The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-03

! Wonderful mineral springs have
been discovered at Webster Court
House, III this State, if current ac-
counts concerning them are true
Mr.. Smith Crane writes 10 the Pres.
ton county Journal that the water
1 from them cannot be bottled, as the
gas from it bursts the glass, and hat
n lighted match held a few inches
above the surface Of the springs
causes an ignition.
The Grand Jury of Barbour county
recently indicted twenty-five mem
bers of the lawless baud Of Rcd Men,
which has been disgracing thatcoun.
Ity. This organization bad become
quite powerful, aud by its desperate
acts had become Il terror 10 The peo
pie. The law will give it its death.
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60 .m
Now that Vennor has shown us
what he can do in the way of ex-
treme cold and extreme heat, we
trust that he is conservatively in.
clined for the next six months. If
he is anything but an extremist in
the weather line he will give US that
happy medium which all desire for
the balance of the year.
A Philadelphia guardian. charged
$500 for administering an estate Of
s469. The ward was girl, and he
wanted her to pay him The difference
out Of her own earnings. The court
cut down his bill to SS5.
Senator Malone has twice been
the father of triplets, and on pleas
ant days, when the children are all
out in the front yard, his residence
is frequently mistaken 70 an orphan
asylum.
An Old Lady writes us: a am 65
years old and was feeble and nervous
all the time, when | bought bottle
Of Parker's Ginger Tonic. | have
used liAle more than one bottle and
feel as well as at 80" See other col.
umn.
A curious story come from Gov.
Crittenden Of Missouri, that the late
Justice Cliffordof the Supreme Court,
told him some months ago, that he
had prepared a complete and detailed
history of the Electoral Commission
and that it would be published after
his death, unless his wife decided
otherwise. We hope the publication
will be made.
Edison expects to light almost
eight hundred houses in New York
by the first of October. Improve.
ments have recently been made in
the construction of his lamps, and he
is now manufacturing them at the
rate Of one thousand day.
The Georgia Legislature has before
it bill, likely to become law, un.
der whose provisions murderers PROV
en- to have been insane at the time
Of the commission Of the crime must
be imprisoned for life.
Two full State tickets are already
in the field in Pennsylvania for the
fall election, the Greenback and the
Prohibitory. The Democrats and the
Republicans have not yet nominated.
81 have suffered beyond endur-
ance." "My life has been burden
to me-" 81 have been denied the
pleasures of society" Extracts from
testimonials of those cured of skin
and scrofulous humors by the Cuticu-
ra Remedies.
The dreaded army worm has made
its appearance in Illinois in myriads,
and is damaging the hay crop to
some extent. Fortunately, the
wheat crop bad been harvested in
time to save it from the ravages Of
this meyciless pest
A deadlock has been existing at
Augusta, Me-, over nomination be.
tween Gov. Plaisted and the execu
tive council some time. Alta recent
melting some Of the councillors furi-
onsly attacked the governor, when he
adjourned the council sine die. His
action caused a sensation.