Evening star., 1898-10-19

Burch of Georgetown. The wedding cere-
mohy TOOK place at St Stephens Church.
The bride was becomingly attired in white
organdie and carried bride roses Miss
Bessie Paul was maid of honor and wore
white organdy. Mr.. Abe Blumenthal was
best man. Mr.. and Mrs. Burch left on a
Ia'e train Tor short trip vast, and will be
at home TO their friends after Sunday Oc-
tooer %, at 1926 Prospect avenue.
The marriage of Miss Bessie Durphey TO
Mr. Chas. p. Han cock was solennized this
II ornlng at 10 O'Clock at the residence of
her mother. Mrs Louise Durphey. Mr..
Alexander Hancock of Baltimore was best
man and the brides sister. Miss Marguerite
Durphey, was maid of honor The bride
was becomingly dres sed In blue cloth trim
med with white satin and real lace. The
m aid of honor wore steel cloth. with braid
and button trimmings. The house was
teeutifully decorated with palms and flow
ers. Rev. DR.. Stakely officiated. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hancock left at IL 30 for a northern
trip.
Mrs. Frances B. Edgerton is visiting Jus
tice ard Mrs. Field. Yesterday she read.
by request, an original sketch, entitled
The individual Career" and also selec-
tions from noted authors, to the blind. in
the Congressional Library. taking the place
of Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts,. who
was to have read, but was unable TO do so.
The marriage of Miss Eva Blanche Repp
to Mr.. Harry Sansbury Ridgely of Wash
''Ingleside," Randolph. Md, TIE home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Fraak
Repp Miss Nellie Rdgely, the grooms
sister. will act as maid IF honor and NJ.
Clinton Burgess Repp of New York, the
brides brother, as best man. Mr.. John A.
Pfoutz of Baltimore ard Mr.. VIII A. Ridge
ly of Washington will be the ushers. A
reception to relatives and friends will fol-
low, after which the young couple will de-
part for a tour of the north and east.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Loucks have issued
invitations for the marriage of their daugh-
ter Bertha to Rev. Frederick w. Hatch OF
Slugerties, n. Y. The ceremony will take
place at Calvary Baptist Church this even
ing at s o'clock. Admission to the church
will be by card.
Miss Lille A. Hunter. daughter Of DR.. r.
/. Hunter. was married at noon yesterday
to Mr.. A. Albert Bulmer of Philadelphia
by Rev. DR.. Clark of Foundry Church, in
the presence of a small gathering of rela-
tives and friends. Miss Rosa Hunter, sis
ter of the bride, was maid CT honor, and
Mr. John Gilmore Glfllan of Philadelphia
was best man. After the ceremony the
bride and groom left Immediately for their
future home in West Philadelphia.
Mrs. Roswell d. Hitchcock and AIiss
Edith NJ Van Buren,, both well known in
this city. have just returned from Dawson
to New York, and have had a most unique
experience. They spent the summer At
Dawson. ami have brought back with them
several pO ln1S OF pretty nuggets anu IldIsy
Indian curios. They did not go exactly to
dig gold but were anxious to study social
conditions and have good time. They sue.
cceded in both undertakings. They bought
an option in an unloCated claim Bear
creek, and also bought the first tract of
land sold in West Dawson. They have a
number of men grubstaked who are pros
pecting the Koyukuk river country. Mrs.
Hitchcock has Great Dane dog which at
tracted much attention in the north. He is
valued at 5000, and has taken many prizes.
Mrs. Hitchcock has the most peculiar sack
OF gold that ever came out of Alaska. On.y
a woman would think of putting up the yell
low stuff as she did. Every pan mined out
is wrapped VI in a separate piece of paper.
ard looks rot unlike a medicine powder.
She has every paper properly labeled, and
can tell even the day the gold was taken
out In looking over her collection she can
show tee first pan mined on a bar of the
lover Yukon, where the grains of gold are
so small they can hardly be seen. Then
come the big nuggets from Bonanza and
Eldorado, all done up in paper. Miss Van
Buren laughiDgly displays a little bundle of
ruggets which she says she poked out with
her umbrella. Mrs. Hitchcock is the widow
o. Roswell d. Hitchcock of the American
navy, who died several years ago On the
Alert, his vessel, in Asiatic waters, and d
cousin of Elisha Dyer Rhode Islands ia
nous governor Miss Van Buren, is a great
grandniece of President Van Buren, and a
cousin of William Walter Phelps, late MIN
lister to Austria. Her father was once min
lister to Japan
The marriage of Miss Mary A. Austin,
daughter of Capt NJ. A. Austin of the DO
lice department, to Mr.. Daniel Pfeiffer of
the nsylvania Railroad Company in this
city, took place at noon today, at the home
of the brides parents, No. 107 9TH street
northeast. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. DIR. Thomas Chalmers Easton of
the Eastern Presbyterian Church. Mr.. ard
Mrs. Pfeffer will take extended wedding
tour, which will comprise visit to Omaha
and other western cities. They will return
to Washington via Niagara Falls.