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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

: We direct attention to Tomlin-
sons new advertisement in this
issue. He has the finest hardware
store in the city, and just now he is
defying all competitors in prices.
He also manufactures Thomas pat.
Ont Iron and Steel Roofing, said to
be the best and cheapest roofing
ever used. Give him a call. The
Major is worthy of your confidence
and patronage.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

The immense Sunday issues OF
the Cincinnati Daily Enquirer and
Commercial Gazette get here now
on the evening of publication. The
best way to get n Sunday paper, Is
to leave your name and nickel at
VanGilder's and they will deliver
paper. If papers don't come on
Sunday, you can get your nickel
back on application.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

The business man who never ad-
vertises saves a great many expen-
ses. He saves clerks salaries and
needs but a small stock to supply
his customers. This makes insur-
ance and taxes a small expense
Only a small capital is required, and
small building is sufficient for the
proprietor and the spiders. The
money saved by not advertising will
come handy bearing funeral expen-
ses of a dead business.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

Black diphtheria has made its APP
pearance among the school children
of Pittsburg, and also at different
places in Ohio, nceessitating the
closing of the public schools. 1t is
very malignant, sometimes causing
death in few hours after an attack.
Bad sanitation is responsible in
part for the trouble. 1t would be
well if our people would place their
households in order,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

Most of our business men closed
up on Thanksgiving day; something
they never did before. And servi-
ces were held It most of the church
es, and Were pretty generally at
tended. Our foreman went up TO
Middleport to see his girl, and the
balance of our force went hunting.
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MASQUERADE BALL.-On Deeem-
Der 10th the Order of Gallilee Fish
ermen will give at Brights Hall, a
masquerade ball, oyster and pos
sum supper, Our colored friends
are putting forth their best efforts
and will make it a tony affair We
hope theysmay have good time
and that everything viii pass of
pleasantly. - ~
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HAND HURT.-Mr. Gus Hanley
while engaged in repairing barn
on his farm below Kanawha, last
week, was accidentally cut on the
back of his right hand by a Ratchet,
making painful and severe wound.
Gus has been unlucky here of late,
but he -.-ill= AAnaA- ont all right
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

Several business enterprises that
will be of vast benefit to the town, if
established, are on the tapis. Sue
cess to the enterprising men who
are trying to get them.
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Buy Your Holiday Goods n,
KIsarss.

Do you know that you can buy
the Same goods at the same prices,
aud in many classes at lower prices,
from A. F. Kisar than you can OF
the wholesale house of E. v. Rod
din &'Co., of Chicago, and save ex.
press. Bring Roddin's or any other
catalogue and try it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

County Court met in special ses-
sion Monday to qualify officers, and
to put in force the new road law
adopted by vote of the people OF
Clendenin district.
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Ifyou are going to buy a Christ
mas gift for your wife, sister, daugh-
ter, or sweetheart, you will find
them in abundance at Kisar's.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

AS nice display of silverware as
one would wish to look at, is at
Kisar's jewelry store.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

1t is few jewelry stores that has
as many nice goods as are found al
Kisar's.
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Just received at Huston & Sons a
choice lot of picture moulding.
Frames made to order on short
notice. = ~ -
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You won't have to discount yoL,
claim if you insure your property
with Tippett Bros.
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We took a peep in at Kisar's the
other day and were surprised at the
nice goods he has for the holidays.
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D1ED.-Novembcr Oath, 1890, at
her home in Leon, Mrs. Isabella
Ferguson, wife of VIM. Ferguson.
She was a most excellent woman
and will be sadly missed from the
community in which she lived.
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Do you want your property in
sured in first class companies2 If
so, call on Tippett Bros, general fire
insurance agents.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

OII PdIHIIHSS n AoUI WIIu . IHOH
frame, only $500 at Huston & Sons.
The oil we'll being drilled by the
Mason County Oil and Gas Co., near
Hartford City is now down eleven
hundred feet and will be pushed
rapidly downward. There is now
considerable oil in the well-it is
believed to be enough to pay for
pumping, the drill will be sent down
to the depth of 3,000feet after which
if no more is found, the pumps will
be started and the present supply
tested.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

BAD ROADS AGAIN. Once more
the cry bad, even impossible roads,
is heard in the land. 1t comes from
near by, Kentucky aud Ohio, and
from all over West Virginia. Coun-
try merchants send word that bust
ness is bad because the roads are
bad. Farmers cannot market their
products and arc short of money to
pay bills. In some localitiesit is even
difficult to push horses through the
heavy mud.
That this condition of affairs is a
tax on the producer and consumer
is so plain that the point need not
be argued. If any law making
body, from Congress down, were to
levy such tax, the whole country
would be up in arms. Yet the peo-
pie submit year after year to the tax
of bad roads as though there were
no more escape from bad roads than
from death.
Five times the cost of good roads
would be cheaper than the enorm-
Gus cost of bad roads. Some day
the people will realize the truth aud
then the good roads will come.
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Ann HURr.-Capt. Ed Malone,
section boss on the Ohio River Rail-
road, on last Saturday morning met
with a very painful accident. He
was up at the yard and while at
tempting to uneopple cars got his
arm caught between the bumbers,
bruising il very badly! luckily NO
bones wore hroken.0
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

