge of Bariage and got them to be married in he had secured two people who were willing to be mnrrlm‘“ in_the balloon. On the day of ascension the couple to be married failed to materialize. Rather than disappoint the multitude Young determined to have a mock mar- ringe performed. Laura Schwartzel yras traveling with him us his employ it being her duty to make ascensions for him. Leading her to the basket, they, with the magistrate who had been en- gaged for the occasion, stepped in, and while floating dreamily in the azure blue the ceremony was performed. Not until weeks afterward did it oceur to Young that it was a genuine marriage. It frightened him. He informed Laur: She was frightened, too. Straightway he filed a petition in court asking to have the marriage aside. She filed an answer .and cros the same. Both claimed that it was a mock marriage and they have not lived together since, Evidence establishing petition praying the above statements w heard and Jud Evans took the case under ad- visement. Married Her Step-father. Bridgeport, Conn,, Special to the Morning Journal: Nine years ago Mrs. Martha Wakeley and her daughter Ann were living at Salem,in the state of Ore- gon. Mrs. Wakeley was a widow with a charming daughter. Mr. Anson Tut- tle was introduced to the widow and after a brief courtship married her. After two months of wedded life Mrs. Tuttle was startled one morning at find- ing her daughter absent from her room, from which all her personal effects had also disappeared. r. Tuttle was sup- posed to be away attending to business until a letter came to Mrs. Tuttle, in- forming her that her husband and daughter had fled. For over a year she veceived, at ircegular intervals, sums of money that she knew came from either her daughter or her truant husband. The letters were mailed from different cities in the east. Finally the remit- tances ceased to come, and Mrs. Tuttle aoplied for, and succeeded in securing, a divorce. Fiv ars afterward Mrs. Wakeley became the wife of James Alden, who was engaged in the fishery business on the Pacific const. Recently Mr. Alden sold out his interest in the concern and came to Trumball, the home of his child- hood. Mrs. Alden often visits this city to do her shopping. Last Tuesday while en- tering the dry goods establishment of W. B. Hall & Co. M Alden was startled at beholding a face strangely familiar. Simultaneously Mrs. Alden was recoguized and mother and daugh- ter stood face to face. Quietly they walked down Main street, thence to the residence of her daugh- ter, where an amicable settlement was effected, owing to the fact that Tuttle is dead and the runaway daughter the happy wife of a respected citizen. Dean Swift's Receipt for Courtship. Two or three dears, and two or three sweets, Two or three balls oritwo or three treats, Two or three serenades given as a lure, Two or three oaths how much they endure, Two or three messages sent in one day, Two or three times led out from the play, T'wo or three tickets for two or three tites, Two or three love letters writ all in rhymes, Two or three months keeping strict to thess rules, Can never fail making a couple of fools. Courted and Married in Four Hours. Philadelphia special to the Globe- Democrat: Romantic young folks and staid heads of families out in West Philadelphia, one of the most exclusive and aristocratic sections of this eity, are all in a flutter over this little notice, which appeared in a morning news- —O April 11, by Rev. kinson, at his residence, 1105 street, Camden, N J., Mr. William H. Loper to Miss Mary F. Savage, both of Philadelphia, Pa. The announcement is simple and mat- ter of fact enough in its form, but the story underiying itis one 1o stir the imagination of the romancist and do much to sweep away the false impres- sion that Philadelphia youth is devoid of sentiment above the humdrum no- tion of the Quaker ancestors. Kor to tell the truth this marriage notice beats the record of quick courtship and marriage. as far as known in polite cir- cles at least. Miss Savage that was, Mrs. Loper that is, since her romantic adventure of Wednesday afternoon, is the Gaugh- ter of a prominent citizen of West l’hilx\dell;hiu, a substantial business man, with a bank account to forever as- sure his comfort and well-being from a practical standpoint at least. She is young, petite and uxtx'emcl{\ pretyy. On Wednesday morning Miss Savage went out to make some calls. She was attired ina lovely spring gown and wore the cutest little bonnet, from which her blonde curls peeped out be- witchingly. During her promenade Miss Savage encountered Mr. Loper, who had been an occasional caller at her father’s ele- gant residence, but whose