The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-06-26

1 A~E@kE ANs-&e<0- <&muUGIM 0u0
l ,siss GsarEia kiibonrn~ ~ keoknk. L.
1 The CeaPi~ viii Tnke a. she Pacific
| Coast nm Their wedding Trip and Then
4 Kesarn and Take ~ Their Permanent
l Essitsnt tn Washington
| kEoKrK. la. June o.--The marriage
| II Mis- Georgia kilbourne. daughter ~
| Mrs Heor.,e kilbourn-. ~ this city. and
John NJ >chofeld. major-gcneral CON-
\ nanding the armies ~ the United
States. took place nj high noon. In ~.
Johns Episcopal church. in keol<uIx
| All ~ ksokuk's exclusive society was
| present to witness the ceremony. A
| few friends ~ the family from Chicago
| and elsewhere also attended. but in the
main the audience was made up Of resi-
dents Of keokrk. At 1850 o'clock
| the doors ~ ~. Johns Episcopal
church We're thrown open. and soon the
\ pretty granite edificc was filed in every
| part BY the large number 81 guests who
| had been invited t. witness the cere-
mony. The following gentlemen acted
n ushers: Wells kilhourne. OF Cleve-
land. brother II the bride: David Bnel.
81 keokuk. cousin ~ the bride: Howard
~ ~
and William Fyfs. 81 Chicago. and j. H.
>turlyis. ~ Boston. About the same
time that the church was opened Gen.
>cioiield and his party left the Hotel
keokuk. ami were driven in carriages
to the kilbournc residence. where
they were met by the bride
and her party. then proceeding lii
rrctly 70 the church. Tn the en-
trance II the bridal party the
church doors We're closed and preceded
~ the usher>. the party marched up
the center aisle in the following order:
The usherS. Lieut. A. y. Andrews and
Lieut.. T. y. Blairs the generals aids.
in uniform: Mrs. kilhourne. on the arm
81 her >on. a. ". kilhournc. ~ Cleve-
land. and last the bride on the arm ~
Gen. >chofield who was in the full uni
form ~ a nisjor-gcncral OF the United
States arinv. Rev r. G. McIlwain.
rector ~ the church. performed the
ceremony. and bishop Perry. OF the
Episcopal diocese Of Iowa. pronounced
the final ienediction.
The church decorations were very
elaborate ON each side OF the plat
form. screening the organ on one side
and the baptismaI font on the other.
were large curtains If oak leaves and
eve-grccns bordered with pink tea
ro~cs After the ceremony the entire
party We're driven To the kilbournc
residence where. between the hours of
l-.SO and ..5o. the wedding reception
was given u friends Of the family YER
bally invited No invitations were is
sued 10 parties residing ont OF the city.
The house was filed with profusion
Of the choicest cnt-fiowe-s and potted
plants Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Schoficld
received the congratulations Of friends
who thronged the spacious house.
The bridal gown was an elaborate
creation Of heavy white corded silk.
skirt demi-trnin. with Louis Qrinzc
basque and crystal trimming. The
white Leghorn hat was trimmed with
white duchcs<e lace The bride wore
Rhito gl9ys>, ana carried an ivory-cor.
|ered prayer-book zs5osscd with oliver.
Miss julia Schofield wore white crepe
du-chene- and black lace hat trimmed
with violcts- Her gloves were white.
Miss May Schotield was in white India
silk draped with pointc-de-csprit. and
her pink straw-hat was trimmed with
white flowers She also wore white
gloves Mrs Andrews. the gem
erals daughter. wore ccru silk. trim
med with black velvet. and hat
trimmed with ecrn and brown Her
gloves were tan-colored. and she car
ricd white roses
Maj Sen. and Mrs Schofeld left the
city early in the evening on a special
train for Burlington Ia. where The
major-general's special car will be at
tachsd e. the fast train for the west.
They will gn direct 10 San Francisco,
and from there mp the Pacific coast.
probably - Puget sound. and will be
gone for some weeks In all prohabili-
~ Maj Gen. Schoheld and his wife will
make short stay in Keoisuk after their
return from the west. and before pro-
cerding 70 Washington. where they
will make their home at Matt
>chofieli's residence. No 1924 connec-
ticut avenue.