The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-10-28


BURNING OF MERCER CouRT HorsE.
About o'clock A. N. Of the 18th,
fire was discovered in the cupalo Of
the courthouse, and the alarm Civ
en-. the citizens turned out to 4 man,
but found it impossible to save the
building, all hands then turned their
attention to the records, and succeed
ed in saving those Of the Circuit
Court entire. The order book with
some papers belonging to the County
Court were destroyed; everything
else was saved. The Circuit Court
was to have met on the 18th but was
prevented by the destruction of the
courthouse, there will now be no
Circui. Court held in Mercer before
next spring. A building has been
secured by the county-court for tenn
porary use, until the two clerks cili-
ccs can be repaired, when one ofthem
will be used as u courtroom. The
walls Of the clerks offices were dam
aged very little, and 4 contract has
been made to have them repaired
within the next sixty days. The
fire is supposed to be the work of an
inccnGiary. There was no insur-
ancc upon the building. We hcpc
our County Court will take warning,
and sec to It, that our new building
is well insurcd.-Hiatoa Herald.
A guest Of the Downcy House a few
days since, deposited $50 for safe
keeping at the Office Of the hotel
The money was stolen by an adroit
thief, and the proprietor promptly
handed over another $50 from his
own pocket.
Mr.. scatscrgcol, an operator in the
Western Union Telegraph Office at
Parkcmburg, was sailed intorcccntiy
by the YSate journal Of that place
for refusing to extend certain coarte-
sizes with reference to the election
returns. \ writer in the Timeschal-
lcnges the proprietor Of the newspa-
pcrs or individuals expecting the free
tclcgrap;ns Of even as important
news Us that concerning the latc cleo
ton.
Postmaster ARErsrED.--.I. II.
Feather, postmaster at Valley Point,
Preston county, West Virginia. was
arrested September ., charged with
having sent letters and other matter
through the mails without prepay
mcnt of postage; of inclosing letters
within printed matter and forward
ing it through the mails without IN
any part preparing postage;ofusing
on letters and on printed matter,
mailed by himself, postage stamps
that had been previously used; and
of writing upon printed matter, and
forwarding the same through the mails
unstampcd. Feather was also Coun-
ty Superintendent of public schools.
He was admitted to bail in the sum
of s1.000.-CumbcHGad, (W.,) Times.
A FREAK OF NAruRE.-Wc were
shown on Thursday Il stalk OF corn
that surpassed anything Of the kind
we have ever seen. 1t was raised by
Mr.. James Pauline on the opposite
side OF the Kanawha river. The
stalk of corn of which VIC speak had
ten large, well filed cars OF corn on
it. an ear Of corn for every joint
This stalk was on exhibition at the
store of Mr.. George Bender, on Kama
wha street, where we suppose it can
be seen by any one desiring to see a
wonderful stalk Of corn.-Courier.
Hoods dairy and cheese factory
near Shinnston, is quite an enter.
prise. Thirty cows are MIXED and
an average Of over one hundred and
fifty pounds of cheese are turned out
daily. The cheese is Of the sehwcit-
Zcr sort.
The Capital question is now ;hc
main feature of interest in the State.
The Parkersburg journal proposes
to let up on the Charley Ross bust
ness if the Charleston Journal will
stop blowing about the White Sui
phur Springs.