The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-10-16
STATE NEWS.

Asn'c grange If the Patrons Of Has,
baniry for Wet Virginia was organized at
llarins5urg on tho Is; inst! b NJ
Kitchen, Of Berkeley county, was elected
master, and ] W, Curtis, Of the sauc
couuly, secretary.
The $4,000, required By the Iron
Works proposition last week, we are hap
py to state, has been arranged, and the
$1,000 mcn can Dog come Oh and 60 70
york. Ii We understand tie proposition
there IL nothing nov il the way OF Il
prompt commencement Of work We also
aie advised that ,bg necessary ground for
their purposes, not far from town, has
been donated, and wait, hc company 5 &c
ccPianc9 -HraR
On Saturday afternoon James Wallace,
aEesiIeu; Of Martins Ferry, better known
on this side Of the river as monk Wal
lace" committed suicide by shooting him
self in the head with a pistol BALL
Monk vas engaged as q glass blower IL
the factory Of Swcgng, Mckinney d Co.,
a, Martins Ferry We hear no good rca'
son assigned for tho rash act, but i'll health.
lie has appeared for the the last Two years
like a man in the last Stage Of c5O'nmPt.
ion, and it will be remembered, was on
one occasion set at liberty when in jail
here, because it was feared that further
confinement would cause his death lie
has been repeatedly heard 10 say, 50 we are
ioformGd, that be thought he had lived
about long cnough-Rcgisnr
On Saturday night FrcOcbmnN whose
name we have forgotten, workman 10 the
Belmont mill, was going home pretty well
fGldIcd. He had 10 his pocket silver
watch aud hundred aud forty dollars in
money that he had drawn from one Of the
banks tia. afternoon When on Main
street, opposite the Belmont mill, he was
occoscd by two men, who, after some III.
tie parcy robbed him Of both money and
watch, The yctimized Frenchmnn does
not know who the parties we're, lie only
awakened to realizing sense Of bis loss
yesterday morning -Rcgis'T.
A NGw HARDoR OPENED ~ ne" har'
Dor, We hear is being opened at the mouth
of Davis Creek by the drcdgo boats re-
Gently engaged on the chute at the mouth
of Elk The improvement is made for the
Kanagba Iron and Goa! Company oParat'
Ing on Davis Creek full account Of
whose operations We hope to give shortly
Courier,
Rov Dr. William Z Mupsov tho rrcar
mini, or,,or If 'bo Methodist Eni.eopa,
Church, South, has, We learn from gen
tlcmau just from GrceuvIIle, Tenn be-
come perfect wreck Our informant
states that he is constantly seen drunk on
the streets, and bis associates are Of the
lowest character. He is intensely profane'
poorly clad, aud is without friends or mon
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We regret very much to announce the
death Of Mrs A. NJ. PrrPont w''e Of ,,
Col. harkn PIerPolnt' which occurred
on Thursday oflast week. Several months
ago, Mrs Pierpolnt vas severely injured
by being struck across the back oil IT. tne
"oon -" moo CO. r;oot Tint tho sninpI
sO I,,n,, ,r,. a[y,,,,J nor,,ysis .oon c,Ilow
sJ'a anI ~, ~ IDOL ;a rrorol rntHe Mrs
TG a"" n,' mao tinJ omi,bIo women and
:; 10 La p', J.,, J' ha "ommnni,y snst,iDs =
. - ",' I Ls P%5jc Ggr.,,c
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A Iiit'o bog Ii Uree"briST county was
recently bitten by a coPpoThead snake.
~ ,I"I S :, a,,o ,lo b;,n ria font vas
b ni ,~auon f,on, ' III, ,,;,e bnt yos .oon
so5%oa ' ~ na,m,"i si1o Lr tbe G.sb If tho
oG;,lon o5,orl;nr III, mission
'"''"'" a,,''',"S wv :,
About $50 citizens OF 'iarllos0nrg mad"
an pzcursion Williamsburg, Pa.' one DAY
l,gt ,vtnlr and iuluIuu trDm the nprOln i