St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-17
A MATRIMONY EPIDEMIC.
troubles of a School President in
Washington Territory Mining
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Town.
Portland, Ore, Special: Ruby CITY if
the principal place in the Salmon river
mining district in Eastern Washington
territory. 1t is typical mining town,
and contains hotel large enough TO ac-
commodate fifty persons, several res
taurants, a number of saloons and other
stores and houses, including a school
building: Recently the taxpayers
elected three school directors, who in
turn elected one of their number,
hardy miner whe has worked with the
pick all over the world, teacher of the
Scho0l. he resigned at the end of a
hlollth on the ground that he did not
possess the necessary amount of
Iarnln' TO hold the position. The di-
rectOfS,On being put to the test of desig-
mating his successor, found that no one
IN the town was competent to hold the
place. A bright idea took possession of
lhe president OF the board, tall. slim
man OF Bill Nye aspect, and he inserted
ADVERTISEMENTS in the papers of Port
land, Tacoma and Seattle calling for
lady teacher of experience: none other
need apply" He received many appli-
cations and selected one.
1hree weeks ago to-day the stage that
runs between Spokane Falls and Ruby
City landed at the latter place a medi-
tllll-Slzed, wlnsome young woman of
twenty with dark blue ewes and long.
Silken hair. She was a tvpical brII,
nette, and as she was the first white
woman who had set foot in the town
she attracted universal attention. The
WHY president of the board had per
united her to arrive unheralded, and
Wlien she stepped ont of the coach he
warmly welcomed her. making the re-
malnder of the male population of the
village green with envy. He escorted
her III triumph to the hotel. and when
taking leave said he would call that
evening to confer with her concerning
the school. He came according to the
agreement. but was chagrined TO find
the beautiful miss had bestowed her af
fecti0ns upon the fOrty-fve-year-old
proprietor of the hotel. When he
preached the school topic she referred
him to her husband that was TO be. The
president turned away with sad heart.
out was pfeSent-lhat evening at little
marriage ceremOney in the hotel lobby
III which the hotel proprietor and the
SchOolmarm were the contracting par
ties.
Taking resolution from despair, the
president again went through the ap-
which put i'll her appearance in Ruby
City four days later. She was Miss
Campbell. and she came from Spokane
rails. She had been in town only four
hours when she promised to be the
bride OF the boss SalOOnkeeper. The
school president felt discouraged and
was not seen i'll the streets for four
days.
He had not been idle, however. and
towards the end of the week a Miss
woods arrived from Seattle TO take
charge of the school. She said she was
twenty-five, but she looked to be thirty
six. She was about as ugly as Medusa,
and the president smiled to himself
when he unused that in all likelihood
she would teach the young idea how TO
shoot something else besides other peO-
pies pigS,whereas her Venus-like pred
ecesSOrs had not been granted an OBJ
portunity. She never assumed the du-
ties OF her position, for the proprietor of
the general merchandise store made her
his wife two days after she arrived.
Inc president was now reduced to
the verge of despair. and lie knew not
which way to turn. To save his life he
could not secure a teacher. Every one
that came was married inside of forty
eight hours. He evolved a scheme i'm
his own mind. and last Thursday six
good-l0Oklng young women from Port
land and Seattle arrived i'm camp. Five
were married by Friday evening. the
Stage-driver. two salOOnkeepers, a res
taurant man and a mine-owner being
the lucky baidegrOOms. Saturday morn-
ing the sixth wedding took place. and
the school president was the groom.
He has determined to make his wife
principal of the school, to which no one
objects, and matters will soon be run
ming smoothly in the camp. The only
man of any prominence who did not get