The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-01
The Weekly Register
LOCALINA TIERS.


PERsoNAIs-Alf. Thompson, Esq.
and wife, Of Cincinnati, are stopping
at the Kline House. They viii re-
main until after the Fair.
Mr.. Asa Musgrave, jr. and family,
Of Robinson District, have just re.
turned from an extended visit 10
friends in Ohio.
Rev. John G. vaught, Of Kentucky,
is visiting relatives and friends in
this town and.yicinity.
Miss sallie Ulen, Of Catlettsburg,
Kentucky, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
10. A. Naught, in this place.
Miss Ella Graham, Of Charleston, is
visiting the family of Mr.. c. Shrews.
berry, in the upper end of town.
Mr.. Bap. Gilmore and his daughter
Clara, left for Maine, last Monday
Miss Florence Gilmore accompanied
them as far as Oxford, Ohio, where
she will 60 to school,
Miss Annie Jones, Of Arbuckle, is
visiting friends in this place.
Judge Moore, of the Supreme Curt
of Appeals, is now at home.
We were glad to meet in town on
Monday, Capt. John Thornburg, Of
the steamer Pittsburgh.
DoN'r Go WEST. Nearly every
day we hear Of SOME Of our county.
men, who contemplate going West,
as they say, to better their condition.
Probably many Of them will change
their notion and stay where they are,
when they read the articlein to,day's
paper, of the terrible suffering of the
people in u portion of Kansas. Bet
ter let well enough alone. West vir-
ginia offers as many inducements to
settlers as any State in the West,
aud here you are always sure of your
crops maturing. Land can be had
about as cheap in this State as in
any part of the West; that is worth
b.
going to. The climate is also better.
THE FAIR.-0ur Fair commenced
yesterday, under favorable circurn-
stances. A very large number Of en-,
tries were made. Not very many
people were on the grounds. The
day was devoted to arranging stock
and articles for exhibition. To-day
the prospect fora large crowd is good,
and each succeeding day will show a
large increase in attendance. Some
Of the finest and fastest horses in the
country, for running, trotting and
pacing, are on exhibition, and enter.
ed for the different races. We are
satisfied that each and every officer
will do everything in their power,
to make the stay Of all visitors,
pleasant.
The iron is laid opposite this city,
on the Gallipolis and Pomeroy Rail.
road. 1t is expected to reach Add.
son by the last Of the week, and tc
have the road in running order by
the LIST Of November, from Pomeroy
to Columbus. The next move will
be to cross the Ohio at this place,
passing up this side of the Kanawha,
and connecting with the Chesapeake
and Ohio, at scary.
-.S-
Boys, some of them who are large
enough to know better, arc in the
habit Of collecting in the Court House
yard OIL Sunday afternoons, and DIES,
ecrating the Sabbath by playing and
yelling like lot Of young savages,
to tile great annoyance Of the resi-,
dents Of that locality. The town
Sergeant should put a stop to such
doings.
CUTTING WEEDs.-Now, in mid
summer, is the time to trim out the
fence corners and roadsides and
make clean sweep of all the nox-
ious weeds about the premises.
When they are in blossom is good
time to cut them. If not cut before
the seeds will ripen; after being cut
is better to rake into piles, and
when dry enough burn them. Ifithe
weeds are cut and destroyed SO that
they do not go to seed, in few years
there viii be little trouble from this
source. If burdocks, cockle-burs and
Canada thistles are cut when in
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