Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-06
A SECRET WEDDING.

The latest excitement In town is a
wedding. or rather a wedding in the
past tense, IN which Miss l5ess Webb,
one of our popular young ladies' and
Mr.. Ernest Shafer are Cor wercl the
principals The parties have been ac-
quainted for a year and half or go,
or ever since the never-to -be-forgotten
base ball season of 1899, in which Mr..
Shafer Was one of the stars OF the
Hampton team. In this campaign. az
Will be remembered, the members of
the aggregation were. so to speak, the
social lions of the city and there was
not one OF the number, except the boys
who lived here, who did not have the
whole sidewalk to himself when IL came
to basking in the favor of the young
ladies' of town. and the rest of the young
men could only stand back and look on.
when the base ball boys were around.
The most OF them when their season
closed and they had received their hard
earned shckels departed for other fields,
presumably heart whole and doubtless
forgot all about the Hampton girls
within week. but Mr.. Shafer was an,
exceptions hs- was 20 seriously Smitten8
with the charms of Miss Bess that he
soon returned and sin fact has spent a
considerable portion of his time here
within the pas. year IN. The s..c.:-c Ok
true love did not run smoothly in this
case any more than II does in novels
generally, and 80 one fine day last July
Mr.. Shafer and Miss Webb hied them
selves over to Iowa Falls and came
back Mr. and Mrs. Shafer but conclud-
ed TO say nothing about 1t until a more
convenient season. The story leaked out
one day last week-how we have not
heard and hence the excitement and
consequent "talkee talkee, not that the
couple had committed matrimony. but
that they had been able to keep 1t a
secret so long. Ais well that ends
WELL and Mr.. and Mrs. Shafer stand
just az good chance for long life. hap
piness and prosperity az tho they had
been married in the biggest church in
town. with q long train of bridesmaids.
flowers galore. with all the attendant
trimmings and had put their friends
under contribution for enough truck to
start racket store with.
pOLLIyR'S HEADQUARTERS
Edward p. Seeds Washington Letter
in the Manchester News
1t might be thought that the size OF
tllc "a UItOl MOuiu IuIIllt2i oil lue aTOOII
necessary for all legislative business
Not so, however. The senate has for Its
nse building which was originally
erected for hotel 1t is known as the
senate annex. A few days ago Senator
Dollivcr. who was just entering the an
mex. accosted me and sand: Seeds. yol
probably know that the general public
has the idea that we senators live III
oriental case here, and are surrounded
with more than Turkish luxury. ano
his cherubic smile danced over his face
like a sunbeam on pleasant waters
butt he continued. come UP to the
top and gre my nert." On the sixth
floor he has two little rooms so dimi.
nutive that 1t is crowded when he get.
his typewriter and Col. ROOD in them
and the senator has to leave outside
His good nature and genial manners II
order to accommodate himself TO ths
place. Then, too. an average lows
farmer would not allow his best COW
I to be kept in ouch a cramped and dig
reputable quarters. The senator 4,
nothing II not original. and his lool
OF disgust at his surroundings Is gu
generic He Ii not aristocrasic at all
but one OF the plain people whove hon