Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-26
COleman-McAIfster.

Wedding at the Residence of MT. AIexan-
 der McAlister Crown Street Last
 Evening.
 Last evening the wedding nuptisls of John Caldwell Coleman, of New York, Yale '81, and Miss Julia Rose McAlister, daughter cf MT. Alexander McAlister of this city, were celebrated at the residence of the brides parents, 254 Grown street. A small party Of ! relatives and near friends of the family wit | messed the ceremony. In all about one hun | dred guests were present. including many I from out of town. The officiating clergyman | was Rev. Edward l.. Clark, D. D., of New l York. The ceremony was performed at 6:3O o'clock, under canopy of ferns, fringed ! with white roses. The house was elsborats- I Iy decorated with flowers, laurel and elder by l the young lady friends of the bride. The I mantle in the front parlor was banked with roses and ferns and the doorways tastefully | trimmed with green. The best man was
 Phillip G. Bartlett, of Washington, D. C., a classmate of the groom. The bridesmaids
 were Miss Bowers, Miss Pardee, Miss Nose ley and Miss Foote, of New Haven, and Miss Young, of New York. l The groomsmen were Howard T. Walden, Barlow s. Weeks, Sherman Evarts, Landreth H. King all of New York, and Walter s. Uf- ford of Boston.
 Supper was served at o'clock by Barken- l tin. The presents were numerous and cost | ly. MT. Coleman was presented with beau ] tifully carved oak library table by twelve of l his classmates. There were many fine pie l lures among the presents and handsome 1 solid silver tea service.
 | The bridal couple left last night for New l York. The wedding tour will include visits l to the CatskiIls and Saratoga and will occupy l about two weeks, after which Mir. and Mrs. 1 Coleman will reside in New York where the 1 groom is practising law.
 The Great Race. | Pear-Statisttcs of Both Crews-What the Prospects Are.
 | The great Ysle-Harvard race comes of to- day upon the Thames course at New London.
 All the college men who are in this part ot
 the country will go if possible, and the usual
 holiday appearance will be given to staid
 New London's quiet streets. The special
 train leaves here this nor ming at II o'clock.
 The race will be rowed at 2 o'clock. The
 grand stand at Winthrop Point will be sup
 piled with the red and blue balls for notify
 ing the people how the race is progressing
 The moving train and usual boats will be or
 hand.
 The situation at New London remainI
 about as it was 8 week ago. The Yale crew
 has been improving, and Yale men are bet
 ting recklessly as usual. Reports have beer
 spread about Yale's fast time, but these re.
 ports have little ground of fact. Harvard'f
 crew has been improved by the changes al Nos. and and it cannot be denied that | Yale has but four real good men n the boat
 the others lacking experience and ability. Her rowing is faulty. Harvard has been laying low usual, and circulating stories
 tending to lower their crew's strength in popular estimation. The betting is even. | In the estimation of careful New Londoners
 who have watched the crews for years Yale
 will give Harvard a close push, but hel
 chances are not very bright. The statistics l of the crews are as follows: