Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-13
A Wedding.


 brilliant wedding took place last evening at the residence of Edward Stevens, Esq, on Wooster Place, the contracting parties being Mir. Frank E. Morgan, of New York city, and Miss Emma w. Stevens, only daughter of MT. and Mrs. Stevens. There were present about 75 relatives and intimate friends of the family, including many prominent gentle men. Rev. MT. Meserve was the officiating clergyman. A lovely bride graced the scene, attired in rich white satin cut CD tr0ine and silver brocade, lavishly trimmed in point lace which was profusely decked or beaded with pearls, and bunch of natural lilies of the valley heightened the charming effect of the toilet. The ushers were Arthur o. Jen- nings, Lorenzo M. Gillette, Henry w. Rising and R. J. Cameron, all of New York city. Everything had been done with unsparing hand to render the occasion a beautiful one, and in the utmost taste. Seldom, if ever, the city than the parlors and dining room
 offered. most elegant array of flowers met the view. In every direction roses, callas and japonicas in masses, bouquets and vases shed their fragrance. The beauty of the scene will finger in the memories of the guests and be recalled as beautiful tribute in honor of the bridal occasion. One mantel bore along it's whole extent massive bed of roses of different hues, japonicas, callas and other choice flowers, fresh from metropolitan conservatories, and in the center reposed an enclosure fringed in red pinlks, with background of white pinks, and bearing the initials of the bride and groom in purple i'm mortelles. Elsewhere in the apartment was similar beautiful floral design. The we'd ding table was masterpiece, indeed, of sur passing attraction, evidencing the highest style of the art, combining the beautiful with the most tempting. massive and elegant epergne adorned the center, laden with choice attractions, and the fresh, cheerful spring time verdure of lavish festooning and dra- perry of smilax, here and elsewhere in all di- rections greeted the eye, in lively contrast to the reflection with the crisp winters night snow landscape without the residence The wedding banquet and its floral accompani- ments excited the iveliest admiration for their beauty and elegance. A canvas-cano- pied enclosure led from the side entrance of the residence to the curb. Among those present were ex-Governor James E. English and Hiram Camp, associates with Mir. Ste Yens in the management of the New Haven Clock company; Judge E. I. Sanford, Dr. Morgan, gentleman of so, grandfather of the groom, who had come from Bennington, Vt.; Prof L. J. Sanford of Yale, Mir and Mrs Charles Monson, Mir. and Mrs. Louis Hotchkiss, MT s. B. Jerome and family, Mr E. M Jerome and family, MT. and Mrs. L. E. Jerome and Miss Nettie Jerome, Mrs. c. s. Jerome, Miss Helen Jerome, and Misses Jew ett Grifhng, Josie Grifing, Phelps, Hattie Phelps and Minnie Ensign, all of this city; and Mrs. Joel Eaton of Lansingburg, N. r., Mrs. George A. Harmount 1of Chicago. H., MT. and Mrs. Frederick Jennings of New York city, Miss Mamie Spicer, Miss Mary Sanford and Miss Clark, daughter of Rev. pr. Clark, all of Troy, N. Y., and many others. The gifts were. very elegant and numerous. Among the array were an elegant cabinet, blue silk lined, containing set of solid silver from the bride's mother g fine diamond pin from the groom; an ele- gant tea set of china from ex-Governor Eng fish; fine gift from Mir. Hiram Camp; q richly framed large plate-glass mirror, from Miss Sanford, of Troy; charmingly execu- ted work of art from Mrs. Harmount Chi cago an elegant clock, from London, from Mr. George Stevens, of New York, brother of the bride The music for the occasion was by four members of the Philharmonic society, of New York The catering and floral arrangement was by Mir. RedcliHe, of this city. The happy pair departed on the s:15 train for New York for an extended tour, including Washington, D. Q. They take up their residence in New York.