The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-08-27
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

A Notable New York Wetlding-Conjugal
Infslicity-The Flight of beer Sellers
Frau-Defaulting Clerks-Women and
Wine-The Melancholy End Of . Famous
Theatrical Manager-A New Way to Get
Living and How il Endeti-The Rail-
road Fight and Cheap Travel-Business
.ectivity and Crowded HOtels-What our
Savings hanks are Doing, etc, etc.
NEW YORK, August 20, 1891.
EDITOR CMIEF:
On Sunday night remarkable COM
pany was assembled at u Methodist
church in Jersey City, to witness the
wedding Of the notorious Theodore Allen
with one Of the richest heircsscs in the
State of New Jersey. Among the many
families in the city of New York which
have achieved distinction in one way
and another, there are few more cele-
brated than the Aliens. Two of the
brothers have long been regarded as
among the s,nartest thieves in New York,
and Theodore, the bridegroom If Sunday
night, while he has contiivcd to keep
ont Of the clutches of the law, was sup
posed to have a wider acquaintance Will.
thieves of every descriptions than any
other man in the United States. Wesley
Allen, his brother, is one of the most no
torious pickpockets i'll the city, and has
served several terms in State prison.
Theodore Allen, who was married to Miss
Ella A. Glover, secured Il plum, rs she is
said to Inherit SAP 900 III her own right
Though notorious for years as n gambler,
and as the keeper Of one Of the viIcst re-
sorts in the city, there is not more re-
firing and pleasant hammered gentleman
to he met with on Broadway from the
Bowling Green to the Fifth Avenue Ho-
tel. Always dressed modestly, yet III
the most fashionable garments, you might
possibly take him for II retired gentle
man Of the turf, who had made up his
mind to join the Young Mems Christian
Association. Certainly nothing tlnt he
would say or do while lie was III your
company would disabusc You of the idea
that you had fortunately net one Of the
incest persons that cvcr-fcll in yOnr way
He is below the middle height, exceed
ingly good looking, and it is not at all
| surprising that he should have wooed
| and won his present bride. Yet in view
| of the notorious anteccdcnts of himself
and his family, there is no reasonable
| doubt but the unfortunate girl will live
to bitterly repent the hour that She
| blasted her earthly hopes by giving her
! hand and fortune to one whose associa-
| tions for years have been with the vilest
| Of the vile.
Matrimonial matters are progressing
| inlitftrently i'll the City Of Churches.
J The week scores up a round dozen of di-
vorces, and no less than six clopemcnts.
| The giddiness of youth can scarcely be
admitted as an excuse for this latter in
| fraction, for III every instance the flying
couples were old enough to know better
that s if Il man or woman ever gets
old enough to make a fool of himself OF
herself The age Of discretion is sup
posed to be reached somewher On the
lceside Of fifty, Yet on Wednesday d
T., couple disappeared from Brooklyn; the
female had passed tho half century mile
stone, and the fool us Il man Was about
tue same age. The partner OF hia flight
was the wife of the keeper of Il beer sa
loon, anl' the mother Of several children
| She lud red hair and she turned the
scale at 2451-not much like the fairies
that We read about. but the faithles!
carpenter saw virtues IN her which liz
failed to discover in his own wife, SO III
fled Unit de zaloon keepers frau L
nav he that her charms were heightened
by the fact that, slowed away in stock
inc. She had $1,000 in greenbacks. |
certainly did not dctract from her goo,
looks in the carpenters eyes, and 50 the,
fed ;;s yer 10 man knows whittier. Nll