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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

ARBUcKLE ITEMs.-Miss Martha
Couch, of South Side, left Monday
on an extended visit to Charleston.
Mrs. J.-T. Plunket and Miss Mag
gle Beard, left Friday for Poca.
Misses Laura Rowley and Carrie
Sullivan, of Leon, were the guest OF
Miss Maggie Beard several days
last week.
Misses Rhoda and Mary Long, OF
South Side, was here Tuesday.
Mr.. McCulloch and daughter, OF
your city, was visiting at Mr.. ]. ii.
Couch's, last week.
Rev. Fewgate and wife, of Seaflat,
spent last week at Charleston.
Rev. q. T. Scantling went to
Brighton, Saturday.
Misses Annie NJ. Holloway, Carrie
Day and Mr.. Mace Maupin spent
Sunday evening with Miss Louise
Bettinger.
Miss Fannie Maupin left Satur-
day to spend few days at Char
lesion.
Miss Louise Bettinger will close
her school at Fair View, Friday.
Mrs. ID. G. Hawk and Miss Lizzie
Porter, of Charleston, spent Satur-
day evening at Maupin's Station.
Mrs. G. w. Maupin was at your
city, Tuesday.
The people here were shocked to
hear of the sudden death of Mr.. G..
w. Spencer.
A certain gentleman here thinks
we mention some names too often.
Mr.. who-eyer-you-are, we don't care
a continental whether you read
what we write or not.
Children's day at Leon Baptist
Church was observed Sunday.
The funeral of Mrs. ]. A. Garner
will be preached at Warmers Chap
ell 4th Sunday in this month, by
Rev. Blagg, of Wolf Valley.
A wedding to report next week.
Mr.. John Armstrong was up in
Putnam last week, on business.
The present indications are that
the wheat harvest is near. Wheat
is looking well and promises fair
yield; oats will not be a half crop;
the hay crop will not be full one,
but since the rains the meadows
are looking much better.
There is an excellent prospect for
black berries and those kind enough
to raise them will no doubt be i'm
posed on by those who are too lazy
to raise them.
Miss Birdie Ewcrs returned to
her home at-Frazicr's Bottom, Sun
day.
Miss la Armstrong left Monday
for Charleston.
Mrs. James Hall and daughter.
Miss Ora, left for the Shenandoah
Valley, Va, Monday accompanied
by Miss Maud Frazier.
JEANE AND BESSIE.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

MARRrED.-In this place, June
10th, 1891, Mr.Joe Pullin, of Bright
on, to Miss Sarah McDermitt.
We wish the happy couple a
pleasant voyage through life.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24
FRIENDs And PATRONs.

Some time since | announced to
my friends and patrons my inten-
ton of leaving Point Pleasant, since
which time ! have located here in
the wholesale manufacturing of
clothing. have not, however,
severed my relation with the Point
Pleasant establishment, but will
conduct both branches of business
in such way to be better prepared
than ever to serve our customers, as
we shall manufacture for our Point
Pleasant trade what we know the
trade demands. In locating in
this city / do not sever the ties that
bound me socially and financially
with Point Pleasant but still feel
that our interests are identical
Twenty years ago cast my for
tunes with you, and that twenty
years has been one of happiness and
prosperity, and / came here with
the best of good feeling for the citi-
zens of Point Pleasant, as we'll as
the entire county. One and all
have treated me with universal
kindness and hospitality, which 1
shall never forget.
have witnessed the pros
perity of the town in tho past 20
years; have worked for its interests
as well as my own untiliI feel that
l am a part of the old town, and
wherever l may be Point Pleasant
will always claim large, warm
spot in my heart.
L do not feel, however, that 1
have gone from the town only in
such way that / can better further
its interests.
In the meantime, the firm of ].
Friedman & Co. will still be found
at the old stand with its two NAM
month stores, with Marcus Friedman,
the junior member of the firm, in
charge. A competent and obliging
force of clerks, ready and willing
as of old to serve their customers
and friends, and with larger and
better stock of goods ever before
shown in the city.
Thanking my friends for their
kindness to me, which 1 shall ever
appreciate, and trusting the same
kindly feeling may ever exist be-
tween the firm of j.. Friedman &
Co. and the good people of the en-
tire surrounding country and Point
Pleasant, shall always be your
friend and well wisher,
]. FRIEDMAN.
Baltimore, Md.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

