Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1905 — MRS. MATTIE MORLAN MARRIED. [ARTICLE]

MRS. MATTIE MORLAN MARRIED.

The following appeared in. today’s Indianapolis B Ur: < Frankfort. Ind Jan 23.-Abou* two months ago the wife of tdocoln R of this oity died httA today Mr. Rogers took a new bvide to bie hoit. whom he had gUfiSSecn said she stepped off a ||biKMa train in this oity. •. ,y. V Hooctly. after the death of his frtfe. Mr. Rogers wrote to a tipatiimonial sgenoy it Chicago tend furnished it a description of fjbe kind of woman he Would like to wad. In a few days be was pteas* in communication with ifflf. Mattie R. Mori an of Reosseiaav, and a lively oomspoudenoe r w«s kept up Ml*. Rog re stated to a Star correspondent that all of their Courting was done by mail and tbatafter*a few letters bad been ex hanged they exchanged photos In a few days she ivceived a pro* p isal as marriage by ii-ter, which sheaooepUd in tbe same way Mr. Rogers then wrote for her <0 come on to Frankfort as soon as possible, and upon her arrival here S|ia was met by him, aud it was th«a that they saw each other for fit st time. After a short oonsniution Mr. Rog»aa went to tbe offi ie of the Oooaiy Clerk, where he proourt-d a Itoense. and they were married at the home of his niece, Mrs They went at oooe to his own home after the ceremony. Mr. Rogers ia about 44 years old, while hia Wide is 39. To the above mor - or bss interesting story, there is li tie that oan bead ed here. Ms M irlSn, before she left here some ago, ost msibly to go to ChiOHg >. informed an aoquamtanOH that she bad fire matrimonial chances ou h-rst'iurf. One man e en came here to see her. He claimed to be tium some place in Mmois, SLd was a black and brigandish looking fellow, hut the only parson who remembers seeing bim. does not his n-tme but is sure it was njt Rogers