The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-19
STATE MATTERS.

Scales. n webster county Plscu'
torial artist caught 500 large noun
tain trout within five hours on Bur-
goo Creek.
The Council of Beverly, Randolph
county, refuse to grant liquor license
by vote of three to two,
The countyjail of Randolph county
has to be guarded by extra men for
fear of rescue by Eliza's friends.
The Reporter says; Moundsville
shows as little signs of the, hard
times as any city or town on the Ohio
river.
A freight train of nine cars on the
c. e o. Railroad was wrecked on the
Sth inst, just above Brownstown.
The residence and some outbuild-
ings ON the farm of James Hewitt,
Hancock county, were destroyed by
fire on the 18th inst.
The Charleston Courier complains
of missing letters sent from there
with money, and calls upon Post
master Gibbens to have the matter
cleared up.
\ committee at the Fairmont Nor
nal school are asking the co-opera-
ton in the matter of organizing a
State Alumni ssociatiOn to be COM
posed of all the graduates ofthc State
Normal schools.
Taking fright from the smallpox
scare, the authorities of Keyser have
passed an ordinance filming tramps
S. and costs, to he worked ont on
their streets if not paid.
A. L. Burns, of Keyser, who lost
his foot some time since by an acct
dent on B. & 0. road, has brought
suit in the Circuit Court of Mineral
county against the company, claim
ing $4,000 damages.
Big Buffalo, Harrison county,
must bean Eldorado. Those who have
empty houses are fairly bcsieged by
renters this spring; tue difficulty is,
houses are to scarce for the popula-
ton.
The Kingwood Herald says an I'M
known man who has been slot dead,
was found in the woods between
Oakland and Portland, recently. He
is supposed to have been lying there
for more than q month.
The oil excitement has reached
Han oc'i county, and the farmers are
leasing their lands for oil purposes.
The companies to whom the lands
have been leased, have agreed to
sink well on each lot, within six
months from the time Of lease.
VIM. Bolingcr, of Monroe county,
was reported dead some time since.
The Lewisburg Independent is pleas
ed to learn that he is not dead, but
though in the 103d year of his age,
is alive and well, hears and sees well
with mind unimpaired, and is fire.
quently seen on the streets of that
village.
Piedmont Independent sustains its
title by advising editors and every
body else to have nothing to do with
the New York Slate Paint Company
102 and 104 Maiden Lane New York,
They failed to pay their advertising
bill with US, which is sufficient evil
dence that they are d-m rascals
and swindlcrs."
The Internal Revenue officers arc
making it decidedly warm for the
illicit distillers that are hid among
the mountains of the Second Con.
gressioual District Of this State. a
few days ago raid was made on two
| Illicit worms near Brandonville, and
captured one or two of their owners,
the stills were destroyed and about
q thousand gallons of mash turned
out upon the ground.
The Charleston Courier tells of
Mrs. Turney, living near Scott de-
pot, who claims to be 102 years old.
She is remarkably active, having
walked eight miles on the day pre-
vious to our informant's visit. She is
evidently living over her childhood
days in her Imagination, as she fire.
qucntly speaks of her old school mates
and persons she was acquainted with
rs years ago, She is n native of Ire
land, and has been in this country
80 years. Her daughter confirms
her statement regarding her age.
His Excellency, Governor Math.
ows, last Saturday issued q pardon
to Alexander c. Quarter, convicted
October 16, 1871, and sentenced for
eight years to the ponitcntiary, for
altering the books of the Wheeling
Savings Institution, of which bank
he was cashier. All of our citizens
will remember the failure of tho
Wheeling Savings Institution, in
February, 1871, the panic among its
deaositors, tho CONSERVATION among
business men, and the excitement
among al classes of the community
consequent upon that event. The
arrest of Mr. Quarter was immedi'
l1. L;s trial fnllcvc1 in ihp