, 1880-07-23
Disappointed Wedding Guests.

A wedding feast In Bristol, IL. L..
one evening last week, developed some
remarkable features. 1t appears that
well known character. bachelor of
some three-score years, with reputa-
ton of being little unidentified, has
for some time been courting (or been
courted by-there is some doubt on this
point) a German widow of more or less
years, who is possessed of house and
comfortable property. II is said she has
some 81, 500 in the bank. Her charms,
her property or her wooing were sufti.
cient, it seems, and the wedding day
was appointed for. one evening last
week. The widow set out for big
time and tn have a good many to it.
She succeeded. In preparation therefor
she went to beer saloon and ordered a
cask of beer. 1t is stated that while
there, III her excess Of emotion, she
drank considerable beer, and had some
difficulty with the saloon keeper. How
ever that may be, when she got home,
in her enlarged views, she concluded
one cask of beer would not be enough,
SO she ordered second. She also got q
good supply of wine, whisky and all
sorts Of liquors, as well as ice cream,
pies, fruit, cake, etc, in abundance.
She invited the, Town Council to attend
the wedding in body, and she invited
a large number Of others. '''
At the appointed time everything was
ready, the guests were thereof course
they were-but the bridegroom came
not. 1t is stated that he was seen
about this time skulking around behind
the barrels in meat market. One
thing is sure, he wasn't at the Sedding.
Parties were sent out after him, but
tEey couldn't find him. The bride was
there, resplendent in silk, which, it is
said, the groom paid for, while she pro-
vided tho rest of the entertainment.
The clergyman was there in all serious
ness The absence Of the groom, how
ever, didn't seem to interfere with the
enjoyment of the occasion. The "wait-
ing time, the hardest time of all, " was
improved in eating and drinking, espe-
cially drinking. The guests got pretty
high, and, to prevent the entertainment
from growing insipid, some Of them be-
gan throwing pies, cakes, ice cream, etc.,
at each other. Then the stove went out
of doors in hurry, and was followed
by the chairs. Then a pie, in its fight
around the room, struck the clergyman
in the breast, whereupon he lost inter.
est in the marriage ceremony. .
But it appears his interest in peace,
good order and morals was such that he
notified the police Of what was going
on, and several officers and member Of
the Town Council attended the wedding
entertainment. When they arrived,
there were there and thereabouts some
five hundred people, the greater part of
whom had, to puu it mildly, been treated
to drink. The heroine of the story
stood swinging her bank book, and say
ing if enough hadn't been provided,
they could take the bank book and get
more, at the same time vowing Ven
geance en- the head Of the missing groom.
A party started off to find him, visiting
his house-he lives alone in the south.
east part of the town-aud, though they
broke the windows and got inside, moth.
ing of HIM could they find. Indeed, he
hadn't been seen in the vicinity up to
Saturday night, and the supposition is
that he has Skipped" The reason for
his nonappearance at the wedding is, of
course, unknown, but appearances indi-
cate that in this action, at least, he was
not SO unidentified as had been gener-
ally supposed Boston Globe. v ~.