The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-13
From Thursdays pary,
Quito n Surprise.


Quito IL Surprise.
While the following taken from
the Parkersburg Sentinel of the
9th inst, was surprise to the
Porkersburgers, it will be still
greater surprise to Miss Yates
many friends in this place, where
she lived so long, and was SO well, /,
and favoably known:
Miss Leila Yates, of this city,
and DIR. Il. Boone, now of Cincin
natl, gave their friends a completes
surprise today by quietly getting
married at noon, at the home oil
the BRIDES motheron 99 stree, Rev.
DIR. Moore officiating.
Recent domestic utfliction caus-
ed the affair to be kept within the
knowledge of those interested, and
no. one witnessed the ceremony eX-
cept few close relatives. The
bridal couple left on the 1886
train for Cincinnati where they
will make their future home.
Miss Yates is the daughter of
the late w. I'll. Yates, and n spright-
ly and lovable girl with "a host of
friends wherever she is known.
DIR. Boone is young practitioner
who had an office III Parkersburg
for while, but concluded to hunt
n larger field, and moved to Gin
cinnati where he has met with
gratifying success.
The Sentinel Joins with many in
wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Boone hap
piness and prosperity.
A lady asks us whether etiquette
requires one to knock at the door
of an editor's sonctum before en-
tering. We hnsten to reply. If
you are coming to pay your sub
scription or bring in nice juicy
item of news, don't stop to knock
but just walk right in as if you
owned the place, liz, on the other
hand, yor are out on collecting
tour, you should make the fnct
known through the window and
then knock at the door until the
editor opens it, You may sink
down from exhaustion before lie
does so, but you will be ndhering
to tho printing office etiquette that
is bound to pleuse the average
editor.
Talk about your rainbows, but
terflios, peacocks and birds of para
disc and their gorgeous hues and
tints and colors. but they are no.
in range with some women That
walk up and down the face of the
earth and fnscinnte poor weak mon
with their flashing attire. Whit
put the foregoing into our head
was seeing young woman i'll n
railroad station the other day, and
while waiting for the train We
counted the colors and tints of her
costume and there were Just seven
teen of them. Pomeroy Democrat.
Why some men arc able to
secure wife and others are not is
one of the inscrutnble mysteries.
| We have number of eligible
| bachelors he"e who would make
first class husbands, and who vow
the reason they do moi marry is
because the fair ones turn deaf
cars 10 their petitions: while up in
Wood county last week n bcputiful
girl of seventeen ran oil and married
n man more than twice her age, who
had but one leg.
Miss Martha H. Brannon, Miss
Maude L.. White, Miss Sadie
Matthews and Miss Blanche Burns
graduated with high honors from.
the Mason City high School last
Friday. The exercises at the M.
u. Church were very interesting,
and large crowd of people were
in attendance. This school has
been in charge of Prof. Seth
Thomas, as Principal. Speeches
were made by Prof. v. a. Lewis
and Hon. w. r. Barbe.
French Walden, whom we men
toned yesterday as having been ar.
rested at Gallipolis, was released,
ns the charge against him was moi
sustained by the proof, and he
shook tho dust of Gallipolis from
his shoes. and came home without
delay.
Foot Hurt.
Jas. NJ. Lewis, an cmploye at the
| X, q NJ. tie hoist, was so unfortu-
nate yesterday as to run a spike