The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD.
Brilliant Wedding of a Roanoker.
Other Notes.

One of the most brilliant weddings
over seen on the Western Shore of Mary.
land was witnessed Thursday by a
large concourse of relatives and friends
Of the contracting parties at Sesputia
Episcopal Church, at Perryman C.
Edwin Michael, secretary OF the Ameri-
city, and Miss Flora M. Gallup,
daughter of Daniel Gallup, ESQ, of
Chelsea, Md, were the parties most in
terested.
The church, which, by the way, is
one OF the most ancient in the State of
Maryland, built in 1876, was beautifully
decorated with chrysanthemums and
roses, and made tho grim gothic interior
fairly smile as if in sympathy with the
happy event about to take place.
Promptly at $50 p. m. the ushers,
DR.. T. A. Cronin, of Perryman, Md;
G. w. Payne and Edward Lyle, OF Roa-
noke and f. Willis Michael, OF Perry
man, marched up the aisle followed by
the maids of honor. Misses Nannio
Michael and Annie Gallup. Then to the
strains Of she wedding march came the
contracting parties. The bridesm aids
were in white gowns with pink ribbons
and carried enormous bouquets of pink
and white chrysanthemums; the bride
was vision of beauty in the conven.
tional white OF bride, which no man
has yet succeeded in describing.
The Rev. w. A. Alrich performed the
solemn service Of the Episcopal Church,
using handsome engrossed copy OF
the wedding ceremony, which he after
ward presented to the bride as we'd
ding present. The organ was presided
over by Miss Belle Bay, of Baltimore,
who added n UGH to the imprsssiveness
OF the occasion by tho magnfcence of
her execution.
Immediately after the ceremony the
happy party returned to Chelsea, the
home of the bride, where bounteous
repaHt had been provided, in which tho
famed Maryland cookery shone forth at
every point.
Amid showers of rice the happy pair
boarded the $50 train for Chicago.
They will take an extended trip and ex-
pect to arrive in Roanoke about Novem-
Der 10, when the many friends of the
groom will give them cordial welcome.
Miss Lilly Waugh, of Blacksburg,
who has been visiting friends in the CITY
for severed weeks, left yesterday for ler
home.
w lOlOnC0 hltuD6E lOT0GY, q Still
dent at Hollins Institute, is in the CITY
for few days visiting her parants.
Miss Sadie Dickinson charming
young lady Of the Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs, is visiting her friend,
Miss Eta McClanahan.
Roanoke has sent it's full quota of
visitors to the Worlds Fair during the
past few months OF the exposition, but
yesterday about the largest crowd to
take their departure at one time left on
the 4:30 vestibule train for the Windy
City, many to be gone until the close on
october 81. The company was composed
| largely of stays and all bent upon the
| utmost enjoyment of the trip. The most
! OF the ladies OF the city have had their
day at the big show and their select ton
OF time previous to the big final rush
was we'll made for thorough en- Joy ment
of the sights to be seen there. The train
yesterday was crowded with people on
their way to the fair, and with the pas.
sengers from Roanoke almost every
available berth in the sleepers was
taken. Among those from thiscity we're:
j. w. Boswell, J. d. Airheart, Charles
Fishburne, Moses Peters. C. a. Moomaw,
w. II. Il. Dorney. f. f. Davis,
G; G. Herring, Harry Markley,
M. Facinthal, j. c. Wallace, Jr.,
Sam and Charlton Oakley, Lynn Buck
ner, w. c. OVERLY and family, R. S.
Gale, w. p. Airheart, Tom Vaughan,
Frank r. May, James e. Mulcare, John
M. Hart, G. N. Dickinson, w. w. Mar
ston and wife, d. X. Fayman, II. S.
Jones, DR.. j. D. Kirk and son, w.
Thompkins, r. W. Pinkerd, V. Spauld-
ing and G. Nj. Arms
Mrs. Bessie Miller Oton, a charming
elocutionist of the South, on her return
from Bedford Alum and other Virginia
resorts, has been stopping for few days
with her friend, Miss Mary Berlin a
recent number of the illustrated Ken.
tuckian contains portrait of Mrs. Oton
and very fattering notice other ability
as an elCcutionist.
Distinguished Visitor.
Capt. Greenleaf Cilley, Of Buenos
Ayres, Argentine Republic, South
America, is in the city visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. Julia d. Lazell, at the Bach