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Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
COSNUBIALITIES

Annie 1uttle, a Brooklyn girl, is about to
marry a Chinaman.
Amelia Rives Chanler is said to be very
happy in her married life.
A prudent young woman in Herington,
Kan, wears her engagement ring on her toes.
Miss Waltz recently eloped from Corners
vile, Ind, with Edward Lyons. The couple
have led Mr.. and Mrs. Waltz q lively dahce.
A man near Washington, Ca, has the coat
he was married in twenty-five years ago, and
says 1t IS his mascot, as when he puts it on
good luck attends all he sets his hands to.
In San Francisco suit has been brought
against the estate of one Loewenthal, who
committed suicide last winter on the day set
for his wedding, by the father of his fiancee,
for the 5000 claimed to have been spent in
preparation for the marriage.
An Alabama lover who, had arranged an
elopement, got his girls clothes all right, but
before she herself could come through the
window the stern parent, with dog anu gun,
came on the scene, And now the young man
is bothered to death to know what to do with
a wardrobe he won't sell and can't wear.
At San Francisco a divorce has Just been
granted to the wife of DR.. Giles M. Pearson
on the ground of desertion. The defendant
declared that the only reason for his de-
sertion was that his wife used powder on her
face, and he oblacted to il. For fifteen
months he lived without speaking to her, and
then left her altogether. This is the first
case on record Of such a ground for deser-
ton.
Young mon in Minnesota have no nonsense
about them. Two rival suitors for a girls
hand were about to fight a duel when one of
them told the othey that it was all foolish
ness, and that if he, wanted the girl he might
have her. The other shook hands with his
sensible antagonist and went of to claim the
girl. 1t was found inpo ssible, however, TO
deliver the goods. The girl kicked up and
married a third party.
A gentleman and lady are now stopping at
a Bar Harbor hotel who have had a queer
experience. They met on the Atlantic ocean,
he proposed in Sweden, was accepted in Rus
STA, asked her fathers permission in Eng
land, the marriage settlements were drawn
up In the United States, they were married
Il Aigiers, and are now spending their hon
neymoon in Bar Harbor. Matches are
sometimes made in other places than the
proverb says.
Here is a hasty wedding that may bring a
leisurely repenting. Miss Hudson, of Au-
gusta, Ga was ready TO marry one man
VIII enat 4 o'clock in the evening another
pr, opposed, and after two hours she accepted
him.; in two hours more she told her mother,
and at exactly 10 o'clock that night stood up
with her new lover before the minister, and
married him, after which a telegram 10 the
lover left in the lurch and a wedding Jour
ney completed the do, S happenings.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
Wanted-A Model Bride.

The following has been extracted from
a Munich journal:
"Matrimonial-I am the hereditary
possessor Of n domain and newly built
castle, situated in u beautiful part of
the Bavarian forests. The castle,
which has many fine apartments, is sur
rounded with mountains, lovely mead
ows and fields, through which rivulets
wind, woods for the hunt and streams
for angling; it stand in a charming
valley, wherein the town of Cham, with
its many old towers, castles of ancient
knights and ruins of the remotest ages,
inspire the soul with poetical feelings.
but however delightful the spot may
be to those who judge of rural life by
the fables OF Virgil, Horace and Delille,
l think it very melancholy to behold
o but myself in my fine rooms, and
to sec none but my own person reflected
in my looking glass. | have, therefore,
resolved to marry, like other simple
tons; and since it is affirmed hat mar
riages are made in heaven, and are but
n lottery, to see what heaven may have
in store for me, and what fair creature
the wheel OF fortune may allot me.
With this in view | submit my 10 s TO
all young ladies through the medium of
tho newspapers.
"The one 1 wish tn marry must be be-
tween Is and 20 years of age; she must
have fine hair, fine teeth and beautiful
little feet. She must be born of honest
Inc good parents. She must dress ele-
gantly, but plainly, in either silk or
velvet, but no other materials. She
shall be allowed music only if she be
perfect in that art, it being tiresome to
listen to the bad performers who annoy
visitors in so many houses. She shall
be mistress OF the house in all domestic
matters, and l myself shall be happy to
yield TO her reasonable whims, being a
great enemy to slavish obedience and
submission, whence, in my opinion, all
quarrels and discomfort derive their or
igin; but she must accompany me in all
my journeys and excursions, because IL
is, in my opinion, n shame that a man
should go about day and night, living
in ~splendor at hotels, while his wife is
left at home alone a prey to ennui.
II must now say something about my
self. j am seventy years old according
to the almanac, but / I'm only twenty
five judging by health and strength. /
am always cheerful. / seek for pleasure
wherever the strictest honor admits OF
it. II, therefore, there exists a hand
some young girl, willing to hustle about
on horseback, in travelling, or at home
with an old man still hale, hearty and
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16

