The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-26
STATE MATTERS,

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Quite an extensive immigration of
Pennsylvania families into kanawha
COUNTY is reported.
There IS temperance society at
Dove Hill, Randolph county, called
the Sons Of Jonadab.'
The military company in Moore
field is now settled fact The OH.
GERS have been elected and the roll
has run up to nearly one hundred,
A young daughter of Joseph Sands,
Of Piedmont, on Wednesday last took
a drink Of I've from a scrubbing cup,
and at last report Was not expected
to recover.
The Adrcriiser reports strong talk
of railroad from Portsmouth, via
Ioonton to Huntington, and char.
ter has been procured.
A little girl of ]. W. Singleton,
living at Salt Lick Bridge, Braxton
county, was scalded to death q few
days since.
The Democratic municipal ticket
in Union, Monroecounty, recent
" elected without any opposition
whatever. The ITdtchmaa calls it
Handwriting on the wall
Mr-gpy, of Columbus Ohio, has
discovered fine vein Of lead near
Webster c. H. 1t is reported in
great quantity, and the citizens are
very much excited.
Henry Wade, of Botctourt, Mon.
roe county, recently lost by death
from diptheria all Of his children
six in namber-within the space Of
three weeks, and at the same time
his wife was very sick with the same
disease.
There must be 4 strange divinity
lowering over Warfeld A CORES
pendent to the Wayne Adr0caie writes;
The prayers Of the timber men have
been heard, the rains fell, the river
rose, and they run their timber.
The Ne@, taking a lesson from
the frequent fires throughout the
State, urges upon Clarksburg. the
Importance Of having fire depart
mcnt. Some good may result IN this
way from these fires.
The institution OF literary socie-
ties in all sections Of the State has
been noted in the Register as AN en-.
couraging mark ofimprcvemont, and
now the same energy is being dis
played in forming singing classes
Music and literature are invaluable
social corrcctivcs.
The .ldcocatc states that the stavo
and heading trade ON Sandy Valley
has assumed such proportions as to
be counteias the second item of eX
port. From carefully collected data
we are able to say that there were
shipped out Of sandy Valley during
the past year, three million four
hundred thousand slaves and head
ing valued at $4,000.
4 temporary structure has been
putup in ParEersbuyg to test pat
ent fire extinguisher. Before the
time OF experimenting came, some
mi chieyous boys fred the iutlam-
miblestructureand spoiled the plans.
The Z. & 0. r. r. has all the
freight it can conveniently transport,
Hundreds of car loads Of kcrosencoil,
besides other freight, pass the South
Side Depot daily. The Courier in
terprels this as sign Of better times.
The Parkersburg Times and Ga;-
cite submits that without our green
backs and at least 100000 millions
of it in circulation, there is not the
faintest hope for the improvement Of
business, and far less for the prosper
iLy of the country.
The death of Mr.. James NJ Steph.
enson, so familiIarly known among
US as Uncle James, removes from
US the last of the original purchasers
of all the territory included in the
present site OF Parkersburg, lying
above Pike Street. The purchasers
were Mr.. Stephenson, Genl. J. j.
Jackson, John Il. Murdoch, W, S.
Gardener and John +. SnodgraSs, and
the purchase was made of the heirs of
Mr.. Parker, from whom the city de-
rived its name. These gentlemen
bought the land together and after
wards divided it among themselves.
We are unable to give the date Of
the purchase, but it is believed to
have been nearly fifty years ago.
Journal,
The Charleston Courier man has
been taking in the Karawha dam
work, and seems to have been affect
ed by the sight: "To US, though we
are a novice in orr judgment Of such
things, the beginning of the walls,
and the height to which they have
already been reared, they look as en-
during as the everlasting hills, lain,
us the huge stones Of these walls are,
into the very foundation oflhe earth
itself. Yet they tell us that cen
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