Grand Rapids herald., 1892-02-19

OF her. He bad taken great pnins e
see That she was weif dressed. Thai shn
.eat INTO socs<Iy and had good tme-
NJ. skinner VAS present when Alice
vas married his daughter une mar
Eied st TIE sasn~ time. Mrs. HsIaea
wzs not present At the Wedding. IL ne
remembered rightly she refused to al
tend- 4 reception wAs held after she
wedding. Tie witness remembered
when Mrs. Brown disd and heard SIR.
bfoun make arsmsrk which would m
eteate bis fsellng IN regard 10 his wife.
Three days alter the funeral Mr.. Skln-
aer met Hr. Rfoua on the sii<vaIk in
front of his house and asked him how
no tell. he replied, ~ feel as happy -
sn Irishnsza IA potato field"
Mr. Russell made formal motion
mat the evidence OF Mr.. skinner ~
strleksn out The court denied the
motion. The attorneys for tie propon-
ent refused % crossed xasnlue the viii
ness and ho MAS dismissed.
Mrs. Bsewn's slater Tsssiass.
Ars- skinner. sister Of Mrs. Brown.
WAS the next svorn- She tod OF her
acquaintance with Mr.. Brown before he
married her sister and coFf0borxted the
testimony of her husband IN regard 10
the relations which existed Between
husband. wife and daughter. Alice
WAS : great fsvorste with her father
and he was proud of her. She knew
tins because when Alice wxs dressed an
he called her ''p<sy.s That was hie
pet name for Alice. The witness
recoliected when Maudic, daughter Of
Alice, died. Ii was the only time
she ever knew Mr.. Brown to shed tesrs.
He ssid he could as easily have parted
with either OF his own daughters. 4frn.
skinner Was present during Mn.
Browns sickness and death. When the
tirst came Mrs. Halnes was there. but
went away shortly after. just before
Mrs. Brown died Mrs. Skinner vent a
Mr.. Rrowu, told him that his v.fs
could not live and asked him 20 teIe-
graph tor Alice, who was residing In
Denver. He refused to do 90. She
then tried to induce him to 90 into h,s
wife's room, assuring him that ehe
could not live forty-eight hours. He
said be was blind and could not soc her.
Mre. Skinner told him he could take
hold of his wife's hand. but he said that
would do him no good. Some years
previous to this the witness said she
was at the Brown residence when Mr..
Brown mad received . letter from Mar
garetta censuring HIM because he had
done more ior Ahce than heshad. fof'l
her. Mr.. Brown said that he would
give anything IN the world If Margar.s
etta's disposition was Ike Alice's. Il
was about fifteen years before Browns
death that ne began te change in his |
tIeatmens toward his wife and dauRE-
ter. he had told the witness that |
had told him that Alice had |
said that she wished her mother would |
outlse nim. ABOUT seven years ago |
Mr. Brown WAS III the habit OF going to /
6randviiie and spending the night once |
eecn week. Wnen ne returned ne va !
siway: morose ana suiky. Margsretta
visstea ner motner: Wniie Mrs. Skinner /
vas % ar. brown's, and treated her
very coioIy. sitting IN the house 1eayly I
An nour WITH ner wraps on. She did |
not KISS ner mother or act IS il she was
kiad 10 see her. Once she visited Mrs. |
names 10 company with Mr.. Brown. /
We. names Kissed her father and I
seemco Kiao 20 see MN. When in the
nouse sne sat on DIS lap. put her arm