The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-08-12

PEBsoSAEsMr Dr. Bickel Of
Winfield, is visiting the family Of
R. s. Bickel, Esq, In this place.
Mr. VIM. Price aud family, Of
JackJon, Ohio, who has been visit.
ing the family Of Nj. Vest, in the
Extension, for tie past week, re.
turned home last Friday.
Nj. G. j. Beardof Arbucklo, paid
US pleasant visit Saturday, and
while in oar Office renewed bis sub
scriptiOn 10 the REGISTER for an,
other year.
Mis- Lila Perkins who has been
visiting her young friends in this
place returned homelasi Thursday.
Miss May Smith is visiting
friends in the Flats this week.
Mrs. jas. II, Holloway who has
been visiting her sister Mrs. wm
Wilson, at the mouth Of Coal, re-
turned home Saturday.
Mr.. VIM. Duncan and family of
Huntington, are here on a visit to
friends ard relatives.
Capt. Joseph Helm, who has been
"under the weather for the past
few weeks, is able to be out Of his
room again.
Esquire A. G. Eastman made US
a very pleasant call last Saturday
morning. 1t was the first time he
has been in Point Pleasant for ten
months. He entertained us with
some very interesting old time rem.
iniscences ofthc point" which we
should likc to publish, but unfor,
tunately we we're so much interest.
ed that we forgot to make notes at
the time. He says that there are
but three houses nov standing in
the town that were here when he
first came here sixty eight years
ago, viz the house where the wild.
ow of James Stone resides, the old
Thomas store house, opposite the
Virginia House, aud the house
whore Mr.. Eckstein's cigar factory
is, on the corner opposite the Court
House lot. That Slnire Wilson
Franklin, is the only person living
here nov that lived here when be
(Easrham) was a young man, and
that Mrs, jones, Mrs. Sohon and
Mrs, Rodgers are the Oldest persons
living here now, all of whom he re-
members as women grown, when
he was a boy, but they did not at
that time live in town. The
squire has remarkable memory
Of dates and names. We had al.
most forgotten to say that Squire
Eastman, says he believes he is the
only person living whose father
fought in the battle of Point Pleas.
ant in October, TIA.
Detective Alf W. Burnett was
in town last week,
Mr.. A, L. Sehon, Of near Hartford
City, is making arrangements for a
ebay fever" trip this week.
G. ?. Simpson, Esq, lef! for Put.
nam and Cabel counties on legal
business Monday morning.
Rev. Mr.. Pearson, of tho Bpisco.
pal Church, will hold divine ser.
vice again next Sunday, aud on
Monday following, will leave for
Terra Alto, Preston county, to take
a short rest.
John Cooley, former resident
of this county, but now of Colum.
bus, Ohio, paid a flying visit to
friends hereabouts last Saturday,
leaving for home Monday evening.
We had a pleasant call Monday
from Attorney General Caldwell
and Hon. John 3. Floyd. Both of
these gentlemen were on their way
to Wheeling.
Mr.. Gus. Jordan has gone to
MoundsvilIe in the interest Of the
New York Clothing House.
Mrs, c. 7, Beale, Mrs. Susan V.
Spencer, Mrs, Calharine Neale, Miss
Maria McCulloch aud Mr. John
McCulloch, left Monday evening
via 0. c. for the Healing Springs,
Bath county, Va.
Miss Ella NeaIe of MERGERS Bot
tom, was visiting relatives in this
place the first of the week.
D. B. JelIers, Esq, of Mcpherson,
Kansas, accompanied by his wife,
were in town Saturday enroute up
the Kanawha to visit his brother,
Mr., Eugene JciTers.
Mrs. Wm. Brading and Mis-.
MullonouX, of Gallipolis, were the
guests Of Mrs, Vest, in the Exlen
sion, last week,
Mrs. DR.. Waggener, of Union.