for Germany. All arrangements had
been completed for her immediate mar
riage to a young German OF noble birth.
Upon the day set for the wedding the
young man was taken suddenly and
dangerously i'll, and the ceremony was
postponed until his recovery.
The time of the second choice came,
but it also proved an unlucky one. Just
prior to the wedding fire totally de-
stroyed the residence which had been
prepared by the young man, and again
the wedding was put off. The young
man himself was called away on bust
ness. 1t had been decided before
his departure that the wedding day
business would have been completed.
This was done ard he started on his re-
turn trip in due time, another house
having been speedily furnished. The
excitement, however, proved too much
for Miss Geoge, and she was taken to
her bed instead Of the altar on the day
which had been chosen for the third
time. The guests were assembled at
the church, Miss Geoge's illness being
so sudden that word could not be sent to
them by messenger. The groom was
delayed en- route also, and while Miss
Geoge lay i'll he vas pushing OF to fulfil
his contract, he, too, ignorant OF her
condition.
When within sight Of the house of
his atfianced his horse became unman-
ageable and threw him to the ground
killing him instantly. His death was
announced from the pulpit by the min
lister. 1t was suppressed, however, from
Miss Geoge; but she, too, rapidly grew
worse and died four days later, not
knowing that her lover had preceded
her.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
Welded Life Too Combining.

Philadelphia Record: This bein'
married don't suit me, nohow. It's too
confinin'. Give mt a divorce and say
no more about it," said Stephen Phifer,
~ he walked into the Office Of Justice
r. M. Wright, at Medford, N. j.
Phlfer is a well known resident of the
"Hill," and, the squire had been called
upon only two weeks before to marry
him. He looked disconsolate when he
presented himself to the Justice, and
all over his face was a weeks growth
OF sandy beard. AS he sank heavily
into the nearest chair he had the ap-
pearapce of being thoroughly used up.
Well said the squire, whats the
matter?"
Mr.. Phifer heaved a sigh and looked
more disconsolate than ever. esquire"
said he, cant you take my name off
that paper?"
You don't mean the marriage GER
titicate, do you Stephen" asked the
squire, quickly.
THAT'S it, exactly" said the visitor,
with a dubious shake of his head. 81
want it taken off or rubbed out"
The squire, with a shake of his head,
said: I'm sorry, but | can't do that; l
haven't the power"
Don't say that, squire" said Phifer,
you kin do it easy if you want to, and
it would take a good deal Off my mind.
I'm willin' to give bail that l won't get
married no more"
But the justice was unable to assist
him, and he left determined to have the
nuptial knot severed at all hazards.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
a Bride.

New York Sun: Charlotte Palmer, a
rather attractive but d~ull-witted girl of
fourteen, was married a few months ago
at Freehold. a small hamlet in the Cat
skills, to a young man named John Roe.
About II week ago the bride induced
her husband to take her to this village
to do some shopping and see the sights,
as she had been 80 far away from
her mountain home before. They came,
and while Mr.. Roe was in a store his
wife m~ysteriously disappeared. AS n
young man named Anderson Caniff,
who had been a former lover of Mrs.
Roe, was also missing, it was surmised
that they had eloped. The matter was
placed in the hands of officers, who,
after following up clues, found the
young couple at a nous in a secluded
spot ear Round Top mountain.
The bride of a few months shed tears,
and said she had been praying to be
rescued. She said that Caniff compelled
husband appeared before Justice Hall
of Cairo and swore out a warrant for
the arrest of the alleged abductor, who
was lodged in the county Jail here. The
examination lasted two days, and at
tracted hundreds of people from the
surrounding country.
On the night Caniff vas arrested and
brought to Cairo a number of young
men in the vicinity made preparations
to treat him to a o "a of tar aud feathers.
but wiser council prevailed. The pris-
oner wa held for the grand jury.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
There's Many u Slip.

Young people who are engaged to be
married generally manage to conceal
until after the knot is tied the various
little traits that may prejudice one or
the other against a union. But here is
an exception. Young ladies, take
warning!
"A young lady in Vienna had her
prospects of marriage cut short at the
last moment through a pair of gloves.
1t is true, the gloves had twenty-five
buttons each. This is how it happened:
The guests, with the bridegroom at
their head, had assembled, and had
been patiently waiting half an hour for
the bride. At last the father became
tidgetty, and sent to make inquiries.
The maid came back to say that the
young lady was putting on her gloves.
Another wait, and further inquiries.
The gloves had a total of forty-four but
tons, and hard to button. A third wait,
and a third messenger. This time the
maid returned with the announcement
that three buttons had sprung, and had
to be stitched on again. The BRIDE
groom thereupon walked out, saying he
would wait in the next room. But
when they afterward came to look for
him he vas nowhere to be found, and a
few minutes later a messenger brought
a note, in which the young man stated
that "he was very sorry, but certainly
he should never have sufficient patience
to be the husband Of Mademoiseue X"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16

