The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-08-23
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST %. 1898.
wIeHrMAH ON THE WATER.
F. II. wightmau and Emma Snow Downs
karrisd on tho Deep-E, aiding
Nevada Statues by Way
of tho Sea.

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Of the Sea.
The following story appears in the
San Francisco Chronicle:
A towbost marriage sodk place yes.
.er,iay afternoon outside the heads.
The. PARTIES :, were Eredrick More
Wightman. % years of age, aud Miss
Emma Snow Downs Young lady jaSt
under the mark Of sweet Is. The
contracting parties are from the sage
brush state Of Nevada. They we're
joined in the holy bonds of matrimony
hysEaptsin Gilbert H. Brokaw, who
was in command of the tug Reliance
ON this memorable trip. Five repnta-
ble residents Of this city Witnessed the
ceremony on The n.
This sea niiaryisge is the latest up to
date. IL 10 70 sonie degree " runaway
match. According TO the story which
the fb,idegre.m tells. the Law Of the
state 81 Nevada would not allow him
" wed his lady lore in the town Of
Loveloek 70. Hamboidt county,
Nevada, beeause the !, Dung lady Lad
not reached The. age Of sixteen years.
The two ayree that her parents have.
no objection To the aniaq et the ptir.
Wighth,an says that he did not sin-
form his father an Chufciill county,
Nevada, that he wal going 70 come "
this city and marry. butShe knows il
will be all light. .
True love did not rHn so smoothly,
with the pair. When Wightman ar
rived in this city yesterday ia .co,a-
pany with the young lady be went to
the Russ House, where the two vi
ed separate apartments. They after
ward went to the county clerks Office
and wanted = marriage license. There
Mirs Downs il recorded ~ stating that
-he was about 10 years of age. although
she l,oks 70 be %. The license Of
course could not be granted.
Wightman proved W b. q u Of
resources. John Reed. y plain grocer
Of Loveiock, had given u letter Of in
PRODUCTION sosAccounsant Cooke and
q. w. Wesgate Of Moore, Ferguson
4 Co., On, California street. and shese
young gentlemen we're all attention
Did he want y tug 70 make n trip out.
si,ie.the headsi Certainly. Sprekels
toEboat company was notified by tele-
ploas aiia the tug, Reliance placed
under waiting orders at 2 O'Clock In
the afternoon. In the meantime tie
prospective bridegroom as.d his lady
EBve.aste II che nsw city hall qhesita-
ting between the2 possibility Of q mar
riage' license and y civil marriage con.
tract. All this time the tug was
"hooked ON" and only needed the bell
and dis casting of of, the lines to start,
Two hours went by and NO sign
of the bridal party. Things began 10
lopk dubious when, ~ 4.l5 o''cloek, y
one horse ciiaise drive quickly down
the deck and out 'yot the pair. Two
mihAtArssfter ;si.ss sayrw ss .s.esming
down. the hay ~ full speed.
THE wedding party we're comforta.
bly, leaked after in the cabin. and
everybody else. csme III for a good
share, q attention. As the tug passed
beyond tie Heads The protective bride
b. gan. 70 feel the terrVrs of ses-sick-
ness: She was spmnkx but she telt, III.
ff,esGfs sas,slowed doxn . little ~
help 'matiess:
| When the whistling buoy was
reached Captain Brokaw made the
tarn,and keaded the tug for port. This
points is three maine leagues from
land and the Mecca for runaway
couples. Everything Of a marital ma
tufe.ihat takes place on the high ssas
beyond this roiut is legal where II
t,roiieily licensed captain gives his
sanction.