The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-07-04
A SrRNNs WEDDING.
A Marriage Ceremony which Called
Together an fnmen>e Crowd.

| New York World, 10.
| Three thousand women crowded together
| rumpled each others dresses, disarrange cd
their hair, and had their tempers spoiled,
within and without the Central Baptist
Church, at Eighth and South Fifth streets,
Williamsburg, Thursday evening. Two
thousand little boys and girls added their
efforts to the general endeavor to get into
the building, and, in so doing, made confu-
sion of the most confounded character \
long line of full-grown men stood on the
western side Of Eighth street, and amused
themselves by encouraging the women to
crush one another. In the center of the
throng in front Of the church were two po-
licemen, who were squeezed by the women
until they became prOfane. Among the
congregation in the church was a woman
who bad rebelied against being made a
mo her-in-law, but who had becone mad
dened because the young woman she dis
liked had Tilted her son. She was accom-
panied by lawyer and a deputy sheriff,
the latter having in his possession papers to
serve in a breach OF promise case, in which
her son is the complainant.
The occasion of all this excitement was
the marriage OF Mr.. Nathaniel Dominick, a
retired dealer in smoked meats, and Miss
Mary Marshall, the former being wild
over, Is years Of age, and the latter ''only
10 years cid" What lent particular inter
est to the wedding was that Miss Marshall
had Tilted the young man whose vengeiul
mother was in the church. Every place
within twenty feet OF the sculptUred Oaken
rafters OF the very high and handsome roof
of the edifice, into which 4 woman could
get, was occupied by one. The women
talked and laughed As il they were attend
in circus. \ few minutes before the
bridal party entered the church, the pastor,
Rev. Mr.. Rhodes, raped for silence, and,
having procured it, asked the congregation
not to stand upon the pew cushions when
the party should pass up the central aisle,
whereUpOn the occupants OF every pew
stood up, turned over the cushions and
made other preparations to mount the seats
when the proper time arrived. As the car
riages containing the friends Of the bride and
groom drove up 10 the church door,
the crowd cheered Justly. When the brides
parents arrived some bad youths cried out
" Here's pa and ma. Don't they look lice -
The height of impudenCe was reached Ey
the crowd when they made such cJIHUIeU,s
upon The bridegroom IS He's j nice lC.s-
ing old fellow, bat hi> heads bald ami
"Ile parts his hair with a towel; EoUsay
As the bride asceEded the steps OF the
church she caught Up her train ClevCr.v,
turned 10 tie crowd and bowed to Mr.
DUmiuick. he wore 4 handsome drts q
mauve si.k,-her hair was banged, Az. IL.
ell, ana ,T.mPtG, and pu.iCa. \ spray Y.
orange J.osscI- was also in hg~ hair, ana
she carried very large baUqgs- Of camel
lias, tube roses, and moss roses. One Of Llr
bridesmaids wore blue silk dres-, anil ;aa
other cream colored irock Each carried
a bouquet similar TO the BRIDE. The
bridegroom, q sturdy Eng.ish-iOJkiE- nan,
with his broad face framed in remarkably
dark whiskers, was attired il the ordinary
evening dress, "a was also lis two GROOM
men. When tev. Mr.. Rhodes hal per
formed the marriage ceremony, Mr.. DOM
nick salutcd his bride heartily, ana the
congregation uttered prolonged ~Oh
The reappearance OF Mr.. and Ms. Domi-
nick at the church door was the signal Tor
the crowd to howl, and 1t howled Justify
The bride bowed and tiirled her bouquet
\ great crowd ran after the carriage Of the
newly married couIle Ito the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall mo. lO6 South Second street.
There they were cheered again, and there
the bride once more acknowledged their
salutations as she ran up the front stoop.
All things considered, she demonstrated
that she Is a woman OF nerve.
The young man whose life has been en-
bittered by the alleged constancy OF the
present Mrs. Dominick is George Lewis.
who L. twenty-five years old. lie met Miss
Marshall when both were very young, and
notwithstanding that his family and hers
having lived in one house were conse-
quently bitter enemies, he learned to love
her. He escorted her to church and places
of amusement nightly for some years, and
at last became engaged to marry her. The
time for the wedding was fixed for April
22, and Mrs. Lewis says he gave Miss Mar
shall $3.50 of his savings with which to pur-
chase furniture for their intended home.
In March last Miss Marshall met and was
smitten with the charms OF Mr. Dominick.
Two weeks before the day fixed for her
wedding with Lewis she gave that young
man an emphatic dismissal. He at once
consulted a lawer, and instituted a suit for
the recovery Of his $3.50, and it is now
pending.
A few days ago he started to sue .he
young lady for breach of promise The
papers were ready and would have been
served a. Mrs. Dominick left the church
last night il the absence Of Mr. Lewis had
not unnerved his mother and lawyer,
and stopped the work OF the deputy sheriff
Ii was al first intended to arrest her on a
civil warrant, but that purpose was aban-
doned as likely TO array public opinion
against Mr.. Lewis and his advisers. The
Young man SURVEYED the disorierIy scene.