A large number of moonshiners
are now quartered inthe Charleston
jail. % having been put In on laat
Saturday in one gang.
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FoR sALE.-A horse, buggy and
express. Inquire of w. ID. Holmes,
wharf-boat.
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Read Tomlinson's new advertise,
ment Of hardware this Yesko1I'
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A new postoffice has been estab-
lished in this county and named
otia, with G. l.. Wallace as post
master.
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vollert & Riedel's is the cheapest
place in town for millinery.


The shotgun and the bird dog
seem to have the call among the boys
at this time, aud one would mag
inc to hear the shooting going GU in
the neighborhood of town that the
democratsi were still celebrating
their November victory. The hunt
ing this season has been good and
birds abundant. The law which
now limits the period for bird shoot
ing from November LIST to Decemb-
er goth has done much TO increase
the game in this section.
yolIert & Riedel are the leading,
a well as the cheapest, milliners In
town. 80,
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Tippett Bros. are the leading Fire
Insurance Agents.
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FRUIT sFARMING.-A farmer who
has been engaged in fruit growing
for some time, said to us the other
day: "The climate of this county is
as we'll adopted to fruit farming as
any other product
ave can grow all ordinary fruits
in abundance, and the small fruits
are easy of cultivation. tits in this
latter that a splendid opportunity
offers the owners of small farms to
make money. There is nothing
that can be grown on the same
quantity of ground that is as profit.
able as small fruits. Strawberries.
raspberries, gooseberries, currants,
etc, produce large and profitable
crops wherever they are cultivated.
In order to make it pay on a large
scale the producer should not seek
to sell the fresh berries in season,
but can them for the winter market.
If the season prices justify, he can
sell, but if he is in a position to
choose between the summer and
winter markets he will seldom fail
to make it profitable.
The absence of a home market,
and the lack of facilities for reach
ing foreign market nave hereto
fore discouraged our farmers from
cultivating fruits, but now that the
opportunities and conditions have
changed there is a fine chance for
some owners of small tracts of land
to make them profitable in this
way
We want to say to our readers
that Mr. Kisar, the jeweler, has as
fine a stock of good for the holi-
days as can be found in any of the
cities.
There has been a good deal said
in recent years about improving
North Wand street. A pavement
has been ordered periodically, along
ats entire length, and at last the
curbing has been put down, but no
fill or even pavement is made. The
street was also to be graded aud
macadamized or bricked, bit is not
done. We are not right certain but
at each succeeding session of the
council the same order is solemnly
passed, and as solemnly entered on
the record book, and even more SOL
EMMY served on the lot owners
who have moro bricks in their hats
every day than they have on their
sidewalks, and they are all sober
men, too. May be the town council
is having a heap of fun with Wand
street, but it isn't laying much
pavement.
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FoUND DEAD.-CIarles Carroll,
an old veteran Of the Union army,
was found dead in his bed at his
home in Fair Haven, Ohio, opposite
this city, Thanksgiving morning.
He is supposed to have died of heart
disease. He leaves several daugh.
tiers and many relatives to mourn
his death. He was u gallant soldier
in the late war, aud at the time of
his death was drawing good PEN
sion. sE
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MERCER DOrTOM.-JuuSe moore
spent several days in your city last
week transacting business.
Col. e. T. Beale has returned from
the mountains.
Miss Fannie Vanmetre, of Ken
lucky, who has been the guest OF
her sister, Mrs. ]. w. Steenbergen,
for several months, has returned
home.
Mr.. James NJ. 81. Beale returned
Monday from a visit to Charleston.
Mr.. Charles Lewis, of that place,
accompanied him home.
Mr.. John Porter spent Saturday
in Gallipolis.
Messrs. Hill Steen and o. F. Her
bert, of Wheeling, made a flying
businessCC trip to this vicinity last
week.
Misses frankie and Lizzie Moore
have returned from visit to Gal
lipolis.
: Miss Fannie Beale and niece,
Miss vausie, were in your city last
Thursday.
Measles are quite prevalent in
this vicinity, and great deal OF
sickness. nCrab Creek Academy
has been discontinued for a while
owing to the illness of the efficient
master, Mr.. Barney Feathers.
IvANHoE.
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A full line of corsets and fancy
goods at yollcrt & Riedel's,
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Insure your property with TIP
petit Bros.
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l.. F. CAMPBELL, NJ. d.

