Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-28

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most p lular ml In Washington.
Straogs 10 s'y, he d-sd in 1886. a. the
very battle OF The Alamo which go stirr6 d
up Sam Houston to his great Texan
career.
Charles Sumner married the daughter
in Law Of Samuel Hcoptr r, one Of III, most
noted members OF congress fton Masss-
chut They did not get along well
together and finally separated, bus this
trouble did not ~ceaoge the relations OF
Hooper and Sumner. The trouble wac
that Sumner was to old and sedate for
HE young wife and he could rot rem ain
"a loug at parties or go OUT % much rs she
wished, Sumner, who TAD lis rooms
here fitted up elegantly and had a
French cotk TO p nder TO his tastes, pre-
fe red to remain at homo among his
books.
To ,me down to the present, Horatio
Seymour msrded a desc ndant of Gen
Schuyler, who was Alexander Hsmilton's
{ 1ther.in Law, and h 8 country home is q
part of ,he old Schuyler estates. Roscoe
Conkling married Horstio Seymour's
youngest sis'e-, JULIA, and 1t is said that
his relations with his brother.in law are
more friendly than the world supposes
William NJ. Evarts fell In love with III,
wife when abe was IL aud he q green boy
at college. She was the daughter
of Gov. War5ner of Vermont
md was as pretty as you G Evarts was
homely. They become engaged at her
house in Vermont, an Evarts went way
to New York, promising to ietu n when
hn bod n,oln npn,rh 81 . L..
mar ying At 20 he had made a name
for himself as a Ia yer, and was a mem
Der of one of the chief New York law
fins of n making, it is said, a total of
S6O, 1000 year. at this time he married,
nd his wife after bea ing i'm thirteen
children, is still well and happy.
Gen. Sherman was brought up in old
Tom Ewing S family, and he ma led his
adopted fathers daught r.. The wedding
ook pl ce here in Wash ngton Don
Cameron married Gen. She mans niece,
Miss Lizzie sherman, and the uedding
was celeb ated IN Clevelan about a
mot TIL before that. of S nator
Blanch X. Bruce. Bruce was a
sheriff in Mis- issippi when he
fell in loIe. He had come to Gle veland
on business whe e he had met the pretty
colo ed girl who is now his wife. They
cor esponded for some time, and when
b u,e was finally elected senator he mar
+ ed her. Mrs. Bruce was beforet this one
of the brightest # Cleveland's school
teachers. The nigh before the wedding
a r pc te- ca led upon her and made a
number of searching inquiries about the
wedding, the guests to be invited and her
t ousseau. He pushed rhe matter so far
that she i onically asked him if he would
not take a look at her 10 Q letters; and
there is n doubt she appreciated the situa-
tion as well as though sne had been Mrs.
Cameron herself.
Attorney-G General Brewster has been
twice married and his present wife was a
widow. She is the dar ghter of the Hon.
Robert j. Walker, once secretary of the
treasury, and it is u curious fast
that Brewster's frat wife and
her frat husband were both fo.
eigners. Brewster married q Piussian
'a1y and Miss Walker a French gentle
man. Taese two for, ign element, hav-
ing passed away by death the two re.
mainders met and married. Mis- Brew
star Is one of the loveliest ladies in
Washington and her hu sband Is by all
odds the homeliest q Still he admired
the beautiful, AID it is said that his woIds
of proposal were az follows: "You are
beautiful, dear msdsme, and l am hide.
GUS but it will II t be tie first Instance
of the MATHS of beauty and the beas ;
you shall never regret marrying me"
and 80 the match va, made, and Mrs,
De Louis three children too k the name
of Brewster, and Mrs. Brewster is one of
the lights Of Wa,hir gson society.
Senator ingalls, was a young western
'awy er who had gone from Massachuse' ia
to Kansas, when he met his wife at q
friends wedding. He had cut shy of the
society of the ladies' # the frontier ti;h.
erto, but he va, at tn s wedding in the
capacity of groonsman. As he stood up
with his friend he noted th,t one of the
bridesmaids was fair, plump and rosy,
and as he looked he loved. She was the
oaughrer of a New York merchant WI O
had iatslY settled in Atchison. Calls m
sued, IN engs cement followed, and the
result # 1t was marriage. There is no
finer looking couple now at the capital,
and Notwithstanding The fact that sever
al beautiful children have graced the
match, Mrs. Ingalls, is almost as fresh
aud blooming today as she wa then,
quite a number of years ago.
Senator Hsmlin of Maine married the
daughter of a judge with whom he tried
his first law case rs an opposir G lawyer.
Senator Copger of Mtchiea al did likewise,
but in Cor gers case his sweetheart tirst
Tilted him and he was twitted of it in the
C ,urt room. He left the case standing
and went to Michigan, where he married,
did we'll, and c m to congress-. In the
meantime his frat wife died. His first
love had also married and gone west,
where her husband had died. To all y
her grief she decided upon a tour to Eu
rope. and started via Washington. Stop
ping over here, she wandered into the
house Pallerie, to sac whether she had
any friends in the hall below. There
she saw her old lover. She cent him her
card He was delighted to see her. The
old flame burst out anew. He prop sad
not long after this. She accepted him,
and now there is not a mole loving
couple In Washington. The house they
live in belongs to Mrs. Conger.
Senator Mahone has been very i'll, and
he is now thinner Than ever. His wife
loves him d ,srly. A funny story is told
of her anxiety az the battle OF Bull Run,
In which Gen. Mshons vas wounded
She was stopping st Warrenton, a few
mile, off, watching the battle. Gsn. Ma.