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Show Irish Girl's Romance. Intelligence reached Dundalk of the romantic wedding of a young county Louth girl named Johnston, a native ol' Togher parish, who emigrated to the states some years ago, and who has just been married to a Philadelphia millionaire named Baum. It appears that Miss Johnst(i entered Mr. Baum's service as a companion to his wife, an invalid lady, and both Mr. and Mrs. Baum became very deeply attached to her. She waa the means of reconciling Mrs. Baum to the Catholic church before be-fore her death, and after that event was prevailed on to remain as housekeeper house-keeper of the IV um mansion. A year after his wife's death, Mr. Baum proposed pro-posed marriage to the young Irish girl but she declined to marry outside her own church, and it was only after the millionaire had placed himseir under instruction-and been .duly received into the Catholic church that she consented to become his" wife. The wedding ceremony,, cere-mony,, was carried out in a style of great magnificence. 2.500 people being present in and around the church. Another An-other Irish servant of Mr. Baum's acted aa bridesmaid. The bride is about 30 years old. The bridegroom is stated to be much older. |