The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-22
THE ATTENDANCE.

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Benniughaus of this city, reIgnlng
favorite.
THE ATTENDANCE.
The attendance at the Cathedral was
probably rs large, If not the largest, ever
assembled at that place on similar oc-
cssion. Early in the evening, and long
before the hour announced Tor the cere-
mony to take place, all the available
space in the large auditorium OF the
Cathedral was occupied, and the mass OF
humanity so crowded IN the building
were wild with anticipation, and the
murmers of hundreds OF voices filled the
building when the bridal party were an
uounced. Indeed, so great was the
throng that the Bishop was forced to ad-
minister a rebuke to the audience, for the
disorder occasioned IN their
frantic endeavors to catch glimpse OF
the happy pair as they were about to
pass up the aisle. Order, however,
was finally restored, the aisles cleared,
and at five minutes past eight O'Clock,
Mrs. Martha Whitaker the organlst,
gently touched the organ keys with we'll
trained fingers, and with the melody
came
THE BRIDAL PARTY,
preceded BY Messrs. B. w. Peterson, W..
b. Fisher, and w. II. fancy, the pc.
litest OF ushers, in the order named,
taking their positions as follows:
Mr.. Green and Miss Ella Hunter on
the right of the altar; Mr.. Rand and
Miss Donelly on the left of the altar;
Mr.. J. f. Jones and Miss Rosa Houston,
and bride and groom, Mr.. Jones to right
of groom and Miss Houston to left OF
bride Before the party had reached the
altar, Bishop Kahn and his assistants,
Father Sullivan, Vicar General. and
Father O'Conor, of Clarksburg, had
taken t! cir positions and were ready to
receive them, and administer the mar
age vows, which were preceded by y,
short and eloquent address by the Bishop
on the Church view of mstrimony MS
compared with the civil view. The
ceremony over the party moved down
the aisle, as though
"To love, to bliss, their blended souls were
given,
And each, too happy, asked no brighter
heaven"
From the church the bridal party and
invited guests repaired to the Mcclure
House, where a reception was given the
married couple, and congratulations re-
celved from their hosts Of friends. Here
muir rnrt vTs
shone to better advantage than at the
church, and would not have failed to de-
light the most fsstidious taste, the goddess
of fashion being IN her hap
piest mood when she issued her
edicts for the costumes OF TIE
ladies composing the bridal party. The
bride was radiant in cream tinted
brocade silk, en- trdine, deliberately trim
med with deep founces of knife plaitings
of silk, light falls OF point d'dppLtque and
magnificent wresthes of orange blossoms,
lilies and other flowers of purest white.
The couture was exceptionally artistic
and becoming, being a marvellous COM
bination OF putfs, curls and frizzettes,
surmounted by coronet of orange
flowers. from which pended the
soft voluminous folds of the
the bridal illusion. The bridesmaids.
Miss Rosa Houston, OF Richmond, Va,
Miss Ella Hunter and Miss Florence
Donnelly Were srrayed as lilies Of the
field, not only in purity and simplicity
and purity of style, but as fac
SMILES of each other. The dresses
we're white carleton, trimmed with
knife plating o! the same, and
long festoons OF flowers, in the variety OF
which, lay the sole difference IN the
Costumes. Miss Houston wore white roses
and dark green ivy leaves; MISS Hunter,
lilies of the valley and long green sprays;
Miss Donelly, white roses. The corsages
were cream tinted silk, fitting close TO the
figure, and founce bede cked. The con-
trast between the apparel OF the brunette
bride and the blonde maidens was both
pleasing and effective, rejecting great
credit to the skill of Mrs. Mccoy, from
whose establishment the dresses were
procured.