attention hitherto had not been so marked as to foreshadow any serious designs as the accidental meeting brought forth. Mr., Loper was apparently 8o much smitten with the young lady's charms that he begged the favor of being allowed to accompany her to her calling trip. Per- mission was graciously granted, and the rounds of calis being finished the young gallant suggested that she should go to the matineo with him. She accepted the invitation, and it is veraciously stated that she bought the tickets. At the end of the first act he p o‘ sed to her. She laughed at him, thinking he was only joking. When the curtain went down for the second act he re- newed his proposal, and so carnestly that she asked time to consider it, whigh was willingly given. No sooner was the third act finished than the softly mur- mured “yes.” After the matinee was oyer the engaged couple halted a pass- ing street car and crossed to Camden, where they were married. The whole affair occupied three hours and fifty minutes. Ruined by His Wife, A New Britian (Conn.) special to the New York Herald details the following remarkable story: Charles Ginder, a middle aged man employed as a chaser in a factory in this city, married Maggie Barnes, a pretty young woman whom he had met by chauce the year previ- ous. At that time he owned afew thousand dollars’ worth of propert, which he had accumulated by h; work at his trade. To-day Ginder isa ruined man. Ginder_had not been married many months when the young wife succeeded in persuading him to deposit his money in the savings bank in llu'l' name. He had such confidence in her that he never asked any questions when she found excuses for being absent from home for several days at a time. She became intimate witha young woman named Mrs, Helen Hunter, of South- ington, and spent much time in her company. Mrs. Hunter camo to the city last summer and visited Mrs. Ginder, whom she told that a mutual friend of theirs— an old maiden lady, a Miss Jennie, who was lying at the point of death in the White Mountains—was about to make a will in their favor. Mr. Ginder cou- sented (‘llerr[ully to allow his wife to visit ‘Miss Jennie with Mrs. Hunter, even paying for their the balloon. At Allegheny City, Pa., | furnishing them with ample money to tickets and | defray their expenses. They returned after about a week’s absence and re- ported that Miss Jenme had given them to understand that they weuld be her principal legatees. Mr. Ginder eagerly swallowed this palatable news, and in- dulged in visions of future wealth, During the summeor his wife and Mrs, Hunter easily convinced him of the ne- cessity of their visiting Miss Jennie on soveral occasions. They represented that there were relatives of the maiden lady who were trying to influence her mind and that it was necessary to frus- trate them. The only way this could be done was by visiting Miss Jennie fre- quently, thereby showing their regard for he inder and Mrs. Hunter went off vember ostensibly for the purpose ting Miss Jeunie. By an accident Mr. Ginder discovered that his wife had withdrawn $1,000 from the savings bank which he had deposited in her name, and had also taken away $1,000 raise: by mortgaging property in Waterbury. As his wife did not return Mr. Ginder went to Mrs. Hunter and inquired as to his wife’s whercabouts, ‘\frs, Hunter informed him that Mrs. Ginder had gone with Miss Jennie to California and intimated that if he would pay her ex- penses to the Pacific coast she would ring back his wife and. the $2,000. Ginder swallowed the story and paia her 8150. The next interesting point in the story was the receipt by Mr. Ginder of a letter from Mrs. Hunter on February 8. It stated that the $2,000 would be re- turned to him, but that Mrs. Ginder had become tired of married life and had de- cided not to come back tohim. The en- velope bore the New Haven postmark, bet the letter itself, which was dated January 10, did not contain the address of the sender. Mr. Ginder at once in- stituted an inquiry. He learned that his wife and Mrs. Hunter had been in New York, where they did up the town for a week, or until the $150 was ex- hausted. Finding that he had been swindled by the two women out of all his money, Mr. Ginder submitted the watter to the police and had both ar- rested. They were brought into court yesterday and héld, Mrs. Hunter in 8500 b illnm\ Mrs. Ginter in $200 bail for trial. CONNUBIALITIES, Wilkesbarre, Penn,, has had five elope- ments among its “toniest” married people in the space of one week, Miss Olive Green and Ivory White were wodded in an Town town recently, Rev. Mr. Black performing the ceremony. A Rochester girl has asked polico protec- tion against a