Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-06-29
THAT ELOPE MENT.
The. Other Side Of the Case In Which
Mark Ward Figures.

The. Other Side Of the Case In Which
Mark Ward Figures.
Kimball Graphic.
Hon. Mark Ward Is resident of Kim
ball. He has resided here for the past |
year and half. He is engaged in the |
loan and real estate business. He rep.
resented this district in the Dakota leg
islature last winter. In character and
reputation he stands very high in this
community. On the 14th inst, he left
Kimball for visit to his old home in
Vermont, expecting to be absent three
or four weeks.
Miss Nettie Barnard has been resi-
dent of Mitchell for the past three years.
Her parents live few miles out of the.
city. She is a lady possessed of rare
talent for song, and will be remembered
by some as taking part in the musical
festival at Chamberlain last summer.
She is distant relative OF Mr.. Ward.
She has always moved in the highest
circles of society in Mitchell, and been
made the recipient of many hattering
attentions by the Jeau monde of that
city.
1t seems that Miss Barnard left Alex
andrla Twelve miles east of Mitchell) on
the same train with Mark Ward on Sun
day night, the 14th inst, and it also ap-
pears by subsequent developments that
she was engaged to prominent attorney
in Mitchell, aud was to have been mar
ried on Tuesday last. In reference to
her approaching marriage the Mitchell
Republican of the 2lst publishes the
following:
For the past year Miss Barnard has
been engaged to marry one of Mitchell's
J most thrifty and straightforward young
lawyers, Judge J. N. Grow, and has giver
uncommon evidence of her true love fo
Mr.. Grow on both public and private oc
casions. Like true man Grow went t,
work to prepare home for the one b,
had chosen to accompany him up life
rugged pathway. The house is just com
} pleted, planned after the design sug
, gested by Miss Barnard. She had severa
changes made during the construction
of the house, and had it all to her notiol
! as every one supposed. The furnitur
). had all been selected under her super
: vision. Elegant Brussels carpets and
5000 Mathushek piano have also beel
: purchased aud paid for with Crow
q hard earned dollars. The wedding trou
g seau was all in readiness and time c
r tae wedding fixed for next Tuesda!
June 23d. The wedding was to tax
;, place in the Methodist church. Dl
q Pardee had been engaged by tile girl
s. perform the service. Size had taken o
II active part in arranging the minutes
- details of the occasion.
=. The Republican affirms that an elop
II | %oly v,1ooo or1 tho Il hC
|. gentleman, Mr. Ward, is party to Il
: facts to substant1atiate it's assertion
~ Its charges are based upon nothi1
N tangible, only upon hearsay. The sar
u may be said of the long dispatches se
to the Sioux City Journal. A spec
from Mitchell to that paper in referen
NJ to the matter Sunday last, closed
~ stating, among other things, that
p eIopement was planned with Ward wi
is the consent of the young lady's paren
of On Thursday last the Mitchell NJ
contained the following brief item, viii
undoubtedly contains the true gist
ue the matter:
~ The Kimball statesman. Mark Wal
on has innocently created some social ,
NJ ~, citement in this city, by extending
,le protection to his cousin, Miss Barna
tol on journey to Vermont. The you
lady's parents placed her in his care, {
er- wheh they reach Vermont they will
or amused to learn that an Innocent
40 to visit relations has been magnlfed
the quid nuncs into bridal tour.
'eu This is brief statement of the ia
on- and wild rumors ahoat. The friends
lla- Mr.. Ward, in Kimball, some Of VIII
have known him for years, do not ert
the reports in SO far US they refer to
=. elopement or reflect upon his chara,
seAl as an honorable man and gentlen
lie. The Graphic also believes great I
take has been made. We have ia
the the utmost pains to inquire into the r
ha- ter, and private advices from Mite
,en. and Alexandria lead us to believe
mt. ecandal-mongers in Mitchell have o
the reached themselves. Mr.. Ward has
,ct. been heard from through letter v
for ten from Chicago, in which he make
ion reference to Miss Barnard, but ment
nit. the fact of his brothers wife
rate ing with him at the hotel VI
de. he was stopping. True it is-if
j, Of facts are as stated-that the young
The IN the case mas taken most un
NJ n course in thus severine an engager
not suited to her. But. so far as lear
the facts thus far brought to tight
not warrant the Mitchell Republica
utn- it's low contemplate innuendos agt
the her purity, az we'll as upon the hon'
vet Mr.. Ward, with whom she is in
.ood care whether as his wife or as his &C
travelling under his protection. Tr
AVIS may he also that Mr.. Ward may
scre- known OF the young lsdy's il
tion tions, but it does not follow
two he is in any manner an
WV ested party to the transaction.
nothing tangible to rely upon. it
better to give all parties the benet
.ates the doubt. The Graphic feels for j
z Of Grow in the humiliation which has
,;ted befallen him. but if he has the man
his friends claim for him he will sec
'a.eu the fair name of her who was ono
,tion afi'anced wife is not dragged in the
IN Of and mire by epy newspaper on ear