From the April 25, 1890 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“Salt Lake, Utah–Henry Strauss, of Chicago, yesterday purchased the wife of Fritz Lander, of this city, for $100. Mrs. Lander and Strauss were sweethearts in Germany, but became separated by circumstances. The happy couple at once took the train for San Francisco. Lander is a saloonkeeper and says the money more than compensates for the loss of his wife.”