The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-17
ORIGINAL and Selected.


The Richie Gazette is 81 years
of age, and is one of the best papers
that reaches our Office.
The Farmers National Congress
will meet next year, at Atianta
Georgia.
Correspondents are respectfully
requested to continue sending in
news items.
Houses can be built twenty five
per cent cheaper this season than
they could three years ago.
A man is lingering at the gate,
Some Tramp or burglar, maybe;
Oh, no, he is candidate,
And wants to kiss the baby.
The man who makes the most
noise in town is the nan who goes
off quietly to get married. The
people are on to him at once.
Mr.. Will c. Jewett, the popular
restaurant man, has our thanks for
large dish of deliciously fried
oysters.
The town of Fairmout has been
selected by the Grand Lodge X. of
P. as their next place of meeting.
Ironton has organized a stock
company with 100000 capital to
put in an electric street railway.
There are 5,6ls Knights of Pythi-
as in West Virginia.
The big wooden mills at Terra
Alta, this State, has resumed opera
tons, running night and day.
It's about the right time to begin
to fatten the EDITORS Thanksgiving
turkey.
The Kansas women are said to
have put on bloomere to be able to
go out in the high wind out there.
Kansas winds must be very naugh
ty.
The street loater will soon have
to move his box on tho inside.
The town must come to the front.
The time is now past for any one
to remain asleep. Get ga move on
you" and help do something.
A skeleton of a prehistoric giant
has been exhumed at the old fort in
Kentucky, IL miles below Ports
mouth, Ohio. 1t is feet in stature
and feet across the shoulders.
Capt. G. F. Hess and Will Bryan
were at Lock 8 yesterday and
caught 81 bass.
Now is the time to clean out your
cisterns, preparatory to catching the
winter rains.
A big crowd of farmers were in
the city Saturday.
The Hinton Free Lance is strug-
Cling in the arms of receiver.
The lower bridge across Crooked
Creek ought to be replaced by
new iron structure.
Some of the boys have reaped
harvest by gathering coal from the
river where it was sunk above town.
The Vermont Legislature has
bill under consideration providing
for free school text books after
April, 1895.
A Popuiist meeting will be held
at Henderson, Friday evening, Oct,
10, at o'clock.
Capt. Helm has about completed
an elegant new cottage for MIR. Hen
ry Kiesel, on which is very fine
slate roof Arthur Edwards doing
the work.
Regina, the little daughter of Mr..
NJ. l.. Moriarty, fell from her high
chair and broke her right arm. DIR
Barbee set the broken bone.
The Blue Jay Club met at the
residence of Chas. Filson, Monday
night, and spent pleasant evening.
An attempt was made early Sun
day morning to bore into the safe
of Armstrong Brothers Office. Be-
yond disfguring the safe, no harm
was done.
Chas. Gonzale, Hebrew peddIer,
was robbed while travelling up Guy
an river last Saturday night of $50.
This is magnificent campaign
weather.
The most profitable business,
now days, it seems, is express rob-
berry.
1t has been a long time since so
many tow boats were laid up along
the river.
THREE MLE.-W. B. Hall and
wife, spent Sunday at Brighton.
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