The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-31

Thursday.
Mrs. H. B. Asbury. OF Gallipolis. is
here on visit to her parents.
Miss Rebecca Barbee is visiting Miss
Lucy Sehsn, in Huntington.
A. Grimm, Esq. of Grimm's Landing.
was pleasant caller atthis Office Thurs
day.
Mr.. ]. W. Ish and wife, who moved
from here some time ago to Michigan,
have returned.
Miss Lulah Downtain, daughter of Ma.
jor and Mrs. J. G. Downtain, of Win
field, is now Secretary OF the Ladies'
Press Club, OF Cincinnati. an honorable
position which she fills with great credit:
On the first OF May her father and
mother celebrated the 18th anniversary
Of their marriage. on which occasion
Miss Downtain contributed a poem
showing that she possessed poetic talent
OF a high order.-Gallipolis Bulletin.
John G. stortz, Esq. has returned
from a visit to friends in Cincinnati.
Mr. and Mrs Andy Beard and chill
dren. of Memphis, Tenn, are here on a
visit to Mrs Boards parents, Capt. John
L. Charles and wife.
Griff. T. Smith, of Charleston, was
the guest OF his parents last Wednesday.
Capt. John L. Charles was in Cincin-
natl last week.
Mr.. Robert L. Hutchinson was in
Charleston last week on business.
Mrs. John R. selbe and Mrs. Jacob
scheivley, Jr.. are visiting relatives in
Kentucky.
Miss Fannie Steenbergen. of Gallipo-
lis Ferry, was the guest of friends here
last week.
The remains of r. w. Smith were
removed from Lone Oak Cemetery. by
o'Conner & Tippet, Undertakes. We'd
ne.day, and taken to Parkersburg
Thursday and reinterred in one of the
cemeteries at that place. Mr.. Smith
was the father of our townsman, Mr.. J..
b. Smith.
Mr.. Chas. Couch, of Charleston, was
in town Saturday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. C. X. Simpson,
Saturday, daughter.
Hon. and Mrs. James II. Couch, Jr.,
were visiting Mr.. COUGHS father, at
South Side, last week.
MIR. Claiming n. Smith, editor OF
Smiths Index, Parkersburg, was in town
several days last week, returning to his
home Monday. Mr.. Smith publishes a
bright and newsy monthly. and no
doubt the next issue will speak well of
our town and its people.
Mrs Geo. w. Tippett and daughter
in-law, Mrs. Jas. b. Tippett, of Point
Pleasant, W. Va. are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. s. d. Tippett. Mrs. Geo. w.
Tippett's husband is editor of the Point
Pleasant REeIsrER, one of the best and
incest printed papers that comes to our
exchange table.-Lockland to.) News.
Mr.. Simeon Young, who is one OF the
Superintendent of the Weston Asylum
for the Insane, arrived at his former
home in Mason City, Friday, with his
and wife children, on a visit to friends
Mrs. John w. Young has returned
from visit to friends at Logan Ohio,
and Mr.. Young from visit to friends
at Parkersburg.
Mr.. NJ. Friedman has returned from a
business trip to Baltimore,
Mr.. Lou Couch, of Washington, with
l,is friend Mr.. Cabel, of Charleston,
spent Sunday in this place.
Hon. II. ]. Greer who is candidate
for denomination by the Republican
convention for the House of Delegates,
was in our office Saturday. Mr.. Greer
is as strong man as the Republicans
have. but he ought not seek the nomi-
nation, for this is Democratic year in
Mason county, and two Democrats will
be elected to the Legislature.
Misses Amelia and Mollie Schwert-
ferger, of Wheeling. are the guests OF
Miss sallie Armstrong, OF the first ward.
Miss Kate Stribling and Misses Char
lotte and May McCulloch, left Monday
on visit to relatives at Hancock, nd.
Mr.. Tol. Stribling, Jr., accompanied
them as far as Parkersburg.
miSSeS ldtIc Dutier anu Josephine
Gallick, of Huntington, were the guests
of the Misses vollert, this city, last
week.
Hon. J. NJ. Rowan, Democratic candi-
for State Treasurer; Hon. Wm. Nc.
Corkle, Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor; Hon. r. S. Carr, and B. S. Nor
pan, State Superintendent of Free
Schools, were in town, Sunday.
YIN. stribling, Esq, of the Kanawha
Valley Bank, Charleston, was visiting
his father here Sunday.
Mrs. Geo w. NJ. Hooff has returned
from visit to Cincinnati.
Mrs. Peter Holloway and children are
visiting in Cincinnati, this week.
Rev. and Mrs. @. ]. Trippett returned
from the NJ. E. District Conference al
Ripley, Monday.
From the Boone Democrat we
learn that murder was committed
in that county on Sunday ed, in
which Joe Stollings while drunk
1 stabbed A Ito TaAeraxv 40 daatb