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and never held Office. lie is survived by a
widow and five children.

and never held Office. lie is survived by a
widow and five children.
On Tuesday evening st. Lulte's church
was the scene of pleasant cercmony.lhe
marriage of Mr.. A. A. Merriield clerk of the
Weldon House, and Miss Ella A. George,
daughter of Mr. Alva George. The rite was
performed by Rev. Thomas Burgess, in the
presence of large number of friends and
acq,iaintanccs, -Nlcssrs. Fred w. Hyde and
&. f, Huntington acting as ushers, and MISS
Sarah jerks presiding at the organ The
newly welded par were the recipients OF
host of presents from friends in town and out
oftown, both bride and groom being popular
among the young people especially. They
left ON the 1:3j train for bridal trip OF two
or three weeks through the Western country,
and were given merry send-oil at the depot
by party Of friends Any quantity of con
CALCULATIONS and good wishes have been and
will be bestowed on the happy couple
81. AiJdns Messenger.
At 12 o'clock Wednesday, at St. Johns
Episcopal church. Miss Julia w. Smith, the
handsome and accomplished daughter OF
Hon. Levi Smitu, counsellor at-aw, was
married to Mr.. Henry w. Taft of Cincinnati,
Ohio, son of the cX-attoiney-gcncral OF the
United States and present American minister
to the Austrian court. The bride was a,tired
in white satin dress, with white lace veil,
and held in her hand Il handsome wreath OF
| flowers William IL. Taft, brother of the
groom, acted as best man. Among the guests
from abroad were X. Caleb Boycc and sister
and Miss Hattie Smith of st. Adams, Vt,
Miss Scranton of Scranton, Pa, the Misses
Jennings of New York, Miss Torrcy of
Millbury, Mass, ana Charles p. Taft, broth
or of the groom, of Cincinnati. The follow
ing acted as ushcrs Walter Weathcrby of
New York, Walter Jennings of New York,
| W. Tiacy Smith OF st. Adams Vt, Prof.
w. T. Mason and Edwin A, King of Troy
and Horace Taft of Cincinnati. -Ir0y Press.
John Brown, the well-known personal at
tendant of Queen Victoria, whose death has
been announced, was Scotchman by birth
and had been in the Queens service many
years. Ills attendance upon her was CON
slant and devoted and he accompanied her
on all her journeys, his intimate knowledge
of her habits and needs enabling him to make
the most efficient provision for her comfort.
His long and faithful service won for him
from the Queen degree Of consideration
which made his relation to her in many res
poets more nearly that of Il friend than of a
servant. In fact il has been said that at
times when difference of opinion arose be.
tween the two as to certain things to he done
in the way of securing comfort, the decision
of the Scotch giic usually had 20 he accepted
as law by the Queen. Mr.. Brown was FIRE.
qucntly mentioned by the Queen in hcrbook,
entitled Leaves from the journal of Oul
Life in the Highlands" The extraordinary
consideration bestowed upon him did no,
cause him TO forget his position, his NANTES
tations OF authority in cases where, as just
stated, the Queens will sometimes had tC
give way to his being simply phase Of bis
devotedncss to that trust which he believed
himself to hold as a servant whose duty wa!
TO care for the comfort, health and safety o.
his royal mistress.