The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-01-11
The Weekly Register
ELOCAL MATTERS.


Wheeling, where he viii be engaged
for some time in the important work
Of legislation. This leaves the boys
to run the paper, which, under the
prayers ofan absent editor and the
Grace Of God, we expect to succeed
in. To be successful newspaper
man.. many nascent qualities are re.
quired, chiefly among which are
check, nerve and brains, without
which any country newspaper must
AZ certainly come TO an end as that
importunate tortoise did which Esop
tells about, which through the assist.
ance Of an eagle undertook to sail
through the azure sky without wings
or feathers. These qualities our alb.
sent editor possesses, but as be is
temporarily absent we hope to keep
upthrough the friendship and assist
ancc Of our many friends and patrons,
and to sustain ourselves, until his
return TO the Office. We trust that
during our regency the editors Of our
other country newspapers will be
charitable and practice toward US the
principles Of the Golden Rule, which
the valiant editor Of the Radical
committed TO memory while in in
fancy, but which he has quite forgot.
ten since he has come to mans
estate and been elevated 10 the high
and responsible position of u country
school teacher. We shall conduct
this paper while George Washington
Tippc.t is in Wheeling, upon the
principles of liberality, democracy
and even-handed justice to all men
and parties, being those Mr.. Tippett
so highly cherishcs and which he has
ever practiced and our motto is
"Strike no man in the back"
New HoTEL-We are informed
that parties in this place are getting
up a Joint stock company for the
purpose of erecting fine hotel, prob
ably on the corner of Wand and Sixth
streets. Necessity for hotel accom-
modations drives them to this. There
is good hotel building in town, now
idle, but the owners have refused
time and again to rent it at reason
able price, and no one feeling able to
l'ay the rent asked for it, it is not &C.
cupied, hence our people are driven
to the necessity of erecting a commo-
dious hotel for the accommodation of
the public. We think the owners Of
the Kline House stand very much in
their own light when they fail or re-
fuse TO rent their hotel building. 9l
another one is built on the site pro.
posed, the Kline House property will
depreciate in rental value, and may
remain idle for years to come.
{ ACLEvER SwINDLE.-Our State ex-
changes report shrcwd swindle that
is being practiced on many of the
farmers in different counties in this
State. The modus operondi is as fol.
lows: The, first swindler appears to
some well.to.do farmer and offers him
the patent right Of his county for the
sale of an improved wagon tongue
for $3.50. The offer, Of course, is not
accepted, but the swindler leaves his
address with the farmer in case he
wishes to invest in the future. Then
the second swindier appears and tells
the farmer that he has heard that
he (the farmer) has purchased the
patent right in question, and there
upon offers him $500 for it. The
farmer sees an opportunity for clear
ing $3.50 without any trouble and
Immediately sends his note for $3.50
to the address Of the first party fol
the patent right, and that is the last
he ever hears of either of them until
his note comes back to him for col
lection. We advise our farmers tc
keep a sharp lookout for the scoun
drels.
MARRIED.-On January LIST, 1882
at the residence Of the brides par
ents, in Robinson District, by Rev. J
Cowpland, Rector of Christ Church
Point Pleasant, Mr.. Fisher Gaskins
of Adams county, Ohio, TO Miss Saral
J. Gaskins.
On December Goth, 1881, by Rev
u. I. ScaAtlin, Mr.. Jerome Quinn, O
Putnam county, to Miss Arrsin;