" " ' ' " ' " ' ' jlTi. JTfc"ii'Ji'i" i i'i i ii il 'nil ii japMpi'nr i in ijii i liii "i .nirrr r ir f"V r r ' THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , DECEMBER 18 , 1887.-SIXTEEN PAG S. P AMT * It I THtMAVI 4 f TIT PO SOME jiATRIHIOMAl TALES , That Racket A Cast Iron Marriage Contract. THE MARRIAGE OF A MARQUIS. IVnnlcd to Commit Huicldn lie Xlioitglit ( lie MuiMiHc Ciimo High An Olilo Itomunce Interest ing Tlmt Knokot. Huston Kmitiiu ( latttle. They came udown tbo dusty road , And crosii'd thovolvot Krucn : A muiilirr lltfiiro never strotio lienldu a iniild HOI ono. \Vliut Wtiit lilt racket I S- She was n light and llUipaomo last , ' With eyes of iizuro hue : She loft no footprint * on the grass , ' r , lioncuth her fuliy shoe. What was her racket ! In tennis court they took their place A not divides thu pair : lint soon thu mealies interlace Their huitrts within Its snaic. Ah , whut a racket 1 She thought him rich , and of her wealth Ho'd heard mich wonurous talcs , Tlmt forth by night they steered by Bteulth And spread their murrlajju sails. Tliu Hsinio old racket 1 Now both arc puffy , poor , nnd proud , With many mouths to 1111 ; And when the children shriek aloud. lie says , with right good will : "Oh , blow that racket 1" True I/ovo In Marriage. Now York Mercury : Sometimes there coniuH to the Htirfiiuu u touching Htory of love In mnrriuil Hfo thut jiiHtilloa all tlmt iwcts have Hunt ? nnd novelists liavo writtun about wedded bliss. It was a plain 1'uniiHylvnnia fanner of more than three-score years who fell nick one day three weeks ngo , and lust week ho made up bin mind that he should die. His wife , hpiiltliy and hopeful , had nursed him tenderly all nlotig but when lie said this who replied , "If you go , I will go too. " As ho became worse nho grow feeble , and one night lie dii'd in her arms as nho held him to her heart Bobbing over him as ff her heart would break. Then she gently laid him back on the bed and threw herself down ai his side with her arms across liin lifeless body. Two minutes Inter her sons lifted her face and she was dead. TIioj will bo buried to-morrow in one coffin "Lovely in life. " so Virgil sang long centuries ago , "in death they wore noi divided , " and the world is better for the sweet example of their death and foi the old , old fashion of faithful loves which their lives had sot. A CUBt-Iron Marriage Contract. A correspondent of Scdalia , Mo. , re Intes the following : Recorder Land maun issued a 1 icon HO yesterday author i/ing John M. Cooper and Miss Willie Margoannar Spur-goon to enter a inatri nionial alli'inue. At the sumo time there WIIH a marriage contract tiled for record in the ofllec of the recorder bi the attorney of the youtitf lady. It ap pears from the document thai she * 5 r.r heiress ; broad acres of Pottis county landH and a largo amount of personal property are her possessions , By the torniH of the contract Mr. Cooper waives all rights ho may possess by reason of his marital relations in the estate of his intended. Not only this , 1mt bis right to a share of whatever property may bo accumulated by the lady in the future. It is a cast-iron covenant , and was an object of curious speculation to the clqrkH and reporters present when the document was tiled for record and'its contents divulged. Wanted to Coniu It Huloidf. A wedding party at West Market street , LouisviHe , Ky. , was interrupted on Thursday night by a startling inci dent. Charles Ills and Mihs Mary Leonard were to bo married at the resi dence of the groom's mother. The guests had assembled and the minister was just ready to say the binding words when Harry Ills , a brother of the groom , utaggored into the room very much in toxicated and with an open ruxor in his hand , "Iain going to cut my thtout"ho said , "and \yuntyou to bee mo do it. " Then ho raibod the weapon , a deter mined look overspreading his face , and Boomed to bo in the act of taking his life when some of the guests restrained him. After his relatives and friends talked to him ho boeamo calm , and laughingly said it wnb a ioko nnd that ho hail no intention of killing himself. Quiet was then restored and the wed ding ceremony was gone through with. The would-bo biiicide took part in- the merry making which followed nnd seemed to bo as happy as any