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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-02-27

Flats, spent Sunday in town with
relatives.
VIM. steenborgen, of Gallipolis
Ferry. was the guest of Chas- Lewis,
near town, yesterday.
Miss Alice Neale of this city, md
Miss Margaret Neale, OF Ben Lo-
mond, spent Sunday with Miss Ora
Hogg, on Old Town.
Misses Kate Striking aud Corna
Campbell will leave to day for a
short visit TO Miss Susie Waggoner
in Pleasant Flats.
Mr. Henry Sterrett, of Three
Mile, was ia town Saturday, and
renewed his subscription to the
REGISTER
Miss Myrtle LuP.oa, who has
been here on a visit to tho family
of DIR. T. L Bell, returned to her
home at Gallipolis, yesterday.
Ed. Riedel has resigned his posi-
ton with the Electric Light and
Power Co, and left for Louisville
to day, to take position with an
electric street railway company.
Hiss May Jackson, who has been
visiting friends up the Kanawha,
was yesterday the guest of II. &.
Nease and family, returned to her
home at New Haven, to day.
Miss May Muuford is visiting
the family of Judge Drew, of
Charleston, and Tuesday she and
Mrs viii O'Brien will make Miss
Hattie Butler visit at Hunting
ton.
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From FrIday's Daily.)
DEATH OF JOHN W. DEEM.
Another Pioneer Of the Kanawha an
(tfiO VallevG

Another Pioneer Of the Kanawha and
Ohio Valleys.
John w. Deem, opposite Point
Pleasant, on the Ohio side, in the ODD
year of his age, at 4:30 a. m. yesterday
quietly passed through the valley
and shadow of death to great
unknown eternity.
Mr.. Deem has ever been highly
esteemed and respected by his
numerous friends throughout our
valleys, on either side OF the river.
He has been life long active, in
dustrious, energetic man, and accu-
INFLATED considerable property.
Mr.. Deem has been in feeble
health for many years, but all the
while cheerful and agreeable. We
shall miss him. To his aged sister
Mrs. Stone, of this city, and neph-
ews and nieces, the REGISTER ex-
tends sincerest sympathy.
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New Feed Store.


The Equity Milling Company
have opened a general Feed Store
in connection with their down town
Office, in their new brick building
opposite the Court House.
Flour, meal and feed of all kinds
will be kept constantly on hand in
quantities to suit purchasers, and
will be sold at the lowest wholesale
and retail prices. All orders left
with Mr. J. Nj. Burdett, the Com
pany's book keeper, who has charge
of the store, will receive careful and
prompt attention.
EQUITY MILLING co.
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Master Dwight ORoark Is on the
sick list.
Joseph Holloway was in Gallipo-
lis last night.
Col. VII Gafney, of Charleston,
was here last night
Rev. Correll returned to day
from a business trip to Charleston.
Miss Frances u. Maupin, Of
Arbuckle, is visiting her sister at
Syracuse, Ohio.
Mr.. John Epple is confined to his
bed again with slight hopes of his
-eeovery.-Pomeroy Telegraph
y. II. Ball was called to his home
Nashville, Ind, on account of the
serious illness CT his child.
Willie Yarian is cIerking in the
H. G. Nease Co. s store during the
absence of his brother Charley, who
is spending a week at Letart.
Mr.. Tbos. Poffenbarger, is visit
ing down at Glenwood. There is
an attraction that takes our young
friend down there so often.
We regret to announce to the
many friends of Mrs. Jno. Adkins,
who has been confined to her home
so long with sickness, that she is no
better.
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From Tuesday's Daily]


