The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-10-14
/. STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
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Pocahontas county has the secon'
time voted down the proposition .
subscribe s5QOOO to the stock OF tn
! VIC. & ST L. X. K, The people o
focahontas are evidently opposed Y
any a H.rd ,;a.es a.Ie the :, ne =,
aan,;ons - tat;aa LolJ of Jonhts,,
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ehselpr less fHests"uea''
1 CoL. D. Wells, q prominent law
yer residing at Wellsburg, W: va.
fell of o bridge near Martins Ferry
on Tuesday night week ago, q distance
of thirty-fye feet to q rocky bed be
meath, breaking his neck. DE leaves
wife and four children.
The Baltimore and ONO 4. H. Co.'
have reduced their working force
twenty per cent, d thus throwing ou'
OIL work ~ least z,oVomen.
BY the judicious arrangement Of
the fiscal affairs Of, our county, the
taxes for the current year have been
reduced largely, and surplQsfunds are
ION hands to enable the redemption Of
County Turnpike bonds. Hurrah!-
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Mass,s n 4 M,nn;nr and J.
snoo5. Tompson have heen snno;nte3
To sdinst the suit between tbe G. &
O. r r. Co. and summers county, in
regard to the road from this point to
Lick Greek. and from present indica-
lions We arc clad to announce that
there is fair prospect of an AMIGA
BILE adjustment of the matter, and the
road will probably be put under con-
tract before spring.-HintOn Herald.
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Gu1 70 pieces hGMa'iI: Was ct 4 fepill
manu-, iu 'iie employ VI 'ne 1oi''l 'a':i{'
ii'IJ s.al.e? iaonie i' ofI; .vmH WHY ;t
a.io.l s"e iI = a. y. IN @ 80.
down On thc track Falling into =
stnnor he remained on the track in
the w,r Of = nassine train with the
resnIt named He Was Of course not
d;scovered bv tbe mon IN tbr train
which caused his deatb.wGrafion
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Al oLp aNs H.; Up H. -. m' "rnla
Iesiuih iiess WIS ttaIe' ;l's On "pp,e
hundred wears old. and is one Of the
first fruit trees set outin this section.
They were brought here and planted
in 1773. bv a man named JONES'
The tree now gives evidence of its
age. but thisvear bore beauti full large
fruit from the gratis put in over fifty
wears ago. Some years since the
bark Of the tree bore the marks of
bear claws but has now become so
rough as to ef;lcc them.-lfoundsrille
Reporter.
We learn that a daughter OF Abra-
ham lngham, about twelve years old,
living near Cameron, in this county,
was outraged by a man named Nc
Lane, on last Saturday, the End inst,
The girls parents were away at the
Jacktown fair when the outrage was
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CONSCIENCE SMlTTES.-Wc learn
that there is gentleman living in
this city who some years ago pur-
chased sixteen hundred dollars worth
Of government bonds at 80 and GO cts.
He held those bonds until he drew
interest to the amount of eighteen
hundred dollars, after which time he
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A young man by the nameof John
Brake, living near Buckhannon, at
tempted to commit suicide one day
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