Call on Yollert & Riedel before
their stock is picked over, for they
are selling goods very low.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

Rev. W. w. Royal viii give his
popular lecture on "China and
Chinese" on the 14th of July, at
Hooffs Opera House.
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OO7 Acres lying on the Kanawha
OOl River, miles above Point Pleas
ant, and close to K. & o. Railroad. One
OF the best farms in the Great Kanawha
Valley. Very easy terms.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

The tax on the 500 valuation in
Point Pleasant, is now 81.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

Bargains in Millinery at yolIert
and Riedel's.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

For Headaches, biliousness. consti-
patton, dizziness, sIeeplessness, the
blues. scrofula, the blood and ali skin
eruptions DIR. Fenner's Blood and Liver
Remedy and Nerve Tonic never fails.
E Harranted to satisfy or money refunded.
Gould Ibis be afforded il the Remedy
Gasn't certain? For sale by A. g. Van
wilder, Druggist.
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June "a, 1891.


RIVER News. Ben Wood
and Rosedale are on docks receiving
extensive repairs.
The Alarm is here to be docked
and receive a new shaft.
The Boaz sunk seven coal boats
and grounded four, Friday above
Shawneetown.
The Louisville canal has beer
blockaded the past week by the
Pittsburgh coal fleets, bound South
The Big Sandy is running from
Cincinnati to Louisville, as a daily
packet.
1t is thought the present rise will
let out all the coal loaded at Pitts.
burgh.
The Winifrede mines were ex.
pected to go to work Monday.
Mount Clare left for Cincinnati,
to do some harbor work.
The new John X. Speed, made a
trial trip Friday. She is said to be
the most complete boat ever built.
Capt. Henry Stone moved his
family to Manchester Sunday.
Capt. Horton is experimenting
the repairs on the Benwood.
The John d. Lewis will be paint
ed and fully repaired up for charter
to a Kanawha Coal Co.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

The Medical Association of Ma.
son county, held their annual meet.
ing at the Office of DIR. Barbee, this
city. Quite number of the Medi.
cal brethren were present and the
meeting was pleasant and interest.
ing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24
ExPIATED HIS CRIME.
Sim johnson Sufferers the Death Pen.
atty at Charleston, Friday.

sim johnson Sufferers the Death PEN
atty at Charleston, Friday.
Sim Johnson, the 16-year old col
ored boy who some months since
committed rape upon the person of
Alice Baily, a white girl, across the
river from Charleston, was hanged
Friday.
1t is estimated that fully 5000
people witnessed the execution. it
attracting the largest crowd that
ever was in Charleston.
The ordinance of Baptism was
administered by Rev. Father
Stenger, of the Catholic Church,
and to him Johnson expressed be-
lief that his sins had been forgiven.
1t was exactly IL o'clock Friday
morning when the party came
from the Jail, Johnson and Sheriff
Pickens in the lead, and mounted
the scaffold, followed by Rev. Faith
err Stenger, physicians and Sheriff S
deputies and other citizens. John
son walked with firm step, and
Immediately stepped upon the fatal
trap. Sheriff Pickens at once adj
justed the rope, drew down the
black cap, pulled the lever and Sim
Johnson shot downward through
the trap. All occurred in such a
short length of time that the spec
tators scarcely realized it, less than
five minutes having elapsed from the
time the party reached the scaffold
to the time the drop fell. He died
almost without a struggle from
strangulation, as his neck was not
broken, and was cut down Just ex-
actly 80 minutes later, the attend
ing physician having said that life
was extinct. The body was taken
in charge by an undertaken and
placed in handsome imitation
rosewood casket, with silver trim
mings, and was taken to the home
OF his mother, on Broad street
Funeral services were held at the
Catholic church Saturday morning
at 9 o'clock and the remains were that
afternoon laid to rest in the Catholic
cemetery.
This was the second legal execu-
ton that has taken place in Kan
awha county since the organization
of the state, the first having been
Felix Kampf, who died on the same
scaffold on March 9TH, 1890, for the
murder of his two children.
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Fairmont, w. Va.

v ne Board of Directors of West
virginia for the Worlds Fair have
secured headquarters in the city of
11,aarEersburg, and President, Hon
W. n. Chancellor is energeticaIly
preparing to make the State exhib.
1t a successful one. He speaks very
1avorably of the chance for a most
excellent showing at Chicago.
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Excursion to the Atlantic City via b.

