The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-06-26
A MITCHELL Sc NSATION
Which duplicates n Prominent Resi-.
dent of kimball.
The Beau Monde Of that City Horrible d
ut the Sudden Departure Of a
Young Lady, upon the Eve
Of her Wedding.

Hon. Mark Ward is a resident Of
Kimball. He has resided here for
the past year and a half. He is en-
gagged in the loan and real estate
business. He represented this dis
trict in the Dakota Legislature last
winter. In character and reputation
he stands very high in this commu-
nifty. On the l4th inst he left Kim
ball for a visit to his old home in.
Vermont, expecting to be absent
three or four weeks.
Miss Nettie Barnard has been a
resident Of Mitchell for the past three
years. Her parents live a few miles
out of the city. She is a lady pos
sessed of a rare talent for song, and
will be remembered by some as
taking part in the musical festival
at Chamberlain last She
is a distant relative of Mr.. Ward.
She has always moved in the highest
circles of society in Mitchell and been
made the recipient of many tlatterfng
attentions by the beau monde of that
city.
1t seems that Miss Barnard left. AL
exandria (l2 miles east of MitchelD
on the same train with Mark Ward
on Sunday night the l4th inst and it
also appears by subsequent develop
ments that she was engaged to a
prominent attorney in Mitchell and
was to have been married on Tuesday
last. In reference to her approach
ing marriage the Mitchell Republican
Of the DIST publishes the following:
"For the past year Miss Barnard
has deem engaged to marry one of
Mltcheil's most thrifty and straight
forward young lawyers, Judge j. n.
Grow, and has given uncommon evil
dence Of her true DDe for MI. Grow
in both public and private occasions.
Like a true man Crow went to work
to prepare a home for the M he had
chosen to accompany him up life's
rugged pathway. The house is just
completed, planned after the design
suggested by Miss Barnard. She had
several changes made during the con
struction of the house and had it all
to her notion as every n supposed.
The furniture had all been selected
t under her supervision. Elegant brus-
sells carpets and a 5000 Mathushak
piano have also been purchased and
paid for with Crows hard earned dol
lars. The wedding trosseau was all
in readiness and the time of the we'd
ding fixed FOR next Tuesday, June
: Esd. The wedding was to take place
) in the Methodist church, DR.. Pardee
had been engaged by the girl to per.
form the service. She had taken
active part in arranging the minutest
t details for the OCCASION"
The Republican affirms that al
: elopement has taken place and the
Kimball gentleman, MIR. Ward, is 8
: party to the action, but it fails utterly
: to giye any facts to substantiate it
assertions. It's charges are based
upon nothing tangible, only por
hearsay. The Same may be said o
S the long dispatches sent to the Siou,
City Journal. A special from Mitchell
! to that paper in reference to the mat
: ter, Sunday last, closed by stating
a among other things that an elope
ment was planned with Ward wifi
the consent Of the young lady's par
ents.
g On Thursday last the Mitchell
Mail contained the following brie
g item which undoubtedly contains the
# true gist Of the matter:
"Fhe Kimball statesman, Mari
e Ward, has %innocently created som
q social excitement i'll this city, by ex
tending his protection to his cousin
Miss Barnard on a journey to Ver
mont. The young lady's parent
n placed her in his care, and when the,
t reach Vermont they will be amused
to learn that an innocent trip to visi
relations has been magnificd by ia
u guid au,acs into a bridal tour"
y This is a brief statement of TIA
facts and of the wild rumors afoa
The friends of Mr.. Ward in Kimbal
some of whom have knowp him fc
1t years, do not credit the reposts in s
u far es they refer 10 an e~lopemyent {
reflect upon his character as an hol
orable man and a gentleman. Th
GRApHlc also believes a great mistak
N has been made. We have taken til
or utmost pains to enquire into the ma
I ter and private advices from Mite
ell and Alexandria lead MS to believ
the scandal mongers in Mitchell ha,
~ over reached themselves. MIR. War
81 has also been heard from through
!. letter written from Chicago, in whic
"a he makes no reference to Miss Ba
he nard, but mentions the fact Of h
as brothers wife being with him at Il
a. hotel where he was stopping. Tn
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