Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 15, 1888, Part II, Image 16
1 - L A'EmiThA OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , APRIL IP. 1888.-SIXTEEN PAGES. CHAMBERLAIN , ANDERS ON i O-CONNELL Masonic Block , Corner 16th and Capitol Avenue. ' i OF THE MANY BARGAINS WE HAVE TO OFFER : 6 Piece Parlor Suit , $35. Antique , Natural or Mahogany Chamber Suits , $15. Cherry , Walnut or Antique Suits , $17 to $25 ; worth $25 to $35. Solid Mahogany , Cherry and Walnut Suits , at a little over cost price. The largest and best selected stock of Pillows'in the City , at $1.25 to $5.50 per pair. r Spring Rockers , in Velvet , $3.50. Reed and Rattan Rockers , from $2 up. . * , A good Bed Lounge for $9.50 I We Make Special Mention of Our Combination Folding Beds , A Full Chamber Suit or an Office Outfit , in one Piece , all for the Price of an Ordinary Bed , 5 But bright new goods just received. "Are there any good goods on i6th street ? " has been asked many times. We simply ask the citizens Omaha to come to our store and prove the matter by looking over our immense stock. TIES WHICH CUPID BINDS , A Youngr Heroine Who Is Much " " * Sought Aftor. THE MORGANATIC MARRIAGE. Jjovo IjnuKhs nt Trifles She Would Not Propose Another Unhappy Couple Who Were Mnr- rlccl In Fun. Ho Founil One. A marriage which took place in Springfield , O. , a few days since , says the Pittsburg Dispatch , was the result of a somewhat romantic courtship. About two years ago a Chicago life in- Buranco agent was persistent in his en- ( leavers to write a policy on ono of his bachelor friends. The friend always objected on the ground that ho was alone in the world , hud plenty , and no need to provide further for the future. One day ho remarked , however , to the persistent agent : "You find mo a wife I nnd I will buy a policy of you. " The proposition was accepted. The agent brought about n correspondence be tween n Louisville widow , a friend of his wife , and the bachelor , which soon became deeply interesting to both parties. In duo time n meeting was ar ranged , the result of which the agent wrote a big policy nnd his friend ceased to bo n bachelor. Her HiiHlmml'fl Nnino. Now York World : "I want a warrant for my husband. " said an excited wo man as eho hurried into the Tombs yes terday. "What's the name ? " queried the in terpreter. "I don't know , I forgot , " she answer ed , and this dialogue wont on : ' 'Forgot your husband's immo ! " 'Yes , sir. " "How long did you live with him ? " "Ono day. " "Did you know him long ? " "Ono day before I married him. " "How did you como to marry him ? " "Some ono told him I had $1,000 in the bank , and ho asked mo to marry him. Ilo was very nice and loving , and lie wanted to marry mo the very day wo were introduced. Whew ho afterwards learned that $10 was all the money I had in the world , ho loft mo , taking the marrlngo cortilicato along. I just saw him on the Bowery. Tlioy Want to Mnrry Her , The recent exploits of Miss Cora Backus , who compelled a prominent llockford , Illinois , physician to print an nbioct apology for slandering her at a ball , have been widely circulated , and one of the results hus been to load the mails with letters of admiration and oilers of marriage. Corn's picture , which was printed with her story , rep- i-esonts ii ilulTy-halred girl with pleas ing and regular features. It bcoms to Imvo caught the young men of the country in n soft place , for they rnvo over it in terms of exaggerated admir ation. Ono of them , who is n clerk in ft wholesale drug house in Cincinnati , addresses her as "respected , unknown und much-loved friend , " praises hot- courage , tells her she is the most Tjoautmu woman in the world , and oilers her his hand and his salary plump. A farmer near Huron , Dakota , who says ho has as gbod a farm as'there is in the territory , writes that ho wishes to toll her how much ho admires her "for the vrny you beat Hwt doctor1 who.nbuso you , " and that. "It made me full of luv jar you , " and if she will marry him ho will como on ) > o next trail ) , A Chi cage man who says ho lias an income of S5,000 a year ana a good homo , wants her to name n day next week. A youth at Rock Island , 111. , writes that lie has n small salary , but ho loves her very