The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-08
THE BLAINE LIBEL.
A NEW PHASE OF TIE MATTER
Discovered mt rittsbnrgl,-lt WINS Mr..
blnine's Cousin Who Was Married There, !.
Ths Maine Canvass Endsd-rreiic. y.
. tions As to the Aiajorlty-Notes. 4,

WASHINGTON, September GA specla
to the Philadelphia Press thus suggests
that the marriage in Pittsburgh alluded to
in the answer Of the indianapolis Sentinel
may have bocn that OF u cousin Of Mr.
Bluitle's. lE.s illi. t.N
PITTSBURGH, September 5.
Tho widow Of Rev. Dr.. Bryan, who Is
said TO haye married James G.. Blaine II,
1851, resides on Cedar avenue, ALLEGHENY
City. When asked II she remembered
the marriage, she said: II think tho Mr..
Blaine lie married was II cousin OF James
G. Blaine, and resided in Washington
county My husband knew the BIaincs
well. Mr.. Bryan kept two records Of the
marriages performed by him; one con.
tanned the list IN full; this was dcstroyeI
In 1855 We left Pittsburgh and went to
Memphis, where We remained some finn"
We went down on tho steamboat Metro.
polls. When she was near Coalport, lust
below Wheeling, the boilers exploded,
My. son and several officers were killed
and Mr.. Bryan's books were destroyed.
Among them was tho large book.
"Ihc little book, containing only par
tial List, which had been left in Pittsburgh.
was saved" 1t was carefully examined
by}a correspondent. The records begin In
1917 and end il, 1883. There are no mem.
or.ndums OF any marriages in 1851.
IA gentleman supposed to 10 rcprcscn.
tative OF the Sentinel came to see me two
weeks a.o, 'isaid Mn. Bryan, 'to ret some
information about 4 marriage in 1851, IIc
did not mention Mr.. Blaine's name. and
only mentioned the name OF the lady who
was married. He said that the marriage
was witnessed by two gentlemen, and took
place in the front room in our house, at
the corner Of Second and Liberty streets
That was where VIC lived at that time. |
now remember that marriage did take
place In our front room upstairs, We
wcreall sitting out on tho front steps when
tho party came. There we're several Der.
sons together, but l don't know how n,any:
"Ar. Bryan took them upstairs in our
bedroom, which Ewas the second story
front room, and the ceremony was per
formed there. When the people went
away asked Mr.. Bryan what he took
them upstairs for. He said it was because
the people wanted the marriage to be kept
secret. | said he might have married
them in the back parlor, but he said they
were afraid that somebody would come in
and SEQ them, and they were SO urgent
about it he took them tip to the front
room. 1t was the only marriage that ever
took place in that room, and that is why
it came: back Ito my recollection. Mr..
Bryan died in 1861, I do not remember
ever hearing him say that he married Mr..
Blaine"
1t is probable that Mr.. Blaine, who was
married by Mr.. Bryan, Is the cousin re.
ferred to by Mrs. Bryan, and that is how
the story originated. II the ceremony
toosa'place in March, as it is claimed It
did,sit is not probable TINT 1Ir. Bryan and
his family were sitting out on.the front
steps, which would mako it likely that
the ceremony which took place lii the
front room was not that Of Mr.. Blaine. -.