EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE FREAKS.

Evening Post, Issue 109, 15 June 1865, Page 3

EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE FREAKS.

The lovers of " romantic adventures " and " strange coincidences " will be "entertained by a perusal of the following narrative, which appears in the Tyrone Constitution: — " On Thursday, the 23rd ultimo, in the village of Plumbridge, in this county, two rather curious episodes occurred at two weddings held there. In one case, the party was composed of the bride and bridegroom, accompanied by their ' best man,' &c. They proceeded on foot from the house of the bride's father, a man named M 'Bride, living in Glenelly, towards th» chapel of Plumbridge, where the priest was awaiting their arrival to unite them in holy matrimony. The bride was, as is usual in such cases, conducted by the ' best man ;' and had gone about half-way to the chapel when the bridegroom, thinking perhaps that the bride was paying too much attention to her 'best man,' became jealous. Consequently the * best man ' was ordered away. A scuffle ensued, when the • best man ' was thrown off the road into a ditch. The bride took the part of the ' best man,' and refused to go with her ' intended.' She said she would not marry him, but would have her ' best man ' for her husband. The • best man ' ran back to the father of the bride, related what had happened, and, as had been suggested by the bride, asked bis consent to take the place of the ' jealous ' bridegroom. The father of the girl agreed to this new arrangement, when both immediately proceeded to Strabane, got a licence, came } back to Plumbridge, and met the bride, who had steadfastly refused to be married to her former pugilistic and jealous courtier. The next morning, in Plumbridge Roman Catholic Chapel, she got married to her ' best man ', of the previous day. The rejected one, feeling he had come to a serious loss by the fickle fair one, determined to seek compensation for damage sustained, and next day proceeded to the bride's father's house, and took an inventory of all his effects as a preparatory step to proceedings for a breach oi promise, which he has directed an attorney to institute £350 damages. Now, for the second episode. On the same day, memorable in the local history of Plumbridge, is the fact that another bridegroom, named Kane, was convoying a young widow, named Coyle, to the same chapel, and from the same place, when they were met by an old lover, named Conway, whose latent love for the fair dame once more burned so fiercely that he leaped off the car, whispered a few poetic words in her ear, which had the desired effect on her. Proving false to her husband elect, she went away with Conway, to whom she was married next day.