Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-06-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
Washington June 4, 1886.


Washington June 4 1886.
Seldom have bride and groom spent
I their wedding day more quietly than
1 did Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland The
marriage was the chief topic Of conYer-
satiOn throughout the city; the attend
ants at the White House were busiIy
competing the preparations; the Mar
inc band was rehearsing. knots Of peO-
pie were clustering around the Exscu-
tive Mansion; and every one was pleas
antly excited. But the contracting
parties seemed less concerned than
those about them. The President spent
most of the day is his Office, opsaing
his mail and attending to routine bust
ness. Whenever any reference was
made TO the coming event by the few
friends who were allowed TO see him
during the day, he would chuckle good
naturedly, but there was nOthingsin his
demeanOr to indicate that be was the
man whose approaching marriage was
Interesting sixty millions of people.
After inspecting the hOral decorations,
the bride passed the day in her room
with her mother aud the Presidents
sisters, and showed no more nervous
ness than the occasion would seem to
justify.
The wedding was very quiet. A
crowd had collected in the White House
grounds, but the people respected the
Presidents wishes that the marriage
should be private, and no nosiy demon
stratiOns were INDUCED in, and nothing
but the merry chimes Of bells and firing
of canon showed that the event was
anything more than q mere private
wedding. The President wore a
smoothly fitting dress suit Of black
broad cloth, with white lawn tie. The
BRIDES dress was.Of ivory SATIN. Dur
ing the ceremony Mr.. Cleveland looked
self possessed and supremely COntsnted.
After the guests had offered their greet
ings to the bride, who was, unlike Mo
be, all smiles, and congratulated the
President, they moved into the dining
room where an elaborate COLLATION. was
served. The President and Mrs.
Cleveland soon withdrew, however. and
reappeared in travelling costume;
Amid a shower Of rice and old shoes
they drove away to take the train for
Deer Park, q little summer resort in
Maryland where they Will spend about
a week.
During the day messages of cOngrat-
ulatiOn were received from Queen Vic
toria, President GreVy of France,
Emperor William of Germany, King
Leu kJC-tA "a -4EsHz--ALL-Ag i AC1A+4G-I 4-4l-s
of Mexico, Emperor Dom Pedro OF
Brazil and q number of other crowned
heads Of Europe ana Presidents of Cen
tral and South American Republics
The members of the Diplomatic
Corps in this city, although they had
received no formal notice of the we'd
ding feltithat from their official relations
with the President they should take
some notice Of his marriage. Accord
ingly a meeting was held Wednesday
in the house of Mr.. Nogaeiras, the
Portuguese Minister, and it was decid-
ed that Mr.. Preston the Minister from
HayJi, should call upon Secretary Bay
ard and through him present to the
President the congratulations and good
wishes Of the whole body of Diplomates.
There was no feeling of surprise mani
tested among the Diplomatic Corps at
not having received invitations to the
ceremony because the recent deaths in
the family of the bride was cosidered
sufficient reason that the wedding
should be strictly private. Then the
President has so vigorously excluded
from the preparations for the event any
official act, that the foreign representa-
tives were not at all asUOnished at the
omission.
The floral decorations in the parlOrs
and dining room of the White House
were very beautiful and artistic, and it
was a very graceful act Of Mr.. CIeve-
land to order that the flowers used
should be distributed among the hOspi-
tails Of the district.
The bridal presents were many and
rich, but they were not exJravagant in
number or value. The gift of the Pres
ident to his bride was a beautiful dia-
mond necklace, in which she seemed TO
take much delight. The presents from
the Cabinet officers and their wives
were mostly articles Of jCWelry, though
there were several handsome gifts of
silVerWaTe.
During the day an old farmer and his
wife drove up to the White House in
dilapitated and ancient one horse Vshi-
Gle, that looked as if it had been in use
before the war. The farmer stopped
at the entrance, and carried up to the
door a big market basket filed with
blu5hing straw berries; each one looked
as large as a tea cup. ''This is a pres
eut TO Mr.. Cleveland said the farmer
adding as he drove away, "Iu be
around Tor the basket In q day or two