The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-14

Having Rejected Nisesy-ssne suftors,
Falls fn Love With e Philadelphia
Tenor.
Tsi. Lsuis dispatch In chicago Tribune. J

TclBhlOg Delle or 81. Louis, whose name
rear ago was mentioned In connection with
that OF Samuel J. Tllden, II being reported
that she was engaged TO marry bin. The
gentleman In the present case Is John
Amweg, blonde, with q fair voice
nne eyes, and good leg. He
has held subsidiary positions In the Ford
opera Company for some time past, and
thiS Is probably the first time hls name has
appeared prominently in the newspapers. II
appears, according to his story, that three
weeks ago young lady Of great beauty oc-
cupied front seat at the Uhrig's Cave
Theatre, and seemed only to take an inter-
est In the proceedings when be was on the
stage. She looked at him fxedly and smi-
lingly, be says, until at last his attention
was drawn 10 her, and one evening she
took the bouquet from her breast, kissed
II, and, by monng II about, pinned his
attention TO II. Then, with q smile, she
! placed 1t Vnder the seat upon which she
was sitting. As soon as The curtain drop
ped Amweg fastened TO the place and
secured the flowers, among which there
was a note, and then asked a friend who
the lady was. "Miss Nellie HsZeltine,"
was the reply. "Aud who is she?" 1.-THE
belle OF 81. Louis" An interview was
arranged in the course OF which, Amweg
says, the lady told him she had received
ninety-nine offers OF mari Ige, one OF them
from an old man In New York worth 49,
| 100000; that he was a Democrat (meaning
! Tilden), and she was Democrat, but that
she could not marry where she did not love.
! He says she went on 10 tell bin that he
! (Amweg) was the only one who had touched
| her heart.
Amweg said that he replied that he had
| q . -, a 4
as soon settle in st. Louis as anywhere.
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.v
Naturally all this good fortune, real or
alleged. turned Amweg's head, and he con-
| fded the matter 10 two or three dozen
! friends, besides writing home TO his mother
| that ne was going to get married, and send
| ing her one Of the letters which he claims
10 have received. or course the story
spread. Last Monday night Miss Hazel
/ tine and her mother left for the White
| sulphur Springs, in Virginia, where they
now are. AT this point Amweg may be
! left Cor little while and the attention Oiihe
reader concentrated on Miss HaZeltine's
brother and Mr.. Fred. ParamOre, who
/ Il was explained, " has a right TO act in the
premises" These two gentlemen heard
| the stories afloai, and concluded that the
proper course to pursue was to punch Am
wcg's eve, and for this purpose that sweet
singer was yesterday afternoon beguiled up
/ into Mr. ParamCTe's Office ON the fourth
/ floor II the building on the southeast cor
ner Of Fourth and Pine streets. Mr.. Hazel
/ tine had asked a Mr.. Linn to be present
| a. Amweg's friend, 20 see fair play.
As soon as the party gathered Mr.
| Hazciine asked Mr. Amwcg II he
had said be was going TO msrry bis
sister. Mr.. Amweg replied thst that was
his intention. Mr.. Hazeltinc then struck
! Amweg with his iI, which Wss returned,
and the two parties caught each other by
| the hair and swung round and round as
though prac.icing new.faugled German.
! Mr.. ParamOrc ia the mean time produced a
cowbide which be bad bought for the occa-
sion, and was waiting FOR somebody's pants
| 10 get tight 80 bat he could have a little Of
! the ole himself, when be was cOlsred by Mr.
| Linn. who remarked that one al a time was
enough for Amwcg. OF course ParamOre
resented this interference, and Tor time
| there was a double shuttle. in which much
| hair, many c0llar-bultOns, and considerable
temDer were lost. When everybody was
tired OF the circus they all drew of and
began 10 discuss the matter. "YOu know
| YOU must De Mistaken" said VIII Hazel
| line. .YOu may be honest in what you
believe, but my sister could not have writ
ten YOU any letters" "But Pve got the
letters" Where?" "Out at my house."
He was compelled to give Hazeltine a
written or6er TO search through his
trunks, and that young gentleman soon
returned, looking very much ANNOYED,
and bringing two letters and two photo
graphs, all Of which were promptly
coufscated. The young ady's friends
! still declared that there was some mistake;
that AmWeg had been imposed upon by
one OF the Ilazellne servants, and be was
! asked 10 cone out 10 the house and see II
he could not identify one Of the girls there
! On the WY out Ilazclline asked hin to de-
scribe the position OF the furniture 10 tue
/ parlor, il he had really been there; and he
did this very correctly. AT the house Ha-
Feline summoned one Of the servants, a
very pretty laundres-, upstairs, and asked
Amwog II that was not The girl be he'd met.
No" ne roplied. "lt was Miss Nellie lIa-
zeltine that ! mct-she whose photograph
Won have there No amount OF ques-
iion;ng. no threats, could turn bin from MS
story. and the idea was ct last abandoned.
| The party broke up on the HsZ'tine door
step. All four OF the gentlemen were
| pretty badly rumpied up from the fuss at
! Paramore's Office, Amweg being especially
| beaten up about the bead and face, 50 that
! he could not appear upon the stage last
night. To-day he say+ he will begin
two suits against VIII HszeIine and
| Fred. Paramore-one for assault with
! inteat 10 Kill and The other for civil dam
ages. The case is more than cause cele-
/ bre. Amwcg belongs TO d highly-res pecta-
! bic Philadelphia family, and his father j.
well-knOWn lawyer there. His brother
/ holds a very responsible position with the
! PENNSYLVANIA railroad, being inspector. of
bridges on thet line. For three year,
YOUNG Amweg ha- been on the stage.
having first been connected with
Frank Mayo, playing a minor psrt
| I'm Dayy Crockett. Since then he
ha, been singing in the chorus Of
! Ford's Opera Company, and has been con-
n,cted with the y9rlOus PiDafore, FAtnitza,
BoccacciO, Biliee Taylor, and Oliyette pro-
| duciions. lie t. q tenor, and makes mp well
on the stage, having the foundation or
| framework for good physique, which will
fin ian with time. His folks have long urged
him 10 leave the mimic stage, and II has
been against their wishes that he has con-
tinuCd the business.
Burned To IL Crisp by ~hiskey.
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