too-constant lover, whose ulti- matum was a wedding or a funcral. Lee Jerome, a waiter in a hotel at Wich- ita, Kan., has just married Mrs. Hettie Zim- merly, & widow worth $500,000, whom he waited on at the table for niné months. The Rochester Union refers to the families in that city “who are raising girls for the ex- port trade,” meaning girls who are expected to one day marry_wealth and a title. There are a thousand~ blanks to one br lottery. Mr, Dawson, of Marion® county, Ind. inhis seventy-sixth year, has been m whis seventh wife. He began marrying in 1832 Nouo of his muny wives have been over thiriy-one years at the time of their marriage. A Maine schoolmistress received a few Joars ago from her lovor decds for California ands which both of them considered worth- less. She has just sold them for §256,000, She'has now cruelly refused to marry the young man on the ground that he is only a fortune hunter. “A “spirit marriage,” which had been widely announced and ridiculed in the news- pabers, drew a large crowd to a_San Fran- cisco church the other day. The woman spiritualist who had been booked to wed “lier aflinity in tho spirit land,” failed to ap- pear, being abashed by the fuh made of her. One of the Cleveland hotels is sheltering quite a number of newly married couples. large number have been registered there smce it opened. Two such parties arrived the other day, and one pair was somewhat verdant. The groom had quite a serious time in registering, and at last looked appealingly mpathetic clerk and usked, “How do you spell wife!" In a consignment of eggs just reccived from Carmichacl’s, Green coanty, one bore the following inseription in lead pencil: **Ellen Anderson, age fifteen years and six months on March'14, 1888, height four and one-half fect, complexion fair, hair brown, large eyes, weight 105 pounds, will reccive sealed pro- posals of marriage until she reaches the age of sixteen, but reserves tho right to reject all proposals.” Stony Bridge, Pa., is promised a novel wedding next month, ' The ceremony will be erformed on the bridge in the village. The argo structure will bo decorated with flow- ers and the national colors, When the cere mony ends a large balloon will be sent up from the top of the bridge and the band will play “Up in a Balloon.” Congratulations will follow and then there will be dancing and games. There will be ten bridesmaids and ten groomsmen in_attendance. The bri- dal pair will take a palace car for their wed- aing tour the same afternoon, The inhabitants of Carrizo Springs, Texas, were treated to a sensational elopement. The partics were Jacob English and Sallie Fort- ner, proprietress of the principal hotel of the place. When last seen_the couple were in a buggy on the open prairie and heading for Laredo, fifty miles south, where by this ti: they have been married, English is twenty- ears old, is a_cattieman and has been ried once before, his first wife having se- cured a divorce, Miss Fortner is but twelye years of age. Her relatives say they will glish if they ever set an’ eye on him now Atlanta (Ga.) hus quite a sensation, Some days ago a man, sixty years old, and blind, who paraded as the owner of a gold mine in Montana, visited Atlanta, and shortly after succeeded in winning the hand of a girl, aged 18, He lavished money upon her, and the couple got along swimmingly until Tucs- day, when the groom was arrested on tho strength of a dispateh from Efingham, 1L, which stated that “the old sinner played the same game there last November.” The western wife is enroute to Atlanta, and the husband in the meantimo lies in jail. Tho new wife is disconsolate, but believes im- plicitly in her husband. She Revised the Laws, heth Cady Stanton recently y about the way in which she began her work of reforming the world, When she was a girl of ten or twelve, she used to see her father, Judge Cady, administering law from the bench. She noticed that the judge, in laying giving down the law or cision, always refe books for guidunce. She set to work in his library reading these books and as she thought he could not say anything but what he found there, she carefully tore out and burned those pages that contained principles or de cisions of which she disapproved. How conld he, while on the bench during a trial, make application of anything not to be seen-in the books by which he was guided? She discovered a great deal that was offensive inevery law book that she inspected in his library, Out came the pages, which she cast into tife fire until the book suited her,and she felt sure that her father would be compelled to confine hlmself to such law as she left. 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