Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-01

eered from PsrIs. Gen and Mrs Pope; silver
berry scoop in case. Col F. ID. Grant; gold-ltned
silver salts. DR.. Basil Norris, ring, turquoise
and pearls. Miss Ewing, Lancaster, Ohio; solid
silver flower vase, satin finished, trimmed IN
gold, embossed, and OF rare beauty. GEN.
eral and Mrs. Bingham; very handsome
cream Isdle and sugar SITTER, solid han
dles-gOld bowls, wrought with military devices.
Prof. and Mrs. Bartlett, ofYODkers, y. Y, late
distinguished member of the faculty at West
Point set OF tour silver ladies, from the coup to
the cream, SATIN finished, very heavily en-
graved with monogram. Mr. and Mrs VIM. NJ.
EgaTIS, of New York; solid silver salVeT,
engraved With monogram and autigae car
ving-veTy elegant. Col. kubourn Knox, Of
Gov. DiX's stat late 18th regulars; superb chew
eauN gisss. MTr. Walter X. I. Jones, of New
York; pair Of cut glass vases with ebony stand
ards. PaymRsteF Cochrape; silver pie knife.
sugar sitter and berry spoon, in case: Chief
Engineer j. VI. King, L. :. y; handsomely
bound copy of Dickens works. Lieut.. b. X
Russell; Ice cream set. Mr.. ard Mrs. ames
Reilly, st. Louis, NO solid silver fruit stsud.
Gen'i and Mrs. Mics; ice cream set. Mrs. Judge
RebeT, 81. Louis; pair silver butter knives. Mr..
and MIS-. \. NJ. Hay, of New York: elegant sil-
yer dessert SET, in cases Miss Hecker, OF
OLange, y. Y, superb jewel casket of bronze,
gilt, onyx and settings. Mr. George b, Cork
hill; case cOnteininG silver butter knives, pickle
forks, salt and mustard spoons. Miss Minnie
MOultOn, OF Cincinnati, Ohio; three elegant
gold-li silver ladies, in case. MIR. Edwin
Wells, L. =. N; beautifully chased silver butter
dishes, in case. Mr.. John sherman, ir.: nest of
japanese tables, inisid. Genl and Mrs. Nor
gan l.. Smith; case containing four doZ en- silvers
for table, sOId and very elegant. Miss Esther
Simpson, OF Washington; pair OF fancy vases.
ry, brooch and earrings. MIR. George f. b Ais,
marine corps; a full set of silver butter plates
heavy and gold Mrs. II. L. Patterson, OF
st. Louis; handseme case containing full set of
spoons. butter, knives, salts, and D,ustsrds.
Miss Marie Patterson, sugar SCOOP of silver,
gilded, OF fine workmanship. Mrs. Admiral
Dahlgren, set of jewelry, brooch and earrings,
Genoese. General and Mrs. NJ. X. Simpson, L.
5. A, California; set of shell finger bowl, plates
IN elegant Chinese box. General and Mrs Scho-
field, bridal fan exquisitely carved. Massive
gold lined soup ladle from Mr.. aud Mrs. Nun
roe salisbury, Washington. Elegant necklace
and locket; no card. MIR. Charles HOyt, New
York; celery stand richly embossed and gold
lined. Mr.. and Mrs. MOrisrty, New York; hand
some chased pie knife and sugar sitter, Chinese
case. General and Mrs. John Condit Smith,
New York; large solid silver soup tureeu In
case, very valuable, and superbiy mounted.
Rev. Father Hsggerty, Cork, Ireland; china
salyer and tea set.
THR RRCEPFIo
The house was very crowded during the hours
allotted to the reception. The Marine band
played the programme given outside the parlor
windows. General Sherman for once obeyed
the rules etiquette dictatfs, In standing in one
place TO receive, in lieu OF following bis usual
custom of going about informally and talking
TO everybOd as long as he chose.
The bride and groom stood under the horal
arch beneath the bell, with the bus, of General
sherman just behind them. The bridesm aids
a groomsmen were grouped around. The
dsjeUHer was very handsome. Ii was placed in
the psTlOTs of the house adjoining General
Sberman's. The table upwards Of
forty feet in length, aud was trimmed
flowers: the center, through the e8tire length
being ornamental with handsome pyram ds
the brides cake, three feet high standing in the
! center.