must, 1T seemed to him, necessarily end
in his favor.
NEST OF BLACKsNAKEs.
The tree in which he had taken refuge
was an old oak that showed signs of age
IN many places. Many Of its limbs had
decayed and the weather had eaten
many places into the trunk. A short
distance above Davis head was the hOl-
low stump of a limb that projected out
from the main trunk of the tree about
two feet. To this stump Davis atten-
tion was attracted by a grey squirrel
that ran up the tree and disappeared in
the hole in the stump. Davis came to
the conclusion that there was u nest of
squirrels in the limb and determined to
vile away the time in trying to secure
one or more of them. Tearing more of
the lining from his coat he carefully
bandaged his right hand to prevent his
being bitten by the squirrels and started
to invade their nest. BY grasping "a
limb with his left hand and standing on
a protruding knot below the hollow
stump, he was able to reach around and
into it. Grasping the limb firmly with
his left hand he leaned over and drove
his hand into the hole. 1t settled into
II live mass Of what he supposed was
young squirrels. and he tried TO get a
grip on one of them, but they seemed
able TO avoid his grasp. While he was
vigorously working his hand around In
the hole his attention was attracted by
Il Kissing sound above his head, and
looking up he was Mortified to see the
heads OF a ~half-do2en blacksnakes pro-
truding from the end Of the hollow
stump into which he had put his hand.
1t suddenly dawned upon him that he
had thrust his hand into the midst OF u
nest of snakes.
IN AN AWFUL POSITION.
Is is not an thing Tor SOUR
rels and snakes to nest together. The
sudden and terrible revelation SO star
tied Davis that he lOOsed his hold on
the limb with his left hand and the next
moment had swung off and vas dangling
from the end Of "a hollow stump, sup
ported only by the arm that was thrust
into it. In vain did he struggle to gain
his footing on the knot. He could not
reach it, and to render his suffering
more terrible the snakes, thoroughly
aroused, and maddened by Davis hand
crawlcd out of the limb and wound their
black bodies around the mans arm and
body, Kissing and darling out their
quiyering fangs in his face. Frightened
beyond control, Davis began to shout
for help, and madly fought with his free
hand to keep the reptiles from sinking
their fangs into his neck and face. He
suffered this terrible ordeal nearly an
hour, when fortunately his cries we're
heard by the other campers, who had
started out to search for him, and they
came up. The bear succummed to a
bullet from Old Jake's rife, and after
considerable trouble the snakes we're
dispatched and Davis released from his
unpleasant ~predicament.
The terrible experience unhinged
Davis mind and for several days he
raved in the widest delirium, and the
physicians say it will be a long time be-
fore he RECEIVERS from the severe nervous
shock he received. II. II. r..
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
EIOped from the Poorhouse.

New York World: A novel elope-
ment has just occurred from the Queen
Anne county poorhouse. near Balti-
more, Nd. George w. Sullivan, sew
enty-five years old, and Mrs. Martha
Morgan, of sixty summers, stole away
from the house and were welded by a
clergyman in a neighboring town. Sui
livan leaves a wife in the institution TO
mourn the loss of the companion of her
sorrows and poverty. The deserted
wife was a well-to-do widow when Sulli-
n offered to share her fortune. His
extravaganza and foolish business ven
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
Cupid's Secret.

SuVTV 'UOTCU
NeW York Mercury.
You ask me why / love herl
l really cannot tell.
Why shine the stars above her2
/ can answer that as well.
Why is her hair so golden?
Why aro her eyes 80 blue2
1t is u problem olden
l cannot solve. Can youl
You ask me why l love her2
l cannot tell you see,
l only know / love her,
And that's enough for me.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
Wax Starch.

This starch is something entirly new,
and is without doubt the greatest starch
invention of the nineteenth century, lat
least everybody says so that have used
it, 1t supercedes everything hereto
fore used or known to science in the
laundry art. Unlike any other starch,
as it is coated with pure white wax and
chemically prepared upon scientific
principles by an expert in the laundry
profession, who has had years OF practf-
cal experience in fancy laundrying. 1t
is the first and only starch in the world
that makes ironing easy aud restores
OLD sumner dresses TO their natural
wilderness, and inparts 10 linen gbeau-
tiful and lasting finish. Ask your
grocer next Monday for Wax Starch.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16

active, she may write to me, and | will
go to meet her, to see her, and let her
see me, at any place within 100 miles of
Munich, but not farther, engaging on
my word of honor that her name never
shall be uttered. Theodore, Baron Won
Holberg of Brooch, Commander of the
Order of st. Ann, and Captain-C Colonel
OF the Rhine and Maese. Munich. at
the Black Eagle, 18th November, 1870"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
Pursued by Misfortune.

