The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-10-27

Oh Ibis place, l.Jt lot lhe MOUNTAINS
Monday and win be gone about two.
months.
Mr., and Mrs Armstrong, left for
their hemein Roane countyon Sat.
urday.
4 Mr.. Geo. W. Craig, of Arbuckle,
wds in town Saturday night, on his
return from Romney, where had been
attending meeting Of the Regents
ofthe Deaf, Dumb aid Blind Insti-
stute.
DR.. Frayei and Miss Rebeeca Bar
bee left last week on;a,yisit to rela-
tiyes in the Shenandoah Valley,
Virginia.
Miss Sophia yollert is visiting
friends in Parkersburg.
Blanche, little daughter of Hon.
w. u. Tomlinson, has been quite ill
for two or three weeks past. She is
now improving little.
We acknowledge a visit, on last
Wednesday, from Mrs. Geo. Hooff, Of
Ithissplace, and Misses Marian Smith
and Fanny Beale, If New Orleans.
Judge Smith closed his judicial
duties in this place last week. Du-
ring his term Of Office he made many
warm friends, and no doubt, some en-
emies. He was conscientious in the
discharge of his official duties, and
administered the law without fear or
favor. After January 1st, 1881, he
retires from the Bench. He has the
best wishes of our people.
STATE MATTERs. -on the 9th inst.
Capt. James Payne, died of paralysis
at his daughters residence in Char
lesion. He was rs years Of age, and
was favorably known to the people
of this county. He was buried at
Buffalo, Putnam county.
Mr.. John NJ. Tyree, Of Putnam
county, was drowned in the Kama
wha river, at Johnson's Shoal, on the
18th inst. He was attempting to
cross the river by swimming, and
when aboat half way across he sank.
1t is thought he was deranged.
A little son of Mr.. Jerry Ferguson,
Of Monroe county, fell from a chest
nut tree OH the 10th inst, and dislo-
Gated his shoulder.
Mr.. James Meadows, Of Summers
county, informs the Herald that he
gathered 81 bushels of apples from
one tree, this summer, and that 10 or
70 bushels dropped of before he COM
menced to gather them. Cam, that
is a 'whoppcr"-thc tree we mean.
One Of the ropes of a derrick, that
was in use in building a bridge in
Cabell county, broke on the 14th
inst, and let large rock fall on Mr..
HI. Chapman, one of the contract
ors, crushing him so badly that he
died from his injuries a few hours
afterwards.
Work is steadily progressing upon
the Capitol at Charleston. The stone
work upon the back and side wings
is completed.
A few days since horrible MUIR
der was committed at Williamstown,
Yin Wood county. Mr.. Oil and a
Mr.. johnson were neighbors, and
friends. Uhls cattle got into John
sons fields. Mr.. Uhl undertook to
drive theM off of his neighbor's
land, when johnson attacked him
with club, and beat him so badly
that he died few hours afterward
from his injuries.
On election day the people of Bev-
erly, Randolph county, was startled
by the report that a woman had been
murdered on Cheat Mountain. The
wife Of Azariah With who lives on
the top of Cheat Mountain, was
found lying dead in the fireplace Of
her house, killed apparently by the
falling in of the top of the chimney.
A coroner's jury investigated the
affair, and concluded that Mrs. ".
came to her death at the hands of
Miss Naomi Jackson, who had been
living with the family for some time.
She was sent to JUL.
ANOTHER PRopnEcY.-We are fe-
minded by an aged prophet that 'the
coming winter, if signs do not fail,