The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-06-28
The following is copy of a notice
of picnic to be held on Salt creek,
July 4th:
Notice.

of picnic to be held on Salt creek,
July 4th:
Notice.
july the 4th 1893
their Will Be picnic on salt
Creek mare B g COOLERS thare Will
be a fiat form Dance and CyrCel
Swing and refreshments for the
peaple Come one and oil their Will
Be guide SpaKers from pint PLEASANT
on hand
Official returns of the Chinese
registration under the Gcary Act
shows that out of 10000 China
men in the United States only 49,
179 have registered. The whole
number of Chinese in West Virginia
is not given, but 26 registrations
are credited to this State.
Go to Biggs & Blattnerfor Buggies
and Carriages, Pomeroy, Ohio.
Messrs. G. A Carls Sons, of Garlic
ton, Gallia county, o., extensive coal
miners and dealers, made an assign
ment for the benefit of creditors,
last Monday morning, to II. C.,
Johnston, attorney at law. The
firm was we'll and favorably known
here.
The following ladies and gentle
men composed pleasant party that
attended the festival at Eckard' s
Chapel, last Thursday evening"
Misses Blanche Gibbs, Emma Riedel,
Emma Work, Nellie Malone, Louise
Vollert, Grace Work, Messrs. Floyd
Williams, VIM. Tormey, Henry
Hill, E. Boice, VIM. O'Brien, Joe
French.
The following are the new post
masters appointed in this district in
the last few days: Volcano juno
ton, Richie county, ]. E. Garlic;
Ball Gap, CabelI county, Harmon
Brown; Howell, Cabell county, An
drew Turner; Pink, Calhoun county,
Mrs. Lizzie Lester.
Mr.. John ODER, of Wetzel county,
has on his house a roof, which for
uniqueness and durability cannot
be beaton. 1t is made out of tin
cans, and took about forty eight
hundred of them. The roof is also
very pretty, looking much like one
made out of shingles.
In tearing down the old Pendle-
ton house at Martinsburg, built over
a hundred years ago, old coins were
found of the dates of 1878, 1871 and
17SS. The house was built by Capt.
Strobe, the great grandfather of Mr..
Henry st. John Shepherd.
No one scarcely has an idea of the
number of passengers carried by
Ohio river steamboats, and the ac-
tual figures are a surprise. AT the
recent meeting of the supervising
inspectors of the United States a
report was made giving the total
number of passengers carried in the
Seventh district, from Pittsburg to
Cincinnati at 3,429.357. In the To-
cal district of Cincinnati there were
l 1877 ,456; Gallipolis, 207, 72G; Wheel
ing, 344 ,275 and Pittsburg 1,O4O, 900.
F. ]. Harrison, Esq, we'll known
in this city, died last Sunday even
ing at his home in Baltimore, Md,
of paralysis. The deceased was a
prominent figure in commercial
circles and accumulated large
estate. AT one time he had 10 large
dry goods establishments in opera
ton in variour cities. He was So
years of age.
VIM. Poland, fireman on engine
ID, of the o. r. R., was shot and
killed, in Parkersburg, at a late hour
Monday night, by river man by
the name of Shattuck. No par
ticulars can be learned at this hour.
Saturday afternoon, freight con-
ductor William Murray, of the Ohio
River railroad, lay down to sleep in
a caboose at the round house of the
company, at Wheeling, and when
he awoke he made the interesting
discovery that his fine gold watch
had been stolen from his pocket.
Mr.. Fitch, of Nottingham, Ohio,
and Miss Mary Luikhart, of Mason
City, were married at the brides
home last Wednesday evening, by
Rev. Hanna of the NJ. E. Church.
The young couple will make Not.