Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-24

She Wouldn't Have IIim..-HoU a Coli
lin County Youth Went Home
without Bonny Bride.
nth OF n Prominent CITIZEN wrnthiul
Itodskins-.-A Young Lady Arrested
for Assault-.-Oossip.
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special to The Gazette.
DALLAS, Tx, Sept. 25.--Miss Flora
Henry was the pretty, piquant, bluc-cycd,
altccn-year.old daughter Of Or. and Mrs.
Henry OF this city. j. y. johnson is 3
yong gentleman who lives in Mckinney,
and Is the son OF Hon. John Johnson,
known 20 fame by the striking title of
''Rutabaga.n Mr. johnson, Jr saw aud
loved the fair Flora, above mentioned,
and sued for her hand In marriage. He
is nice young man, and well fixed with
this worlds goods, so Miss Flora's pa
rents readily assentcd 10 his bcquest.
But, strange 10 say, the young lady inter
posed few slight objections, such as de-
claring she did not love him, and
yowlng that she would never marry him.
The fact Is that young man OF this city,
A Vance norcn, by name, had won the
Young Iady's heart, and to him She prom
iscd her hand. But the old folks would
not listen TO any OF her objections, and
Insisted that she must wed Mr.. johnson.
What means they used 10 win her con
sent, ueponcnt saith not, but she did con-
sent, apparently, and tomorrow, the
9th, was the day set for the marriage.
On yesterday the groom came down from
Mckinney, with wedding suit and ring all
ia readiness. AZ the Henry residence
the hustle aud confusion usually at
tcndant upon such events wcvc
noticeable, and all seemed 10
be as the old folks desired
But lo'e laughs at stern parents, as well
a. at locksmiths, aud Ia this case the
dmped little gods cachinatlon was n
regular guffaw. Flora was in commune
.sfttt hu nj Oh
by moon and stars that she would rather
die than wed another, he called council
OF his friends and they devised ways and
means for having the two loving hearts
mldc one, This morning, Just before the
hour Of twelve, Miss Flora stole quietly
away from home, met Vance and his
friends, AID they all proceeded to Clerk
INNS office to procure license. Having
proved satisfactorily that the lady was
over eighteen, and therefore might we'd
without tho consent OF her parents, the
license was procured, and the party
started to hunt Justice of the
peace. Having heard that Justice Ken
dali was a graceful hand at administering
the oath In such cases, they procured his
services, and repairing to the house Of
Mr.. aud Mrs. Edwin Prathcr on Lamar
street, the knot was speedily tied and the
loving young couple were In indissolublc
unity. The news Of the marriage fell
upon the ears of the young lady's parents
Ikea "clap of thunder from Il clear sky
anu struck MIR. johnson like a belated
section of an accelerated cyclone
Dr. and Mrs. Henry rushed around to
Mr.. Prathcr's Il few minutes after the
ceremony was over and proceeded to take
tOrclble possession Of the bride, The
groom and few of his friends, who were
present, fought munfully and succeeded
in standing them off until the arrival of
police officer, who drove out the in
trudcrs. The fight wasa lively one while
II lasted, however, and drew a large
crowd of people about the house. when
the doctor and his wife were elected they
left declaring they would prosecute the
party who made the affidavit upon which
the license WAS issued Mr.. johnson
packed his grip and left for home no
doubt thinking
~ hold II true whaic'cr hefall
feel u more whom sorrow lRost,
Ills better TO have loved aud lost
Than never to have loved ut all"
DEATH or NH. ", Il. EVANS.
MIR, w, Il. Evans died at his resi-
dcncc, corner Ross avenue and
Pearl streets, at O'Clock this
morning of cancer of the stomach The
funeral took place from his late residence
at p, IN. AMI proceeded TO Trinity ccm-
ctoY. At meeting of the members OF
the Merchants Exchange this forenoon
the following resolutions were adopted
That In the death of our honored co.
mcmher, W, Il. Evans, one of the original
CMrtorcrs of this body, we lose Il truly
noble and earnest member and upright
merchant,
That this community has lost worthy
citi1on, exemplary In all that becomes i
law-abldng and conscientious gentle
man.
That his family loses u loving aud de
voted husband and afcctionatc father
Ills strength of character and piouS re-
liglouS principles evoked the warmcst nd
miration aud sincere respect OF those VIII,
know him best
Aud whilst Wc regret the loss of one who
was an honor 10 the community, we mus
bow with resignation 20 the decree OF IN
all-wiSe Providence and feel IN the dying
language Of our friend, 81 um glad tha
am going homc.N
II ID Berry
JAMES AWnpCkyI,
WADE HUI,
joins JOKES.
iNp'AN rRoCRtE,
This morning United States Marsha
Cabcll received letter from one OF hi
deputies, MIR, James Melton, written a
theAnadarko agency Comancho aud Know,
reservation, in the indian Territory, |
announced that there was trouble at tina
point II seems that Mr. Melton and
party nc had with him arrested ON th,
18th inst. two lNowa Indians, charge,
with demonstrating, They dlsamed Tn,
Indians after they surrendered, when boil
immediately ran ana not DESTROYS I,
shoot them they pursued thcm holly
hoping TO overtakc them, They had gon,
but short distance when they met III,
two Indians well armed, aceompauic,
with 200 To 500 other Indians well armo,
and all shouting eager for Fray al
though they only made demonstrations o
tight standing the officers of for tw,
hours, Capt, Lee Han, the Indian agent
nrnXantfnU his notfN. frhtn ahAnttnu