The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-03-17


4 Bankers Very Profitable
Investment.
The report ,enl 0ut last week
THAT 4. n. Thornton. Banker. 81
this city, had drawn $1,000. Il 81.
ing the capital prize Of 1.-The I.laisis
ana state Lottery 81 thismallii. IS
true and shat Is more, the money
has been paid over silhDutidetalsI
cation discount Il II said that
litisbettef 10 be born lucky than
iIfich, but Mt Thornton has tie al.
vantage Of being bnrn both rich
andlpeky. Sselbyrille CllI. I.ea;lsr,
Jan. y.
Judge 0key johnson Is booked
tlnr the nisiontb Central America,
with residence at Guatemala. The
service lisa third rate mission, but
nevertheless paysien thousand a
year His application is acclm
Ipanied by Q host Of Influential
names and This chances are reason.
lablyiair ofcaptuting the PLAN.
AbontS,O miners 10 the Pitts.
Ibnrgh coal district, struck last
Monday, lhoughtthe strike
will become general throughout
that region, The miners refuse To-
Eaccep, 2 cents perlbushels- scents
having been paid. II willtend 10
enliyen business in the Kanawha
VALLEY.
The HarpeRs Ferry property
which the Government il about u
sell ataalctiona derived ia name
from Robert Harner, Of 0xfurd,
England, who while passing
Through the localityin1747 became
enchanted with u bought il for
fifty guineas aud settled there.
The officers ate on the lookout
fpr some parties who are passing
counterfeit money here. ThecoinsI
are nickels and are well executed.
They have, inone or two instances,
spotted individuals who passed Che
queer" innocently.- PatkerjurgI
State journal.
A negress in Georgia was re.
Gently left 100000 by q rich plan.
ter who died, having no children.
Wealth, it will be observed does
not discriminate against color
General Grant is reported to he
hard at work an his history Of the
war, notwithstanding his severe
and, no doubt, fatal illness. lie is
anxious TO complete his war remi.
niscences before death silences his
voice forever.
The sickest patriot in the land
Just now, ishe whoyoted for Blaine,
last fall, to get on the big side and
capture an Office. He recalls the
vote with sadness.
Grafton has negro who cracks
walnnts on his head, and drinks
milling hot coffee with no percepti
BILE show Of pain. The coon ought
to engage himself to Barnum.
The Illinois Legislature is still
struggling with the Senatorial
question, and the end is still in,
yolved in as much doubt as ever.
A western paper gays FL Mahdi
intends to afix an si'' TO his front
name, since he is getting there
Eli" so handsomely.
Elk Senator Thurman, Il is
thought, may 60 as Minister to
England.
Wilson's majority for Governor
is 1889. This is announced as,of.
fetal since the investigation Of the
Randolph county returns.
Hon. Sam. Randall has a sister
in law who'knows as much about
divorces az he does about politics.
She's had a divorce three times the
dispatch says. There is nothing
like knowing ones trade perfectly.
A little son Of Mr.. zigler, the
clothing merchant, fell at the skat
ing rink and broke the bones Of his
right fure arm on Wednesday last.
Huntington Adeertiser.
General Grants physicians pro.
nOnnce'his health very feeble, and
say he will not probably live more
thanthree months He has a can.
Ger at the root of his tongue, be
sides suffering still from the effects
Of the fall he had over a year ago.
Judge James Morrow, Jr. of
FairmOnt, has purchased the John
w. Berry farm, near this city.
This farm includes the SUNNI, Of
Wards hill, and commands u view
Of the city and the valley Of the
Ohio and Guyandotte rivers for a
lnng distance. II is underlaid
with the Neace fur font vein ofI