Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-22
CONNUBIALITIES.

The man who owns frankly that he is
afraid, yet has courage enough sometimes to
get married.
A Sioux City bridegroom. who delayed the
ceremony by taking a parting glass too
much, was held under a town pump and
cooled off. The bride-to-be diligently worked
the handle. oil
Mrs. p. r. Barnum, widow Of the famous
Snowman, who was lately married to a
Greek gentleman. is said to be seeking a
divorce, his boasted estates having turned
out to be visionary.
A court in Spokane, Wash, dispensed a
vigorous article of justice when Judge and
jury sent to the penitentiary anman who de-
serted his wife for another woman and de-
clared the conveyance to her of a valuable
property null and void. H.
A Cleveland, KY, clergyman refuses to
perform the marriage ceremony on Sunday.
He holds that no other legal transaction can
be made on Sunday and stand the test of the
courts, and that, as marriage is a legal trans
action, it cannot be legally performed on
Sunday.
An Irish lover living near Ballycastle.
County Antrim, Ireland, recently put the fol-
lowing explicit address on a letter to his
sweetheart, who lives in Manayunk, Pa:
Seville Schofeld's Mill Office, Main street,
Manayunk, Philadelphia, United States of
America, in care of Mr.. Edward Clegg. to
give to Michael Hopkins for Mary Flynn"
Mrs. Thomas c.. Sloane of New York. widow
of the millionaire carpet man, who died in
1890, has decided to forfeit the income on
$500, 900, to marry James l.. Barclay. The
money was well Invested and paying Mrs.
Sloane $40, 900 a year. Under the deceased
Mr.. Sloane's will, however, the widow could
not have both the income and a new husband.
Mrs. Sloane had to drop enc or the other, 80
she relinquished the money.
A lightning act was per-
formed ar KOkOmD Ind tha ofhar iaNy that
IL believed to break the record. The feat
Of changing her name three times in three
minutes was successfully accomplished by
Olive Smith. At 2:55 o'clock she went into
court and obtained a divorce from Francs
M. Trader; from there she repaired to the
clerks office and secured a license to marry
Joseph N. Tyler, and before the ink was dry
on either the divorce or the license Squire
Loop was prdnouncing the m that
made her Mrs. Tyler. In the divorce her
maiden name of Smith was restored, giving
her the three names in three minutes.
One evening last week two young persons,
accompanied by witnesses. entered a justice
Office at Atlantic City, N. J. After chatting
a few moments the magistrate asked the
couple to stand up. The girl stood up and
was astonished when the young man re-
manned seated. He declared that he had not
the slightest intention Of marrying the girl.
He said that a few weeks ago the girl asked
him If he would esteem her less II she
popped the question:" and he said no. Then
she proposed to him and he said "yes" in
fun. He said he regarded the whole affair
as a joke and refused to join in a ceremony.
The party retired in confusion.
Columbia, Mo, was the scene of a Loeb
myar romance recently. Charlie Baldwin.
who played the role Of L%ochinvar, did not
come out Of the east, but he came on a horse
and rode for a bride. Her name was Maud
Fleming, very young and fair to see. While
she was at a party given at the house of a
near the home OF her parents at
Holt Summit, east OF Columbia, young Bald
win rode up on a horse and called for her at
the door. Miss Fleming stepped outside,
and suddenly those in the house heard a
furious clatter Of hoofs IN the road. Rush
ing to the door, they found that Maud had
flown, and so had Charlie Baldwin. He had
taken her behind him on his horse, and was
speeding away toward lsuiton, Mo. Here
they endeavored to s~ecureia license, but were
at first refused on account of the youthful
age of the girl. Later, however, the written
consent OF the brides parents was secured
by a friend of Baldwin's and the marriage
ceremony was performed.
The Goddess Of Liberty is going to enter
the holy bonds of matrimony, Not the ideal
but the one whose face adorns the
silver dollars turned out by tine United States
mint. In private life she is Mics Anna VIII
Williams, and she isq+a Philadelphia
teacher. In 1876 the Treasury depart
nent engaged the services of George Morgan,
IN engraver and designer, who fer years was
an attache of the royal mint Of England.
Hi5 first assignment was the creation OF a
iesign for the silver dollar about to be issued.
He completed the reverse side first, hoping
the time to be inspired with a suitable de-
sign for the Goddess of Liberty, which, all
greed, was most appropriate fer the diverse
side OF the coin. Thomas Eakins, the well
Known artist, was a friend Of Morgan, and
'iso a visitor at the house of Miss Williams
PARENTS. 1t was through his influence that
Miss Williams was induced to pose for Mr..
Morgan. The sittings took place at the home
Mr.. Eaklns, in Mount Vernon street. in
November, 1876. Miss Williams has stead
'astly refused to disclose the ideutity OF her
.ancs.