The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-23
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good people of that antiquated
place who are not dead are moving
over here to this thriving, indust-
rial town.
The fast flying, tubular boilered,
escapement two chimneyed side
wheel steamer, j. @. Hopkins, is the
Through in daylight packet be
tween Ravenswood and Middleport,
in place of the M. p Wells. She
passes this place noon and evening
"gwine and comm, belongs to
the Big Sandy line.
The price of basket of peaches
in this market does we'll these days
to keep up with the bottom.
Capt. Ed. Polsley delights unto
himself in calling the attention of
certain voters to three different
yellow and black, ugly colored
spiders, weaving threads of letters,
as he imagines, in webs, out on the
lawn in front of his house. But
we will say this, that Mr.. Polsley
don't raise himself bit in the
minds of any free silver man by
doing such anaughty thing.
Bert Sayre, graduate of Pough-
keipsie, thinks of accepting a
Professorship in a business college
in Cincinnati; has good offer.
Mason county hoys to the front.
There was a pale-faced man
passed through here yesterday
with ten members of the bovine
family, on his way to Pomeroy
meat market. They were from
Roane county ard looked like they
hadn't had anything to eat but
"pennerile" since last dog days.
we often wondered where Pome-
roy boarding houses got their
meats.
The Rayburn we'll is to be ream-
ed out and shot-take ten days to
do this.
Cottageyille we'll is still pump
ing out oil and muddy water pre-
paratory to putting in new casing
where same collapsed. There is
plenty of good quality of oil there,
but it will take several days yet to
complete the work The gas is
very strong, forcing oil and water
clear over the top of the casing.
They will continue drilling as soon
as everything is clear.
The Letart we'll is now in the
"Big Injun" and is expected, if
nothing happens, to come in by
Thursday night FOR Friday. This
we'll is entirely different from both
the Rayburn and CottagevilIe wells
and where similar stratas have been
struck, they are found to be some
200 feet below them. So that the
oil and gas must conclusively dip
into basin of which Letart must
be about or near the center. But
it will be a deeper we'll necessarily.
Mr.. Morris is expected here
from Pennsylvania this week.
VIM. Forth we'll, Hannah dis
trict, is down 600 feet, working
day and night.
If there is anybody down about
your place that wants to buy mus
quitoes, he can find good, large
"crap" of them up here, cheap.
Your correspondent finds numer-
GUS farmers who are ready to put
down wells of their own for oil if
strangers from other States will
Just come in, invest their money,
put down we'll and develop oil on
a lease of farm land adjoining
theirs.
Miss Verda Rock, an estimable
young lady professional nurse,
after visit to her folks, has re-
turned to her position at Allegheny,
Pa.
The corn crop is short owing to
chinch bug in the stalk. Potatoes
good.
We intended to write long ar
ticle on potato bugs for this issue,
but forgot about it. ELIosA.
New ID. ~ o. station in Is alti-
more.
The new passenger station of the
b. & o. r. r., at the intersection
of Mt. Royal Avenue and Cathedral
street, Baltimore, Md, was opened
for business Sept. LIST.
The now station, which will be
known as Mt. Royal Station, is one
of the finest buildings of its kind
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