The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-01


now. Some want steam fire en-
CINE; some chemical engine, and
some water lworks. We suppose it
will only be talk, as it has always
been, and then the matter will die
out until we have another destruc-
tive fire, and then the need of pro-
lection against fires will again be
discussed. The fact of the matter
is this town is not financially able,
bonded as it is by debt, with tax
es up to the limit, to purchase an
engine.
AT their regular meeting last
night, the members of General
Lewis Council, No. 8, o. of U. a.
M, elected the following officers
for the ensuing term:
o. r. Williams, c.; j. w. Eads,
v. c.; VIM. b. Huston, II. Score
tary; j. M. Hill, A. r. Secretary;
Samuel Luton, Il. Secretary;
b. f. Gibbs, Treasurer; o. ".
Yeager, Ind; John II. Lewis, Ex.;
G.. Rayburn, i. p; John w. Childs,
o. p; A. L. Borgess., Trustee; O.
F. Williams and A. u. Boggess,
Representatives to State Council.
Alta meeting of Point Pleas
ant Lodge, No. 88, L, o. o. r., held
on Thursday night, the 25th inst,
the following officers were elected
for the ensuing term: o. B. Har-
per, N. G.; w. FL. FL. Gardner, V.
G., Robt. Kiger, Secretary, w. w.
Bryan, Treasurer.
The loss by the late fire to Mrs.
Annie Denton, in millinery goods,
fixtures, &c, is total one, and
will reach up in the neighborhood
of $1,000, instead of $500 as stated
yesterday. She had $1,000 insur-
ance.
Turtle hunting in the small
streams and runs near town has
become popular sport. A party
of young men a few nights ago
captured Ga turtles and turtle soup
has been on tap at several homes
ever since the haul was made.
Many a man goes away from
home for a week and imagines that
he is missed by the whole com
munity, and when he comes back
he finds that there isn't n person
that knew he had been away.
Then he finds out just how little
he is.
The marriage of Miss Babe Nye
Burt, daughter of Geo. A. Burt,
Esq, General Manager of the Ohio
River Railroad, at Parkersburg, on
the oath inst, to DR.. Blubaugh, was
magnificent affair. The Regis
ter wishes the happy young couple
all the happiness this world can
afford.
90 TO BlSgS " hhp llolu' ho lhottcSi
o., manufacturers of funeral supplies.
We have five hearses, three black
ones and two white ones. We have
the finest outfit in Southern Ohio, un-
doubtedly. may 70 0-h'
The following marriage license
were issued: Thursday, Charles A.
Gardner, and Emma E. Crump;
Friday, Jesse e. Hanson and Hat
tie e. Hill; Ira Slower and Pearl
r. Remmey.
That "tired feeling" has begun
to strike our ministers and they
are preparing to scurry away to
some summer resort where the con-
tinuous round of gayety gives them
much needed relief.
The Council will hereafter meet
at Mayor Boilers Office, and the
Point Pleasant Mutual Loan As
sociation in the room formerly oc-
cupied by JAS, II. Couch, as law
office.
Bloomers are breeches of prom
Use and are causing many suits for
court. They should be curtailed
as they cause pants on a mans
heart, which is not the place for
his pants.
When one rides wheel about
IL or 8 miles out in the country
and something gets wrong and he
has to walk home, it is awful. He
wishes for horse then.
Too many young men hope to
get to heaven because their mothers
we're christians, and to be success
full politicians because their faith
ers were soldiers.