Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-09
C0NNtnsALITIES.

William Trainer of Portsmouth, o., bor-
rowed a teaaiEof horses to elope with Miss
Williams, bat theiownsr of the horses inter-
| posed and Bill was hustled to Jail and the
| wedding postponed
Mrs, Ella Frybarger of Shelbyville, ILL.,,
widow. fair. and 49, and of large means,
broke the winters dullness of the town by
elop'ng to the village Of Tower Hill last
week and marrying John Ballard, her hostler
aged only 90. ...
In the fourteenth century fashion came
into vogue in France, Spain and Italy of
two wedding rings being used In this mar
r:age ceremony. They were connected by a
chain, and one was placed on the finger of
the bride, thu other on that of the groom.
By all accotnts the young duke and
duchess of Marlborough are exhibiting an al
most amusing devotion to one another: Like
Mr.. Blake and his bride in Mr.. Gilberts
ballad, they appear to spend all their time
y .teQnngblal foRdlnss and affectElanate rec
Mr.. and md Mrs. szathmary of zsombolyf
Hungary, recently celebrated the one hun
dreth anniversary OF their marriage, They
should be authority ON the, Tennysonian
sentiment, "Better fifty. years of Europe
than cycle of Cathay,", since they have
tried it twice. .gs
.Ex-United States Senator and Mrs R. E.
Withers of Virginia celebrated their. golden
wedding last Monday, and at the same time
their youngest daughter, Miss Virginia Ce-
session Withers, was married to John G.
Terry, son of General William Terry of
Virginia. The marriage of the younger
coUple possesses more than the ordinary
amount of romance generally attached to
such affairs The ex-senator Is now 75.years
of age. , -
Ex-Presideut Harrison in his intention of
taking to himself second life partner seems
to have set the pace for all the old gallants.
Now Dame Rumor, who first gets onto all
these love affairs is connecting the name
of Chauncey M. SDepew with that of
most charming maiden If all reports are
of after-dinneri takers is deeply smitten,
too. The lady of his choice has not seen
as many summers nor winters as has Gen
eral Harrison's affianced. Instead Of 40 and
over she Is reported to be not quite 1S. In
Dr. Depew's case also his relatives are kept
real busy in their efforts to prevent
match
well-preser3ed old couple are Mr.. and
Mrs. b. Howard Smith Of Gouyeneur N. Y,
who recently celebrated the 10th anniversary
of their marriage. Mr. Smith was born In
the year 1900, and his wife is six years his
Junior Both were bern in Vermont, but
went to Gouverneur when they were young
They now indfH difficult to hear easily. 9th
erwise their faculties are exceedingly well
preserved. or the, two, Mr.. Smith is perhaps
glasses, he can read fine print without them,
and often dces Few, indeed, are the cou- |
pies who are able to observe their 10th mar
riage anniversary together. |
An cid couple, both past 70 years of age, |
were remarked In Holland, M!ch., a few days |
ago under remarkable circumstances. They |
were first married in that place half CEN
tury ago. In 1854 the husband, Car Gid
dings. brother OF Ex-Governor Gddngs of
New Mexico, went to California, intending to
send for his wife and family to join him
when his circumstances permitted. The cou-
pie corresponded regularly for three or four
years, and then serious financial reverses dis
heartened Mr.. Glddings and he ceased to
write to his wife. She. after waiting several
years, procured divorce, by advice of her
father, in order that he might give her
house in her own name. She never remar-
rled Giddings' fortunes took a turn for the
better and he! atdaired considerable wealth.
He learned of the divorce and married Cal
Iforna womarn HIS second wife died fifteen
years ago. AsfeR weeks ago Giddings re-
turned to MlSfigaiR. hunted up his first wife,
and they wefF 'remarried. t''."@