The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-25
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0A 'sr''h Maiden TO Gsntllo CavlIer-Th,
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R1Ibl Hsatsa Lesson OF 0ool ye1se.
PHILADELPHIA, PA February 23-Thn
Press has tho following special iron,
Scranton: The runaway marriage OF John
Il. Farr, bright young Welshman, to Mis-,
Juatin Levy, a charming l8,ycar.old Jew
e@, has created an intense sensation owipr
TO the bitterness with which the pirl's
family regards tho union. Tho courtship
has been conducted Under grea. dllicultiet
torssveral months, during which tho young
woman has been tho subject OF tho moss
exacting surveillance, and on several occa.
sionsa pledge has been exacted from her by.
her mother 10 the effect that 1ho woul,t
not marry her Gentle lover. 3
+ Notwithstanding all this, oan,lcsline
meetings were held by the young people, !.
whose devotion appeared to DO intensified
ny the fierce opposition, until at last tho
girl wasnot permitted to 10 unaccompanicl
anywhere In the streets or to the dancing
social where sho was likely to zee Farr.
Being thus closely pressed the lovers re- !
sorted TO the telephone, but thia form of
communication was intercepted. J,A.
Fle'sher, the girl'a hrother.in.law. who em-
ployed her as hookkcepgr, threatened TO {
discontinue his telephone seryics unless
thn manager prevented loye-nmdipg by
wire. = ~ - 2 Z.
.' over TIE GARDEN wALl."
Matters reached II crisis, however, on Z.
Wednesday night, when the lovers met
and went 10 an ice cream saloon. Here
they were surprised by Feisher, but thew 4
to escape BY. the back door, and
scaled high fence, after which they ran
on to Providence, on tho ouiskir.s OF tho
city, and aroused Rev. George Gould, n 4.
Presbyterlan minin,er, from his sleep TO !.
tie the nuptial knot. Is tried to disalado
them from their purpcas, but Farr, who ia +,
20 years old, ,sinsisted on the marriage and !,
the girl WAS equally auxioug. Accordingly. b
at two O'Clock in the morning, they wero
made man and wife, and the Kind psstorH ~
let them share his home until the next
day, when they Went to the gsoom's resi-.
dencs in Hyde Park. .s,., ~ 49,. ,,.,s:
DEAD TO HER FAMILY.
The BRIDES relatives were indignant on
learning OF tho marriage and vented their
wrath in notice published in to days he.
publican, under the head Of desth notices.
1t is in bold, black type, surrounded by n
deep, black border, and reads as follows:
I Gone and forgotten. We mourn the mar
riage OF our sister, Justin E. Levy to John
Farr, az death, and disown her for life.
I LEVY FAMILY. e
A great deal Of feeling has been stirred
up among all clsEses by the publication,
Farr, the bridegroom, 10 q sobur. iMdus!r;-
ons, progressive youn: fellow. Ielearncd
the printing business in the Republican OF.
lice, saved enough money to secure good
schooling in Lafayette college, where lie wns
the champion runner, is now ,iBtaut Sec
retary OF the Scranton Schcol BoGrd, and at
the recent election was caosen e school
controller from the Fourteenth ward. Tho :
FItr and Levy families have had seyerAl
hostile meetings, and mum brr OF ia%siits
are threatening. The girls family will do
all they can to separate the young couple,
but tArr declares that no power on earth
car, part him from his bride. \.
THE FAMILY's ACTION DENOUNCED BY THE
& ;,i RABBI.
PITTSBURGH, February GA Scranton
special to the Diputch says The Levy
family have evidently accepted tho stu
alton, and the affair will doubtless become
devoid Of public interest in a abort timo.
For several hours yesterday Grape appeared
upon the front door OF the Levy residence.
but friends OF the family prevailed upon
them to remove the mourning emblem,
There are very few Jewish residents in the
city who do not condemn the action Of tho :
Leyys in publishing the death notice OF
their sister. A communication over The
name OF L. N. Kramer, prominent and
wealthy young Hebrew, WAS published in
the. Republican to day. In it Mr.. Kramer
characterized the action Mes LEWIS
family M vile, wicked and inhuman. ~
! Rev. DR.. Stern, rabbi OF the jewish syna. Z
gogue ut Wilkesbarre, who is known
throughout the country as one OF the fore.
most theologians Of the present time, has
also published letter on the subject. Th..
Doctor says that with the clanishness and
prejudice Of individuals the public has no
concern. but as the assertions OF the Levys
might be mistaken by nome people as thu
sentiment Of American Israstes and their
religion, he is anxious 10 announce that
such is not the case. While msrriages OF
Hebrews with members of other lamiies
is often productive Of family strife, Juda.
ism has no law by which they are prohib-
tied. The expression of the Levy family,
DR.. Stern says, is the outcome OF narrow
bigotry. 1t should never have appeared in
print, and II some people are ignorant they
should not proclaim the fact 10 the world.
THE wESr EEISsSRIaGI XpLoSloy,
A Verdict thRt I.dcntex the Trouble nust
~ Censures Nom, badly.
! USloNrowS, February 23.-Aiter hear
ing witnesses in the West Laisenring mine
explosion case the Coroner's j,ry rendered
the following verdict:
That the men came 10 their deaths on
Wednesday morning, February 20. atabout
G.3o In The coal mines at Weaf Ta;ennr;n, (,