The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-24


We are sorry to see the Visitor Of.
fee advertised for sale, at forced sale.
Some of the friends of Mr.. VanMatre,
ought to come to his rescue and save
his Office. If time was given him he
would work out all right. 1t will be
u great sacrifice To sell such property
under the hammer.
MARRIED.-At the residence Of the
bride, at Racine, Ohio, by Rev. H. H.
Miles, May 18th, 1882, Mr.. Joseph
McCray, of Mason county, W. Va, to
Miss Rilla Apologize, of Racine,
Meigs county, Ohio.
We understand that the Bridge
Company have made arrangement to
open Company Store in this place,
and that they are now getting ready
to put up building for that purpose.
Hon. Thomas Terrell, of Roane
county, called to see us Monday. At
one time he represented this District
in the State Senate. Roane is enti-
tied to the State Senator this time
Why not nominate Senator Terrell as
the successor Of Judge Brown?
All the newspaper Offices in CALI.
polls, have power presses. This
shows that these papers Ore in a
Furnishing condition, and we are
glad Of it. The Register will also
boast of power press before long.
Young man from Gallipolis, when
you want to "show off" Tom Sawyer
like, come up to the railroad center,
we'll take you in and do for you gent
ly for the first offence, but look out
for sold terrible" on the Second one.
For SALE.-Mr. John S. Miller, has
100000 Sweet Potato plants, $4,000
Cabbage plants and 10000 Tomato
plants for sale. If.
Contractor Quarles Informed q
friend last week that with fifty work.
ing days his grading, culverts and
trestling on the railroad would be
fully completed. The high water
this spring has greatly retarded the
work of trestling. ......
The livery stable Keepers of this
place and Gallipolis, ought to report
one to the other when poor dumb.
brutes are treated as shamefully as
was the livery horse from Gallipolis
last Sunday by those unfeeling ga.
loots who were arrested; and never
again hire those reported, an animal.
The roads are gradually becoming
firm and bard again, although this
spring they were probably the hardest
roads ever experienced by the oldest
settler.
The wool buyer is abroad in the
land, and if the unsuspecting farmer
don't look "leetle out" he won't
get what his wool is worth. We
have heard of lots selling at 80 cents,
but Is cents is what is generally ask
ed, so we have been told.
The outlook for the farmer this
year is most cheering. The corn is
coming on splendidly, the grass is
growing luxuriantly, and the wheat
that was killed by the freeze and all
that sort of thing, promises an abun-
dant yield.
Horses have commanded q higher
and better price this spring than at
any time since the war. Old plugs
of the penny.royal and popcorn
breed have sold readily at as high q
figure as SIS.
Two young blbods from our stb-
urban village of Gallipolis, were call
ed upon to putup, or be shut up last
Sunday for fast driving on the streets.
They put up s14 between them, and
departed in thoughtful and crest.
fallen mood, wishing, no doubt, that
they had attended Gallipolis Sun
day school, instead of coming to the
Point" to show off.
Clifton, we are sorry to learn, is af-
flicted with the dreaded scouree of
smallpox. The disease is not near
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