Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
GOSSIP FROM CAPE MAY.
Biz of Strange aud Romnntio History
Tho Latest Arrivals.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIE nrsPkrcn.I
CAPE MAY, N. J., August 1.-THE height
of the Cape May season was reached last Sun.
day and there has been no perceptible change
during the week. After tomorrow the num-
Der of visitors will doubtless gradually de-
crease. The weather could not have been
more favorable than it was this week. The
number of visitors has been in excess Of that
of last year, but the time of their stay has not
been so prolonged. Last year people brought
their trunks and spent large portion of the
season; this year many brought their grlpsacks
and spend night or day and then quietly
left town.
Baroness Gerald, of Italy, who is passing
August at the Star villa She is sweet singer,
having high, soprano voice OF rare powers.
She does not sing on the stage, but belongs to
ono of the noble families of the old European
kingdom She sang at an evening entertain
ment last night
A reception was given to Colonel and Mrs j.
F. Cake, of Congress Hall, tonight. 1t was
perhaps the grandest affair OF the season.
Fully 800 were present, and the festivities Of
the evening were immensely enjoyed.
Alex. q. Grows, OF Memphis. Tenn. who has
not beer TO Cape May.for p years, is now here
for two months visit. He is man with quite
history, being the hero Of
A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE
as strange as any fiction. In 1859 he was a
bright young man living in Fairfield, Jefferson
county, Iowa, where he married Miss Nary
Marquart. A short time after he moved to
Port Carbon, Pa, the residence Of his mother
in-law, where child was born to them, which
lived only six weeks. At the breaking out of
the war he enlisted in the Union cause, and
was assigned to duty in Missouri, where he en-
gagged in several battles and was finally
wounded, captured and put in q Southern
prison, where he languished for a long time.
He was unable TO communicate with his wife
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mother-in-law, not wanting her daughter TO be
known as a war widow, applied for and pro-
cured a divorce, and the family soon moved to
the home of Miss Mary's sister Mrs; ~ Cathar-
posed widow afterward married one of the
prominent merchants Of that city, with whom
she is still happily living.
On leaving the prison Mr.. Grows sought his
old home in Pennsylvania, only to find his wife
divorced and gone, where he eSnew not Mr..
Grows was married again, and 1866 came to
Cape May and entered into the carpenter busl-
ness with his father, and the next year man
aged the general merchandise business for
Hon. Walter b. Miller, of the city, who at that
time was in business and proprietor of old
Congress Hall, and who has since been q State
Senator, commissioner of New Jerseys sinking
fund and Mayor of Cape May. MIR. Grows
then, in 1856, moved to Memphis, Tenn, and has
not been here since till this summer. In the ter
rible yellow fever plague that depopulated
Memphis in 1878 his wife and daughter were
carried off, and he was again left alone in the
world. His business recently brought him to
Jetfersonville, where he had often been before,
ignorant of the fact that his former wife was
living there, and in conversation with a
friend the talk turned to divorces. His friend
spoke of cases of divorced parties who had
married, aud were now living happily in the
town, at the same time mentioning the name of
Mary Marquart. The divorced husband OF so
many years could hardly believe what he heard,
and, with his friend, went to the former mer-
chant and mutual explanations followed,
which left no doubt of the identity of the actors
in this domestic drama. In the evening Mr..
Grows was visited by Mr.. II. Morris, his
brothsr-in-law, who at once recognized him as
being the lost husband. Mr.. Grows was very
desirous of an interview with his former wife,
but she was unequal to the task. and the doctor
forbade the visit, and Mr.. Grows had to leave
the town without seeing her.
AND PENNsYLvAN IANS
G. Wayne Robson, of Pittsburg is happily
located at the Stockton for - week or so.
Mr.. and Mrs William L Abbott and family,
of Louis, Franklin. William L. j.,
and JEAN of Pittsburg, are guests at the Stock
ton, where they have been for a week past.
James B. Y oung and daughter, of Pittsburg,
are sojourning at the Stockton.
j. wainwright and son are basking in Cape
Mays air for q few weeks.
s. NJ. Swami and son, Of Johnstown, are at
the Stockton Mr.. Swami interests many with
bis stories about the late disaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Mccoy, of Pittsburg are
recent additions to the popular society of that
A. P. McCord, of Pittsburg. makes weekly
visits here.
Mrs. ]. s. Erwin and daughter, Of Pittsburg,
are regaining health here. They will remain
through August.
b. A. Baumann and Fred Moore, of ALE.
gheny, are spending two weeks at Congress
Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ewing, of Pittsburg.
are breathing Cape May air.
A party of Pittsburgers, composed of Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Wattles, Mrs. W. ]. Sparks, Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Wood. Mrs. H. Bailey and Miss
Annie Christie, arrived here Tuesday and will
remain until some time next week.
Mr.. and Mrs o. ]. Parker and three chill
dren, of Pittsburg. are located here for few
weeks.
James W. Bennett, Of Pittsburg, is one of
the popular visitors. He is good bather and
rapid swimmer.
AT the Stockton are Mrs. c. F. Honny and
son.
]. A. Pupils. of Pittsburg, is spending few
lays at the Brexton.
Mr.. and Mrs Edwin K Smith, of Columbia,
Pa, are enjoying life at Congress Hall.
James II. Aiken, of Pittsburg, is having a
oily vacation at Congress Hall.
Robert NJ. Nelson is sni fling the salt sea air
preparatory to leaving for his home in Pitts
burg.
L. House. Of PIttsburg, Joined relatives here
1t the Lafayette Wednesday.
j. B. SweaIham, wife and daughter are spend
ng the month of August here.
Mrs. F. s. Mari, of Pittsburg, is o guest at
.he Windsor.
MIR. and Mrs. Samuel D. Hubley are enjoying
three weeks visit here.
Amos II. Little. of Pittsburg, Is pleasing
many here by his afable manners.
Charles Z. Smith, OF Plttsburg, Is New |
Columbia quest. BUZZ.