The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-13
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A strange midnight marriage. with ele-
ments of mystery, superstition. nan
she late wilkie Collins with some striking
incidents for one Of his remarkable plots,
was solemnised I'm an Obscure tenement at
- North Elizabeth street q week ago. The
facts concerning IL nave just come to
light. For peculiar reasons, which will
appear later on, Justice Jarvis Blune was
chosen To perform the
This nuptial affair was in many respects
40 unique and NO saturated with supersti-
ton and from heRinning To
sAd. that the details are well worth read
ing.
Fred L. Thompson, the bridegroom. n
Handsome, athletic-iookinE young man OF
Liz the Frcnchman Psynaud, who lately
tower into a net, young Thompson takes
great risks whenever he can secure u
svcry time he jumps in order that he may
I've. He ought to know better, having
before him the terrible example Of his
father, who followed the same foolliarsiy
business, and who was killed last spring
while making a descent Of several hum
s"inment OF " crowd near Flint. Mich.
: But the son will not heed the warming OF
his fathers fate. He says he must live
leaves a widow on the world one of these
! days. County fairs and large utdoo
fhompson is engaged az an attraction,
and his compensation, like that OF circus
performers, must he sufficiently large to
enable him to take his ease during the
The bride is Miss Dena E.. Luther, who
numher. In marriage license No. IA, 4O7
which was issued Saturday. she modcstly
s 60, i1 hsr g ss Az s sid. and s : is f Sas s sse %asi
would make any jcweler in Chicago think
plump. and her hair Black and waving.
Her tresses are indeed of the of
Saaas sh Ssr f intimate nG iri s%,sns s %ei Is called aII
pretty; among her lukewarm acquaint-
ances this term is usually modified into
the WI I'm that she IL g~OOd-lOOkinR.
She has lived in Chicago most OF her q
years, and her associations have been
S I%1%Sf S eirsans Sa ces ~"
y An item OF gossip is that on a certain oc-
rasion u year or two ago Miss Luther
chanced TO meet Aeronaut Thompson at
county fair in Michigan, where he was
making one of his most astonishing in
with the aid OF his parachute. His legs
were invested i'm beautiful red silk tights
and he wa so graceful and dasninR an
balloon as il tuggetl at its cable and start
ed upward, so brave and manly. to per
ing and graceful again when he returned
safely to the earth, that he became a hero
in sns young tn hero .o" sHe Io sses her h hea sr'. c Sas
pletely. Acquaintance. love, and mar.
BTt WIN should this loving and romantic
pair select the witching. hour Of midnieht
for their wedding?. Why didn't they get
rro~G. and pocket enough money from
the novel exhibition to enable them :.
set up housekeep. ing in hand:one style?
iieved that Il he were wedded in his bal
taiity would quickly overtake him. H:
would assign NO cause Tor this s"perss'
This gay young parachute.jumpcr came
to the city Saturday and procured a mar
ria9e license, intending TO make Mis-
and carry her away TO Michigan. The ar
rangements could not he completed, how
s Eve h SssSss tn. rsia ars"% hal aa Sc Curved a sSs
thi. point in a % n"S fr"ps snid m sSe Justice
,hs . beem xas'' nf SUNDAY nm y W When we re-
turned i'm the evening the housemaid i'm
ss a;si. %s 'n npp e ,asSs. rf sad fF, mass m" re-
peated importunate calls at the door IN
quirine a~nxiously for me-, and apPa
his hair short enough to be John L; Su
ii0Hn' ,ri AS%ss al hers sh' She hs% sa"iS CON ~
pare it to nothing but the low Rrowi OF
lion she had once seen at Barnuni.s; An
breath. She aid this alleged monster
whom I took to he no other than n sort q
= Mr., Hyde, after me with n knife or IA clui
seekin0 revenge for some fatcicd wron
received i'm my court, had threatened
return rompt at 10 hat night.
.sThat my fears as well as my curiosit
were aroused l will confess. Placing m
p revolver, club and razor i'm n conveniei
apot where I could easily reach them,
sat down and waited. Promptly at 10 I'll
he'll rang violently. Up I jumped an
went to the door ON trembling legs.
oneninu il I was confronted by the bur
belnu thai my mind had pictured.
ssVVell, sir, what is it?' said 1 sharpl
".JudRe, 1 want you to come and mar
a couple he ans vered. ITS a little lat
70 know. hut there's a midnight appoiH
ment. The job can't he done no soon'
nor no later. 1t must be Immediately a
ter the clock strikes Il tonight
az regarded my uncanny visitor Gun
ously, His weird voice truly startled n
and caused me to shudder. Thought
4. Richard Mansfield as Mr.. Hyd ar
~ fancied that 1 could feel a hand of ice rn
ming down my spine. The man saw tn
hs.sitats,d and was suspicious.
"'Mind you, judge. this here ~ J
(.ronin business there's no -catch-bas
i'm this; it's straight goods. IT'S d
and there's "A big fee i'm it,
Something i'm the fellows carnestne