Mrs. o. B. Harper is visiting at
Racine, Ohio.
Master Loren O'Roark has pnou-
monia.
Lon Gardner, of Pleasant Flats
was a business visitor to our town
yesterday.
Capt. Jas L. Rice, of Sassairas,
was a caller at this Office, ycster-
day.
Mrs. J. ". Isb, of Fair Haven, j.
50 much improved as to be able tc
be about the house.
Uncle Billy Eads aud wife are
both down with pneumonia, super
induced BY grippe.
Sam McWilliams, of the X. & NJ.
is confined to his room in this place
by sickness.
Elmer Stone, Esq, an attorney
from-Jackson C. Il, was in town
yesterday on legal business.
CIV. Harper, of Raymond City.
was here yesterday the guest of DR..
a. r Barbee and family.
Miss Dym Bowyer, of Winfield,
will arrive here this afternoon, on a
visit to her brother, Mr.. C. c. Bow
yer, and his family.
Mrs. }. NJ. Curry and daughter
will leave in day or two, to visit
friends in Indiana. While there
Mrs. Curry will attend the 5Oth
wedding anniversary of her parents.
Mr. W. b. Hall, and wife, nee
Barnett, will leave to-day for Bay
City, Ind, which place they will
make their future home. They are
young people who stand high in
this community and ali regret they
have made up their minds to leave
the community in which they were
reared. The people of Bay City,
are to he congratulated upon hav-
ing such worthy young people To-
cate among them. We hope their
new home may prove both pleasant
and profitable to them. The REGIS,
TER follows them 10 their new home.
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This is spring like weather, and
the good house vile is hunting up
her flower and garden seeds, and
sorting them out, to be ready for
garden making,
T. II. Davis & Son, of Pomeroy,
are going to open meat shop in
this place about the 1st of March.
Workmen are engaged in fixing
up the damage by fire to the house
of Capt. JOS Helm.
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Accidentally Shot.

Van Sands, up near FowIer's, on
the South side of Kanawha, while
handling a So caliber revolver
Thursday afternoon, accidentally
shot himself in the hand. The ball
passed obIiqnely through the palm
of his hand to the little finger in
ficting an ugly and painful wound
about four inches long. DR.. Nc
Elfresh, of Henderson, rendered
him surgical aid.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-02-27

MERGERS Borrow, Feb. 23.-The
special meeting at the NJ. E. Church
near here, still continues with con-
siderable interest, and frequent
accessions.
A freight train wreck on the
o. R. R, occurred q few days ago
at Hogsett, two box cars being de-
rallied but no lives were lost.
Several of our schools will close
soon. There appears to be a more
general satisfaction with the schools,
among the patrons, than usual this
year. Several special schools for
teachers and others are to be or
gained in the neighborhood, this
spring. This is healthy indica-
cation of popular desire for edu-
cation in the neighborhood The
more education the better citizens
we shall have.
The members of Zion Baptist
Church organized "Young Peo-
pies Union few weeks ago,
which meets at 2:3O p. m, each
Sunday. The Endeavorers, of
Wyoma Church, meet each We'd
nesday night.
Mr. Lon Kelly, of Five Mile,
returns to the Medical School, at
Louisville, in te. days. He is
splendid young man, and we
wish him the best of success.
Miss Bertha George, of Ashton,
left Friday for the National Nor
NAL University, at Lebanon, Ohio,
where she will attend school the
coming spring and summer.
This has been a very hard win
ter upon the people of this neigh
borhooj, especially those living
back from the river. Food, both
for The people and their stock, has
never been scarcer. Frequent calls
are made by the needy upon our
overseer of the poor.
The REGISTER improves as it
grows older. Especially has this
Improvement been noticed since the
daily has been inaugurated 1t is,
without a doubt, in our opinion, our
best county paper. Success to it.
JUPITER.
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Personal Mention,


