Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1890-08-30 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

MATRIMONY IN THE FAR WEST.  A correspondent writes to the St. Jane's Gazette: A peopos of the subject -Why Girls do not Marry," the following story as to how three of them found husbands in the Far West may be interesting. An ambitious young farmer,who lives out in one of the isolated districts with a colony of his own sex, wrote to a friend in New York to select a suitable girl and send her out to him. The friend had no difficulty in finding a healthy and good-looking maiden of sufficiently adventurous spirit, and in due time the young lady arrived. The Jarmer was so pleased with her appearance and general demeanour that he invited several friends to meet her the night before the wedding. They also were struck with admiration, and, finally, after a lot of bargaining, the wouldhe bridegroom was induced, for a bonus of 50d01., in addition to the money paid for her expenses, to yield up his rights in the damsel; and the following morning another man led her to the altar- The young farmer at once wrote to his friend to send out another girl,and in a few days a second One arrived. The farmer's friends, however, were on the alert, and this time he was induced to part with his bride for a bonus of 75d01. in addition to his eutlay. A third time he wrote to his friend, and a third time a young maiden willing lb be his wife arrived; but this time, when his companions attempted to bargain wits him, he declared that he had not established a matrimoniat agency, and that i;one should wed her but himself; and in order to avoid temptation he hurried away to the minister, and was duly married the saxie evening.  Matthew Brice, labourer, has been sent to prison for six months for assaulting his mother. The complainant, who is blind, told the Thames Police magistrate that her son first struck her with his fist and afterwards tied a piece 44f crape round her neck, threatening that be would hang her.  A coloured clergvinan at Elmwood, Rhode Island, who pleaded guilty to a charge of wife beating, appealed eloquently to the Justice to be satisfied with a fine. He urged, on ,behalf of his flock, that it would have no shepherd if he were locked up over Sunday. He was let off with a fine.  General Bronsart von Schellendorf, the former German Minister of War and now commanding the First Army Corps (Kiinigsberg), has met with a severe accident while inspecting some troops at Peterlief. His horse stumbled and fell, throwing the general heavily to the ground. The death is announced of Frances Louisa Lady Boehm, wife of Sir Edgar Boehm, Bart., R.A. The deceased lady was the daughter of Mr. F. Lawrence Doteler, of West Derby, Liverpool. and was married to Sir Edgar Boehm on the 20th June, 1860.. She leaves one son and three daughters.  The Government of the colony of Victoria have placed an order with Messrs. Yarrow and Co., of Poplar, for one of their most improved first-class torpedo-boats. The vessel is to be 130 ft. in length by 13ft. beam, and will have a speed of 23 knots when fully loaded and in seagoing condition.  Four women of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, eloped with four Italain labourers of Ithaca, New York. The husband of one of the women, Peter Loran, traced his wife to Stqling, in Wayne County. Thither he went—to be shot and killed by the man, Joseph Murray.. Loran and his wife had been married 16 years. A curious railway accident has happened at Weiz, in Styria. Three goods waggons, which were standing on an incline and were about to be shunted, were set in motion by a violent gale of wind, and, rushlug down the line, came into collisioft with a passenger train. Several persons were injured, but none fatally. The three vans were wrecked.  John Treacher, aged 50, has committed suicide at Watford by hangiug himselt between two large brakes in the carriage shed of the hotel where he was employed as groom. He fastened a horse's halter to an iron cross support, then mounted the steps of one of the brakes and gave himself a drop of about two feet. He lost his wife 12 months ago, and leaves seven children.  A fine bas-relief was recently brought to light while some workmen were busy excavating the Via dei Crociferi for the purpose of building a drain. It is of white marble, and represents a horse on which is seated a female figure supposed to represent Victory. Another discovery has been made in the Piazza del Duomo at Verona. It is a tree in having on one of the branches in Greek ::.ttors the words. PaaiteleA evoiese."