The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

thursday was tne fresluentlat WcutllnS.
At the hour for performing the ceremony,
the city was deafened with the ringing
of bells and blowing of whistles from all
quarters. Both the bride and groom
were prompt to the minute. The cere-
mony was quickly but impressiyely per-
formed in the presence of the few invited
guests. All the Cabinet officers and their
wives we're present, except Attorney Gen.
eral Garland, who studiously avoids ap-
pearing any where when the occasion
calls for wearing swallow.tail coat.
During the ceremony all persons present
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 partook of the collation.
served. The floral decorations were
exquisite, the dressing elegant, and the
collation. royal. During the evening
there was fine pyrotechnic display at
Fort Meyer, which lighted up the Virgin
ia shore in honor OF the event, and q
salute was fred just South of the White
House grounds. At a few minutes before
uine 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 the special cars switched
onto siding of the B. & 0. to convey
them to Deer Park. The arrangements
for the departure were 30 complete and
kept such close secret that the Presi-
dent and his bride were 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 Mansion
was brilliantly illuminated until mid.
night, but the heavy drapery to the win
dows and the ingenious arrangement of
the hot house plants excluded all view of
the interior from the outside and yet per
mitted the bright rays from. within to
to shed their brilliancy on the
beautiful lawns on all sides of the Man.
sion. AS early as eight o'clock the next
morning 1000 people had congregated
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 nc one. By II
O'Clock all vestige of the beauty of the
previous evening had been removed, and
the East Room looked as if nothing un.
usual had occurred within its stately
walls a few hours before. A number of
special officers were on duty, however, to
prevent memento gatherers from cutting
pieces from the costly lace curtains.
Newspaper men without exception
were refused permission to witness the
ceremony, or to even view the two rooms
with their elaborate arrangements, either
before or after the ceremony. The only
newsgatherer admitted was female cor.
respondent. who gave points to the "boys"
Immediately after the ceremony, and for
which she received money enough to pay
for trip 10 Europe this Summer and
have nice little sum left after all expen.
ses are paid.
The President before leaving gave
orders that all the cut flowers used should
be distributed to the hospitals in the city
on Thursday. His gift to the bride was
q diamond necklace composed of a single
string of brilliants.
AS an act Of clemency on his wedding
day he granted an unconditional pardon
to Bigelow, the defaulting teller of one
of the banks here, who has served three
years in the Albany penitentiary. Since
Bigelow's confinement his wife has died
and his six little children have been
wholly dependent upon their grand
parents for support. The President made
up his mind some time ago to pardon
Bigelow, but concluded to defer 1t until
bis wedd ing day.
The following is the form of the license
and return made by the officiating clergy
man to the clerk of our court, under an
act of Congress:
ITO any minister of the gospel author.
lied to celebrate marriages in the Dis.
trict of Columbia, greeting: You are
hereby licenHed to solemnize the rites OF
marriage between Grover Cleveland, of
Buffalo, N. X, and Frances Folsom, of
Buffalo, Y. Y, If You find no lawful i'm.
pediment thereto and having done so,
you are commanded to appear in the
clerks Office of the Supreme Court of
said District and certify the same. Wit
ness my hand and the seal OF SAID court,
this I'd day of June, 1886.
R. J. ME1Gs, Clerk"
II, Byron Sunderland, minister of the
First Presbyterian Church, in Washing
ton, D. g., hereby certify that by author
ity of license of the same tenor as the
foregoing, solemnized the marriage of
the parties aforesaid, on the I'd day of
June, 1886, at the Executive Mansion,
in the District of Columbia.
''B. SUNDERLAND"
H.
Death of John Kelly.
NEW YORK, June John Kelly, the
Tammany politician, died at half-past 8
O'Clock this afternoon. The news of tho
doatb nf Tohn Ka1lv cannot he ooid to ho