Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.

ana thursday was the Presidential
wedding. AT the hour for perform
ing the ceremony, the city was deaf
ened with the ringing of bells and
blowing of whistles from all quarters.
Both the bride and groom were
prompt to the minute. The cert-
mony was quickly but impressively
performed in the presence of the few
invited guests. All the Cabinet Of
iicers and their wives were present,
except Attorney General Garland,
who studiously avoids appearing any
where when the occasion calls for
wearing a swallow-tail coat. Dur
ing the ceremony all persons stood
near by to the bridal couple, except
Secretary Manning for whom an
easy chair was provided. After the
ceremony, the bridal party repaired
to the State dining-room and par
took of the collation. served. The
floral decorations were exquisite, tho
dressing elegant, and the collation.
royal. During the evening there
was fine pyrotcchnic display at
Fort Meyer, which lighted up the
Virginia shore in honor of the event
and salute was fired just south OF
the White House grounds. At a few
minutes before nine the President
and his bride left the White House
from the south portico where the
crowd could not approach, and were
quickly driven through the most
quiet streets TO fine special cars
switched onto a siding of the B. Il o.
to convey them to Deer Park. The
arrangements for the departure were
so complete and kept such close Sc
cret that the President and his bride
wee far on their journey before any
person outside knew that they had
left the House. The crowd around
the Mansion was dense from five
o'clock until ten at night. The Man
sion was brilliantly Illuminated until
midnight, but the heavy drapery to
the windows and the ingenious ar
rangement of the hot house plants
excluded all view of the interior
from the outside and yet permitted
the bright rays from within to shed
their brllliancy on the beautiful
lawns on all sides Of the Mansion.
AS early as eight o'clock the next
morning 1000 people had congrega-
ted at the House with the hope of
getting inside to view the decorations
and carry away some memento, but
strict orders were given to admit no
one. by II o'clock all vestige of the
beauty of the previous evening had
been removed, and the East Room
looked as ifnothing unusual had &C.
CURED within its stately walls a few
hours before. A number of special
officers were on duty, however, to
prevent memento gatherers from cut
ting pieces from the costly lace cur
tains.
Newspaper men without exception
were refused permission to witness
the ceremony, or to even view the
two rooms with their elaborate ar
rangements, either before or after the
ceremony. The only news .gatherel
admitted was a female correspondent
who gave points to the "boys" i'm
mediately after the ceremony, ant
for which she received money enough
TO pay for trip to Europe this sum
mer and have nice little sum left af
ter all expenses are paid.
The President before leaving CAV
orders that all the cut flowers uset
should be distributed TO the hospital
in the city on Thursday. His gift t,
the bride was a diamond necklac,
composed of a single string Of bril-
liants.
| AS an act of clemency on his wed
ding day he granted an uncondition
al pardon TO Bigelow, the defaultins
teller of one of the banks here, whit
has served three years in the Alban!
penitentiary. Since Blgelow's con
finement his wife has died and hi
six little children have been who'll,
dependent upon their grand-parent
for support. The President made NJ
his mind some time ago to pardon
Bigelow, but concluded TO defer i
until his wedding day.
The following is the form of tn
license and return made by the Officia
ting clergyman to the clerk of on
court, under act Of Congress;
"To any minister of the gospel au
thorized TO celebrate marriages in TIN
District of Columbia, greeting: Yol
are hereby licensed TO solemnlze tn
rites of marriage between Grove
Cleveland, of Buffalo, N. Y, anC
Frances Folsom, of Buffalo, N. Y, i
you find no lawful impediment there
to; and having done so, you are com
manded TO appear in the clerks offic
of the Supreme Court of said Dis
trict and certify the same. Witnes
my hand and the seal of said court
this End day of June, 1886.
r. j. MEIGs, Clerk"
81, Byron Sunderland, minister o
the First Presbyterian Church, il
Washington, D. g., hereby certif
that by authority of license of tn
same tenor as the foregoing, l sol
emnized the marriage of the partie
aforesaid, on the End day of June
1886, at the Executive Mansion, il