The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-07-16


the want Of license to sell beer, &c.
The attempt ofthe town Council to
dictate to a person what he shall
drink, is a failure. While our town
is deprived Of the revenue resulting
from licensing saloons, our neighbor-
ing towns are reaping the harvest
People who have been in the habit
Of trading in Point Pleasant, and
when they come to town, Of takinga
drink or two, now pass by our town
and go to Gallipolis or Pomeroy,
where they are not abridged in their
right to take social drink if they
feel disposed to do so, and there is
where they buy their goods. This
trade should be at home, and would
be, ifthe Council will only act with
q spirit Of liberality. There is not a
business man in town, but what feels
the effect of this Withholding of Ii.
cense from the saloons, and if they
speak the truth, they will admit this
to be the cause Of their great loss of
trade. A business man that at
temps to legislate liquor out Of the
town, does only that which tends to
injurc his business prospects. Adj
hitting that drinking and selling
liquor is neyil, yet We do not bet.
ter things by our foolish legislation,
because it is among us and all
around us, and our town numbers as
many drunken men as it did when
we had license. Why then persist
in doing thing that is killing off
the business of the town, building
up rival towns at our expense, and
at the same time bcing cursed with
Jail the evils and odium Of whiskey
drinking and drunkardsP If the
Council wishes TO do the fair thing
with our business men, they will at
their nextmeeting grant license.
AN ATTEMPT AT AssAssISATIoN.-
ION Saturday night, the 9th inst, in
Robinson District, near the line of
the Poor Farm and Mr.. S. w. Somer-
lville's, murderous assault was made
upon MIR. A. J. Foreman, by an
unknown man, striking at him
with knife, cutting cash in
! the left breast Of his vest about
five inches long, the point of the
knife blade entering the flesh and
making a slight wound. AS soon as
the attack was made, Mr.. Foreman
knocked his assailant down, and
would have handled him roughly,
had it not been for n confederate of
ithe assassin making his appearance,
when he made his escape The sup
position is that Foreman was not the
man they were after, hut that they
were lying in wait foranother party,
who generally passed over this road.
4 For TnE FARMER. In the Rich.
!. mond Wig, we find the following
set me publish to the sheep raising
world a remedy against the destruc-
ton of sheep by dogs, which was Civ.
len me q short time since by a highly
respectable and valued friend, him
self an extensive wool grower. 1t
consists simply in placing on one
sheep in every ten of the flock a bell
of the usual size for sheep. The in
stinct Of the dog prompts him to do
all his acts in a sly, stcalthy man
neE his attacks upon sheep are most
frequently made at night while they
are at rest, and the simultaneous
Ijingling Of all the bells strikes terror
to the dogs; they turn their tails and
leave the sheep, fearing the noise of
the bells will lead to their exposure.
Fheratio ofbclls may be made to vary
according to the size ofthe flock"
BADLY HuRT, -One day last week,
out at Miller's Garden, Kirk Nutter
and Sam Fabian got into a dispute
about some trifling matter, when
high words ensued, and Nutter be.
gan striking at him with a hoe; a
brother Of Kinks named Ed, noticing
the difficulty, rushed up to Fabian
and dealt him heavy blow with a
hoe, hitting him across the cheek
and neck. The wound is serious
and painful one, but we are inform
ed not dangerous. Ed Nutter es-
capped to Ohio, aud up to this time
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