The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-07-23
a Ssg.NIUTRoUBLE
lac Isiest Dubuque Sensational Fad.
LIZ Mixed Affair.
From the Dubuque Herald. July IA.

From the Dubuque Herald, July a.
Tuesday there appeared in Dubuque a
German from the vicinity of La Crosse,
Wis, on an errand by no means remarka,
bic, though the iranknesS with which he
proclaimed his errsnd vas rather rare. ne
wanted frau. lie called upon an old,
though slight acquaintance of his, pork
packer, and opened up his Grand His
friend informed him that the pork packing
business did not throw him into the com
pany OF many manageable females, but
that ii he should go to some of the hotels
IN town, among the waiting maids, he
might find one that would suit him The
suggestion struck our Coelebs In search Of
wife as being good one, and he struck
out for the nearest hotel he could End.
kept by one OF his own couDtrymen. Coz
clebs told the bar keeper what he wanted.
Bar keeper was full of-misehief, and
knew OF several youLg ladies about the
house afflicted in the same way; SO he and
the girls concocted sell for the poor
wife>hunter. All being arranged, the lat
ter was sent into the kitchen to take his
pick of the flock. He picked His choice
was d judicions, and honor to his taste--a
handsome maiden Of To- They courted
IN due style, with all he other bash sling
ers a0und cndcavoring to suppress their
merriment. BY the cud OF 20 minutes, he
had proposed and she had accepted. To
him, time was money, and for this other
considerations he was anxious 10 have the
ceremoney performed as speedily as pos
slble. young man was sent to bring
bible. He appeared, with a long face. and
last years hotel register. Another
young man Of sedate and judicial appear
ance married them. Coelebs no longer
pining IN sad cejbacy, was in ecstasies
over the success which had crowned his eT.
rand to Dubuque. so that lis bliss could
hardly be damp ened by the Information
from his pseudo bride that she would be
compelled $50 unexpected were the nuptialS)
to spend the night with ner mother. There
was some vigorous talking in Dutch. that
we did mt understand but the bride was
w"s firm, and had her own way--and he
did mt.
tuesday night he spent, as we are in
formed at an other hotel but Wednesday
morning bright and early he reappeared
and claimed his bride She saw him
coming aud slid" There was a live
~ tine, for a season. This mischief low
ing maiden had not torscen the end from
the beginning, and found herself in a
scrape not SO easy 10 get out OF as she had
thought, il indeed she had thought any
thing at all about it. Finally, the only
way TO get rid of the supposed husband
was TO tell him that he had cen Sold"
and hadn't any wife there, to speak Of
The subject of the practical joke stormed,
and made Ouch blasphemy rend the air till
all was blue.
TO pacity him, the bar keeper connected
another scheme, this time with solid ba-
sis, and no joke He went to the wash
crwoman ofthe establishment, very fat,
moderately fair, and over 40" and by
portraying to her the advantages of having
home on fine farm, with u weIl-to do
husband, and no washing but her own,-
and his-talked her mo willingness to
make b0na Jide match. The wife hunter
was also again worked up into a marrying
mood, and convinced that a stlong woman
OF 40 was great improvement on a deli
cate, inexperienced maiden of Is. a Ii
cense was procured the parties went be
fore the proper officer, and were married
so it was supposed it would stick"
The peculiar circumstances attended up
on the wedding were such as 20 cause it
to be noised about considerable in the
course of the day, and in the afternoon
along came a woman who not long since
resiGed III the section whence our hero
came, with both her hands and her eyes
raised in holy horror, and Informed the
new made bride that her husband had
wife and four children living in Wiscon-
sin
II there had been lively time behind
the scenes in that hotel before, who en-
imagine the condition Of things when this
little item promulgated Red hot" is DO
name for it. The new wife went for
the husband, who in the language Of Shak
srearc had loved two too we'll, F." aud ask
eli the story ment He owned up that 1t
was all true, the wife and children were
incident in his caree-, but that he was cal
culating, ii he could find another wife
anywhere, to get divorce Of from the first
one, and make the thing all right
The upshot of the whole, If we may so
express it. is that German gentleman from
Wisconsin has gone back TO his home to
get a divorce from lis former frau,
while second venture has returned to the
washtub, under promise to fulfil the con-
tract entered into Wednesday morning, tc
love, honor, ana obey" as said divorce
from first wiic is procured.
We are anare there are some odd aud
improbable feateres in the above store, but
We eau assure 6ar.fes.lers that We have
given only 4 sinasaa statement of facts,
without cxygcerating or coloring, that
have occurred within the past two
days, between the Julien house and the
poSt offire