The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-06-29

The only celebration Of the glofi-
GUS 4th here, will be the meeting Of
the county court.
There was an unusually large con.
grcgation at Christ Church last Sun.
day morning.
Men who drive vehicles seem to
delight in kicking upa dust on our
streets. .a
A. A. Hanly, Sheriff, has purcha.
sed the property belonging to Mr..
Geo. w. setszer, situate on Main st.,
in the upper end of town, paying for
it the sum of $500. He will occu.
by it with HE family, about Septem,
Der LIST.
The first official duty Of our county
clerk was called upon to perform last
Monday morning, was to issue mar
riage license to Mr.. VIM. Hughes to
take INTO himself Miss Helen, daught.
er Of Spencer Pickens, Esq, Of Union
District.
Col, Smith has taken options on
nearly all the land in Ohio opposite
this place. What he intends to do
with it, we cannot say. We tried to
interview him but twas no go. We
suppose time will develop.
We are informed that some scan.
dals will soon be developed at the
Poor House. We hear some ugly ru-
mors.
The election held in Clendinen
District to see what the levy should
be, resulted in favor of six months
school, there being only two votes
against it.
Raspberry Festivals are now in
order.
The Poor House Committee met at
the Poor farm last Saturday. We do
not know what business was trans
acted. 4
D. s. YanMatre is fitting up law
Office in his room below the book
store.
Mrs. Coles select school closed
last Friday and pic-nickcd on the
Hill Saturday.
Mr.. Hoyt has his shop fitted up
nicely and will be ready to dispense
fresh meats to our citizens this week.
He isa good man and we hope he
will be literally patronized.
The Chesapeake has the contract
for carrying the daily mail from Par
kersburg to Pomeroy.
The colored boysof this place have
organized Il base ball club, and have
challenged the colored club of CALI
polls, to play them here on the 4th
Of July.
Columbus Hawthorne died at New
Haven last week. 1t will be remem-
bered that he was shot by Sheriff's
party several years ago, who had
gone to his house to arrest him.
A Wetzel county man went up to
Wheeling the other day and fell in
among thieves and bad women and
was relieved of $500 in money.
The railroad down the Kanawha
is fixed fact. Change cars for Chi.
cage.
The Gallipots are now wishing
they had never seen railroad, since
they are only a two.minute station.
Gallipolis Sunday Schools will hold
u picnic at Cooper's Grove, on Ka-
nawha, on June 30th, to which all
the schools of this place are invited.
What are those purple posies down
by the brooke" asks Henry. "1f you
mean" replies Sally. those glorious
masses Of empurpled efflorescence,
that bloom in bosky dells and fringe
the whipping strcamlets, they are
campanola rotundifora." Henry
plays billiards for living, and Sally
goes to a girls college.
The people of Grafton are talking
of public park. The people of
Point Pleasant have been talking
about the same thing for these ma
ny years, and that is all it has am
ounted to, or is likely to amount to.
There are some women SO talka.
tive that nothing but the tootbache
can make them hold their jaw.
Tho toy is nnw nff IF doods ond