The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-12-12
Personal Mention.


visitor to our town Monday.
Hon. Chas. E. Hogg is seriously
i'll at his home in this place.
Miss Ada Baker, of Athens, Ohio,
was visiting friends in this place,
Saturday
Mrs. Lewis LasIey, left Monday
on visit to her parents, at Rich
mond, Ind.
Mr.. Mute Lowe of the Ohio River
Railroad, is spending few days
with his family in this place.
Col Harry E. spiIman, OF Spill
man, was a pleasant visitor to our
town last Saturday.
Mr.. John B Stewart, of Missouri,
is visiting relatives in this place and
Pleasant Flats.
John E. Bellsr, Esq, was taken
suddenly ill Monday, but to day he
is much better, and able to be down
town.
Mr. ]. L. Gilfllen and wife, of
Rena, Putnam county, who has
been visiting reIalatiycs at Wyoma,
returned home this morning.
Miss Fannie Jacobs. of Charles
ton, stopped here for several hours
Monday, on her way to Pittsburg,
where she will visit relatives.
Hon. Jas Il. Couch, Jr., of Char
lesion, was in town Monday. He
has a host of friends in this place
who are always glad to meet him.
We are informed that Squire
Blagg, of Union, who was so seri-
ously hurt in an accident, is now
almost fully recovered.
DIR. Lie. Nc. Gibbs, who has been
a great sufferer from a carbunkle
on his neck, we are glad to note is
improving.
Rev. R. o. Brooking has return
ed from trip up the Ohio, where
he has been preaching in several
places. he is now nursing a boil
on the back of his neck.
Mr.. Jake scheivley, of Point
Pleasant, w. Va, spent Thanks
giving in Logan with his parents.
Jake has a prosperous merchant
tailoring business at the Point
Logan, Ohio, Gazette.
The Saturday Cincinnati En-
quirer contained long article in
which it spoke very highly of Miss
HELEN Purcell, of Logan, Ohio, who
is well known here, in regard to her
writings and some poetry which
she had written. Miss Purcell is
an interesting writer, and the
compliments were justly given.
The RIvERs.-Both the Ohio and
Great Kanawha are now at coal
boat stage. About all the loaded
barges in Kanawha have been
brought out to the mouth, and sever
al tows are already on their way TO
Cincinnati and points below.
The Schiller docks will soon be
located near the Kanawha wharf.
The towboat Dave Wood ground
ed herself and tow of II barges near
Cheshire dixie Saturday. Five
barges were badly wrecked, and
sank. The boat went on with the
rest OF her tow.
The Dick Brown will not re enter
the Kanawha trade again, but will
run between Middleport and Mari
eta.
Capt. Daniel Gould, of the Pacific
No. 2, was in town Tuesday, on his
return from Cincinnati.
Charleston, the Capital city, will
be 100 years old in few days. On
the 10Th day of December, 1894 the
General Assembly of Virginia en-
acted "Tbat forty acres of land,
the property of George Clendennin,
at the mouth of Elk river, in the
county of Kanawha, as the same
are all nearly laid off into town lots
and streets, shall be established a
town, by the name of Charlestown,
and Reuben Slaughter, Andrew
DonalIy, sr,, William Clendennin,
John Morris, sr., Leonard Morris,
George Anderson, Abraham Baker,
John Young, and William Morris,
gentlemen, appointed trustees there
Of"
Christmas glvers.should rememb-
er that Christmas packages are SUBJ
ject to different regulation than
those which govern the transmission
of letters. The lack of sufficient
postage stamps will doom every
such not fully prepaid package to
the limbo of the dead letter office.
Even if ultimately rescued, Christ