of the others. Yesterday morning lie did not go to work and bpent the Say iu his room. AbouC 7 o'clock he wont out , but eoon returned to his room. An hour afterward his mother had occasion to go into the chamber , and , noticing that his breathing boomed Btrango and unnatural , after trying to awaken him , she called for help. An empty laudanum bottle nqar the bed told plainly what was the matter. A Btomach pump was applied , and .after working nearly all night his lilo wan paved. This morning ho is fatill con- lined to his room , but will recover. He refuses to wiy why betook the poison , but declares ho wants to die and that life has no attraction for him. He is about twenty-two years of ngo works at Avory'splow factory , and lives with his mother. IIo has always , until riScently , boon regarded as a bobor , industrious young man , and was never known to drink before. It is bald ho it in love with a woman who lives in the country , but is visiting in the city , and that she will .not entertain his suit. His friends , however , deny this , and say he was crazed with drink and did noi know what he was doing. Marriage of a Mimiils. | ' San Francibco Chronicle : A few days ngo Joseph Olliver , the hint of the fam ily of the Mai-mils Ollhor , returned II10. this city after a long abs-ence in KUIOJH nnd the eastern slates. He travolei through England , Franco and Italy wltl h bomo old friends of the family , IUH came back as far as Now York. Hero much to his friends' surprise , he ox proved his determination of remaining paying that ho would return to Sai Francisco in a few months. The day : slipped by , and as promised , Mr. Olli vor returned , and much to the biirnrist of his friends and to the chagrin am ve.\atiun of the "managing'1 mammas and to the disappointment of gut > hinf maids and eligible widows , the heir of u uoblo ostuto ciiiuo bauk accouipanicc by a wife who is not unknown in Sni Frnncls > Io. And now comes the ino 'mnnco of the story. Some year prior to the death of ' Mr. Olli vor'o father the lady entered the famil iiiy ; as a sort of governess and companion to > Miss Oliver. Shortly after the doatl of the marquis his daughter followci him to the silent shore , and the youn ; man was ulono in the world , with none one to bharo his grief or console him fo his loss except the little governess. I'omi her ho naturally turned as ono to whor ho could talk of his affairs , and of thos who were gone. A bond of eympath was established between thorn , and ho mutual fooling of regard soou strong onod into ono of affection , which rip- ned into love. Tie | young lady departed for the entt , vhcro she'entered a colleg3 to prepare lorsolf for the jwi.itloli she was destined 0 take in society. No ono marveled at icr dlbappearance , possibly no one nUsud hoi'i Her accepted suitor kept liBbecret well. lie loft for New York lOino months later , where ho was joined > y the friends with whom he went to Europe. On his return to Now York , -ho lady having completed her educa tion , they we're privately married , and came to this city , whore they will prob- * ibly take up their residence. Staggered by tnc lllgli ljlecn c. 'Detroit Frco Press : County Trous- , irer Kalph Phclps wit at his desk up to Ills oars in ofllcial business. Ills hands toyed with bundles of papers and cash , and his brain was occupied with the Htitno subject. Ho was so much preoc cupied that his attention wns not at tracted by the stumbling of feet over the oljlco floor and it was only when the voice jwssesscd by the owner of the feet had twice , in high pitched , jerky tones , addressed an inquiry to the busy olllcial that ho looked up. Gazing anxiously through the wire screen wat a rather unkept looking porbon who inquired a thiyd time : "IB this where you get liconBcsV" ' YOB , " wns the reply.as Mr. Phelps gathered his papers together prepara tory to attend to the customer. "Well I want to git one , " baid the man outside the screen. "All right , sir , " assented the trcasur er , coming toward the railing. "How much are they ? " queried the costumer , reaching for his cash pocket. "Well , what do you want , a $ . ' 500 or $500 lieonbeV" said Mr. Pholpshomowhat nettled at the obtuscness of the man. "Tin-Co hundred or five hundred ! " nlmoit shrieked the man outside the railing. "Great