Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-12
'TWIXT CUPID AND The CAR
A Grand Dukes Life Was Made
Very Miserable.
HOW eENoNl WON sYLvINE.
A Poor Mountain Girl Falls Heir to q
Miliion-Sad Tale OF Rev.
Tompkins "A Blind
Bridal Couple.
Little Komances

10 WIG cNCldinutlOu III WuiCu bHe
worthy country people, who crowded
the Cher assize court, yester-
day, would doubtless have indulged
had they studied in the vernacular the
productions of immortal Bard of Avon,
says the Paris correspondent Of the
London Telegraph.
The prisonar was young man-Ben-
oni by name-who, unable to melt the
heart of a fascinating maiden, Sylviue
Gaudion, the pride of their little viii
lage, by repeated offers of marriage,
one day revenged himself on this coy
beauty by firing on her with II gun
which he had borrowed from an oblig-
ing friend.
Posted behind hedge, Benoni took
aim at the girl as she was wanderl ng
down a rustic lane fancy Free" Fortu-
nately, however, he missed her, hut,
curious to relate, the shot took effect IN
very different manner, and from that
hour the fair Sylvine relentcd.
On his return home Benoni was
seized with an illness which kept him
for two full months between life and
death. When, however, he began to
| recover, the first person whom he saw
at his bedside was the object Of his
flame, who had called repeatedly, and
not only forgave him freely but prom
ised him her hand on the sole condition
that he should be acquitted at the trial.
Sylvine pleaded so warmly for her
lover in court that the jurymen waxed
lenient, and she and Benoni are to be
united at no distant date in the bonds
| of wedlock.
The czar Of Russia's second brother,
| the Grand Duke Alexis, now nearing
| his fortieth year, is not married, and
| will probably go unmarried to his grave.
| Few persons recollect or realize the con-
! jugal tragedy that marked the early
years of this intelligent and handsome
prince. He fell in love, long years ago,
| with young lady attached to the house.
hold of his mother, and, like an honor
able man, he made the woman that he
loved his wife. The fact of the mar
riage came to the knowledge of his
father, who at once caused the young
couple to be separated by the full exer-
else of his despotic authority. The
| grand duke was sent off on a VOYAGE
round the world, his marriage was an
nulled and his wife compelled, by
threats of Punishment to Siberia and
of total separation from her child, a
boy of extraordinary beauty and engag-
| ing qualities, to consent to n second
| union with an obscure physician. BY
this measure all possible reunion with
| her royal husband was rendered impOs-
sible. The subsequent marriage of AL
exander III. to the Princess Dolgourouki
though only a mOrganatic one might,
you will think, have taught him little
human feeling towards his son, and that
| sons wife and offspring. In this tragic
story, it is said, is to be found the true
reason why the Grand Duke Alexis,
though legally unmarried, has refused
all negotiations for royal alliance.
After. the marriage of his younger
brother, the Grand Duke Paul, he will
be the only single one among the broth
ers of the reigning czar.
A clerical sea ndal, involving a Nj
agara love romance, is being tried in
the courts at Buffalo. Rev. George
Tompkins went to Niagara Falls from
| England six years ago and met Miss
Lizzie Redhath, a dashing clerk IN a
cataract curiosity store. He returned
to England with the intention of marry
ing her as soon as he could get di-
vorce from his wife. In 1885 the en- :
gagement was sconsummated, the clergy
man having obtained his divorce. The
| bridal trip was in Europe. Rev. Mr.
he voluntarily gave half to his new
bride. He claims that afterwards his
brides family squeezed all his money
out of him except 40 cents, and then ex-
PEELED him from the house and ill
treated him. The young wife charges
that the dominic gave her the money
and that she left him because he tried
to shoot her for not giving false testi-
mony in church trial.
| Fannie Ellis, poor mountain girl,
| living with her aunt near Green wood
| Ala, has just learned that she is heir
ess to 81 900, 900. She inherits it from
her father, Franklin A. Ellis, who died
in 1884 after leading strange life, dur
ing which he passed under different
names. The father. mother and chill d
once lived at Marda, ILL.,, from which
place the father fled, leaving the
mother and child destitute. The
mother remarrled and soon after died
Her second husband also died and the
went to live with her aunt. where she
has since lived life of drudgery.
Stories are told of several attempts
years ago to murder the girl. The re-
cent discovery and Identification of
the young heiress were brought about
by one Cleveland, of San Francisco,
who formerly knew the family. On the
| death OF Ellis one Allen Coffin was ap-
pointed administrator, and much of the
property was sold. Suit has lately
been brought to recoveri it.
| One OF the DaLmark's passengers,
Miss Winfried Bjorson, has at last been
united to her lover, and is now in Abb
erdeen, Dak., enjoying nuptial bliss,
after a storm tossed journey of n mon tn. +.
When she reached st. Paul, Mimi, she
was in sad plight, as she expected her
lover to meet her there. She could not
speak English, but her disappoin tment
was soon made known, and a telegram
to Aberdeen brought hcr fiance and
they were married.
A case in which young lady OF Lee
county, Texas. availed herself OF the
privilege of a leap year with venge-
ance, is reported by local paper. The
| young lady is the daughter OF John A,
| Maxwell, a farmer and stock raiser,
who lives sixteen miles in a north
easterly direction from Giddings, and
who is one of the most prominent.
| highly-respected and well-to-do citi-
zens of the county. The novelty about
| the elopement is that, instead OF the
| young man stealing away the bride end
| assisting her in her flight, she actually
went after and stole him away. AT the
dead hour of the night, after they had
l he lof AZ.