Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-19

Kr,nrk. Iowa. June 1S.-Gen. John Nj
cr6ut3rd. cpmmander-in-chief of the United
s,,-es arg!g was married TO Miss Georgia
Tfnagrr.-. at st Johns Episcopal church
t.da. %, Rev McLlwaine.
r.rgr4iatcly after the ceremony a we'd
fling breakfast was partaken of at the home
Of (lr, George r. Kilbourne.
From lg3O to 2:30 this afternoon those
holding invitations We're received at the
/ faWlrraSldence.
Promptly al 2:30 Company a. Second
regiment. 1. y. @. and Curtis Camp Sons
Of Veterans. preceded by a band, escorted
Gen Schoiield 10 the Hotel keOkuk. where
tmbr reception was had The general
eyur.s-ra a desire to meet his own COM
rlies ia this city, many of whom were in
= brigade during the war. The reception
W, given under the auspices OF Terrence
Post e. \. Il, and everybody was invited.
A pleasant feature of the occasion was i
spta4. invitation TO the school children and
y0unl people extended by the general to
ROM and shake hands with him. From
four 10 five hundred childrel, each carrying
EsL8.l fla. were present in addition to the
Te'erg.. and citizens
l.a'e mir afternoon the general and his
triie together with Lleuts. Andrews and
Bliss left ON a special car for San Fran
t.scu and other Western points.
Na.-t,eu. John McAllister Schofield,
whose engagement to marry Miss Georgia
\ kuDourne of Eeokuk, Iowa was AN
bounced. then denied, by the Army and
Navy journal. and then announced again,
las often been the subject OF very contra
dictorg reports. The reticence he acquired
Is regular army officer and a subordinate
sst.G his habit as commander-in-chief of
BE United States army, and. in love, as i'll
war his way IS to do things without talk
irE about them. He was born in Chau-
talqHa county. y. Y, September 20, 1881,
graduated IRON West Point in 1853 and has
risen through all the ranks with !,heno.le-
d. ..lrity
he bride IS tweuty-siX Years Old. and
her father. who died two years ago, was
among The oldest and wedlthiest citizens of
heoklk- Some Years ago her sister, but
weat. Two wears old, married Gen. Hiram
Blr4ey ~ Nev York. when ne was seventy
two. aHi the union is reported as an I'M
Usually happy one. The romance of the
present situation Is that Miss Georgia was
hiayor.'e of Gen. SchOficld's first wife and
b Yer, intimate friend of his daughter
M4yE, acting is bridesmaid when the latter
harriet Lieut. Andrews of the regular
agE.l. David kilbourne, grandfather of
lie lady iA question, went to Iowa almost
Is soon a- it was open to white settlement,
"I' l.N sous were very prominent in the
era Of unsettled land titles and consequent
.o.l. ields and the so-called Mormon war;
n .>iut
The dang .lters have been noted from in
l4.t Tor winning manners. intelligence
aud T.TLsitl. Georgia especially has tray
r.et e great deal and is witty and socially
We. equipped. She is of petite and grace
Ill figure. and has u fortune i'll her own
G-a' The hilbourne mansion in keollub,
Iowa. is "a very old and peculiar structure,
an IS shown 10 visitors us one of the land
lafhs. mot to say oddities, of the city.
Gen 5.deld viii hold his place as head
.. .-e army till 1895, il SO long spared, and
W. then De en-, lied to retire on his rank