| Show NOTED general schofield takes a wife ANOTHER HAPPY PAIR indians and cattlemen are still the cowboys will fight KEOKUK la june 18 SPECIAL the marriage of gaam schofield commander in chief of the united states army to mias georgia kilbourne of this city was celebrated unostentatiously at st johns episcopal church at 10 this morning the general and and his staff arrived in a special train from chicago at au early hour among those accompanying him were ins brother captain dand lieutenants bliss and andrews tie church was filled with hands and relatives of the contracting parties of alie brides relatives from abroad who were present were mra hiram barney and general barney of new york and her brother wells kilbourne of cleveland the gen oral was in full uniform while the ush ers and other attendants who were from the army war also in military attire the bride is a beautiful young woman of about twenty six years the general is in his sixtieth year when general Scho fielde daughter was married to lieutenant andrews a few years ago her bridesmaids was the bride of to day one of the brides sisters a short time ago when she was twenty two years married general Barney who was twenty years the bride m et her husband at the residence of her sister mrs bar new york for the faist time three years ago after the ceremony a large reception was held at the residence of the bride parents from 2 to 3 this afternoon gen was tendered by poat G A it at tha hotel keokuk alie bridal party will leave at 5 this opening for the west the destination ot the trip 13 the pacific coast where the general has business for the government KEOKUK iowa june 18 associated press the marriage nf general john M schofield commander in chief of the army of the united states to miss george kilbourne of this city was solemnized in st johns episcopal church here at high noon to day the officiating clergyman being R C me 11 waine As far as consistent with the aih rank of general schofield and alie social prominence of the bride to days wedding was devoid of any display the only military nili tary features being that of the general and his staff appeared in full uniform only the intimate friends and relatives of the contracting conti acting parties witnessed the ceremony the city is handsomely decorated forthe just before twelve alie wedding party left the house of miss Kil bournes inside the church was beautifully decorated festoons fes of oak leaves aad evergreens ever greens studded with roses and an abundance of other flowers A canopy covered with silk flags from the entrance to the carriages the bride wore a superb costume of white corded silk with a demi train a louis quinz jacket and a white bonnet her hands were encased in white gloves and she carried a silver prayer book mra kilbourne the brides mother gave her away at twelve 11 C mcellwain pronounced t acm man and wife he was assisted in uie ceremony by bishop perry of tle episcopal church te ceremony vas beautiful among the prominent persons in attendance were mrs wise miss caroline liae mrs edward Kilb ewine her danglat jennie colin and edith william affe chicago captain C B schofield washington DC lieutta A D A lieutenant TM T M bliss and miss andrens new york key james and daughter independence iowa hon and mrs hiram barnev new york U B schofield washing ton general and mrs gaball GJ Ball st louia george H elevee JL evee kansas city W R pot john squires R F bradford st louis at the conclusion of the alie bridal pa ty left the church and a wedding breakfast was partaker partaken par taken of at the of mrs kilbourne from 1230 till 23 this afternoon atter noon thode holding were received at the family residence promptly at company A second regiment of the national guards and of veterans es carted general schofield to the hotel keokuk where the public reception was held from four to biye hundred children each carrying a small nag were presented in addition to the veterans and citizens late this afternoon general Scho and bride together with anant andrews and bliss left on a special car for san francisco and other western pointy U S statement jane 18 the treasur ers statement issued to day shows a net cash balance of which is the lowest figure yet reached A CURIOUS PRESENT did th merchant wish to debuke hla or was it his simplicity there was a fine old gentleman in this city who from the humblest beginnings made his way steadily up to commercial fame and immense wealth all by the manufacture of soap said a new yorker tho other day and with all hie wealth and prosperity he never forgot how a poor man feels or lost any of his consideration for the rights of others pride never puffed him up nor made him ashamed of his business or his early history he was proud of tho purity and excellence cel lence of his soap and the secret of bis success over his rivals lay in the fact that he invented several processes for cheapening the manufacture of that article and his great factory in this city was full of machinery of his own invention and manufacture he made one amplo fortune solely out of patenting the ideas of his fertile brain and several others by selling the manufactures he was thus able to turn out his wife was as intensely proud as he was simple though her origin waa as simple as his own and her daughter took after her this child married well as they say that is a young swell about town proposed to her on account of the great wealth he knew she would inherit when the engagement was settled the daughter daugn ter ana botner asked the old man what he was going to do in the way ol 01 setting the young people ap in life here they ran up against an unexpected snag the old boy would give nothing in the way of a dowry he thought the bridegroom should support his wife unaided till her fathers will gave her a share of his estate the utmost he could be prevailed aponto do was to giva his daughter a wedding present what this would be he steadfastly refused to say just then on the wedding day however hia gift to the bride was the deed for a handsome house in a fashionable street completely fur j dished in costly style from top to bottom the bridal tour had all been arranged so no stop was made by the happy pair to examine the new house AU through the honeymoon they talked of the pleasure they would have in going over the bouse examining the pictures and plate and entertaining their friends in it great was the delight with which they entered their new home on their return the carpets were velvet the hannings hangings hang ings of silk and lace the furniture hand carved the pictures old masters the linen of the finest and silver plato was everywhere even in the kitchen the bridegroom was delighted but the brides cheeks were crimson and her eyes flashed a fire that tears could not quench everywhere sho looked she was familiar objects that filled her with rage snatching a heavy silver salver from the table she showed to her husband en graved on it minutely but with elaborate detail the representation of a bar of soap with her fathers well known trademark on it this queer crest was everywhere about the house worked into carved furniture woven in the linen and hang ings and even painted on the carriage and stamped on the harness which were presented with the house it was the old mans greatest pride that trademark and what it stood for but whether be had it put on hia daughters things out of sheer simplicity of heart or whether he intended it as a rebuke to her foolish pride I 1 never found out new york tribune A biord who drove a water cart when lord charles beresford first entered upon a naval career he was very fond of a bit of fun occasionally this is shown by the following incident which is told by one of his brother officers while in the officers mess ono day a discussion arose among the young officers as to whether any one of them would care to ride down the row at a fashionable hour on a cart and char lie aa he was familiarly called undertook to accomplish the feat A bet of a five pound note was immediately made that he would not do so and in this bet the other officers in the room about seven in number joined the matter then dropped A few days afterward lord marcus beresford was riding down the row followed closely by lord melville and his brother when they were suddenly hailed by a man sit J ting on a water cart with the salutation hi just hand over those bivers fivers the officers drew up in astonishment which immediately gave place to uncontrolled laughter when it was seen that the driver of the water cart was lord charles beresford dressed up in laborers clothes he had bribed the driver to allow him to take his place and the bivers fivers fi vers had to be paid bits Crotts lit sp for nels R W dunham of the insolvent commission firm of dunbar A co appeared in the county court this morning to answer a rule him to show cause why he should not be adjudged guilty of con demot in not procuring the appointment of a 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