Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-04
MIDDLETOWN.
How "a Young MiddletOwn Couple
Evaded Display at Their Wedding
Shooting Of u Roy who Can Run
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How Young NiddIetOwn Couple
Evaded Display at Their Wedding
Shooting Of u Roy Who Can Run
Down a Rabbit.
Special Correspondence Of Gazette and journal.
MnDLETowN, May 30.-Scout Flanner
of the Salvation army, came to this town
last evening, and with war whoop began
preaching to small and curious audience
in front of the post office. After singing
and talking for while he said, ''H there
be any Christians in my hearing would
be pleased to go home and spend the
night with them" II acted as benedic-
ton, for the crowd soon scattered. He
then went to Squire Vasey's house, and
it required some effort on the Justices
part TO get rid of his unwelcome guest
The scout next put up at Warren Lewis
home, and had to be forced away by Mr..
Lewis. This morning he is distributing
copies of the War Dry, and attracting
considerable attention.
MIpDLETowN, June Everyone was
surprised early in the afternoon on
Friday last by the rumor of the sudden
disappearance of n young and prominent
couple from this town. 1t was at first
treated as joke but later in the
afternoon il was accepted ms facts. The
parties were Eugene Clayton and Miss
Jessie Wilson. Mr.. Clayton is son of
Col. Joshua Clayton of Thomas, of this
town and one of the most prominent
young men of Middletown, and is looked
up TO by his associates as guide in many
respects Miss Wilson is one of the elite
of our usually unromatic town. She is
the daughter of the late William Wilson
and resided with her mother on South
Broad street.
Mr.. Clayton and his bride-elect left on
the 1890 express Thursday night for the
south where it is thought they were mar
ried Friday or Saturday. So neatly
planned was the trip that even the station
agent here was ignorant of the departure
until the return of the train next day,
when Conductor Owens asked some ques-
tons about it. He thought that the couple
were stealing march on some one.
Barring the age of the young lady there
was no objection to the match. The only
reason thought of for the elopement is
that Mr.. Clayton disliked display and
adopted this mode of avoiding the same.
During the past few weeks he has often
told his associates that he was going
south in search of few birds he
wished to add to his already large museum
of stuffed birds and animals, yet no
one dreamed that he would have IL fair,
young wife to accompany him. The
members of the band of which hu is
leader are greatly put out, as they fen
Eugene will decide to remain ava! from
home entirely. Everyone You mot hus
something to say concerning how ''Lugenl
prevented the boys from serenading linn, y
which he often declared he would do.
The young couple have the best wishes OF
the entire community, in which they are
so we'll and favorGbly known,
Halle Clayton was shooting English
sparrows with cat rifle on Saturday af-
ternoon last, and was not aware that
Willie Warren, another lad, was ON the
opposite side of the hedge. In firing at u
bird he missed the game and shot Warren
in the left side with an ordinary cat rifle
ball. Warren was picked up and carried
home by colored man, and DIR. Kennedy
being summoned the little fellow was
soon relieved of his pain. While Willie
/ is not fatally wounded he surely had u
narrow escape, and Halle was thoroughly
| frightened when he found out what he
had done, and he followed his victim tc
his home hoping to be able to do some,
thing for him. Warren is recovering, and
will soon be ready for a "little run of II
miles" Warren is the champion runner
of this hundred, he can pass the dogs and
| pick up the rabbit any day.
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