The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-03-25
GEO. W. TIPPETT
EDITOR ASp PRorRIETtR
POINT PLEASANT. w. VA,
.rnuRsDAv, MAncn Is, lsao.
NEWS ITEMS.

!: a special from Cairo Gated the 1918
inst, says cs the steamer Belle OF Mem,
pkis lHudci at Darnel's I,nding, three
men oil named DarnclI got on board,
Grmej With riaas. but not looking any
way suspicious. They told tho Captain
TO I'nd al Island No. Ten rs another
party wished to come 90 board there.--
As the boat landed at Island Ten, three
nen by the name Of Lane appeared on
the bank, and one came on board with
his wiI1. AS he started ap the sairg 10
was shot dead By the Darueils, who then
ran back 10 The cabin deck and shot the
Two Lsoe's dead who wer0 standing on
the blnk. The DIrneI's then went Oh
shore and called to the captain to take
good cara OF Mrs.. Lane us she had been
respectfully raised Tue cause of the
difficulty is no'suown.
The Pennsylvania Democracy have
already commenced drumming up can
diiatO for the 6ext presidential campaign;
and, by way cftes'ing the popular Zeal
ing toward General Hancock, they pro.
pose rsaaing hin for Governor Of tAa;
State.
The Hon, Ellis Amas and the Hon.
William Castor are both spoken OF 10
-Massacbusetls as the successors of Judge
Hoar on the bench oFt6e Supreme Couf!
10 hat Slate, aud Governor Clafn is
generally conc9ied to be the uccessor
Of Mr.. Boutwell, 10 Congress,
The prohibi,ory liquor law in Maine is
vigorously enforced By the muuicpal
ed'horities an4 by the citiz,ns. Many
Of the liquor shops in Ellsworth have
suffered .isi,aiions from the sherlE's Of.
fcsrs, and are in state OF chronic lssr.
Las. week the Office Of the Eastern Tx.
press Company vas visited by tho sbet.
ID and large qeaa'i'y Of Iiqaor con
sisnsi By Boston parties to liquor sell.
crs was soiz d. The loss I4lls on the
Boston owners.
Ills reported from Washington that
Senator Morton expects to pass his bill,
6ofors the cose Of this session, provi
ding for a system Of free banking on
gold basis.
A new issue Of postage stamps may
soon be expected In design tboy will
b. uniqe, Introducing the national
oolors, each series will 'ypiiy a chapter
ia or cooa.Y's history. It is to be
hoped hat whilst they arc beautifully
nII.s oricsI they viii not lack that essen
ill which has been lost to tue old ones,
boantiful supply Of gum,
The activity of the itienI, Of the Gu,
ban revolution, in Nav ORLEANS. is sail
to be very grea; and lhars are not want.
ing those who confidently declare that,
within uiney days the Spanish power 10
Cuba will be oyertbrown. By he way,
sc suppose Gen. Grant needs no hint to
remind him that the mentality laws are
not universally respected and Obcyed in
several localities along our Gulf coast
The following Sthes, thus far have
ratified the Constitutional AmsudmeOt:
Kansas, Missouri, Georgia, South COro.
lima, North Carolina, Maine, West Vir.
GINA, PsnnsylVania, Massachusetts, Nj
chgau, Nevada, Wisconsin, Illinois, To-.
wa, Tennessee, Rhode lslaGd and Ala
bsma.
Tho authorities of Washington end
Georgetown have asked Congress to au.
tLoize those corporations to subscribe,
tbe first one million and The second Two
hundred thousand dollars, 10 the stock
of the LoudOu and Hampshire road,
wbichit is proposed to extend, making
a shorter line to Cincinnati.
Secretary Cox says tho President 10
fully determined on the policy OF send
,iue Quakers 10 deal with the Indians,
aud will soon begin appointing promi-
penl members Of that society as snporin
&Ndspu and iudian aS'nh: