New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-12
4 F1FTE-ATE. GIRL ELOPES.
,rSs s1cK1Es MARRIED TO A BARTENDER.
r,,oxv prRroRurp BY AN EPISCOPAL
: ~ :, ,,,,cvu,N AT WHITE PLAINS.

crERGYMAN AT WHITE PLAINS
,r,,.s nanham and Miss Alta sickles applied u
a.. p.y F r. Van Kleeck pastor OF Grace hpiscopS'
c.,rch NJ White Plains, last night to DC hsrr'. ~
scN,es Is a daughter of General Dsh'ol o"n 80
Minister 10 SPAIN who lives al NO. % ~" 80 W
c,v and granddaughter of George H. ''0
d,ed st New.Rochelle about three years g. f,",,e
an estate valued at about two mlio"S -, g,
who Is eighteen years old was re'''''"
a Catholic convent in Montreal ,.,-,.s ..,
n,nham. who is a good-lookiHg, hght-haleu Souns
= a. -, ,,van,v- Ave wears old, ana i ciHPIoHeu
.s bartender in the Huguenot Hotei AZ
NJ which Mr.. Ferry is proprietor -. -,
and has the reputation OF being inc ""'P9' on
aronnd athlete Of wcstchester COUNTY MS n'o''o''
WIN il q widow hss lived III "ni'o ""s -o- -.
- "a hss for long time kept ooSnihg houss'
1,nha, although Of Irish parcntsse' was porn III
White Plains. ,.s l., vvt,,o pIo,rs tbev
-. .~.rt 10 the Rev. Father Dunphy' pastor OF ST
It,s pomap Catholic Church, The Dihham iamuN
-. communicates at that church. "heh fStheI
noins 1ss informed that the intended bride was
sr,t.r Of General sckes he refused 10 perform inc
s"-ar,opv The couple went away disappointed. but
-, q, once 10 the parsonage OF Grace Church. Miss
srhle. who is handsome girl dressed in
travelling suit while young Dnham wore neat
business suit and dark overcOat. Dmham promptly IN
formed Mr. Van Klecck that he and Miss Slckes Tante
10 get married He said nothing about an elopemeh'
and did not mention the fat that Father Dunphy
had refused 10 marry them Mr.. Van kleeck asked
the usual questions and then performed the ceremony
DinIam slipped s. bill into the clergymans hama
and then departed with his bride.
After leaving Mr.. Van Kleeck's house, the couple
II is said, called Mrs. Linham, and aite:wari
boarded train for York 1t IS said, also, that "a
telegram was sent General Sicles, in this CITY, in
forming him OF his daughters marriage: The bride Is
daughter Of General Sickles by his second wife whom
he married In spain when he appointed Mlmsies
10 that country by President Grant few years asO
General sckes's father, George f. sickles, cause
some talk in New-York by marrying his housekeeler
who was the widow OF Captain sawyer OF the Blush
Army -, ,,,.
General Sickles's daughter, who is now Mrs Dnham,
made the acquaintance of young Dinham while VISITING
her grandfaIhcr's homestead For some tlhle Whue
she was in the convent at Montreal she Kept up d
CORES pOndence with Dinham. ANe- she was ef%iuau
sie made occasional visits 20 Ncw-Rocheie ana I'm
ham managed 10 see her every Occaslon' MI
Ferry his employer. and the proprietor o. the hugue
not House. speaks highly Of Dinham ana says that
lie is steady hand working young fellow since old
Mr. sickleS's death two of his daughters nave eloped
one with man namcd Mead and the other with man
named Quinn. , c,,,,
house I'm Fifth ave last night. but The General was
not al home The butler said, however, that Mis-
sirkles was a ward OF General >ickes and not his
daughter AID that her guardian had no knowledge OF
The eOpcmcni.