Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-01-22
THE INAuGuRAL ELL


to put ashes on Commerce street.
THE INAUG URAL BALL
And Reception to Governor Reynolds
and Secretary Marvel--The Chief Exec
utive Leads the Grand March.
Special Correspondence Of Gazette and journal
Dover, Jan. 21.--There was the largest
attendance at the governors reception last
night ever known at a similar gathering
here. The reception was held in the court
room from 7.3O until go o'clock. Ex-
PostmastersJ ohm Q. Pennewill introduced
those callers to Governor Reynolds, who
was assisted in receiving by his neice, Miss
Julia Carter, Mrs. James L. Wolcott and
Mrs. Il. II. Kenney, wife of the retiring
Acknowledgement. Miss Julia Carter was
handsomely attired in pink faille silk,
trimmed in Duchess lace, en- train, with
diamonds. Mrs. James L. Wolcott wore a
handsome costume of cream India silk,
Duchess lace and flowers. Mrs. Kenney
was becomingly attired in cream faille
silk, hrocade front, point lace and flowers.
ID, 4. Marvel, Secretary of State also re-
ceived. He was assisted by his sister, Miss
Hattie Marvel, who wore garnet satin
madam costume trimmed i'll china silk
decollette.
AMlilH w lllc ittEt tIbMAl III ultclludHEG
il was utterly impossible to accommodate
all coming. During the reception music
was discoursed by Ritchie's orchestra.
Long before the doors We're open a crowd
gathered around the doors of the Opera
House to attend the ball. Persons who
had been admitted by the back door com
plctely filled the stage, and as soon as the
main doors were thrown open crowd
rushed in and almost filed the room The
lpff fTtrt tho Ia and hnn1tfNr INT
the light fantastic toe was smaliindeed
Prof. A. S. Webster was master of cere-
monies. The floor committee was Col L,
I. Cooper, Howard $. Taylor, Esq, +. l..
Cooper Jr., Esq, n, b. Smthers, ,Ir., Esq,
and William Pennewill, Esq. The Legis-
latiyc committee was Hon. j. w Hall,
Hon. Alden B. Richardson, Hon. William
I. Hudson, Hon Thomas J. Day and Hon.
Horace j Hickman.
The programmes were elaborate and
unique.
ORDER OF DANCES
Waltz, loves Dreamand... .Roeder
Yorke, Amsterdam. ............... Dodworth
Lanciers, ZIP Iop;,;,;;:............sc hlepeSrell
Schottische, New Military. Brill
IOlacca.. ........-..............C Coleman
Waltz, Confidence. ................ Waldtentul
Quadrllle, Plain, klyen.. berger
lolAa, Adonls .t...s......-....+....t.. Piefke
Lancers, Rerelation............... Schlepegrell
Maltz, Iris. ...................... Buccelossis
rolacca:. ...;;....t.t...t.. Coleman
Yorke, Night Rose. Waldtenful
Lnncers, Chevalier ..,.t...........S chlepegrell
Schottische, Water Lilies. ............. .Zikoff
Waltz. Summer Night in Munich " Her
Qnadlille, Plain, Enterprise. ........... Pickle
Waltz, Dramatic News .,.....,..... Rosenfeldt
Lanciers, Exposition. Weigand
Waltz, Artist Strauss
The grand march was led by Governor
Reynolds, Miss Julia Carter and General
r. r. Kenney followed David r. Marvel
and Mrs. General K. X. kenney. On the
floor there was quite number of promi-
nent persons. Among them were Chief
Justice Comegys, Charles W. McFee, DIR.
d. L. Lewis and wife Judge Ball John I.
Diekey and wife, Speaker Donahoe and
wife, Judge Cullen, Mayor Harrington,
Walter Hayes Speaker Sirman, Repre-
sentatiyes smith, Day, Walton, Elkinton,
Eisebrey, West Chipman Hudson, Ridge
ley, Hickman and Tindale, Senator j. i.
Dorman and about 800 spectators.
Among those who participated in the
dancing We're; Miss Clara Fries, Miss
Williamson, Miss Carrie Lister. Miss Kate
Wagner, Messrs. T. Hunt, h. H. Hess, G.
II. Congdon, William Hines and w. b.
Pratt of Philadelphia, Mrs. Churchman,
Dir. and Mrs, Evans, Judge Ball, +. d.
Carpenter, ] n. Reynolds, Mrs. John T.
Donahoe, Miss Kate Donahoe. Louder
Layton, Mrs. John T. Dickey, Miss May
Dickey, Mr.. and Mrs. John Pennewill and
George Hollis of Wilmington, MIR. and
Mrs. n. Il. Smithers Jr. ID. NJ Wilson and
wife, John h. Nicholson and wife, Miss
Bertha Lewis, Miss Julia Jones, Miss Vlr-
ginia Jester, Misses Edith and Melissa
Chambers Misses Name and Nellie
Selmser, Miss Emma Pennewill, Mrs,
William T. smithers, Miss Minnie Jester,
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Ford, Miss Olive Hill
yard, Misses Rattle and Annie Massey, Miss
Clara Ross, Miss Name Cllbreath, br. and
Mrs. II. IL. VanDyke, Miss Emma jump,
Miss Bessie Collision, Miss Mable Fisher,
Miss May Anderson, Miss May Cannon
and Miss NJ T. Pennington, MeSsrs Brad
ford Murphy, Howard S Taylor Walter
breath, II. G. Walker, William Salisbury,
James II. Hughes, g.. Edward Dawson,
du Pont Walker, Peter 4 Cooper, William
Pennewill, jeff L, Ford, Dr. +. Stout,
Col. h. 7, Cooper and William Knight,
Dover; Miss Lizzie Sharp, Miss Lizzie
Willis, l. /. Adkins, Dr,W, Spry Hurlock,
Simeon Pennewill, Robert Davis, Miss
Milford; Miss Mollie Taylor, Mrs Clark,
Mr.. Reed. Mrs White. John w Townsend
Miss Emma Whitley and Miss Mary L.
Burton, Frederick; Miss Mable Parvs
John Biggs, II, 4, Cochran, Jr,, Miss Der.
rickson and Miss Blanch Cochran of Mid
dletown; Miss Mary Severn, G, S. Warren
and pr. r. W. Hargadine and wife
Felton, Miss Lizzie Fell, q, $. Vanbuskirk
and + p. Strickland, smyrna; Miss Rose
Comegys, Sudlersyille, Md; Miss Hutschu
Smyrna; ]. n. Colbourne and II. r. Martin
Seaford; Frank b. Letter, Duluth, Mich.
T. Z, Layton and I. ]. Reynolds, Balti-
more, Md. Joshua Marvel and Miss Hattie
Marvel Georgetown; Miss Fannie Rock
will. New York; +. Il. Carter and Misses
Julia and Amy Carter, Henderson; Miss
Scott and Edward Scott, Camden; Miss
Amy Ford, Pocomoke City, Md g. j..
Waters, Atlantic City, n. JIG n. Boyd,
New York; l.. Irving Handy and John
| Wilson, Newark; Harry Beers, Chester; II.
]; Hickman, Frankfort Miss Lewis,
Elkton, Md.