The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-28
BRILLIANT
WEDDING.
Miss Bertha WaSley and Abner
Powell Married To-day.
1T WAS A PRETTY AFFAIR.
The Parlor Of the waSley Homestead on
South White Street Turned Into
Bower of Beauty.
IT WAS A PRETTY AFFAIR.

A pretty wedding took place at one
o'clock this afternoon at tee Wasley
homestead, on South White street. The
bride was Miss Bertha Wasley, daughter
of Mrs. Jonathan Wasley and the bride.
groom Charles Abner Powell, a former
resident of this place now located at
New Orleans, La, and a brother of
Joseph G. Powell, one of the editors of the
Wilkes Barre Record. The wedding took
place in the front parlor of the residence
which was profusely dressed with ferns,
palms, smilax, hyacinths and cut flowers
The bride was attired in a dress OF
white faille and a veil held up by
orange blossoms. Miss Emma A. Wasley,
of Swarthmore College, and siste- of the
bride, was the bridesmaid, and Miss
Edith Acker the flower girl The brides
maid wore chiffon over pearl silk and
Miss Acker was attired in white silk
trimmed with ribbon and pleated chiffon.
The BRIDES cousin, Harry M. Wasley, was
the groomsmau. The ushers were George
H. Krick and George H. Ketter, Jr. Rev
J. Richard Boyle, D. D., who was an
intimate friend of the late Jonathan
| Wasley, father of the bride, and was
formerly pastor of the Methodist Episco
pal church, of this town, but now pastor
of the Franklin street Methodist Episco-
pal church at Wilkes Barre, officiated
at the ceremony The wedding march
from "Lohengrin" was played by Mrs.
w n, Ehrhart, and during and subsequent
to the reception music was furnished in
an apartment adjoining the parlors by the
Schoppe orchestra of ten pieces. The
marriage ceremony was followed by an
elaborate dinner served by Schofer, of
Reading Five colored walters were in at
tendance. The presents were numerous
and very handsome and costly. Among
them were an olive dish, two sets of salts,
pepper crUets, vinegar cruet, three vases,
two berry dishes, water bottle, dozen tumb
lers, water pitcher and butter plate, a III
in cut glass; princess lamp, ice ere am
| service dozen after dinner cups and
| saucers, chOpp plate, vase, doilles, silver
nut basket, two celery dishes, silver fruit
bowl, china fruit basket, silver bon bon
spoon, silver teaSservice, silver ice.pitcher,
silver tray, silver syrIp pitcher, silver
butter dish, silver soap box, silver butter
knife, two silver sugar shells, silver
almond spoon, sugar tongs, pearl handled
| fruit knives, two dozen solid silver spoons,
one dozen solid silver after dinner coffee
spoons, ten dollars, mustard spoon, salad
fork, hann-painted china clock, hand
painted celery dish, half dozen hand
painted fruit dishes, blankets table
linen, tea. ia BILE cover, drawn work tidy,
pictures, pillow shams, Bohemian glass
vase, bon-bon, china bread plate, gravy
bowl, carving sets, SET of china dishes,
silver button hook, silver nail file, silver
bread tray, three sets of cut glass cruets
one and half dozen silver spoons.
Among the guests at the wedding were
Mr.. and Mrs. A P. Blakslee, Mr.. A
Mitchell 5lakslee, Mr.. J. Irwin Blakslee
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund b. Hunter and
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. H. Butler, Delano
Miss Carrie E. Beamish, Philadelphia
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l.. Shaw, West
Pittston Mr.. and Mrs. Miller and Mr..
and Mrs. H. S. Williams, New York Mis-
Millie Giering, Easton; Mr.. w. II.
Lewis and Miss Maud Lewis, VIM. Penn
Miss Carrie w. Faust, Scranton Mr.. and
Mrs. H. L. Daddow and Mr. S. d.
Daddow, st. Clair; Miss Kate f. Sterner,
Pottsville; Mrs. Emily Hoffman and
Miss Hoffm an, Reading; Miss Kluge and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kunkel and daugh-
ter, Easton; DR.. and Mrs. J. G. Biddle
Fountain Springs; Miss May Wilson, Mr.
1
R. Lamb and Miss May Brown, Wilkes
Barre George Glover, Dudley, n. j..
Misses Sallie and Louise Brenz, Lans
downe, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs G. w. KeiteI
and Miss Hattie Wasley, Bloomsbury
Misses Addie f. Berry and Misses Steel
man and Davis, Philadelphia; George
Goodman, Mahanoy City; and the
following residents of Shenandoah Mr.
and Mrs. o. A. Keim, Mr.. and Mrs. j. j
Price, Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Wasley, Mr.
and Mrs. George Folmer, Mr.. aud Mrs
r.. A. Davenport, Rev. aud Mrs. William
Powick, Mr.. and Mrs H. A. Acker, Mr.
and Mrs. W. n. Ehrhart, Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Baird and daughter, Nellie, Mr.
and Mrs. Il. j. Davies, Mr.. aud Mrs. Ed
ward Doherty, Mr.. and Mrs, H, A. Swain
Mr.. and Mrs. =. G. M. Hollopeter anC
Miss Hollopeter, DR.. and Mrs. D. S. Kistler
Mrs. Annie Wasley and family, Mrs. Johr
r. Jones, and Miss Hattie Jones, Mrs
William Grant and Miss Grant, Mrs. 4
b. Fielders, Mrs. Jane Gather, Misses
Hattie l. Hess, Laura and May Folmer
Maggie and Matte Powell, Ruby Yost
Kathryn Glover, Ida c. Lewis and Anna
and Margaret Dengler and Messrs. ii
H. Zulick, L. A. Bamberger, George ii.
Kriek and Harry NJ. Wasley; Mr. and
Mrs. H. G. Boyer.
The wedding was one of the most fash'
ionable events seen at this place Tor many