Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-20
CONNUBIALITIES.

The marriage Of the lovely Miss Jewel TO
the husky and dusky Lobengula would ap-
pear to recall the phraSeoloRy OF the pIo-
phetic Mr.. Shakespeare. who said:
Mr.. John G. Thomson. ~ years of age,
of Summerville, S. G.. is probably the first
and only man who has oficiated at MS own
marriage service. He is a Justice of the
peace. His bride is 80 years OF age and Is
his third wife.
A few months ago at Oakland. CAL. a
young man and a young woman. both bllnd'
were married. Now they have appealed to
the Alameda supervisors for aid. declaring
they cannot see their way clear 10 exist
without public charity.
Married to a man after three weeks
acquaintance; deserted by him after a
honeymoon of one day-such Is the history
of a Chicago girls matrimonial experiences.
1t seems she hangs upon the cheek Of night
Like a rich Jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
A man 102 years young and a woman OF
90 summers were married In Barbour
| county, West Virginia, recently. The BRIDE
| groom leaned on q cane during the cere-
| mony, and the bride laid her pipe down on
the window while the words were said. The
couple were sWeethearts seVenty-n'e years
ago.
In a case where a white man denied his
marriage with an Indian woman after liv-
ing with her for twenty-five years and laid
much stress on the fact that she was an
Indian. a judge says: when he discarded
| her 1t was evidently not because she was an
Indian, but because she was then an old
Indian"
John II, Christie. who married Miss Mary
e. Preston, in Westerly. r. l.. the other
| day, had just concluded the serving OF a
| sentence OF four years In prison for high
| way robbery. The victim OF the crime was
| Miss Preston herself, and she was the prin-
| cipal witness against Christie. testifying
| with more than willingness and pushing the
case against him with energy. Then when
| sentence had been passed that emotion
| which Is akin to love stirred In the woman's
breast. She wrote a sympathetic letter to
him, then visited him and the courtship
and marriage followed.
A Covington, KY, judge. on discovering
that a man he had divorced married the day
after the decree was granted. called the
| case In open court and entered this order;
"On August 2. 1899, a judgment for divorce
was entered herein for the plaintin. The
| plaintiff married another woman a day or
two after the entering OF the Judgment. 1t
is contrary to the policy OF the law that
courts should be used in aid OF such pro-
ceedings, e~vincing an utter disregard of the
obligations and sacredness OF the marriage
relations. This court does not intend to be
used as a means OF accomplishing the pur-
pose of the plaintiff and the woman to
whom he is now married. Neither OF these
parties Is entitled to consideration. Judg-
meht herein entered on August 2, 1899. is
set aside, and the cause remanded."
Despite the fact that he is almost a CEN
tenarian Rev. David Davis OF Summer
land, Cal, is a bridegroom. and last Sunday
night the whole town gathered to rejoice
with him and wish him many additional
years OF life in which to enjoy his new
found happiness. His bride Is Lucy Eliza
beth Crossup Bennett-Davis a native OF
Nova Scotia, where many of her family still
reside. Several OF her children are resi-
dents Of San Francisco. where also live a
number OF her grandchildren and great
grandchildren. She carries her Sc years
lightly and speaks with confidence OF many
more TO come, as her father. she states. met
an untimely death at the age OF 100, being
killed by a falling tree branch while he was
at work In the woods. This Is her fourth
voyage on the matrimonial sea.