Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-01-09


RY.-A colony of Hollanders near Green
Bay, Wisconsin, has a strange way of
marrying off its widows. The Green Bay
"Advocate" gives the following descrip-
ton of the manner in which the last batch
were lotteried off I:
We referred briefly last week to a novel
lottery which took place at Hollandtown,
in this county, by which eleven widows
and as many WidoWerS were mated for
matrimonial alliance. The facts, as we
learn from the report Of ''the committee, y
which report comes to us signed by s'M.
Vendenburg, Secretary" are as follows:
1t seems that there were residing in the
town eleven widows and twelve widoWers.
We presume it was a member Of the Be-
nevolent Society who first proposed that
the eleven widows should become helpmeets
to eleven of the widowers. At least the
report says that thinking it. economy to
have them married, and not knowing how
to pair them, a committee was selected to
hold counsel as to the best mode of COUP
ling" 1t took this committee one hour to
decide as to the method, pending which
decision we may believe there was fiut-
tering among the hearts Of the Widows
1t was decided to dispose of them by lot,
and Consequently y says the report, 'sthe
names of all the widows were placed in a
box, and likewise the names of the widow
ers.'' .,
The drawing took place at 5 P. M, Mon
day, the 7tn, at which time it was decided
that Mr.. r. Menten should be married to
Mrs. De Bruin, Mr.. M. Menten to Mrs.
Wink, Mr.. Bode to Mrs. Vandenburg, Mr..
Furstenberg to Mrs. Kersten, Mr.. ]. W.
Wessenberg to Mrs. Wilde, Mr.. M. Yer
kullen to Mrs. Perrenboom, Mr.. Weyen-
berg to Mrs. Heesacker, Mr.. John Kobus-
sen to Mrs. Tillman, Mr.. L. Teurusen to
Mrs. Van Doren, Mr.. R. Herremans to
Mrs. Ralf, Mr.. Score to Mrs. Van Bloem-
er. 1 al
The twelfth man is Mr.. D. H. Penter-
mann, and although he is doubtless the
happiest man in seven counties over the
narrow escape which he had made, yet the
committee are casting about for some
means to supply him with partner-ad-
vertising that if there are any widows in
neighboring towns who would like to take
Mr.. Pentermann, "application can be
made to Peter Kersten, President.
Lieutenant Colonel Fred. D. Grant, son
of the President, who is now on Gen. Sher-
idan's staff. and stationed at Chicago, has
been ordered to Washington, and will be
assigned to duty in the mastering and dis
bursting branch of the service:
The Duke of Hamilton is about to retire
from the turf on account of his marriage
Thirty-seven horses belonging to his sta
BILE in Paris were sold recently for 1873, 705 |
francs.
At the sale of the effects of the Hon. G. |
F. De Long, in Yokohama, pair of car
riage horses were sold to an agent of his
Majesty the Mikado, for the snm of So 500
Mexican.
Bismarck will soon give Jules Favre the
lie, in pamphlet form. 1t is about what
the latter said at the Bazaine trial
The ex-Empress Eugene wants $780,
600 from the French treasury. That
she thinks, will enable her to live
in becoming style at Chiselhurst. 4
At a colored dance on Mr.. Alfred Nc
Cormick's place, in Rockbridge, Va,
Saml Curry stabbed and killed Elijah
lding,-both blacks-W ednesday night.
Fielding was on Curry when the knife was
used. Curry was arrested.
The accounts Of the Treasurer of the
National Savings Bank Of Concord, N. H.,
has been discovered to be confused" to
The extent Of 100000.
Amasa Allard, Of Southbridge, Mass,
30 years old, committed suicide the other
lay by cutting his throat, because they
we're going to send him to the poor-house
against his wishes.
The Winchester News earnestly advo-
;ates the election of the Hon. r. M. T.
Hunter to the Senate, ~
An analytical chemist has discovered {
hat two pound loaf of bread contains
bout as much alcohol as a light glass Of
eer, $ ...'. ~