Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-19
WERE NOT MARRIED.
MR. REEFS AND MISS PATTERSON
1uaNep BACK FROM WELDON
r. r.dx,. Youth the Ground of o"Jec-
tion-severaI Weddings That '"'~
place Here Yesterday.

,.,ohs nj Iocksmiths, but the
.o,oara,b travels with greater speed than
the locomotive
These propositions are both borne o"'
In the following special received IiS'
MICH, from the Dispatches Weldon IN
CD correspondent:
"Nr Herbert l.. .Recs and Miss jessie
Patterson. both Of Richmond, arrived
here Tuesday night on the Atlanta spe-
cial for the purpose Of having the matri-
moniaI knot tied. The pretty little ahair
was nipped in the bud. however, by the
girls father. who telegraphcd to inc
chief OF Police here TO arrest his &aush-
ter on arrival
when the officer informed Miss later
son. who is quite young. that he Rad an
order from her father TO arrest her she
quietly submitted TO the Inevitable,
captain Day took her back 10 Richmond
this morning on the early train. me
runaway couple were accompanied to THIS
place by Mr.. H.. Is. Phillips, also OF your
city,
Mr.. Rees, when seen on Main street
yesterday afternoon by Dispatch re-
porter. expressed regret that his pians
had been interrupted but he was no'
cast down. 1t Is understood that the oo-
lection 10 the marriage was the youth Oh
the young lady. Knowing That her pa
rents would not consent 10 the match
the couple determined 10 take matters III
their own hands. Mr. Patterson met hls
daughter at the depot yesterday rhoI"IrH.
Mr. Rces saw him later in the DAY inc
groom that was to have been IL an "
complished musician and organist Oh w
Second Baptist church. Both NJ anu MISS
Patterson reside on Laurel street
Observation-Disclosures.
Colonel r Leslie spence AMI Miss I.ulie
,tocf,rlane were married at the resi-
Sarco ~ Mr. w. W. Tribbett, 40. "t
wsst Grace street yester1ny AFTERNOON -
6 O'Clock. There were no inNltaup"S' ~
immediate family only BENG Pt'S.'',
The parlors were Handsomely de'oi -
and the ceremony was p%.Lo. - So,
Rev DR. James J. fdIr' VI VII
Presbyterian church. ... WI
,,,r, ,racforlane and sister 70 Mr. {. W.
Ma~farIane. Colonel Spence is com
wander of Lee Camp. and one OF h'h,
,,ond,s best-kuown and most esteemed
merchants.
THE couple left on the 7l5 train
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
A. the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. }. W..
Gins No. BOB east Marshall street. last
,i,bt Miss Jennie VI. Cathcart and Mr.
Edu,arl l.. Hazlegrove. n weli-known cry
ernrloyec. were united IN marriage" quite
a company Of friends Of the younS coupe
were present, and the ceremony was per
formed by Rev Or. Hatcher pastor or
the Grace-Street Baptist church. The par
Tors were prettily decorated with smllaN
and ferns.
Miss Claudia Scay. presided at the
organ. and the ushers We're Nessrs. Ernest
l.. Thomas and f. J. NeisZ. Tn" brlde
wore a costume of gray and carried La
France roses The presents were hume
rous and pretty. and among them was one
from the Young Peoples Union of the
Grace-Streot Baptist church.
BI'RRCSS-PAR
4 quiet home welding took place last
nieht at $50 o'clock at 80. ll9 south BEL
vldere street, the home Of the brides sls-
ter. The contracting parties were Miss
pattia Burruss and Mr. John Il. Parker
The ceremony was performed by Rev i.
T. puval The bride was bccomingly at
tired in a suit Of green and carried pearl
roses. She is a daughter Of the late II. -.
Rurruss. The groom IL an employee OF
the Singer Manufacturing Company OF
this city.