The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-08-30
The Weekly Register
LOCAL. MATTERS.


Hourly S. Burns, Of typho.malarial
fever In his death Mason county
loses one Of her best citizens, the
Church, Of which he was a conscien-
tious member, one Of its brightest
lights, his family, devoted husband
and loving father. Deceased was
about As years Of age and was one Of
the foremost business men in the
county, having in the last ten years
bnilt up one of the most extensive
mercantile businesses in the Kama
wha Valley. He leaves a host Of
friends TO mourn HIS loss
AT the teachers examination held
in this place on Friday and satur-
day last, tifty-six teachers were pres,
ent; of this number seven got No. l
certificates, thirty.eight No. 2 certif.
Gates, and the balance No. 3 certifi-
Gates. The per cent. has been estab.
lished by law and is very rigid, and
no blame can be attached to the Board
of Examiners for doing their duty.
If teachers desire higher grades Of
certificates, they must study hard
and read up, and above all, attend
the Institutes provided by law, where
they can receive much valuable and
practical information.
Prof. James Nourse, for many years
the teacher of the late famous Corn.
stalk Cornet Band" Of this place,
paid us visit last Saturday after an
absence of several years in Bellaire,
Ohio, where he has been engaged as
book-keeper in the Glass Works. He
is now the leader Of Arthur Loves
splendid Concert Brass Band, and on
Saturday evening last treated our cit
liens to some excellent music on the
streets and in the City Hall. Nourse
isl whole Brass Band himself, and
has many friends in this place, who
were glad to see him.
Work is being pushed at a lively
rate on the cofferdams for the bridge
piers. The one on this side is almost
completed, The dam on the Ohio
side was pumped out Monday. Tues,
day morning, however, the dams
were overhowed by the rise in the
Ohio and Kanawha, and work will
necessarily be suspended for a few
days, With the customary low wa
tor in September, the contractors
hope to have all the river piers out
of the reach of high water by Octo.
Der 1st.
DEAD.-We are panied 10 announce
the death of Mrs. Eliza Kline, of this
place, which sad event took place at
the residence of her son.in.law, Judge
G. ?. T. Moore, MERGERS Bottom, last
Thursday night. She was about 80
years Of age, and a most estimable
lady.
Col. W. c. Lemert, Of Bucyrus, o.,
who has the contract for building
the Corning end of the Ohio Ceatral
Railroad, to the Ohio river, was in
town several days this week. He
says the road will be completed to
the river by the middle of October.
He is very pleasant gentleman.
There is one thing that ought not
to be tolerated in the town, and that
is the rendering of old rotten tallow
by butcher s in the yards in the rear
Of their shops. Nearly every even.
ing our towns perfumed with sick.
ly stencil from tallow-kettles. The
Board of Health should look into this
matter.
Several lots have been contracted
for, we understand, in the Extension.
We also hear that one of our enter.
prising citizens proposes to build
about dozen tenement houses in
the Extension. We hope this is true,
Tor tenement houses are badly needed
In this place.
Last Thursday evening n young
man who was wheeling dirt to the
dam on this side of the river, missed
his foothold and fell into the river
and his wheelbarrow after him. He
was pulled out by Mr.. Dave Harper
and others, and thus saved from a
watery grave.
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