The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-10
STATE ITEMS.

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Ore jenkins, an escaped convict,
and who has been at liberty for seven
years was captured near Parkersburg
on Friday last and returned to
Moundsyille;
Should Young Walker be hung the
2Sth Of November, us has been direct
ed by the Court Of Wayne county, he
will be the first criminal eyerlawful-
lily executed in this State. - Wayne
Aduocdte.
Two lumber merchants of Parkers-
burg, named VIM. Richardson and
Robt Monday, got into an alteration
on a fiat boat on the, Kana@ha
lriver, and Richardson bit Mondays
left ear entitelyotf, Richardson was
held to bail in the sumofsl,000.
A few DAYS since a Braxton county
girl fell on. Of an apple tree, and
striking on a chairShich was stand
ling beneatflthe tree, receiveda very
painful wound, the post Of the chair
being2 drigan into her body six or
eight iinche --''-' ~.
/ Our community was profoundly
shocked in Tuesday morning, upon
hearing Of the sudden and unexpect-
death Of Mrs, Sarah Hughes, wife Of
Blackburn Hughes, ESQ, Of this city,
which occurred ut about 4 o'clock a..
NJ, from congestion Of the brain
ifurtinsburg Salesman.
A mistaken impression seems to
be prevailing among tobacco growers
and consumers in regard to the
amendment passed by Congress last
winter. Those trallicking in the arti-
Gle will find that they are still sub
ject to interference by the revenue
oilicers.-Adsocate.
On Saturday, Ezekil Compton, a
boy about IS years Of age, living at
Cherry Run, Morgan county, was
bitten bya eopperhead snake. His
snakeship had taken. possession Of
some apples the boy had hidden
away in a ehaff pile, and the boy
putting his hand in to get an apple
was bitten on the third finger Of his
right hand, bnt under skillful treat
ment is doing well.
West Virginia has as few paupcrs
as any Staten the Union; this shows
prosperity, and that its people are
thrifty and Industrious. The natur-
al advantages of the State, too, far
exceed the Disadvantages. We have
room for more people, and any. one Of
our citizens should consider long, be-
fore departing from the borders of
West Virginia, Richie Gazette.
DR.. Kunst, of The Weston Lunatic
| Asylum, reports that the new wing of
the Asylum is progressing rapidly
toward completion, and the whole
structure rs originally planned, will
be under roof by the 1st of December
next, They expect to be able to oc,
lcppy. lit by the fall Of next year
When thsI building is complete it
I:Mill Accommodate an addition Of two
HUNDRED and ten patients, AT
present they have four hundred and
Thirteen.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 5.-Alf. w. Bur.
nett assaulted j. W. Fuller last eve.
ming with a cowhidc, in front Of the
latter's store. The. particulars are
briefly as follows: Fuller was sitting
in front of his store, when Burnett
canie up aud struck him, remarking,
~ hear you have been talking about
me in connection with your wife"
Fuller at once grabbed him, and a
lively scutlle ensued, until they were
parted. The origin of the assault
will come out at the investigation,
which is postponed on account Of
Burnett being out of the city. The
end is not yet.
THE CATTLE TRADE--The total
weight oflive stock shipped eastward
over the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio railroad from Southwestern
Virginia alone during the year end
ing April 32th, 1879, was nearly
forty million pounds, and many more
we're driven down the valley, across
the Blue Ridge, and over to Hinton,
on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
THE number of head shipped iaring
the ten months ending February 27th,
1879, 36,659 horned cattle, 30,750
sheep, 12,S00 hogs and 1858 horses and
mules. These figures embrace the
shipments from Southwest Virginia
only, and do not include the through
freights from Tennessee,
On last Friday evening, quite a
sensation was created here by the ar
rest of q negro and a white women,
who had run olftogether from Taylor
county. The negro, Norris, is a light
-mulatto, probably 26 or 2S years of
age. The woman, whose name is
McCaulley, is some sixteen or eigh-
teen years old. They were arrested
in Valley Bend district, and brought
here and lodged in Jail until the next
morning, when they were started for
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