Public Ledger

Runaway Lovers—The Romance of a Coon Hunt.
Kentucky appears to furnish more runaway candidates for hymenial happiness than any other State; and a large portion of them come to the Queen city to arrive at the consummation of their dreams of bliss. The latest affair of this kind was managed in a very neat way. A certain Mr. Hanes, of Owensboro, loved a certain Miss Throckmorton who lived in the country near that place. Miss Throckmorton loved Mr. Hanes, but her father didn't. On the contrary, he threatened to deposit an ounce of lead in Mr. Hanes' body if that individual should dare to persevere in his suit. But the threatened lover was not frightened. He became a strategist. He enlisted in his service several young men of his acquaintance, and gave postal currency with a liberal hand to the colored citizens resident at the loved one's home. The result was a coon hunt on the plantation, in which all the people of the place joined: and, while the enraged father joined in the sport, Mr. Hanes hunted for his love, seated her by his side in a buggy, behind a fast horse, drove to the nearest station, came to Cincinnati and was married. Cin. Com.