The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-28
General News.

9s' 1VSeph, hio.i uy young nun
named Erb, who made the remarka.
bic score Of 90 out of a possible hun.
dred.
One Of the most terrific rain and
thunder storms ragged in the West
and Northwest the first oflast week. -
Whole towns were swept away, and
all in all more than one thousand
people are thought to have been
killed.
Cincinnati is making grand prepa-
rations for the May festival which
comes off in that city next month.
Cincinnati is making these musical
festivals seasons of profit and
pleasure. In two days last week
twenty-five thousand six hundred
and ninety.two dollars and twenty.
two cents worth Of tickets were sold.
A fearful accident took place on
last Friday, up in lFayette county,
by which two men met with a terri
bic death. They were coming down
the railroad track in hand car,
when a high trestlethe car jumped
the track, precipitating the men
more than one hundred feet below.
A great many fires are reported
from different parts Of the country;
in some instances whole towns have
been swept away by the fire fend.--
In last Wednesdays Enquirer, fires
were reported from % different
points, the aggregated loss Of which
was hundreds Of thousands Of dollars.
More than two million dollars worth
Of property burned in one city in
Canada.
The Weston Democrat says the Hos
pital for the Insane will have its ad.
ditions, now in progress, SO far COM
pleted by the first of October as to
make room for all Of the Insane per-
sons now confined in the jails of the
counties; that in view ofthis increase,
the Board, at a recent meeting, APP
pointed DR.. Lewis, of Jefferson coun.
ty, Second Assistant, at a salary Of
$500 per year. aeslg !
| A big storm is reported as having
occurred at Huntington, on Sunday
might. During the storm the new
Bostona, lying at the wharf there,
had her cabin blown of; and three
houses were also blown down in the
city, and quite q number of others
damaged. 1t is said to be tile sever
est storm that ever visited Cabell
county. We have no further partic.
ulars. ~ tfa
Well put Parkersburg and Charles
ton against the world for fires
Nearly every paper contains an ac-
count OF a fire ihsone or the other of
these cities. Among other houses
burned in Charleston last week, we
note the burning of the house of Mr..
Frank Jones, whose mother lives in
this town. Sorry he had no insur.
ance.
The reports from the great centers
of trade are to the effect that there is
a general stagnation in business; es-
pecially is this true in the iron and
dry goods trade. The markets are
very unsteady, and large holders are
very uneasy and afraid to put a
price on their goods, lest there be a
break in prices, and they with others
be the sufferers. The same report
comes from England. The present
supply is greater than the Demand
This trouble we anticipated all the
time, for manufacturers and large
dealers, when the "boom" set in,
rushed the thing too hard, and in
such cases a reaction is sure to come.
The markets are glutted and there
are few buyers. Result-a tumble,
and many dealers tumble, too.
In condemning the practice of go.
ing around among the people, to fix
up nominations, before the conven-
tions assemble, we do so for the good
of the candidate who may be so fortu-
nate as to receive nomination; and
also for the purpose of harmony and
unity in the party. This constant
eiectioneoring and setting up, prior
to the meeting of conventions, has
done good deal to create dissatis-
faction i'll all parties, and the Demo