The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-07
MARRIED AT HUDSON
BUT THE NEW WISCONSIN LAW
PUTS AN END TO
IT ALL
FIVE DAYS NOTICE Required

Except I'm Emergency Cnses-Slx
Hundred Couples Went to the
Little Town ON the ST. Croix to
Get Married Last Year-List of
Those Wed Since the First of the
Ycar-Returns Not All In.
Cupid received solar plexus blow
from the Wisconsin legislature during the
last session. when the True law Was pass
ed requiring a marriage license In the
state of Wisconsin. But the little fellow
with the sprouting wings was by no
means counted out. as the last two
months have heen record breakers in
marriages at Hudson, and the magis-
trates and several of the clergymen have
been doing a land of1ice business.
The new law went into effect Friday,
and in the future marriages carr only be
authorized, except in emergency cases,
through a license, and the FIVE day clause
makes the law even more stringent than
in this state. for an applicant for a license
in Wisconsin now has to give five days
notice.
During 1898 six hundred marriages took
place at Hudson. In many cases the
| contracting parties came from distant
states, but the greater number were Min
neSota people who took advantage of the
| limited restrictions of the Wisconsin stat
Ute. Nearly three hundred marriages
were recorded by Register of Deeds Walk.
1 er during the months of Nov elnber and
December last-year
| The True bill passed by the last legis-
lature is general in its effect and requires
| that five days prior to the marriage H.
| cense must be pl occurred, and prescribes
| penalties for Noncompliance with the
| law. However, the last section of the
| statute provides that district judges OF
! any court of record can perform the Ger.
emory in emergency cases, at the discre-
| ton of the court.
| Hudson has long been the Mecca fol-
romantic couples. Stern papasSand unre-
| lenting relatives have been thWarted. and
some very pretty romances have found
completion just across the St, Croix
The old law required that the clergy
man or justice performing the ceremony
should make a return to the register of
deeds Office within thirty days, but in
very few cases has this been lived up to
| In fact, some of the marriages performed
last summer were only reported to the
office within the last three months. On
some of the certificates the following is
written:
PLEASE DON'T PUBLISH"
Register Walker says the records of his
office are public, and after the marriages
have been reported to him he has no right
to suppress them further.
Some amusing Incidents have happened
since the old law first went into effect.
one day retiring couple applied to one
of the eligible clergymen and asked to
be married They brought along a sister
who did all the talking and arranged
| for everything, as both bride and groom
felt deeply the Importance Of the occa-
sion. After the ceremony had been per-
formed the sister inquired what the
charges would be.
We'll, really said the officiating cler-
gyman, Il have no regular price, but
anything you choose to pay will be all
right"
well what do you think would be
ABOUT rfghtf' interrogated the sister.
Some give me So and some S10," replied
the clergyman. rubbing his hands to-
gether.
oh, no you DON'T" said the wise sister
You get just S1.5o; that's all the law al
lows YOU s
Then again some high Gees have been
pald to the clergymen and court officials.
oiA0 IL Is sale 10 say Chat the DaSSaRA Of
the new law will drive some of the clar-
gymen at least into newer and fresher
fields. -
One of the hackmen left Hudson vester-
Gay on account of the new law. as the
| business is already overdone, and without
| the wedding trade business will not he
very remunerative. He will open a hotel
| at River Falls
hudson Is not the only place in Wiscon.
| sin where couples from other states have
| gone to be married. but Milwaukee, and
4 many other points near thu edsre Of tbe
| state have experienced the same condt-
| tons. Milwaukee has been the destined
point Tor Chicago lovers, and some DAYS
as nigh as twenty marriages have been
| recorded mostly all Chicago people. One
| MllWaukee divine became known as the
marrying parson." He did nothine h,,.
! marry people. ~
since January about $50 r1arria ges have
oeen reported to the register Of deeds
| at Hudson. Quite number of these +ooI,
place during 1893 The following are the
st. Paul people reported since Ian =
IL VIII be noticed that Eddie HinehausL
ana Miss Elsie De TCwney are among t6e
| number: '4ie
THESE WE'RE MARRIED
+. e. Lott. Gertrude KuhneI Nov On
A. Almgren, Emma Young Dec In
r =; wilson, Matte Mcdonald Dec q
G. gree. marguerite Purvis, Dec. 10
Breur, Threasa Wiberg, Dec 10