The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-07
A Sedalia Boy Whose Mar.
riage Was Postponed
Two Days
Because the Late Storm Pre-
vented Him Reaching
His Aff1anced.
He Persevered. However, and Re-
turned Home With His Bride
Yesterday Morning,

The storm of last Sunday night no doub
proved source of great ANNOYANCE I,
hundreds vi people, but it is doubtful
whether any one man was so much incOn
venieneed thereby as was Robert A
Bridges, OF the grocery firm of Maltby 4
Co., OF this city. Bob isn't given to talk
ing great deal, and when he left here las
Sunday night week ago there were bu
few persons who knew that he was going
to Illinois and knew also the object of hi.
visit. His mission. however, was one OF
the utmost Importance, as subsequent
events have proved, for all the arranoe.
ments had been completed for his marriage
ON Wednesday with Miss Nellie Shaffer. of
Evanston, ILL.,, whose parents reside i'm this
city.
At 1890 o'clock Sunday night Mr. Bridges
took passage for St. Louis, but instead of
reaching that city, he, with many others, was
laid out at Chamois, and was unable to com
municate with his friends here or i'm Illinois.
During all OF Monday he was compelled to
lay over in that GOd-fOrsaken place, but he
ilved In hopes OF getting out on Tuesday.
which would enable him to reach Evans
ton ION time" Tuesday came, but he was
still In the same predicament, for no trains
were sent east from Chamois. There was,
however, train making up for Sedalia, so
BOB concluded to return to this city and seek
some other route of reaching the Sucker
state. He arrived here Tuesday evening.
and boarded a north-bOund X. Il T. coach.
thinking to reach Chicago by the way OF
Hannibal. The train had hardly left the
city limits, though, before the fact of a
washOut at Lamine river was made known
and the passengers returned here.
This announcement broke Bob all ND.
He was unable to communicate with his
affanced, and he knew not what to do.
Learning that a train was going out for
Kansas City Tuesday evening, he boarded
IT, and Wednesday morning found him in
the village at the mouth of the Ksw.
There he learned that he could reach
Chicago by going over the Hannibal & st.
Joe TO Quincy, and take the Wabash
for Chicago, when he would be within a
short distance OF his destination. While
I'm route to Quincy, he stopped off at Macon
Clty and telegraphed his afianced the true
saying he would be there at the
earliest opportunity.
All went well until Quincy was reached, |
when another delay of a couple of hours
occurred, and Bob was very nearly dis
but he concluded to live i'm hopes.
wen ii he died in despair. All of Wednes-
lay and Wednesday night he
leld down a seat in coach, and ON
Thursday morning reached Chicago. when
lie at once proceeded to Evanston and the
esidence OF her who was to have been his
ride on Wednesday. He reached the
Iouse during the forenoon, and was warmly
'elcomed, but was not little surprised to
earn that the telegram he had sent from
lacon City had not been received. 1t
'as finally arranged that the marriage
CEREMONY should be pronounced on the
ext day, Friday, and while the details
ere being looked after the Macon City
,legram arrived. Miss Shafier and her
'iends were not alarmed i'm the least be.
ause of the non-arrival of the groom. for
ley had learned from the Chicago papers
lat railroad traffic had been greatly inn
eded on account of the storm.
On Friday, at the residence of Mr..
ames Patrick, Mr.. Bridges and Miss
halter were united in the holy bonds of
Iatrimony, the ceremony being performed
Y Rev. A. j. Stewart, and that night they
IL for Sedalia, arriving here yesterday
orning, when they received the congrat- S
lations of their many friends. +
But all is well that ends we'll, and no
,ubt Mr. and Mrs. Bridges are as happy as v
the ceremony had been said on the day I
st arranged for. I