For Thursday, July End, the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad an
nounces a popular excursion to
Atlantic City from points ON all
divisions of that system cast from
the Ohio River to Washington
Junction. Tickets will be valid for
return passage on any train until
July 11th inclusive. This will not
only afford an opportunity to spend
the Fourth of July at the seaside.
but the tickets permit the holders
to stop off on return journey at
Washington, to see the many won
derful sights of the magnificent
capitol city, to visit Nit. Vernon and
other points of interest near Wash
ington.
A trip to the Atlantic CITY via
the Picturesque B. & o." carries
with 1T the enjoyable feature of a
ride over the crest of the Allegha-
MES, along the panoramic shores of
Cheat river and through the historic
valley of the Potomic, a glance at
Washington, Baltimore and Phila-
delphia, and a journey across New
Jersey over the only double track
route to Atlantic City from Phila-
delphia. Passengers by day trains
can spend the night in Philadelphia
and take any regular train of the
Reading route the following day.
Friday July Bird, for the sea. Fare
for the round trip from Parkers-
burg, SO.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

RELIGIOUS MEETrNG.-Rev. j. M.
Evans, Evangelist, of Greenbrier
Presbytery, has during the past
week been preaching at the Flats
Church with great power and ac-
ceptableness. The congregations
are large, the interest is profound,
and many seem to be seriously con-
sidering their duty to obey the Sa-
viour's call. When the services
come to close there, Mr.. Evans is
expected to begin meeting at the
Presbyterian church in Point Pleas
ant. 1t IS thought that he will be-
gin next Sabbath. He will prove
especially interesting to young men.
J. A. Scorr.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

The F. S. G. will give a social
hop at Hoof's Opera House, this
Wednesday evening.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

A full line of Sailors, from 25c up,
just received at Vollert & Riedel's.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

PimpIes, BIZ
and Tan. A fen
DER the most stubb
smooth and white.
not a paint or powder
but a remedy to cure
all other Preparations. a
10 give satisfaction. AZ
ed for 90 cents. Prepa
roiedo. Ohio. G.
marehs-pd
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

THE AMBROSE DENNIS propertv.
i situated across the Ohio, opposite the
mouth OF the Kanawha River. This Is one
OF the most desirable Summer residences in
the Valley; the view up the Kanawha and
up and down the Ohio is beautiful; seven
room House; two cistefns; BarnIand out
ground; will be sold at a great bargain for
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24

wfite nearest agent Kanawha Short lin. IL 4
..o,oer, when contains general and vaIfIstie M
:, s 2, dssidine route esnser with Aesni
In FERRIS, moN5lnm.k
csa-. Manager q f~
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-11
COLUSA'S WRATH.
Fraud Alleged i'm the Creation
of Glenn County.

There was fiery debate in the Attorney
Generals office yesterday between lawyers
representing the Glenn County faction, who
are opposed to the creation Of the county
and wish it restored to its position as a por-
ton of Colusa, and those who wish to sink
or swim with Glenn as she has been made.
The parties of the first part brought with
them a complaint against the Supervisors of
the new county in which they allege that
the act creating Glenn County out of part
of Colusa is unconstitutional, because it
provided for the election of officers for the
new county before the people who were to
make the inhabitants had decided by their
votes whether Glenn should be created or
not. and because by the creation of the
new county Colusa was left without the
number of Supervisors required by the
County Government Act and has no power
to fill the vacancies.
The compliments also declare that the
election at which the creation of Glenn was
decided by popular vote was characterized
by open defiance of the law, and that no
less than 1872 fraudulent votes were cast.
For these reasons they ask the court to de-
clare the Glenn County act unconstitutional
and to declare the election of its officers null
and void.
The anti-divisionists urged the Attorney
General to allow their complaint to 60 be-
lore the Superior Court, and argued tiercely
for their cause, while the divlsionists on
the other side of the room looked scornfully
at them and filed in the breaks of their ar
gument with contemptuous remarks about
the purity and uprightness of certain dwell
ers in Colusa.
The Attorney General and his deputies
heard the arguments of Glenn and the re-
plies OF Colusa and took the matter under
adv iSement.
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CHINESE CERTIFICATES.
The County Clerk Entitled to Cost
Kecnrdinp Them

