The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-01
Miss Ella Van Matre of the Flats

niioo Siid Ill 1dtrc Oi inc lats,
is visiting friends in this city.
James t. womclrdoff, of Buffalo,
was in town, Monday.
Geo. Newton, of Hartford City,
was visitor to our town, Monday.
We were pleased to meet in town
the other day the following party
of our Wheeling and Benwood Ger
man friends, who spent the day in
our city, namely: Messrs. d. Brown,
e. Romer, Henry Korner, John
Schneider, Conrad Shambre, Chas.
Goschtruth and w. F. Groebe, of
Wheeling; Chas. seabright, Chas.
Leak and Ed. holland, of Benwood.
VIM. Cain, Esq, staunch yeo-
man of Deer Lick, was mixing with
his many friends in this city, Mon
day.
Capt. W. II. Morley, superinten-
dent of the County Infirmary, was
among his numerous friends in this
city, Monday. His popularity-is
never on the wane.
Rev. YanHorn, formerly of RAJ
cine, Ohio, passed through town
Monday, on his way to Pomeroy.-
He is well known as a prominent
Baptist divine.
w. E. Beller, Esq, was presented
on Monday with several bottles of
native wine, made by his friend,
MIR. Friese, of Cooper District.
We had a call from G. w. Lewis,
of Gallipolis, former Mason county
boy. one day last week. He in
formed US that he had purchased
from A. p. Menager his peddling
wagon and would soon be on
his rounds in the lower end of
the county. We wish him success.
Mrs. Evaline Eastman is seriously
ill with la grippe.
Joe Crowley, of MERGERS Bottom,
is attending the public High School,
in this city.
DR.. A. r. Barbee is threatened
with la grippe.
Mrs. Mary Rodgers, of Gallipolis,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. III. r.
Howard, this city.
Boy DRowNED.--We find the
following distressing account of the
drowning of Samuel Mari, at Lc-
tart, on the 18th ult., in the Pome-
roy Telegraph: "Last Tuesday
morning three brothers named
Thomas, Charles and Samuel Mari,
of Letart, w. Va, floated raft of
hewed timber from their homo and
landed it Wednesday at or ne: the
German Furnace. In some way
the raft broke away from them and
fioatcd here Wednesday evening,
part of it getting in ahead of the
barges moorcd at the boatyard,
while part of it went on down the
river. The young men following
sold what was i'm front OF the barges
to the rolling mill, and early Thurs
day morning the timbers where
taken to the mill landing by the
men. They received their money
a few minutes before 9 o'clock and
reaching their skiff, started down
the river to hunt up the other
pieces of timber which had fioated
away. 1t seems they did not think
of the fleet of barges until they were
nearly upon them, when they
began pulling out toward the middle
of the river. But it was too late,
for the fatal current, which very
similarly drew under the boat of
Christian Seyfried in the flood of
So, caught their skiff and all three
were thrown under the barges.
Thomas and Charles who are men,
came up Immediately at the side of
the barges, and tho latter was soon
afterward thrown a line and drawn
from the river by Michael Woode,
Joe Gandee and Fritz Nassau.
Thomas swan until opposite the
Episcopal Church, where he sue.
ceeded in reaching shore. Samuel,
aged 16, the youngest of the trio.
however, was never seen after going
under the water. Thomas and
Charles, thoroughly chilled by the
icy water and cool atmosphere,
struggled back TO the Horton black
smith shop, where good fire was
burning, and where, after a change
of clothing and overcoats, kindly
furnished by George Bauer and
John Kasper, was given the two
men, they remained until thorough
~ warmed: As would be very nat
ural, the brothers was deadly
affected by the drowning of their
brother. This, the fright and ex,
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