Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-10
IN BIG BUSINESS.
Some One Possessed of a Queer
Mania Takes in the Union.
WRITING FICTITIOUS MARRIAGES.

Tried His Scheme the Argus a Week
Ago and Then Turned His Attention to
the Union With Better Success-A Con-
temptible Practice on the Part of Some
Unknown Parsonage.
Henry Mannheim, popular employee of |
the National Clay company, was married |
in South Rock Island on Wednesday |
evening to Miss Mary McCarty. The
ceremony took place at the parental
home of the bride, where they have ar +,
ranged 10 reside for the present, and was |
Witnessed by large sssemblsge of init |
mate friends and relatives. Congrstula- |
tons were heartily given. and a sumptu-
Gus wedding repsst ives done Justice to, |
after which on went the dance and Joy |
was uncOnfned. The happy couple were |
the recipients of many ine presents.
In Big Business.
The above interesting announcement
appeared in this mornings Union. 1t is
interesting because of the fact that the |
parties to the event chronicled are well
known in Rock Island, and equally inter-
esting because there is no truth in the |
announcement in the Union. The morE>
ing paper has evidently fallen victim to
a put~up job. that was first attem Oted on
the ARGUS Week age. From appear
snces some individual is possessed Of a
mania for Gmusing himself by writing up
1ctictious weddings of this sort fer The
daily papers. A week ago today the
ARGUS received q suspicious looking
but well written communication signed by
the supposed groom in the case and
which detailed st length the events sur
rounding the ceremony which united an
employe of the brick factory other than
| the one mentioned in the Union, and an
| equally well known young lady of South
Rock Island township. The article spoke
of the large number of guests present
''intimste friends and relatives of the
contracting parties"-the congratuls>
tions. music, feast and dancing which
followed the ceremony; spoke of the
bride as teacher in the South Rock Isl-
and schools, am the groom an employe
Of the brick works. and wound up by
saying "the young couple took the Rock
Island street Car for Moline on their wed-
ding tower"
Aroused Suspicion.
The fact that the name OF the officist-
ing clergyman or civil authority perform
ing the ceremony was scrupulously
omitted, aroused the suspicion Of the
ARGUS, and immediate inquiry at the
county clerks Office brought the assurance
that no marriage license had been issued
to the parties mentioned. Satisfied upon
this and further investigation that some
one was trying to play horse" the COM
municatieh was laid away TO await de-
velopnents. These came today in the
proof that the somebody who had at
tempted to iuyeigle the ARGUS had sue
ceeded in quilting in the Union. Who
ever the individual is, or what be bis
motive. tie ARGUS is unable to CON.
ceive
Some one who is cleverly concesling
his identity is entertaining himself in a
highly edifying fashion, to the utter dis
regard of the persons whose names be
uses and the newspapers whose conf
dence he is making practice of trifling
with. It is most contemplate business
on somebody's part, the same somebody
probably who succeeded in doing the
same style Of work about q year ago in
South Rock Island.