Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-19
SPENCER'S WIFE.
He Marries q Niece of Gen. LOFinK
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Cincinnati EnQuirer.l
NEW YORK, September 12.-Uni-
ted States Senator Spencer, of Ala
bama, was privately married to Miss
May Nunez, well known actress.
The wedding occurred at Z o'clock
in the morning in the parochial
residence of st. Bernard's Roman
Catholic Church, in West Four.
teenth street. Spencer, being a
Protestant, had to get a special dis
pensation from from Father Quinn,
vicar general under Cardinal Nc
Closky, for the ceremony. For GER
tain reasons the bride desired the
wedding to be secret, and only a few
of her intimate friends were pres
ent = among them Hon. Thomas
Murphy, ex-custom-house collector,
and General Pat H. Jones, register
of the city. Hon. John Morrissey,
the particular friend of Spencer,
was invited, but being at his club
house in Saratoga could not attend.
The groom and bride were dress
ed in morning travelling costume.
Miss Nunez wore light brown silk,
trimmed with velvet, and a travel
ing bonnet of straw. Spencer wore
a black Albert coat and vest and
gray trousers. Father Reardon
married the couple. When he ask
ed, "Do you, George E. Spencer,
take May Nunez," the bride inter
rupted him and said that her name
was William Loring Nunez. 1t
seems that was the name with which
she was christened, but from her
girlhood she has been called May
Nunez. Her maiden name, Loring,
is after her uncle General Loring,
who is now serving in the Egyptian
army.
Spencer is forty-two and his bride
twenty-five. He is a portly, ruddy
faced blonds, and she is a dashing,
animated brunette, and looks like
a Spanish beauty. He first saw her
two years ago in the New York
postoftice, where she was employed
as searcher in the dead letter de-
partment. She was taking the place
of her father, a poor clerk, who was
stricken with paralysis, and was
earning his salary to support him.
Spencer was introduced, and Smit-
ten by her appearance. He met
her atterward in the house of Gen
eral Jones, Miss Nunez being the
protege of his wife, and has been a
suitor for her hand ever since. He
had a rival in a DR.. Hunter, poor
young physician in this city; and it
is on his account, it is believed, that
Miss Nunez kept the marriage Sc
cret from all except her most init
mate friends. He was deeply in
love with her.
After the marriage Senator Spen-
Ger and his bride took the cars for
Deadwood City, in the Black Hills,
where they are to spend the honey
moon, They had u palace car to
themselves, and will reach Chicago
Thursday. Miss Nunez's father
was a Major in the Confederate
army. After the war he started in
business here, but became bank
rupt, after which his daughter
studied for the stage. She made
her debut in the Academy of Music
here in 1875, in a performance
given to pay the expenses of the
American Rife Team to Ireland.
Dion Boucicault saw her, and at
once engaged her to travel with
his troupe. She played in the
"Shaughraun' in Western cities,
and afterward made an engagement
with Days Fifth Avenue Company,
playing in Divorce, Man and Wife
and Pique through the country.
Her last appearance here was last
Saturday night, in Kit, the Ar
kansas Traveller. Miss Nunez is
Spencer's second wife. His first
died in California, of a broken
heart. 1t is said that he was
once a bartender in San Francisco.
He and his bride will make Wash.
ington their home until the ex-
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