Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-13
A LANCASTER BOY.


AFTER TILDEN's LOST BRIDE
having Rejected Ntnety-nine suit.,rs, sh
Falls in Love. With . Lancaster Tenor
The following St. Louis dispatch to tn
Chicago Tribune relates to young mai
we'll known in the social circles of this cit,
and a son Of John NJ. Amweg, late Of tbi
city aud now of Philadelphia. 1t is evi
dent that the young lady in question i
either a goose or was personated by ont
of her servants:
The papers bring to light a scanda
which involves the name Of Nellie Hazel
tine, the reigning belle of St. Louis, who's
name year ago was mentioned in connec
tion with that of Samuel J. Tildcn, it be-
ing reported that she was engaged to
marry him. The gentleman in the present
case is John Amweg, a blonde, with a
fair voice, fine eyes, and good leg. lie
has held subsidiary positions in the Ford
opera company for some time past, and
this is probably the first time his name
has appeared prominently in the newspa-
pers. 1t appears, according to his story,
that three weeks ago a young lady OF
great beauty occupied =: front seat at the
Uhrig's Cave theatre and seemed only to
take an interest in the prOceedin IS when lie
was on the stage. She looked at him
fixedly and smilingiy, he says, until at last
his attention was drawn to her, and one
evening she took the bouquet from her
breast, kissed it, and, by moving it about
pinned his attention to it. Then with a
smile she placed it under the seat upon
which she was sitting. As soon rs the
curtain dropcd AmweS fastened to the
place and secured the flowers, among
which there was a note, and then asked a
friend who the lady was. g Miss Nellie
HazcItine," WAS the reply. ''And who is
she % "Thc belle Of st. Louis" An
interview was arranged, in the course Of
which, Amwcg says, the lady told him she
had received ninety nine offers of marriage,
one of them from All old man in New York
worth $15, ,O00, 600 that he was 4 Demo-
cat (meaning Tilden), and she was a
Democrat, but that she could not marry
Where she did not love. He says she went
on to tell him that he (Amwes) was the
only one who had touched her heart.
Amwcg said that he replied that he had
not S., in the world, and that he would
Just as soon settle in st. Louis as any
where. Several notes, he alleges, passed
between them, and two photographs, upon
the back of one of which was written,
"Yours until death us do part. Nellie"
Naturally ali this good fortune, real or al
legged, turned Amweg's head, and he con.
fided the matter to two or three dozen
friends, besides writing home to his mother
that he was going to get married, and
sending her one of the letters which he
claims to have received. OF course
the story spread. Last Monday
night Miss IIazeltinc and her mother
left for the White Sulphur springs in Vir-
ginia, where they now are. At this point
Amweg may bc left for 4 little while and
the attention of the reader concentrated on
Miss Hazlctine's brother and Mr.. Fred
Paramore, who. it is explained, "has a
right to act in the premises" These two
gentlemen heard the stories atioat, and
concluded that the proper course to pur< u
was to punch Amweg's eye, and for this
purpose that sweet singer was yesterday
afternoon beguiled up into Mr.. Paramore's
Office on the fourth floor of the
building on the southeast corner Of
Fourth and Pine streets. Mr.. Hazcltine
had asked Mr.. Linn to be present rs
Amwcg's friend to see fair play. AS soon
as the party gathered Mr.. Hazeltine asked
Mr.. Amwe. if he had said hc was going
to marry his sister. MIR. Amweg replied
that that was his intention. Mr.. Hazel
tine then struck Amweg with his fist,
which was returned, and the two parties
caught cacl other by the hair and swung
round and round as though practicing il
German. Mr.. Paramore in the
produced Il cowhide which he had
bought for the occasion and was waiting
for somebody's pants to get tight SO that he
could have litl of the pie himself, when
he was colla,ed by Mr.. Linn, who re-
marked that one at Il time was enough for
Amweg OF course Paramorc resented
this interference, and for 4 time there was
a double shuttle, in which much hair, many
collar buttons, and considerable temper
were lost. When everybody was tired of
the circus they ali drew off and began to
discuss the matter. You know you
must be Mistaken said Will Hazeline
g you may be honest in what yOl believe,
but my sister could never have written
you any letters But I've got
the letters.'' 'Where ~ "Out at
my house" lie was compelled to give
HaZeltine written order to search
through his trunks, and that young gen
tleman soon returned, looking very much
and bringing two letters and two
photOs sraphs, all of which were promptly
confiscated. The young lady's friends
still declared that there was some mis-
take, that Amweg had been imposed upon
by one of the I[azcltinc servants, and he
was asked to come out to the house and
see il he could not identify one Of the
asked him to describe the position
e <1,.,c e.. in, l,o a. l,n1
really been there, and he did this very cor
one Of the servants, 4 very pretty laIn-
was not the girl he had met. "No," lie
replied, it was Miss Nellie Hazletine that
mct-shc whose photograph you have
there No amount of questioning, no
threats could turn him from his story, and
the idea was at last abandoned. The party
broke up on the Hazlctine doorstep. All
four OF the gentlemen We're pretty badly
rumpled up from the fuss. at Paramore's S
Office, Amweg being especially beaten up
about the head and face, so that he could
not appear upon the stage last night. To-
day he says he will begin two suits against
Will Hazeltinc and Fred Paramorc, one
for assault with intent to kill and the
other for civil damages The case is more
than cause celebre. Amweg belongs to
. highly respectable Philadelphia family,
and his father is a we'll known lawyer
there. His brother holds very response
BILE position with the Pennsylvania rail
road, being inspector of bridges on
that line. For three years young Am
veg has been on the stage, having
first been connected with Frank Mayo
playing a minor part in Davy Crockett.