The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-03-13
DAVIS NUPTIALS


NEW YORK. March IA dispatch from
Fayetteville, N. c., says that Davis has
arrived there and that he will be married ut
Tokay on Tuesday. Miss Burr, the bride,
was born In Massachusetts, but now lives
In Illinois. The engagement has existed
since Christmas, 1881. She is thirty
four, OF attractive person, a
blonde, with bright eyes and u sunny
smile.
The Times prints the following from
Washington: ''For more than year, the
possips OF the capitol have been insisting
that David Davis was intent upon marriage,
and for every intimation OF that kind made
TO him In the same time, including new
report circulated within the present week,
Mr.. Davis has been prompt In denial, and
II the gossips are correct in their latest
reports, somewhat too emphatic. | have
heard no one question his right, even
here where everybody presumes TO question
many OF the rights Of all prominent per-
sons, from the President down to Senator
Tabor. Perhaps II he had brought his
intended - to the capital, introduced her
to all the nice people he knew, allowed
the society correspondents to describe her
costumes al half a dozen receptions, and
otherwise exhibited her for public inspec-
ton, permitting II to be understood that
the lady was TO be Mrs. Davis when Cen
gress should have adjourned he could have
gone away
TOWARD HIS SECOND CHOICE,
without causing more than a ripple of ex-
element. As il Is his secretiveness, which
Is a marked characteristic Of the man, has
made him game for several correspondents
who are now watching his movements with
an eagerness that Is stimulated by the re-
membrance OF his attempts during recent
months TO throw everybody of the track
and give the impression that the sto-
ries OF his intended marriage with
blooming young woman, were all 'stuff
and nonsence. - While he has succeeded
in some instances he has been unable to
convince all that there was not some fire
under the smoke In the direction Of Fay
etteville. II WAS only day or two
ago, in his own private room AT the
Capital, that he fatty denied the story
that he was to be married as soon a. his
term as a senator should expire. He was
sitting in his favorite attitude, his we'll
rounded body supported In one spacious
armchair, his gathered feet resting in an
other chair set opposite, his head lolling
comfortably down on one side, and his
deep-set, q,iizzical eyes looking through
the smoke of large cigar to the friend who
had dared to ask him If the new report was
true. With transfer Of the cigar from
one hand to the other, Mr.. Davis an
that is. What does an old fellow
like me want to get married foryh This
was his reply to privileged acquaintance.
To one or two senators who ventured to
make further inquiries he was not so AMIGA
BILE in his responses, but stamped about
with that frightfully humorous sembance
OF indignation that one enjoys so much
on the stage. That Mr.. Davis has been
aware that he was an object Of tender con-
Germ and that he has enjoyed the curiosity
OF the society ladies Of the Capital there
can be no doubt. On recent Saturday he
made his appearance at one Of the White
House receptions In company with pleas
ing young lady, Everybody knew him.
Five of the great throng Of ladies assisting
Mrs. McElroy and few Of the
greater tbrong OF ladies that were
forced in dense mass through
| the red and blue rooms, knew the lady
whom he escorted 80 carefully. When he
came to the receiving party he and the lad,
were turned out OF the line and inAO thu
space behind Mrs. McElroy and those WHIT
stood with her. - my DEAR (this t.
| Pendleton, or Mrs. Miller, - or who eve
else it happened to be. The tone WAS az
fectionate as well as the words, and all thu
ladies were buzZing II about that this mus
be Judge Davis finance. The Judge saw
that he aroused a great deal Of curiosity
and 1t was with palpable regret that he wa:
compelled In response to a matter of fact
reminder that be had not introduced the
| lady by name to apologize for having for.
| gotten to say that the lady was his sons
| wife. ~