The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-14
Welded AT LAST
City of Topeka and Potwin Place
Join Hands.
NuptiaIs Celebrated without
POmp Last Evening.
COUNCILS OFFICIATE.
Blushing Bride Led to the Altar
by Mayor Hughes.
Final Seal to BE Placed on the
Compact Monday.

There was a marriage ceremony at
the city council chamber last might
The city of Potwin Place was the prloe
and she was given to the stalwart bride
groom-the city of Topeka-py mayor
Hughes and the five councilmen acteo
as bridesmaids.
Mayor Drew performed the ceremony
and it was very brief. The ten council
men of the city of Topeka acted as
ushers There was an absence OF prldal
wreaths and orange blossoms Inc
"blushing bride" came in on the arm
of her guardian but no one notlceo
whether her gown was of white satln
or bedford cord. 1t is probable that she
wore the rich green with which she Is
clothed in everyday life but as that Is
not an accepted color at weddings II Is
well that the question may be lett I'M
settled.
The groom did not wear conventional
black but he was as dfgnified as WINE
K. Vanderbilt and just as rich. He ac-
copied the ceremony in a matter OF fact
way which indicated that it was a thlng
he had always known would come To
pass.
After the ceremony instructions were
given that the notice of the union sign
ed and sealed should be printed otn-
cially. Mayor Hughes tried TO LOOK
solemn but he could not restrain an eX-
pansive smile which told palmer than
words his complete satisfaction. Alder
man LOOMS occupied a prominent seat
He had taken the oath of office only a
few hours before for the express pur-
pose of acting is bridesmaid at the cere-
mony. Alderman Stebbins did good
deal of talking but he did this simply
to prove to the bridegroom that the
young LADY, wanted to have her say:
Councilman Warner of the Fifth ward
had given his handsome black mustache
an extra curl in honor of the occasion
and he fairly beamed with good humor
as he held out his hand to the bride to
congratulate her.
Councilman Morgan of the Second
ward stood up once to protest because
the clerk in reading had missed word
but the gentleman corrected himself
and the councilman dropped into his
seat with a sigh of relief because there
was no legal obstacle in the way of the
union.
Councilman Elliott took the matter
seriously but he said nothing. He had
drawn aside the curtain and peered into
the future to see the bride grown some
what petulant with petting and de-
handing all sorts of baubles, such as a
fire station, police protection and street
lights Mr.. Elliott has been servant
of the city of Topeka for a long time
and he has learned that "all is not gold
that glitterS.' The representatives OF
the bride expressly agreed that she
would make no demands during the
honeymoon or the first year.
Councilman Dickinson of the Third
ward had a notion to shed a tear but
he controlled his feelings. He thought
that the groom had been a trifie too in
different to the beautiful and accom-
plished lady when she first held out her
delicately gloved hand.
Councilman Burgess took a fatherly
interest in the whole affair and he made
a preliminary statement that there was
no reason on earth or under the earth
why the ceremony should not take
place.
Councilmen Benson and Blossom were
a little slow in Offering congratulations
but it was not because they had any
misgivings about the result of the union
they are trif1e diffident themselves.
Councilman Roundtree made some
trouble when the bans were first pro-
claimed but he had relented and he
stood up and said he was sorry that
he had ever offered any objections. The
bride smiled sweetly to let him under
stand that she harbored no i'll feeling.
Councilmen Belts and CLANCY are too
young in the service of the city to
quite understand what it all meant but
they did not forget to offer their con-
CALCULATIONS.
The compact was signed by Mayor
Drew and Mayor Hughes after the cere-
mOny and it was stipulated that exactly
at high noon next Monday the final seal
is to be placed on the union and the two
| cities will be one.