The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-12-01
Exciting Elopements.
WAGON LOAD OF FLYING LovERs-TRAGIC-A
ROMANCE FROM CHICAGO.


Among the Santee Sioux in North Ne
braska was lovely maiden named Sallie
Mollie, the daughter Of Billy Bumbottle,
one of the chiefs of the tribe. Sam Squire
and Slitlip Bob were rivals for her hand.
Taking time by the forelock, and leaving
Slitlip in the lurch Sam eloped with the
girl, but before the runaways could reach
the mountains the rivals friends overlook
them. 1t was decided that the lovers
should fight duel. On the 18th instant
the party put on war-paint and went to
a secluded spot in the Lime Greek Hills.
Each was armed with a stone headed
war-club. At the signal they mounted
their ponies. After circling and Whoop-
ing around as a sort of preliminary eXer-
else, the c0mbatants came to close quar-
terS, when Bob delivered fearful blow
with his club at Sam, who slipped one
side, the blow falling on the head Of his
pony. Then sam got in a blow which
lamed his opponents leg. They then fell
to and Whacked and banged away at each
other without much effect, till finally from
the grass and gared at each other in
silence. And now the spirit of peace,
compromise and COnciHati0n stole over
them and Bob proposed that if Sam would
give him five ponies, revolver and two
knives he would throw up the sponge and
let his rival have the girl without further
trouble. Sam ioytully agreed to do this,
and then washing off their paint and dirt
they returned to the agency,
An oldtaShioned prairie schooner, with
a broad stretch of tarpaulin, rolled into
st. Louis last Saturday and came to a
stand in front Of a hotel. The sight was
50 novel that a reporter Of the Post-Dis
patch hailed the bronzed driver, asking
where iii the world he was bound. car
kansaw,' was the reply; 'were all the
way firm Kane county, IllinOy, and we're
headin fir the Red river kentry." At
that moment certain menagerie like
sounds issuing from the depths Of the
wagon led the reporter to glance in. As
he did so WOman's face went bluShingly
back under the cover and several children
bobhed their heads up inquiringly. "Iou
seem to have good deal Of family"
said Jhe scribe. "laas, in fact / have
two families" 1.-TWO families ?" Cum
hum, he grunted attirmatiyely "Nou
see SamanthE there's got nine young
ones and I've cot seven and they amt
quite shock together vet. Way back in
Kane county we'd knowed each other for
some time Samanthy, there, her hus
band want no count; he got to hog
hn N 10 q +
Joliet, and my wife was poor and sickIy
and 50 | shipped her on the folks at In
diana and Samanthy and | started tor
ArkansaW. As we KEN by Joliet she
went and saw her old man, IIez Ward,
an he gey his consent
so you're eloping?"
"WelI, we are SOrter 'slopin.'
"Underneath her silken robes could be
seen now and then the cold, metallic gilt
ter Of the handouts upon her wrists, and
links Of the small, but strong chain which
held her. Such are the words in which
the Omaha Herald concludes true story
OF love, elopement, deSertiOn and despair.
The young woman lived in Texas. Her
father was a wealthy cattle dealer. While
at Nassar college she met a young foreign
er, and i year later. then being with her
parents in the Netherland, she ran away
with the Scapegrace and married hun.
The young couple came to this country
to find the brides father had lost much
of his property. Then the foreign hus-
band turned his affection to another
young woman in the same Texas town.
They LETT Texas suddenly and sailed for
kurope. The deserted wife found means
to follow them to a remote German place.
The first irtimation the scoundrel had of
her presence was the crack Of a pistol
that sent a ball through his heart. Of
course she was arrested, and then follow
ed weeks of trial and torture. Finally
she was declared insane and the authOm
ties placed her in a mad house. Mean
while a wealthy relative, moved by q
mothers tears, followed her, and finding
her secured her release When seen by
the Herald man she was on her way back
to Texas.
Chicagos marriage license clerk was
approached by a young man, few days
ago, and asked for license. \ fine look
ing girl Of youthful appearance was wait
ing at the door. The clerk asked the
girl how old She was, and when she re
piled that she was seventeen, the license
was refused until the consent Of the girls
mother should be obtained. At that mo
ment carriage drove rapidly up, and
seeing it the runaways bolted out at
back door. The richly dressed lady
who had come in the carriage was the
girls mother. She declared that her
daughter never should marry "that i'm
pudent clerk" and the last seen of her
she was chasing them away from livery
stable, the lovers leading by about one
hundred yards.
In the sage-b brush section of Nevada
lived poor family consisting Of husband
wife and a little boy. The nearest neigh
Dor was a wealthy bachelor, who roughed
it on one of the best stock farms in the
state. One night, about month ago
the bachelor ran off with his neighbours
wife and came east, but to what city is
unknown. Instead of following the de
stroyer Of his peace the husband went
over to the stock farm, took possession
and there holds sway. The community
has decided that he shall not be molested
and that every herd Of the bachelors
cattle by right belongs to the injured
poor man. "What this story lacks in de
TAIL says the Reno Gazette, ''it makes
up in truth"
4 bridegroom at Aurora, ILL.,, forgot to
engage the Episcopal rector for the cere
mony, though he arranged with the sex
ton to open the church, with the organist
for music, and sent out hundreds of cards.
The guests were all assembled before the
omission was discovered. The reverend
gentleman had gone to Chicago, and as
the bride declared that none other could
tie the knot the couple followed him to
that city on special train, accompanied
by all who desired to 60.
"Alas my Maryland" Under this lu-
gubrous heading the Charleston IS. CD
News and Courier announces the result of