c. w. Maupin, of Maupin's Sta
ton, is in New York and Philadel
ph:a buying his fall and winter
stock for both his stores at Arbuckle
and South Side. He also handles
the PhiIadelphia Improved High
Arm Singer Sewing Machine, and
sells for onehalf the price that they
are sold here in the county.
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their county paper2 is question
that is often asked, and to which
the answer is of special interest u
publishers and advertisers. Tha,
the great dailies are read is true
but that they are not read in the
sense in which the county newspa.
per is read is equally true.
Recently 1 spent few days in
one of the back districts of Mason
county where business detained me.
AT the house of the farmer 1 learned
that some one of the family must
go to she post Office on Wednesday
for that is "REeIsTER day" The
paper comes and there is a contest
among the members of the family
as to who shall read it first. From
one to another it is passed until il
is read and re-read. The writer
himself accustomed to peruse each
evening the dailies and great week
lies, read that copy of the REGISTER
inside and outside, and lastly the
Observation-Disclosures every one
of them.
So it is; the county paper which
by the towns-people is hurriedly
scanned, is carefully read in the
country home, and if any one sup
poses that an item or advertisement
even in the most obscure corner of
the paper is not read, he is greatly
mistaken, for in all the rural regions
of this county there is nothing so
thoroughly read as the county
newspaper. The morning / left 1
heard a member of the family say,
ave get the REGISTER to-day"
When / have an advertisement to
send to the people, I'll pay for in
sorting it in a dozen weekly coun-
ty papers rather than one metro
politan journal. SoJouRNER.
Go to Huston & Son for holiday
goods. The largest and cheapest
line in Point Pleasant.
A CARD-To the people of Point
Peasant and vicinity: At the earn
est solicitation of many persons. and
upon mature consideration, 1 have
determined to change my location
from my present residence to one
in the Pleasant Flats, formerly oc.
cupied by Joseph III. Windon, Esq,
where, l shall continue in the dis
charge of my professional duties;
and that in taking leave of my nu-
merous and highly esteemed friends
in Point Pleasant and vicinity, /
hereby tender them my most CRATE
full Acknowledgements in return for
the confidence and favors so cheer
fully extended by them, in the past,
to me; and 1 will here add, that
will not be so far distant from them,
that my situation will not enable
me to respond to any calls, whether
professional or personal, which they
may feel inclined hereafter to make
upon me. Indeed, any rememb-
rance in which you may hold me,
either in or out of the line of my
profession, will be highly apprecia-
ted by yonrs sincerely.
l.. F. CAMPBELL, NJ. ID.
C. W. Maupin, of Maupin's Sta
ton, is in New York and Philadel
ph:a buying his fall and winter
stock for both his stores at Arbuckle
and South Side. He also handles
the Philadelphia Improved High
Arm Singer Sewing Machine, and
sells for one-half the price that they
are sold here in the county.
MERGERS BorroM.-Judge Moore
spent several days in your city last
week transacting business.
Col. e. T. Beale has returned from
the mountains.
Miss Fannie Vanmetre, of Ken
lucky, who has been the guest of
her sister, Mrs. ]. w. Steenbergen,
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Tippett Bros, agents for.oId North
America, Agricultural Hamburg.
Bremen andsthe Knoxville Fire IN
surance Company.
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- DeN ionuS 40 thouSu SboTc were
no more escape from bad roads than
from death.
Five times the cost of good roads
would be cheaper than the enorm-
Gus cost of bad roads. Some day
the people will realize the truth aud
then the good roads will come.
ARBUcKLE ITEMs.-Mr. J. w
Long, of South Side, has returned
from business trip to Indiana.
Miss Bette johnson left for her
home at Buffalo Wednesday.
Miss Nora Lanham, of Pliney
spent last week with her sister, Mrs
w. NJ. Dunn.
Misses liza Armstrong and Fannie
Maupin, and Messrs. Bob and Will
Armstrong, attended the dance in
your city.
Hon. Jabez Beard and wife, and
Misses Maggie and Eva, left Satur-
day for your city.
j. ii. Long was on our streets
last week.
Oar genial friend Ed. Brown has
returned TO Maupin's Station, and
is holding the key down at present.
Mr.. S. b. Stephens has returned
to our burg again. 5ilas
G. P. IL. Maupin is quite sick with
the measles.
Mrs. J. b. Mahon, of Middleport,
spent last week with her daughter,
Mrs. g. r. Maupin, at South Side.
The grist mill at South Side is
grinding two days in the week.
Mr.. J. w. Harvey left Saturday
for Cox's Landing. s.s-.
} We were pleased to see Mr.. J. II.
Couch, Sr., Saturday. Z,
The Harmony church is being
covered this week with steel.
Mr.. Henry Poffcnbarger was here
last week.
Mr.. z. b. Buxton has his new
house about completed.
PAULINE.
RIVER NEws.-A steamboat war
is being begun between the Pitts
burg and Cincinnati, and the Park
ersburg and Wheeling, packets
1t has decreased passenger and
freight rates between Parkersburg
and Pittsburg.
Congo is the name of the now
steamer in the Pittsburg and Gin
cinnati trade. She is owned by the
Keystone State Company, and will
leave Pittsburg Sunday evening.
The same company is building an.
other boat which will be called the
lingo.
M. B. Nelson, inspector of bulls
ut Gallipolis, has been removed for
alleged offensive craftsmanship, and
Ira Huntington appointed to the.
place.
The steamer Hibernia reported
to have sunk in the Yazoo river has
never been on that stream, and is
lying at Vicksburg.
The secretary of the navy has de.
cided to name one of the new war
ships being built Louisville"
Charles Day will be the steward
of the new steamer Henry NJ. Stan
ley.
A SAD SToRY.-Some of the rousta-
bouts on the "Lizzie Bay" came MP
to this city Saturday night and
drank freely OF poor Parkersburg
whisky. 1t had a very depressing
effect on one of them and made him
think of home. Everything he saw
reminded him of his bunk on the
boat. When he got as far as the
Buckingham on his way to the boat
he espied a hole that leads under
the hotel. In this hole there was
considerable water. Mr. Rouster
imagined this was part ofthe boat,
he insisted on crawling in and go,
ing to bed. He struck the water
and at once thought the boat was
sinking. He became frantic and
commenced yelling, give me n
rope, give me rope;s this boat is
sinkingr He was finally pulled
out of the hole almost drowned
State Journal - . :
esse
The Ark broke her shaft and the
'lHt. Clare took her tow to Pittsburg.
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All persons who have significd
their willingness tojoinithe hook and
ladder company and all Others who
may desire TO do 50. are requested
to meet at the Council Chamber on
this Wednesday evening to effect
an organization. KTTe 90
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; = ,
SUPREME CouRr.-The Supreme
Court handed down its opinions on
Friday last, among them are the
following Mason county cases:
= Batterell VS.. The Ohio River Rail
road Company, opinionby Brannon;
Judgment of circuit court affirmed;
Judge English dissenting. eis'
Clark vs.. The Ohio. River Rail
road Company; opinion by Lucas;
Judgment of cireuitg court reversed,
demurrer oyerriiled and case rem
anded.
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Don't forget our advertisers when
out looking up Christmas goods
Messrs. Friedman 4 Co. have q
very large stock of such goods, and
more, they will sell them to you a
great deal cheaperthan you can get
them anywhere else. Besides they
have fine stock of dress goods, and
the incest lot of ladies' fine, shoes TO
be found in the city. Give them a
call,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-03

