The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-03

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Prizs ?ugilists Who M .r:is1 a.
complished Charming Womsa.
Sullivan, Mace, Edwards and
Others, Whose Wives Make
Their Homes Happy--The
Coiored Pugilist in
England.
"Say, young man, did you ever
hear of q pugilist's wife suing for d.
vOrce?" Asked Prot. McThump q
gentleman who takes great pride in
teaching the rising generation the
art of humping heads with neat
ness and disDatch. He is connected
with a college gymnasium.
"Snah cases r not numerous"
replieu the reporter addressed
mo, Street" exclaimed the Profess
sor proudly. "Prize-fighters don't
bother the courts with divorce cases,
neither do their wives. You don't
see them parading their domestic
troubles in the papers,"
but how do they avoid suits for
divorced"
"Why, when they can't agree.
they just get up and get as they'd
out West. But there are two classes
of prizc-fghters, and there is as much
difference between the two as there
is between chalk and cheese. What
l call the gentlemen in the profess
sion for the most part have as good
wives as any man could desire.
Take Billy Edwards. for instance, his
wife is an educated lady-was a
school teacher out West when Billy
married her. She is a good house
keeper, an aff%ectionate mother, and l
believe would die for Billy if it was
necessary to save his life. She plays
on the piano like an angel, but isn't
too proud to do her household work,
[ don't know of q more loving cou-
pie than Billy and his wife, / be-
lieve she is very sick now" Y
John L. Sullivan is married, isn't
he!w
Eyes, the Boston boy has a young
and handsome wife. She plays on
the piano, too, aud is educated, as
most Boston girls are. All that talk
about Sullivan beating her is out
rageous; they live peacefully together
and John gives his wife all, for that
matter, more money than she re-
quires. l understand hat when
John goes to Europe Mrs. Sullivan
will accompany him."
us Jem Mace's wife in this coun-
try"
from Australia. She's a fine looking
woman, a tritie short, and is quite a
musician. Jem plays the violin and
his wife sings and plays on several
instruments. Whenever Jem is
travelling Mrs. Mace accompanies
him. Mrs. Mace would stick to
Jem even if the Fenian Brotherhood
offered a reward for his head"
HAS Slade, the Maori, taken unto
himself a wife,"
1T was generally understood ut
one time that he got married before
he left for his training grounds out
West. If he was married he didn't
advertise the fact. One thing I do
know, he is dead in love with a
young woman who may he his wife
for all that 1 know. He is very
sweet on her, buys the young wo-
man candies and looks at her as if
he'd like to eat her Out of love. I
believe that he and Charlie Mitchell
were in love with the same girl at
one time"
mitchell is unmarried" said the
reporter.
"He was up to last night, but he
will be spliced after his next fight, /
hear. While he was in Saratoga a
young woman. we'll off and educated,
made his acqua ntan:e. You know
Charley is a. good looking young
man, and the consequence was he
and the Saratoga young woman were
soon head over heels in love. Speak
ing of wives reminds ne that Arthur
Chambers, the hero of several prize
fights, has a wife who has helped
him save a tidy sum OF money, He
has a house in Philadelphia called
the "Champion's Rest" and Mrs.
Chambers helps look out for the
business. She is a good sized wo-
man with plenty of muscle, and
won't allow any disturbance in the
Champions Rest when she is about.
Mrs. Chamber is not what you might
call a woman ofgreat intelligence Dr.
musical accomplishments, but she is
a good wife and has a keen eye to
business. Arthur must have got to-
gether since he was married, proner.
tv and money to gether, at least $780,
O00."
"Is John Morrissey's widow alive?!"
II believe she is living up the
Hudson, at Troy or near there.
There is q woman for you. John
Morrissey would have died long be-
fore he did had it not been for his
wife's care. She nursed him night
and day when he was ailing, and
when he became a politician made
herself very popular with Johns fol-
lowers. old Smoke thought the
world of his wife; he relied a great
deal on her advice, and it was gen.
orally souud."
"How do the wives of English
prize-fighters compare with pugilists
on this side of the At'antic??"
"You can Judge for yourself" said
the Professor with a broad grin. "In
England colored p~rize-ighters had
trouble in getting white wives. Mol
inenx, Black Sam aud the whole raft
of colored pugs used to have white
wives. AS for white prize-tighters
in England their wives, as a rule,ar
women who are able to tend bar, but
don't know much about books. or
music. or such like things. If a mig
ger scraper paraded a white Oma
in this country the two of them
would get some rough treatment.
The fact is, a prize-fighter on other
side of the ocean, is regarded by re-
spectacle people as a low sort OF per-
son, and his wife wouldn't be re-
ceived in any society that amounts
to anything.'
A certain class of pugilists in this
section of the country have found
wives in such domestic resorts as
Harry Hills. When one of this
class marries he wants a oma
who can sing a good song, dance, and
if occasion requires. "put on the
gloves" A lady who possesses
these accomplishments is regarded
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