The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-03

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McKinley's Cabinet, preferring to
remain on the Bench. Gen. Golf
always was clear headed, sensi-
BILE fellow.
Up to the present time it was
not practicable for National Banks
to start business in any city IN the
State with capital of less than
$50, 600, but bill has passed the
House, by the provisions of which
National Bank can start oper-
atoms in a city of 1900 people or
more ON capital of $4,000.
The statistician of the United.
States estimate that the school
population of this country is co.
O99, 1888. OF this number there were
enrolled in 1894, 13.a60,2 88 pupils
in the district or public schools,
under the instruction of 3S8,531
teachers. The average daily at
tendance of the pupils in these
schools is 9,2OS, 1896.
We extend our congratulations
to the Tucker Democrat, a well
edited and presentable sheet which
finds a warm welcome at our ex-
change table, on entering upon its
fifth year, also to the Fairmont
West Virginian, now thirty years
old. We wish both of them in
creased and continuous success.
Many offers of marriage can be
expected by that bright young
Point Pleasantonian girl who got
up in her sleep one cold morning
last week and lit the fire and pre-
pared breakfast,
An advertisement praising the
virtues of new make of infants
feeding bottle, says: ''When the
baby is done drinking, it must be
unstopped and put in cold place
under tap. If the baby does not
thrive on fresh milk it should be
boiled.
Much less important towns than
Point Pleasant are arming them
selves against fires, or increasing
their appliances to fight them, yet
we maintain criminal supineness
in the matter. Are we to be al
ways behind the times in that
respect?
1t is said that Hon. w. L. Viii
son will reside in New York after
the expiration of his term of Office
as Postmaster General, and with
that end in view he is now offering
his property in Charles Town,
for sale.
The State Board of Examiners
will hold examinations for teachers
at Wheeling, Grafton, Athens
concord Church). and Hunting
ton, on March 25, 26 and 81, 1897.
We never knew winter yet that
was not marked by a spell pro-
nounced the coolest experienced
in quarter of century, and this
is no exception to the established
rule.
1t is a noteworthy coincidence
that the day of McKinley's inaug-
uration will also be the one hun
dredth anniversary of the retire
ment into private life of our first
President. George Washington.
1t is not pleasant to contemplate
the fact that while soup houses
have to be provided for the sus-
tenance of the INDECENT poor in
our large cities, yet $25o,0O0 were
spent on one supper alone in New
York, last week.
By timely display of Western
craftsmanship an Arkansas cen
gresham is said to have hauled in
the most corpulent Jackpot ever
known in congressional poker cir
cles.
Bank failures are of rare occur
renee in China, mainly, possibly,
for the reason that when bank
fails there the President loses his
head. In America the Cashier
commits suicide.
Newspapers are suppressed in
Japan not merely for political
reasons, but for publishing scan
dalous articles on the private life
and family affairs of individuals.
The farmers report that the
recent fall of snow has done much
good, wheat especially thriving
very promisingly under the i'm