Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04
INCIDENTS OF THE ALTAR.
Mated and Mismated Couples, Their
O., Joys and Sorrows. "
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE ITEMS
A. Minister and His Aged Bride
Catching a Duke-Marriage by
Lot-Tried to Trade
Connubialities.
Gins For the Bonnie Brides.


Philadelphia Record: The Warreu
county PA. fair managers will have
two couples married on the grounds.
One pair has been already secured.
They are John A. Lund and Sophia a.
Anderson. These presents will be given
to each couple. when spliced, by BUSH
ness men of Warren: A white satin
wedding dress, a solid gold wedding
ring and a pair OF handmade wedding
shoes for the bride; a set Of silver
knives and forks, a rocking chair, a
toilet set, a photograph album, q silk
chair pillow, a box Of toilet soap, d sill
ver" button hook. and "a bottle of shoe
dressing, a water SET, a silk high hat
and a pair OF white kid gloves for the
groom, a box. of cigars, a sack of flour,
a wash tub, washboard and broom, a
chamber set, pair of infants shoes, a
sitting-room lamp, two pounds of baking
power, u silver napkin ring, a cake.
stand and two boxes of French crystal
lied fruit.
Mrs. Cleveland's Engagement Ring.
Chicago Herald: Mrs. Cleveland's en-
gagement ring is not, as is generally
supposed, the beautiful diamond which
she wears just above her wedding ring,
but is Il large, o~ld-fashioned seal ring,
which now adorns the presidents
finger. There is quite a little history
attached to this ring and the way it
came to be bestowed upon Mrs. Cleve-
land.
A few days before the departure of
Mrs. Fol som and her daughter for
Europe, 1t will be remembered the
president went to New York for the
purpose Of seeing and bidding them
frnnl-hty un ,,,ND, tlt, a.,.,n xl..
the president first definitely asked Mrs.
Cleveland to become his wife and fixed
the date of their marriage Immediately
upon her return to this country. TAX
ing from his finger the seal ring which
he had worn for years, and which had
been originally a gift from Mr.. Folsom,
the president placed it on her finger, in
tending, almost immediately thereafter,
to forward her the handsomest diamond
which could be found. This plan Mrs.
Cleveland herself ultimately changed,
as she decided it would be less likely to
attract attention if, during her stay
abroad she wore the old seal ring which
had belonged to her dead father.
On the day of her marriage, as is we'll
known, Mrs. Cleveland received a mag
niticent ring and necklace of s~olitaries
from the president, diamond pins for
the hair and breast from Secretary
Whitney and Mrs. Whitney,, in addi-
ton to numerous other small gifts of a
similar nature from others. But, curl
ously enough: the first diamond ring
which Mrs. Cleveland ever possessed
was Il tiny little star of diamonds, which
she wore on the little finger of the right
hand on the occasion of her m%rrriage.
This ring was the gift Of a friend in
New York, who had known Mrs. Cleye-
l--l n~r1 10~1r 81
hearing her mention the fact that she
had never owned a diamond, sent the
little glittering star from Tiffany's the
day before her departure from Washing
ton when she came on to be married.
This friend was among the number of
those who came on in the same train
and was present at the ceremony.
A Muchly Married Man.
New York Commercial Advertiser:
Plttsburg has a divorce suit that has
Lee surrendered at AppomattOx there
was among his captors one Winfield
Scott Whltlach, who felt called to help
further in subduing the rebellion by
marrying a Virginia girl and settling
down to farming. In two years, how
ever, he grew tired of it, and left be-
tween two days for northwestern New
York, not troubling himself to take his
family along with him. There he soon
woed and won a girl just out of college,
and with her spent three years before
signing for fresh fields and pastures
new. But her time came. Without a
farewell he vent to Pittsburg, and six
months later married there q third
wife, who proved so attractive that he
remained with her for fifteen years, I'M
ill 1889. when he red after the
old fashion, and since then, save vague
rumors that he has been seer in Mon
tan with yet another wife, the Pitts
burg partner has heard nothing. from
him. A year ago it vas borne in upon
her that he was dead, and to insure his
being so legally, she brought suit for
the annulment of her marriage, with
the result of finding out that she was
only one of several who had grounds
for divorce from him.
A Minister'S Aged Bride.