The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-20
Strange Marriages Last Year.

Marriage by telegraph has become quite
a common thing in this country. On the
22d of May, 1879, Mr.. L. w. Walker and
Miss NJ. e. Buddington were married, the
bride being in the Northwestern Telegraph
Company's office at Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
and the groom in the office ut Owatonna,
Minnesota. ''The ceremony says local
report, 'began at eight o'clock, and in q
very short time the couple, having re-
spondea to the conundrums usually pro-
pounded on such occasions, were pro-
nounccd man and wife, and were dismissed
with a bencdiction. The bride wore an
evening dress of black with black crepe
shawl, and bore in her hand bouquet Of
flowers" Upon this marriage legal news
papcr'commcntcd that, as an ordained mi
nstcr's authority to marry extended only
"throughout the State" the bride only was
married; that the statute providing that the
declaration of both parties must be made in
the "prcscnce" of the minister was violated;
that witnesses were not present, or, if they
were, they must have witnessed the BRIDES
marriage OF the telegraph operator, and
that no certificate could have been given
specifying the place of the marriage.
Among the marriages of last year that were
| odd in the manner Of their celebration. may
Miss Jones, on public road in Calvert
county, Maryland, in July. They set out
from home at seven o'clock A. NJ, and so
did the clergyman. At the point where
they met the happy couple were united on
horseback, beneath a shading oak. June
18th, 1879, at Monticello, Illinois, the Rev.
Duncan Mcmillan of Utah was united in
marriage to Emily Kent Johnston, daughter
n m A
The ceremony took place under two grand
hickory treas, the branches above forming
a natural bower Guests assembled under
the trees, and the bride and groom came to
the shade preceded by two little girls, who
dropped lilies OH the path. A Mormon BIZ
shop named Allen performed q wedding on
the line between Utah and Nevada, having
one foot in the State and one in the Terri
tory, while the bride was ia Nevada and
the groom in Utah. In New Haven, Con-
necticut, there was a marriage on the stage.
AT the close Of the regular performance it
was announced that ''Nlr. James Jones, of
Jones and Crcslon, the rifle shots, would be
united in marriage to Miss Josephine
Blanchard member Of the company"
After Miss Ferrand and the Ross sisters
had finished dancing, the curtain was low
cred and the orchestra played the "Wcd-
ding March," The curtain was then rung
up, disclosing the happy pair, surrounded
by the entire company. After the ap-
plausc had ceased, Hugh Daley, q Justice
of the Peace, stepped forward and per-
formed the service of the Episcopal Church,
The audience kept order till The service
was over, and then applauded and called
tho happy pair before the curtain. Mr.. j.
q. Sexton, of Cleveland, Ohio, babe large
| company TO his house on Euclid avenue, to
see some private thcatricas. At the con-
cluson of the play the guests were asked to
keep their seats The curtain went up,
and the unexpected tablcau was presented
of the hosts granddaughter, Miss Addie
Sexton, IN brides robes, with her betrotlled,
Mr.. Quo Arnold, standing undera wedding
hell of flowers before DR.. Noakes, rector of
Emmanuel Chapel, who read the Episcopal
service and married them, the bride con-
Guiding. the ceremony by repeating Alice
Cary's poem, "The Marriage Wreath. :"
Mr.. Gibbons, Of Orangeville, Indiana, would
not lot his daughter marry James Scarlet.
She went down to the river with 9. bucket
for water, and found there Squire Lcm
Ross, Mr. Scarlet, the necessary witnesses,
and two horses--one with a side-saddle.
The marriage took place, and the happy
couple. left for the country. While all this
was going on the o.d man was at home at