Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-23
MAY AND DECEMBER Welded.
STORY OF THE UNION OF cARMiN
CLAY WITH ms Wan
kcntucisy's seeond scnsation--The
Iron Heart OF the Old War Horse
sof'cned by his sweet-rnesd
Adopted chnd.

Louisville, Ky. Nov. so.--Sentucky
has furnished an,,ha- sar.,t,an Of 1
..t,,,,,, -. 80,
,n's,'s| 80. sV"iNiai ing
'hat OF the late Brecklnridge-Polard /
affair, but an Interesting romance In p.
which one OF the characters is lust as /
-, -. /
Ano"h as the now NOTORIOUS I
Breckinrldge. Tho sensation was
sprung on The ueonle OF Richmond. !
XIV. seve,,i ds,. a., ,.h.,, ~, an
as" "AV" t''N 90"
"'"''e'iieht was mhue that Henel'i
Cassius Mercellus Clay. 81 years o'e,
and known there and abroad as the
.,o,d w. 10, :, 80, ,.,,,,,.,, aa,.,,
'au secured license anu was perhaps
already married to 15-year-old girl
WIN had hes, t,i. ,,..,.5 mo-. y,a,e aur-
-, , ~,
'eSohu measure A"e'f "es
been the greatest curiosity to ascertain
whether the lily assorted couple have
been reali, ,narriaa No vet hut the
-,
sehera' mas long hNed IN sohtuue at
his country seat at White Hall. In the
Madison county forest. ton miles from
pt,h,,o,,1 "a q. A.. Il, ,t, .n,+ U.h,re
N''N - % ~ '''' ~
'he honeymoon Is 70 pe paeseu' ihe
place is all but inaccessible, for the
old gentleman lonr a urey 10 his own
..,t,,a az,
~ i"''N'''' noe
armed guard around the Nhite hol'
to protect him from persons who, he
has hoiiayna s,,,,ht hie ufe ana the
cnnptr,. az % inn,iv that mo- ON. was
oblr 10 nscertaIn thn absolute truth
AZ ~, s,,rles low a nnot
II ca,,s ar III fexineto. that Gem
oral ciav Ind Waited thar civ and Sc
c,,r,6 a. icons 10 marry Miss Cora
Riebar6son Ills 15-vear-old ward. she
ms nv tv,o wears hsen an inmate of
his family, The general left his vie
ss,ersI ycnrs n,,o Mrs Rlchardsdn
vas Gtiied t,vo y,3irs neo by A railroad
,rSi,, MAR W-biie Hail and the general
to,l- iier doughter 10 his hoale and
,,1,ntea bsr 10 mas since provided der
,,,i,b Inc ,nc,ns H., sacurp a flne educa-
Han for a Young girl. but nobody ever
Imagined that he had any intention OF
n,aiy ,neisinp her his wife. Cora's
nriv ;ctatIves are two brothers, AMI It
d, ,nders,ond they have given their
'.,,S',,t 10 tho mnrriaqe. Tne Eiel - a
,,.,,,',ta Win I'm attractive face OF
h",t,bv country glrI but without
-, hoantv General CLAY drove Into
55,t.h,,,1,'a v,i,b +, npirh.or. Henry 9.
e,es-,n, y,hn sirnod the marriage bond
I.S -, 40 thn Kentucky law re-
VI VIZ S,,,,,tv Tudee Chanault was
q uli,a, - ,,argo,,n The marriage cere-
el's .li, - ho Vac I'M on the day aXud,
Iilo"s, - - 90 "a white Hall.
anu cou '.'i tass,,,, N CLAW has been n
eetiV go a., Ia. many vears In Ken
lolfu ls " ,a,.,siatnr siatesmnn and
tueNy US 4" ls ,nae,,t,ic chnracter who
iatteIly as ~ a,s,r,,st af his fellow men
had tuheh -, ~, ,,,o,. nn,thIeal t,lots
ana was nl'S ~ ~ noe ag,ired In
TO end nus liis' e.iative of
many uu nts,,,i cassi,s c,oodloe. 10
C9lohel Ni'il'i 80 ~, dlrk win
whom nc "a 40 rilen Colonel
which Coiohei uVuu w n,stotncr The
swope IN ~ ~ ~, a., Inc ,,se Of
colonel pecaiue Az ,ip,',,r,,n,ion NJ Ma
the weapon , mnuvr w ~ the gcnoral
aged tutor lhVu HI 9C ~ , ~" sctiyitv
retains ms phs ls5i nent''a .I - st;ii n
to a remarNaple ts'ee, INV ,,.t,ara ha
hard worker on MS es' III r"tdrn,,ent
has beeh ehSuEeu s'nvv n's ts''ra,,',h'
from public ne IN ralsu,s ~ ~ )
bred sheep. ne ~ MeaisrE g. o,,hcr
typical southern man, 1uu - e''' w.
loved or hateu an over H Si,t ~ ~
is son OF me famous mum ,,.. ns s,,a,i
and early settler 1eheral NIe'i ~ ,
and was born IN hentucNy on pe' ~,
10, 1910. lie was graauuleu rom ny
IN lS8s II was while ne WAS s'uueu,
at Yale mat ne hearu Mii,i"iil i-'wgI