Miss Mollie Gardner, of Maggie.
was visiting here yesterday.
W. W. Bryan was business visi-
tor to Gallipoiis yesterday.
Born to Mr.. Oscar Boggess and
wife, a son, yesterday.
Ed Luustord returned yesterday
from a visit to relatives at Leon.
Col. Thos. Munford, of Lock IL,
left yesterday for New York
Mrs. W. W. Cole, is confined to
her home by sickness.
The little child of Robert Shank,
below Kanawha, is seriously sick.
WR. Halliday, of St. Adams, was
a visitor to this town yesterday.
Miss Ethel Eagle, OF GaliiPolis, is
here on n visit TO her sister, Mrs.
Capt. SwiIzer.
W C. Nash, the popular salesman
of Ruffner Bros, Charleston was in
town yesterday.
Ed. L Neale, Esq, of Ben Lo
moad, was q business visitor to our
town yesterday.
Ed. Re, Of the Electric Light
It to Charleston yester-
on bu IS.
Gus. Wright, of the Steamer Mt.
Clair, at Raymond City, is at home
for 4 short visi'.
J. L Written returned yesterday
from a business tIip to Ashland,
Ky. and Charleston.
John E. Beller returned yester-
day for Winfield. where he had
been attending court.
J. A. Davis and J. W. Wells, Of
Middleport. were registered at the
Kline House, yesterday.
Mrs. II. c. Bailey will entertain
the Whist Club at her home this
evening.
Capt. Il. Douglass, of jackson
county, is business visitor to our
town.
Capt. R. NJ, Harrington, of the
X. & NJ. Railroad, is spending a few
days with his wife.
Jas. W. Long, Jr, of South Side,
was visitor to our town last even
ing.
Mrs. Ed. SomerviIe will entertain
a number Of her friends at cards,
to night.
Mr.. Mack Rayburn, of the Flats,
Is the guest Of his son, John R Ray
burn, this city.
Mrs. Holley, of MERGERS Bottom,
who has been here on a visit to Mr..
Geo. Comstock and family, returned
home yesterday.
Capt Sam. Parsons and Mr.. ToI
Stribling, left yesterday for Ciaciu-
natl, to attend the Schriners meet
ing.
Hon. J. a. WaIkinsluid, Depart
ment Internal RevenGe Collector,
was in town yesterday looking after
the business of the Office, and -egis.
tered at the Phenix.
VIM. Cherrington, of Call oils,
and W. r. Johnson, formerly CT
Gallipolis, bat now travelling for
Pittsburg House, are registered at
the Phenix, to day.
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New HAVEN, February 25.-W.
W. Jackson has traded some of bis
land for Tom Capehart's two lots in
town.
Joha Hart and family were visi-
tors in the country last week.
Re- Files took in three new mem
bers into the Lutheran church,
Sunday evening.
Earl Capehart, a prominent bust
ness mau of Syracuse, was visitor
at ". W. Jackson's last week.
Allie Graham returned from an
extended visit to friends and rela
tives at Point Pleasant.
Noah Zorkle, an old citizen OF
Union, died Saturday afternoon,
and was buried Monday. Funeral
services by Rev. Slaughter.
Each of the churches have put in
two new lamps.
The little daughter of Abe Yon-
ker is very sick with fever.
Mrs. Pete Roush and daughter, OF
Point Pleasant, are visiting the
family OF Dan Roush.
Lila Graham has made arrange
ments to engage in the millinery
business in about a month.
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MARTHA J. RICE.

Pomeroy Telegraph: Wednesday
night thieves were driven away
from Gis't store at Letart, W. Va.
Then they went to Richards and
broke in the postofiee. From there
they came to Graham Station,
where they robbed the postoffice OF
four dollars, and the railroad station
off kty cents.
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Original and Selected.

