The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-13
ABRrLLIANr BEDDING.

The Marriage of Miss Armstead to MT.
 Davis, Son of Ex-U. s. Senator II. c.
 Davis-Bride Has Many New Haven
 Relatives and Friends.
 The Brooklyn Eagle of last Thursday has the following account of brilliant wedding which has a special interest here, the bride having many relatives and other friends in New Haven:
 DAVIS-ARMSTEAD.
 MISS Elizabeth Irwin Armstead, daughter Of MT. and Mrs. II. II. Armstead, was mar ried to John Thomas Davis, son of former United States Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia, at the home of the bride s parents, 450 Greene avenue, yesterday af. ternoon. The house was handsomely deco, rated with clusters of pink chrysanthe- nuns, smilaX and palms and the bride and groom stood beneath an arch of foliage. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. R. F. Sample of the Westminster Presbyterian church, New York, who married the bride parents. The bride was given away by hel father. She was very becomingly attired in white satin, handsomely embroidered in pearls and trimmed with point lace. Her veil was of tulle and she carried orchids and lilies of the valley.
 Miss Grace T. Davis of Washington, sis. ter of the groom, acted as maid of honor She wore an imported costume of pink and green and carried pink chrysanthemums The bridesmaids were Miss Drakeley and Miss Dyer of this city, Miss Braden of West Point and Miss Leverich of New Haven Conn. The first two named wore gowns of pink tafeta, covered with white net and the remaining two were attired in green tatfeta and white net. All four attend ants carried clusters of white chrySanthe nuns.
 Miss Ada Rice O'Donohue, four years old was. flower girl. She wore a dainty white l frock and carried pink chrySan themumS. lDaVlS Spn1 Stpnhpn | Elkins, served as best man and the usher! were Stephen B. Elkinss, jr;, and Richard Elkins of Washington, D. O., II. II. Arm stead, jr., and D. M. Armstead, brothers ot the bride. The ceremony took place at 4:3l o'clock, only relatives being present. re ception followed from until ' o'clock, a which many friends rendered their con gratulations. Pringle was master of cere monies.
 The brides gifts to her attendants wer, crescent pins of pearls and the groom'' souvenirs to his best man and ushers were 1 gold link sleeve buttons,
 MT. and Mrs. Davis will reside for time at Elkins, the country seat of the groom family, returning to Washington for the D.. H. McPherson, grandmother of thc bride; ex-Senator and Mrs. H. C.. Davis parents of the groom; Judge mad Mrs J B B;, ;McPherson, Senator and Mrs. s, i} E liam McPherson, Mr and Mrs. Alezande ! Armstrong, Mir and Mrs. E. R. Doup, Il D: Pierrepont, jr,, MT. and Mrs. Jame Ridgway, Lieutenant and Mrs; Baden, c J. Blenner, MT. and Mrs. J. c. Brown O I New York, Miss Ethel Moran, ". c l Broadway, Joseph Grace, Mir and Mrs. J A. Kunkle. MT. and Mrs. Emerson Brooks MT. and Mrs. R. S. KunlIle, MT, and Mrs D. L. Bartlett, Commandant and Mrs. R NJ. c. Brown, U. S. N.; Miss Curriden, s D. McPherson, H. c. McPherson, Mr an, Mrs. ". Baker, MT and Mrs. George Bur chell, MT. and Mrs. H. K. Dyer, Mir. an, i Mrs. s. F. Landstreet Miss Katherine Fl llns, Miss Vickers, Arthur Lee, Mr. an, Mrs. J. Leeds, MT. and Mrs J. A. Black MT. and Mrs, F. L. Van Ness. Miss Hill man, MT and Mrs. Austin Ludlam, Mis- Katharine l.. Maltby, Miss F. K. Arm stead. Mir. and Mrs. J, w. Gildersleeve, Nil and Mrs. Charles Dwenger, Mrs. William Ryder, Mrs. J. Ray Cleveland, Mrs. C. | Marshall, MT. and Mrs. w. McCaroll, tn Rev. and Mrs. J. Burrell, Miss Thorn O New York, William Hofer, George H. Arr l stead, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Armstead Mir. John Hofer, Jesse Hofer, Mrs. Jame E. Armstead of New Haven.