Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-06-29
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Philadelphia Press: Charles Corss, Of
| Lock Haven, was married Yesterday, de
| spite intervening floods and blockades'
| disabled railroads and broken bridges.
| Miss Emma Pollock, q daughter Of ex.
| Governor Pollock, was the bride. The
| ushers and bridesmaids had been named,
| the bridesmaids selected, the minister
! seen, the organist engaged, and lots OF
| presents received, when the bride and her
| family heard Of the disaster at Johns
| town and the widespread ruin Of the
flood among other Pennsylvania towns.
kilograms were hastily sent TO the groom
al Lock Haven. They brought forth no
| answer. Then the bride learned taat
there was no direct communication with
| Lock Havcn-that had her hance re.
ceiyed the dispatches he could not posi-
bly, get 10 Philadelphia. But still the
BRIDE was hopeful. The papers mean
while were filed with The details Ct the
awful work OF he0d and fire. On Tues
day morning there was slill no word.
Even the BRIDE now began 10 feel faint
al heart. On Tuesday evening q family
council was called te consider The cues
ton should he wedding be postponed.
A MESSAGE FROM THE FLOOD.
The proceedings were interrupted by
the entrance III Il servant VINO simply
said telegram" The hands tr2nOled
that tore open the brown envelope, the
eyes dllcd with apprehension mat
glanced over the long paper inside and
read this message: Coming overland
Much Invertebrates Then all the
| women wept for joy, the men sat still
| nd said nothing for y good minute. The
preparations for the wedding went on
again more spiritcdly than ever, though
40 further word came from the groom.
Il was a wakeful and excited night
Every one was astir early yesterday
morning. The bride went up to be
dressed. The bridesmaids We're already
in iReir festive attire and The ushers had
gone of 10 the church. The bride was
now ready in gown and vail, but no
gro1m was there. The briCe
sept back her tears valiantly, ana
lifted her eyes TO her fathers with
q light in them that said as plainly 90
words, Will be come?
HE HAS COME"
'He has comet He has csmel' Real
words seemed to answer her look, There
was hustle and stir and the sound Of glad
voices below. Presently there was the
sound of bounding footballs on the stair
and in tho next moment the bride was IL
strong arms and a handsome bearded face
YVES bending over her assuringly. There
was five minutes of glad talk too private
to be repeated. Time was passing on
however; the noon Jour was near, and
the bridal party, entering their carriages,
went rafting eff down town, The groom
looked as neat as il he had just come out
of a band box. The fact was he had
spent an hour at a hotel after he had got
into the city and had arrayed himself
with becoming taste. On the way down
to the church the excitement Of the past
few days came back upon the BRIDE s
mind with double force and she suddenly
fell back in q faint. She recovered in a
moment, however, and the carriage rolled
on. The carriage drew up at the side
door, and the groom stepped out and
went in al the vestry door. The carriage
was driven around to the front then, and
| the bride alighted. met her father and
maids, took her father arm and assumed
her place in the usual bridal procession
The doors were thrown open and thu
party entered. The groom vas calmly
waiting in the chancel. AS the brid.
reached the altar the groom stepped GU
and received her, and so they were mai
ried.
THE JOURNEY TO II WEDDING.
The groom told over and owe
again of his wonderfa al journey to tn
wedding. He said that the first intelli
gence Of the flood came to Lock Havel
BY telegram from up the river. by
o'clock in the evening the water was
little above the natural level, by 8 it wa
several feet higher. The tide continues
rising, and by 5 o'clock Saturday morn
ing the water was in the streets in tn
upper part of the city and in the house
in the more depressed lower aectien. Tn
food went on until 8 o'clock in the after
noon, when the river was five feet highe
than il WAS ever known to have been be
fore. The water in the houses ran fror
a depth Of three feet to twenty feet, tn
higher level being reached in the lowe
part Of the town.
The lumber boom burst and the logs
comprising about 30, 900, 900 feet o
lumber, went dashing through the town
doing damage everywhere. About tn
same quantity of sawed lumber in tn
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