The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-11-27

From Tuesdays Daily.
Judge McGinnis, of the Cabell
County Criminal Court, fined each
of the editors of the Huntington
Times $50 apiece for contempt, and
sent W. B. Vowel, the city editor,
to Jail for ten days, but he was re-
leased on writ of hdbeds corpus by
Judge Harvey. If newspapers can
not criticise the court for its decis
ions, when they are wrong, news
papers might as we'll be published
under press censorship.
We are told that the school house
at the Fair Grounds is SO crowded
with scholars, that three are com
PEELED to sit in one seat, and yet the
Board of Education of Lewis dis.
trict fails or refuses to furnish the
people with ample school accom-
modations. a school house should
be built in the mill extension.
1t is claimed that in the counties
of Logan, Mingo and Mcdowell that
wild turkeys are about this season
in large numbers. Hunters in that
section are enjoying a harvest, and
bring in large quantities of this
foul daily. This would be a good
place for some of the Point Pleas
ant shots to try their hand.
Ask some men for an advertise
ment or few locals and they will
say they don't believe in advertis-
ing-a paper is never read. Let
one of them be caught kissing his
neighbours wife or struggling along
with jag, and if the printing Office
is in the garnet of a seventeen story
building he will climb to the top
and beg the editor to keep quiet
not to publish it in the paper.
Will OhliDger was arrested this
morning by officer Smith, on COM
plant of the good people of the low
er end Of town, for abusing his wife
and stepchiId. He was lodged in
Jail and will have a hearing before
the Mayor some time today.
There is nothing new to report
from the oil we'll this morning, ex-
cept that it is the general impress
sion that oil has been found in pay
ing quantities. The operators are
moving in mysterious way.
Persons who send Christmas pack
ages through the mail should
remember that it is the practice
at the postoffice to open every
package. Don't enclose any writing,
as it then goes as first class matter.
You will save money by enclosing
your note or letter in an envelope.
The Sistersville papers are blow
ing about that city's prospects for a
telephone service. The "best town
on earth" is not in it by the side of
Point Pleasant. We have had
telephone service for some time.
The recent rains of the past few
days, has had a wonderful effect on
the blue grass and it looks greener
than it has for the past two months.
The figure 8, which came into the
calendar on January l, 1889, will
stay with us Ill years from that
date, or until December 81, 1899.
Ed Ohlipger was arrested and
fined So for fast driving this morn
ing, and not having the money to
pay his fine, was sent to Jail.
A married woman played "girr'
with her husband over the telephone
yesterday, and now there is trouble
in that household. She set trap
and caught him
Mr.. Snyder is now engaged in
putting telephone into our office.
AS soon as it is ready for use, we
will let our readers know, and hope
they will use it freely in giving us
news.
An employee of the E. Il. An
drews, who was on duty at 3 o'clock
this morning, is authority for the
statement that a heavy fall of hail
occurred at that hour, which for
q few minutes was terrific.
When man buys a bicycle his
friends abuse him for not getting