The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-22
BOROUGH ITEMS !
GLEANINGS BY THE LOCAL
CORPS OF REPORTERS.
WHAT THE SCRIBES SEE AND HEAR
Two More Weddings Added to the
Record - Miss Crawshaw and
Mr.. Bedea and Miss Tobin
aud Mr.. Higgins Welded.

The third prominent local wedding Of
the week took place this afternoon at the
residence of tho brides mother, Mrs. Mary |
A. Crawshsw, No. 83 North Jardin street, |
The contracting parties we're Miss Hattie |
E. Crawshaw, who, until recently, held
clerkship in the local post office, and Mr. !
Daniel W. Bedea, of Mahanoy Plane, and
one of the P. & r. @. & police force
The ceremony took place at 2 o'c ocl,
Rev. William Fowick, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church, officiating
Only few relatives and friends were
present, it being the desire of the con-
tracting parties to have the affair as private
as possible.
Miss Maggie Shaffsr was the bridesmaid
and Mr.. Harry Preston the groomsman.
After the ceremony there was an nfor
NAL reception and collation. and towards
evening Mr.. and Mrs. Badea drove to
Mahanoy City, where they took the p. &
r. r. r. train for Philadelphia The
couple will be absent about ten days, dur
ing which time they will visit Washington
Baltimore and other points. Upon their
return they will locate at the residence Of
the brides mother which was recen ly
enlarged, redecorated and thoroughly re-
furnished in an elegant manner.
HIGGINs-ToBIN.
Mr.. George j. Higgins, son of Tax Col
lec,or John F. Higgins, of town, and who
is station agent at Shamokin for the P. &
ID T,,1s
town, were married yesterday. The cere.
mony was performed in the Annunciation
church, on West Cherry street, Rev.
Father Kane officiating, assisted by Rev.
Father j. A. Hoolahan, of st. Johns
parish. Philadelphia.
The ceremony was performed at 5 p. m.
The ushers led the way up the isle of the
church. They were Messrs. John A.
! Feighan, af Philadelphia, Martin o Hara
and Michael O'Hars, of town, Nicholas j.
Milton, of Philadelphia, and James @.
Fitzpatrick of Tamaqua. Then fol-
lowed the bridesmaids, who were
Misses Katherine Z. Neville, of Ptiladel-
phia, and NJ Liss Higgins, of town, and
the maid of honor, Miss Lizzie r. Milton,
of Philadelphia. The bride and her
brother Mr. John A. Tobin, of Mt. Car
mel, followed. Midway down the isle the
procession was swelled by the groom, at
tended by his best man, Mr. Henry NJ.
Cullen, of Philadelphia, and the grooms-
men, Messrs. John f. Higgins, brother of
the groom, and Mr.. Thomas j. Mullen Of
Shsmokin, and the procession proceeded to
the center gates of the altar rail- where the
groom formally received the bride and her
brother, The participants then took their
then proceeded with the ceremony, at the
conclusion of which the bridal party re.
turned TO the main exit Of the church, the
ushers bringing up in the rear of the bride,
groom, lady of honor, bridesmaids and
groomsmen.
The party then drove to the residence of
the brides mother, No. 4l2 East Centre
street, where the bride and groom, assisted
by the attendant ladies and gentlemen in
waiting received the guests under bower
of tropical plants and huge floral bell.
The reception lasted from to p. m, At
the latter hour an orchestra Of ten pieces
struck up grand march and the bride,
groom and guests, headed by Rev. Fathers
Kane and Hoolahan, proceeded to the
banquet rooms where covers had been laid
| for over two hundred.
The presents were numerous and costly,
| KEAR-MoLL.
| At Minersvlle yesterday afternoon
Charles +. Kear, station agent of the
Iehigh Valley Railroad at that place, was
married to Miss nina, dsughterof Henry
Mol, formally a resident of this town.
The ceremony was performed at the resi-
deuce of the brides parents, Rev. Theodore
F. Stevens officiating, Miss Lizzie Rob
bins acted as bridesmaid, and George Mol,
brother of the bride, as groomsman A
reception was held Immediately after the
ceremony. The bridal party are now on
an extended wedding tour.
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