, 1889-01-13
A STRANGE MARRIAGE.
A Des Moines, Ia, Merchant Weds
His Daughter.
The Meet and Love After a Long
Separation.
The Remarkable Story of a Wealthy
Bridegroom.

Just tackle that man IN the first sec
ton; he'll give you a good item, was the
pointer rendered a LEADER reporter by
the conductor of the Portland sleeper
forming a portion of last evenings west
bound train.
The query man visited the section indi-
Gated, but returned to the uniformed
Apollo and complained that a man and his
wife were occupying it.
That's all right, just tap the a
He's very willing to talk and has some
thing that you can spin into a readable
yarn"
The reporter introduced himself to his
victim and learned that the %latter's name
was j. C. Winton, that he was a Des
Moines, Ia, commission merchant on his
bridal tour.
II dare say that you never yet have
met such a couple as Mrs. Winton and
myself" was the gentleman's opening re-
mark. I'VE were married at Des Moines
last Sunday, after a brief courtship. but
only became fully acquainted about three
hours ago, when in conversation about
our past lives some most startling facts
were brought to light. In short, young
man, here is a remarkable case of the
marriage of daughter to father.
Fifteen years ago L married a young
Connecticut widow who had a daughter.
We quarrelled about the girl and | left
Hartford for California. l heard that
my wife secured u divorce and married
again, but l paid no attention to the mat
ter and staid in the hills until | looked
tough enough to change the weather and
had money enough to warrant my retire
ment from mining. l dritted about the
west and dnbbled in enterprise, of various
sorts with fair success. At last | settled
in Iowa and established a paying business
at Des Moines. l wanted a wife but was
in no hurry to select one until | met Miss
Dickinson at a party one night. 1t was
a case. of love at first sight on both sides
and not knowing that L was paying
court to my own daughter | pressed nv
suit persistently. The wedding was quite
a swell affair and you may have seen an
account of it in your Des Moines ex
changes.
This afternoon we were talking OF our
past lives when l mentioned that | once
lived at Hartford. Conn. Why, l was
born there said my wife. The CONVEX
sot;on n,t,rouu t,road 10 ,bo ouh;aot ~
mutual acquaintance. Finally we dis
covered that Nellie's mother was my first
wife. @
0fcourse we were greatly surprised and
my wife was almost Frustrated by the
shock. However, she has fully recovered
and is satisfied with having unwittingly
set her own judgment up against that of
her dead mothers. There's nothing
criminal about our action, but the affair
is the most remarkable of the sort that
has come under my observation"
Winton is perhaps 40 years of age and
his wife about ten years his junior. He is
of gentlemanly and prepossessing appear
ance, with the easy, unaffected air of a
man who has seen many phases of life.
He is not handsome, nor yet homely. He
dresses modestly, but wears what APP
pears to be very expensive iewelry. Mrs.
Winton is comely to look upon. She is
above medium height, has a fine figure,
blue eyes and light hair prettily arranged.
She was richly but neatly attired and wore
several elegant rings and other fine
iewelry.