The age-herald., 1898-02-23
\ SOLAR PLEXUS BLOW Groom Pounced Upon by a Wo-
 man Not To Be the Bride. HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN Hell Hath No Fury Like Woman scorued"
 Was Forcibly Demonstrated in Col t.s ored Circles at Florence.
special to rhe Age-Herald.

Florence Feb 22-The colored circles have been treated to genuine sensation in the way of a marriage that was at once exciting and amusing. Lum Simmons, who is an employe of the fetlidzer factory, has been contemplating marrying woman named Lula Robinson for several weeks and has been annoyed by the attentions of another woman manned Alabama cnow. The latter was warned to cease her at tentions she would be locked up, and couple of weeks ago evidently dropped the matter. The wedding was scheduled to take place, and a large number of frdends of the couple assembled at the home or the brides mother to witness the eere- mony.
 The preacher had taken his place and had proce eded with the marriage cere- mony as far as the portion when the spec tators are called upon to state their ob- iections. if any there be- Just at this j,Inc- ture the Crow woman burst in the front room and called upon the preacher to stop the deal. She was ignomniousay eJected by the guests but before the marriage could proceed made an entrance by a rear door. The crowd spraney to it's feet again, but the enraged woman bounced upon the grScm and landed a soiar-plexus blow square on his jaw which almost laid him out, ana which came very close to breaking up une wedding She was sailed into by the bride,
  The woman was finally put out for the secor,d time and the chief of police sent for to take her in charge. The crowd thedl went into executive session and the mar- riage was concluded behind locked dooI's. The woman has been charged with d1s- t,1rbance but skipped out during the night and has not been arrested. The a1anr mas been the sole topic among the coloreu peo- pie of the city since the occurrence, ana would read a good deal like romance II properly touched up.
 rThe new Memphis anldl Charleston conn bination freight and passenger depot II, this city to replace the building purueu hast summer, has been completed ana VII VIII be turned over to the road tomorrow. Ine h1ildine cost A5O0, and is one of the best on the line from Memphis to Chattanooga
 Chancery ocurt met here today, with Chancellor Simpson, of New Decatur, pre- siding The trial docket is comparative ly small one, and with no cases or unu- sual importance.
 Prof. S. H. Clarke, of the University Of Chicago, last night gave dramatic read ing of the Spanish Gypsy at the state Normal college, and was greeted py a large and very apreciative audience rroi' Clarke has been in the city since oa'ui day morning and was entertained at the home of MT and Mrs. N. c. Fitting, Tn Market street He was tendered~a recep- ton last evening by Mrs. Mann, or the Normal college faculty, at the nome oi Major A. M. O'NeaA.
 The Ladies' Memorial association has secured a date for lecture by Gov. BOD Taylor, of Tennessee, on Saturday night.
 win Defoe, young farmer living seven miles from the city, was seriously stappeo last Saturday night by negro named An derson. while on the road nome, Deloe bod been drinking hard all day Saturday and was warned by the police to get home. He left town in company with the negro and when nearing home they became in yo,ved in a disupte. Anderson resented some vile epithets applied to nm, ana stahhed Defoe several times while seated mon his horse. Defoe managed to throw the negro from the horse he was riding, and he then grabbed Defoe by the leg ana stabbed him several times in the lower part of the body. Dr. Kernachan was nal,ed and dressed the wounds to the number of A dozen, and Defoe is not dan- gerously hurt The negro has not yet been arrested.