The announcement of the death OF
Miss Geoge of Norwich, in Germany,
city, where she Is we'll known, and a
strange story is told in connection with
her death just as she was about to enter
a wealthy German family by marriage,
says a Meriden, Conn, paper.
Miss Geoge left Norwich last June
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
CUPID'S WEEKLY BULLETINS.
Felicitous and ~Infelicitous Matri-
monial Adventures.
THE STORY OF A FAIR AMERICAN.

Cupid's Secret - Wanted a Model
Bride-Women on Their Muscle
Bread oddly Earned
Connubialities.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-11

matter over. On arriving at the hotel
Thomas remained in the yard Of the Ian
tern Factory, while Price entered the house
and made his way 70 Will LutB's room
which had heen selected for their opera
lions. On Price making his appearance,
the TWO men counted the money over as
well as they could in the Lantern Factory
ward. and Thomas got all above sixty dol
lars of the cash for his share in the trans
action. The two then went out to Celia
Williams, where Thomas took white
girl named D5tfibaugh and Price q cOlored
damsel who goes under the title of Pansy,
and hiring a carriage they took in the
town.
Price also said he land Thomas planned
and executed the robbery OF Tunt's cigar
store. When Price endeavOred to get in
the window, and failed, Thomas went Oft
and got a box for him TO stand on, and by
the aid of it. Price was enabled TO get in
side. They got $lll in money and about
ten packages of cigarettes and some cigars.
The smokes were taken to Thomas home.
As stated in yesterdays paper, other
warrants are in soak for Price. To-day n
warrant will be issued for him, charging
/ him with stealing the forty seven dollars
of money from the hotel, belonging to the
firm of Luiz Bros, and there will also
be one charging him with the Tunt rob
berry. Thomas will in all probability get
the same dose. Thomas was committed
| to Jail last evening for examination.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-11
HIS CONDITION CRITICAL.
James Morris Slightly Eettor, Last E'""iu
but tie Has Little Chance.

.ramc. Morris Slightly Esttor. Last Evening.
but lie Has Little Chance.
The physicians in attendance uron
James Morris, the youog man who wa
stabbed in the head, at saloon Just across
the Mar-halI county line, about ten days
ago, reported him slightly better last even
ing, hut they did not seem to have much
hope OF his recovery from the wound IN
u,cted upon him. The knife blade sunk
into the substance of the brain "A cons'deTa-
BILE distance, and as the wound w'F
neglected at first, there was considerable
formation of pus before proper treatment
v,s berun Drs. Pines and Sta theirs have
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bring about a recovery.
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-11
FATHEK KREUsCm.
A Sketch of the Life of This Well. known
Local Catholic Father.

A Sketch OF the Life of THIS welI.known
Local Catholic Father.
The REGISTER OF yesterday morning
contained brief mention OF the death OF
this wcll.known Catholic minister Fol
lowing is a brief sketch Of his life
Rev. Father John Peter Kreusch was
born December ,, ISIS, at Longuich, Trier
township, Rnenish Prussia, of very respect
able, pious parents, whom he lost when
still young. He had, after their death,
very hard times, and had to work for his
living. At that time he already thought
of becoming a priest. At last he was adj
mitted to the College, where by hard study
nc acquired classical education. In Isl!
he emlgrated to America, where he was
happy enough 10 get situation ss schol-
astic with Right Rev. Bishop Rlppc, IN
Cleveland. Ohio. lie succeeded, by good
behaviour and study, in becoming ordained
November Is, 1873, at the Cathedral OF
Cleveland. In the first year OF his priest
hood he worked as missionary and gained
the love and esteem of his Bishop. He had
TO bear many hardships while travelling
large distances 10 visit tho sick, and
very often he narrated how he had to cross
creeks and streams on horseback, getting
wet and catching cold. lie built many
churches and generally constructed the
altar himself.
After he came to Wheeling in l-5-
Bishop Wnelan transferred to him the
rectorship of the newly erected ST.
Alphonsus Church. There were moth
ing hut the walls of the church and plenty
OF debts when he took charge Of 1t. lie
worked there toI over twenty-five years
with the greatest success, until he resigned
| January LIST, l~1S, retiring to his vineyard
on Wheeling Hill.
What Father Kreusch has done for The
/ St. A}phousus Is known to every one, and
| the church aui school house are the heat
| testimonies. lie lived after his retirement
very quietly at his vineyard, but he had 70
suffer much on accOGnt Of q diseased
. kidney and liver. lie died, after partaking
OF the holy communion, in peace. HIS
corpse will he brought down to TIE st. Al
phonsus Church this afternoon, from
where he will he buried Saturday at . a,
M, solemn requiem mass being said at that
/ hour.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-11

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