Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-06
nARRIsoN's MARRIAGE.


New YoRK, N Y, April g.
An attachment which, 90 II IL claimed
by those In position TO know, had Il.
origin IN the white house, eliminated
to-day in the marriage ~ the Protes-
tant Episcopal church Of st. Thomas
OF Bupjsmiu iiurrison, ex-president oi
the United States, and Mrs. Mary
Scott Dimmicks, niece of the late Mrs.
Harrison. Id accordance with the
wishes OF both contracting parties.
the wedding was quiet one, only the
immediate relatives and friends OF the
two families, TO a totalrof about thirty,
being invited.
The bride of to-day Is beautiful
woman aud in the prime OF life. She
is daue hter OF Russell F.. Lord, who
was general superintendent and chief
engineer of the Delaware & Hudson
Canal company, aud who died during
the war. In 1881, she was married to
Benjamin E. Dimmick, son of Samuel
f Dimmick, tx attorney-general Of
Pennsylvania, and one Of the most
prominent lawyers OF the state. Three
months after the marriage, however,
Mr.. Dimmick died OF typhoid fever.
For years, his widow, who was left
with an ample estate, was heartbroken,
and it was not until the illness of Mrs.
Harrison, during the closing months Of
the presidents administration, that
she again appeared In public. During
that sorrowfnl period, and after the
death of the first lady of the land, she
did the honors Of the white house, and
It was at this time that the romance
that eliminated to-day had its be.
ginning.
Ex. President Harrison ia sixty-three
years of age, or some twenty EIGHT
years the senior Of his second wife.
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April g.
The servants of the Harrison house,
hold, under the directions of the gen.
erals housekeeper, are to-day busily
engaged in busting and cleaning up
stairs and downstairs, in the North
Delaware street residence, and adding
the final touch to the preparations
made for the homecoming of the ex-
president and bride. The latter Is no
stranger to the premises, having been
frequent and welcome visitor there
during the lifetime # the generals
first wife, but elaborate renovation and
re- furnishing under the skiilfuI
hands of New York decorators has
created change in the aspect Of the
interior that is expected to invoke ex.
pressions of surprise and admiration
from the future mistress.
OTHER WEDDINGS.
New York, April 6 The Harrison
wedding was but one of dozen swell
functions OF similar nature that mark
ed to-day the advent of Easter. The
Church OF the Heavenly Rest was
with society folk this after
1oon for the wedding Of Miss Lula
Dewsnap and Mr.. Henry Bergh, nep-
lew of the late Henry Bergh, famous
lsa humanitarian, and from whom he
Inherited an ample fortune. The SER
ice was fully choral, and the church
vas abundantly decorated with Easter
lies and lllacs. Rev. d. Parker Nor
IAN was the officiating divine.
AT St. Bartholomew's church, Miss
lhel Hunt, daughter of the late Seth
Bliss Hunt, was united to Mr.. Gilbert
Wood, by Rev. DIR. David n. 7
Greer. Baltimore, Philadelphia, ROs-
on and Providence, r. l., contributed
o the ranks of the bridesmaids and
,shers. A peculiarly Of this wedding
8 that the reception, instead of taking |
place Immediately after the ceremony,