The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-06
CONNUBlALITIES.

A Californian has secured n divorce
from his wife because she battered him
with a button hook.
George p. Babst, n prosperous retired
tailor of youngstown, o., has just OBJ
tanned a divorce from the buxom Wilhel-
nina Buck, a widow to whom he had
been married eight days before. He says
they found married life together unen-
durable and she says he was too affec-
tionate to her daughter and that this
caused the trouble.
William Berger. n Chicago mechanic,
has just completed a romantic love affair
by marrying Katharine Dietrich, the
daughter of an Austrian nobleman. They
were lovers in the old country, but Kath-
arine's father opposed the suit and
William came to this country, raised $500
and returned. The young couple gave
b obdurate papa the slip and were
welded on their arrival mt New York.
A couple in Hancock county, Maine,
who promised to lake zach other for bet
ter or for worse more than thirty years
age seem to nave suddenly come to a
realizing sense Of the fact that there was
danger Of OVERRIDING a good thing and
that their engagement had been long
enough, as n local paper reports that the
minister was called on one night to get
out of bed and perform the marriage Ger
emony.
A Miss Wrede of San Francisco fell in
love with William Scott, n variety actor,
who returned her affection with an ardor
worthy of the quarter-interest i'm n $4,000
estate which the poung lady will cventu-
ally come into, n they were married.
Claus and Henry Wrede, the brides stall
wart brothers who had bitterly opposed
the match, sought out the couple and
beat Mr.. Scott into most OF the colors of
the spectrum. The wounded groom, how
ever salves his injuries with the possess
sion of the young bride. and the thought
of $4,000.
Ten years ago the beautiful young wife
Of George Axmiller, a carpenter of Wynn
k~oopville, Me-, eloped with Samuel
Graves, the only child Of a prominent
and wealthy citizen. Graves father left
his property, valued mt $4,000, to a dis
tant relative. The other day Axmiller
found n package on his doorstep adj
to him. He opened il and found
that il was n package of bank notes. On
the top note was a piece of paper on which
was written the following: "Amanda is
dead. Five years ago. Since then l have
saved the enclosed. II it is any recon-
pense for the injury l did, for Gods sake
take il. s. g." Amanda was the name
of Axmiller's runaway wife. The pack
age contained 5000 in 500 bills.
Two strange weddings took place at
Kingston, n. ", recently within "a hours.
Invitations were issued for the marriage
of Jacob Liefrer to Miss Mary Post. Both
are about % years OF age. When the
guests assembled at the brides home 10
witness the ceremony there was no bride
groom. IL was noticed that Miss Hem
rietta Post, a younger sister of the ex-
pected bride, was missing. While those
present were discussing the situation,
young Lieffer and Miss Henrietta Post
alighted from a carriage and entered the
house where they informed the parents
and guests that they had just been
welded. 1t is believed that the elder
daughter was cognizant of her sisters in
tended elopement. The young wife is
olly IA years old.
There is i'm New York, upon one of the
most fashionable thorouhfares, a most
magnificent house-yea, il is n veritable
palace-which can never he looked at by
the sentimental woman without a tear
TO her eye, because of the story
attached e il. 1t was designed and built
by one of the richest men in New York
the head of an old Dutch family-for the
woman he loved. Throughout the whole
house, which might have been called
"Thc House Beautiful" were the %colors,
ornaments and dainty touches
were the young brides taste. The
bride-to-be was found dead i'm bed on the
wedding morning. The last kiss she had
given had been to her lover the night be-
fore. The last kiss he ever gave any hui
man being he ave to her as she restea in
her coffin. But he lives in the beautiful
house and does, with his great fortune, a |
great deal of good, all in the nance of the
woman he loved. The shutters are never
opened in that wonderful house, the car
riage has never been used, no feet nave
ianced i'm the ball room; but il and the
man are there as evidences Of the
TACT that a love ran so completely MI the
that all life is nothing without 1t.