Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-05
BACK FROM GRETNA GREEN.
An East End Couple Go to Maryland, Are
Married and Return to PittsburE-Their
Notice to the Irate Father.

An East End Couple Go to Maryland, Are
Married and Return to Pittsburg- Their
Notice to the Irate Father. ...
There will be an angry father-in-law when
The DISPATCH goes to the home of John
Green, on Frankstown avenue, this morning.
A newspaper is not usually called upon to
break the news of runaway marriage to
cold, stern parents, but since such request
has been made the announcement is given
free OF charge. 1t says:
GLENN-GREEN-At Cumberland. Nd,
on November 3, 1891, Mr.. WILLIAM M GLENN
and Miss ELEANOR A. GREEN. of Pittsburg,
Pa, by the Rev. Thomas j. Stanton.
Mr.. Glenn is popular young mechanic
living in the East End, whose only fault,
in the mind of Mr. Green, was that he
loved Eleanor. But that was a grievous
thing, because Miss Green was thought by
her father to be beautiful enough and to
have enough accomplishments to get a
count or millionaire for husband. Mr..
Glenn didn't fill any of these requirements,
and he was therefore told to look elsewhere
for bride. The order was sent to Miss
Green to be countersigned, but instead she
sent her lover a neat little missive ask
ing him to meet her at the house of a neigh
Dor. They met.
1t was on the night before election dav,
and Mr.. Glenn expected to vote for Fetter-
man, Fitzsimmons and Johnston, but after
due consideration he came to the conclusion
that women's rights was more important
question than the success of the Straight
outs. He proposed an elopement. Eleanor
consented.
The next morning when Mr.. Green called
Eleanor to come down to get breakfast, his
voice echoued through the hallway without
any response The second time he called
his voice echoed a little more and kept in
creasing in noise until the old gentleman
got discouraged and made an investigation.
He has been investigating ever since.
When he looked in his daughters room he
found that she wasn't there, but that was all
he did find. She had taken her best dress
and gone away without even leaving note
to tell the old folks at home that she had
not committed suicide An alarm was
raised at once, but no trace of the missing
girl could be found. kilograms were sent
to Youngstown, Wheeling. Philadelphia and
Chicago to watch for her, and private
detectives were employed to search Pitts
burg. Mr.. Green visited all his friends and
sent out still alarm. He said little and
would not volunteer an opinion to those
who asked where he thought his daughter
had gone.
Meantime Miss Grenn became Mrs.
eileen. The evening the ceremony was
performed the newly-married couple re-
turned to Pittsburg. They were at the
house of friend yesterday and tried to de-
eide what method should be adopted to
break the news gently to Mr.. Green. The
groom seemed to think it would bea danger
Gus undertaking and the bride was afraid
her father would be angry. 1t was pro-
posed to send letter, but that idea was
abandoned. In the fearful dilemma Mr..
Glenn proposed that The DISPATCH be
asked to break the news. A couple of his
friends brought the facts down last night.
The irate father will probably find consola-
tion in the news