The County Clerk Entitled to Cost for
Recording Them.
AS published exclusively in THE CALL at
the time, County Clerk Blattner called on
the City Law Department few days ago
for advice in relation to the Chinese Ex-
clusion Act, passed by the late Legislature,
in which it is provided that the County
Clerk must record all certificates of resi-
denee issued to Chinese persons and keep a
full record of all such.
Mr.. Blattner read the act through and
through, read it backward, bottom side up
and between the lines in q vain attempt to
find a clause empowering him to charge a
Zee Tor such work and increase the force in
his Office. He finally asked for the City and
County Attorneys construction of the act,
whether or not he could charge fee, or in
crease the force of his Office, and what pro-
vision must be made for compensation.
Counselor burst replied yesterday that
while the act makes no express provision
for the County Clerks compensation, yet
II imposes upon him work that must be paid
for. and therefore by implication provides
for the cost. The amount to be exacted
sho uld be the reasonable cost of such re-
cording. Mr.. burst further states that in
his opinion the cost should be collected by
the Labor Commissioner and turned over to
the County Clerk
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-11
HIBERNATION.

How a German Carp Spent the Winter
in Cake of Ice.
We have heard of toads which have been
imprisoned in solid rock fur centuries. and
which were found alive when their abiding
place was cleft open. This reminds me of
things l have observed about certain fishes
in winter, which l think will be interesting
to young folks. A large number of fishes,
some living in deep ponds, brooks, or out
in silent hooks Of the sea, will remain for
four, five or even six months in the same
position without eating or SO much as NOV
ing FIN or tail.
the management of Mr.. Wimott, Superin-
tendent of Pisciculture for the Dominion of
Canada, at Newcastle, Ontario, | had many
opportunities to study certain fishes in win
ter, Tor they could be clearly seen through
the glass sides OF the tanks. In one tank,
about third of the way up from the bottom,
were half dozen German carp, ali facing
the direction from which the water flowed.
noticed their positions about Christmas,
saw them again in January, twice IN Febru-
airy and two or three times in March and in
all that time not one Of them had changed
IS position or moved a fin or tail. Mr.. Will
mott told Inc that this was quite usual among
these fishes. He permitted me to raise
the cover OF the tank and poke couple OF
them with my stick; each one made slow.
lazy movement and relapsed into stiffness.
just above the carp, in the same tank, was
an eel about three feet long. When l first
saw it in December it was curved like a per-
feet and all through the winter 1t pre-
served that shape without, so far as Mr..
Wllmott knew, once moving. This, | may
add, is how numerous kinds of fishes spend
the winter. So long as they remain per-
fectly Still there is no waste of animal It's
sue, and they do not need food. Put frog
into tank at the beginning of winter
then place small piece of wood in the tanks
the frog will get upon the wood, with his
eyes looking straight up, and never so much
as move until the weather begins to get
warm in the spring; he will then begin to
jump about and look for something to eat
But the strangest case of Information that
| know has been related to me by Dr. Fer
gus0n, the pathOlogist of New York Hos
pitalt In one of the small tanks belonging
to the hospital museum a carp of particu-
lar description had been placed. One very
cold night the water where the fish was
kept was frozen through and the fish i'm
bedded in it. The care-taker took the ice
from the vessel and placed il on top of an
ash-barrel where rubbish was put away
The cylinder of ice remained where 1t was
put for couple of months till the hot sun
one day melted it down to the place where
the fsh was frozen. Some attache of the
hospital then was surprised to notice a fish
wiggliug In piece of ice. The carp had
survived his Imprisonment, passed the Pc
riod of Information and resumed his old
actlyity.-Harper's Young People.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-11
SOMETHING TO LAUGH AT.
THE TALE OF A wAISTCoAT.
She shed tear upon his vest;
The effort made him vince;
The vest was made OF flannel, aud
He hasn't seen II since.


