Evening star., 1901-06-06
AT F AIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
MARRIAGE OF MISS GRAHAM AND
MIR. BRAWNER THIS EVENING.
Two Weddings Celebrated Last Even
inE-Dcath of j. ID. Brookes-
General and Personal.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 701 King st.
Bell Telephone No. lCG.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. June 6. 1891

| ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 6. 1891.
The marriage of Miss Edith May Graham,
| the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Gra-
ham, and Mr.. Henry Newton Brawner will
/ take place this evening at s O. clock in the
| Methodist Episcopal Church South. Rev.
| E. V. REGISTER, the pastor, will perform the
| ceremony. Miss Alice Thomas will preside
at the organ and the bride will enter the
| church on the arm of her father who will
| give her in marriage. She will be attired
in white organdie and will carry bride s
roses. Miss Alice Graham, a niece of the
bride, will be maid of honor. Her gown
will be Of pink organdie and she will have
a bouquet of La France roses. Mr.. Oden
B. Gray of Washington will act as best
| man. The ushers will be Messrs. r. w.
Graham and David Graham of this city,
! brothers of the bride: William T. Pollard,
| also of this city; c. E. Brawner, Philip OF
| terback and Edwin l.. Cockren of Wash
| ington. The wedding presents received
have been numerous and handsome. A re-
| ception at the home of Mr.. Graham, No.
$40 Prince street. to the bridal party and a
| few immediate friends of the two families
| will follow the ceremony. The couple Will
! take late evening train for a northern
| tour, stopping at Atlantic City.
Other Matrimonial Events.
The NJ. E. Church South of Del Ray, Va,
| was the scene of a pretty June wedding
| last night, the 5th instant, when Miss Bes-
sic A. Nails was given in marriage to Mr..
c.. Mason Talley Of West Virginia. The
bridal party entered the church to the
! beautiful strains of ''Lohengrins" bridal
| chorus, played by Mrs. Hogan. The bride,
| beautifully gowned in white liberty silk,
wearing a veil caught with a diamond
brooch and orange blossoms, with bou-
her father, Mr.. B. W. Nails. Misses E.
Lula Mewshaw and Mamie Collins of
Washington, D. c., were bridesmaids, being
| attired in dainty white gowns, with trim
mings of velvet, and carrying bouquets of
sweet peas. Mr.. Louis A. Howdershell,
cousin of the bride, was best man. Mr.. A.
j. Nails. brother of the bride, and Mr.. r.
A. Wilkinson served as ushers. Master
Ivan Carpenter acted ring bearer. Mrs.
Talley, mother of the groom was present.
Rev. RolviX Harlan, pastor of the Del Ray
Baptist Church, otticiated, and Immediately
after the service in the church the bride
and groom returned to the home of the
bride and received congratulations from
their many friends, after which they left
for their home in the west. The brides
presents were handsome and too numerous
to mention
Miss Leila Shuman of this city and Mr..
George Pugh of Danville, Va, were quietly
married at 9 O'Clock last evening at the
residence of Mr.. Walker 3. Jones, No. 3O5
North Washington street. Only few i'm
mediate friends and relatives were present.
Rev. E. V. REGISTER OF the NJ. E. Church
Mrs. Pugh took an evening train for their
bridal tour. They will make their future
home in Danville.
Death of J. Daingerfeld Brookes.
The remains of John Dangerfield Brookes
of this city, whose death occurred sudden
ly in Mobile, Ala. yesterday morning, will
be brought here for interment. The tele-
gram announcing his death was received
here yesterday, and was a great shock
to his family and friends. Death was due
to congestion of the lungs. Deceased was
a son of Mr.. William F. Brookes of this
city. He was twenty-seven years Of age,
and is survived by a widow and one child
At the time of his death Mr.. Brookes
was travelling as southern agent for a
Philadelphia firm. His mother who was
in New York, has been notified of her
sons death. Mr.. Brookes was well known
in this city and Washington. and his early
death is sincerely regretted.
Court Sustains Objections.
After hearing argument in the corpora
ton court yesterday Judge ]. K. NJ. Nor
ton sustained the contention of the parties
who objected to having the report of Com
missioner E. B. Taylor filed in the case Of
the Downey estate. Attorney James r.
Cation represented the parties opposing the
report and Attorney John NJ. Johnson rep
resented the parties in favor of having the
report confirmed. The matter grew out of
a suit of L. Strauss & Co. of Baltimore
against Thomas D. Downey. The commits
sioner's report included a lien for taxes on
the estate Of J. I. Downey. Thomas u.
Downey and others, devisees in remainder,
filed exceptions on the ground that all the
taxes reported as a lien affected only the
life interest Of Mary Downey, dev1see for
life and did not concern the estate of the
remainder men. The court held that there
was no lien for taxes on the real estate
mentioned in the bill because they were
payable by the life tenant and constituted
lien only on her life estate.
General and Personal.
The annual commencement exercises OF
the Episcopal High School will be held
Wednesday afternoon. the 10th instant at
3 o'clock. Medals and diplomas will be
presented to large number of students,
and the exercises will take place in Liggett
Hall, on the school grounds.
The closing exercises of Washington pub
lie school for boys will be held in the school
building on South Washington street Mon
day. June a. The exercises at Lee school
for girls will take place in Peabody Hall
Wednesday, the 26th instant
The funeral Of James Bradley, whose
death occurred Sunday, took place this
morning from St. Mary's Catholic Church.
The services were conducted by Rev.
Father Ahern, and the pallbearers were
Messrs. P. F. German, William Murray,
James Roche Edward Quinn, Edward
Hughes and T. McGowan The interment
was made in st. Mary's cemetery.
The new church known as the Crawford
Memorial. at Lewis Capel, near Lorton, IN
Fairfax county, which has been recently
completed, will be dedicated Sunday morn
ing next. The dedication sermon will be
delivered by the Rev. p. V. Register OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church South of
this city.
The. annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the American Building and Loan Asso-
citation was held in this city yesterday af-
ternoon. The following were elected to con-
stitute the board of directors for the ensu-
ing year: John j. kleiner, N. w. Haley,
William J. Frizzell, T. C. Thomas. Frank
D. Foster Andrew Wilson and Wilfred
Stevens
At the First Baptist Church {colored)
Miss L. E. Walker and w. F. Evans were
married at $50 o'clock last night. The
church was \elaborately decorated for the
occasion. Rev. Alexander Truatt perform
ed the ceremony.
A base ball game will be played Saturday
afternoon next on the old fair grounds in
this city between teams representing Fort
Hunt and the United States marines AS
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