The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-10
| MONMOUTH EloPEMEnT.
The Young Couple come to this City
and Commence Housekeeping.
THE MAN BELIEVED TO. BE A
RASCAL AND DEAD-BEAT,
The Girl taken back to her Home.

sss~>~>e
On the lst. inst, man, calling himself
George W. Nealy, walked into the county
clerks Office and asked for license to
marry Miss Jennie Stickler The license
was granted and the man left.
On the Sd, the license was returned. by
mail, from VIM. A Elder, justice of the
peace in Warren county, he having married
the couple.
On the same day Nealy and Ills wife
arrived at the Rock Island house and took
a room, with the intention of staying
several days.
The giil did not appear to be happy, and
wandered over the hotel in an aimless
manner. Mr., Guild, the proprietor, noticed
this and suspicioned. that the girl had run
away from home and got married, and
when she told him that she was very lone
some, he asked her if she had eloped with
this man Nealy. The girl did not answer
this question in direct way but said,
swell, Il wish was back home again,
anyway" Her husband did not appear to
think much of his young wife and
attempted to avoid her company when
any one else was present.
On Monday, the 7th, the husband rented
the old stone Staubach house on the corner
of Buffalo and Commerce street, and the
two moved there. and commenced house
keeping.
Last Tuesday there arrived a lady
named Mrs. Westerield, of Monmouth
looking for this couple. She first visited
the county clerks office and found thai
Nealy had procured a license, and ther
she started to find the couple. At the
Rock Island House she was informed
where the parties could be found. Yester
day afternoon she procured hack ane
visited the runaway couple. In the even
ing she returned to the hotel, accompanied
| by the young girl Shortly after thi
Nealy came IN, and just before the Rock
ford train went south the whole party left
and probably took the cars for home.
Mrs. Westerfeld told the following stor,
while here:
/ Mr.. Stickler, :he father of this girl, is
well-to-do carpenter in Monmouth. He
mother is very excellent woman. Jenni
is only about IS years DID, and is rattle
proud-and, from her present actions, YER
foolish. She has been thinking of lat
, that her father did not dress her in styl
becoming young lady. About two week
} ago this man Nealy, who is a professions
gambler, got acquainted with Jennie, an
told her that he had just returned fror
the Black Hills; that he was very rich
that he Owned several gold mines there
that if she would marry him he would SUI
port her in splendid style. etc, and s
fiattered her that, before she had know
him ten minutes, they were engaged to b
married. She told her parents, an
they very properly refused to sanctio
6 the proceeding. The result was a
elopement Jennie's parents requisite
me, being an old friend, to follow them I
this city(they having learned that the rul
= Always were here) and being acquainte
- somewhat here, I came here. You see
l. have found the gill and her gambling HUI
! band, Jennie is very sorry for what ST
o has done. and is anxious to return HON
Her parents arc almost frantic with gri
~ at the course Of their daughter, and on
e. want her to return home and all will
forgotten. Nealy was a stranger in Mo
\ mouth but, it is said that enough is know
:, of his transactions in that city and vicini
= to induce him to make himself scarce.
"a unless he courts trouble.
Ct Nealy is said to be large, villaino
a. looking fellow, about % or 80 years oil
i with red hair, land chin whiskers, and wo
a broad brimed black SLOUGH hat, genera
pulled down over bis eyes.
L. Jennie is about Is years old; looks a
:. acts like an innocent and confding sch'
girl; blue eyes; light, curly hair, ar
taken altogether, would be considered gu
10 handsome
81 She has probably learned lesson viii
OK she will not soon forget. and will in futu
or put but very little faith in any one from /
ia Black Hill, especially if they repress
ey themselves to be rich. 1t ought to be
Oh warning to all girls not to make too Fl
or with strangers or believe everything Il
Sc is told them. If they do the affair may
lr- about as Jennie's did
US
nc If what the Lake City Mimi Seati
no says be true, one of Davenport's eitizt
le. has been out of luck at that nlaca Il