The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-02
HAS BEEN A DANDY
This Year Of 1902 Sma she's All
Previous Records.
Love at First s;eht--The Tiniest
Bride---Champion Old Coupler
Other Curious Things.
From The New York Sun. ]


In diverse and curious fields the rec
ord. breakers were busy during the
year 1902
The ove-at-frst-sight record was
ruthlessly shattered in the early
springtime when Madison .Ormsby,
aged ffty-nine went down to Kansas
City from Omaha, and met Miss Jessie
Turner. who evidently still retained
irresistible charms, Notwithstanding
that her.forty fifth birthday was wound
up on Times relentless reel. They
met by chance and were introduced by
q common friend. whereupon they
hiked away to the court house and
were married just as soon as they
could get license and line up in
front of judge.
Its just thirty minutes since first
we met, . said Ormsby, as pleased as
Punch, "and here we are with the
Knot ted
Whether the knot remained tied does
not concern this history.
It was in the early weeks Of the
year that the romance of Miss Mil
dred Seuel of Richmond, Va, set .
new mark for those important stages
~ ife which most women reckon by
srs. In the brief space Of ten min.
IS shs was maid, wife, and a
idow.
In San Francisco hopistal, she
came Mrs. Richard Miles Stanton
lile her husband was dying. q vic
4 of fever contracted in the service of
country in the Philippines. Clasp
each others hands, wheu it was
late 10 summon minister, the
ng people took the VOWS of matri-
under civil agreement, which
duly witnessed by relatives Of
/, and in few minutes later
1t. Stanton was dead.
le tiniest bride of the year ap-
ed in st Louis in April. when
Bertha Clark. scarce fifteen
3 old, weighing only seventy five
lds, and attired in short skirts,
ed with Frank Mccoy, nearly
,e her ag, and became his wife
year still was young, and SO were
Rose Easson and her fance,
hazel T. McGonvern, when they
Jared beSre the clerk in Chicago
establihed a new record as
hful applicants for a marriage
use, which they obtained. The
!, was Is and the bridegroom two
her seiior, their combined ages
80,
ne recod for the Oldest married
lie in tn, United States was said
ave beer made last March, by Mr..
Mrs Alexander Gum of Harring-
Kan. they celebrated their dia-
nd wedding in 1900, and therefore
serenB seven years of welded
to th,iJ credit. The husband
rght he was ia years old, while
wife vas also past the century
rk.
he oldest record in this Inns. how
r, p.ooably belongs to Mr.. and
sJoIn Iams of Washington county.
"a, who, a few weeks ago. told
ir fIends that after seventy-four
,rs married life they could look
ok and find they never had dis
he, m1cn less quarrel. They have
children. thirty-six grandchildren
/ sisy- five great-grandchildren.
ustee Frederick Brown, known far
| vile as the Margin Squire OF
rors ILL., has tied the nuptial
1t seeral hundred times, but not
tbs score does he aspire to any
nacs among the records of the
r. His proudest boast is that his
rriae knots stay tied. and upon
ditinction he seeks q blue ribbon.
Spec records in divorce cases are
ot UNUSUAL or startling in these days,
1t VIII grounds and speed are both
usideed, the -crackerjack of 1906
lueslonably was the case of Johr
Lagley of Columbus, Ind, whs
aine decree In less than ffteer
utes separating him from hi
Nary. He alleged that she hat
bitbf taking daroing needle t.
gih her and jabbing him with i
b fell axleep. When he. pro
/, she would get eout Of bed
heself in q rocking chair in tn
lie L the floor. rocking violentl.
bringing her heels down with
attach rock. and for two hour
d ing at the top of her voice
wo't it be joyful when We par
'eet 70 noreI'
Georgia clergyman belongs IA
Hest record in the work of th
,h. The Rev. D. S. McCurry o
ssviIe. Who is now seventy -tw
been dong active work in tn
list Churh for forty years. a
preached 9. 800 sermons to reac
appointmnts and to deliver thes
Ions he hs travelled 30. 600 miles
81 to tw journeys around To
i: he has,onducted eli funerals
Itized 4.si persons, and marie
couples