The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-09-03

river NEws.-James Summers is
now in command of the ]. S. Mercer.
Capt. J. e. Aeiker. is happy, and
says it's a boy.
The Prichard came off the Arm
strong docks, Friday evening.
The Ballard, John Dana, Mercer,
Onward, Coal Bluff, Prichard, Geo.
Matherson and Spring Hill, left for
below with coal.
The Pittsburgh coal fleets have
been passing since Friday last.
The Capitol City has re-entered
the Kanawha trade.
Henry Holloway and wife, were
visiting relatives in this place last
week.
Pete Holloway spent last week
in this city, with his family.
Commodore Chas. Holloway, OF
Cincinnati, was distinguished
visitor to our town last week.
The Ernst, Budd, Iron Cliff,
Winifrede, Annie L., and Handy
dropped out coal the past few days.
The Little Handy, Capt. ]. A.
Martin, takes the "blue ribbon, -
she bringing out from Raymond
mines seventeen barges in four days.
The Ernst sunk barge of co. !
Thursday, at Peeled Maple.
Special Agent A. W. Roome, ar
rested Lorenzo S. Clagg, of this
county for unlawfully retaining the
quarter portion of first pension
check for s2,55673 received by his
mother-in-law, Nancy Turner, for
the death of her son, III. Turner, as
fee for working up the claim.
Clagg first retained $3.50, then OBJ
tanned a certificate of deposit for
81 900, which he was to keep for
his mOther-in-law. He afterwards
informed her that the 81 900 certifi-
cate had been stolen. He virtually
retained the whole amount less
$3.50. Mrs. Turner's neighbors
learned of the state of affairs, and
brought about Clagg's arrest as
above. He was taken before U.
). Commissioner on Saturday last
and gave bond for his appearance
in court. Clagg soon after receiv-
ing the bulk of the tension check
to make improvements
about his property, and finally turn
ed his mother-in-law out of his
home AMI she went to live with
neighbors, and in this way his illegal
and ungrateful acts were discovered.
The Parkersburg Journal says:
Rev. Father Schilip, the young as
sistan pastor of st. Xavier's Cath.
Ollie church, saved a train loaded
with passengers from a horrid dis
aster. The reverend gentleman
was returning from a visit to
parishoner, and was walking on the
track of the Ohio River railroad,
when about u mile below town at a
sharp bend in the road, below,
which was steep embankment, he
found a cow lying on the track.
The COW had been struck by a
train which had passed short time
before. The cow was not dead, and
in her struggles worked her body
back on the track. Knowing that
the north bond train was nearly
due, the priest made a great effort
to get the animal off the track, but
was unsuccessful. He then ran
back to house and got little Ian
tern with which he returned just in
time to hear the whistle of the up
train. By frantically swinging the
light the priest succeeded in attract
ing the attention of the engineer
and stopping the train within few
rect OF the animal.
KILLED.-W. G. Pine, a well
known brakeman on the X. & NJ.
Railway, while making a coupling
at Brighton, Monday night of last
week, fell between the cars and was
instantly killed. He was so horri-
bly, mangled that he could hardly
be recognized. His remains were
taken charge of by the company,
who placed his body in charge of un-
dertaker A. C. Huston, ofthis place,
and forwarded to Scott, Putnam
Clark Foster, of Richie county,
has left for parts unknown, leaving
debts estimated at over 81, 900. The
Gazette says: "He is indebted to a
large number of the merchants and
business men of Harrisville. 1t is
stated that he took couple of fine
stations and a spring wagon, which
he had not paid for, with him."