The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-02-18
The Weekly Register
LOCAL MATTERS.


last Wednesday evening, on the
Steamer Telephone, for Charlton
county, Mo-, where she goes to visit
her son, Mr.. Newton Long. They in
tended to go to Huntington aud then
take the Pittsburgh, which is a reg
ular line boat between Huntington
and St. Louis, leaving every other
Thursday, John Thornburg, Master.
By the way, thisis a good opportun-
ity for any Of our readers who may
wish to go to Missouri. Uncle Isaac
looks very lonely now. He has our
heartfelt sympathics.
As many friends, doubtless, would
he glad to hear from him, we take
the liberty to give an extract or two
from a private letter from Rev. Geo.
C. Wilding, formerly Of this place,
now Of Wheeling:
ALTHOUGH you and cannot har.
monte politically, must have the
Register, for its Mason county intelli-
gence lam beginning my fifth pas.
toral year in Wheeling-three years
at the North street charge in the
North end of the city, and am on my
second year at Thomson church on
the Island. The four years work
completed have been pleasant years,
and the fifth promises to be the most
prosperous and pleasant Of all. Thus
far, in Wheeling have received
about 800 into the church. * * 4
Isend the Register each week to my
father aud mother in Wales. often
think of old Mason. God bless you
all
We were favored with a call from
Capt james NJ. Seeds, of Graham dis
trict, Tuesday morning; and in ad-
dition had the pleasure of putting
him down as a subscriber, and cred
ting his paper to February Is, 1881.
The Captain flatboated on the Miss
issippi for many years, commencing
in 1881. He is now retired from the
river, and lives on his farm in the
upper end of this county. a happy
and contented man.
Lew. Franklin and Willie Bickel
have returned from the Medical
School, in Baltimore, to their homes
in this place, and wesupposeare full
hedged M. DIS. We wish them sue
cess wherever they may hang out
their shingles.
We erred last week in stating that
Jno E, Timms had gone to Cincin-
natl OH a pleasure trip. He was
called to that city on very important
business, which he successfully &C.
complished.
We acknowledge the receipt Of a
boquet of Easter flowers, from Mrs
James Stone, of this place; also one
from Mrs. Fannie Kuhn. Thanks.
Rev. W. E. Hill was called to Buff.
falo on Friday, to attend the funeral
service of u child of Mr.. Sterrett, at
that place.
DR.. Campbell has been sick for the
past few days.
Capt. James Morgan, of Grimm's
Landing, called to see us Tuesday
afternoon, aud demanded that the X
be taken off his paper, by paying for
1t in advance for FIVE years. So the
Captain is credited on his paper to
the LIST of January. 1885.
ALLEGED RApIsr CApTURED.-Ear-
ly In October, 1879, a rape was com
mitted near Powhatan Point, in Bel,
mont county, Ohio, upon little
school girl, the details of which are
too disgusting to reproduce. The
guilty man was one Sam Cross, rela,
ted by marriage, if no other way,
with the notorious Flowers gang Of
counterfeiters, who have long opera.
ted on Horseneck, in Peasants coun,
ty, West Virginia. Detective ALI,
W. Burnett, of Charleston arrested
Jep Flowers some time ago. and found
aletter with him, directed on the
outside, to a woman in Clifton, this
county, but when opened found it
addressed to Cross, &c. This was en-
ough, and on Sunday morning last,
our ely Cop" and Constable Henry
Fry, scooped in the party Of the first
part, while be was at breakfast. AT.
ter a preliminary examination be-
fore Justice Hoyey, he was commit
ted to Jail in this place until Mon
a