Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-18

of pink carnations with maidenhair.
Mrs. Lopez wore handsome toilet OF
black peau de sole with duchesse lace
and diamonds. The bride was given
away by her brother, Mr.. Adolph LO-
PEE. After the ceremony the guests
drove to the Lopez home in Westmin-
ster place, which was decorated with
pink and white roses, chrysanthemums
and carnations, festoons of smilax,
studded with blossoms, arranged in the
parlors and in the dining-roOm, from
the chandeliers to the room corners.
After the reception the bride and groom
drove Immediately to their own home,
| 1921 Terry avenue, which has been
/ fitted aud furnished for them by Mrs.
| Lopez. Some guests who were in at
| tendance upon this wedding from out
! of town were: Mrs. LangdOn Jones OF
Kenneth, Mo; Mr. and Mrs. w. Frank
Street of Chicago.-St. Louis Republic.
| The REGISTER takes pleasure in voic-
| ing its congratulations to the young
| people just entered upon the most SER
| iOus as well as the happiest period of
life. May everything good be given
unto them.
The heirs of the late Socrates New
man are still airing the family trou-
bles in the st. Louis circuit court. A
few weeks ago Elsie w. Newman filed
suit for divorce, making all sorts of
charges against her husband, VIM. A.
Newman. Last Tuesday the husband
filed a cross-bill, in which he intimates
that Mrs. n. has not at all times prov
en- an angel. Wednesdays GL0be-Dem-
Ocrdt says: William a. Newman filed
an answer and crOss-bill yesterday 9n
the divorce suit instituted against him
few weeks ago by his wife, Elsie w.
Newman. Mr.. Newman contends that
he Is the injured and innocent party.
He takes exceptions to the petition
with respect to the number OF children
that were born to them, saying that
they number five instead of four, and
gives the name and age of each. He
admits that several years ago he gam
bled and bet on horse races, but claims
that he did not do so to excess. He
says that the plaintiff accompanied
him to the race course, and was aware
of the fact, and that she freely and
fully partOOk of the profits thereof,
but never contributed to the losses.
He AYERS that she never discouuteuqnc-
ed the same, but encouraged the de-
PENDANT to continue his course. He
denies that he threw away any of his
property in this way. He says that
he was earning a salary of $4,000 a
year, and that his wife encouraged him
in extravagant living, expanding large
sums of money for jewelry and in the
keeping of servants and in giving
champagne dinners and suppers. He
also admits that he drank to excess at
times, but declares that the plaintiff
drove him to it by her unwifely con-
duct, as she compelled him for five
years to occupy separate sleeping
apartments. He says that for years
his wife has insisted upon preparing
their daughter Josephine for a career
on the stage, against his objections.
The defendant denies that he entered
into a combination with his father or
brother to get possession of the plain
tiff's property, but says that the prop
erty was sold to the defendants father,
Socrates Newman, for $4,000, and
that the money was expended by the
plaintiff in pursuit of her extravaganza
habits. The defendant denies that he
has failed TO support the plaintiff and
her children or that they were depend
ent on the defendants mother. He
enters a denial to her charges that he
at various times threatened to kill her
or that he choked her. He says that,
although on several occasions he be-
came exasperated by her conduct and
resorted to stimulants and lntoxicants
in consequence, he has not partaken
of intoxicants of any description since
September 80 last, is now entirely So
Der and industrious and intends to re-
main so; also, that he is able and will
ing to support and educate the chill |
dren. He asks for divorce from the |
plaintiff and the custody of the chill
dren."
Last Thursday, Y. V. O'Baunon, a |
farmer who lives about fifteen south |
of here, drove into town having with |
him an individual who gave the name
of Emanuel Rogue. In the wagon
with them was a very singularly con-
structed vehicle. Rogue called it a |
tricycle. and said that it was of his
own manufacture. There were two
large wheel in the rear about the size
and make generally used on a light
buggy; the front wheel was something
like two feet in diameter. The other
parts of the vehicle were in keeping
with the wheels, aud the mechanism
as a whole presented a sight, uncouth,
primitive and clumsy. 1t was provid-
ed with pedals aud handle-bars like the
railroad velocipede and both were us
ed in propelling the vehicle. The con-
Meeting bars were of heavy and unfin-
ished timbers, and the bolts and screws
that held the several parts together
were heavy and numerous. The big
hind wheels were of immaculate white,
but beyond this, the wheel bore no
evidence of the painters art-the nat
ural wood predominating save where
out the original grain. 1t was verify
a tricycle., bicycle, velocipede or what
not. the like of which one is not apt
soon to see again. Rogue is appar-
emily man sixty years of age, and his
arms ana feet are badly crippled
from rheumatism. He stated that he
was making the trip from Hot Springs
to New York on the wheel which he
had constructed before leaving the
Springs. He reached Mr.. O'Bannon's
farm the evening before, completely
exhausted, and unable to proceed far
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