The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-10-02
PERsoNALs.-Hon. G. L. Brown,

PERSONALS Hon. G. L. Brown,
of Ravenswood, was a pleasant call
er at this office, last week.
UucIe Isaac Long, of Arbuckle,
one of the best and most prosper
GUS farmers in the county, dropped
/! in to see us, last Friday.
] Rev a. L. Hughes, the new Minis
ter at Trinity church, this city,
preached his first sermon, Sunday
Mr.. o. C. SomervilIe, of Midland,
Michigan, was a caller at this Office,
Friday He is visiting relatives in
the county.
Prof L. c. somerville, of this
city, has been engaged as Principal
of the Buffalo Academy.
DIR. John McConibay, of Charles
ton. was visiting friends in this city
last week.
Mr.. C. S. Enders and wife, who
have been visiting the family of w.
II. Howard, Esq, this city. return
ed to their home ut Cincinnati, Sat
urday.
Hon. John NJ. Collins and Hon.
Will Chiffon, of Charleston, were
distinguished visitors to our town,
last week.
To Messrs. Geo. E. johnson, of
Five Mile, and Robert Luton, of
Flat Rock, we return thanks for a
lot of nice apples.
Rev. c. C. Pearson has returned
home from the mountains.
Mr.. Il. HAl Marshal and sister, of
Charleston, spent a few hours in our
city, Friday.
Mrs. j. B. Noyes and daughter,
of Charleston, returned to their
home Friday last, accompanied by
Mrs. NJ. L. Sterrett.
Rev. J. w. Miller, of Graham
Station, and one of the staunchest
Democrats in the county, was a
caller at this Office Saturday.
Hon. Jas. B. Menager is happy
man-all because the arrival of u
II lib. baby boy at his house Sunday
morning. May he live to be the
pride of his Pa and Ma, and COM
fort to them in their old age.
Mr. John Mason, of the Mason
City Messenger, was d visitor to our
town Monday.
We had pleasant call from Mr..
E. G. Somerville, of Clifton, Mon
day.
DR.. j. B. Kerr, of Upland, this
county, was an agreeable caller at
this Office, Monday.
J. F. Phillips, of scary. Putnam
county, who is building the hand
some residence of DIR. E. ]. Moss
man, on 9TH and Main street, has
gone to his home on visit.
DIR. E. ]. Mossman and wife, have
gone to Charlottesville, Virginia
The Doctor will return soon, but
Mrs. Mossman will make two or
three weeks visit
Jacob Heatherington, Esq, of
Bellaire, Ohio, was visiting his son
Mr.. II. Heatherington, in this place,
last Friday.
Mr.. Chris Selbe, of Hinton, is here
on visit to his parents.
While all other cities and towns
are trying to got upa boom and en-
courage manufacturing enterprises
by boring for natural gas, Point
Pleasant is standing idly looking
on. And every stranger who comes
to town, wonders why we have
never tried for oil and gas 1t is
wonder to us as well. Let us org
anize company, lease territory,
and bore for gas. If it is found in
paying quantities, as no doubt it
will be, if we make the test, Point
Pleasant would leap right ahead.
Run ovER.-A little child of Geo.
Breustle, was run over by one of
our delivery wagons Thursday ev-
ening, and quite badly bruised up,
but luckily no bones were broken.
1t is a wonder the child was not
killed. And here we wish to re-
mark, that there is too much reck-
less driving upon our streets, and
that the law ought to be enforced
against transfers violating the ord
nance against fast and reckless dri-
wing on the streets.
An old negro man mislaid $3.50
Thursday, and he thought it was
stolen from him by little niger
who had been Ioafng around his
premises, and had him arrested
A little while after the arrest he
found his money just where had put
it. The little niggcr was tickled
when ha WAS reIno sad from tha ms