Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-29
Rrom'ths New FORK san.

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From'the New FORK sun.
MANSFIELD, Pa, Oct. 20.--.l(iss
Allen, the II year-old daughter 81 !
well known resident Of this village,
has for q year past, kept company
with George Clark, and the courtship
resulted In an engagement. OF late
the girls parents have shown much
opposition to The mitch, and Clark
was forbidden the, honse, but be
met Miss Allen in public places, and
frequent meetings were arranged at
the house Of q mutual friend. At
length the couple determined to get
married In spite::of the parents OBJ
jections.
The affair was arranged by Miss
Kate Beach, and was carried ont by
the couple, assisted by Miss Beach
and George Morrison, o young law
student. One day last week Miss
Allen attended the county fair with
her mother. On pretense Of going
for a drink, Miss Allen left her moth
er and went to place where young
Clark, Miss Beach and George Morri-
son were in waiting with o carriage,
in which all we're taken to the house
Of Lyman Beah, o relative OF Clark,
where the marriage ceremony was
performed by the Rev. L. E. Morris,
Of Nainesburg. The same afternoon
the newly married couple came to
thit village to make arrangements to
go on wedding tour.
While they were at the depot in
the evening, and just before the ar
rival of the train, which was to take
them away, Mr.. Allen put in an APP
pearance, and, after attempting to
whip Clark, he marched his daughter
home and locked her up. The BRIDE
groom, by legal advice, petitioned for
a writ OF habeas corpus, aad Asso-
ciate Judge Retain issued the writ.
Meanwhile q large crowd had sur
rounded Mr.. Aliens house and threat
ened to rescue the imprisoned bride.
At midnight the young husband APP
peared with deputy sheriff and the
writ. Allen refused to admit them,
fearing the crowd outside, but the pa
per was read and then passed through
the blinds.
On the day fixed for q return to be
made to the writ, Allen asked for o
postponement until Saturday, and
while making arrangements for this
Clark went to hotel near by, where
his wife had been left, and attempted
to speak with her, but her father, re-
turning, interferred, and the young
bride was hurried into a wagon and
driven off. She rose in the wagon,
however, and waved her handker-
chief at her husband. She was kept
concealed until Friday evening,
when by settlement between young
Clark and Mr.. Allen, she was allowed
to 60 with her husband.
Early in the evening people began
to suspect that something had occur
red or was about to occur. Watch
ing Clark, they saw him drive up to
Mr.. Aliens residence about 10 o'clock,
and when he returned q few minutes
later he had his wife with him. They
were met by crowd Of citizens, who
unhitched the horse and drew the
wagon through the streets headed BY
the college brass band. Cannon and
guns were fred, and general jubila-
ton was indulge in. At the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Clark's father the crowd
offered their congratulations, filing
past the happy pair, who were sta
toned in the parlor. The self-invit-
ed guests were then handsomely
treated at the hands of the elder Mr..
Clark.
The St. Martinsville Observer
speaking Of the extra session of the
General Assembly, says: "Senator
Leake is opposed to an extra session
of the Legislature. If we can do
1vif1nt,f II 1x,f nc d;ona,oo will, II hx,