The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-11-06
CUPID'S CAPTIVES.
-Euptials of DR.. Herbert Lon.
gan and Miss Matte May
Walker Last Evening.
One of the Most Notable Social
Events of the SeasOn-List
of Presents, Etc.

Matte Nav Walker, daughter Of MIR. j.
6 Walker, OF Pleasant Green, ard DR..
Herbert Longap, of Holden, johnson
county, has furnished a subject for CONVEX
sation in the best social circles OF Cooper
county, If not the entire state, as both the
bride and groom belong to prominent fam
lilies, and have host Of friencs.
Last night being selected for the mo-
mentous occasion, a very large company
assembled at the residence of the brides
parents, at "Prairie View" To witness The
ceremony whereby two hearts were united
in that strangely mysterious relation which
has been recognized as fitting in every era
and every cline since Adam first wooed
the maiden Eve in the sunny wales of Par
aiise.
The bride is an intelligent, refined young
lady, and of that lovely type of woman
hood spoken of by the poet as "pivinely
tall and most divinely fair" while tn.
groom represents that sturdy manhood
which has made him "man among men.
At 7:30 O'Clock the bride and groom
took their places beneath a magnificent
wedding bell, composed of tube roses and
white chrysanthemums, while 10 an i'm.
pressive and feeling manner, Rev q. w.
Hyde, of the Baptist church, at Lexington,
pronounced the ceremony which made
them one.
The attendants were: Mr.. George F..
LOngan and Miss Lou Eva Walker Mr..
Marshall Rust and Miss Emma Lorgan.
The bride and her attendants were re-
splendant in silks and diamonds and
formed a radiant group.
After the congratulations the guests were
invited to partake of a magnificent we'd
ding feast of the choicest viands, laid on a
table decorated with flowers and fruits.
The menu embraced meats, salads, cakes,
and, in fact, everything afforded by home
and foreign products.
The presents were unusually itch and
costly, embracing among many, the follow
ing
Elegant set of furniture for the home Of
the newly married compile Mr.. and Mrs. p.
G. Walker, father and mother of the bride.
Silver nut bowl, Miss Eva Walker, sister
of the bride.
Half dozen silver knives and forks, Miss
Rebecca Masssie, Pilot Grove.
Toilet set in three pieces, c. X. Beckett.
Sterling, Kansas.
Half dozen silver knives and forks, Mr..
and Mrs j. M. johnson, of Pleasant Green.
Elegant silver butter dish, VIZ. LODgan,
Of Houstonia.
Elegant silver water service. Mr.. and
Mrs ]. b. Longan, of Houstonia, father and
mother of the groom.
Silver and cut glass berry stand, pitcher,
spoonholder and sugar bowl, George f and
Miss Emma Longsn, brother and sister OF
the groom.
Gold and silver plated thermometer, in
shape Of key, hung on plush stand, Mr..
and Mrs. d. Miller, of East Lynne.
Elegantly embroidered sofa cushion, Miss
Nellie George, of Atchison, Kansas.
Table scarf, exquisitelY embroidered by.
her own hand, Miss Lou Eva Walker, sis
ter of the bride.
Swinging silver water pitcher, Fannie
and Maggie Salmon, of Clinton.
Silver and venetian glass berry bowl, Mr.
and Mrs. K. L. Barton, Glasgow, Mo.
Granite and silver tea set, hand painted,
Dr.. G. Y. Salmon, of Clinton.
Silver bouquet holder, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
J. Fi.zerrell, of Holden.
Fruit stand and bouquet holder, COM
bined, ]. M. Mayfeld, Pleasant Green
Pair of silver meat dishes, Mr.. and Mrs.
n. e. Alexander, and Mr.. S. A. Bell, HOus.
tOnia.
Silver egg holder, Lee Walker, Pleasant
Green.
Silver, sold-lIned cake basket, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. II. Doyle, Hannibal.
Elegantly bound set of Thackery's works,
William Curran, Sedalia.
Silver pickle castor, Tom and Kate
Casey, of Clinton.
Silver and bohemian glass berry bowl,
II. II. English, New Palestine.
Silver and gold-lined butter dish, j. q.
Beck and family, Pleasant Green.
Elegant parlor lamp, J. W. Rissler, Bea-
Silver ynd gold lined fruit stand, Mr..
and Mrs T. J. Wallace Bunceton.
Elegantly bound volume of 'Dante's
Inferno" illustrated by Dore.
Silver tea set, Marshall Rush, Pilot
Grove.
Half.dosen silver knives and forks. w.
L. Nelson, Holden.
Sconce mirror, brothers of the bride.
Cordry, of Cooper county.
Among the guests were: Messrs. u. +:
LonRan, C. C. Parker. William Curran, of
sedslf.; Joseph F. French, Kingsvi!le;
Prof. Simpson, Rev. G. w Hyde. Lexing-
ton; - Peudleton, Tourney, Independ
ence; Downing, Miller, East Lynne; DR..
Reed Quarles, Judge Start,
Dave Leighton, BoonviIle; Misses Maggie
and Fannie Salmon, Clinton; Kate Patti
son, Independence; Maria Barton, Gias-
cow: Ada Harrison, Hannibal; Sallie
Downing, Walker; Lou Harris, Lexing-
ton: Mamie Spahr, Mr.. and Mrs J. B.
Lonean, Mrs. Mary Alexander, Houstonia /;
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Casey, Clinton Mr.. and
Me- z T. Rsrtnn and aon GIaspow. Mrs
N. J. Mcpherson, Boonville; Mr.. and Mrs.
John Ellsworth, East Lynne.
The newly married pair have gone 10 St
Louis, where they will embark by boat for
New Orleans, and thence 60 to Mobile,
Montgomery City, Alabama, Savannah and
Jacksonville, Florida, returning by rail to
Holden, where they will in future reside.
Taken altogether the wedding of Mr.. and
Al. I oxuan Nos coua nlefe In every detail