The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-21
GORGEOUS WEDDING GIFTS.

GOttIEOIS w tlblJANS GlNlSs
Tho Seventeen. Year.Old Bride of Earl
Craven Receives Presents Valued ut Two
MIlllons-The Social Career OF the Brad
Icy Martins.
The marriage OF the young dOughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs, Bradley Martin, OF New
York, to the Earl OF Craven, accounts OF
which have already appeared in the
Geographic dispatches, was one OF the
most notable society events that ever
occurred in this country. The marriage
was purely love affair and not the
mere purchase OF u title, the earl being
one OF the wealthiost young men in
England, and the bride the heiress to
millions. She is II and was still in
charge OF q governess when her engage
ment was announced. From the pub.
lished accounts OF the wedding tie fol-
lowing concerning the bridal presents
and the social career OF the BRIDES
mother will prove interesting reading
to tho fair sex:
The wedding gifts are equal to those
which might DO received by princess.
They have come from all quarters OF tho
earth and are in abundance.
The relatives Of Lord Craven have
been lavish in their gifts, and his
friends OF the nobility have done them
selves proud, Then the friends OF the
Bradley.Martins, both in this country
and on the other side, have showered
the bride with the most superb presents
imaginable.
From the Dowager Countess OF Craven,
grandmother Of Lord Craven, is collar.
otto OF diamonds. The dowager coun"
tess is nearly eighty years oil age. Her
magnificent Offering was one OF her own
wedding presents. Ills very curious in
conception and ia set with the rarest Of
old India diamonds. There are ut least
fifty stones in the collarette.
PRESENTS or SILVER AND GOLD.
The Countess OF Craven, mother Of
Lord Craven, sent quantity OF solid
silver, enough to set the young couple
up in fine style. The groom's aunts,
Lady Coventry and Lady Cadogan, also
sent gifts Of solid silver.
Mrs. Isaac Sherman, the grandmother
OF the bride, has sent her u necklace OF
pearls composed OF three strings, each
carefully selected and matched.
The brides parents loaded her with
gifts from stocks and bonds aggregating
several hundred thousands OF dollars to
gold and silver Jewels OF great rarity.
Mrs. Bradley-Martin, among other gifts,
gave her daughter tiara OF diamonds,
the counterpart Of ono worn by the Elm.
press Josephine. There arc at least 100
Indian stones in it and SGT 80 that they
swing Mt every movement.
Tho presents fill five rooms on one OF
the upper floors Of the Bradey.Martin
mansion on Twentieth Street, West.
SOME WELL KNOWN NAMES
There are cases OF solid silver, OF
goldware, boxes of diamonds and other
jewels arranged on shelves, which at
the lowest estimate would amount to
over S2,000,00O.
There are presents from the Brock.
hoist Cuttings, now in Paris; from the
Forbes-Leiths, the Roden.Burns. the
Pelham.Clintons, the Duchess OF Mari.
borough, tho Phelps.Stokeses, the Van
uerDlltS, tne ASlOTs, Tue uluOtl hStOrSy
the John Jacob AstoN and from Mrs.
Astor, from the Duke and Duchess Of
Newcastle, from the Paran.Stevenses,
the Duncans, tho Dodges, tho Bruce.
Prices, the Pells, the Bronell.Burn-
hams, the Van Rensselaers, the Stur.
gises, the Roosevelt Roosevelts and
from other Roosevelts, from theWither-
bees, tho Loritiards, tho " iimerdings,
the Rhinelanders and the Stewards.
Some OF the wedding presents sent
from Europe for the Craven-Martin
wedding could not be placed on view
to-day, because they were detained at
the custom house for appraisemeut as
to their value, having been forwarded
to this country through the mails.
MRS. MARTINS SOCIAL CAREER.