The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-07-04
ait NtstEtg Rtsistts
LOCAL MATTERS.
D. W. Polsley and q. Shrewsbury.
Esos.. left for New York, Saturday night.


The crossing on corner Of Wand aud 9Th
street, is in bad condition and ought to
DO repaired
The Dock Company have graded the
river bank in front Of their property and
arc making ready for the building Of
boats.
The Enterprise Wooden Mill is paying
the highest market price for good WOOL
Horse flies have begun to tickle tue
nose Of bin who tries to sleep late Sunday
morning, and practice landscape gardening
on tue scalp Of the bald.
The KaxawAa Daily is dead. It lie
difficult to understand bow or Why It ever
lived.
A boat loaded with coal, belonging to
John L. Charles Of Point Pleasant,
was run down and sunk BY o tow.
boat in the Ohio river above this place
last week. The owner narrowly escaped
drowning.
A little caild daughter Of . Mr.. Cross,
ofUaioc Township. Wood county, was
Killed by rolling log, q few days siuce.
Monroe county has Farmers Club
which is said to be doing an immense
amount Of good. A number Of the lead.
ing men Of the county are members. We
ought to have one in Mason.
FINE WuEAr.-We have had presented
to US sample of Bowdon wheat, grown on
the field Of Mr.. G. W. Foster, near town.
The stalks are more than four feet long,
and the heads are very heavy,-.Hun'vs
Register.
A rsi,.oad up the Kanawha Valley
through Mason and Putnam counties, to
connect the Chesapeake and Ohio with tho
Gallipolis, Macarthur and Columbus road
is now being discussed. The latter road
is progressing rapidly and vii! undoubted'
~ be ,pasbed to completion.
The wheat crop 10 Mason, is said to be
better than it has beca fox ycars.
The harvest with the abundant yield Of
whoa has caused quite decline 10 dour.
This plcascs US exactly, because cur pat
rous pay up 80 aow1y that we have not
been able 10 t'uy ~Lole barrel Of -four
for the past five mouths.
A ncw.taugled corn dceppcr, which
drops two rows aud hauts ground squirrels
q. the same time, is The larmer's latest de-
light.
Wesa a young fellow aud bis gal Sit
ting on q door step last night trying to
choke each other to death. The bug ap.
pearld to be mutual.
Young men Of standing those vbe
nightly loaf on the street corners.
We notice in town our young friesds
Mahlon X. Rodgers, Charles Dashuer and
CT. Latham. They are all river men,
and are taking short vacation from their
labors.
Rev. Horace Il Hayden, will hold
service 10 Beale's Hall, next Sabbath at
l0} A. NJ
Dr.. Bsrbee aud 3. L. Miles Rave re.
turned from Cincinnati.
Rr1arous MEErlsa.-rho Ministers
and I.aymen meeting Of the Teay's Valley
Baptist Association met 10 the Court
H,sse on last Saturday at 10 o'clock A
N. Rev. Z W. Davis, was reelected
Chairman, and Rev. R. Swinburn, Secre.
tary.
By unanimous vote, all the Ministers
Of the different denominations 10 tom were
invited to seats, and q participation in the
deliberations Of the meeting. Revs. Hay.
den and Bailey were present, aud after q
few pleasant remarks for the courtesy
shown them, came forward and occupied
seats With the members.
Eev. J. r. Hardwicke, then read au
excuses on Rev. xii l-2 which called
forth pleasant aud touching remarks from
nearly all the members, including Revs'
Hayden aud Baiy.
The afternoon was taken up 10 reading
and criticisipg a sermon by Rev. Peters,
read BY Mr.. Cade, Mr.. Peters being alb.