Arnold-Jones Wedding, Newport, Kentucky

NEWPORT.

ORANGE BLOSSOMS — ARNOLD - JONES NUPTIALS. — THE MOST NOTABLE EVENT OF THE SEASON. — Newport has been more than usually fortunate lately in the number and brilliancy of her weddings, but the season so far reached its climax yesterday evening in the magnificent celebration of the Arnold - Jones nuptial. During yesterday afternoon there was an unusual commotion throughout the whole city, and carriage after carriage dashed through the streets on their mission to the palatial residence of Hon. Thomas L. Jones. Long before the hour appointed for the ceremony the streets approaching the St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church were literally lined with elegant equipages. Promptly at the hour to 6 o'clock the bridal cortege drew up before the church door, and the bridal party were escorted up the covered stairway to the vestibule, in waiting. The signal given Mr. Charles Graninger, the organist, who had entertained the assemblage that filled the church with the delightfully beautiful strains of the Swedish Wedding March, struck the impressive chords of the magnificent wedding march from Lohengrin, and the high contracting parties approached the chancel, led by the ushers and followed by the bride and groom, who took up their positions right and left of the chancel in front of the altar. The order of approach was as follows: First, the ushers, then the bridesmaids and groomsmen, and lastly, the bride herself, leaning upon the arm of her father. The bridesmaids were Miss Dora Bridgeford, of Louisville; Misses Fannie Trimble and Mattie Bruce, of Covington, Nellie Abert and Annie Marshal, of Newport. Gen. P. M. B. Young, of Georgia, a cousin of the bride, and Messrs, Joseph Emery, W. G. Semple, Myron Banning, of Cincinnati, and Chap. Johnson, of Covington, were the groomsmen. The more platonic portion of humanity often wonder why people have such a desire to witness these ceremonies, but had they been present yesterday afternoon, seated amid the profusion of wreathed, festooned, and garlanded flowers that fairly loaded the air with their rich perfumes, surrounded with that brilliant assemblage of beauty and fashion, and listening to the ravishing strains of music that floated over and around the gorgeous scene, they would have been something more than human if their pulses did not beat more quickly or their senses thrill with a sense of aesthetic exaltation and pleasure. The ring ritual of the Episcopal Church was used, and the Rev. Pettis officiated with dignity and feeling. During the services Mr. Graninger, with excellent taste, played in pianissimo, selections from Freischutz and Lohengrin, and at its close a bridesmaid threw back the veil from the fresh, lovely face of the bride, and she took the arm of her husband, a blushing bride. One feature of the ceremony was the adoption of the ritual of the English Queen's son, the Duke of Connaught. The groom and groomsmen advancing from the sacristy with the priest and awaiting in the outer chancel for the bridal party. The idea desired to be represented is that the groom, who is a member of the church, follows in the wake of the priest, who represents the church and from whom he expects to receive his bride. The compact is complete, when the priest asks the question, "Who giveth this woman to be we to this man," and the father places the hand of his daughter in that of the priest, who, in turn gives it to the groom. The ceremony is novel and extremely appropriate where the parties are members of the church.

From the church, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold repaired to the residence of Col. Thomas L. Jones, the bride's parent, where the reception was held. Fully one hundred guests were present. The houses and grounds were brilliantly illuminated and a sumptuous supper set by Becker, of Cincinnati. Currier's Orchestra discoursed eloquent music. The presents were numerous and costly and came from all parts of the country. They were not displayed, however, and a request was made that they be not mentioned. At nine o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Arnold left for the East. They will visit Washington, Philadelphia, and other eastern cities.

Among the Covington people present at the church were Judge O'Hara and wife, Col. Robert Richardson and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Philips, Mr. and Mrs. James Ernst, Mr. and Mrs. Stark Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Minor, Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Shinkle, Judge Phelps and wife, Miss Lida Matthews, Miss Allie Morgan, Mrs. W. W. Cleary, Miss Allie Winston, Mr. John Morgan, Misses, Kate and Helen Trimble, Dr. Dulaney, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hemingray

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