Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-08-03
A BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
The Marriage of r.. M. Murphy am
 Miss Ethel Mesney Last Night.

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 Miss Ethel Nesney Last Night. l The most brilliant society event that has ever occurred in Prescott took place last evening, being the ! union in marriage of two of the most popular young people, F. M. Murphy, of Prescott, and Miss Ethel Mel lney, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Meaney.
 The ceremony was performed in the Episcopal church, and long be- fore S o'clock, the hour announced for opening the church. a large crowd of ladies and gentlemen had assembled on tho outside. eager 10 witness the ceremony.
 The church was decorated very profusely and artisticaliy with flow CTS and blooming plants, the chan eel and its furniture being literally buried beneath 6 profusion of flow CTS, eyerVreens and vines, while zach pew of the church was decorated
 with bouquets.
 The flowers used in the floral dec orations were the donation of the Ladies Guild of tho Episcopal church, of which the bride of the evening was member, while to Mrs. F. A. Tutle and other mem bers also belongs the credit tor their artistic arrangement. the effect produced being beautiful in the ex- tTeme.
 In addition 10 the decorations mentioned above. was wedding bell, made of rosebuds, over which was a love knot, also made of rose buds, the whole depending from the ceiling in the front of the chancel, aud beneath which the couple stood while the ceremony was performed, which made them man and wife. Promptly at s o'clock the doors of | the church were opened and the pews were sooa filled, when the doors were closed to await the arri- val of the bridal party. During this interim, Professor Thomas rendered two or three selections on the organ tor the entertainment of the wait ing audience.
 At s:3O o'clock on sign from one of the ushers that the bridal party had arrived, Professor Thomas com inenced the rendering of Mendol- sohn's Wedding March, while the parsy calae into the churca m the l following order; The groom, follow ed by Bishop kendrick, entered from the vestry room of the church, the former taking his position in the center of the chancel in front, the Bishop facing the altar. As they had taken their positions, the four groomsmen entered the church and 1 filed down the aisles, taking their position to the right of the groom. Following them closely were the i four bridesmaids, taking their posi- tions t, the left of tue groom. Next to enter were the two flower girls, and after a brief interval, carae the bride alone, carrying m her hands . beautiful white prayer book, and | following her were her parents. The bride took her position immediately beside her future | L,,.iSad, when the beautiful and very impressive mar riage service of the l. ,icopal church was pronounced by tslu Right Rev erend Bishop Kendrick.
 F. A. Tritle, Jr.. oficiated as best man for the groom and Miss Helen Wells was first bridesmaid, the other groomsmen being H. D. Aitken, Herbert aud Edward Meaney, the other bridesmaids being Miss Bessie Kendrick and Misses Mabel and Helen Meaney.
 The flower girls were Misses Helen Burmister and G;rtie Wells. and the ushers Ds. F. II. Waite, Henry Goldwater and s. F. Behan.
 The bride looked very charming in lovely wedding costume of white failie silk and white satin stripe chiffon, trimmed with orange blossoms, with a wedding veil and coronet of orange blossoms. The only jewelry worn by the bride was hand some brooch, the present of Miss Helen Wells and F. A. Tritle, Jr.. the first bridesmaid and the groom's best man, respectively.
 The bridesmaids were dressed in white, the flowers of Miss Wells be ing sweet peas and of the others coronation pinks.
 Miss Helen Burmister, the flower girl, wore lovely blue silk mule, while the other one, Miss Girtie Wells, wore an equally lovely one of pink silk m ille
 Mrs. Governor Murphy looked elu, lily charming, as the bride, in an egant white silk dtess en train, wi,h V shaped corsage trImmed with del ieate white flowers; ornaments, dia- monds.
 The ceremony at the church be- ;,r >ver, the friends of the bride sn3 g,,, reolired to the elegant and spaeious --sidence of Mr. and Mrs. W. .. Bashtor,l, where re'ep- tion was given, and tho happy cou, pie were afforded the oppo. tuh'.y oi receiving the congratulations ahu hearty well wishes ot their friends.
 Words fail to properly describe the scene prosecuted here. To say that the effect given to the residence and spacious ;av>1 surrounding It, by the illumiaatious and decora- tions, surpassed anything ever seen in Arizona. gives an inadequate con ception of its grandeur. To say that anything more charming and delightful has been rarely, if ever seen. in any country, does not exag- gerate. It seemed, on entering the grounds, as if the company had been transported to fairy land. Lines had been arranged over the green swart of the lawn in all parts of 1t, on which were hung Chinese lanterns. A row of the same also surmounted the fence surrounding the grounds. while from the branches of tower ing pine tree in the yard, depended lanterns from the lowest limb to the very highest one. Chairs were ar ranged around the beautiful lawn, while the excellent band from Whip pie was stationed in ono corner and discoursed the most delightful music during the evening, to which many gay young couple danced on the green. The subdued and mellow light of the yet young moon, as 1t penetrated through the green foliage of .he trees on the grounds and softened by the lights from the Chi nese lanterns, as we'll as that stream ing forth through the open windows from the lamps in the residence, tkz ela-ant avH avnnfSitn ms