The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-22
BIG FlRE.
The Virginia House Destroyed Early
this Morning.

The Virginia House Destroyed Early
this Morning.
About o'clock this morning fire
was discovered issuing from the
Virginia House, situated on the
Ohio river at First street, and an
alarm was sounded. The ringing
of the bells soon brought out the
Hook and Ladder Company, and a
large number of people, and fight
for mastery of the fire was inaug-
uratcd.
The Virginia House was so far
enveloped in flames that it could
not be saved, and attention was di-
rected to the houses adjoining, in
which resided Chas. Long, and the
other building owned by Capt. w.
r. Gum, and occupied by him as a
residence. While the hotel is a
complete loss, the other two build
ings were saved, with but slight
damage to them.
The fire is supposed to have or
ginated in the ball way down stairs.
There were a good many board
ers, and many of them had narrow
escapes in trying to escape from the
burning building, and most of them
lost. their yyardrohns
Oh Sbibler was badly burned in
escaping through the fire.
The Virginia House was owned
by Capt j. W. Reeder, but he could
not estimate his loss on building
and furniture. However, he had
S75000 insurance.
Charley Longs loss is small on
household goods.
Capt. Gums loss consistsin dam
age done his furniture in moving it
out of the building, aud damage by
water; and fally insured, we are
told.
A number of the boarders had to
jump from the second story windows
to save themselves.
A bright exchange truly remarks
that this is peculiar world. One
is struggling for justice and another
is fleeing from it; one man is striv-
ing to build nice house and anoth
er is trying to sell his for much less
than it cost him; one young man is
spending all he can make taking his
best girl to the theatre and sending
her flowers, with the hope of making
her his wife, while his neighbor is
spending his hard earned cash in
getting u divorce; one man escapes
all diseases that flesh is heir to and
gets killed on the railroad, another
escapes with a scratch and dies with
the measles.
Capt Neighbors built fence
across the foot of 5th street, and in
doing SO he stirred up a "hornets
nest" among the other property
holders along that street. The
matter was up before the Council,
and they failing to act upon the
matter, Mayor Beller ordered the
fence removed. Ofcourse the fence
did not do much harm, but the fact
that it was there, was not tasteful
to the other property owners, and
they rebelled and complained, and
the result is it had to come down.
The following is Hicks predic-
tions for the latter part of May:
"Watch the threatening clouds at
all-disturbances-the 18th and 18th
not less than other periods. Storms
at this season have a tendency to
recur in cycles of u and 24 hours
for several days in succession. The
storm diagram shows that a Venus
disturbance begins about the new
moon on the oath, which fact indi-
Gates that the period, 9th to 18th,
will bring active and continued
storms. The equinox of Mercury
will begin to affect the elements
about the Both, from which time
into June Mercury and Venus will
together approach the crisis of their
periods. May will end in the midst
of growing warmth with hard storms
developing in the west and moving
eastward.
The summer arrangement OF
trains on the Ohio River road will
goi into effect early in June. Nc
important changes have been re.
ported SO far. AS has been stated
iR the Register, with the change Of
S ne combination and chair car