The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-20
Personal Mention.

she will remain until next Spring.
Miss Elizabeth Chairman, who has
been here ON a visit to her sister. Mrs.
Rev. r. U. Brooking, returned oher
home at Atlanta, Ca. yesterday.
DR.. Hugh Barbee has me home
from University of Pennsylvania. to.
spend his holiday vacation with his par
ents.
Quite number of Galiipolis people
attended the concert Friday.
Mr.. d. f. Bryan and wife, OF G llipo-.
lis. were visiting II e Us in this place,
last week.
Miss Hattie Parsons has returned
from visit to the family of Mr.. A.G-I
stagg, at Pomeroy, o.
Miss Emma Stage and brother, Willie,
OF Pomeroy, are here on visit to their
grandparents, Capt. and Mrs. Parsons.
Mcssrs John Moore and Cora Hoggi
are home from the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, at Baltimore, 10 spend
the holidays with their parents.
Col. IL E. spilman and o. a. Roush.
Esq, of spilman, were pleasant callers
at our office Monday.
BIB. Norton spent Sunday in Gallipo-
lis, visiting relatives.
Hon. A. d. Garden, OF Wheeling. was
a distinguished visitor to our town one
day last week.
L. B. vinson, deputy U. S. Marshal.
was in town one day last week with
U. S prisoner taking him to Mounds
vile penitentiary.
Hon. Geo. w. Atkinson and Mr. Ed.
Robinson, of Wheeling, and number
of Moundsville gentlemen were in town
Sunday en- route to Charleston
Henry Gwinn, Esq of G'enwooi I,
was in to see us few days ago and re-
newed his subscription to the REGTsrER.
He is one of the solid Democrats OF the
lower part of the county.
Mr.. E. B. Clark has accepted the pc
sition of book-keeper at Lock IL.
Capt. j. t. johnson, of AIoundsSille.
was guest of his friend, MIR. Sim.
Hannigan. a day or two last week.
We had pleasant business call from
Mr.. w. j. Brown, of Leon, Tuesday.
Mr.. II. G. Combs. Nat P. o., this
county. was pleasant caller at our
office yesterday, and ordered the REG
IsrER sent to his address for year.
Mr.. Jack Denton. formerly of this
E,,G Il Il :
ON visit to relatives and frien Is.
Hon. Jas. Capehart is home from
Westinghouse spend The holiday rece. s
with his family.
D. w. Whaley, is here from Wash
ington to visit his parents.
TnE sIcK.-Dr Mossman is confined
u his home by bad attack of tr:p.
Hon. w. II. Tomlfnson is also down
with the grip.
Mr.. 1. Curry, who has been seriously
i'll with the grip, is getting better.
Mr.. ]. B. Schuler, who had very bad
attack of the grip, will soon be out
again.
Mrs VIM. Risk, who has been serious
" ill for some weeks, is now improving
Capt. and Mrs. John A. Arm strong,
ST., and Miss Ida Armstrong, are sick
with the grip.
Mrs. Harvey Yonker is very ill with
pneumonia.
Bmrns.-To Capt. c. R. Kreig and
wife. Dec. 10, a boy.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Eads. above ex-
tension, Dec. 18th, a % lib. girl.
To SIR. and Mrs. Samuel Fowler, on
G. sehon's farm, Dec. 14th, a girl.
The following is the law in re
gard to hotel beating: avery
person who shall at any hotel, inn
or boarding house receive or caus.
to be furnished any food or accom-
modations, with intent to defraud
the owner or proprietor of such
hotel, inn or boarding house, ont of
the value or price Of said food or
Accommodations, any person who
shall obtain credit at any hotel, inn
or boarding house by the use of any
false pretense or Device, or by de
posting at such hotel, inn or board
ing house any baggage or property
of the value less than the amount of
such, credit, or of the bill by such
person incurred with such fraudu
lent intent, or any person who after
obtaining credit or accommodation at
any hotel, inn or boarding house and
shall abscond from such hotel, inn o .
boarding house and shall serrepti-
tiously remove his property or
baggage therefrom shall upon con-
viction be adjudged guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punished
by imprisonment in the county Jail
for a term not more than six
months.-[West Va. Code"
About half the diseases of this
generation are due to idleness.
This being true, it may readily be
seen why it is sometimes said that