The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-12

ander' farm, Just above Manpin :,
has raised and garnered this year,
ono of the finest crops of wheat,
of the Fulcaster variety, ever raised
in that part of the county, and will
have about 1900 bushels from C5
acres.
Mr.. Geo. Il. sebrell, of Grimm's
Landing, has Just threshold his
wheat gathered from so acres, and
will have some 1000 or 1900 bushels.
As farmer, he is success.
Hon. Eph. w Brown of Ravens
wood, accompanied by his two
daughters Misses Ethel and Nellie,
spent Saturday IN town.
We tender our congratulations to
Mr.. Jacob scheively, Jr., because of
tho arrival of Il young Democrat ut
his home, last week.
The jackson Herald OF last week
contuins the following mention OF
some of our citizens:
Eek Congressman Hogg, james
III. Couch, Jr, Col Tomlinson and
John y. Gibbons, all of Point Pleas
ant, were on deck. Mr.. Hogg has
been among our people so frequently
and SO long that he seems almost
Hike Il jackson countian. His beard
has begun tostreak with gray, but
he says he feels younger than ever.
He has strong hopes that Governor
Campbell will be re elected and
thinks such result would make
Campbell the next Presidcnt-and.
Mr.. Hogg u. s. District Attorney
for this State. Mr. Conch is not
only ono ofthe Points good lawyers,
but in easy circumstances and one
of the most Independent men in the
world. He used to be the Mason
lawyer for the o. r., but the com
pany displeased him about some
thing and he told the President to
go to hi. Col. Tomlinson practic-
ed here about the close of the war.
but hasn't been here much of late,
He is now quite an old man and is
pretty well of Col. Gibbons has
been more of politician than II
lawyer. lie is said to be the politi.
cal editor of the State Gazette. For
Il number of years he had u Mason
county paper of his own, had two
there awhile and then quit the
business for the law, profession in
which he had been engaged before,
we learn from a card found in an
old copy of the Charleston Journal.
He has grown white, but has ap
parently lost none of his pristine
vigor.
Il: a. Holly, Esq, of Bryan, was
Il pleasant caller ut the REGISTER
Office Monday, and left subscrip-
ton for year.
Cadet VIM. Stccnbergen, of Gal
lipolis Ferry, was the guest of Cadet
Chas Lewis, last week.
The Misses Worl, handsomely en-
tertained number of their young
friends last Tuesday evening. Dane
ing was the pleasure OF the evening.
AT II o'clock splendid supper was
served.
Prof c. e. Young and Miss Min
mic Young, of Lcwisburg, are the
guests of f. L. Neale, Esq, of Ben.
Lomond.
Dir. Robt. Hogg, of Elk Horn, is
here on Il visit to his parents.
Misses Mary and Nellie Couch,
have returned from weeks visit
to the Misses Hanley, of Apple
Grove.
Mr.. Al. Stage, who is employed
in Pomeroy, Ohio, is here on II visit
to his family.
DR.. l.. V. Guthrie has been APP
pointed to the Board of Pension Ex
aminers for this place.. in place of
DR.. Chas. Cherrington, deceased.
We congratulate our young friend
upon his appointment, and his as
sociates will find him a worthy ac-
QUESTION to their Board.
III W. -. CCh, VI w lnUSlu,
for some years agent and operator
at Plymouth, and one ofthe clerks in
the company store at that place,
is here trying his hand helping at
Van elders drug store.
Last week the Centeral. Normal
School, Pleasureville, Kentucky,
conferred upon Hon. L. c.. Atkeson,
President of the State Board of Ar-
riculture for West Virginia, the
distinguished title of Bachelor of
Philosophy, This celebrated school
never strikes but what il hits one
altogether worthy of its honor. On
Wednesday OF last week Mr.. Alike
son was elected Professor of Agri-
culture in the State University.
Morgantown.-Centerm Methodist.
Rev. J. Wesley Webb, D. d. has
been appointed by the p. E. to
Hartford City Charge for the re-
mainder of the Conference year, in
place of Rev. E. II. Driven, resigned.
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