Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-13
A BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
Charles W. Connery of Boston at
Jefferson.

Special to the Gazette.
JEFFERSON, TEX. Dec. 12.-The mar
riage of Miss Louise Taylor, only child of
Colonel and Mrs. E. W. Taylor to Mr..
Charles w. Connery of Boston was con-
summated here tonight, and was, per-
haps, the most brilliant affair of the kind
that has ever graced the social history of
Texas The ceremony took place lie the
Methodist church, and was conducted by
Rev. Z. G.. Benners of the Episcopal
church The church was crowded with a
gay assemblage, gathered from every
social center i'll the state and from
many places in neighboring states; an
assemblage so large that the most atten-
tive skill of the ushers (Messrs. A. r.
Upstate, j. NJ. Vines, Jr., 7. ID. Rowell
and L. Stern) could scarce avail to find
seats for all.
Shortly after Q O'Clock the wedding
march from Lohengren pealed from the
organ, and the bridal party entered the
church and proceeded up the aisle, i'll in
verse order as to their rank, rs follows:
Mr.. C. NJ. TempletOn of Fort Worth and
Miss Edna Convey of Jefferson, Mr.. l..
Aubrey of Marshall and Miss Mamie
Martin of Fort Worth, Mr.. Perry Clai-
borne of Dallas and Miss Carrie Cook of
St. Louis, Mr.. George Byrne of
Fort Worth and Miss Jeanneth Gold
berg of Jefferson, Mr.. Albert Banta
of Jefferson and Miss Eva Shelby of Dali
las, Mr.. Irby Dunklin of Fort Worth and
Miss Tommie Irwin of San Antonio, Mr..
Sterling Price of Paris, Texas, and Miss
Mary Roseborough of TeXarkana, Mr.. f.
b. Bowen of Boston and Miss Nettie
Taylor of Bentonia, the bride leaning
upon the arm of her father, the groom
with the brides mother.
AT the altar the bride was given to the
groom by her father, and the minister,
using the beautiful and impressive cere-
mOny of the Episcopal church, sOlemnly
pronounced them husband and wife, the
subdued tones of the organ filling the
church with the lovely melody of "Call
Me Thine Own' the while. The cere-
mony ended, Mendelssohn wedding
march burst forth from the organ, and
the bridal party marched from the
church.
a brilliant reception was held at the
magnificent residence of Colonel Tay-
Tor Immediately after the ceremony,
followed by NEST elaborate sup
per, from which the guests arose,
refreshed by the edibles and in
spired by wines of the rarest vintage, to
whirl through waltz and glide through
graceful lanciers until the night was far
spent, and tired nature reasoned with I'M
tagging spirits for sleep and rest.
The bride s dress was of white faille
franchise, with duchesse lace, full court
train, pointed cOrsage, high neck, elbow
sleeves, cream gloves of undressed kid
The bridal veil fell in graceful folds to
the floor, and diamond ornaments
Sparkled from hair and ears and throat
and wrists.
The bridesmaids were attired, two in
light blue, two i'll pink, two i'll mikado
yellow, and two in Nile green. Their
costumes were all dancing length, decol-
lette and sleeveless, with gloves to
match Bride and bridesmaids carried
boquets to match their costumes.
The groom, the groomsmen and the
ushers were all in full evening dress.
Gloves and ties were presented the ushers
of the bridesmaids received beautiful
fan from the bride.
The presents to the young couple were
numerous and handsome, notable one
being a check signed E. W. Taylor, and
calling for enough cash to keep the wolf
from the door for many a long day.
The young married couple left on the
4:l2 east-bOund train for a trip to Wash
ington, New York and other places, after
which they will go to Boston where they
will make their home. A number of
Fort Worth people came to attend the
wedding, among them being E. E. Chase
and family, Missis Lille and Ollie Peak,
Miss Mamie Martin, Messrs. Morgan
Jones, r. H. Sellers, George L. Hurley,
George P. Meade, A. B. Smith, F. G.
Dumbeck, c. NJ. Templeton, Irby Dunk
lin and George Byrne.