San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-17
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Bruce Cooper. OF Moorehead. Ken
tucky. eloped with Mollie De Hart
aged thirteen. but after going few
miles repented, advised her to 60 home'
and shot himself.
A resident of Bucker county, Ken
tucky, after arriving at the aged "i
eighty, and having been married four
times, eloped at night OH horseback
with the youthful belle Of the county
was chased twenty miles by her angry
father, but got away trumphantly, and
went on his fifth honeymoon rejoicing.
Two young people eloped from Rip
on, Wisconsin, to Fon du Lao and tele'
graphed back TO tho girls parents,
"May We get married9 Please wire
consent Immediately, as ceremoney
will be performed this evening anyhow"
A married farmer OF Knox corhty,
Ohio. eloped with neighbours wife,
and the deserted partners philosophi'
cally obtained divorces and were
married. .e,soi, 'l
When DR.. J. G. Thomson was mar
ried ut -Sedalia, Missouri, he noticed
that Miss Collet, the bridesmaid, whom
he then sow fot the arst time, was
handsomer than his wife, BE told hel
so a few days later, and that he was
sorry he had not married her, where
upon she remarked that they could
easily remedy that by clipping, and they
eloped accordingly.
The elopment Of two young lovers
at Lexington, KY, was followed two
days later by the death Of the bride
groom Of measle-. -a
A married woman eloped at Farwell,
Mich, recently, and took train for
tho east with her paramour. "Thank
Heaven, I'm in time!"' yelled the hus,
band as he galloped up to the station,
entered the car, placed her child in
the covering woman's lap and rode
happily away. 84l3~qrauelC
John Halvey and Mrs. Anthony, OF
Albion, Miss, were about to slope.
Each had four children, but they con-
cluded that two would be as many as
the new household could support COM
fortably. So they drew lots, and she
took half of her family with her. 81
A middle-aged couple recently visit
ed Kansas City on their bridal tour
and stayed at the house of the brides
brother. The bridegroom saw his wife's
niece, that she was fair, won her heart,
eloped with her and made the rest OF
the journey on the old tickets.
DIR. Hammond, of Minneapolis, was
engaged to marry Miss BLY,, but he
made Miss Winter his wife instead.
could guess why he changed
his matrimonial plan and the mystery
way deepened by the fact that Miss BLY,
had nothing hard to say against him.
The matter was made clear when
he eloped with her after getting pos
session of his wife's fortune.
Jacob Ropp, of Pine City, Minneso-
ia, went out for a walk with Annie Ry-
der, the daughter of his employer, and
induced her to elope. The groom's
capital amounted to four cents, and
they lived two days in an empty box
car on three cents worth Of crackers,
when he obtained work in a brickyard
and they were getting along quite com
when the brides parents found
them, and, after stormy scene, relent-
ed and took them home.
A Dung Lochnivar eloped with an
Illinois girl. but at Hays City, Kansas,
abandoned her, giving her 800, and
telling her he was going to Texas. She
bought horse, revolver and some
provisions and set out after him.
A baby was sent to the New Haven
poor-house not long ago under singular
Both its parents had
eloped, the father with another mans
wife and the mother with another wo-
mans husband.
Mr.. Gowland, of Stockton. on Tees,
lodged with Mr.. Peacock and
aloped with his wife. The husband,
some financial arrangements not being
carried ont, had them arrested for the
arcency of the woman's clothes, but as
{ comes out that he helped them to |
larry the trunk to the station and had !
Wished them a pleasant journey, the
.barve vsy dismissed