The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-16
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Mr.. and MIRA w. H. Coleman have re-
turned from New York.
Mrs. Ira Grover, of New York, 10 visiting
her son, Arthur b. Grover.
Miss Lulu Rhodes will go to Brooklyn
next week. to attend school.
Mrs. Henry Schurmann has gone to Chi
caao to visit friends for q few days.
Mrs. William P. Wallace and sister, Miss
Katherine NJ. Eden. ore visiting in Lexing-
ton. Ky.
Mrs. r. b. F. Peirce and Miss Lois Peirce
left yesterday for New York, to remain .
short time.
Miss Belle, of Kokomo. and Miss May
johnson will visit Miss Sadie Wslker
next week at her home, No. 579 North Ten
nessee street.
Mrs. J.. c. Yohn. Miss Yohn and Mrs. K.
Y. Vinnedgo have returned from New York,
where they have been spending the sum-
NOR with Mr.. Charles Yohn and family.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles E.. Wright have
issued invitations for the marriage of their
daughter Charlotte and Mr.. Edmund K.
Gall, to occnr Wednesday, the 18th, at 5
o'clock. at the English Lutheran Church.
Mr.. Stanley Igoe. formerly of this city.
o'clock. Miss Georgia Slusher, at Canton.
o., being the bride. They will mako their
home at Canton. where Mr.. Igoe is in busi-
ness, and 60 ut once TO housekeeping.
Mr.. Max Leckner returned yesterday
from Lafayette, where he concluded the
initial rehearsal Wednesday evening. of
the new Choral Union. There were eighty
voices, and others which will BRING the
number to one hundred will attend the re-
hearsal next week. The society has begun
ausp.ciously. and under the capable leader
ship of Mr.. Leckner will soon acquire an
enviable standing in the musical circles of
the State.
MORE GOLDEN WEDDING BELLS.
Last evening about two hundred rela-
tives and friends assembled Ut the resi-
dence of Mr. and Mrs. David Kern. 454 East
hearty couple celebrate the fiftieth year of
their married life. II is a singular coin
cidence that the anniversary OF the Rev. L.
A. Goodwin and wife should 30 followed
the same week by another couple the same
age. MIR. Kern being seventy-iour years of
age and Mrs. Kern sixty-nlnc. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kern were born in Lancaster. Pa. For
the past twenty years they have resided at
indianapolis Mr.. Kern 10 one of the oldest
members of the TippecanOe Climb. and while
not q minister of the gospel. as the Rev.
Good win. he has married over one hundred
couples while he was Justice of the peace IN
tho county of his birth. He is a retired
druggist. and is more active than many
men at fifty years. One remarkable thing
in regard TO Mr.. Kern is his memory. he is
3Dle TO quote p2ss1Ge6 IN Gny pOILlOb Oh tue
Bible and entire plays from Shakespeare.
Ho is a great lover Of Scott and Byron.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kern received their guests
under q ring of g~oiden-rod, emblematlc of
an endless circle OF years of domestic hap
piness. and were assisted by their dauEh-
tiers. Mrs. j.. H.. Taylor, Mrs. Loui Pfafnin
and Mrs. Albert Izor. The rooms were
handsomely decorated with wreaths and
bouquets of g~oldeI-Iod. Marechal Mel
roses and yellow chrysanthemums. with
ribbons to harmonic. whiie many bcaati-
full plants were tastefully arranged through
out the entire house. In the rooms above
their granddaughter, Margie Taylor and
Minnie Kern. served lemonade, using a sil-
YER ladle that was q gift at the wedding
fifty years ago. The arrangement of flow
ere IN the dInlng-room. where refreshments
wero served. was something unique. as
from the chandelier. in the center of rbe
room, were chains of smilax. chrysantho-
NUNS and gohen-r0d to each corner of the
table. and in the center was a bouquet of
corn in the husk. A crescent hung bet ween
the p~arlors made of Texas moss and smllax
surmounted by .lS42-lo9%' In Marechal
Mel roses.
Among tho guests from abroad were Mr..
aud Mrs. Jacob Klcpser. Of Milwaukee: Mr..