The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-29
A MATRIMONIAL BOOM.
Twelve Candidates for the Nuptial Knot Ac-
c0mmodated Yesterday.

Another matrimonial boom struck the
court house yesterday and Mr.. Cleveland,
chief clerk IN the probate judges Office
made six couple very happy by giving
them the permission of the court to wed.
And strange to say not one of them re-
quested their names to be kept out of the
papers This is very unusual proceed
ing and the philosophic Mr.. Cleveland was
astonished at it. 1t seems to be the fashion
now for candidates for marriage to re-
quest the probate judge not to let the re-
porters know anything about their inten-
tions and accordingly the leaf
on which their license is recorded is folded
up, pinned securely and marked don't
publish" They have many reasons for
this, chief among which is 10 avoid being
bored by their friends before the wedding
takes place. Country people don't seem
to care whether their intentions are pub
lished or not but mostly all the town
people object to the publication before the
marriage actually takes place. Judge
Buckner says they do this for monetary
reasons; they don't want to be compelled
to set up the cigars both before
and after the event takes place.
Many a time they make me re-
quest while the reporter is sitting
at their elbows waiting for the license to
be completed, and when they are told that
the reporter is sitting by them they usual
ly turn ten different coIors, and then the
way they invent excuses for the secrecy of
the affair is simply a caution. A few days
ago the EAGLE man was sitting in the pro-
bate judges Office when astrapping young
merchant walked in with the air of con-
qneror and asked for lice nse The docu-
ment was made out and the young gentle
man made the usual request of the Judge
not to let the reporters get hold of it.
There is reporter there at your elbow"
said the judge, speak to him yourself"
This paralyzed the young fellow and,
marching the reporter to adistant corner of
the room by the button hole, ne asked him
for the Lords sake not to say anything
about it. why" asked the reporter, cit
is matter Of public record and news and
we are supposed to get it." This was "a
dampner on the young fellow and after
biting his lip and indnlging in deep
thought for q moment he renewed his
pleadings and finally begged that he be
kept out of the papers for the reason as he
stated that his first wife was dead, and
only two months, and it would not look
well for him to be on the market so soon
after the funeral The reporter afterwards
learned that he was never married before
and that he re5orted to that dodge to gain
his sympathy and still later learned
that his real reason for keep
ing the matter secret was
to avoid setting up the cigars to his
friends and customers. But to return the
number of license issued yesterday WAS
the largest issued On any one day this
year and are as follows:
G. L. Underwood, Wichita; Miss Mamie
Brown, Wichita; J. N. Horsman, Wichita
Miss Sofia VIM, Wichita; George q.
Wright, Baynville; Ollie Y. Brown,
Baynville; Charles S. Aldrich. Evanston,
Ill, Rilla Taylor, Wichita; Ned A Pal
mer, AuIne; Mary l. Reed, Wichita; VIM.
T. Bell, Wichita; Agnes E. Morford,
Wichita.