Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-03-07

took place on the first or parlar floor;
the ceremony being performed in what
is known as the East india room.
Comte Paul Ernest Boniface de Cas-
tellane belongs to one of the oldest
families in France, its patents dating
back to the year LOCO. Prior to that
the heads of the family We're princes
of Provence and yassals of Charlie
imagine. The family succession in
cludeS many chevalierS of the Ordre
de st. Esprit. The comte's great
grandfather was Marshal de CasteI-
lane, who was a famous soldier bur-
ing the first empire, and his grand
Louise Philippe. His father, The
present marquis de Castellane, was a
monarchist deputy in 1871, and since
that time has been we'll known as Il
literary man, his works ON modern
French history ranking among the
classic writings. The marquise de
Castellane, mother Of the count, is a
niece of the cOmte de Jiigne, whose
family is one of the most prominent
socially in Paris. The count was IS
years old on February II last. The
Paris residence of the marquis and the
connie de Castellane is at No. 1 Boule-
ward de la Tour-Maubourg, and their
country residence is the chateau de
RochecottO, LORRAINE, where the great
Talleyrand, who was an uncle of the
present marquis, lived for twenty
years. The fortune of the marquis
consists of land valued at 100000
francs. The connie de Castellane is a
member of the Cercle de l'Union. He
is a good horseman and a clever
draughtSman.
Miss Gould's Previous affairs.
Ever since Miss Anna Gould has
been out of p%inaforeS she has been one
of the most sought after young ladies
in America. She is only u years old,
a slight, dark, reserved girl, of medium
height, with big, soft, brown eyes and
a a of raven black hair, but she
has already contributed many chap
tiers to the page of romance. Miss
Anna was educated at Miss Green
Ough'S female seminary in Boston, and
vas there at the time of her fathers
death in 1893, but was SO modest and
u~nassuming that few of the other pu-
pills knew she was the daughter of one
of the richest men in America. 1T
was while in deep mourning for her
father and in November, 1898, that
she was attracted by Henry NJ. Wood
ruff, a good looking young actor at
tached to Charles Frohman's company.
George Gould was bitterly opposed to
the marriage, but relented when young
Woodruff declared that he would leave
the stage and study law at Yale-a
good purpose, which he carried out
and is still pursuing. The papers at
the time We're full Of the prospects of
Il wedding, and every obtainable de-
tail of the young peoples private and
personal history was duly set forth
The matter a however, allowed to
drop, and with good reasons, too, for
Oh January %. 1894, the engagement
Miss Anna Gould to William NJ.
was announced. Mr.. Harri-
man was a gentleman of position and
and great was sOciety's Won !
der then, when on May, Is, 1894, news
arrived from Paris that the Gould
engagement had been
broken by common consent and that
tine heireSs was once more fancy free.
AS if distracted by such attention and
publicity, it was next announced that
Miss Gould would retire to 4 convent,
but thinking better of such imnure-
ment she sought safety in flight and
returned TO New York last October.
The prosecuted young lady had not
been home two weeks before the quon-
lam actor and present law student,
Woodruff, was again trOtted out. At
-er that Miss Gould has been enjoying
comparative Immunity from matri-
nonial gossip for some time. until
Count de Castellane's attentions be-
came the gossip of society and duly
their way into print, where they
we're naturally regarded with some
suspicion. 1t was not until the count
herself gave currency to the re-
ports that they were finally accepted
is being based on facts. The young
appeared in the drawing
of Sir Roderick Cameron's house
me Wednesday afternoon and an
bounced to several ladies and gentle
men there assembled that they were
engaged to be married. This was the
positive confirmation of the;
'umOr which had been circulating in
for some time.
Miss Could vas left one-siXth of the
100000 estate accumulated by the
of Wall street and a ~conserva-
i've estimate of her share is S15.O 0O.-
1t is said that the bride has set
led upon her husband the sum of s.
100000. The brides fortune would,
however, have been sadly depleted had
of the members of the Gould fam
~ refused to sanction the marriage.
Gould's will having tied a string
o the legacies.