The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-26
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lUl ! TIA A Child wife.

The little boy used to kiss Is dead!
..c,,.,,sys,..,,t s-zae Aldfae, for SEPTEMBER. +
AOIlIA A Child wife.
,,.ss They have a lively case of the sem
sational order in Mobile. George w.
Pagan, aged "a, ran off with and mar
ried o child of, Ii. The law of Ala
bafIfa not permitting the marriage OF
children, they went to Mississippi and
had the knot legally tied. Then they
returned to Mobile, and the parents
of the girl had them both arrested
and brought into court. The charge
. against Fagan was abduction. There
being no charge against the girl, she
was introduced as a witness. Old
Mrs. Childs, who had been in bed for
eight years, was brought into court
on lounge. Her evidence was Civ
en- under great excitement. She re-
marked that shea had often shot at
mark and hit it, and helpless as she
WAS, she wanted to put her aim to the
. test.nhShe had never seen Pagan, but
threatened in, court to shoot him al
sight. i Mr.. Childs, the father of the
girl. was present and less demonstra-
tive. ;o .ssl,. :. l.iai,,c =
- isiWhen Alice was called as witness
and made her appearance, the old wo-
man 9fumbled in her pocket, and ask
ed the Judge if she might with pro-
prietyi shoot the child. The child
took No notice whatever of this move.
silent,s and was perfectly calm. She
hsaid :ss1 left home of my own free
will. am satisfied, and have moth
ing else to say!''sa. ,i 20
% Pagan was bound over in the sun
eof ST 900, toil answer to the charge o
abductibg a female nnder fourteen
years Cefage from her natural guartli
ans. sst 7sessss5 ssl = .ii' ia E = - = =
Itlwas inievidence that Pagan is al
industrious young man of respectable
family, and that he is devotedly at
tached to his child wife. She, on he
part had an opportunity to prove tha
she fully reciprocates hisaffection ant
desires to live with him in peace.
20 The Judge, in view ofall these fact
acted the part of Solomon. He sait
ifsLet the girl be discharged from al
restraint, aud left at liberty to go t.
her parents or to her husband as sh,
may elect. = She unanimously elected
her husband q - 80 is9s =
-d,4.He refused ITO. give the bond o
$1,000 and went, to- prison. And she
saying SHY place is with you
George. went along and the couple
areinow living happily together il
jail as man and wife, secure from tn
attacks of storming parents-in-law.
- Fsdds-E--- -------
Wouldn't be Mean about 1t.
"a couple of flat-boat men on tn
Mississippi river, having made an ex
traordinSry good speculation, conclu
ded that while they were in New Or
leans they would go for real, frs
class hotel dinner at the st. Charlie
Hotel. Having eaten their meal, the,
called for their bill.s.aThe waiter il
attendance misunderstood them, and
surprising that they wanted the bill O
fare,ilaid it before them with the win
lfstuppermost.
"Whew, Bill |" said Jerry, sshere's
bill Just look at iti Here, you ado
up one side 1'll add up the other. ant
we'll see what the old thing come
TO-" So Bill added up the prices o
wines on one side of the list, and Jer
ry added them up on the other, ant
they made the sum total 1854. t
80 HHWh-ew, Bill" said Jerry, sthat'
pretty nigh all we'ye got! What ar,
we going to do about It ?" '.it+Is
n"We can't pay that" said Bill, 81
'ad clean US right out. The waite
amt here now, let's jump out of tn
window and put -. -s..4ts.
do sich amean thing as that. Let
pay the bill and then go down stair
and shoot the landlord"
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