The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-03-20

Th ndow sills and caps for the
HEN ding recently damaged by
fire being put in. The work
is be done by viii Stortz and
John es. As soon as the stone
worl completed the windows
will ut in, and the side of the
build exposed to the fire, fixed
up ally, as well as the inside
of the ding, which was also bad
ly da ed by the fire.
we informed that wedding
will place in this town in a
week two that will set all the
town b We are not at liberty
to Civ be names of the parties.
But pa will keep your tongue
still your ears and eyes open
you ST apt to find out without
anyoa ling you
We told of lady in this
town @ho has crowded sixteen
yards of dress goods into two
sleeves. No doubt this beats the
record. We suppose when she ex-
hibits those sleeves on the streets,
every woman in the Point will try
and ape her by putting sixteen
yards of goods into their sleeves.
There is much complaint about a
house, that is not considered with
in the bounds of decency, that is be
ing kept along the Clarksburg road
near town. A move is on foot to
abate the nuisance, and the sooner
it is done the better it will be for
the community, which their very
presence contaminates'
An old gentleman living near
Cincinnati, 81 years old, is sick
with an attack of measles. He had
the disease when he was 10 years
old. He has received his second
sight, and the question is, do very
old people who renew part of their
youth have to have all the diseases
incident to CHILDHOOD.
We are sorry to learn that DR..
Petty, of Letart, father of DR.. D..
w. Petty, of this city, is no better
In fact he is a very sick man, and
his friends are fearful that he will
not recover We hope, however,
that their fears are groundless, and
that he will soon be fully recovered.
AMpUrATED.- Jos. Il. Deem, who
is employed on the ferry boat,
Charley Stone, and who sometime
ago, had his finger badly burned
and which had partly healed up,
but by bruising it, it caused infa-
nation TO set in, necessitating am
putation, which delicate operation
was performed at the Marine Hos
pital at Gallipolis, yesterday.
One of the handiest pieces OF
kitchen furniture we know of is
the Coordination Kitchen Cabi-
net, recently patented by a. w.
Ellison, of this place, and which are
now being manufactured by him.
1t ought to be a ready seller. The
ladies should call on him and ex-
anime this handsome and handy
piece of kitchen furniture. To see
it, is to order one.
Messrs. Ball & Dudley timber
men of Parkersburg, are loading at
the X. & N. tie hoist in this place,
some very fine ship timber, which
is to be exported to Europe. 1t is
said to be the finest timber that ever
left the State, and was gotten on
Poca and Coal rivers.
John Payne, colored, who mys-
teriousIy disappeared from this
place, some time ago, made his ap-
pearance in town this morning, ac-
companiod by that holy terror, Bill
Patsy, whom we thought we had
gotten rid Of
The ladies of Sistersville are GO
ing to get out one days edition of
the Oil Review, at that place, the
proceeds to go to some benevolent
institution. They will have com
plete control for one day, and will
write all the articles.
Ham Collins, notorious tough of
Randolph county, was shot and in
stantly killed by Chas. Slavin in
Pocahontas county last Saturday.
Collins drew dirk on Slavin, but
the latter was too handy with a
Winchester.
Bill Tom Hatfield and man nam
ed Bailey, of Mingo county, became
engaged in quarrel one day last
week Bailey had a Winchester