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FCUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
THURSDAY, MAY: 6, 1880.
JA “BRILLIANT WEDDING
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THACKARA-SHERMAN.
A BRILLIANT RECEPTION AFTER TUE MARRIAGE OF
LIEUTENANT A. M, THACKARKA AND GENERAL
SHERMAN’S THIRD DAUGHUTER—NANDSOME GIFTS
| FROM FRIENDS. : ,
Y TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNT.1
Wasninaron, May 5.—Tho marriage of
Eleanor Mary. Sherman,._ third daughter
the General of
ant Alexander ~
State Navy, took place residevce
of General and Mrs. Sherman, at 7 o'clock this
evening, There were present at the
about 100 persons; including relatives and inti-
mate friends,.. the President,
of War, and tho Secretary of Navy.
At tho reception, beginning a half boat [ater 500
guests thronged the triple suito of pario
eoeTho pride i asy cheeked, brown- nivod aty7 a)
little below inedtium height, w ith charming fresh-
Miss
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tenant Thackara was graduated at the Annapolis
Academy in the class of 1869, and is the son of the
senior momber of the firm of Thackara,
Buck & Co., of Philadetphia. His family
belongs to the Presbyterian denomination.
The bride is of ber mothers religion, au
the ceremony was performed by the Roy. Father
Boyle, pastor of St. Matthew’s Church. Tho parents
of the groom, and also a sister anda brother anda
choice circle of friends were present from Philadel-
phia.
The bride was dressed in white satin sud
brocade, trimined with seed pear on lace.
t ostly diamon pres. by the
Khedive though ~ bot Mrs. Fitch and
Miss Sherman wore lIess elaborate orna-
r
ments of the same kind. The bouguct carried
by the bride was of orange blossoms and lilies of
the valley. The bridesmaids, five in number, wore
white erépo dechine, with 5
ish Jace, and broa sashes
ribbon, They were: Miss May Ewing, a cousin of
the bride and daughter of z
tive Thomas Ewing ; Miss
man, the Generals younges$ daughter 5 Aiss
Marion Whipple, daughter of one his
staft officers stationed at Chieago ; Miss Mary Loch-
land, of St. and, Miss Addie
of Washington.
some tavorite
Lieutenants Berry, Bradbury ond Coftin o:
Navy, ‘ands Cherry;
of the party was
preceded by Vlorence Auden-
reid, escorted by
Tho General woro full uniform, as did also the:
bridegroom, the attendants and tho many military;
ceremopy*
Secretary |
gucsts present.
| gantly attired ladies present were the wives of two
‘eon; and Mrs. Levi P. Morton and
Mrs. Sherman wore 2 handsome dress of pearl-col-
ored silk and — gatin. of St.
Louis, formerly Miss
a toilet of old gold’ satin.
zie Tman wore piuk -erépe dechine, with
puffed front of pink satin. Among the very ele-
of the General’s aides, Mrs. Audenveid and Mrs, Ba-
Mme. Outrey,
both of whom were escorted by Mr, Morton in the
absence from the city. of M. Outrey, the
French Minister. Representative Anson G.
McCook was accompanied by Miss Hettio
MeCoot of ‘Chillicothe, Ohio. *“Mavy of
the leading officers of Government, the
Army and the Navy were present, noticeable among
whom was M Lucien Young, the hero of the
Huron disaster. Many who could not come
wero
represented by elegant gifts, _. .
enera rant sent ‘a IJetter of ereeting
and congratulatien, and General Shenmdan
a téte-a- ‘Cte set f silver, fhe. root esents
Paumber and value, but were not os-
tontatiousls displayed. ed. 4g Sonator Blai Blainet cont a Lecry
old, ar
pearing an Insediition express iv. “ot the
fame regard or the daughter which
ad wa ays cherishe¢ for th
other, his cousin resentative MeCook’s
lt was of elegant Kiiverware in Olympian design.
Louching mementocs were sent by Sisters in't
Georgetown Convent, whore Miss Sherman reecived
her educatio
At ha ali-past 8 the bride and sroom withdrew from
the parlors, and prepared to take
the
fain northward, in company With the parents © of
LEME BEOOM
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‘WHAT OUR CORRESPONDENT AT THE -
CAPITAL HAS TO REPORT.
