Iron County register., 1898-12-01

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Many of our readers know The Pike
family who live in st. Louis and have
had summer home in the Valley for
many years. The following appeared
in Mondays Republic telegraphed from
Cincinnati: "a prepossessing young
lady entered the Palace Hotel Saturday
and registered as Miss Bennett Pike,
st. Louis. She paid two days board
in advance. No sooner had she been
assigned to a room and comfortably
located than she addressed strange
request to the editor of the Cincinnati
Enquirer. In substance, it was that
she wanted husband badly. Her re-
quest could not be complied with at
once, but several reporters called sing
ly shortly after and represented them
| selves as the man wanted. The young
| lady said that she was employed as a
| typewriter in the ST. Louis branch of
| the American Cotton Company of New
York, but had left her position in the
| former city, and was en- route to the
metropolis to accept a position with
the principal house. She did not like
to enter life there without helpmate,
as, according to her theory, a married
woman enjoys greater privileges and
has some standing. She had heard
that Cincinnati was OverfiOwing with
young marriagable bachelors, and she
wanted one of them. She was willing
to pay as high as $3.50 to the right
man. After the ceremony he had the
right to go his way with the money.
She was to take the marriage certif-
cate and proceed to Gotham. a num-
ber of applicants for the $3.50 passed
in review, but none was satisfactory.
She is still single. The girl appears
to be thoroughly in earnest in her
strange whim. She was perfectly
ladylike, however, and appeared to be
laboring under nervous strain" In
reference to the foregoing the Republic
of same date says: ''Mrs. Abbie Pike,
the widowed mother of the young
woman who has been acting strangely
in Cincinnati, was utterly at a loss for
an explanation of her daughters con-
duct. When sean at the family resi-
dence, 1877 Windsor place, Mrs. Pike
could hardly believe the story, though |
she had feared that everything was not
as it should be. Until recently she |
said, Bennett was employed as a |
stenographer in the Office of Parlin &
Orendorff, cotton brokers, at 61S North |
Main street. Her health failed and |
she was compelled to resign her posi-
tion. have three other daughters, |
all of whom are teaching school in st. |
Louis, and Bennett concluded that she !
would like to take course in normal |
school. She persuaded me to permit |
her to attend the normal at Cape Cir |
Sy5eau.' i took her to Cape Girar-
deau myself early last week. l en-
gagged board for her at the house of an
excellent Southern lady and was well |
pleased with her environments. did |
not have the slightest idea that any
thing was wrong until yesterday morn
ing when l received letter from Cape |
Girardeau. 1t was from Secretary
Early of the school, stating that Ben
nett had suddenly left that place. |
was surprised, but my apprehensions
were somewhat relieved shortly after
when | received telegram from Ben
nett that she was in Cincinnati. A
little later / got a letter from her.
She said that she had discovered that
she was not fitted for teaching, and
concluded to accept an offer from a
Cincinnati firm to act as their steno-
grapher. She asked me if it would be
advisable to remain in Cincinnati or
return to St. Louis, saying that she
also had an offer of $75 month from
a firm here. Bennett went to Cincin-
natl from Cairo. On the way from
Cape Girardeau to Cairo she met Mr.
a conductor on the Iron
Mountain Railroad, and who is also an
old friend of the family. Mr.. An
drews went with her as far as Cairo
and then placed her in charge of an
other coductor, friend of his. Ben
nett is of an extremely nervous dispo
sition, and did not think she would
have sufficient courage to venture so
far away from home. While working
downtown, she nearly always had
some one to come home with her in the
evening and if she did not she was in
a very nervous state when she re-
turned, usually running all the way
from the car Mrs. Pike says she
will go to Cincinnati Immediately.
Miss Pike is named after her father,
the late Judge Bennett Pike, who for
years was attorney for the Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain railroads.
She is 19 years old. She was graduated
from the High School three years ago,
and afterward took a course at busi-
ness college," Tuesdays Republic con-
tanned the further Information that
Miss Pike returned Monday morning
to her home in St. Louis. She could
give no very satisfactory reason for
leaving Cape Girardeau, but said the
reports telegraphed from Cincinnati
were greatly exaggerated.
Personal.