Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-23
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The New YORK Var OF Thursday says
\ Little yellow. haired Mrs. Annie
Gordon is tbe 3oungest bride that ever
lived In Grecnpoint, and OF this cir
cumstance. In itself, she ssema disposed
70 be quite proud. When, however,
her father aud mother ordered her to
mary big Isaiah Gordon, coal-cari
driver, last Thursday, she cried and
said she didn't want 70. Annie had
been going 70 the Dupont street public
school all winter. She was only In the
Second Reader," but she was very
good little girl, and only . week ago
she got the prize silver medal for being
the best behaved pupil In her class.
She looks TO be about IA years old,
but since her wedding her parents
claim that she is IL years OF age. Her
father drives o truck for Sugar Manu-
| faoturer Smith, In Huron street, and
every body In Gresnpoint has, for n
long time, called him ."Ics water Joe, I"
because he drank nothing else for
fourteen years. His name In Joseph
Harley, aud he lives with his wife aud
children in little wooden house at the
end OF dark alley, At No. 185 franklin
avenue.
Last Friday Annie Harley 5i6 cot 60
TO school, and hev tea, tleF plss home to
tud ont why. Toe Water joe sen
back word that ADuie was married
now and wasn't going TO school any
more. All the little girls told their
mothers about 1t when ihey went home,
and opinod that they would like 10 get
married too. Pretty soon all Green
point knew that Annie Harley had
been married to big Isaiah Gordon on
Thursday.
| Mrs. McCue, the girls aunt. went 10
the Harleys' house, and found out that
the news was true. Sbe went 70 one OF
tho priests Of the Greenpoint Catholic
church fer advice. telling him that her
niece Was under IA years OF age, and
that abe had been sold by her parents
TO Gordon. The clergyman told her she
had better SEQ the Chilaren's Society
about 1t. and she went to them for help.
They sent an officer over TO investig gate
Yesterday, but he did mot take the girl
away from her husband.
| Gordon 10 middle aged man Of me.
dunn height, with broad shoulders and
. powerful, thiok.set frame. His fea-.
turea' are heavy and sensuous, and a
thick black board and carly blaok hair
spreading low over bis forehead give
him forbiddinR aspect He drives 4
cart for Foster q Co., Mania ttan ave.
nue. coal merchants, aud lives on the
second floor OF . diugy wooden build.
Ing at No. 622 Manhattan avenue. A
year ago his wifo died, leaving him q
boy OF ffteen years, y girl OF ton years
and q twelve-months old infant.
Gordon began telling his friends q
Ioouple OF weeks ago that he Was soon
going TO be married, but M he had been
saying tho same thing At intervals for
months nobody paid much attention to
him. LAST rhursdAy he went over to
Ice Water jos" Harley's house and
told him and his wife shat be would
like to mArryt their little daughter
Annie. They hxed mp . bargain to-
Rether, 1t is said, and tho neighbors de-
clared that Gordon paid them for their
consent. At all events, he and the girl
went OF together with "Ioe Water
Joe," who was quito sober, and tried u
md minister 10 marry theu.
The people who lived near by say
Annie cried . good deal and declared
that she didn't want to be mArried-ai
leAst not to Gordon, the coal.cArt driver
Ths party first tried = Metoodist minis
ter, but he refused point blank 10 marry
such . child to q man moro than old
enough 70 be her grandfather. Then
Gordon suggested that they try the REQ
tor OF the church Of the Ascension, Rev
Arthur Whitaker, who lives on Ken,
street. Ice water Joe" told the oler-
gyman that Annie wss over 10 year,
old. and thar it WAS highly necessary
that ehe should be married 70 Gordon
After some hesitation Mr.. Whitaker
i performed the oaramOnv