Mr. Leslie appeared at the county clerk's office yesterday afternoon and soon had the ear of Cupid Fyfe. Aside for his weather-beaten face there was nothing to indicate his wild life. He looked though he had come from Broadway, New York, by airship line. His linen was perfection and even the crease on his nobby pantaloons were from the hands of a tailor artist.

Cupid Fyfe, in his winning way, soon learned considerable of Mr. Leslie's story. He was a widower and the lady who was to meet him here was a widow. This was the agreed meeting point, she coming from her home in Illinois and he from Arizona. Their wedding trip was to be China, the start to be made by the next steamer. He wanted a justice who would tie the knot good and strong and soon made the acquaintance of Justice Parker.

The justice avers that he thought he had met a society man who had at some time delighted the Paris salons. He wished "this ceremony promptly at the hour of 7, and in eminently proper form." If there were any arrangements to be made before hand he would "be please to see that they were attended to, so that there would be no embarrassing delays when the momentous occasion arrived." He asked the justice to "examine this document, which I believe is the license required for presentation to the magistrate who is to perform the marriage rite."

Justice Parker was on hand promptly, and like the great Fogg, the groom and the bride entered the chambers at the tick of the clock, when the hand pointed to the hour of 7. Justice Parker put his best touches on the simple civil service provided for the occasion, and the groom with a medieval chivalry gave his bride a kiss of wedlock on the forehead. The bride, who was a pretty little woman, seemed to harbor a profound regard for her husband.

Before he left the groom did not fail to remember the justice and leave good wished for his health and that of his family. More that this, he took the Justice's address and asked him, not to name the poison, but some article in China, say an Oriental walking stick which would be forwarded to him by the first steamer from the Orient.

The justice named his wish and expects to see it arrive with the clock-like punctuality which characterized the demeanor and conduct of the groom. The couple announced they would go to San Francisco by last evening's train and would sail for Chang's land on the first steamer.

From the San Francisco Chronicle, December, 1896

Stockton - On December 1st, last, Nashville F. Leslie, giving his residence as San Carlos, A.T. was married by Justice Parker to Mrs Belle Stowell whose residence was put down upon the license as Warren Co, Illinois.