The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-24
ELOPRNENT At TOLEDO.
The Commercial Of Monday last had
the following:

The Commercial Of Monday last had
the following:
Sheridan Wait, a young man about
/ tw5nty-One years Of age, has Deeh &C
quainted with Ada Jones, daughter oi
| Hon. W. W. Jones, our present Mayor
! for about a year. lie Is a resident OF
I Fort Edwards, y. York, and appears
I to De q very gentleInanly sort OF fei-
| low. Last week he appeared IN this
city, and called 10 see the object Of his
Alteration. He called with horse and
carriage from Arms 4 Co.'S livery
stable, and the two went ont for a
short ride. Their direction happened
to be up the placid Maumee, and on
the banks Of this stream the subject Of
marriage was 5rOached. The youthful
lover was then impressed with the
thought that he must either return
to Toledo and part forever with his
love. or they must fly 10 a minister and
be made one. They decided on the
latter course, and set out TO accom-
plish the object in a sober, straightfOr-
ward manner. Reaching Maumee,
Wait left the horse and carriage at a
livery stable, with directions as TO
where II should be returned and money
to pay Messrs. Arms q Co. The coup
le then boarded the Wabash train and
went to Defiance. from where by diff
ferent roads they reached JOnesYHle,
Mich. Here they repaired To the house
Of Rev. Mr.. COrsOn the Episcopal cler-
gyman and were joined in the holy
bonds OF matTimOny. They remained
at JOnesville over night, and were
about 10 take up their route TO Fort
Edwards, the home Of young Wait,
when a series Of circumstances Che
calls them blunders) changed their
course, and for the time being their
destiny.
The reverend clergyman who had
performed the marriage ceremony
telegraphed to DIR. Jones the circum-
stances Of tine marriage, and Wait re-
ceiYed a dispatch from the doctor 10
the effect that, rs they were Catholics,
he wanted they should return 10 To-
ledO, and be married by Catholic
priest. They accordingly returned,
which was, as Wait said last night, A
foolish thing for them 10 do. They
arrived in Toledo about . o'clock in
the afternoon, and repaired al once to
the residence Of the brides father.
Arriving there, Ada WAS unceremO-
niOusly taken by her loving papa from
the presence of her husband, and con-
veyed to her room, where, it is said,
she is now confined, nearly crazy. See
ing that it would be useless to try to
talk anything like sense into the doctor
at that time, Wait went TO his room at
the Body House, and waited until
evening. He then secured the service
Of Sergeant NOhl, and proceeded to the
house to claim his wife. He says that
the Sergeant would not go in, and so
he boldly entered himself. He was so
unfortunate as to find present, not only
the doctor, but his son Will, and
Harvey Scribner, jr. A tumult at
once occurred, and a crowd gathered as
if by magic, among them four blue
coated guardians of the peace. Wait
claims that young Jones struck him,
and that ScTibner threw him out Of
the house, at the same time threaten
ing to cut his heart out, and perform
several other antics upon his person
which any well regulated person would
object to. He objected, but not wish
ing 10 appear in public print in con-
nectiOn with such disgraceful affair,
he asked protection of the officers
and several gentlemen who had wit
messed the circumstance, who kindly
took him in a carriage TO the BOOdy
House. The young couple ran away
and claim to have been married, and
whether they were or not, the occur
rences of last night were entirely un-
called for.