The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-04
I CRYING MATCH FOE a
UIFE.

A CRYING MATCH FOR a
WIFE.
1sce Rewssskable Levs Seestes from tNe
Kentucky BlMe Grsss lee06oM.
The little city of Winchester, CLARK
County, has been considerably excited
over the announcement OF the marriage
Of Miss Mamie Petticord. She Is . tall
handsome lady of about 20, and dur
ing a visit to Missouri last summer, won
the affections of q Mr.. @. A. Goodman.
Of Hamilton, that State. After her re-
turn home she and the above named
gentleman kept up q correspondence,
and their affection for each other grew
into love and from love into . marriage
engagement. Tickets were issued stat
ing that their marriage would take
place at the residence of the bride in
Winchester on Tuesday, August 20, and
one Of these cards was sent to Mr..
Thomas jackson, who was also q sutton
for the heart and hand of Miss Petit
cord.
On receiving the announcement he at
once sought an interview with the lady,
and between sobbing and tears told her
how he loved her, and that if he was
not successful, the shock would kill
him. This softened the heart of the
young lady, and she then and there
consented to hold on to her first love
and cancelled her engagement with the
Missourian. She wrote him that her
mind had been changed, that she now
loved another. Goodman, on receiving
the announcement of her change Of
mind, Immediately took the train for
Kentucky, and arrived in Winchester o
week ago. He, too, sought an inter-
view with Miss Petticord, and with the
same persuasion (crying,) she promised
to be his wife.
Thinking lie had everything his own
way, Goodman went to his hotel, but
MIR. Jackson then called and made an
other most affecting appeal, and her
mind was again changed.
This was kept up for a week, first one
then the other being the victor, and the
fathers of the two young men each
offered his SOL q farm if he should he
successful. Pools were sold on the re-
suit, and nothing else was talked of in
Winchester.
On Friday evening Mr.. Goodman had
an engagement to call, hut while lie was
at supper Mr.. Jackson procured a mar
riage certificate and q minister, and
when Mr.. Goodman arrived at the house
they were man and wife.
Paris experienced q similar wedding
to this several years ago. A young lady.
the daughter of O minister, was engaged
to four wealthy young gentlemen Of this
county and they all knew of her engage
ment to each of them. They were all
to appear at her residence on the day
set for the wedding, and, as she loved
II as much as she did the others, their
names were to be placed in a hat and
drawn out and the one that came out
first was to get her. On the day set each
man was there in q wedding suit and
the drawing began. The first nam
was that of Frank Hibler, now deceased,
and the wedding was about to take
place. when one of the suitors, shocked
by his disappointment, tainted, and af-
ter he had fully recovered the lady
married him in preference to the one
that was drawn. The successful man
is now the president of a college ON the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, not
many miles from Louisville, and they
have a most interesting family of chill
dren.