The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-02

PERsoNAL.Miss May Franklin,
of Parkersbnrg, who has been here
ON a visit to relatives. returned to
her home Friday
Mr.. Crit. T. Smith was a visitor
to Charleston last week.
Mr.. Lew. English. of the State
Auditors Office, spent Sunday with
i, his parents in this city.
Mr.. Thos. Fields and wife, of
Charleston, arc visiting friends in
this place.
We.had pleasant business call
from Messrs. w. G. Whitehead and
~. R. Vest, of Bigsteen, Monday.
| Judge R. F. Fleming, of Ravens
wood, is in attendance upon the
circuit court.
Hon. James H. Couch, Jr., came
down Monday from Charleston to
attend court.
Hon. John U. Myers, of Mason,
is here attending court.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Sterling have
returned from trip through Ohio
Mr.. VIM. Seamans. of Hartford,
paid us pleasant visit Monday.
Jerome II. Bowyer, Esq, of Win
field, was the guest of Mr.. c. C.
Bowyer, several days last week.
The many friends of Mrs. John
G. Stortz will regret to learn that
she is seriously ill.
Rev. W. E. 1. d'Argent, George
Potfenbarger, VIM. Chambers, Jos.
II. Holloway, c. NJ. Whaley and
Billy Arthurs attended the Odd
Fellows celebration at Ironton, o.,
last Wednesday.
The last session of the Legislature
passed an act making it an offense
punishable by fine and imprison-
ment for any person to enter on the
enclosed lands of another without
consent of the owner, and doing any
damage or injuring any fence by
pulling it down in whole or in part
or by opening or leaving open any
gates or draw bars, or by passing
through the lands or lots of another.
Any person guilty of any of these
offences may be fined not less than
five dollars nor more than one hun
dred dollars, and in default of the
fine may be committed to Jail for
not less than FIVE days, and as much
longer as the court may fix. This
act was passed February 16, 1893.
In addition to this, the person guilty
may be required by the owner to
pay damages. This is an important
act to the farmers ond those owning
enclosed property in the suburbs.
No waiting now at Steinbach's
barber shop "until your limbs grow
old and your hair turns gray" He
is ably assisted.
A Manufacturing thunder
storm, Saturday, the house of Mr..
Jerry Slack, on Pond Gut, in Ar
buckle district, was struck by light
ming. The members of the family,
seven in number, were shocked and
knocked down by the bolt, and a
young man, Jerry Slack, Jr, was
badly burned by the lightning,
burning his clothes and passing
down one leg to his shoe which it
split and tore off. How he escaped
instant death is miracle. Mrs.
Slack had all her clothes burned off
but escaped with slight injuries.
SHOULD BE ABATED.-The town
council should lose no time in abat-
ing several nuisances that are daily
going on in town. The first is the,
practice the boys have of using rub
Der sings and Flobert rifles, with
which they are killing many of the
birds, breaking windows, &c; next,
the playing of bail on our streets;
next, the running of push wagons
on our sidewalks; and last, but not
least, is the continual scuffiing of
boys and men on our public streets;
this latter to the great inconven-
fence of pedestrians.
The scarcity of money here now
is the most serious drawback to
business activity. In large num-
Der of instances people are prevent
ed from building because it seems