The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-07-26


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HicKoRY.FLATs NEws.-The farm.
ers are busy making hay.
The recent rains have made our
beautiful roads almost impossible.
There will be a Festival at Eek
ards Chapel next Thursday night.
Miss Maggie Brown, teacher of
this county, has been seriously i'll for
few days past, but is now in a fair
way to recover. @
Mr.. Thomas A. Lemaster is said to
have the finest field of wheat in the
district.
Mr.. Benjamin Hascher, Of Letart,
is visiting relatives in this neighbor-
hood.
Why don't some one bring a thresh-
ing machine out here2
Cooper district is to have five
months school this year.
The Sand Hill Chapel presents a
nice appearance since it has under.
gone repairs.
Mr.. D. W. Brown has been on a
visit to friends out in Cooper district.
Flat Rock is now having good Sab
bath schools. SwEET.BRIER.
We find the following compliment.
tary notice Of Col. Frank sisson, in
the Albany, CO., Echo:
"The covered bridge over Raccoon
creek, at Star mills, Columbia town
ship, Meigs county, Ohio, is now
completed, and the travelling public
may rest assured that they will not
go down in the angry current, as we
have always feared in the past. The
contractor, F. W. Sisson, Esq, of
Point Pleasant, W. Va, a practical
bridge builder from his boyhood up,
thoroughly understands his business,
and we feel confirmed in the fact
that we have the best bridge on the
creek, for miles up or down.
The Road Surveyor, on the Kama.
wha river road in this district, in.
forms US that boys are in the habit
of congrcgating in the bridge over
crooked creek at nights, and using
the bridge as q target for their pts.
tolls. They are reminded that there
is very severe penalty for this sort
Of conduct, and a repetition Of this
rowdyism may result in some Of
them being indicted and fined and
sent to Jail.
Mrs. Martin is closing out her
entire stock Of Millinery and No
tons at cost, to make room for
Fall stock. 3w.
W. w. Harper has taken charge Of
the Radical, at Clifton. This is his
first venture on the sea of journalism,
but the winding Wiley" with all
his faults political and religious) is
conscientious gentleman and will
be an improvement upon the former
management of that paper. We vel.
come Brother Harper to the ranks,
and can say that we are Of the opin.
ion that the Republicans of Mason
county need not hereafter feel
ashamed Of their county organ.
Matt Gibbons, having paid off (in
his mind) the $4,000 Gin his mindI
Indebtedness, Of the county retires
from the Radical to the obscurity that
like lightning bug he originally
emerged from. Matt lisa good fellow,
though, and we are sorry to lose him
from the profession. He will be
missed.
Stringent measures ought to be put
in force to quarantine the infected
town Of Clifton. The County Court
ought to spare no expense to pre-.
vent the smallpox from spreading to
other parts of the county.
The ladies Of the NJ. L. Church
South, will give an entertainment in
the City Dining Rooms on Thursday
evening Of this week. All are in
vited.
G. G. Holloway, son Of Capt, Chas.
Holloway, Of Cincinnati, and Miss
Matte Holloway of Gallipolis, are
here on a visit to their uncle Mr..
James II. Holloway.
Dr.. S. G. Shaw and his daughter
Mrs. Matte Miller, left Sunday even