The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-19
MRS, CLARK.
MISS GROVER,

this union was that up to u short time
prior to the ceremony the young lady
was unable 10 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 II Jacket switching contest, the
only deviation from the usual mode of
procedure being that in this particular
case tho jackets were dispensed with.
The victor was to have the girl. This
affair was II double barreled failure, for
not only did both men sink exhausted to
the floor, bnt when the cause of the
trouble heard of the occurrence she re-
fused to receive either. After u time,
however. she relentcd and proposed a
skating contest on the lake. Thousand
witnessed it. On the first night Royce
was given Il start, and after three hours
Parsons caught him. The next night
Royce failLl TO Overtake Parsons, and
the latter was accordingly adindgcd the
victor.
Another unusual wedding occurred
recently i'll Tekonsha, Mich, when an
admission fee Of twenty-five cents was
charged and Che proceeds applied to
church charities. Quite II snug sum
was realized, rs almost every ono in tho
village attended. The contracting parties
were Herman $. Teller, president of the
village of Tckonsha, aud Mrs. Nora
Clark. nee Taife, a well known and ex-
tremely popular milliner of the same
place. The combined weight of bride and
groom is 3Sj pounds, of which the lady
contributes l75 pounds. This is the sec
Ond matrimonial venture of each, and
they will start housekeeping with ST..
children, only one of whom is a Clark.
Rev. f. F. Newell performed the cere-
mony under an arch which was hand
somely decorated for the occasion.
Perhaps the most quiet courtship aud
marriage Oh record was that of Miss
Alice Maud Hatch and Mr.. JOSEPH
Y%aniaucr, both of New York city.
other for years; they have spanked"
during much of that time, just AS al
most every one has done. Yankaucr
asked Miss Hatch t o become his bride;
she consented, they sought IL minister,
he married them some weeks ago, and
yet not IA word was spoken during all
this time by either of tho parties most
Interested. They are both deaf and
dumb, and the acquaintance which de-
vcloped into friendship and afterward
into love and marriage was made while
they were students in tho saine school.
The young people have not lived to-
gcther since they were welded, owing
I difference Of religious beliefs and
the strenuous objections of one of the
families, but both bride and groom
hope for n speedy settlement of the mat
ter and their return to each other. The
young lady is said to be quite good look
ing, with a remarkably handsome figure.
1t is not generally known that Ice
man Turner, ex-member of congress
from New York city, and present door
keeper of the national house of repre-
sentatives, was II of the principals in
a very romantic engagement which re-
suited in his marriage to the charming
lady who Is now 50 popular in Washing
ton. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Turner are
natives of New Hampshire, and it was
while on Il visit to his old homo in Went
worth, in 1883, that Mr.. Turner met his
future wife. He was then q Columbia
college freshman. Mr.. Turner had
charge of an entertainment for the hem
eft of one of the local churches, and it
was of course a 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-