The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-02-12

Mrs. G. w. NJ. Hooff has been
quite sick for the past week, but is
now improving.
Mr.. Will @. Stortz has gone to
Liverpool, Ohio, where he has secu-
red a lucrative situation.
Jas. w. Long, Esq, of South
Side, was a welcome caller ut our
Office, Friday.
Mr.. Ed Somerville, of the Flats
has gone into Mr.. A. C. Van Gill
der's Drug Store, to study Phar-
macy.
DIR. F. S. Baker, of Hartmansville,
this State, is contemplating loca-
ting in our town.
Mrs. Ada Fish, of Salem, Ind is
here on visit to her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Enos Smith.
Mr.. Frank Stortz has returned
from Poughkeepsie, n. Y, where
he has been attending Commercial
College.
Capt. JAS. b. Morgan, of Grimms'
Landing, was caller at this office
during the week.
Capt. John X. Thompson, of
Raymond City, was in town last
week, visiting friends.
DIR. Barbee is still confined to his
room by la grippe.
Chas. Clifton, Esq, of Hartford
City, was pleasant caller at our
Office, Monday.
Hon. ALI. Caldwell, Attorney
General of this State, was in the
city, Monday.
John Bechtel, of Elwell, was an
agreeable caller, Monday. We are
glad to know that he has fully re-
covered from the la grippe, and his
good wife, also.
Hon. Eustace Gibson, of Hunting
ton, and Asbury Parsons, of Jack
son county, are among the promi-
nent Attorneys attending our court.
| Prof. +. I'll. Craigo, of Wheeling,
will he here Saturday to address a
meeting to be held in Odd Fellow 5
Hall. 1t will be meeting of great
interest to all, and our citizens are
especially invited to be present.
Mr.. Jesse Allen has moved to
Pomeroy for permanent residence.
Capt. Billy Wilson, of Charleston,
is here on visit to his parents.
RIVER NEws.-Messrs. Pete and
Henry Holloway, spent Saturday
in town.
The steamer W. N. Chancellor is
running in place of the Bostona in
the Cincinnati and Pomeroy trade.
The Bostona has gone South.
Capt. VIM. Bay spent Saturday,
in town.
Capt. Aaron Williamson was visi-
ting friends in Meigs county, Ohio,
last week.
Capt. Dick Ford, Mate on the Ida
Budd. is laid up with the grip, at
Charleston.
The Abe Mcdonald arrived from
Cincinnati, Friday.
The VIM. Ernst arrived from the
mines Sunday with tow and re-
turned with empties.
The Ida Budd, Capt. Woodland,
came out of Kanawha Sunday, and
returned with empties.
The Onward, Capt. Moore, de-
parted for Cincinnati, Tuesday.
The Ben Wood, arrived from be-
low, Saturday.
The Wheeling Register says: W.
81. Brown Sons, of Pittsburgh, are
building large steel hull tow boat,
and it is expected she will be the
finest boat ever launched in Pitts
burgh waters. She will be $50 feet
long, % feet beam and
80 feet over all width. The boat
has three fore and aft bulkheads,
and FIVE cross bulkheads, which
divide the hull into twenty-five
water tight compartments. Should
one of these be perforated in any
way the boat would not sink, as
they do not communicate. She will
have one balance rudder and two
wing rudders. The stocks form q
new departure in ship building.
They do not consist of riveted iron,
but IA inch tubing The plating is
all of steel, varying in thickness
from one-half inch on the forward
part to one-fouth inch on the after
part. The deck is of steel, three
sixteenths of an inch thick, riveted,
calked and made water-tight in the
same manner as the side plate.
The boat will be named John Penny
No. 2.
w. III. Hall, the we'll known pilot,
has takan tho nlana of Ar,oc nav;s