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Show A GUINESEJrEDDlNG. Commissioner Korrell Called Upon to Perform the Interesting Ceremony Cere-mony This Afternoon. AH HOW TO DAINTY MI33 TOL The Event to b Celebrated With Old Pashioued Mongolian Merriment at tbe Betting of tbe Sun, Hymen msdo his appearance before Commissioner Morrell in oriental grandeur at 11 o'clock this morning, at which hour tho solemnity of the chatn her was interrupted by the appearance of Sam Ling, the interpreter for the C hinuse colony, followed by Ah How, Ksij., a celestial luminary of the land of lauudrydom, and Miss Ah Foi, a timid sylph whose limb were poised on a pair of Chinese alip-pers alip-pers that glittered wit'i the magic gaud of a l amii.auy hall rainbow. "( hinannn want to get mallicd Me lican style" lipsed tho interpreter w'th clear moDgoliou harmony at tho same time launctiing a license on the courts desk. A witness being necessary tho Judge tripped arrily over to Dan Swan's bailiwick, and he was deputized to implant a Henry V . iH on tho blushing cheek of the coyish bride. It was all over in five minutes and paying tiie tiddler tho court settled down to chronicle the fact ilmt he was the lirst to solemnize a Chinese wedding in the city of saints. Mr. and Mrs. How will receive their friends according to Chinese ceremonies ceremo-nies ibis evening and already the ripple in Chiueso moorings indicates in-dicates that the event will be observed with hilariom eclat. The court and Colonel Swan each acknowledge invita-tious invita-tious 'hat are draped in all the mystio nourish of tlie Mongolian pen, and will be on hand when tho festival begins. Ju the meantime the Chinese merchants mer-chants have prepared for heavy inroads in-roads on their shelves and store rooms, and the Orient is all agog. |