Easter comes on the 14th of April
this year.
Modern novels are of two classes
-awfully simple and simply awful.
Stick to your underwear yet
awhile, you might get chill.
There is talk of another wharf
boat being put in at this place.
Quite crowd of our people at
tended the Fireman's Ball, at Cali.
polls, last night.
Satan is sure pay-"The wages
of sin is death" without any ifs or
ands
The Sunday mail recently put on
the trains, is a great convenience to
our people.
Girls who want to get married
should never admit that they have
cold feet.
1t is poor policy to drink liquor
to keep your brother from getting
it. Better pour it on the ground
A man can run in debt but when
it comes to getting out he's got to
crawl.
We have had big feeze and now
we want big thaw. 1t is difficult
to estimate which will be the most
damaging.
We understand the multiplication
table and the kitchen table but the
railroad time table is not yet plain
enough for us.
Mr.. Asa Musgrave, of the Pleas,
ant Flats, lost valuable steer one
day last week from some disease
peculiar to cattle.
Mr.. A. C. Van Glider, the Drug
gest, has out the prettiest .adver-
tisement in the way of calendar
we have seen this season. They
are beauties, sure.
j. W. Ish was allowed the full
amount of his insurance on build
ing and stock, amounting to 81 200.
He was in the Tippett & Hutchin-
son Agency.
A new poker playing law has
passed the Legislature which makes
it an offense to win or loose more
than $500 at one sitting. The law
used to be $1,000
Will Musgravo has taken the
agency for the sale of Pages woven
wire fence in this State. He will
also appoint agencies in the several
counties cf the State.
The County Court is contempla-
ting putting furnace heater in the
Court House building, to take the
place Of the present mode of heat
ing.
Some day God will tell you why
he has tried you, and let you look
back upon your life story, and see
the golden thread of his fatherly
love and care shining over and
around it all.
A Point Pleasant girl has a pro
ject on foot. 1t must be a very
small one. Had it been a Galli-
polls girl the project would have
more room to assume proportions
more lengthy.
The idea that man must learn
the how and why and wherefore of
farming between the pillow handles,
and nowhere else, has been explod-
ed these many years, because of it's
narrowness of view.
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AS an appreciation OF the liberal
patronage of our friends during the
past year, we will give one and all
an opportunity to get handsome
folding bed at small cost, from
now until the Standard Folding Bed
Company moves their plant to
Charleston, we will let you have
any of fifty or more styles they
make at exactly cost price from the
factory, delivered free any place in
town, or at either wharfboat or de-
pot. This enables you to buy a s25
combination wardrobe folding bed
for $3.50. or any style they make
at the same ratio. Don't let this
opportunity go by if you are think
ing of getting folding bed, it will
save you money.
Then we will sell for the next 30
days handsome antique ash bed
room suite, elegantly hand carved
24x30 German bevel plate glass,
worth S24 for S16.50.
Solid oak bedsteads S175, 81 48,
worth from $3.50 to $500
Very respectfully,
HARPER Bros,
The Low Priced Furniture Dealers.
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THREE MILE Misses Ella and
Bette Hall returned home after a
visit to relatives in this vicinity.
Mr.. J. L. Barnett and family, and
Mr.. J. F. Lewis and wife, spent
Sunday at Capt JAS. Barnett's
Mr.. J. E. Rifle returned to his
home at Hartford, after a visit with
friends in this place.
Mr.. P. o. Schools spent Sunday
with relatives near Lctart.
Mr.. w. B. Hall and vile, and Mr..
G. w. Hall, take their departure
this week for Indiana, where they
expect to make their future home.
Mr.. John Childs has moved his
family from Brighton, to the resi-
dence of his father in law, Capt,
JAS. Barnett
Mr.. c. F. Lewis, spent Sunday in
this vicinity. EUGENE.
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a Des Moines woman who has been
troubled with frequent colds, concluded
to try an old remedy in a new way, and
accordingly took a tablespoonful -four
times the usual dose of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy just before going to bed
The next morning she found that her
cold had almost entirely disappeared.
During the day she took few doses of
the remedy lone teaspoonful at time)
and at night again took tablespoonful
before going to bed, and on the follow
ing morning awoke free from all symp-
toms OF the cold. Since then she has.
on seve1al occasions, used this remedy
in like manner, with the same good re-
suits, and is much elated over her dis
covery Of so quick a way of curing a
cold. FIpr sale by Hooff, Druggist.
Ada Adams, of Gallipolis, has
bought u. w. Reeder's saloon.
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SHAREHOLDERS MEETING.
Point Pleasant Building and Loan As
sncinfinn

PoINT PLEASANT, W. Va. Feb. D. 1856
The annual meeting Of the stockholders or
the Point Pleasant Building and Loan As
sociation, VIII be held in the Insurance
Office Of Iippctt * Hutchiu-on. In Point
Pleasant, West Virginia, Monday. March
liza. 1885, at O'Clock, u. IN , for the purpose
OF eiccting Board OF FIVE Directors, ard the
transaction OF such other business as may
properly come before the meeting
febZT-2w c. C. BOWER, Scc'y.
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From Mondays Daily.

Dir. Nat Bloom. Is home on a visit
to his lamiIy.
Mrs. P C. Roush is visiting rela-
tives atEew Haven.
Miss Katie Moriarity is visiting
relatives at Hartford and Middle
Ms. Haiti. J ,rntafn wa. here
- - her FAY to Winfield
on. of Marshal
day with his
Agent of the
Ohio, was
of Pleasant
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-02-27

We hearof farmer in this county
who does not read his county pa
pers, sending away ten dollars in
good money in the hopes of receiv-
ing hundred dollars in bogus bills.
He wanted to relieve the pressure
of these hard times. If he had in
vested dollar in county paper,
he would have saved his ten dollars
and his reputation as an honest
man as well. But the world has
always been full of fools who want
10 get something for nothing" and
we suppose there will be fools as
long as the world stands.
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To 4Ea PnhIio-

