New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-30
DESERTED ONA WEDDING-EVE
A TELEGRAM TELLS OF TIE SECRET MAR
RAGE OF HIS BRIDE.
THE ASTONIsHED LAWYER RECEIVES "oNi

THE ASTONISHED LAWYER RECEIVES WoRp
WHEN ABOUT TO START FOR HER HOME.
Samuel j. Macdonald. Assistant city Counsel IN
Newark was TO be married next TUESDAY In TN
cinnat TO a Young woman living with her parents
in that city and he had arranged to start LOT IN
cinnau today with Charles :. smith ana frd"N
Hunt the former to act as his best man ihN''"-
tions had been sent out to his friends III '>'"-
Jersey. and the fact Of the coming welding was
widely known Mr. Macdonald sitting in MS
office in Newark yesterday at II a m. when
messenger boy entered with telegram. 1t read
as follows:
Cincinnati sept oo--Mv Dear MI. Macdonald am
paned ana mortified beyond expression 10 Inform you mat
Anna secretly married yetldav afternoon To MI
Huntor. Of Wyoming. Mrs. Har~r Il comnle'ey pros
,ro,od JOHN w HARPER
Tho ,rossacc was \ hard blow to the wlo
had been filed with pleasant visions OF his coming
hapniness The news was soon hinted about city
Hall and the lawyers offices. and great sympathy
was expressed for the innocent victim
Mr. Macdonald Is under forty years old Is well
educated good writer. and refined In MS man
ners He is a member Of several cIupS' ana i
we'll known in Newark society II has been his
habit to spcnd the sumner months at AsburY
Park. 1t was there that he mot Miss Anna Ross
Uarper a year ago. Mr. Macdonald has visited
bis doncee at her home in Cincinnati ana h"r
parents wer~ fayorably impressci with MIN am
r,,1e m ohioctiou 10 hi suit. Correspondence
between th. couple was kept up 10 the last mo-
mon, and there was nothing in Miss Harper )
letters 70 give her bctrothci the least hint OF the
alienation Of her affections The ARRANGEMENTS FOR
Tho wedding were discussed In these letters inc
ceremony was to take place in tn" First 'ntar'"h
church. in Cincinnati. noXi Tu"sdry ana 4 reception
vas 70 follow al the Grand Hotel. "h'r" INC
vounr woman lived MI Macronhld h"h '''"@'n
for his nreecnt 70 tho bril-" diamond mo- ~Hi''
md many OF his Newark AMI A~hrry Park Hi"l'.
had nurchascd handsome pr"sents 70 %" Srn' 7"
,hc bride Arrangements hsi also been nfn' '''
,ho rosd.nce of thc couple AT No 70 Park f"''.
m Nc,y,rL and the 90 rds of Invitation 'lrTsn"i ~
,vednosdavs for the at homes OF the prosp'e'lN'
bride. , ,.,
The Uarpers live at the Grand io'ei l '"
,trn,u and are weIl-to-do The dausiter' Anna
is vyou educated and has travelled extensively h
l,urope and thi. country. IL WAS while sh' was
in tho south recently. n Wa learned >'~'i''}t
that sl, met j. g. Hunter. who D. no" h'I H.-
l,rd N+S invited iu dfi'Yi ITO 'iilF- -
ne took rooms at d.. hotel "n Nein"s'"l LIS ~,
vas I'm MISC Hurp"r's company s"F'I"i 'inh'..
her parents had no sisi4'lp" OF " ''"''' "'"'
moni b.tN cen The Two. ,
li.,atch from Cincinnati ycsietday afternoon
Avs that at go o'cock on Thursday 't'fns f"hl"i
and Anna presented themselves before Mi- an"
To- tne Theatre. 80 objection was niaio. ana nc
lnrlrf. ii That VAS th' last seen of fh'i1 \ lrN
hoi,rs later . telegram arrived from Hunter say
ing that he and Anna had been married ny lh'
The train for chicago Mr.. Hunter is described AS
, ouicf handsome Young man Of good dGli"es
# Is Understood that BE- has ranch ~ Rawlings.
Wyo. ana originally came from california.