Columbia ! do they come as high as that ? " and as ho clutch ed the Bcreon for support there was an expression of despair on his face akin to that of a s-iilor shipwrecked out of sight of land , or a gambler who had staked his money all on ono card and lost on the turn. His manner showed that ho was completely crushed. After giving him time to in a measure recover his composure , Mr. Phclps responded. "Why. certainly ; you should know that fcJOO for beer and $ o)0 ( ) for whisky. . " 1 "Beer ! Whisky ! " echoed the visitor. Then , as tbo truth began to dawn upon him , ho brightened up wonderfullyand cjacalated : "Well , gosh all hemlock , how you did skcor mo. I hain't got any use fur a boor or whisky license You BOO , " in rather a sheepish manner , "mo and Jcrushy Greeny , the likeliest gal in our purlsis going to got married , and I want to git a license. Now , kin you toll mo whoroV" "O , marriage license yes , certainly , ' said Mr. Pholpswith dilllculty restrain ing his mirth , as ho directed the would bo benedict to the county cloth's oflico Shortly afterward ho emerged from the marriage-license bureau , and the seraphic expression of his countenanc was evidence that ho haft secured th document without financial outlay thtv would detract in any way from his mat rimunial bliss. Au Ohio lloiunnco. Wnshincton Critic : The finishing touch has just beorTndiiua to cr.e of th strangest romances over enacted in refil life. Most of the actors in the strange drains are personally known to the writer , and the accuracy of this narra tive is vouchsafed for absolutely. In 1843 , in the little town of Dorset , O. , Joseph Allen , then in his twonty- lirst year , was married to Mary Ann Smith , tigcd eighteen. Two children- boys were the fruit of this marriage , and nothing huppond for six years that indicated that there was to bo anyting unusual in the lives of the young hus band and wife. When the California "gold fever" broke out it prevailed with more than ordinary intensity in the "Western Re serve , " in which Dorset is situated , and in 1840 the .youug _ husband wont to the mines to make his fortune , promising to keep his wife informed os his movo- mentsf as well as of what fortune nt- him. This for b reason , ho did not do , and Mary , after waiting till several years passed without having heard from her absent husband , in 185S , married her second husband , Amri Low , then clerk of the township. The newly married couple soon moved to a farm in the adjacent township , Cherry Valley , taking with them the two sons of the abiont husband , long be fore supposed to bo dead. And now comes in the Enoch Arden element of the story. * In 18i.r ( ; Joseph Allen returned from California , not rich as ho really de served to bo , for ho was an honest , hard working man , but poorer than when ho went west , Finding his old love married ho did not make himself disagreeable or disap pear again , but made his homo in Dor set and in a short while married Honor , the widow of John C. Craig. Mr. Craig had been until the day of his death a strong southern sympathiz er. The Western Reserve was a strong , abolition stronghold and Craig's senti ment served to make him a well known character. His wife was as intensely union in sentiment as her husband was "Bccesh , " and their marriage life was anything but pleasant , but instead of being discouraged from further matrimonial menial ventures , Mrs. Craig looked favorably on Allen's wooing , oven , though his former wife was yet alive and a friend of hers. The twt * families , both engaged in farming , and living but a few miles apart , were intimate fr'ondsand ' visited each other frequently. Neither Mrs. Low nor the second Mrs. Allen had any children and Allen's two boys by his tlrst marriage lived alternately with their father and mother. Early in the seventies Mr. nnd Mrs. Low moved to Negnunco , Michigan , where , in 1SSO , Mr. Low died. His widow continued to llvo in Negauneo until last winter , when she returned to - her old homo in Ohio. 10. Last spring Joseph Allen's second O wife , Honor , died , and in the early part d of the present month , forty-four years after their llrst mnrriago , Joaoph Allen and Mary Ann Low were remarried and , the last touch added to as strange n - scries of matrimonial adventures