Daily Republican., 1884-05-20
Golden Wedding.
For the REpUBLICAN.

Vi Mr.. and Mrs. George l.. Miller, re
'r siding at Pleasant View Farm, in Bran
Ie dywine Hundred, near the limits o
the city OF Wilmington, Delaware
:, celebrated the fftieth anniversary o
d their marriage on Wednesday, May
r l4tb, 1884. OF Mr.. and Mrs. George l..
: Miller's family, there were present five
9 children, Mrs. Joseph Black burn, Mrs.
George ID. Watson, Mrs. Lewis Talley,
: Mr.. George and Mr.. Robert Miller, also
. their son.in-laws, George d. Watson
. and Lewis Talley, and twenty grand
, children.
The invited guests present numbered
. over one hundred and fifty. Amongst
them were Martin Miller and wife,
and their sons, daughters and son-in
laws as follows Robert G. Fra;m,
Esq, wife, sons and daughters, of Will
lnington, Delaware. Charles Miller,
wife and children Curtis M. Talley,
wife and daughters Lewis M. Miller,
| wife and children George w. Handy,
wife and daughter, all of Brandywine
Hundred Joseph Miller, wife, two
single daughters, and his son.in-law
Amor 6. Forwood and wife, all Of
Brandywine Hundred. John 8. Mil
Ter, son of Jonas Miller, Ga brother Of
George H., dtceased,) wife, daughter
and grandchild ; Henry Miller, wife
and children, all of Christiana Hun
dred. Mrs Maria Kirk, (sister of
George i. Miller, and son-in- laws and
daughters as follows Mr.. and Mrs.
Norris Taley and family Mr.. and
Mrs Lewis II. Zebley, wife and child,
and single daughter, all of Brandywine
Hundred, except Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Zsbley, and child, who reside at Thur.
low, Delaware County, Pa. Mrs.
James Culbert Mrs. James Aiken, Mr..
and Mrs William B. Adams, Mrs.
Ruth Watson, Miss Eliza Watson,
Mrs. Lavina Massey, Mrs. Manlove
Hazel, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Forman,
wife and children; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Beeson, Rev. VIM. B. Gregg, wife and
son George Fl. Tindall, Jr, and wife,
and the venerable Eli CrOzier, President
Of owe the People," all of Whining
ton, Del. Rev. William Jones, Of
Chicago, Illinois. Mr.. and Mrs. John
King and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles McCaulley and daughters, Mr..
and Mrs William Warnook, and Mrs.
j. Morrow and children, all of Phil
adelphia, Pa. Rev. Thomas W. Ham
mersley and his two olovely daugh.
ters, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G. Mahaffy,
Mr., and Mr.. Jacob II. Weldin, Mr.. and
Mrs, Isaac p. Naylor, Mr.. and Mrs. |
Lewis s. Talley, Mr.. and Mrs. William
A. Ta!ley. Mr.. and Mrs. George W.
Wedin and family, Miss Edith Black.
burn, Mr.. and Mrs. Atwood Weldin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Weldin, and
others, all of Brandywine Hundred.
The guests presented to Mr.. and Mrs.
Miller very large number Of hand
some and valuable presents, consisting
of gold, silver, china. table and cham
berware, glass, stationery, paintings,
rocking chairs, linen and other house.
hold goods. The exercises opened at 4
O'Clock p. m, when, by special request
of the family, Robert G. Ftaim, Esq,
Clerk OF the City Council of Whining
ton, Delaware, delivered the opening
address, in which he, in his usual
pleasant, eloquent and happy manner
and style reviewed the history of the
Miller family in Brandywine Hundred
for over three-fourths of a century, aud
he also on behalf Of the donors, pre-
sented the various gifts to the host and
hostess, whose fiftieth anniversary was
being celebrated. Mr.. William A. Tai
ley, Of Brandywine Hundred, on behalf
Of the recipients, responded to the pre-
sentaton address of Mr. Fraim, in a
very neat and pleasant address. Mr..
Fraim then introduced to the audience
AS the next speaker Rev. William
Jones, OF Chicago, a member of che
Rock Island NJ. f. Conference (Mr.
Jones is an uncle of Mr.. Joseph Black
burn. the eldest sOn-in-'aw of Mr.. and
Mrs. George l.. Miller). He promptly 6
responded to the invitation accorded to =,
him in an eloquent and appropriate
manner. Mr.. Jones is over eighty
years of age, and is remarkably we'll 7
preserved old gentleman, both physi-
cally and mentally;his early youth was
spent in tie city of Wilmington, Del. /
Mr. Eli Crozier, lifelong acquaint-
ance and friend of the Miller family, p
then addressed the audience, and paid
u glowing tribute to the family, whose
guests they were on this occasion. At
the conclusion of Mr.. Crozier's address
the vast assembly we're invited to par
take of the substantials and luxuries r,
which had been bountifuliy prepared tt
to supply the wants of the inner man, v
and over one hundred and fifty persons G
responded, and did ample Q
Justice to the good things spread out t.
before them to tempt their appetites. N
While 1t is exceedingly rare that hus- S
band and wife lives to celebrate the u
of fifty years of married q,
ife, this is the second event of the ri
1ind in the Miller family within the G
,ast two years. In September, 1882, el
Mr.. Martin Miller AMI wife (the eldest d;
,rother of the Miller family, whose ga
'ldest daughter is the wife of Robert G. R
Fralm, Esq, of this city, celebrated W
heir hftieth anniversary with similar m
astivities. This present tiftieth ami
'ersary is the last possible event of this a,
lind that can occur IN thi. family. in
At about s O'Clock the festivities of NJ
lie orcaSi0n closed and the large assem-. o,
bly, repaired to their re"pncNve homes, A
highly graiiHl with thrcn ntrrtainmeut, fa
c0unorte,, thrr"With having to
a1scd otl ia the most perfect and sat G
sfactOry manner 10 all present. a,
The guests retired wishing the aged L
ourle many more annual returns of sc
heir wedding day anniversary.
ONE or THE INVITED GUESTS. n,
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Bank and Business NuspeDslOns.a al
The Erie County Savings Bank of C,
Irie, Penna., suspended on Monday lal
morning It's capital is $l50,000, its in
liabilities about 1850, 900 Its President NJ
$ said to have been speculating in oil. ia
le has left E'ie. The stockholders Of III
he bank are wealthy.
The Planters and Mechanics Bank of fo
'etersburg, Virginia, suspended on G
ionday morning. The Directors say bt
he suspension is only temporary, and III
PROMISE satisfactory statement o. the tr
,ank's condition. bl
The City Exchange Bank Of Laporte, re
nd, made AL assignment onSaturday. Sc
S36, 900 assets, 81 900. to
Brennan & Co., bankers of Charlotte
lille, Virginia, closed their doors on til
Ionday, announcing that they thought tn