Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-12
weddings.

Brilliant Occasions i'm Various Parts or
 the State.
 Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
 Ida Grace, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. B. D.
 Beach, and Mr. Samuel E. Lovejoy, all ct
 Milford, the event to take place on Wednes-
 day. October 17th, at 6:30 o'clock at St. Pe- ter's church, Milford. The parties have many friends in Milford and this city.
 Norwich had couple of stylish weddings Wednesday evening Bessie Pratt, daughter of Mrs. William Fl. Pratt of Preston, and Walter H. Rogers of Norwich, were married at the Baptist church, and Miss Mary Ella Stedman and Councilman William H. Arm-
 strong of that city were married at the resi- dence of the brides parents, Mir. and Mrs. Joseph R. Stedman, at No. 25 Washington street, by the pastor of the same church. Among those present at the latter was Mrs.
 Mary Whitford, aged eiehty-eight, the grand ! mother of the bride, who was introduced to s'the city fathers" and seemed to enjoy the occasion as we'll as the youngest person pres ent. MT. Sanford Hawkins, one of the promi- l nent young men of Milford and member of the firm of J. N. Hawkins $ Son, grocers, ] was married in Mansfield, Mass, Tuesday to 1 Miss Laura E. Coles of that place. who was ! formerly telegraph operator at the Milford depot. MT. and Mrs. Hawkins have de- 1 servinely large circle of friends who tender I their sincere wishes for a long and happy 1 life. They have taken a wedding tour l through New York State and intend to re- l turn next week.
 1 BRILLIANT WEDDINGS IN BRIDGEPORT. Bridgeport had fine society wedding at 1 the St. Johns Episcopal church yesterday 1 afternoon at o'clock. The occasion was 1 the celebration of the marriage of Miss Jen- 1 ny Spencer Middlebrook. only daughter of Major L. N MiddIebrook, with Mr.. Frank | Brown Weeks, of Galveston, Texas. Rev. l Dr. Eaton w. Maxcy, the brides pastor, of ] ficiated in the impressive ceremony. A very large audience of the friends of the happy couple filled the church, over twelve hundred cards of invitation having been
 issued. The bride was given away by her father, and J.. Munson Tomlinson, Esq,
 of Bridgeport, acted as best man. Frederick Fl. Sanford, William T. HaviIand, Harry Rockville Latham and Sherman Hartwell
 Hubbard, esq.,, all of Bridgeport, performed
 the delicate duties of ushers. Prof. s. s.
 Sanford presided at the organ. The bride
 WAS attired in travelling costume, and i'm mediately after the ceremony the newly we'd ded pair departed for New York and a bridal
 trip, after which they will make Texas their
 permanent residence.
 Bridgeport had another brilliant wedding Wednesday afternoon, at St. John's church.
 The church was filled. Miss Florence Aida,
 youngest daughter of the late W. W. Hol-
 comb, Esq, and MT. James Harrington
 Walker, of Detroit, Mich, were married.
 The chancel of the church was handsomely
 decorated with flowers and MT. s. s. Sanford
 presided at the organ. The procession en l tered in the following order: First, the ush- | CTS, Messrs. Brodie, Alderman and Walker of Detroit, and Harry Shelton of Bridgeport; then came the bridesmaids, Misses Emma Weed, Hattie Parrott, Mamie Cogswell and
 Julie Stocking, followed by the bride and her
 mother, Mrs. W. w. Holcomb. The bride was dressed in elegant white satin, diamond
 ornaments and tulle veil confined by dia- | n1ond pin. The groom and his best man were met at the chancel, the mother gave l away the bride and the ceremony was per- 1 formed by Rev. Dr. Stocking, brother-in- 1 law of the bride The bridesmaids wore 1 elegant white silks, satins, etc., and veils. l After the ceremony 8 reception was l held until 8 D. m. at Mrs. Henry Bucking- hams, on State street, and large number
 of the young friends of the bride were pres
 ent in rich toilets. There were many guests
 from out of town, Detroit, Washington, Nashville, Savannah and many other places being represented. There was fine music, choice refreshments and many gifts. The l grooms gift to the bride were chatelaine
 watch set with 116 diamonds. The bridal
 couple left on the o'clock train for an ex- 1 tended trip.
 | s'sr11L ANOTHER"
 | Mir. Fred M. Snow, of New York, man 1 ager of the H. H. Snow company's stere
 there, is, we learn, to be married to Brook
 lyn lady next week.