The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-03-14


The Wetzel DEMOCRAT in speaking
Of the roads Of that county says: ave
know that this is q disagreeable sub.
jeetinany aspect but when q man
sees nothing but his mules ears stick
ing out Of the mud, 1t is about time to
ask somebody to come with a fence
rail.' The same may apply to this
county. DolefaI reports are coming
up continually from all parts Of the
county about our roads, and what are
we going to do about it9 We leave
the matter with our County Commis.
sioners, and hope they will devise
some plan attheir meeting in April,
to give the people better roads,
That staunch old Democrat, of Ma
son City, Jacob Roush, Esqy wasin our
Office Tuesday morning, and after
paying for a subscriber, Mr.. Owen
Curtis, took the paper for FIVE years,
paying his Eve dollars in advance
He said he was a Democrat and al
ways EXPECTED to remain one, and
wanted to help the Register along.
May he live to be a hundred years old,
and vote the Democratic ticket
straight all the time.
S
When the cars get to running on the
Ohio Central it will add much to the
business of this town. ALI that our
merchants need to do to get the entire
trade of the valley is to ediylde" their
stocks, and each take a particular
line, keep good stocks of goods and
plentyof it, and you will find buyers.
The general storeo will not win any
longer, and the sooner our merchants
get out of that way Of doing business,
the better.
The voters of the town should see
to 1t that no man is elected a member
of the town council next Saturday, un-
less he is in favor of improvement
The next Council should be composed
of liberal, public spirited, active, en-.
ergetic, progressive men. We can't
afford to run in the old rut any longer.
The old town is going to spread her.
self" and we want men in Office who
will assist her in spreading.
There is no man in tile county more
deserving of the thanks and graft
tude of the editor of the REGISTER,
than is Mr.. II. Stribling, Cashier of the
Merchants National Bank, of this city.
He is a Democrat and a friend in
our adversely. He is a public spirited
nun in Its truest meaning. When a
friend does us kind act, we feel it a
duty to acknowledge it.
A friend writing from Barbours.
vile, enclosing his check for what he
owed us and q few dollars over, says;
u am sorry that l am not able to
do more for you in your misfortune,
than simply to pay you my debt; and
| trust that your generous and public
spirited citizens have seen to it that
so good apaper as the REGISTER does
not suffer by the flood"
We are glad to see our little friend
Master Homer Smith, out on the
streets once more. He has but re.
Gently recovered from a very severe
illness, which came near ending his
life. lie has now had his share of all,
ments, and we hope that he will be
proof against all ills Which the flesh is
heir to, for the remainder of his life.
Huntington has more good looking
girls to the square foot than any other
place on the river.-[Commercial.
The editor probably never visited
Point Pleasant. Why the Hunting,
ton girls can't begin to compare with
the Point Pleasant girls in good looks,
They are all healthy and robust too
nothing artificial about them.
Dr.A. L. Knight and wife, of West
Columbia, came here on q visit to his
cousin, Mrs. N. G. Petit, Tuesday,
While here he consulted n.everal i'm
portant cases with some of our ply
sicians, but was compelled to return
home on the steamer Fleetwood, leav-
Ing his wife here.-[Huntington Ar
gus.
HORSE BuYER-Nfr. William NJ.
Myers, of steubenville, Ohio, will be
in this neighborhood tomorrow for
the purpose ofbuying up'horses, We
give this information SO thatour read
ers who have horses to sell, may be
informed as to where they can find a
purchaser.
By reference to our advertising COL
umns, it will be seen that a special
term Of the Circuit Court has been or
dered for Mason county, commencing
on the SOth day of next April. A
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