The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-08-29
A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
MELANCHOLY SEQUEL.

MELANCHOLY SEQUEL.
The following appeared in an up
river Iowa contemporary, short time
ago:
RoMANTIc.-In May last, q gentle
man, passing down the river on q
steamer, while the boat was at Belle
vue landing, was suddenly and PEI
culiarly fascinated by the comely fig
ure and graceful movements Of o fe-
malo form on shore. This gentleman
is traveller. He has been going from
point to point observing the progress
and utility Of art and painting the
beauties of nature, but in all his OBJ
servations nothing ever charmed him
so artfnlly as this maiden, and nature
never before furnished him an object
of which his pencil dare not take the
portraiture His mind seemed fixed
upon this object, and all else for the
time seemed destined to forgetfu!ness.
i To be brief and historic, tho gen.
tleman inquired of a citizen Of Belle
vue, the lady's name. "She is the
daughter OF . Bellevue merchant, and
the prettiest lady in the town." was
the reply. Her name was carefully
noted down. Presently the steamer
passed on with its quota Of men, but
one heart less or board. Our hero ar
rived at his home in st. Louis, and
spent week in wearisome neglect
vain attempts at forgetfulness. He
wrote letter. She replied. This in
terchange continued until Wednesday
last. On that day he returned and
stopped in Bellevue. They met--of
course for the first time. He is tall
and dignified; has easy and command
ing manners, and-does she love
him. Let the mother interceding for
the match answer for her.
There was day of hasty moving
to and fro, and on Friday, as a result,
we are permitted to publish the fol-
lowing
MARR1ED-In Dubuque, at the Ire.
mont House, on Friday, August I'd,
1867, Judge-Smith, Capt. Frank
w. Marsden, of St. Louis. TO Aiss
Aggie F. Cou1ehan, Of Bellevue.
The happy pair started to st. Louis
on Sunday morning. The mother of
the bride, anxious to add to the in
terest of the occasion by promoting
the happiness of all, has contributed
to our editorial festive board as hand
some and delicious present as We
ever saw Of it's kind. Our best wish
es 60 with all parties concerned
May the husband and young wife al
ways rejoice in their adventure, and
the mother be most happily reward
ed for the care OF rearing q loved
daughter to beautiful womanhood.-
Gods blessing upon all.
The ST. Louis Democrat Of Satur-
day last publishes the following 40
the sequel.
The termination of this romantic
affair was extremely sad. On Wednes.
day last Capt. Marsden was arrested
in this city, charged with swindling
.Brick" Pomeroy, of the La Crosse
Democrat. Yesterday, Mr.. Kellogg,
who is connected with that paper,
arrived here, and::gives us some furth-
er particulars Of this romantic"
young man. He says that Marsden
collected $500 from different parties
in Indiana, by representing himself
as the agent Of Pomeroy, and that
he obtained and used railroad passes
by the same false pretcnse. He was
never connected with the La Crosse
Democrat in any capacity. Mr.. Kel-
logg also states that Marsden has
three wives living, one Of whom he
married in this city, only few days
before going to Iowa to marry Miss
Coulchan. The first wife, with three
children, is living in New York.
Marsden worked short time for
s. B. Flint, and was discharged as
being an inferior workman. He then
obtained employment at Mr.. Darke's,
on Olive street, where he was at
work when arrested. The gay Lo-
thario is man Of about thirty-fve,
not very good looking. but very per.
sistent in his pursuit of an innocent
girl whom he has resolved to ruin,
Miss Coulehan is said to be a very
handsome, intelligent and we'll edu-
Gated young woman of seventeen
She admits that she actedveryimpru-
IDENTIFY in marrying Marsden upon SO
short an acquaintance, and says that
she telt herself drawn towards him
by some mysterious influence for
which she cannot account. She now
hates him with an intensity only
equalled by her former love for him.
She has gone to her mother in Iowa,
and will at once apply for divorce.
Pomeroy will be here tomorrow,
and will come down on Marsden like
q thousand of "Brick." He no doubt
has the documents to prove the al
leged swindle, and being an excellent
hater, will show no mercy.
We again call the attention Of ro-
mantle young ladies to the moral of
this affair, and advise them never to
get married before they are certain
Of being ready.
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