The presents were displayed in an upper
room, ana very many beside those named in the
| published list were seen. The room was Gro Eded
xUifh Iary r,nsi f1a fH,o -
clock ordered months ago in Paris by Col. and
| Mrs Dayton, and Miss Kitty Phillips, escritoire
| of native wood elsbOratelv carved.
| Mrs Grant appeared in black silk with Jet
trimmings and ornaments. Mrs. Sharp in
| black silk and jet. Mrs. Attorney General
| Williams in rich mauVe silk. Mrs. Gen.
| Dunn In elegant attire. MIS-. SpEague in
! superb black silk with rich trimming of Jet,
! white ruchiDg, In the neck; hat OF black lace
| embroidered in t. Miss Miller, Of Ohio, rose
| colCred sls, with white illusion trimmings
| short sleeves AMI square neck BASQUE
| Mrs. Senator Stewart, in sultan red silk bonnet
to correspond. Mrs. General Pope, in rich
! green satin, superb pOif lace and diamond or
| naments. Mrs. Judge Wyle, in a superb toilet
! MTs. General Eaton, in a lilac silk, with point
lace trimmings. Mrs. General Vincent and
4iss Lancaster wore rich tOilettes. There was
| also present Mrs, Senator Thurman, her daugh-
| ter, Mrs. Combs; Hon. Huratio Kiuy and his
daughter, Mrs Annie King; DIR. and Mrs
| Woodward, Gen. Sheridan, ATTORNEY General
williams, Postmaster General Jewell, Mir. aud
! Mrs Cox, Ohio, Nc., &c.
THE INVITATIONS
were printed upon fine tinted note-paper of the
modern form. That TO the church reads as
! follows
The General Of the Army and Mrs. Sherman
invite yoU to be present at the Nuptial Ii ass
and marriage Of their daughter, Maria Ewing
sherman, and Thomas William Fitch, Engf
| neer CorIs, L. s. N, which will be solemniz I'd
by His Grace j. b. Purcell, Most Rev. Arch
| bishop of Cincinnati, in st. AIOysius Church.
washington, ID. g, on Thursday, October l,
! 1874, at II O'Clock.
| On a small OSlOng card are these words:
Present this at the church door.
! ON large, almost square card we read:
The General and Mrs. Sherman st home,
Thursday, october !, from until O'Clock .O-
| | street.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
The windows, piazzas, and sidewalks for
| squares in the vicinity of the church, and Of
| Gen. Sherman's hoIss on l St, were occupied
| by thropgs of people eager to get view Of the
| the steps of the church were also thrOnged by
addressed ladies, content to be on tside spec
tators OF the brilliant affair. Some of the
house tops in the vicinity were also occupied
| by eager male spectators.
GOOD MANAGEMENT.
Through the courtesy and good management
of the gentlemen who acted IS ushers the great
throng of guests were comfortably seated as
they arrived at the church, though the seating
accommodations did not quite provide for al
4
vited generally aVaiIed themselves of the invi-
tStiOn.
MARROW ESCAPE OF THB PRESIDENT AND
MRS. GRANT.
his morning as the President and Mrs
Grant were on their way, in a carriage, to ST.
Aloys.us Church to witness the marriage OF
Miss Sherman, while riding along X street,
near Sth, one of the horses managed in some
way to get his leg over the trace, and becoming
fTighteIed both animals dashed OFF at the top OF
y their speed, running up Sth street towards the
fountain. Fortunately, the driver had sufficient
presence or mind to turn the horses across the
foot pavement and into the park, where
they plunged and reared until driven against
the IRON chain inclosing the park, when one Of
the horses fell violently and the carriage came to
sudden halt. The President and Mrs Grant at
once descended from the carriage, and the
President went TO the footman's and, and to-
gether they managed to quiet the frightened
ANIMALS. This done the President and Mrs
Grant concluded, as their carriage was badIy
damaged, that the most expeditions way of
reaching the church was via the street cars
They accordingly took q car of the Columbia
railroad company and arrived at the church
in ample time to witness the marriage cere-
moDy. One of the horses attached to tne car.
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