Daily Republican., 1881-08-15
AMWEG AND HAZELTINE.
A Lancaster boy With IS Gains q
Heart That Sl5, 900, 900 Failed 70

A Lancaster boy With IS Gains
Heart That Sl5, 100000 Failed 4
Conquer.
| The St. Louis papers have develope'
a little romance which involves th
name of Miss Nellie HaZeltine, tn
reigning belle of st. Louis, in connec
tion with that of John Amweg, son o
ex. Alderman Amweg, formerly of Ian
caster, now of Philadelphia. Mis-
Hazeltine's name was before the publi
over o year ago, as the lady whom Sam
uel j. Tildpn was to marry. YounI
Amweg about three years ago connect
ed himself with an opera company, AM
having fne physique and rassabl!
good tenor voice, has since continued
on the operate stage, though ths pro
tession chosen by him has not been il
ronsonanc. with the wishes Oflis fami
ly. Recently he has been engaged will
Ford S Opera Company. 1t appears
according to his story, as related by thu
St. Louis correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, that three weeks ago a young
lady of great beauty and occupied a
front seat at the Uhr g's Gave Theatre
St. Louis, had seemed only to take ar
interest in the proceedings when be
was on the stage. She looked at him
txidly and smiingly, he says, until al
last his attention was drawn to her,
and one evening she took the bouquet
fion her breast, kissed it, and, by
moving it about, pinned his attention
to it. Then with IL smile she placed ii
under the seat upon which she was sit.
vjng. A, soQn a. the curtain dropped
! Amweg fastened to the place and
secured the flowers, among
which there was a note, and
Il en- asked friend who the lady was.
"Miss Nellie Hazeltine," was the re-
ply. "And who is she 2" "rhe belle
of st. Louis" An interview was ar
ranged in the course of which, Amweg
says, the lady told me she had received
ninety-nine offers of marriage, one OF
them from an old ;ran in New York
worth 10000 but that she could
not marry where she did not love. He
says she went on to tell him that he,
Amweg, was the only one who had
touched her heat.
lllE louNh lENoh . AZ hNED hHnD.
Amweg said that he replied that he
had not s. in the world, and that he
would just as so N settle in st. Louis as
anywhere. Several notes, he alleges,
passed between them, and two photo.
graphs, upon the back OF one Of which
was written, ''yours until death do us
p,rt. Nellie" Naturally all this good
fortune, real or alleged, turned Amweg's
head and he contided tho matter II, two
or three dozen friends, bcsiues writing
home to his mother that he was going
to get married, and sending her one or
tte letters which he claims to have re-
ccived. OF course the story spread.
Last Monday night Miss Hazeltine and
her mother left for the W hite Sulphur
Springs in Virginis, where they now
are, At this point Amweg may be left
for littio while and the attention OF
the rrl.er concentrated on Miss Hazel
tines brother and Mr.. Fred Paralnore,
who, it was explained, " has right to
acL in tie preni -es These two gentle
m'n hearu the stories ailoat, and CON.
clu,ted that the prop,r course to pursue
was to punch Amweg's eye, and for
this purpose that sweet singer was yes-
terday aigernoon benull,d up inlo Mr..
ParamOre'S : office on the fourth floor OF
the buiding on the southeast corner OF
Fourth aud Pine streets. Mr.. liaz j.
tine lad asked Mr.. Linn tc be present
as Anweg's best friend to see 1air play.
TILE OPERA lrHNED TO A "CIECuS.' y
IA soon as the party gathered Mr.,
hazeltinc asked Mr.. Amweg if he had
said he was going to marry his sister
MIR. Amweg replied that that was his
intention. Mr. Hazrltine then struck
Amweg with his fist, which was IT,
turned, and ths two parties caught each
other b, tho hair anu swung round AID
round as though prtcticing II new-iahg-
led German. Nc. Parainore in the
neantime produced cowhide which
he had bought for the occasion and
was waiting for somebody's pants 10
get tight SO that he could have a little
Vt the pie himself, when he was collar
ed by Mr. Linn, who remarked that
one at n time WAS enough for Amwes.
OF course ParamOre resented this inter
ference, and for time there WAS dou-
blp-sChutlle, in which much hair, many
collar buttons, aud considerable TEN
per were lost " hen everybody was
tired Of the circus they all drew off and
began to discuss the matter. You
know you must be Mistaken said
Will Hazeltine. "You may be honest
in what you believe, but my sister
cpuld not have written you any let
terS" "But I've got the letters.
Where 20 "Out AT my house"
BRO. HAZELTiSE MAKES A DISCOVERY.