Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-14

When the French sought to o.
tablish q monarchy in Mexico .
Mazatlan youth raised = regiment
Of boys and waged against such
of the invaders as appeared i'll
Sinaloa q warfare that told. The
young mans father was Of Cas-
titan blood and his mother was .
Mexican. His name, Corona,
soon became famous, and at the
age of twenty five he was re-
garded a. the Mosby of Mexico.
At the end Of the war he was .
major general, the hero of the
soldiers, aud the idol Of Mazatlan
society. He was six feet tall,
broad shouldered, handsome and
daring. While attending a ball
at the American Hotel, in Ma
zatlan, he stumbled over . domes-
tic, knocking a tray from her
hand. STOPPING to pick up the
crockery, General Corona noticed
that the girl was very pretty and
very saucy. She told him that
her name was Betty Bowman,
that her mother was = San Fran
cisco washerwoman, and that he
ought to know bsttsr than to
rush headlong dowd dark stair
way. Corona made love to the
American miss, and before leav-
ing for the capital be had learned
of her irreproachable though very
humble life. Once away, Betty's
face and pert ways haunted him
20 much that hc wrote to her, ar
ranging for . marriage BY proxy.
He remained in Mazatlan; the
bride went to . convent school.
They were q thousand miles apart
and wrote to each other daily, the
husband constantly instructing
the wife in polite ways. Presi-
dent Juarez, fearing that Corona's
popularity would lead the people
to give their votes to the young
soldier ut an election then APP
preaching, concluded to send him
~ Minister to Madrid, the most
enviable diplomatic position In
the eyes of all Mexicans. Gen.
Corona took tho washerwomon's
daughter to his palace in Madrid,
aud sho Is now regarded as the
most brilliant and accomplished
lady at the Court of Spain.
A Buffalo paper recently told
Of q lover who began to propose
to his girl just ~ his horses
started to run with the sleigh.
Being determined to have it over
with, he got the question out the
moment the sleigh struck = mile
post. The girl was thrown high
Into the air, but a. she come down
she uttered . firm Yes, Charlie,
and then tainted. There 10 some
donbt 40 to the truth OF this
story, but the one that follows 10
correct in every detail. One day
last week two young women Of
Davenport boarded IN eastern
bound train that they might ride
. few miles to Moline with an
| other girl, . through passenger
from the West and > former class
mate at vassar. Az ono OF the
| Davenport girls Was not very well
| acquainted with the passenger,
she said she would stand on the
rear platform to watch the train
| across the Mississippi. 1t hap.
pened that her beau was on the
same train, and it happened again
,ha, the blushing youth joined bis
sweetheart on tho platform. The
morning was delightful, the girl.
cheeks we're rosy, and the great
river sparkled in sunlight beneath,
Right there says the iocal
chronicler,, while the coach wa
above the middle of the mighty
Mississippi, he asked her II she
wonld DO his and she said sht
would The reporter further
tells US that as the young mai
stopped to kiss his bstrothed. .