Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-01
A Good Father-in-Law.

New York Mai and Express: Con-
gresham George West of Ballston Spa,
the several times millionaire, is very
original, iovlal and kind hearted.
When reading recently of somebody's
erring daughter, who had run away
with "a young scamp, he said:
81 "a daughter, and she is hap
PLY married now, ham heaven
Musing a moment, he continued: Il
never shall forget how she married. |
heard that a young man was paying her
a great deal of attention, and people
were saying they were going to marry.
/ took my wife aside and said: Il hear
that our daughter is going to marry. Is
that true?' She replied, Yes Now it
struck me as queer that l had never
been consulted, so l spoke right out to
my wife: is that the way young men
court in this country, without ver say
ing a word to the father?' They first
win the girl replied my
wife. Well, somehow 1 felt
hurt, for 1 loved my daugh-
ter very much, and had given her every
and showed her the world, and this was
my reward. | told my wife that 1 was
not against h young man, only 1
wished to be spoken to merely because
/ was the girls father. n
"In a few days the young man came
to me and said in a manly way that he
wished to marry my daughter; that he
was in business and could take care of
her. / looked him over. He had a
good, honest look about him, and | liked
him.
"'You can have my daughter said
'but | do not wish you to follow your
business any more. [ have enough
none for us all, so do not give yourself
any trouble in that line. Come right to
my house and make it your home.'
well, sir, that young man now has
charge of my business. ] told him To
just go through the paper mills and not
do anything but familiariZe himself
with the business. For six months he
never gave an order to a hand, but ri
the end of hat time he knew the bust
ness thoroughly. Happy? | should
say so. We all live in the same house
and have five grandchildren, the de-
light of my heart"
Married at Sea.
San Francisco, Examiner: For days
and weeks past George Primer has been
paying his attentions to a stately blonde,
Mr.. Pinner made promises to the
young lady evidently, for she accepted
him MS n full-ledged lover. The intense
nature Of his wooing is only known tC
the object of his affections, but it is as
serted that a climax arose, and from the
sequel the report evidently was not UNI
true. Mr.. Primer proposed to the lady
SO il is alleged. She accepted.
The parents of Miss Maggie were
stumbling block. They did not believe
inf Mr.. Pinner, and they were opposed
to.the advances that he was making tt
the daughter.
The tie of affection, it appears, wa!
entirely too strong, and the common
cast-iron limits were overleaped. The
couple would brook no interferenc
from any authority whatsoever. They
were determined to wed. 1t was rather
a difficult matter to accomplish, but a
last the means of clrcumventing h ole
folks was found.
On Tuesday last a tug was chartered
and, in order to obviate all obisicles, tbs
couple went TO sea-, where they wer'
married by a properly constituted par
son. ON the return the party landed a
Washington street wharf, and from
there went TO Shaw's boarding house, a
No, Al Vallejo street. There the fattet
calf was sacrificed, and he dying hour
were chased by gliding ~feetuntil neari!
daylight.
Edison's First Marriage.
New York Tribune: An old tele
graph operator, who was stationed a
Menlo Park when Edison first cam'
there, entertained a Tribune reporte
the other day with some stories abou
the wizard. He is an oddly, doinl
nothing in the common way, aud setting
at naught all the cOnyentionalities. TIL,
first Mrs. Edison was an operator in tn,
Newark factory, where Edison vas max
ing the machines 10 fill his first orde
for the stock indicator which brough
him into notice and formed the basis o