The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-18
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is as good as itever was; and build
ings of handsome design are going
up in every part of the city. 1t is
money making town, and is full
of kind, big-hearted, hospitable peo-
pie who are always ready and will
ing to lend a helping hand to the
the stranger who shows himself
worthy of their confidence. This
city has large territory to draw
from for support, and the building
of the Elk River Railroad and the
extension of the K. & NJ. Railroad
to Gauley Bridge has done much to
add to the prosperity of Charleston,
and it will not be many years until
it will be the wealthiest and most
populous city in the State.
We called upon our newspaper
friends of the Gazette, the Mail and
the Democrat, the first two are dali
lies and the latter a weekly. Our
friends reported business with them
as extraordinarily good. Colonel
FlintIock Perry, of the Democrat is
candidate for the Legislature, and
it is pretty well understood that he
will get the democratic nomination,
and in that even. Kanawha will be
represented by one democrat at
least, in the next Legislature. Mr.
Harris, chief editor of the Gazette
is careful and brilliant writer and
is fast bringing his paper to the
fore front as one of the leading
democratic dailies in the State
Mr.. E. c. Hood, the Business Man
ager of the HAL is doing much to
put that paper upon paying basis.
Mr.. Hood is probably the best all ;
around newspaper man in the State
We are indebted TO Messrs. Harris,
Hood and Donnally, for the many
courtesies shown us while in the
city.
There is a good deal of political
talk in Charleston. Col. Joseph
Chiffon is not cast down by his fail
ure to get the appointment as Inter
State Commerce Commissioner; and
those who think he has Withdrawn
from the Senatorial race may as
well be undeceived, for we were
told by close friends of his that he
would make an aggressive fight for
U. S. Senator. Ex-Governor Viii
son is also a candidate for q. S.
Senator in case he fails in his race
for nomination for Congress-; and it
is also said that Judge Phil. Snyder
has an inclination to enter the SEN
atorial fight. The Judge is very
popular throughout the Third Dis
trict, and if he concludes to become
a candidate for Senator, the other
candidates will find him a foeman
worthy of their steel.
Hon. John a. Preston and ex-
Gov. Wilson will measure swords
with Hon. John D. Anderson, the
present Representative from the
Third District, for re nomination
The prevailing opinion among Ka-
nawha Democrats, however, is that
Mr.. Anderson will be re-nominated.
The Kanawha people seem to be
taking more interest in Fourth Dis
trict politics, than they are in their
own District, and most of them are
firm in their belief that Mr.. Cape
hart will be re-nominated without
much opposition, and we fully con-
Cured with them in this opinion.
Gen. Jim HoIIey tried to figure
out Judge Harvey's nomination,
but it was soon demonstrated to
him that his figures could not be
relied upon and that as a political
f1gurer he was not success.
No one should go to Charleston
without visiting the West Virginia
Historical and Antiquarian Society,
place of great interest, and now
made much more so by the addition
of West yirginia's Worlds Fair ex.
hibits. Miss Downtain, the Libra
rian, is pleasant, intelligent young
lady, familiar with the history OF
everything deposited in the museum
and will take pleasure in showing
you through the building The
society's quarters is not what they
should be, and the next Legislature
will be asked to make sufficient
appropriation to purchase a site
and to erect a suitable building for
permanent quarters for this Society
and for the safety of the valuable
collections now in the museum.
The sudden and unexpected death
of Mr. B. C. Wilson, Clerk of the
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