The herald., 1898-02-13
Is Marriage a Failure ;
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Mrs. Grant Mulford, formerly Mis-.
Emma rate, Is now Mrs. Henry Heit
meyer, aged II years. Last sum
mer she ran away from her home a
Dillsboro Ind, and married Grant Mul
rord, Kentucky clergyman performing
the ceremony. At the end of two week,
the girls mother called upon her. but wa,
denied admittance by Mulford. Two week.
more rolled by and Mulford took his chilt
wife home to her mother for a brief VISIT
Wneh the hour for parting arrived the
chiio clung to her mother, and turnins
to her husband, said: "I'm here and I'm
going to stay" She was forcibly torn from
her mothers arms and taken away by hel
husband. The next week the marriage wa
annulled by an accommodating Judge. As
soon as she recovered from her histeria
she married Hertmeyer, who had been in.
strumental in getting her away from Mul.
ford. She is still II and worth $4,000 in her
own name.
Rev. George Gurnell. rector of the Church
OF the epiphany. Pittsburg. recently jour
neyed to Rochester to meet his fiancee.
Miss Susan NJ Peeler of Sodus Center. n
j., then supposed to be visiting a relative
III Rochester. The reverend gentleman
was to bring the girl back to her home.
where all the arrangements for the we'd
olng mad been perfected. On arrival there
ne was handed a telegram, sent from
Canandaigua. announcing the marriage
OF Miss Susan NJ. Peeler to Mr. christopher
Lyons.
considerate jury at Franklin. Pa. has
given verdict Of $500 to a pretty school
teacher OF that place, Miss Lou E. Braden,
against Frederick w. Schaffer. a. leading
swell of that town. The girl proved that
she mad been engaged to schaffer since
1881 and identified an engagement ring
she had worn ever since. Notwithstanding
she mad waited eighteen years for him. he
married Miss Lee, without so much as
inviting her to the nuptials. Two hundred
dollars year is little enough for standing
time.
Down in Franklin county. Kentucky.
the other day a very romantic wedding
took place. the bride and groom meeting
ior the hrst time at the altar. He-Louis
zimmerman. aged 60, rich and influential.
She-Stella Smith. aged 21, beautiful. well
connected. Visiting friend in Kentucky
some time ago. Zimmerman delivered him
self something after this fashion: II have
wealth and high standing in the business
world, and the only thing lacking to make
me happy is beautiful wife from Ken
lucky. l wish you would find me one." In
spirit of jest, Miss Smith later con-
sented to carry on correspondence with
Zimmerman. have told what followed.
o o o
The passengers on the Derby train
thought brother and sister had met after
long separation. so cordial was the greet
ing between the elderly gentleman and
the elderly lady. But it was not so. 1t
was only meeting, the first In twenty
hve years, between divorced couple The
first years of their married life had not
been happy. the estrangement due to a
lack OF understanding of each other. and
a legal separation had been agreed to after
a brief union. Each loved the other fond
ly just the same, and each endured a mis-
erable existence during all the Intervening
years. No thought of marrying another
had ever entered the mind of either, and
reunion was much less thought Of The
one lived in Maine and the other in Con-
necticut- not days journey apart, yet
they had never met since the decree of
divorce was granted. On his way down to
New York to spend the holidays he saw
entering train made up for Derby the
face that had been in his heart all of the
years that had gone, and with more haste
than grace he scrambled out of the car
In which he was seated and into the car
the uedr little olu lauy nad entered. l
don't know what they said to each other,
but they were very cordial and friendly,
and as l have remarked. the passengers
thought they were brother and sister They
their journey to Derby together.
and the unused railway coupon died in the
Did mans pocket-book.
O O O
The child wife Of Cassius NJ. Clay has re-
turned to the roof of her venerable liege If
she ever intends living with him she should
10 it now. He may take notion to marry
'ome one else. Who can tell?