The Portland daily press., 1892-03-08

MRS. CLARK. MISS GROVER.
this union was that up to short time
prior to the ceremony the young lady
was unable to decide whether she want
as her husband Parsons or another
equally prosperous farmer named Alex
ander Royce. The two suitors once
agreed to settle it. between themselves
by a Jacket switching" contest, the
only deviation from the usual mode of
procedure being that in this particular
case the jackets were dispensed with.
The victor was to have the girl. This
affair was double barreled failure, for
not only did both men sink exhausted to
the floor, but when the cause of the
trouble heard of the occurrence she re-
fused to receive either. After a time,
however, she relented and proposed a
skating contest on the lake. Thousands
witnessed it. On the first night Royce
was given start, and after three hours
Parsons caught him. The next night
Royce. failed to overtake Parsons, and
the latter was accordingly adjudged the
victor.
Another unusual wedding occurred
recently in Tekonsha, Mich, when an
admission fee of twenty-five cents was
charged and the proceeds applied to
church charities. Quite a snug sum
was realized, as almost every one in the
village attended. The contracting parties
were Herman S. Teller, president of the
village of Tekonsha, and Mrs. Nora
Clark, nee Taffe, well known and ex-
tremely popular milliner of the same
place. The combined weight of bride and
groom is 1856 pounds, of which the lady
contributes IT'S pounds. This is the Sec
ond matrimonial venture of each, and
they will start housekeeping with six
children, only one of whom is a Clark.
Rev. E. F. Newell performed the cere-
mony under an arch which was hand
somely decorated for the occasion.
Perhaps the most quiet courtship and
marriage on record was that of Miss
Alice Maud Hatch and Mr.. Joseph
Yanl1auer, both of New York city.
These young people have known each
other for years; they have ''sparked"
during much of that time, just as al
most every one has done. Yankauer
asked Miss Hatch to become his bride;
she consented, they sought a minister,
he married them some weeks ago, and
yet not word was spoken during all
this time by either of the parties most
interested. They are both deaf and
dumb, and the acquaintance which de-
veloped into friendship and afterward
into love and marriage was made while
they were students in the same school.
The young people have not lived to-
gether since they were welded, owing
to difference of religious beliefs and
the strenuous objections of one Of the
families, but both bride and groom
hope for speedy settlement of the mat
ter and their return to each other. The
young lady is said to be quite good look
ing, with q remarkably handsome figure.
1t is not geAerally known that "Ice-
man" Turner, ex-menlber OF congress
from New York city, and present door
keeper of the national house of repre-
sentatives, was one of the principals in
very romantic engagement which re-
suited in his marriage to the charming
Lady who is now SO popular in Washing
ton. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Turner are
natives of New Hampshire, and it was
while on visit to his old home in Went
worth, in 1883, that Mr.. Turner met his
future wife. He was then a Columbia
college freshman. Mr.. Turner had
charge of an entertainment for the ben
eft of one of the local churches, and it
was of course part of his duty to intro
duce the elocutionist of the occasion,
who was Miss Winnie W. Lewis, of La
coma. He fell madly in love, and after
a brief courtship the young couple be-