Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-12-08

CUMULATIVE .SUFFRAGE.-The follow
ing is the text of the Bill introduced by Sen
ator McClammy, to adopt the Cumulative
system of voting in our municipal elections
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO con-
FER THE PRIVILEGE OF CUMULATIVE
SUFFRAGE ON THE VOTERS OF WHINING
TON, IN ALL ELECTIONS FOR ALDERMEN.
SEC. 1. The General Assembly Of North Caro-
lima do enact, That it shall be lawful for any
voter in any election for A ldermen, to be here
after held in the city of Wilmington, to cast as
many ballots as there are Aldermen TO be voted
for by him for one candidate, or to divide the
ballots he may be entitled to cast among such
candidates as he may prefer. sr=es.ae.az4saz=.~
SEC: 2. That so much of any law as is in
fict with this act, is hereby repealed. $50.
SEC. g. This act shall be ia force from and
after its ratification
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN
ACT TO CHANGE THE TIME OF HOLDING
THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF NEW HANG
YER COUNTY.
SEC. !. The General Assembly OF North Caro-
Ina do enact, Z hat All act entitled act to
change the time OF holding the Superior Courts
of New Hanover County, ratified the Both day of
March, 1871 be amended as follows Strike out
the whole of the first section of said act and in
sert instead thereof, that there shall be four
terms of the Superior Court for the County of
New Hanover, in each year. to be held for two
weeks, unless the business be sooner disposed Of
and that the time for holding the said courts
shall be follows, viz
ON the 4th Monday i'll January.
The Sth Monday after the 4th Monday in
February. .aEt ..-
The 3tn Monday in June ..-
The 9Th Monday after the ith Monday i'll Au-
gust.
be held on the 4th Monday in January, in each
year, may be continued III ession for period OF
four weeks, unless the business shall be sooner
SEC. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in con-
tilct with this act he, and the same are hereby
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not have the effect to prevent the holding of the
term of the Superior Court of New Hanover
County, commencing on the 18th Monday after
the 4th Monday in April, 1871, or t. impair, in
any way, the authority of the said Superior
Court, at said I'm in the trial OF criminal cases
or cases i'll which the State may be party.
SEC. 4. That this act shall take effect from its
ratification.
Passed December list, 1911.
A Queer Bride.
The New York correspondent of the st
Louis Republican furnishes the following
BIT of gossip:
"Among the catastrcphes of the month
may be mentioned the marriages AVN
! ings are up and carpets are down in front
| of our churches, and weddings are in fash
! ion as well as deaths. Last week at the
Little Church Around the Corner, the
! Church Of the TRANSPORTATION, the only
| daughter OF Lester Wallack was duly made
! Guilty, however the bride is quite young
| considered pretty and all the world (ir
! New York. knows she has pecuharities
! peculiarly her own.
During the solemnities of a bridal cere
! mOny it YVES supposed she would fOregO the
WAYS and manners that have made her con
| spicuous in her fathers theatre, and il
/ public generally. UnfOunded suppositiOn
! The church was well flied. The br.da
i
/ ed passage to the veStibue, halted, and nc
/ peal of organ fell on FIorence's ear
! What, screamed the bride, with chur y
| full of people i'll front and n crowd of guest,
pressing in behind, no music? I won
! be married without music. Several ladies
here filed the open door behind the brida
! party The usher8 were sent flying after
! al OrSanist. The bride in sire anling white
! silk, flowing veil and orange wreath turned
! upon the crowd mOtiOning them Lack
! She cried You can't come iii here now
till [ pass into church. Keep the dool
/ somebody Her father tried in vain t.
! calm her, Her proposed husband ventrr
| ed a word, but she shut him up summari
! ly. No organist was found, the invited
! guests outside the chapel door were clam
Orous, and the disappointed damsel reluc
family went up tie aisle and was married
AS the bencdiction was pronounced she
commenced an animated argument with
the happy Sewell AS she paesed out o
+ the church, huff way down tlle aisle she
spied Tom Baker, the leader of the orches
ira at Wallacks, and sung out: Her,
what's the reason had no music: Tn
abashed the gall Mt I'allcr replied: Why
didn't you let me know. I'd a Ind tn,
whole orchestra here I've seen blushinl
brides, fearful brides, agitated brides bu
| if Miss Wallack had been getting married
every day for five years she couldn't hav,
been more self possessed and easy-actin2
bride than she proved herself"