Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Republican Progress, October 12, 1881, p. 3. Note: the book Monroe County Indiana Marriages 1818-1881, published by the Monroe County Historical Society, Bloomington, Indiana, 1995, lists a marriage between the groom (page 3) Joseph N. Alexander and the bride (page 248) Celia E. Sluss on 5 November 1881 and recorded in Monroe County Marriage Book 6, page 583. I have that her name was Celia Ellen and that she was called Nell or Nellie. I have Joseph Alexander's parents as John W. and Elizabeth Dawson (Fee) Alexander and Nellie's parents as John M. and Eliza (Hunter) Sluss. ALEXANDER-SLUSS.-At the Christian church, on Wednesday morning, Oct. 5th, a large company assembled to witness the ceremony and congratulate Joseph N. Alexander and Miss Nellie Sluss of this city, who were married at 10:30. The ceremony was performed by Prof. Amzi Atwater, of Indiana University and he was assisted by Rev. W. P. McNary, Pastor of the U. P. church, and Rev. A. B. Philputt, Pastor of the Christian church. The ceremony was solemn, impressive and beautiful. The clouds that had darkened the sky since the Saturday previous broke away Wednesday morning, and the sun shone out bright, warm and gladsome-a good omen for the happy event-showing that nature rejoiced in the nuptials of the well-mated couple. Miss Nellie is a daughter of the late Capt. John M. Sluss, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Monroe county. She is a young lady of rare intellectual attainments and will make just the wife that an energetic, progressive business man would desire. Jos. N. Alexander, the groom, is the active business partner of the mammoth wholesale and retail grocery house of Dunn & Co., and to his energy and foresight can the great success of this house be traced. He has established a name for prompt, square-dealing that has given character to this firm, and every man in the county realizes that whatever "Joe Alexander" (as he is familiarly known), agrees to do, is settled beyond dispute. His word is good for money or contracts, and all that people wish is is [sic] for him to say that he will do a certain thing. This is the kind of a man Joseph N. Alexander is, and we rejoice in his good fortune. The happy couple went from here to Chicago. Thence they go to Monmouth, Ills., where Mr. A's relations reside. May they have a pleasant journey and a safe return.