WasttinGton, April 27.—As heretofore!
jannounced in this letter, the marriage of; —~
‘Miss Eleanor Mary Sherman and Lienten-; it
‘ant_ Alexander Montgomery Thackara,!;
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Georgetown College, Father Rochford, pas-
tor of St. Dominic’, and Father Brouillet. t,
Secretary of the Board of Catholic Indian
Missions. Only the relatives and intimate
friends of the family, and the President of
the United States and the Secretaries of
War and Navy, will witness the ceremony,
for which there are invitations altogether
distinct, and fewer er than for the
reception which will follow half an hour
later. To this, however, the nu i
‘necessarily limited, on account of the size
of the house, and the wedding party will
be almost oxclucively army and
The bride-elect is well
oe | daughter of General and Mrs. JW. T.
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elegunt accomplishments. ‘the groom is
a lieutenant in the navy, has an excellent
recorc, and comes from a family well
know n and pighly respected in Phila-
delphi ec is a non-Catholic only, and
not a *Protestan t manifests, in the
most gratifying: terms, his cordial and un-
» quatitied acquiescence in the religious
i Views and obligations ol the lady of his
i choic After the we dding, the couple
/ will take a short pleasur re trip, and return
to stay with the bride’s parents until some
timo during the coming summer, when the
groom expec cts to be ordercd on a three
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WASHINGTON, D. C.,
SS On Hs Codnotm rene SS ———x—x :
years’ cruise flibough the wedding will
xe compara quiet, especially as con-
trasted trith | the brilliant nuptials of the
bride’s eldest sister, a few years ago at St.
Aloysius’, it will be a recherche and elegant
affatr, comporting alike with the dignified
position and unostentatious manners of the
family of the General of the Army,
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THACKARA-SHERIWAN,
A Brilliant Wedding at the Jeeidence of
Goneral of the
‘Last e ening g the residence of Genew al Sherman,
No, 817 Finecn th street, was the scene ofa brilliant
wedding, the contracting parties being the thir,
daughter of the General, Miss Zicanor Mary Sher-
man, and Lieutenant r Montgomery
aneckara, U.S. N, The wedding was comparatively
ate, the guesis including ony the immediate
friends of the family and o of the Army and
Nay me ach gh the fes sites ‘vere not conducted
and ascale as th riage of the bride's
“Sister, “Giepreront Mrs, Fite, mit St. Aloys s{us’ church
a few years ago, yete ything wasin Keeping g with
the dignity of General “Sherman's official position.
and gold raid added much to the ‘brine the
scene. y y, which was perform: 7
o'clock by P ther Boylein n parlor, was wit-
nly
nessed
very intimate | friends
Secretarios of V ud Nay: ig th
parlor the fidat ‘pat y was prec ceded by two little
girls—Miss Blorevce Radenreia and Miss Fitch,
niece of ¢ —bo th attired pretty in white,
and bearing flo bere e smaids were Miss
Lackland, of St. Louis; Stiss Marion Whi ple,
daughte rot General Whipple; Miss Rai chel Sher-
man, Miss Slack and MissEwing, The groomsmen
were Tieutonants Kelly, Augur, Bradbury and
a few persons, “including relatives
of th ily, and the
Coffin, U. 8. N,° The bride wore a dress of white
satin, with orange. ossoms and a long
xe . emony, at half-past 7
clock the wedding. reception pean, To
this distinct cards wero issued, man ng in-
ted who were not honored with iniitations to
witness the ceremony. . The festly vty how ever, Was
almost exclusively anarmy and r
every oflicer of both branches ofthe vic
city paid their respects to Tieutenant
and his fair bride. The bride receiveda
nuinber of rich ana handsome presents, ‘including
: diamonds. At 10 o’clock last
night Licutenant Thacka ir and his bride tert ft for
Philadelphia. Tieutenant Ths ckara is a son of the
senior member of the prominent manufacturing
firm of Thackara, Buck & Co., of Philadelphia,
or