The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-01-15

Rev. Dorwell, Mr.. Daniel Westerhaus and
Miss Helena Kuehl.
Married, Mt sedalia, December &c, 1897,
by Rev. Seeber, Mr.. August Brakeman
and Miss Ophelia Kruse.
Married, near Concordia, January 9th,
by Rev. F. j. BlitZ, MIR. Henry Eggers and
Mrs. Magdalena Schnackenberg.
Married, at Sweet Springs, at the Luth-
erau church, December 26, 1897, by Rev.
Brink, Mr.. Martin Bredehocft and Hiss
WOhlerS.
Rev. j. T. Osborne, MIR. James M. Hutch
inson md Miss Maude e. Brooke. At
tendauts: mr.. T. n. LaIe, of Odessa, and
Miss Rena Moore, of Mayview.
Married. Mt Grand Pass, recently, Mr..
Perry Wilson and Miss Ada B~ridgewater,
Rev. Phillips officiating. We wish the
young couple q happy and prosperous
New Year with attendant blessings.
Married. at the home OF Mr.. A.. p.
Young, six miles southeast of Lexington,
Dece noer 20, by Rev. n. II. McKain, Mr..
Charles Pointer and Miss Mary Gray.
We wish the young couple much hap
niness and prosperity.
Married, at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.. q. Mcclure, in
Richmond, Mo-, Wednesday evening, Jan
nary o, Mr.. William M. Shotwell and Miss
@SAAA ~ u - LH ia 9bb
of the NJ. r. church, South, officiating.
The groom Ia a son of M. j. ". Shot
well and is honest and industrious, and
will make a true and loving husband.
Married, at the home OF the bride, in this
city, at bali past four O'Clock, January 12r
Mr.. Lee Hawkins, of Sweet Springs, Mo.
and Miss Mary Wilson. Rev. w. /. Cole
officiating.
The wedding OF Miss Wilson and Mr..
Hawkins will be remembered for Its aim =
plicity, its beauty and the solemnity and
reverence attached to it that We feel 40
much at a homo wedding such as this.
Only a few frIends outside the family
were invited, aud not one there but felt
deeply interested in these two, and felt ii
as a personal loss, the taking OF the bride
from our town.
The Wilson home was deliberately deco
rated for the occasion with roses and
evergreens. The latter giving hat ~featlve
air so befitting q wedding. The parlor in
which the ceremony was performed was
beautiful with evergreen as its sole deco
ration. The ceiling and walls were fes-
TONED with ropes OF this.
Exactly at half past four, keeping tImc
to the wedding march played by Miss
Minnie Neale, little Katherine n Eliza
beth Wilson, pieces of the bride, entered
the room. They looked veritable fairies
In their dainty white frocks, each carry
Ing a large pink rose. After them the
bride, on the arm of the groom, entered
and took their places under a canopy
formed of ropes of evergreen suspended
from one corner of the room. Here in the
midst of relatives and friends each one
realizing the sacredness OF the occasion,
Rev. w. 1. Cole in beautiful, we'll chosen
and impressive words pronounced Mr.. Lee
Hawkins and Miss Mary Wilson husband
and wife. Congratulations sincere and
ardent were showered upon the happy
couple and for several hours thereafter
gay converse and laughter relgnet
supreme.
The bride, OF whom any groom might
feel proud, was lovely In a gown of heavy
corded white silk with long train, and
beautifully fashioned. She wore q veil
and carried a posey OF BRIDE roses. Nat
urally handsome, her wedding gown anC
veil served to enhance her brunette beauty
Soon after the ceremony the newly mar
riod couple led the way to the dining
AOOAhs "buAG sSHaAaN "SoAAh6 ACoot wa
served the guests. In this room were pint
roses everywhere. A huge cluster of then
formed the center piece for the table
while theirs were scattered carelessly anC
gracefully over the snowy cloth.
a register book In which the guests LEFT
their names will be a pleasure to the bride
and groom in after years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hawkins left on the IA.
train. The bride wearing a stylish tray
cling gown of blue cloth. They will go tc
Birmingham, Ala, and after their return
will make their home at Sweet Springs
Mo-, where the groom has aiways lived
and where he Is we'll known as a sub
stantial, cultivated gentIeman-a mar OF
high principles and good business
qualities.
In speaking OF the bride words are
superffuous. A treasure in her home
where one's genuine worth is most felt
and a iavorite in Lexington's socie
circles, she will De greatly missed. Her
many friends will wish her happiness
unalloyed In her new relations, and the
groom will "a their sincsrest congratu-
l~atIons.
A number OF handsome gifts were
received by Miss Wilson, tokens of the
esteem in which she was held.