much , and ho is euro that with such a bravo woman for a wife they can get along very nicely on a narrow margin. Miss Backus answers the letters of sym pathy and puts the oilers of marriage into a borap book , She Would Not Propose. Boston Courier : "John , " she Paid , as she toyed with ono ot his coat but tons , "this is leap year , isn't it ? " "Yes , Mamio , " ho answered , as ho looked fondly down on the gelded head that was pillowed on his manly bosom. "This is the year when the proposing is done by the young ladies ? " j OB * "I hope you don't expect mo to pro pose to you. " "Well , Mamio dear , I never gave the matter n thought I or to tell the truth , I've only known you for that is to Biiy- "I'm glad you didn't expect mo to propose. I'm not that kind , I hope. No John , dearest , i couldn't bo so immod est. I am going to let you do the proposing in the old-fash posing yourself good - ioned way. The old-fashioned way is good enough for mo. " And the gcntlo maiden gave her lover a bcamingBiuilo and the youth ro- joiccd that ho had found sucli a treas ure of inodesty. A Genuine Uonmnco. Bridgeport , Conn. , Correspondence Chicago Tribune : All the facts con nected with ton years of solf-inllietcd imprisonment of a beautiful and accom plished young lady have just come to light for the first time. A decade ago Miss Edith Gwondolono Curtis , was the reigning belle of what is now termed West Stratford. She was well known in this city , and had many admirers among the society element that pre vailed at that time. She was u gradu ate of the state normal school , the solo heir to a snug little fortune , which , to gether with her excellence of manners and rare beauty , gave her u certain prestige ever her female companions that often nroused the grcon-oyed mon ster. ster.Miss Curtis soon made ft choice from her many admirers and it appeared Unit Emory P. Wooden was the fortunate gentleman. Unlucky for Miss Curtis , howover.was her selection , for it proved to bo another cnso of the Montagues and Capulets in which the old folks took a hand and finally succeeded in breaking up the love afluir by Bonding the bon to Australia and intercepting his letters. In llio meantime- . Wooden was in formed that Miss Curtis had died from the effects of a severe fever. When the news came to him ever the signn- tucs of reliable pnrtics , ho concluded to remain in Australia the remainder of Ins hfo. In the meantime Miss Curtis had disappeared from the gaze of the curious world , and , as it now appears , locked herself in her room when told of her lover's flight. For ton years and 'twenty-one days she never stopped out side her apartment , although tempting oflcrs , together with the prayers of her parnnts mid glowing inducements of friends , wore continually urging her from her solf-imposcd confinement. Last week Friday , the 23d , Mrs. Wooden was surprised to ECO n tall , woll-dovolopod man with a full beard walk up. the stoop and , without ringing the boll , outer the houso. She \iaa soon affectionately greeted by her Aus- trullftri wanderer , who had returned to the homo of his birth with th'o reputa tion of being u rich man. When the circumstances connected with Miss Cur tis' prolonged incarceration were im parted to the returned lover , he refused to believe the story , but when over whelming proof was given him ho gave a wild cry of joy and , dashing into the house of his sweetheart , ho rushed to her apartments , and only a word was required to bring Misd Curtis out from her long and dreary confinement. The families have withdrawn their antip athy , and much desire that the xin- happy past shall be forgotten as speedily as possible. Although no announce ment has been made for their wedding , it is safe to state that Mr. Wooden and Miss ) Curtis seriously contemplate be coming man and wife in the near and happy future. Love ImugliH nt Trifles. Now York Journal : A curious story comes from the old town of Redding , Conn. , to the effect that Miss Bertha Rentier , a pretty eighteen-year-old Gorman girl , who is the daughter of well-to-do and respected parents , has married a colored man named Thomas .Johnson , with whom she is now living iu a little cottngo in that town. Johnson is a stout , well-built , athletic follow of twenty-live , and of regular features. Last summer Johnson met Miss Routtor by chance and became in fatuated with her. Bertha returned his affection and continued to receive the attentions of her dusky lover after she returned to her homo , which was in an adjoining town bald to bo New- town. How the couple managed to get mar ried legally is sonnvhnt of a mystery. They came to this city a month or so ago and wanted to bo married by a mag istrate , but were unsuccessful. Then they wont to a town in Now York state , where they were married. The girl is said to have blackened her fnco and concealed her pretty blond tresses in such a way that she had the appearance of n ncgress. Bertha's parents are said to have only just discovered their daughter's where abouts , as she did not leave any word when she disappeared from homo sevenl weeks ago. The parents have tried every way to induce their daughter to leave her sn- blo consort and return to her home , but in vain. Mr. and Mrs..Johnson nro reported ns living happily together , and Johnson lias secured a job as farm-hand with u Redding farmer * Morgnnntlo Mnrrl njjes. The morganatic marriage of Prince Oscar , duke of Gothland , has produced a complete split in the royal family of Sweden , says Labouohoro in London Truth. The match has been arranged by Queen Sophie , who has been sup ported by her younger sons , the dukes of Westrogothio and Noricio ; but the king and the crown prince and crown princess nro violently opposed to it , and the mcFallianco is viewed with the gravest disapproval at the courts of Berlin and Carisruhe , und by the queen's brother , the duke of Nassua. Prince Oscar is to lese his titles and royal privileges , and ho and his wife nro to live at Cariscrona , their future income being 1,600 n your. Some of the papers appear to think it n great hardship that Prince Oscar should bo obliged to abandon his "rights" to. the Swedish throne because ho is contracting ft morganatic mar riage , but this is all nonsense , for the rule is universal in all the courts of Europe , Besides , Prince Oscar is not abandoning any "rights , " as his older brother , the- crown prince , who has been married for only a fowycars to the grand duke of Baden , already has two. sons. It ill becomes the royal family of Eng land to pretend to regard morganatic marriages with disdainfor the alliances of Princess Louise , Princess Beatrice and Princess Mary of Tcek nro nothing else. Just for Fun , You Know. Frcdericton Gleaner : The case of Kilpatrick vs. Kilpatrick , ono of the strangest cases of divorce that probably ever came before Uio Now Brunswiclc court , was closed yesterday , having been adjourned ever from Tuesday last. The plaintill suing for the divorce is a young girl who lives in Eastpqrt ; the defendant is a. young man living in St. John. Two years ago the plaintiff was on a visit to relatives in St. John. She formed the acquaintance of the defend ant und soon became greatly- attached to him. They carried on a quiet Ilirtation together for a time , notwithstanding that the defendant was engaged to bo married to another girl living in St. John , and the play at courtship ended ono evening at the residence of a Carleton - ton clergyman in a , play at marriage , or whatever it may bo called ; but which , however , has proved to be binding enough to bo brought two years later to the court of divorce to got the sol emn vows annulled and the binding knot untied if possible. The young couple never lived to gether. The day after the mock mar riage , or what was considered as such by the young man , the Eastport girl pressed nor claims of marriage , and her friends who Imd busied themselves in the matrimonial atlair , interceded in her behalf. The defendant , however , as boon as ho had learned of the solemn nature of ills obligation , would have nothing to do with the girl. The young wife remained several weeks in St. John , endeavoring if possible to have matters reconciled , but apparently without ei- fect. lie was engaged to bo married to another gli ; ! , and intended to marry no other. The disappointed girl in duo time re turned to her homo In Eastport. She had wedded the object of her atlectioiiH , but had not won him. It is said that al though nearly two years had elapsed since the