Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-22
Elopament Incidents.

The editor who collected these
items was Immediately taken out
out OF his sanctum, jammed into q
82.inch rified can non and fired at q
target ten miles off. When they
went to bury his remains they
found him perched upon the target
writing up an account OF his fiight.
The elopement of two young low
ers at Lexington, KY, was follow
ed two days later by the death Of
the bridegroom by measles.
A married farmer Of Knox coun-
ty, o., eloped with q neighbours
wife, and the deserted partners
philosophically obtained divorces
and were married.
Bruce Cooper, of Mooreh cad,
KY, eloped with MolIie DeHart,
aged thirteen, but after going q
few miles repented, advised her to
90 home, and shot himself.
Two young people el0ped from
Ripon, Wis, to Fond du Lac and
telegraphed back to the girl's pa
rents, "May we get.married? Please
wire Immediately, as the ceremony
will be performed this evening,
anyhow"
Red River Jack, an Indian med
icine man, was noted for his ugli.
ness and ignorance; yet Mrs.
Brandimere; of Muskegon, Mich. +,
young, refined and pretty, eloped
with him after being three days
his patient.
A young Lcchinvar eloped with
an Illinois girl, but at Hays City,
Kansas, abandoned her, giving her
$lOO, and telling her he was going
to Texas. She bought horse, a
revolver, and some provisions and
set out after him.
A middle aged couple recently
visited Kansas City on their bridal
tour, aud stayed at the house of
the BRIDES brother. The brlde-
groom saw his wife's niece, that
she was fair, won her heart, elOped
with ter, and made the journey on
the old tickets.
John Halvey and Mrs. Anthony,
Of Albion, Miss, were about to
elope. Each bad four children,
but they concluded two would be
as many as the new household
could support comfortably. So
they drew lots and she won and
took half Of her family with her.
A married woman eloped at Far
we'll, Mich, recently, and took the
train for the East with her para
mour. "Thank heaven, Pm In
timew yelled the husband as he
gall0ped up to the station, and
entering the car he placed the
child in the covering woman's lap
and road happily away.
A resident OF Buckner county,
KY, after arriving at the age Of
eighty, and having been married
four times, elOped on horseback
with the youthful belle of the
county, was chased twenty miles
by her angry father, but got away
triumphantly, and went on his
fifth honeymoon rejoicing.
When DR.. ]. G. Thompson was
married at Sedalia, Mo-, he noticed
that Miss Collet, the bridesmaid,
whom he saw for the first time
was handsomer than his wife. He
told her so. q few days later, and
that he was sorry he had not mar
ried her, wherein she remarked
that they could easily remedy that
by eloping, and they eloped accord
ingly.
Dr. Hammond, Of Indianapolis,
was engaged to marry Miss Bly,,
but he made Miss Winter his wife
instead. Nobody could guess why
he changed his matrimonial plan,
and the mystery was deepeped by
the fact that Miss BLY, had nothing
hard to say against him. the
matter was made Gear when he
eloped with her after getting pos.
session Of his wife's money.
Jacob Ropp, of Pine City, Minn.,
went out for q walk with Annie
Rider, the daughter of his employ.
er, and induced her to elope. The
groom's capital amounted to four
cents, and they lived for two days
in an empty box car on three cents
worth of crackers, when he obtain.
ed work In brick-yard, and they
were getting along quite comfor.
tably when the BRIDES parents
found them, aud after stormy
scene, relented and took them
home.