Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-02

Sou8tOE IFOun COl0ro0O.
Mr.. Ulysses SIMPSON Grant, IT,, the
youngest son and namesake.of ex-President
Grant was married New York city last
evening to Miss Fannie ]. Chaffee, daugh-
ter Of ex-senator Jerome B. Chaffee, of
Colorado. Almost until the very hour Of
the wedding ceremony, the engagement
was kept q family secret, and except the
members of General Grants and Senator
Chaffee's families, no guests were present
at the ceremony itself, which took place in
the parlOrs of Senator Chaffee's residence,
No. 26 West Fifty-eighth street, and was
performed by the Rev. DR.. J. p. Newman.
The rooms were profusely decorated with
flowers and smilax. A little after o'clock
the bridal couple came and stood before
Dr.. Newman, who was under the arch di-
viding tho parlors. There were NO brides
maids no groomsmen, but General Grant
stood at the right OF his son. The
brides parents were upon her left with
the other guests. The service used
was modified form Of that employed in
the Protestant Episcopal church. was con-
structed by DIR. Newman himself, and in
cludes the presentation of q ring by the
bridegroom. The ring employed was Of
chased gold, with a diamond set in below
tho surface, and bearing an engraved
monogram. The guests, besides General
Grant and Mrs. Grant, Senator Chatfee
and Mrs. Chaffee, were Colonel Fred.
Grant and his wife, Mr.. Jesse Grant and
his wife, ex-Delegate from New Mexico
and Mrs. William II. Hamilton and DR..
and Mrs. Newman. So that altogether
sixteen persons were present. The brides
dress was Of silk and of the palest possi-
bic lavender tint, and worn ell train, OF
course. A long veil fell from the brides
forehead, where it was fastened by a spray
of white flowers. and was draped in Il
graceful sweep over the long train. Her
were diamonds. The other
ladies' present wore evening dresses and
jewels.
Ate O'Clock wedding dinner was served
by DelmOnicO, at which only the sixteen
persons who had Witnessed the marriage |
sat down. On Thursday the bridal party !
will leave the city fCr Washington and be- |
fore their return thsT will probably visit !
General Grants homo in Galena, ILL.,, and !
the home Of the bride parents n. CoIora-
DO. Upon their retu-., to New York Il re-
ceptiOn will be announced, to which the |
personal friends Of the two families will be
invited.
The engagement OF Mr.. Grant to Miss
Chaffee is of some three months date. He
is a lawyer, in practice in New York. The
bride is Senator Chaffee's only daughter.
She is twenty-five years Of age and a
blonde Of a decided type and very pretty.
She has spent much time in travel abroad
md is an accomplished linguist.
General Grant, who it was understood
intended to return to Gaiena to vote to-
lay, occasioned much surprise by an
lOuncinS his intention to sacrifice his
vote. The cause of his inactivity was
only made plain when, accompanied by
COlOl Fred. Grant and the Rev. DR..
Newman, he spent an hour in the forenoon
1t Tiifany's selecting a gift for his sons
bride.
After the dinner General Grant drove to
he Republican national headquarters,
where he remained for nearly two hours,
in private room with some OF
he leaders of tho party. He went to his
lOtel before 10 o'clock and retired.