The Evening critic., 1884-12-26
POPULAR JoTTINos.


A1l-year.old lady and a 17.yoar-old gentle
man recently assumed the holy bonds Of mat
rlmony at Kehnebunk, Me.
NJ. clovis Hughes and Jeanne Royannez be.
gan their courtship when he was 10 and she
] years old, and they wero married the day
after his election as Deputy for Marselllee.
A Mr.. Palmer, in extensive business In Lon.
dor, adds one more 10 the considerable list OF
mon who have committed suicide on the eve
OF matrimony. Nervousness seemed TO be the
only cause.
New Rochelle, N. y, has an interesting we'd
ded pair who have not spoken TO each other for
fourteen years, and who are rivals In n'businoss.
They are both In the shoe trade ana sell shoes
IN tho same block.
Mrs. Bonanza Mackay Is to take up Mary
Anderson In n social way when that lady visits
which fact is counted on to render the French
engagement magnificent success.
stylieh widow OF Philadelphia, who has al.
ready had three husbands, instituted o breach
OF promise suit recently, in which her claim
for damages was 10000. The Jury, after
twelve hours deliberation, awarded her S25.
A memorial to tho late Duke OF Albany has
been unveiled in the Princes Parish Church
at Esher. II consists OF bust In Carara mar
BILE, and re presents the Duke as wearing
Seaforth Highlander costume. John Rusktn
wrote the inscription.
Feminine Instinct is nearly always unerr-
Ing. This 10 why all women choose good hus-
bands, and why they always know that tueir
own boy is In the right when everybody else
C0urier. journal philosopher. anl
Girls were introduced as BARRIERS In Chit
cago chop, and business was wonderfully
brisk for few weeks, but then suddenly de-
clined. "Once was enough for man TO be
shaved by female hand" says the proprle-
tor, "and after the cuts healed he kept clear
OF q second ordeal"
The girl who married Oscar Richards, IN
Wisconsin,, three years ago. wrote on her we'd
ding day to q friend. "My husband loves me
dovotedly, and yet no has such a wicked tenn
per that don't doubt he VIII end by murder.
Ing me-" Her estimate OF his character was
correct; he has killed her.
Connecticut papers relate that In two In
stances at least in that state, during the re-
cent campaign, young mon applied for mar
we're turned by politics, and were given flrsi
naturalization papers, the mistake not being
discovered until bride aud groom had pre-.
| eented themselves TO the clergymon,
| most inopportune dslocatlon OF the Jaw is
| recorded at q recent wedding. 1t seems that
| during the performance OF tho ceremony the
bride sneezed 80 violently as 70 dislocate her
| Jaw OF the critical m nent when she would
| have pronounced the lomn on. As she was
| unable to artlculate tho word 1t was found
surgeon before the ceremony could be com
| pleted. - UHtOn Nedtcdie.
In northern Siberia, II a young native de
sires TO marry, he goes to the father OF the
girl Of his choice, and price Is agreed upon
one-haf OF which is paid down. The pros
pective son-in.law at once takes up his resi-
dence with tho family OF HIS lady love and re
aldes with them year. II at the end OF O veal
he still desires TO marry the girl, he can pay
the other half, and they are married on the
next Welt OF the priest. II he does not wan
TO marry he need not, and simply losessips
half he paid at the start. ...,s.se'
cu,:IlEssass.