night of her remarkable mar riage , she has never breathed it to any of her people or friends at homo. The rireuiutatnnccs is also said to have been kept very ( iniot in St. John , although of late many strange rumors have somehow - how got alloat concerning the defen dant. , The defendant hasbcon very anxious fora divorce ever bincc ho became n husband by mistake , but it was not until about n year ago , whun his Enstport spouse became engaged to bo married to another man , that bho would consent to begin proceedings for 'a divorco. As under British laws thorp is only ono ground upon which n divorce can bo obtained , the defendant lias proved equal to the occasion , and according- the evidence given , has filed a bill quite satisfactorily. The marriage was ns regular as mar riage can bo , the ceremony having boon performed by Rev. Mr. Hartley , Carleton - ton , in the presenceof witnesses , and thcro could be no "play" business about it. The young lady , against whom no reproach could bo made , remained hero for a few days only , after the marrhu'o , and as the husband would not take her to a homo , she went uwiiy. A few of her relatives at homo know of the affair but it did not become generally public. Her friends eay that it is not true thai it is not true that she has since been or is now engaged to any ono else * ShoIiouKlitn Duke. Lawyer David Hnwloy has not yet sept Miss Isabcilo Singer , who is in Paris , the SCO.OW bho asKe'd him for to pay her wedding expenses and make her the Duchess Do Ca/essays ; the New York Journal. Ho is awaiting instructions by cable as to how the money is to bo sent. The amount named is to cover the cost of the young lady's trousseau , the furnish ing of n residence , an cquippment of horses and carriages and the rather heavy marriage fees and iicenso money exacted by the French officials. As the marriage is to take place on April 23 the money will probably have to go by cable and Mr. Ilawloy ishourly in expectation of a dispatch instructing him to send the cain in that way. The duke is poor in pocket but rich in blue blood and the possession of a long pedigree running back to the time of Crusaders. Ho answers to the high sounding name and title of Jean Ello Octave Louis Severe Amaniou , Due do Cnzes ct do Glucusborg. These , with a largo stock of family pride , constitute his solo fortunoj mid , liico other Europ ean aristocrats in similar cases , lie con siders lie is giving infinitely more for the millions of the American heiress than ho is getting in return , Miss Singer's fortune is estimated roughly at $1,500,000 , and in btill grow ing. Some of this is invested in Sin ger manufacturing stock , some in Uni ted States bonds and a portion in real and personal property in England. The latter , amounting to about 8200,000 , bho will bo entitled to receive in 1891 , when her brother , Franklin M. Singer , comes of ago. With this amount the duke will bo enabled to cut a big figure in society and on the race COUI-HO , and to make things hot at Baden-Baden and Monte Carlo. His ancestral estates were sac rificed to the fury of the Jacobincs dur ing th * ! re volution , but ho will boon bo in ft position to give life and realty to many of the castles which in his fancy ho built in Spain during his impecu nious youth. The future duchess is the daughter of Isaac M , Singer by his third wife , Isn- belle Eugenia , now Duchesso do Cam- posollieo , is nineteen years of ago and very pretty. She has boon in Franco for many years and is entirely French in education and manners. She liven with her mother in an elegantly-fur nished house , No. 28 Avenue Klobor , Paris. The civil marriage will take place at the Mairio of the Ninth Arrondissc- ment of Paris. Nipped In tlm Hud. For sometime past wedding Invitations have been out for the marriage of Miss Lillian Richardson to Mr. George Her bert , of Brooklyn , says the Now York Journal. Lillie is a pretty young girl of eigh teen and just blossoming into woman hood. She lives with her grandparents at No. 70 Mcserolo avenue , G icon point. Herbert is a hnndbomo young fellow of nineteen and lives with his parents on the Brooklyn Heights. The young people were to have boon wedded on Thursday night , but an un looked-for intorforrenco from the joung lady'o