The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-04
LANES MoaGAN's FREAK.
&c publishes Notice of Bis Marriage
- a comparative Stranger


70 q Comparative Stranger
From the Pittsburg Dispatch
.s.vlishly dressed gentleman entered the
,-.-sss fTios of the Dispatch Sunday and
Sa.dsd one Of the clerks the following no
-. Vritten on a Hotel Duquesne envelope,
for Insertion:
-,.--,as October 10. 1890. on Troy Hill, at the
brI5e's residence. Mr, James nc, mLorssn, Fl..s-
ouls,s steel Works, 10 Miss Minnie Sciba,
IL Hill. All friends OF the family are re-
reSS-fUliv invited to partake OF the festivities.
ssEE5S 5ine at A N. at Hotel Schlosser, Dinner
45o-a was nothing out of the ordinary to
o,sreI reader in this or in the revised
,,otioe which appeared in the paper In the
morning, as follows;
,oPGAN-SCIBA.-O Sunday, Oct. 10, 1890,
~ brida's residence. Troy Hill. Mr.. JAMES
TopS.y of Pittsuurg, to Miss MINNIE ScIBA of
Troy Hlll.
5T,rss onlv by chance that this unassun-
,-1i,rIe marriage notice was discovered to
hatbs kew 20 a romantic tale, or freak of
yaJress The wedding never occurred,
- thereby hangs the strange part of the
- hat few would imagine and regard
80 ;Vhich light was only shed after a search
sIs,lv resulting in fiading the supposed
hide and q chat with the parties con-
cerned. , ,.,-,
name was written wrong. Il should have
read Serbia.
Mis- Minnie Serbia is the beautiful and
,ccomplished daughter of Mrs. Serbia, a
TsaItby widow, well known all over the
NV The family mansion is a magnificent
brick. near the end of the Spring Garden
avenue street car line. 1t Is situated on q
TilI surrounded by trees. embowered walks
nd dc IS
an English manor.
Mrs serbia is noted for her excellent
zines the fruits of her vineyards, and her
orchards of pear and peach trees, and for
some time has passed happy existence in
The conpsny of her two daughters visiting
friends. About four months ago a party
was given at the house, and among the
pnests was James Morgan. Neither the
1other nor her daughter had met the man
before, and had not even Thought of his ex-
stance after until ne called at the house
last Saturday. He said he had just returned
rom Europe, where be had gone for his
health. He was delighted with tile most
excellent catawba set before him by his
courteous hostess, and the unconventional
call was pleasant one.
Before be left he said Sunday was his
birthday, and he meant to celebrate the
event by little feast. The conversation
thought of his allusion to his birthday.
Sunday morning the mother and two
daughters were alike surprised and puzzled
when one Of Caterer SchloSser's men pulled
the door bell and informed the trio that he
had brought up the wedding dinner, and
had had IAN awful time getting up Troy
Hill through the mud aud rain" Sure
enough. the wagon and the entrance to the
grounds were laden with a wedding dinner
- for fIffU cyIInafe Tho
pared by Mr.. Schlosser, was one of bis best,
and the delicacies, sparkling wines and
dainty service and accessories would have
graced the wedding table of a lord. The
bill would also have been appropriate for
the full pocketbook of his lordship.
The wagon was driven slowly back to the
city and the astonished mother and daugh-
ter sat down to study over this mad freak,
which they did not understand, nor we're
they enhgh ened until Monday, when, by
chance, the marriage notice in the Dispatch
happened to come under their gaze, and
even then they could not understand the
events of the two days, and knew not to
What to ascribe them.
Mrs. Serbia. when seen by reporter
asst night, said that neither she nor her
daugh ers knew anything more about
James Morgan than has been already
given. They did not know whether be had
ever worked for the American Iron or Steal
| Works. None of the family had ever had
any intimate acquaintance with him or had
seen or heard from him since his first visit,
four months ago, until last Saturday.
Mrs. Serbia hoped her friends had over
Looked the notice, as the name was spelled
wrong. She thought that her friends,
should they by chance know of the oc-
curTence, would know that it was wrong,
and something that she and her daughters
we're as much 'at sea" regarding as them
selves