The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-08

ocoupier. We have not heard yet
as b insurance. Our sympathies
go ant to the sufferers, who until
resi- " were residents of our city,
Body Found.
The body of the young son
of Mr.. David Eckard, of whose
mysterious Disappearance was
mentioned exclusively in yester-
days Daily, was found the same
day abort noon, in Three Mile
Greek, just few yards from his
home. The Register and our whole
community tenders its sympathies
to the afflicted family.
The chinch bug is said to be
playing havoc with the crops OF
southern Ohio farmer. They have
become alarmed at the pest and
tho most vigorous steps will be
taken to rid that well known agri-
cultural section of it. 1t has been
many years since our neighboring
farmers have suffered seriously
from anything of that kind and we
trust that the present outbreak of
the plague may be only tempo
rary. Huntington Times.
The numerous summer rains
have kept the rivers very muddy
for some time past and still the
cooling showers descend to re-
freshen the earth and make her
give forth her nurturing qualities.
The river waters should not be used
anyhow, at this season of the year,
without first being boiled, and this
for the preservation of health.
Has it occurred to our readers
that ot all the Presidents of the
United States, only two, Cleveland
and Harrison are living, and of all
the Vice Presidents all except Nor
ton and Stevenson are dead?
1t is all very we'll to declare that
freckles are ornamental, but if you
tell the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth, you are
bound to shade this statement n
tritle.
Omnivorous reading doesn't
make intellect. The ard-hearted
qualities of the goat do not arise
from it's devouring so many papers
And now the minister thinks he
is having a bowling time when he
sits down in the custnrd pie at the
Sunday School Picnic.
And now the housewife broils
herself to blister in her effort
to fill the preserve closet to over
flowing.
DIED infant child of Mr..
and Mrs. Eph. Loomis, this morn
ing, and will be buried tomorrow
at 2:8O p. IN.
Marriage license issued by the
County Clerk yesterday: William
o. Stone and Mary Sayre.
Trouble is brewing to the Repub-
licans of the county over their gold
standard platform. The boys who
know what is hurting them, and
believe in the free coinage of sill
yer at 16 to 1, are kicking, and
kicking hard, and hundreds of the
former voters in the Republican
party, will vote against single
gold standard candidate, or remain
at home and not vote at all.
Poor England has been forced
to acknowledge that the United
States holds the key to the Vene.
zuelian situation. England re.
spectfully asks Uncle Sam to use
it's good offices in securing the
release of the English civil engi
neer, who was stalking off a road il
the disputed territory and was
uluuo l)IISOllel ny tiO
The Huntington Herald comes
to us now in an enlarged and i'm
proved form. The makeup O
this excellent evening daily ii
much improved. The Herald, al
though Republican, is among ou
best exchanges.
Strangers who come to Poin
Pleasant express surprise at the
number of fine rigs and horses
owned by the citizens here. a
gentleman said yesterday that there
was not city in West Yirgini'
that had finer. turnouts and very
few that had as fine.
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