The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-12-23
Good Itoads Congress.

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60 of more public Importance
g. that of good roads and the
| ii oduction and use of the bicy-
| cie s doing more to advance the
! II than all other agencies com
| Ib a. So long as the average cit
| Il could compel the poor, over
n ked horse to draw heavy loads
on Il. ongh and steep grade roads,
they felt but little concern about
the matter; but when mon and
women on their bicycles are
forced to propel their wheels over
these makeshifts for public thor
oughfares, then they begin to feel
the necessity of better roads.
We have received the first num-
Der of the Daily Gazette, an even
ing paper published at Athens,
Ohio, and cordially welcome this
newcomer in the journalistic field.
Our contemporary is very neatly
gotten up and full of wellarranged
items of interest, and while, no
doubt, the proprietors would like
to see less of that and larger
space called for in the advertising
department, yet we can encourage
them by saying that if they con-
tinue to produce SO creditable a
sheet as their first issue, in due
course they will meet with their
reward in the development of that
most important department..
The board of directors of the
West Virginia Historical and An
tiquarian Society have arranged to
have the ancient mounds at Gauley,
Point Pleasant and Ravenswood
explored for relics, and also the old
prehistoric fort on Loup creek.
The sum Of $500 was voted by the
board for that purpose alta meeting
held recently. The next annual
meeting of the society will be held
in the hall of the House of Dele
gates on the 10th of January next.
Authoritative information is to
hand stating that the first official
appointment of Governor-eleot
Atkinson is that of Mr.. John A.
Boyd to the position of Marshall
county's representative on the
Penitentiary Board of Directors.
Mr.. p. b. Dobbins, becomes Pay
master-General, and Mr.. Morris
Horkheimer, Colonel on the staff
of the incoming Governor.
If the freak election bets contin-
ue to grow as in the last few years
it will not be long till election
fools will be eating dead cats,
chewing horseshoe nails, murder
ing mothers-in-law or walking on
heads through river. 1t seems
as if people are going crazy on the
freak betting. But perhaps they
are with this as with their saliva
tion-never think of the future.
Another quarter gone and Uncle
Sam is paying off the old soldiers,
and when we see their trembling
limbs, bent forms and gray hairs we
think they will not be here to ans
wer many more pay rolls, but will
have gone to answer the roll call of
the great unknown where battle
and warfare are over and peace will
reign forever more.
There is a millionaire of Flush
ing, l.. l., who is a veritable Santa
Claus and universal benefactor,
who delights in nothing SO much
as in giving of his substance to
make others who are less fortunate
happy. There are people every
where who could do as much good,
relatively, as he, if they only would,
and Point Pleasant is no except
ion.
The curfew ordinance hiss been
declared by the courts of n braska
to be unconstitutional. But i
would not be in this State sine,
our laws are different. We should
have curfew ordinance here.
The County Commissioners of
Mingo county have advertised for
bids for the erection of a new Court
House in that county. The build
ing to be erected will be a hand
some structure.
A newspaper man sooner than
onv ono alse learns what n little