The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-27
A GREAT SOCIAL EVENT.
The Marriage Of Emmoos Blaine
to Miss Anita Mccormick,
THE HEIREss OF MILLIONS,
At Richlaud Springs, New YoFk-It
RainCd, but there was Cheer
Among the Wedding Guests,
How the Bride Looked,

dark tie, and at noon he would be wed
with Miss Anita Mccormick. Low DRIFT
ing and water soaked clouds touched the
hill tops that shut in this struggling VII
lage with It's ill.smelllng spring Of sui
phur water. The weather was not good
wedding weather, butthere was, despite
the sudden gloom Of the air, much cheer
among the wedding guests about the
hotel plazzas,
"It's going to be the quietest wedding
YOU ever saw" calculated the groom In
a chat with an Associated Press repre-
sentative, "Presents2 Yes, but they
will not be shown to-day and we have
determined not TO make any statements
as 10 trosseau or bridal dress save the
fact that the latter will be OF Valen-
Ciennes lace and white satin,"
Someone, however, had told me more
about the bridal attire, and this was
what the ladies summarized when they
saw the young bride at the church; A
gown whose entire front was of Valen-
Ciennes lace, meeting q train Of while
satin. The waist was OF white satin and
a fichu Of lace fell softly about the throat,
the achu OF the style OF Marie AntOin-
ette. The sleeves were oil Rolt lace
reaching to the wrist and the veil was
caught up by coronet OF orange bios
SONS.
MI. Blaine had stated that there would
be no bridesmaids, but that the ushers
had been chosen from among the friends
Of Miss Mccormick and from his own,
their names being: +. A. Keep, OF phiT
cago; G. F. sprague, Of Boston, and two
brothers OF the bride, Harold and Stan
Icy Mccormick.
TIE BRlDAL'CAR.
The train that first came down through
the hills from Utica to-day had at It's
rear end a drawlng.room car with apart
ments for serving meets. Every villager
who stood about the depot knew that
this car would be the home ol the bridal
pair from this village 10 Bar HarbOr,
whittier they go without pause In any
city. There was more, too, for the by
ISLANDERS at the little village depot, saw
outof the baggage car come hampers,
tubs and other axings OF the caterers
art to be used at the wedding breakfast
on the Mccormick cottage Immediately
after the wedding ceremony, and after,
wards was unloaded four small, neas
packages, big carefully packed bales,
boxes Of large aud small degree, and
these the depot toilers concluded were
wedding gifts from tho outer world Tor
the young lady in honor OF whose wed.
ding the village ts taking and making q
holiday.
Among those here who are first named
by all who are inquired Of Is the family
oi the groom, Secretary oil State Blaine
and wife; the Misses Margaret and Har.
riet Blaine; Walkerand James g. Blaine,
jr. The BRIDES family here are the moth.
Or, Mrs. Cyrus Mccormick, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cyrus Mccormick, jr., Miss Virginia
Mccormick, Mrs. Algernon S. Sullivan,
Of New York, who is daughter, and
the sons, Harold and Stanley. Hon.
Stephen B.. Elkins aud wife are here
and Rev. Or. John Hall, Of New York.
The little Presbyterian church in
which the ceremony took place sits upon
q knoll overlooking the village. 1t was
lighted by electric lamps, and Its arches
were trimmedwith smllax, autumn leaves
upon the branches, and ferns also turn.
ing color from green 10 red. The pulpit
was bedded in flowers.
THE CEREMONY.
As the guests began arriving at the
church soon after 1880 q. In, tho low
dragging and water soaked clouds com.
menced breaking into rain, Ten min.
utes before the hour for the ceremony,
Mr.. Elkins aud wife entered aud were
soon followed by Secretary oi State
Blaine and wife. The father OF the
groom was pale Of. face and wore q wan
expression, though his eyes frightened
and he stepped lightly and quickly be-
hind his wife, who led the way down to
one Of the plain short pews ut the front,
The mother Of the bride, plainly attired,
entered soon after noon, and II was now
that the bridal party was making It's way
from tho carriages to the shelter Of the
awning above the pathway from the
curb 10 the church porch. The clergy
men entered the Chanoel almost slmul,
taneously and the young groom followed
them. AT that moment the bride, aLtr.
ed as stated would be the case, entered
upon the arm OF her married brother,
Cyrus, Mr.. Emmons Blaine awaited hel
upon the altar step aud, presenting