For a good lunch stop at Jewett's
lunch room; fresh oysters served in any.
style Boneless fish. chicken, soup, COZ
ice and all other lunches the market c;
afford. Fresh bulk and caned oyst
received every other day. Don't ri
the place; Jewett's lunch room
July I1-tf. is-4a.-
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CARD OF THANKs-We desire to
return thanks to our friends and
neighbors who so kindly assisted us
during the sickness and after the
death of our daughter, Belle. May
you never know the want of loving
friends in the day of your distress.
JAS L. RICE.
MARTHA 7 RICE.
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Excursion rates TO Virginia, Fori-
da, the Carolinas, Mertco, California
and the South are in effect upon the
Ohio Central Lines. Consult o. C.
L. Agents.
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A telegram to relatives in Mason
Saturday morning announced that
Thomas Collins, former resident
of that city, was killed at Coalburg,
w. Wa. He was superintendent of
a mine there, and it is supposed he
was killed about the works. De-
ceased was son of Richard Collins.
President of the Hope Salt Com
pany.
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The Huntington Advertiser, in
speaking of the banquet given by
the Barnum Club, in that city
last Wednesday night has this to
say of the speech of our fellow
townsman, Hon. Rankin Wiley, Jr:
zone among the very best speech
es OF the evening was by Hon.
Rankin Wiley, of Point Pleasant,
who represented the "has beens, "
having been a member of the Senate
for four years, and President of the
body during the last session"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-02-27

Business since the blizzard Is be-
ing resumed i be old stand.
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1t was fully demonstrated about
1860 that oil in abundance could be
found in this county. About this
time a well was put down on the
Fowler farm in the Flats, that pro
duced several barrels per day, but
the war coming on, work at the
well was abandoned, and has not
been resumed since. Oil was also
found at Clifton and at Hartford
City, in the salt wells at these
towns. All the tests that have
been made in this county show the
presence Of oil Let there be re
organization OF the old companies,
and let them develop the oil fields
of this county. Who knows but
great gushers exist right in our
midst? We will mover find out un-
less we make some effort to explore
the bowels of the earth by drills.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-02-27

Senate bill No. lie providing
that all the sessions OF the Supreme
Court of Appeals should be held at
Charleston was rejected by the Leg
islature. Also Senate bill 147
amending the law concerning news
paper libel.
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o. w. o. Hartman, Sheriff of Tyler
county, w. Vr., appreciates good thing
and does not hesitate TO say so. He
was almost Frustrated with a cold when
he procured bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. He says: "It gave
me prompt relief l find it to be an in
valuable remedy for coughs and colds. -
For sale by HoOf, Druggist.
We may safely say that good toll
roads through this State would be
worth more than gold mines to its
inhabitants. This is a State where
almost every kind of fruit and
vegetables can be cultivated; but the
lack of good roads does almost as
much to hinder a market as the
genial climate does to help.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-02-27

On Saturday Mr.. C. c. Miller
celebrated the 84th anniversary OF
his birth, at his beautiful country
home near town. Many ofthe mem
bers of his family and few personal
friends wero present upon the &C.
casion. Mr. Miller is one of the
most active men of his age in the
county. The REGISTER hopes for
many returns of his birthday.
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We congratulate Prof Kenny, the
Principal of our Public Schools,
upon the distinguished honor just
conferred upon bin. Ga Washing.
tons birthday, the Lady Managers
of the Worlds Fair, by an act OF
Congress granted to them, bestow
eli upon him Diploma of Honor
for the award granted him by the
Directors of the Columbian Expo.
sition for his exhibit of the school
work of Point Pleasant schools.
This speaks more than volumes for
the high position Prof Kenny holds
in the educational ranks of the
teachers of the United States, and
adds much honor to our schools. our
town and our State.
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DIED.-At her home near Letart.
this county, Wednesday morning,
February 20, 1895, Miss Aribella
Rice, daugh ter of Jas. L Rice, Esq
of consu nption, aged 81 years. She
was buried Thursday at the Ball
graveyard Obituary next week.
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The Low Priced Furniture Dealers