The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-08
sTATE rTEMs.

STATE I1ESlSs
On Thursday morning about three
O'Clock the building on the corner
Opposite the Bailey House in Wes-
ton was discovered to be on fire.
The flames spread rapidly and the
block was consumed up the street as
far as Dunnirgton's store before the
fire conl1 be controlled. The store
and dwelling house Of Mr.. Ralston,
the store of Gregory & Simpson and
their stock of goods were all destroy
ed The store and stock of goods Of
Mr.. Huntington were seriously in
Ijured. AT this writing the cause Of
the fire is not known. W. L. Hurscy
Insurance Agent here, had several
risks on the property, and received
notice of the FIRE, Thursday. ClarkS-
burg Ners.
On last Saturday night the appe.
tite of a young man of our town was
very suddenly satisfied, and in this
wise: He stepped into one Of our
restaurants and bought a hard boil
ed egg, Immediately after the pur
chase he walked out on the pave
ment and proceeded to masticate it
However, in due course Of time, t.
wit, when the egg aforesaid was about
half eaten, the young man discovered
that he had been treating his stom
ach to a hard boiled and unmatched
chicken instead of an egg. AS might
be supposed, be threw the other halt
away, and it is said has hankered
very little after eggs since then. In
/ fact he is ashamed to look in the di.
rection of fowl of any kind, and is
inclined to have the next thing to a
contempt for all the winged animals,
| Wedon't blame him.-Fiijrmont lEest
Rirgiaiaa.
That was good eating.
c. w. Harper, Esq, has been elect
ed Treasurer, and Frank Barrett, Esq,
superintendent of the Bonanza Oil
Company of West Virginia. We un-
derstand that this Company have al
ready commenced operations on the
farm of Mr.. Josiah C. Thomas, on
Eighteen, and intend to make n full
investigation. If oil is in reach Of
capital and energy, they'll find it,
The Drincinal office of the company
is at Raymond City.-Pataam Demo
crat.
A young gentleman Of this city
called upon Il lady friend the other
evening, At the time Of his visit
the lady was engaged in darning
stockings, having an egg in one Of
the stockings to keep the hole in
shape. When the gentleman made
his appearance, she hurriedly drop
ped her work on a chair and invited
him to be seated. He sat down on
the stocking, the egg, and the darn
ing needle all at once. Then he got
up suddenly and darned the stocking
and the egg and the needle, and wip-
ing the egg from his pants, departed
in a very egg-ci!od manner, and
would not listen TO any egg.splana-
tion.-Er.
Marcus Kimberling, the model far
mer Of the Kanawha Valley, sold to
Preston Frazier, on Wednesday, the
finest pig we have seen in many u
day. He was of the McGheo-Chester
breed, % months old, measured q
feet from tip to tail, % feet in the
girth, 3 feet 2 inches high, weighed
725 pounds, and sold for S32.62. Mr..
Kimberling thinks he could have
made gross n thousand pounds in four
months, by feeding rs ears of corn
daily, but preferred selling, Mr..
Frazier destines him for the Balti-
more market, and for this purpose
placed him with Il fine drove which
he had ollccted.-PutRam Democrat.
In looking over some old books in
the clerks Office the other day, we
noticed that the first will recorded in
Jackson county was that of Robert
Morris, of Philadelphia, n signer Of
the declaration of independence, and
the woll known iinancier of the rev.
olution--RgraM.
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Slippery Simon has come to grief,
and Morton is dead Now how can
the Republican party survive much
longcr2
Hayesand some of tho gentleman
associated with him, have got through
ut Richmond. Wonder whore the
troupe will so next.
The organs don't display any Re-
publican pyramids this ycar-Ma'
inrinl Ia ann 700