The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-12-29
oUP1D's CONQUEST.
Sequel to Supreme Counting.
THE pAvIs-swAYNE NUPrIALs.

THE DAvIS-SwAYNE NUPTIALS.
DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE CELEBRATION
OF Thu INTERESTING SOCIETY EvENT-DIs-
TINGUIsHRD GUESTS PREsENT-rHE BRI-
DIAL ToUR-ANoTHER WEDDING IN THE
FAMILY on THE taps FOR TOLEDO.
Tie Bloomington telegram to the Chicago
Times, of yesterday. gives the following de-
tails OF the sequel to sjudicisl courtship
reported in the Sentinel of yesterday morn
ing: For the last "a hours Bloomington has
been agita,ed from court house to corpora
ton limits by reason of the approaching
nuptisls of Mr.. Henry Stewart Swayne,
of Toledo, o., and Miss Sailie Worth
ington Davis, Of this city. Every In
coming train has brought numbers of dis
| iinguIshed que SITS whose names are house,
hold words throughout the nation: hotels
| are throDged, and the hospitalities of private
citizens are largely broBght into requisition
| TO furnish accommodations. All day the
| broad street leading from the heart or Tia is
pretty citv 10 the stately stone marsion Ct
Judge Davis, situated about one
| mile from the court house, hss
been astir with public and private carriages
hurrying 10 and fro. The universal topic of
I conversation in business marts aud private
circles was the approaching wedding. Even
the little ones caught the refrain and paused
in their childish games to indulge in conf
Dental dispositions on the all-absorbiug
| theme, and the comments aud converts tiuns
| by old and young we're compli-
mentary in the highest degree, because
Bloomington is proud Of Judge Davis aud
his daughter is loved and admired by the
entire community. lie IL proper thai the
city should be excited over this event, not
| only because of the social relations of its
citizens with Judge Davis and his family,
but by reason of the Official and financial
standing OF the two families thus united.
Judges Swayne and Davis, es associate
| Justices of the Supreme Court of the United
| Ststes, command the respect OF the nation,
| and
| THE INTEREST ID FURTHER INTENSIFIED
from the fact that they are the wealthiest gen.
tlemen who occupy that high position, both
being repuied millionsires; consequently it
is but natural and proper thai the alli-
ance should be regarded as one OF unusual
importance. Judge David Davis has been
citizen OF Bloomington for nearly forty
years. during which time he has been inh-
msteIy identified with the interts
of the city. Born in Cecil
county, MARYLAND, he graduated
at Kenyon College, Ohio, in 1882 and
studied law At Lenox, Mass, and at the New
Haven Law school. Ia 1885. be came 10
Pekin, III, and in the following year
moved TO Bloomington, waere he / as since
resided. 1t was ia LeDox, while law
student, that he met Miss Sarah Walker,
his present wife, and in 1888 they were
married. They have two children. The
eldest, Mr.. George Perrin Davis, n lawyer bV
, profession, has recently given up the prac-
lice aud Is business manager for his father.
| He Is married and resides a short distance
from the parental mansion. the other child,
the bride OF the evening, is some ten years
younger than her brother. In manner she
is graceful and unassumiDg, possessing the
higher virtues OF head and heart above
mere outward display. She was educated
, partly at Washington aud partly in the
: New EDglsnd states, and has Travelled ex-
: tensivelY. The official career OF Judge
Davis began in 1874 when he was elected a
member of the lower house of the Illinois
general assembly. In 1S4S he became Judge
} OF the eighth Judicial circuit, aud in
1861 was appointed by Mr.. Lincoln associate
justice Of Gne supreme Court OF the United
, States. He has lived in q plain and IN
: os.entatiOus manner all his lite, and is
essentially democratic IN all respects. Mrs.
/. Davis IS noted for her many cb arita BILE deeds
and inyariable kindness of manner.
THE GROOM Is SECOND SON
OF Judge Noah II. Swayne, associate justice
of the United States Supreme Court, which
appointment he received at the hands OF
Mr.. Lincoln in February, 1862. His elder
brother, Gen. Wager Swayne, and his two
younger brothers, Mr.. Frank B. Swayne,
aud Mr.. Noah II. swayne, jr., are lawyers,
and reside In Toledo. He, however, il a
successful business man. and member
of tie firm of Osborn, Chase q Swayne,
, extensive manufacturers OF walnut
holdings, at Toledo. he graduated
with honor at Yale College in the
class of 1868, and aterward travelled aud
, studied 10 Europe. He is a gentlemen Of
, culture aud refinement, a fine German
scholar, aud accomplished musician, and
the lady's senior by about ten years. AT
night the Davis mansion was ablsZe with
, light from observatory to basement, and
: over three hundred guests were assembled
within. Many of the toilets were very
elaborate and jewels Wed with bril- hit eyes
lin dazzling the bebolder. At bali past
) O'Clock, the ReVs. s, b. Tsggsrt and John
Maclean took their positions IN the main
psrlor, opposite to and facing the entrance,
and passageway was formed by the guests
} for the bridal party, which entered the
room in the following order: The groom
, ard The brides mother, the brides latber
: aud the bride, the groom's father and Mrs.
Geo. p. Davis, sister of the bride: Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Parsons, OF New York; Mr..
{ Noah II. Swayne, Jr., and Frances Scranton,
7 of Scranton, Pa; Mr.. Frank B. Swsyne
and Miss RoSanna Wentworth, OF Chicago.
3 With the lack OF osteniatiou which has
+ characterized the family Of Judge Davis
through life, neither ushers nor att endauts
D were included in the bridal party. Although
r both the officiating clergymen, sre Rev. Mr..
:. Taggart and bis assistant, ara Presbyterians,
4 they solempized the nuptials after the beau
tiful aud impressive form of the Episcopal
churcD, inasmuch as Judge Davis and
family, when in Washington, attend thai
3 church, fr- ~.
3 THE CEREMONY CONCLUDED,
the bride and groom received the congratu-
latious of all, and Immediately the band
! struck up lively air, and the younger
(, guests formed in the various apartments for
I the dance. simultaneously The folding doors
Q leading to the dining-hall were thrown
8 open, revealing table prepared with great
taste and elegsnre by Kinsley, OF Chicago
The central figure was an immsnse hora
globe, supported by four statuette pedestals