as two uooplo often experience. Joseph Allen ib now n prosperous farmer. The two sons are now middle- aged men and have families of their own who uro old enough to bo interested in the story of their grandparents' two marriages. Donning tfcr Clothes iu Public. A remarkably Btrango BCOHO was enacted at the depot opposite the broad - gauge ticket window yesterday. A party of Italians , consisting of foui - women , ono of whom was a pretty young lady of twenty years , had como oil the boat. It was u wedding partyor rathev the iliuntol had como fiom the country to meet her lover and bo married , Dusty and travel-stained nt > she was slfc could not possibly meet her intended husband. Accordingly the party slipped gut of the stream pouring from the ferry , and gathering against the bulk head thu young lady commenced tc divcbt herself of her clothing. Regard" less of the croud which soon collected she proceeded to strip herself until she wnp standing In n Mate of Eveliko stm- nltclty. TUon ho cunnnonOod to don her wedding trouseoau. This was soon accomplished , nndvhen the young Indj ; found herself completely arrayed for her nuptials she walked olT with her party through the laughing crowd , un mindful both of the laughter she ox- cllcd , or that she hnd dona anything Immodest or indecent. She was , in deed , nn exemplification of the Having , " \Vhoro ignorance is bliss , 'tis folly to bo wise. " _ ' A Disconsolate Hrldcjiroom. John Freuter , a young mid prosperous farmer of North Madi&on , Conn. , is a bridegroom without any bride. His new-made wife has loft him in the most mysterious manner. Ho was married oiilylast week to Nellie Hunt , a young lady of twenty , whom ho courted for years. He became acquainted Vlth her in Portland , but for ayear she had been living with a family in the vicinity of Essex. A buggy ride to John's cosoy little home in North Madison was UK ; extent of their wedding tour , and the second day after the wedding John's business called him to Now Ila Kni. IIo came back about fi p. in. , but there wow no 6no at the door to meet him. On the con trary ho found the house securely locked up. Ho Dually got in by way of thokitchon window. Everything was in perfect order. The almost frantic bridegroom bearched the house , but hq only dis covered that his wife's hat nnd cloak were missing. At Mrs. ' Froutor'fl former homo the husband obtained a clue. Ho learned that his wife's former admirer , who wont west four years ago , had returned. John also found that this young man had again departed , and that , on the day ho drove to Now Haven , the man from the west had sot out to pay her a visit. The husband has engaged the ser vices of a well known Now Haven de tective to lintl out what has become of his wife. Married Ills Former AVIfe. Kansas Gitv Special : Thirty-four years ago Clark Cleveland , then thirty- six years old , married Marion Clin ton'aged nineteen. The couple lived together for nearly fourteen yearswhen they became estranged , and finally twenty years ago \\ero divorced. Ijisl week the t\\o , who had all the time been living in this city and neither ol whom hnd remarried , mot accidentally at a mutual friend's IIPUMI. The ox- husbatid , no\v aged seventy , fell in love with his former wife , proposed , nnd was accepted. Yesterday the couple won ] quietly to Wynndotto and were marrict by the probate judge there. A Cowboy Charivari Mineral Well ( Tex. ) Letter : On the night of the wedding the steady tnunj of horses iight bo hoard approaching the rendezvous , and by night there were hidden behind a straw slack lifty or more of as wild , well-mounted fur loving follows as could bo found ii ; Texas. Promptly after the ceremony the young groom and bride , with tin minister and some young lady friends started homeward , blissfully ignoran of the treat in store. As they nearet the straw stack there was whispered "Now , boys all together , " and with i wild Uomancho yell the fun began First the artillery , consisting of "Win chesters and bix-shootors , opened lire followiil by the band , which consisto < of bolls from a goat si/o : up to iueliii'gcs i ox bells , sleigh bolls imported for the occasion , tin cans and various other' musical devices. And amid this pando- monian the novel wedding party wended its way. The minister prayed