father has caused the. marriage to bo postponed indefinitely. Why an embargo was placed on the nuptials is known only to the parents of the in tended bri'do and groom. Preparations for the marriage wo- made in a very quiet manner. Imiu tionsoro sent out , but neither the war- outs of the young girl nor these of the \oung man were madoawnro of the con templated event. The grandmother of the young girl , however , was taken into tljo secret and assisted lier grand daughter in preparing for the wedding. The caterer , it is. bald , iiad also been en gaged and was to prepare an elaborate supper. . There are several stories afloat as to what caused , the break off in the nup tials. Ono is Hint the groom failed to appear at the proper time and another that the parents stepped in and prevented - vented the ceremony. The latter story however is the most probable. It was learned that the grandfather , who is Mr. T. B. Vnndcrvcor , learned of the affair and grow indignant in consequence , and ended by visiting the parents ot the would-bo groom. The result was , it is hinted , that the young man was given a thrashing , locked in his room and told that ho couldn't bo n married man. Mr. Vnnderveor was seen yesterday , and ill reply to n query said ; "It is true that there was to bo n'wcd- ding but an amicable agreement was made by which the couple will not bo married for some time yet. Both are young and have plenty of time to wait befoio they think of entering into mat rimony. Mr. Herbert is a perfect gen tleman , and though knowing thattho young people were keeping company , I never thought he wanted to wed her so soon. Ho is a cleric in a New York coffee house .and visits her quite fre quently. It is not true , however , that the caterer had been engaged. These are the facts in the matter. " ' In the meantime disappointed young men have laid away their patent leather pomps , and pretty lips pout with chargin. Mistook Him For Her HiiHlmnd. In May , 1877 , Mrs. Margaret Alomsly suddenly seized August .lansen by the shoulders as lie was walking up Broad way , and , wrenching open his mouth , cooly began to examine- Ills teeth. .Tnn- bon broke away from the woman and escaped. A few days nftorwnril Mrs. Alomsly saw Janscn at work in front of a store in Broomo street , where ho was omyloyed as porter , n hen bho caused Ills nrroit on the charge that lie was her husband , who had deserted her two years boforo. The prisoner was arraigned before Judge Wnmloll , whong the woman de clared that in 1MI < " > shu had boon mar ried to Jniib'cn in Charleston , S. C. The prisoner denied all knowledge of his ac cuser , and said that ho had a wifu and five children of hi.own. . It then ap peared Hint the original Alomsly was a Scotchman , while .Iniioen proved to bo a Dane , but Mrs. Margaret Scott came forward und also identified Jansun as the man who had lived with Mrs. Alcmsly at No. 205 West Twenty first street. Mary Edgerton , aged lit years , picked out Jnnson from among forty other men as the eire who hacl lived with her aunt at No. 811 West Eleventh street. Mr. Brooks , the em ployer of thujthon prisonertestified that Jansen Imd been with him buven years , and that lie had neier resided at either of the addresses given by the witnesses. It was finally decided to bo a clear case of mistaken identity , much to the indignation and evident grief of the complainant. CONMUUAhlTI KS. An Ohio girl who lias latelj Inherited a foituno lb about , to ucj a negro twice her ago. ago.An impecunious negro in > Savannah , da. , stele u watch , and \\ith the advance given him nt the pawnshop , took out am.unago cei tillcato. A young man has sued a po&tmlstioss for breach of piomlso. Tins is Uio first uaso wo have iet seen mentioned wherein n womuii is alleged to bo that ropreucnsiiblo bung known as a mail Jlirt. A plausible rascal so imposed upon the members of a chuicli In Tioy , N Y. , that they lilted lum out with a supply of coinfort- ublo Harmonls , whereupon iio 'went mid got married , the clothing furni.shed by the cliar itablo [ > coplo serving us a wcudint , ' wnrdiobo A rCimbiUl ( Dak. ] jubUco of the > > cani 1ms made the announcciticnt U.at during U i year lie will charge no fco for niniryinrf couples who will admit that the match waa brought about