Show I I WEDDED ON ON HORSEBACK FIFTY YEARS AGO I Arc J Iti I w t Br J 3 t tt t I I I S Y V H 4 I 1 i 1 LL 1 11 1 1 T TJOHN JOHN MDONALD MRS M RS JOHN MDONALD Their golden wedding anniversary will be observed this evening At the Lion house this evening President President President dent Joseph F Smith entertains in honor honorof of the golden wedding anniversary of oC two of his lifelong friends Mr and Mrs John McDonald who have been residents of Utah for tor over oer fifty years ears Mr Ir McDon McDonald McDonald ald aid lived in Nauvoo and came across the plains to Utah In 1530 Mrs Irs McDonald tUen Miss Amelia Crossland came from England to this country countr and to toS Salt S lt Lake in 1553 A romance marks the occasion of their wedding The Tue ceremony I was Vas performed by b Bishop Jesse Little on May Ma 17 I 1858 to whose house near the top to toof of one of the southern mountains the bride and groom rode on horseback and were married without dismounting Mr McDonald has been active in business here since the tile early earl fifties He established established established the first steam candy cand factory and an his grocery store which was one of the i largest in the city elt dated from Ism A s son on J G McDonald has continued the candy cand business and has now a large factory Five sons and three daughters are arc all aU living near the parents in this city They are John McDonald jr J G McDonald Junius William C and George TV W Mc McDonald McDonald McDonald Donald Mrs Irs George B Margetts Margetta Mrs Irs F E Margetts Margette and Mrs Richard Cham Chamberlain Chamberlain Sunday Sunda May 17 is the tile wedding anniversary anniversary anniversary sary and on Monday Mr and Mrs Mc McDonald McDonald Ic Donald will entertain of their friends at a reception between en the hours of 2 and 6 p m at their home IS 15 East Fourth South street |