and im plored for his life , the women shrieked and then fainted , and came to hastily to uvoid falling out of the wagon , while our poor friend could only mutter threats and try to manage his horses , which would most certainly have run away had not the escort provided n body guard to prevent that voty thing. Growing tired of riding in a compact body the boys concluded to try some evolutions ; dashing by as only cowboys can ride they circled round and round like Comaneho Indians , to > s'hich they bore a close resemblance ; in fact , the minister declared they used his shoul ders for rests as they fired olT their Win chesters. Nearing the house of their friend , whose mother was ill , the boys , with n consideration unlocked for , ceased their din , congratulated the groom aud , gracefully declaring they hadn't had such fun "since the woods were ullro , ' ' dispersed. A Ijiidlcrous Divorce Case. A Bellaro ! , Mich. , Dispatch says : A year ago John Henry Lawton and Sarah Jane C'lawliold went before a justice of the peace and were married. They quarrelled , nnd a few days ago agreed to bo divorced , walking eight' miles Saturday to the old justice who had married them. Ho was at homo and the dissatisfied couple making their de sires known , the justice put on his judi cial look and btcarnly said : "Uniino hands. " As'thoy wore sitting ten feet apart this was hardly necessary. "Now , John Henry Lawson you stand over by that side of the house , and you Sarah Jane Lawson Clawliold , that is to bo again , you stand over by your side of the house. John Henry , do you. in the full belief in the existence of Almighty God nnd of the constitution of the United States , devise , bequeath nnd quitclaim all your right , title and inter , est in this woman to the ยง tate of Michi gan , its heirs , assigns and administra tors , nnd do you agree and covenant to and with said party of the first part , her representatives , heirs and executors , that you will well and truly assign , transfer and sot over all'her clothes , bedding , children and chattels of which she may stand seized at the time of the dissolution of this partnership , and do you further promise not to remove said goods , chattels , children , clothes and bedding from the said township of Smithson , or to enter upon the premises of the said party without the written assent of the said party of the first party" "I do , " said John Henry. "Sarah Jane , hold up your right hand , " said the justice. A like oath was administered to her , with "and do further ending you prom ise that you will in future do nolhlnp to molest or make John Henry afraid , so help you God ? " ' 'I do , " vehemently answered Sarah Jane. Stopping to the door and gazing around the adjoining country thu jus tice loudly said : "Hoar ye ! Hoar yol Hear ye ! If any man has aught to bay why this couple should not bo 'unjined' asunder , lot him forever stand forth and say it or hold his peace. " No objection being made , ho solemnly concluded : "Thon by virtue of the power In mo vested by the legislature of the state of Michigan aud my oftlcinl seal , I hereby declare the partnership hitherto exist ing between the parties to this suit to bo this day dissolved by mutual consent. All claims against the firm will bo paid by John Henry Lawson , and all out standing accounts owing the firm will bo paid into this court. " Then John Honrv and Sai-ah Jane went to their respective former homes. W. W. Robovts and M. D. Algor. ol Rome , N. Y. , have secured the right ol way to construct a telephone line from Moose river to Old Forgo , connecting Omaha Has Call ! TSTe Predicted tills In We have sold $40OO worth of SOUTH OMAHA DIRT in the last 4O Days. We have the Largest List at the Lowest Prices and Rgct i srms AND DON'T ' YOU LET IT ESCAPE YOUR MEMORY. M. A. UPTOI ? & CO , 309 S. i6th street Opp. Chamber of Commerce. Telephone 854. GREAT HOLIDAY SALE UNTIL DECEMBER. 31st. 31st."O fo "O 'f 4v We guarantee every garment in the house to be better made and of better material , better fitting and lower in price-than may be nad in town for anywhere near thesame amount. We willingly return the money for any purchase which 6 can be duplicated for same price elsewhere - " " 1 \ \ * * 4 Lmrmg i nis Jbale. 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