St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-05
CLYDE KNAPP AND MRS. CORA
DORWIN-ASPINWAL VISIT
HUDSON, WIS,
CALL ON REV. w. N. M'VETTIE,
WHO PERFORMS THE MARRIAGE
CEREMONY IN THE PRESENCE
OF TWO WITNESSES.
SURPRISE FOR SOCIAL DULUTH,
OF Which the Charming Bride Was
Shining and Talented
Light.

1t will be very much in the nature of
q surprise when the Duluth people
learn that during the last ten days
Mrs. Cora Dorwin-Aspinwall and
Clyde Knapp-both we'll known in the
Zenith City-were quietly welded in
the picturesque Gretna Green of the
northwest, Hudson, Wis.
The interesting ceremony was per-
formed Jan. 20, very near high noon
in the modest cottage of Rev. w. N.
McVettie, rector of st. Pauls Protest
ant Episcopal church, and the only
witnesses were Mrs. Kate Kelly, an
elderly Invalid, who is visiting the
Novelties, and Mike Dorgan, the
obliging liveryman whose carriage
bore the young people to the rectory
and afterward back to the train as Mr..
and Mrs. Knapp.
Such secrecy was observed that none
of their friends In st. Paul had the
slightest inkling of the marriage until
the fact leaked out yesterday. Mr..
Knapp, who appears in the registration
of marriage as an insurance man hail
ing from st. Paul, was formerly in
Duluth. but has a number of friends
here and has recently secured a posit-
ion with wholesale firm in this city.
He was here just a fortnight ago. and,
although he chatted with several ac-
quaintanceS at the theatre, he told
them nothing of his approaching nup-
tials. The two people went to Hudson
on the morning Of the Goth of January
on the train leaving st. Paul at 1886
reaching there just before noon.
They proceeded without delay to the
little POftaoa FO1irth
of DR.. McVettie. and after both had
sworn that there was no legal impedi-
ment to the ceremony the reverend
gentleman read the Episcopal ritual in
the presence of the two witnesses men
toned
The ceremony lasted just half an
hour.
This over Mr.. and Mrs Knapp re-
paired to the Chaplin Hall house, where
they spent the time until the o'clock
train arrived, which it is supposed bore
them back TO st. Paul. Even in Hud-
son. where there are a dozen weddings
each week, this couple attracted the at
tention of the townspeople on account
of their refined. interesting appearance,
and speculation was indulged in as to
who they might be, as they did not
register at the hotel 1t is expected
that the event will create profound
surprise in Duluth. where both Mr..
and Mrs. Knapp are well known
socially. as it is known that Mrs.
Aspinwall has but just recently secured
q divorce from her husband, Judson
Aspinwall, and 1t was not generally ex-
pected that she would again take unto
herself husband.
In the registration list filed with the
register of deeds Of st. Croix county,
her birthplace Is given as Warsaw, ILL.,,
and her age twenty-three.
Her maiden name, Cora Alice Dor
win, appears in the document while
the names of her parents are put down
as William e. Dorwin and Sarah A.
Longley.
Mrs Dorwin-Aspinwall, as she is
known in Duluth, is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. W. e. Dorwin who hail from
Owego, New York state, from which
place they went to Duluth. Mr.. Dor
win is a prominent contractor whose
interests are closely connected with