The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-11-20
MArrERs IN BRIEF.

ODUH 1ullhN ~ o'lth"5
the assassination
The amour, Of legal tenders outstanding
is $3.50 1861.
BlItinore's $500 900 Academy u Nus.
ic will be finished this winter aud will
scat 1000 peroDs
There is IN store aud piled up at South
VALLEJO. Cal awaiting shipment 33.OOU
tons Of wheat. nearly twenty ship loads
Ala Mite Society in Huntington short
tine .ince, mu.h aud milk, only, were
served to the assembled
Tuesday, December lG, 1873 will be
ooe hundred wears siuce ihetoa was thrown
into Boston barber and it is proposed to
celebrate the anniversary all oycrlhc coun-
try
One Of the coolest hurlcsqUes 90 Gen
tcruial." aud celebrations is that Iceland
considers herself the oldest settlement Of
the western world. and proposes celebrat-
ing BIER lOOOIh anniversary next year
Mr James Davis. eldest son Of the
Rev. James Davis, Of BIairsviie, Pennsyl
vaDia, was found dead 10 his bed one day
last week
A man 10 Wiliamsport, Pennsylvania
swallowed 10 raw oysters the other day
before stopping to think that he was tres.
passing on the province Of hogs
a Pennsylvania clergyman has maao
hit by Introducing personals" IN bis
prayers, for instance: lord have mercy
on John Shauahan, who keeps saloon
near the old red bridge Either lay him
on bed of sickness or have hin removed
from this town
Property seized for taxes By the Kellogg
officials was offered for sale at auction at
New Orleans but there we're no bidders
aud i, vas Withdrawn.
The Boston Jounalas,urGs Gcu'I Bat.
Ter that if be attempts to secure Senator
Summers seat il the Uuitcd States Senate,
he will meet with the same reward as when
| be tried for the Goveruorship of NlasSs
chuScttS
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
ha. received information Of the loss At sea
another of their steamers. the Ariel,
whose passengers were saved OF all
Companies this seems to be the ucsl unior.
tunate
The Ohio Constitutional Convention
| it i, presumed will submit the result Of
it's labor fur adop ror by the people by
the FIRST of Aprilnczt The nrw coostiin,
ion will re district the Suite l0d provide
Ior new Legislature aud State officers to
be elected next 0ctober
A one armed nan has been exhibiting
| in Morqantown, a panoramic view Of tue
world VII n it gas null aud void aud
has displayed among other cutlas'ies the
appearances Of y;arIbaiji when he ~ns be-
b.aI,d hv the 0Uttins" The show wus
immensely ru;nyed by the tpo Iovng Gil
arnS of the place
The Lexington (Ky J Go@cac of'bc 1t
says: We understand that the banks Of
L. xiog'ou have passed y resolution to fur
nish to The Louisville pork packers sui
6crnr amount If uouey 10 bus the hog,
in this vicinity We would suggest to the
hanks 10 our neiqhboriag towns likcaction
aud if this plan is adopted gcuern'Iy il the
country town If Kentucky i will 90 FAR
toward relieving the strIugcucy ia money
matters
The new Constitution for New York
was voted on at the recent election -
The most important anendmpnt--appoint
ment of judges by the Governor, instead
Of election by the peoplc-was defeated
The constitutional Convention of PeGn.
sYIvauia has completed its work and sd.
iourned The amended Constitution is to
be submitted to u vote Of the people, at a
special election to be held on the Sd day
Of December next
Victoria, California has seveutg four
saIoous and ouiy seven churches Vale
10 has seven churches aud sixty saloons
Petaluma hus eight churches aud only
twenty nine saloons These are all Cali.
fOrnia towns
The Weston Democrats ofopiuion that
West Virginia rwes no portion of the old
Virginia debt and that this fact will ap.
pear If a just settlement is ever arrived al
a farmer aud bee raiser of Jefferson
county this State last week made bis
third shipment OIL 200 lis otboOey, this
season, to Washington City He is emf
ucutly successful honey farmer
Secretary Delouo has recommended that
new ccuSu, be taken in 1875 This will
lend little impetus to the Centennial
Exposition
On the frslof December the nail and
;ron mounlortnrns NJ New Epylo,A roIrco