CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1899-10-05

uAnse ia SnAlOu Clty, tnib season, DuC
none in point Of preparation and
grandness quite equalled the affair at
the Rockafsllow home last evening.
The occasion was the marriage Of
Miss Florence Rockafsllow ID nr.
Wilbur T. Little. The interior Of the
home was one beautiful labyrinth Of
entwined vines and flowers, made re-
splendent by hundreds Of brilliant
electric lights. The guests present
numbered about two hundred.
At the appointed time the services
began by violin solo, Simple Aveu,'
by Mr.. Peters, being accompanied by
Miss Dale. A vocal solo, "Oh, Per-
feet Love-" was rendered by Miss
Pearl Hilburn Of Pueblo. Then came
the Mendelssohn Wedding March,
played by Mrs. Peters on tho violin
and Miss Dale, piano. It was played
through, and on REPETITION the we'd
ding party appeared. The ribbon
girls, Misses Jessie Peabody and Ethel
Gibson, came first, dividing the crowd
and making a passageway for the
wedding party. This came in
the following order: Little Miss Mar
garet Page of Dallas, Texas, the
youthful ring-bearer, Rev. Sibbald
and Cannon Radcliff, the officiating
clergymen. in their gowns and sur
plices, Chas. Rockafellow and Ted
Harding, ushers, Misses Ruth Lewis
and Cora Peabody, bridesmaids, Miss
Jennie McFarlane and Miss Stephen
son, Maids Of Honor, the bride-to-be,
Miss Rockafellow, leaning on the arm
of her father. In the meantime DR..
Little, with the best man, DIR. Warren
D. Howe, had entered by side door.
The service was conducted in the
beautiful ring ceremony of the Epis-
copalian church.
During the service one Of Mendel-
ssohn's songs without words was softly
play ed, which added much to the
solemnity of the occasion.
After the knot was properly tied
and during the congratulations the
the musicians surprised the people with
There's Just One Girl" which put
the entire company in most cheer
full humor. After the customary re-
freshments, the bride and groom
were escorted to the midnight train
by q large number Of friends and
relatives and given An appropriate
farewell. They go to Chicago and
will spend the honeymoon" ct the
home of S. H. Harrington ct River
side-a suburb Of Chicago.
The bride is the only daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. B. F. Rockafellow. All
her life, except part of of her school
days in Boston. has been spent in Ca6on,
and her friends are only limited By her
acquaintances
DR.. Little has been resident Of
Canon over four years and it is no
fiattery to say that he il leader in
his profession in this city, and is held
in the highest esteem by all who
know him.
The following guests from out Of
town were present: DR.. and Mrs.
Bulette, Pueblo; DR.. Hart, Colorado
Springs; Mrs. Norris Wilcox, Denver;
Miss Mary Stephenson, Marion, Ind !;
Mrs. Page, Dallas, Texas; Miss Pearl
Hilburn, Miss Anna Comstock, Pueblo.
Another pleasant affair was the
cementing of nuptials between Miss
Lille B. Dawson and Mr.. j. A. Ross.
The event was celebrated at the home
of the brides parents on Lincoln Park
at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, in
the presence Of thirty-five guests.
Rev W. J. Fisher oficiated. The
cosy parlorb we're tastefully decorated
with smilax, dahlias and marguerites,
and the service was very pretty.
The groom is teacher in the Pu-
eblO schools. and man who ia hald