The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
CnugIlt ON sIle Ely.

Mr.. Hogg has introduced bill
for the relief of Patrick " DoIan, of
Parlxersburg.
There are still people who have
symptoms Of Western fever, even
after reading of the sorrowf1l raw
ages of the late blizzards.
The time has come when great
and extra exerfions must be made
If we would have our county and
towns improve and prosper
Some of our boys have the NO
Mans Land" fever.
If you have good business ad-
vertise and keep it IF you have
not, advertise and get
License or no license is not the
issue in our coming town election.
We would like to see the Demo
Gratis nominate a straight Demo
cratic municipal ticket for the COM
ing Spring election; and the Re
publicans, also
Saturday last was the coolest day
of the year, here.
There is a growing disposition in
this country toward Capitalization.
Organize Democratic clubs in
every school district in the county.
Go West,syoung man, and freeze
in the billiards.
Butter and; eggs are scarce and
high.
. The sugar trusts are putting that
article up to pretty good figures.
There is two much rowdyism on
our streets at night; particularly
after payday. aH
Whisky is now manufactured from
old rags
A good way to find girl. out is
to call when she isn't in.
A case of small -pox is reported in
town.
The young men of the present
day, says Frances Murphy, the tenn
perancc lecturer, "are ashamed to
take off their coats and get down to
hard work.
Mossrnan's subdivision has been
laid out into ninety lots 4Ox100 feet.
The Ripley Railroad will be built
in the Spring.
The county seat suit of Cabell
county goes to the Supreme Court of
Appeals.
Business is resting, and every
body is qniet here at present.
1t ought to be made felony for
men to speculate in provisions.
The Ohio Legislature is wrestling
with a bill 20 reduce railroad fares
within the State, from three cents
to two cents a mile.
Our ice men are all happy, be-
cause they have their houses filed
with nice, clear ice.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court
has declared fox hunts illegal.
By no reliable thermometer has
the temperature this winter been
nearer zero than two degrees.
Speeding horses on our streets is
again becoming nuisance.
1t was very slippery one day last
week which occasionod numerous
falls. OF course the latest person
had the softest seat.
Our town has been full of river
men lately, and they deserve credit
for the manner in which they have
conducted themselves, from captain
to rouster.
Jack Fuller fell onto We editor the
other day and. BACKED his-boots.
By the way Jack is u boss brick
mason.
1t is said that Jay Gould S income
is one thousand dollars per hour,
while ours is about one dollar per
thousand hours.
Extensive preparations are going
on among the ladies of the NJ. E.
Church, South, for the Martha
Washington Tea Party, to be held
at the rink on the 22d of February.
Young man, don't be too handy
with your lips. Last week, a fellow
in Winfield sucked his girls mouth
SO hard that her false teeth knocked
the bottom of his stomach out.
Though approaching theleap year
privilege, the average girl won't
seriously object to being wooed in
the old way.
Colonel Grounding is busily en-
gagged to-day in making his toilet
preparatory to making his annual