The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-07-03
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these parts for the last few days
A. j. Hill, Esq, has gone on a Wis
# to see friends living in Greenbrier
county of this State.
Had a very fine rain here on Sab
bath, with some heavy thunder. No
wind.
Flour is selling at six dollars a bar
rel; cherries at 10 cents per gallon;
butter 10 cents per pound, with dry
goods and groceries correspondingly
cheap. We don't see very much
ground for complaint among the peo-
pie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin have both
been quite sick for the last week.
Both are now convalescent.
Mr.. L. spasm lost his only little
son last week, with. disease of the
spine.
1t is generally supposed that MIR.
Thos. Embleton will have his house
ready to go into By the time the
young birds of the coming year will
be Gedged,
The Oil Company is moving slow
but with a very fair prospect of Ger.
tain success. Plenty of money in
the Treasury.
The New School House is progress
ing rapidly. The brick work will
have commenced by the time of your
next issue of the Register. Every
thing is ready save the foundation,
which will be ready in few days.
Twenty-Five persons were received
into the NJ. L. Church in full mem
bership Sunday evening, by Rev.
Crossfeld.
The Valley City Furnace has sus.
pended for repairs.
Mr.. Gaerhart Shonebarger has leas.
ed the jackson Furnace and is run
ming it to its full capacity.
Mr.. R. Allen is preparing TO make
an extensive improvement to his
store building this summer. c. F.
Shank is the contractor. j.
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FAIRvIEw ITEMs.-I am on the
war path again. / am truly glad to
tell you that have returned home
safely from my foreign mission, and
your paper is still reaching me and
its contents are closely read; and in
answer to the question "B. Janton''
asked concerning the title "Rev." /
know that the title "Rev." is always
used before Minister'S names wheth-
er they are christians or not; and
why l used it where l did, was to
show that l honered him.
Wheat is not as good as the far
mer's thought it would be; itappears
that the frost or the rust damaged
the wheat, especially inflow land, at
least the heads are not well filled at
the top. Corn is very backward in
our section for the time of year; it
will have to grow soon and fast at
that, if the bumble-bees don't sit on
the clods this fall and suck the juice
from the tassels.
We have had quite a drought with
us, but on'Sunday, June Both, we had
q beautiful rain, which revived up
things wonderfully.
Oats look very we'll; I think there
will be an abundant crop.
Death has visited our neighbor-
hood again, and removed two from
our midst. On Saturday night, June
22nd, a daughter of B. and S. Atkins
aged 8 months and a few days; aud
on June 9th, Samuel Atkins, son of
A. and Z. Atkins, in his 10Th year.
Sickness is still prevailing in our
part of the country; DR.. W. F. Petty
rides almost day and night.
Political affairs are not running
very high here in the country, for
we the Democrats are well satisfied
with the nominees, and we think
that we are strong enough to elect
them, without raising u big excite
ment.
The National Laboring party is
still at work here, but think they are
not doing much with all their labor
towards converting good old Demo
Gratis over to them. Busy BEE.
UNION ITEMS Harvest will end
this week in this vicinity, and
wheat crops are generally very good.
We have heard of a few crops that