Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1886 — A WIZARD WEDDED. [ARTICLE]

A WIZARD WEDDED.

Marriage of Thomas A. Edison to Miss Mina Miller, o t Akrpn, Ohio. [Akron (Ohio) dispatch.] Thomas A. Edison, the electrician, and Mina, daughter of Lewis Miller, the millionaire manufacturer, were married at “Oak Place,” (he elegant home of the Millers in the western part of .the city. The nuptials were conducted according to the form of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. F. W. Tappan, U. S. N., of New York, acted as best man. The bride was given away by her father, and there were no biidemaids. The bride was attired in white silk, with duchess and. point lace, square neck, laced corsage, and wore diamond and pearl ornaments. including a costly pearl ueelace, the gift of the groom. The groom was attired in black, wearing a Prince Albert coat and black tie, and with hands undressed. His present to the bride was a diamond and pearl necklace valued at $3,000, while authenticated rumor has it that he also trainferred to her $1,000,000 worth of real • stato. Among the other presents were mauy sets of the richest and most elegant silver table and ornamental ware, besides a Westminister clock with chimes, diamond bracelets, diamond, ruby, and sapphire pins, a solid column of onyx, with gold capital, and many other rare and costly jewels. Congratulations were received under an immense floral wishbone, composed principally of roses, after which dinner was nerved by a chef from Chicago.