The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-26

RIVER NEws.-The rivers have
been very high, reaching almost to.
flood height. We had great fears
that it would reach the 'S3 flood,
but on Monday evening it reached
its highest point the marks show
ing 40 feet, being about the same
as the flood of August, 1875. The
whole of the lower part of town,
from the Court House down, was
flooded and residents had to seek
their upper stories, or move to high
er ground. Very little damage has
been done besides theineonvenience
and expense of moving, aud the
suspension of business The Office
= of the REGlsIER was flooded Sun
day evening, and we had to move
to the second story of Mr.. John G.
Stortz's new brick, who kindly ten.
dered us the room, and from this
room the REGIsrER is issued this
week. 1t is published under great
difficulties, but we knew the people
would be looking for it, and we did
not want to disappoint. them. fit
is is not as full of locals as usual.
our readers will bear with us, and
attribute it to the high water, and
an indisposition to write and hunt
up news, under the circumstances. 4
We have not been so unfortunate
as we were in former floods. and
we lose nothing this time, because
we took the precaution to move our
Office in time.
Our people profiting by their ex-
perience "a, prepared for this wat
er and took precautions to save
their property. While there has
been some losses, it is small in COM
parison to what it might have been
had not these precautionary meas
ures been taken.
The Kanawha flooded the X. &
o. Railroad, and all trains have
been suspended since Saturday. 1t
is said that the road is badly DANA
ged by slides, &c. Fl
Trains on the on the Ohio River
Railroad continued to run all the
time, but were badly out of time.
Owing to the high water prevent
ing the larger steamers from pass
ing under the railroad bridge on the
Ohio, this place has been the head
of navigation for several days.
The postoffice was moved into
Hon. Jas. FL. COUGHS law office on
Sixth street
The Kanawha Lumber and Fur
niture Company got few inches on
the first floor of their buildings, but
they moved everything from these
floors, and their losses will be very
small. Their greatest inconven-
fence is the suspension of work at
the factory.
A good deal of damage and great
loss of property has resulted along
the Great Kanawha and its tributa-
ries. The timber men are heavy
losers.
Reports from above show that
Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Marietta,
Parkersburg, Pomeroy, and nearly
all the River towns have been hea-
Wy sufferers.
The Onward, Capt. Moore, de-
parted for Cincinnati, Friday, with
81 pieces, containing moro bushels
of coal than any tow boat ever took
out of the Kanawha in one trip.
Mr.. Walter D. Holmes, our pop
ular wharfmaster, is the guest of
Capt. Moore, on this trip of the
Onward.
Capt. NJ Frees, popular and
prominent steamboatman, from Lou
lisa, KY, was here last week, con
tracing with Messrs. Cole s. Heath
erington for the building of u boat
for the Big Sandy trade.
Capt. Geo. Bay was in town last
Friday.
Mr. Chas. Dashner, engineer on
the Bostona. stopped OF last week,
to visit his mother.
The Capitol City, the Gallipolis
and Charleston packet, ran into the
timber at Gallipolis Island, early
Friday morning.. breaking her
chimneys down andssdeipg' consid-
cradle damage to her cabin. She is
at Cole & Heatherington's docks for
repairs.
Col. John r Hill, of st. Adams,
has three ewes with eight lambs,
six out of the eight living.