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

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uprus KANAwHA. Business along
,ss Kapawha has not been as dull
duce the country was grubbed out as
hisat present. Work on the Ohio
C.n.ral is almost entirely suspended
and every steamer on the river has
zone to the bank, with the exception
d ,be old reliable Telephone, which
Untiaues with theregularity Of day
and night By the way she has sat
i.faclOrily demonstrated lone. problem,
and that is that it is possible to make
daily trips between Gallipolis and
Charleston. She is to the Kanawha
what the Chesapeake is to the Ohio.
In conversation recently with a
prominent merchant Of the Valley,
We said: "Why do not che merchants
along the river direct their trade to
Point Pleasant instead Of Gallipolis?'
Ills reply was; @Gallipolis is prac-
lically, in business sense, fre hna,tl,
m miles nearer the Kanawha Valley
than Point Pleasant the latter place
permits the former to win in every
game. Gallipolis business men are
more liberal, more energetic, employ
more capital, and make twenty-five
thousand dollars do more business
than one hundred thousand dollars
10 Point Pleasant" "Wili it ever be
olherwise2" we inquired. Said he:
1.-THE Ohio Central Railway issoon to
DO put in operation and then Point
Pleasant will have direct communi-
cation with all points on the Kunaw-
ha between here and Charleston, and
which better transportation will ex.
ih than with Gallipolis, and then if
Point Pleasant capitalists willunlock
their boarded capital, invest it in
business and offer proper induce
ments, they Gun gain and hold the
Kanawha Valley trade, but whether
they will do so remains 10 be seem"
Your correspondent spent a few
days last week in Leohyand while
there heard the universalery Of dull
times. Leon is decidedly the most
temperance prohibition town in
southwestern Virginia; a man can.
not get a drink at all-neither can a
woman.
The varian Brothers, stave and
ito merchants, Of Lelart, are now en-.
gagcd in loading a barge at Leon,
which they will take out to Cincin.
natl as coon as the ice in the Ohio
will hermit.
IL left-we mean a certain Ohio
No, dnoGSnfsIt t=agaattesd ! ne III iii
which flesh is heir to, amid the hill.
aud valleys of the little mountain
State, Now the explanation is thai
during his sojourn within the con
fines Of this Commonwealth the pop
ulation was made to read plus one
After that the NJ. D. concluded tina
the Buckeye State afforded a more
lucrative field in which to practice
the healing art and accordingly took
up his sojourn somewhere out on The
Western Reserve. AT the time he
babe adieu to the shores of West yir
gInia there were certain provisions
Upon her statute books requiring an
individual to remain in exile one
year for having increased the popu'
lation without a license so to do
Now it so happened that during his
absence certain "old Bubbin" had
succeeded in getting q bill passed by
which the time was extended from
\ one to three years, but had neglected
70 notify the sons Of West Virginia
Ren in exile Of that fact. In conse.
gNence Of this neglect, our NJ, D.,
Slgting to once more view the scenes
cIhNs early professional duties, de.
terpped to visit the land Of his faith.
e". accordingly he crossed the La
Belle liUisre - otherwise beautiful
Ohio-apd after hiring the best two
and ortg rig which the livery stables
Afforded, drove into the staid little
village d Leon, and after driving
through the principal thoroughfares
and ealing upon old acquaintanoes,
fepaioi 10 the hotel. Now about
This time j. happened that q woman
appeared a the office of Justice Bur-
dette and 4 implanted that this same
NJ D. was nder obligations to join
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