Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-02-15
MARRIED IN HASTE,
A Ceremony Attended by Unusual
and Exciting Events,

A Ceremony Attended by Unusua
and Exciting Events.
Jose Maria Rivera and Aurelia Pa.
loramares were united in marriage yes
terday by Justice tombstone undo,
slngularly adverse circumstances. The
contracting parties are more or less re-
lated to each other as cousins, within q
degree prohibited on account of con.
sanguinity by the Catholic church. O.
which the families of both are devout
mem bers.
The priest had. in fact, refused to
perform the ceremony and the mother
and sisters of the bride had emphati.
cally prohibited it.
Against this discouraging arrav Of
church and family opposition the groom
had trump card to play. the strong
and active friendship of Capt. Hy Nc
Donald. The license was procured yes-
terday morning and the services of JUS
tice tombstone were retained by Cant.
Mcdonald as best man. The captain
suggested that IN view of the proba BILE
attitude of the BRIDES family the &C.
curity of the knot would be promoted
by the presence of Constable Garfias in
his capacity as peace officer. Ac-
cordlngly carriage was brought around
and was entered by the groom. Can't.
Mcdonald, the justice and consta bic.
VINO were driven to the scene of trou-
BILE.
The carriage was left at a safe
distance from the house and the party
approached stealthily, Constable Gar
fias constituting the vanguard. The
mouse was entered without opposition.
or in fact, observation, and the bride
was found in the best room nervous
and expectant. The rear bad been
brought up by Capt. Mcdonald
who hadjust reached the doorway when
three feminine screams announced the
discovery OF the wedding party bv the
enemy.
Capt. Mcdonald did not 20 in with
the rest of the party. but took position
in front OF the only door to the apart
ment. The mother and daughter,
infuriated beyond the point of reason
ing that it would be easier to tear down
the side of the building than to force an
entrance at that door, made an on
slaught upon the bulwark of the matri-
monial liberty OF Jose and Aurelia. The
captain was attacked on one side by the
mother and on the other by a daughter.
The other daughter thought she saw an
opportunity to enter the marriage
chamber like vessels used to sail under
the Colossus at Rhodes. She made a
mistake. The knees of the captain
came together with the alacrity of
bear trap, caught the insinuating female
just below the ears and held her strug-
CLING and screaming, At this point the
attacking party received reinforcements
in the shape of the family dog, which
inserted his teeth into the calf of the
captains leg.
Heaven bless that blessed son of
gun of dog!" Tor words of similar
meaning) shouted Captain Mcdonald
as he grabbed for the section of his .ee
lately vacated by the animal, and left
thedoor wide open.
Justice tombstone, seeing the barri-
cade thus Unexpectedly carried by the
diversion OF the dog, skipped a part of
the marriage service and hastily eiacu-
lated enough of it to make the affair
pronounce you man and
WIFE,"
Thus, though Capt. Mcdonald had
fallen bravely in defense of the institu-
ton of marriage, he had fulfilled his
and Jose Maria Rivera and
Aurelia Paloromares were added to.
gether and found to amount to one.
The bride returned to the city with
the marriage party. The bridegroom
swears that his eldest born son shall be
named after the brave senior captain.