"WEDDING BELLS"
Dodge City Times, June 13, 1889

 

"Married in this city, at the residence of the brides parents, Wednesday evening, June 12th, 1889. Mr. John Hagaman Chambliss, ...to Miss E. Louise Mueller of Dodge City, Rev. J.M. Wright, Pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating.

     "The ceremony was witnessed by...the relatives of the respective families and a limited number of invited personal friends who assembled...at the hour named-nine o'clock-when the contracting parties were ushered into the spacious parlors, when two souls with but a single thought were soon made to beat as one, the ceremony though brief, was most beautiful and very impressive. The bride was most handsomely attired in a white satin dress and ornaments, while the groom wore conventional black. The wedded pair were surrounded and received the hearty congratulations of the friends present after which an adjournment was taken and all proceeded to the dining hall where a sumptuous repast was awaiting them, where tables were found laden with many of the good things of this life ...the tables were most beautifully decorated and laden down with all the delicacies of the season.... Mr. Fred Berg [Elizabeth Berg Schmidt's father and first baker in Dodge City], the confectioner on this occasion, again exhibited his superior skill in the art decorative as shown by the ornamentation of the bride's and groom's cakes, which exhibited the work of a genius.

     "As is usual on an occasion like this the small boy [Henry Mueller?] was on hand and so were his tin horns and tin cans, and the racket they made vividly recalled to mind of the writer an old time chavirari [sic]."

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Gifts Given in 1889

The gifts ranged from silver fruit knives to a hand-painted frame, given by the best-known citizens of Dodge City -- a buffet cover from Mrs. Robert Wright (town president); one damask table cloth from Mrs. George Hoover (first Dodge City merchant); silver cake basket from Dr. and Mrs. T.L. McCarty (first Dodge City doctor); a linen table cloth from Mrs. O. Print Olive; hand-painted placque and plush frame from the Fred Singers; a wall pocket from Mrs. D.M. Frost; a silver berry spoon and cake knife from Mrs. H.M. Beverly; a gold top card receiver from Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Evans; half a dozen silver mknives and forks from Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Cox; and a 'beautiful' work basket from Emelia's Grandma Koch, among others. Many are on display in the Mueller-Schmidt House (1881) Museum.