She shed a tear upon his vest;
The effort made him vince;
The vest was made OF hann ell aud
He hasn't seen II since.
-Clothier and Furnisher.
What you'd you do, John, if got up in
the middle of the night, rs some enthusiasts
do. to play the violin ?'' Il would get up
and play the hose."-Puck.
A Long Day-Mamma: Yes, Tommy:
the heavenly Sunday has no end. Tommy:
Then the angels can read the Sunday papers
before they get old. can't they?-N. Y.
Press.
Trip" was the word the country editor
wrote, bnt the intelligent compositor set it
up so that 1t read that Jones and his bride
passed through town on their wedding
grip yesterday. "-Ex.
An Unpopular Neighborhooi: First Do
mestic-Mrs. de Fashion, on the next block.
Is without girl again. L don't see why she
can't keep one more'n week. Second Do
mestic-The policeman on that beat don't
do nothln' but tend to duty.-N. Y. Weekly.
Extraordinary Luck: First Pickpocket-
Bill was over to Philadelphia the other day.
Second Plckpocket-Did he do any bust
nessP Got his hand into a bankers
pocket" "What luck did he have?" Fnst.
rate; got his hand back. Detroit Free
Press.
He slnged his eyebrows and his nose
This hero OF my rhyme.
Blew off q finger and two toes
A siSser spoiled his brand-new clothes,
The punk destroyed bis striped hose,
And yet In spite OF all his woes.
He had bully time.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Jinmie-Golng to have fireworks up at
your house? Tommy (blue as indgo)-Oh.
sorter! Pops kinder mean this year. Says
L can have SO to celebrate with, but I've
got to buy my own arnica out of it.
Harper's Bazaar.
Cutting Her Off-''Safeblnd is having the
telephone taken out of his house, 1 see."
Eyes. He is married again, YOU know"
What has that to do with having the tele-
phone taken out Of his house?" "Why, he
married the girl at the central telephone
station. IN. Y. Press.
Mrs. Bombazne-Mr. Gilhooly, you have
been engaged to my daughter Jane for more
than two years. Why do you not marry
her? Gilh0oly-My dear madam, that
would never do II would not be an easy
matter to find another such nice sweetheart
as Jane.-Texas Siftings.
Her Souvenir Spoons -"Della, saw Won
on the porch last night with Mr.. Twiddles
o. Boston and tonight you were walking on
the beach with Mr.. Bungle of Chicago.
trust you are not flirting, Della" mo.
mamma; am only making a collection OF
souvenir spoons. Detroit Free Press.
Almost Caught: Singleton-I asked Miss
Passe, point blank, her age last night. She
said she wouldn't tell me, but she would
write 1t on sheet of paper if I'd sign INV
name to 1t. Benedict-Well, what Is her
age? Il didn't find out. The paper she
produced was marriage license."-Ex.
You remember asking me to be your
wifep" ~ do" "And said | couldn't he
your wife, but | would be sister to you"
Yes" Il have reconsidered the matter
and am now willing to be your wife," s.Ex-
cnse me, but it's too late. The law wouldn't
allow it. A man can't marry his sister In
this couDtry."-N. Y. Press
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-11
A RUDE AWAKENING.
While Sleeping OF Debauch f. W. De-
voc Is Cut In the Neck.

While Sleeping OF Debauch f. W. De-
voc Is Cut In the Neck.
William Fitzgerald, gambler, and Z. W.
Devoe. mining man from Arizona, met in a
Bush-street saloon late Thursday. The
man from the land of cactus and rocks was
so pleased with the singing of this new
friend that both became hilariously drunk.
When Fitzgerald awoke early yesterday
morning he found himself in Devoe's room.
Then lie drew pocket-knife and slashed
Deyoe on the neck. Devoe ran into the
street shouting murder" and Officer Farrell
arrested the knife-wielder on charge of
assault with intent to commit murder.
Devoe had slight incision on the neck
treated at the Receiving Il hospital. He could
give no explanation OF the assault upon him.
After securing his release on bonds Ftz-
gerald said he had welded the knife because
he had become angered at a certain pro-
posal made by the Arizonian.
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PHYSICIANS.

The disease affected my eyes until I
was almost blind. am thankful to
cay that few bottles Of S. s. s.. cur
cd me entirely. My eyesight is COM
pletaly restored, and my general
health is better than 1t has been for
years" I
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