The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-25
OHLWEILER--RANGE.'
And all went Merry as a
Marriage Bell.
Particulars of the Wedding
which United the old
Families, List of
Presents, Etc.

On Saturday evening last, at 7 o'clock,
in the presence of old and valued family
friends and relatives, Miss Emma, daughter
of our esteemed townsman Mr. Louis
Range, the we'll baker, was united
in marriage to Jacob Ohlweiler, Jr., who
is interested with his father, better known
as ''Uncle Jake" in the restaurant bust
ness on Second avenue The ceremony
was impressively performed at the resi-
dence of the brides father by Rev. C. A.
Mennicke, pastor of the Evangelical
Lutheran church in this city, the brides
maids being Misses Minnie Range and
Mary Ohlweiler, and the groomsmen
Messrs. John Ohlweiler, Jr.. and Emil
Warnecke. After the shower of con
CALCULATIONS the guests present inspected
with interest the beautiful and useful
presents sent to the newly welded by their
numerous friends a list of which the ARGUS
man captured as follows:
THE PRESENTS.
J. H. Bramer, cake basket; L. Luebbe,
Texas, butter dish; Mr.. and Mrs. L Meier,
New York, silver sugar bowl; Mr.. and
Mrs. Phil Miller. butter dish; Mr.. and Mrs.
Iglehard. celery dish; H. Krell. silver pickle
dish; G. Wagner. fruit dish; E. Strate,
berry dish E. Warnecke, dinner caster, L.
Luoolf, dinner caster; Rosa Scherer, cake
basket; Messrs. Trueman and Gundrum
cake basket and lamp; Messrs.
T faYr,
G. W. Henry, lamp; T. W. Shredder, tea
set; Messrs Cushman, Snyder and Ecker
man. coffee set d. Buckley, half dozen cut
glass; II. Schillinger, vases; Mrs. G.
Sutcliff, half dozen goblets and pitcher; F.
Antony. set of knives and forks; ID. Bramer
and John Luebbe, camp chair; F. Elleb, set
knives and forks; Misses J. and G. Sto1ten
burg, camp chair: F. Ill Jr., camp chair;
Lena Stiltz, napkin ring; Mr.. and Mrs. p.
Frey, crumb brush; L. Range Jr., rack;
c.. Sclatz. pair table cloths; w. Elleb, bed
spread; Mrs. Scherer, half dozen towels; W.
Range, pair table cloths; John Ohlweiler
Jr, and A. Herkert, marble top table; Mr..
and Mrs Peters, card table; Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob F. Ohlweiler, set flat irons; Miss M.
Eckhardt tidy and pickle dish Miss Kate
Metzgar, towels and mating; Charles
Wolff, set knives and forks and table cloth;
M. Buncher, book: Mrs. Brockman, bureau
and wash stand; G. f. GAZETTEER, chamber
set; Miss NJ Range, sofa cushion; Theodore
Harder. one dozen towels; Mrs. c. Range,
table cloth; G Stangel. napkins and table
cloth; Miss M. Ohlweiler quilt; John OIL
weller, chair and rocker; Fl. Wendt, glass
Mrs. Aug. Schmidt, wash tub,
bowl, scrubbing brush, ETC., one dozen
fancy plates, Mr. and Mrs. Herald; marble
top table and dressing case, Miss Mary
Ohlweiler; bed room set, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Ohlweiler; fine bed spread, Miss
Caroline Ohlweiler.
Other friends also manifested their re-
gard for young Jake" and his fair bride
in various complimentary ways, all of
which, however, were richly deserved.
After the present Inspection the bride
and groom and their immediate party re-
paired to Turner Hall where upward of a
hundred relatives and old time friends
who had been invited to the reception,
were waiting to receive them. In this
goodly company was the ARGUS represent
alive, who had been kindly chaperoned by
that brevet German, Alderman George
Washington Henry, who is as much at
home among our German people as he is
among the Yankees, and right here the
ARGUS man would tender his thanks to
Mr. Henry for his kind attentions to "a
stranger in a strange land"
From until 8 o'clock, all present in
dulged in general good time, and made
the man of newspapers one of them to all
intents and purposes. Included in this
company were many of our
business men, including
Messrs. G. A. Dellinger, John Nj. Reticker
and others. Uncle Pete" Scherer was al
so on deck as brimful of happiness and
good will as Kaiser Wilhelm himself.
'Uncle Jake" Ohlweiler, Gather of the
groom), and Mr.. Louis Range, father of
the bride and their respective wives re-
ceived almost as many hearty congratula-
tons as the bride and groom, and with
the other relatives extended the hospitali-
ties of the occasion with right royal spir
it, Then there was that ancient Cerberus
on guard at the door, eUncle Jake" Metz
ger, and party without the presence of
that grizzled yet amiable veteran of the
blank.
At o'clock the large company, nearly
couples, was hidden to
THE FEAST