Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-22
STOCK,
MARRIED BY THE MAYOR.
A Son OF George Francis Train United
to a Daughter OF the Late Charles
R Tnorne's Widow.

NeW ioTk Joufnai
There was unusual interest yester.
day morning In the mayors Office, in
consequences of the notice given some
days before of the marriage to be eel.
ebrated by his honor between q son of
Mr.. George Francis Train and q
daughter Of the widow of the late
Charles R. Thorne, the we'll known
actor.
Soon after 10 O'Clock q party of
ladies escorted by two young gentle
men entered the mayors office and
signi6ed a wish that Mr.. Edison should
perform the marriage service for two
of their number. The young men
were Elsie MoHenry Train and Geo.
Train, sons of George Francis
Train, and the former was the pros.
pectlve bridegroom. Their sister, Miss
Train, was with them, accompanied
by q lady friend. The bride was q
tall young lady, In q brown travelling
dress and lesther-trimmed hat-Miss
Eliza Willing Brown, Of Philad elphia
and with her was her mother in the
deepest mourning. Holding the
widows hand was q pretty, fair. haired
adopted daughter. There were two or
three dozen of spectators, and all the
party wore pretty little bouquets
which had been sent down by Mr..
Train, senior.
The usual routine was gone over,
but 1t was observed that the objec.
tionable word "obey" was not spoken
In reference to the request of the
bridegroom's father, Accompanying
the basket of bouquets was a card en-
which MI. Train had written one of
those peculiar poetical orations for
which he Is famous, the main theme
being about the Elevated Train, which,
of course, meant cars and not George
Francis. Neither the mayor nor the
groom kissed the bride at
the conclusion of the cere.
monies. After the wedding ring had
enoircled her finger, however, her
mother and bridesmaids embraced her
warmly. The bride is about 20 years
age, a brunei Q, with handsome feat.
ures, dark eyes and q wealth of hair.
She was plainly dressed In a travelling
suit of brown cloth, and wa evidently
ready to start ON her wedding tour
The groom is "a years of age, and is ar
~sthlethio, we'll built young fellow,
Both are said to be comfortably vel
off In their own right.
While this ceremony was going on
Morning Journal representative saw
Mr.. George Francis Train sitting or
a bench on the north side of Madison
Square, his hat off and his fine gra,
hair rustling In the breeze. He wa
quite alone, even the romping children
who were usually In a swarm at hi
feet, seeming to be impressed will
the idea that he did not wish to be ap
preached. On the seat at one sid,
was the basket or hamper In which tn,
flowers had been sent down; on tn
other eide wac n bundle embracin,
perhaps all the morning papers of tn
day. In the left lapel of his Goa
was the invariable small bouquet
. He had' paper and pencil In hi
hands, and was evidently deeply alb
sorbsd in some mathematical c~slcula.
ton, or perhapI idyllic composition
!, PasBrs by stared at him and whiapere,
y to each other, but he paid no hoed t
them. He WAC msnifestly In hi
usual good health. With regard to hi
!. strange silence, his daughter says tina
she is the only person to whom he will
= speak. When old friends call to SO
8 him he stares at them with a little sig
. of recognition, but will utter a word
An hour later he was In his old chat
In the reading room Of the Ashlan,
house, giving no sign that anything
unusual hsd occurred,