The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-01-30

New State aud Will run her IN the Park
crSburg aud GaIIipoIis trade, en- the En-,
INA Graham's days
The Matte Roberts came down Tuesday
morning, bringing very large Eastern
mail
We presume that the packets will soon
borcgular
We copy aud fully endorse the following
sensible remarks, FROM the Jamestow6'(N
Y) JouWalof recent date: "Tn good
sense, the effort on the part Of any mer-
chant to get trade without Advertising is O
wrong to other business men in the place.
Whether man believe in advertising or
not, he will coincide that the newspapers
are great help to the place, AID that bus.
incss amounts to very little in places that
don't support one or more OF them The
newspapers Of q town are its life blood -
Without them it cannot prosper, The bet
ter they are supported at home, the more
powerful will their influence be abroad -
AbceDce of newspapers is a bud sign for
u place, in business point of view, as
abcenCe Of churches is in morals Of school
houses 10 education The men who sup
port the village paper do more to build up
the place, aud make it prosperous, and
draw trade there, than all other influences
combined. Therefore, the mrn who tries
to come 10 and take tie benefits of that
prosperity without coutributing u sustainit,
tries to dead head on the rest Of the bus
mess men, and docs them wrong
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NJ. c. Patterson, with lis little son
happened to he on raft of 10 S'at VIII
iam's saw milI, opposite head of Island
A little matter Of business detained Mr.
Patterson on the raft till it was dcterwiu,
ed to drop it down stream little. Little
susfccrng danger they remained aboard
when in moment the raft and all else
were at the mercy Of the current aud ice
On they swept, the little boy well nigh
frantic at the prospect of apparent certain
death, for. though SkifS approached them,
none would volunteer to take the boy Of
till, as they we're opposite West Wheeling
two brave fellows rescued the boy and put
hin ashore The father, with others, re-
NAMED on the raft aud were all finally safe.
Iy landed at IleatherOgton's coal works,
below BelIaire, much to the joy of the im,
porilled and thus, too saving worthy
man severe loss. For our friends we
say, sincere thanks to the brave hearts, for
rcscuiug Johnny, tue raft aud all on
board. -Mptin's Ferry Commercial.
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On Saturday, the 18th inst Samuel
Glover, resident of Grant township, this
county, while taking wagon load of iron
to Pennsylvania, vas thrown from an em
bankment twenty feet high, the wagon and
iron falling upon him, breaking his back
which resulted 10 his death
The particulars, as far as We can get
them, are these; The wagon is supposed
to have come IN contact with some loose
boards of a fence pear by, aud in Mr.
GIovers attempt 10 get the horses again
on the road, the horses whirled around,
upsctting the wagon and contents and
precipitatiOg them, with Glover, dist
auce twenty feet, the iron aud wagon fall
iug upon him, fearfuIIy crushing bis back
and iDjuring him badly otherwise No
one was near to render aid to the wounded
man, and be was left lying in this cOudi-
ton for two hours aud half exposed to
the cold, freezing weather. lie was found
BY stage driver and conveyed to his home
His legs, hands, feet, lips, ears and nose
were most fearfuIIy frozen. lie fingered
10 bis condition until Sunday noon, at
which time be died. The deceased was
years old and leaves wife and
Eve children to mourn his untimey end. =
Preston Herald
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