The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-01-31


last heard Of him lie had reached Che
Ohio alta place called Letars Fails,
where theice in the river presented
an insurmcunt able barrier 10 prog.
resin that direction, and the march
to Moscow was begun. Whether the
retreat will be as successful as that
'ofthe ten thousand Greeks, deponent
saith not. BERT.
PATRoSrzE HoME.-T There is a priu.
ciple underlying our political econo.
my which says it is best to patronize
home enterprises, even il it costs q
little more buta a general rule II
is not 50; IL pays to patronize home
merchants and home mechanics in
the long run. II is a fact here in oui
town, that several business men
who rely upon our people for patron.
age and support, send away from
home for nearly everything they
consume in their families. The mo
ney isthus taking away from home
and our merchants and mechanics
deprived Of its benefits. These very
same men expect to be palronized
and built up in their trade by home
custom; they expect to live and prof.
itby the opposite Of what they prac-
tice. There are business men in
Point Pleasant who never think d
putting an advertisement in a news.
paper that everybody reads, yet who
will at the same time pay FIVE and
ten dollars for a card in a town or a
State directory or hotel register, that
nobody reads, and which isn't worth
a farthing to the advertiser. We be.
lieve in patronizing home printing
Offices and home merchants, home
mechanics and home trade Of every
kind.
A PIONEER GoSE.-We learn with
sorrow of the death Of James Pullin,
Esq, of Cooper district, and father Of
Geo. W. Pullin, Esq, County Survey.
or Of this county, which sad event
occurred last week at his residence
on the Kanawha, about seven miles
from this place. he was one Of the
early settlers of this county, and was
largely identified with its history
He was a man Of great wealth and at
the time Of his death was the owner
Of one of the largest and finest home
steads on the Big Kanawhs.
Darius, oldest son of Hon, Jabez
Beard, died at the residence of his
father, in Arbuckle District, on the
morning of the 29th inst, Of typho.
malarial fever. Mr.. Beard was a
young gentleman of scholarly attain.
ments, and was an honor to his fami.
ly and county. We. deeply sympa.
thise with the bereaved family in
their deep affliction.
SUPREME CouRT.-The following
business from Mason county haa been
transacted in the Supreme Court, now
in session at Charleston: A. ]. Roll
ins VS.. ]. B. Menager, submitted; j
L. Knight VS.. G. and G. Capito, sub
mitted; Robert Howe vs.. Mary Stortz
continued; ]. G. Forest va. Wash
Stephens, submitted.
-A
The post.mortem examination had
on the body Of Barney Gathagin, and
whom it was stated was hurt by the
parting of a line on the tow.boai
Liberty, revealed the fact that he
Ind Nd sustained no injuries whatever,
externally iiglernally, but that his
death was due to naIGtai causes.
The report that a son Of Mt VIM
Somerville, in the Flats, and child
of Mr., Hunter B. jenkins, of Arbuck'
le, were down with the smallpox
proves to be false. The children arc
sick, but with the measles. People
should be careful how they srtsucf
reports, because it alarms the com
munity.
Mr.. Bruce Henderson, of the towr
of Henderson, has sold his residence
and about "a acres surrounding it
and some 200 acres of hill land back
Of it to a Mr.. Fish, of Ohio. The new
owner with his family has moved in
to the house. We extend to Mr.
Fish and his family a hearty vel
come TO their West Virginia home.