Oil paintings 24x3O, with z inch
frame, only $500 at Huston & Sons.
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We want to say to our readers
that Mr. Kisar, the jeweler, has as
fine stock of good for the holt
days as can be found in any of the
cities.
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Go to Huston & Son for holiday
goods. The largest and cheapest
line in Point Pleasant.
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SUBscRIrrloN BALL.-The societ

SUBSCRIPTION BALL.-The society
gentlemen of this city gave a mag
nifcent ball at Hooff- Opera House
on Thanksgiving eve, Wednesday
evening of lastyeek. Aboutseyenty-
five couples participated in the en-
joymcnt of dancing and the evening
gIided by with lightning rapidity.
This ball has been the State topic
Of conversation among society cir
cles for the past month and no
wonder great preparations were
made, for it was quietly noised
around two or three weeks ago that
the ladies and gentlemen would be
expected to appear in "full, dress"
This they did, almost without a
single exception, and to say they
looked charming would not half cx-
press the ecstatic delight that filed
the souls of the spectators as they
glanced down through the halt at
the masculine and feminine genders
u. ~
engaged in the dizzy and enchant-
ing waltz. Quite a good many
were in attendance from Hunting
ton, Middleport, Charleston, and
other places, and they were all loud
in their praises for the courteous
treatment they had received at the
bands of the committe. An ele-
CANT supper was served at the Stortz
House at IL O'Clock, after which
dancing was continued till morning.
This place seems to enjoy the repul
tation of giving the incest balls and
having the best dancers ofany town
of its size in the State, and those
from a distance who once attend
ball here never fail to return.
Music was furnished by LeRoy,s
Italian Orchestra of Portsmouth.
We think from the various compli-
ments that have been passed upon
the management Of the 'ssweil ball.
that the committeemen should feelI
very proud of the success that has
crowned the efforts of each in their
endeavors to Guido any previous
attempt inthis direction. iWe)tr1stl
this is only the beginning of the
many nice dances that will be given
here this season.
y
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o. b. HARPER