The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-10

at her. She has a warm. rich,
dark complexion. Her forehead is |
low, her features regular and her form |
that of the Venus de Medici. l saw even |
George Frisbie Hoar stealing sly winks at
her and | know that his blood jumped at
quicker pace through his veins as he looked |
She was you know, at this time, only about !
half Tabor's age and she had been mai ied
before. Still when the wedding of Tabor
was announced she was spoken CT in the
newspapers as Miss and had reassumed
her maiden name. She was the daughter
OF merchant tailor at Oshkosh and she
married young fellow named Doe and went
with him to Denver Her first husband was a
drunken fellow and she got a divorce from
him after she had been in that city some
time. Tabor saw her while she was still
Mrs. Doe and fell in love with her After
the two divorces were gotten they werc
married, and at the second marriage here
Tabor gave his bride necklace which con-
tanned S 600 worth OF diamonds. Theday
alter tue wedding he sent out cards which
were bound in silver three quarters OF an
inch deep, and shortly after this he bios
somed out in that gorgeous coach that out
ranked that of Attorney General Brewster.
The first Mrs. Tabor saw net long ago
at Denver. She is by no means d bad
looking woman and you would know her
for lady anywhere. She is apparently
ABOUT forty-tive years OF age ard she
went out with Tabor to the west In IA
wagon over the plains. She took boar iers
and kept store and supplied the feed for
the prospectors who struck the little Pitts
burg mine that made Tabor's first fortune.
When the suit was decided she got slice
os Tabor's fortune as alimony and this
slice was worth perhaps 100000 1t has
grown in value right along, and Mrs. Tabor
is probably worth million dollars today.
She has Il good Income and she is much re-
spected in Denver. She lived with Tabor
for twenty years and am told that she has
considerable charity for him today and
that if he lost his fortune he might get O
stake from her to found another ] am
sure that had he stuck to her and brought
her on to Washington she would not have
dlsgraced him.
HOW COMMODORE PORTER GOT HIS WIFE.
This runaway match of Admiral Porter's
grand niece is to certain extent the result
of heredity. The Porters have always
been bold in their love- making, and COM
modore' David Porter who was, | think,
the father of Admiral Porter, bulldozed his
sweetheart's family into allowing him to
marry his wife Porter was commander
at the time, and Miss Evelina Anderson,
the daughter of William Anderson, a rich
member Of Congress of Pennsylvania, was
visiting at the navy yard. Egelina was
only fifteen years old and she
was playing with a doll when Com.
mander Porter met her. He fell head over
ears in love with her and straightway pro-
posed. She referred the matter to her
father, though she was perfectly willing
herself. The family, however, did not
think much of young Porter, and Miss An
derson's brother, who was thought to be O.
very brave young man, was deputed to re-
ceive him and give him his refusal When
| Porter called he was received by this
young man in the parlor and was asked his
business. Porter replied that he had not
come to see him; that he had come to see
his father, whereupon the young brother
jumped up and said "Well, sir, you've
come on FOOLS errand. My father can't
see you, and you cannot marry my sister
or be connected with this family
Commander Porter jumped from his
chair. His eyes flashed fire and he
stepped up towards young Anderson and
said, Sir, you are meddling in matter
that does not concern you. l came here
about marrying your sister. 1 didn't come
to marry you, and On you, if you don't
leave the room I'll throw you out of the
window" The young man was decidedly
frightened, and he went out and told his
father that Porter would cut everybody's
throat if he didn't get the girl in marriage
The result was that Father Anderson came
in and got acquainted with Porter He
liked him, and week later he gave his
consent to the marriage. Upon their wed
ding he gave the young couple very hand
some residence on the banks of the Della
ware, and this Is think still in the family
Admiral Porter is authority for the abov,
story. - faG