Daily Republican., 1879-10-22
lFRoN YESTERDAYS LATE Rplr,ov
A fRIsKY COUPLE
- Iny ana Festive DamseI or :
ElOpes with q Lively RIo,


No. 7lO Church street, this citv :,
a small one'story shell built of EyicL y
OF the dimensions of good sized cLss".'
box. In this establishment. until vese ~os
terday, John George Newton lived ,io, &c.
and carried on the junk business, @ huu
ing and selling rags, paper, old iro1 g
etc. ''''i'
For three months past John C,so,r.
has been residing here, each morrisss
shouldering his bag, and all thronas
The lower section of the city his cracL
ed falsetto is as familiar to honsekssn
ers who have scraps to sell as is tho
sqnall of their latest babe. "
About half block above the es,o}
lishment of John George, at sol Cburcl
street, dwslt blooming maiden of soNa
"a hydrophobic seasons, named Cath
rins Shields, native of the Isle that !,
perpetualiy green. Daily for some tim.
the youthful Catharine has been in III.
habit of passing the warehouse of .Tobr
George, and never did she pass wifi
out, IN that sweet way known only fl
fair damsels, peeping in at the pronria.
tor, vino out of pure gallantry womb
notice the glance.
From simply ogling each other the
young couple, as is quite natural, po
to speaking, and shortly they might
be seen almost any pleasant evening
sitting on the curb-stone in front of
Johns ware house, talking sweet non
sense by the hour, Catharine mastica
ting chewing gum, and John telling Of
the investments he intended making
Matters proceeded thus until yestpr
day morning when the climax was
reached by the young couple going 10
Chester where they were married BY
Squire Allen.
They left here yesterday (Monday,
afternoon on the 2.30 train and on thei,
arrival in Chester, a mutual friend
who accompanied them waited upC
the Squire first and asked him wheth4
he could marry young couple who
were waiting outside. The Squire hesi
tated and said he must see them to b.
sure they were of legal age ere he
spliced them. They were then usher.
ed into his presence and it is said ths.
at first sight OF the couple the Squire
shook with laughter until the lnkstard
on his desk ratified again.
John George was rigged out in
handsome suit which the bride herself
had purchased for him yesterday
morning, and Catharine's wardrobe
was beyond description. The Squire
argued the question with them but
both assured him they had been there
before, knew all about 1t and as they
could swear to being of legal age, they
insisted upon the knot being tied, am
the Squire performed the ceremony,
After the ceremony it was found thai
the entire assets of the newly welded
pair amounted to just so cents and
their return tickets. The bride HANDED
the Squire the half dollar and promised
to remunerate him more Literally at
some future date, and the bloomin!
pair of runaways started for hon.
reaching here at 4.30.
They are now domiciled at Johns
warehouse and it is supposed that Cat-'
arine will be admitted into full par
nership in the business. Neither OBJ
of them have any property or fnancA
prospects of any kind outside of joins
business. But many couple startsi
life on less. Catharine was a wdoT
and had several children, and grant
children living in this city, and it
rnmored that Newton has wife some
where in Pennsylvania, who left hin \
some time ago. He himself says be
has fifteen children and thirty-foM
grandchildren.