Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-04
VERY bad MANNERS
EXHIBITED By TIE CROWD AT LAST EVEN-
INGS WEDDING.
About Two Thousand Fought for Standing Room a
tho Church, and Those Unsuccessful in
Getting In Very Disordsrly.
Vulgarity Rampant.

The scenes enacted by > portion OF
the population Of this city, at the Bren-
emann-Heyburn wedding, at the Sec
ond Presbyterian church, last evening"
stand without a parallel in all the his
tory of Wheeling, and it is sincerely 10
be hoped by all persons of good taste
and Of good manners that they will
never be duplicated in years to come.
Without the formality OF an invita-
ton, about two thousand men and Wo'
men, boys and girls, toughs young and
toughs OLD, and all the miscellaneous
riff-raff of a large section OF the
city, assembled about the church edihce'
and for more than two hours the air re-
sounded with unseemly cries, boots,
wells and cheers. Invited guests found
the entrance to the building blsckaded
by mass of people struggling with
each other for a station near TO the
doors, and not inclined to Reed either
the proprities or the admr Iitions OF the
police, and when the doors were opened,
about quarter of eight o'clock, mad
rush ensued in which ladies were car
ried of their feet. wraps were
torn, gowns disordered, torn
and otherwise damaged, and a
serious accident was more than once
imminent. Chief McNichol was present
with a detail of officers, but they could
do little or nothing towards checking
the wild stampede, and nothing less
than a stream of water from a ire en-
CINE would have dispersed the crowd OF
curiosity wild people. Early In the
rush into the church one girl tainted,
and was removed by Officer Scally,
while scores of others suffered more or
less damage TO their apparel. Inside
the church thero was terrible
crush, and men and women
stood in the pews, in the windows and
even on the backs of the seats In their
eagerness to see and be seen. Not con-
tent with filling the church proper, the
crowd filled the corridors, the stairways
and even the down stairs lecture room
noisy, disorderly and entirely regard
less of either the respect due the sacred
edifce, Of the usages OF civilized So
ciety or the proprieteS usually OBJ
served upon such an occasion, and
it was only with the utmost
difficulty that the bridal party
made their way to the altar. Outside
the situation was worse after the doors
were opened than before. From twelve
to fifteen hundred people crowded the
vincinity of the church, the mass ex-
tending for considerable distance on
both Market and Twentieth streets, and
the disorder at times was olsgraceful.
The people crowded about the carriages,
impeding the movement OF the horses,
and swarm of young people OF both
sexes pressed their faces against the
windows Of the carriages, preventing
the opening OF the doors, all the while
filling the air with an unearthly din.
The presence of this mob de-
laved the ceremony for quite half
an hour, and even when il was over the
people refuse TO leave, and it was fully
half-past nine before the vicinity Of the
Church and It's interior was clear.
Many inside did not scruple to tear
down and carry off portions of the dec
orations. The crush on the stairs
and about the doors when the
crowd began to leave was fully
equal to that when the doors were first
opened. and women emerged from the
struggling mass with flushed faces,
garments torn, hats mashed,
hair disordered, and with broken
fans, while the number of such
trifes as hair and hat pins, handker-
chiefs and gloves lost must have been
large in the aggregate.
AS whole it was dlsgraceful scene
of vulgar curiosity.
Up to eleven o'clock last night the
police had been notified of the loss Of
three wraps, one a black sack, one
light wrap aud a third a black sack.
Doubtless many others were lost.