Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-03-16

THE TRIALS OF AN EX-U. 8. SENATOR
AND GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND IN
GETTING A sTAUNToN LICENSE.
Tue people Of Staunton, and throughout
the wide range Of the INDICATORS sub
scriptfon list, received genuine surprise
last Friday morning in reading 10 its COL
nmns an account of the marriage at the
Virginia Hotel the night before Of ex-
Governor and ex-U. 5. Senator VIM.
Sprague of Rhode Island. On the Wednes-
day plight before, at 10 O'Clock, "a small neat
looking gentleman stepped from the G. 90.
cars to the platform, and made his way to
the Virginia Hotel. He appeared to be
about fifty years of age, wore full beard
and had full suit of iron gray hair. He
was attired in an overc0at, black frock
coat, dark. pants and beaver hat. When
he stood at the hotel register he put on a
pair of eye glasses end wrote In q small
cramped hand, "Wm Sprague, Providence
r. I. Mr.. Sprague is one of the best
known public men in America, though OF
late years he has been more heard OF
through his financial and domestic trou
bles, than through his public services. AT
the early age of twenty-nine he was mil
lionaire, a great cotton manufacturer and
the Governor of Rhode Island. For twelve
years he was one of the United States SEN
ators from that State and while such, mar
ried the beautiful Kate Chase, a daughter
of the then living Chief Justice of the
United States. He served with credit
during the civil war, but since that, finan-
cial ruin has overtaken him and, still
worse, he has been the plaintiff in d.
vorce suit, on the ground of infidelity,
against his wife. His troubles both fnan-
cial and domestic have of late years made
him conspicuous in the press of the coun-
try. To those who have read the publish
ed accounts of his dissipated habits and
violence, it was hard to recognize Their
truth in the sober, gentlemanly little man
scrupulous in all those little gracious ci-
whites that betoken good breeding, who
registered at the hotel. He very much re-
sembles Rev. DR.. Curry, the we'll known
Agent Of the Peabody Fund. in his ap-
pearanee and manner. Gov. Sprague is q
candidate for election to the next Cover
norship of Rhode Island, and his canvass
will be commenced Tomorrow evening by
speeches from Gov Butler. Of Massachu-
sets, and Gen. Boyer A.aPryor, of New
York, at Wakefield, R. I.
The next afternoon, Thursday, at 4:20,
there stepped from the fast express On the
same road, coming East, lady who also
straightway repaired to the same hotel.
She was apparently about twenty-five
years of age, of petite and beautiful fig
ure. She was brunette, with dark hair
and dark expressive eyes. s large mouth.
good teeth and an animated face. She
wore dark brown cashmere dress trim
med with garnet silk. In front there was
y pleating Of garnet silk from the neck
down to the basque. On one side of the
skirt there was garnet sash. She wore
black bat with garnet feather. She wore
several valuable diamond rings on her
fingers, one being splendid solitaire.
Shortly after her arrival at the hotel, Gov.
Sprague went to the register and wrote
the name MRS. D. I. Calvert, W. Va"
Mrs. Calvert is the eldest of three
daughters of Mr.. Isaac Weed, a respected
citizen of the little town of Ronceverte,
w. Va, and member of the town coun-
Gil of that place. He is shoemaker by
trade and cago to West Virginia some
as'A srs ago from Connecticut. He
drst lived in GnyandOtte. Cabell county
where he still has son, a teacher. About
two years ago Mr.. Weed moved to Ronce-
verte. About seven years ago Dora Inez
Weed married Frank Calvert, atravelling
salesman for A. X. Clark & Co.. and the
couple went to live at . hotel in Ports
mouth, Ohio. Their married life was not
happy. the wife complaining of drunken,