by the Iniiy exercising UciJ leap-year prerogatives. Mrs. Frank Leslie docs well to deny tha report that Mr. GilliR is to become her hus band. The owner of such a name as Unit on retuuiint , ' homo late at night could gleefully spell it backward without furnishing any rc < liable evidence rcgaiding Ills mental comUV tion. Runaway couples from Philadelphia liava been in the habit of dodging the strict miir- ringo license law of their state by crossniR the Do'nwiiro ' river to Cnmdeti mid getting married by lev. .1. J. Sleeper , n deposed .Episcopal clergyman. In the past year and n half Mr. Sleeper lias probably mart led at ) least JJ,000 persons. In Ohio the other dny a mnn who had com * mitted bigamy or dccigamy by marrying ten wives wus sentenced to two years in thu pe nitentinry. This was about ten weeks pcs wife , whieli seems so mild n punishment an to suggest that too frequent communientioiia with Utah Imvo corrupted the sentiment ot Ohio justices on the subject of the niuinngo laws. Recently a novel mnrrlngo took plnco on 0 bridge near Ueech Creek , Center county , Pa. Arrangements were nil comnlcti-il for u grand wedding at the brlUo'n homo In Center county , when it wns discovered that the iniu > riago license , which had been piocurcd in Clinton county , was invalid in Outer ; so the only remedy nt hand was to load up the Interested parties nnd drive to the county bridge across the line at tliu nearest point. Thu engagement of u miss of sixteen sum mers to n wealthy widower almost four tlmesi as old caused n bonsation in Tokumah , M T , but it was only n pigmy compared to that which tlm brklo moused , later on , at thu altar , when she i of used to wed her aged ad mirer. Thu guests dispersed In confusion , and the dishcaitencd gioom went his way without leeeivlng an explanation for the girl's conduct. At n wedding In Arooslonk , Mo , thfl groom , said to bo woi Hi $10,01)11 ) , presented oni'h guest with u bag of peanut * and a few nieces of candy. Tills was eonsldoicd in the light of a joke , and mdro so when the party was nftei wards invited to supper lit the neighboring hotel , but iilVairx took on niiolhor aspect at tlm conclusion of tha meal , when each guest teamed that ho would have to pay for tlm victuals oaten Thomas Uaniell came to this rnuntn foity years ago and settled in Nrw Yoikcity , whcro ho miirrlcd. In the fifties the n.uplo moved t > > Kan I-Y.tncisio , from wliwn Ins divoici-d wife retiiiiit'd to Now York with u child. Diink'll married again IIihK.mid wifii died in Ivd , having assisted him to Iniild up u foi tutus of 110,0 )0 ) , whk h ht'iutl in lior namo. HefoiM her di-ath hli'i ami IHT husband dicw n trust du'd bv which In t\ui to tnjoy an inconm of the piopcitv duiing life , and at his diath to 1m dlvidi d nine njj : licir HVH chililien Tliomm rottnm-d in N" w Yoik and met ami loved lux Ihst vvifr . .itm I'lioy remained nndnnt to San Train iv o igiun Now Dank'll wants to obtain tuo whole rontiol of tlm fuituno , mil l < au nought hint against lib children tu h tv < Uio trust deed set abide. homier. When Hint brilliant but nrrntif i i .or , thu Into Thomas- Marshall , of K < * . .ucljy , was addressing a large nndu 111,0 it liulTalo , he wasinU'rruptuil ) > > u i > o- itical opponent , who , pirlanding n to iic-jir the speaker distinctly , cuidi i < < J Lo embarrass him by putting h ) " i " " ( to bin onr anil citing nut , I > i Several limes did Mr , MaiJ-h.i ! | li Ills voice on a higher ivu.1ml . Hi < y olTcot v.i.s to dr.iw forth frmn In i mciitnr moro cnorgotic CIU-B uf' ! n > please , cir , louder. " Tliu.irilrrmi' n Ilio millet of one of hU moot th ' ' ippeals , Mr. Muishall , iiiditfiitu L it o : rieJ { , pnutrd fm n moment JIM ! li . , ; IB ! oyc lirs > l on bin inu'in.v nnil Ui < u < .u . : ho presiding ulllrur , wild : "Mr < i-i > i- irnn , on the hut day , when tl u i < t liilbric ; ! shall liiuo dubceiulfil fi m 'I o lioavoiisi , nnd , . placing onu fool I.IHMI u o icn and the othu iiiion the I. " d t.i 1 lift to his lips , the gulden tiuniK | < , i' , < i liroclaim to the living nn < l t tin u nur- rcMitoil dead thul time vhall bo no n. i" , I have no doubt , sir. that MHIH m'e ' . uL ro31 from Buffalo wiH start up uiiil c out. 'Louder , jiluu.o , t > i < , louuui ! ' "