The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-10-26
PARENTS
APPROVE
ELOPEMENT

New York, oct. PA strictly private
wedding away from home. which meets
the approval OF the brides parents, who
were married in much the same quiet
way. and OF all OF the friends of the cou-
pie, was hat of Miss Bertha May Terry,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry l.. Terry
OF JOG Chelsea street. Charlestown. and
Henry W. Hughes. one OF the best known
conductors OF the Fftchburg division OF
the Boston a. Maine railroad. who return
cd TO Charlestown late yesterday after
noon from this city. where the ceremony
which united them had been performed
a few hours before.
Though the wedding was a complete
surprise TO the parents Of the bride, who
is a most attractive girl OF Is years. Il was
expected 10 occur at almost any time.
since her engagement to her husband. a
man or % years. has been OF more than
two years duration.
The Terry family moved 10 Charles
town Saturday from the Roberts district
OF Waltham. Mr.. Hughes had boarded
I'm the Terry family for three years. and
he now resides at 2 Turner street, Wal
than.
lie Ia n special" man and is more fam
iliar with the Fltchburg system than al.
most any other conductor on II, receiving
| 'naIkf lltfeiofe OF a large nlTnDer OF
fancy" trains. Just now ne is running
on the local service with headquarters at
Roberts.
Yesterday morning they met at the
North station. IL was an off day for the
conductor, and the idea OF going to Provi-
dence TO be married probably suggested
Itself.
Miss Terry's father and mother in the
same way went out one evening TO the
| mintgtgTFg h0nGa and returned hpma "a q
man and wife. with no witnesses TO the
ceremony, but the minister who united
them. Mr.. Terry regards marriage as the
most sacred moment Of life and reprobates
any display.
The present happy couple, however. did
not go 10 Providence alone, for they were
accompanied Coy another conductor. named
Charles -. Clowner. and a Cambridge
young woman friend. They all had din
ner at n popular resort near Providence,
and tool In some OF the sights OF the
city.
on their return TO the Terry home in
Charlestowu there were showereN with
Fluctuations. They left about 10 o'clock,
without saying where they were going or
how long they would be gone. They are
probably away on a wedding trip. after
which they will most likely live in Rob-
erts.
Mr.. Terry, the brides father, Is a To-
comotive engineer on the Fitchburg. He
Is a past president OF the local branch
OF the order OF Railroad Conductors and
belongs 10 many secret societies.
THE MAIDEN COUPLE.
Miss Annie Josephine Riley of Maiden,
who was married yesterday here to Ed
ward Dana Haskell. is one OF the best
known young women I'm that city. She Is
the youngest daughter OF the late =. j.
Riley OF Wentworth street, and n sister
OF Thomas y. Riley, a Maiden attorney.
She is q years OF age. She has been en-
gagged TO Mr.. Haskell for two or three
years, and has told her friends that she
was going TO be married I'm a quiet. un-
assuming way. She left home yesterday
noon, and her relatives and friends were
surprised to learn OF her marriage in
Providence. Up TO 8 o'clock last evening
she had not returned home.