The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-07-21


A Pretty Wedding.
From Thursdays DaiiT.
AT half past 8 O'Clock last night
the Rev. j. W. Holt celebrated a
wedding between Mr.. Clinton Hale
and Miss Lilly B. Ray, both well
known and estimable members Of
! this community, for whose happy
future they have the earnest wishes
of a hostof friends. The marringe
4 took place at the home of the par
ents of the bride and was quiet,
and only the members of the fam
lily and few intimate friends be
ling in attendance. After the core
mony Mrs. Holt played the we'd
ding march, and excellent refresh
ments were served to the invited
Iguests. After brief honeymoon
the young people will take up their
permanent residence in Point
Pleasant
T.
The broken timbers in the
Crooked Greek bridge ON the Ka-
Inawha road have beenrepaired, and
the bridge is now in a fairly good
condition, but we would advise
steam traction engines and thresh-
I'ers not to cross it, sit might go
down under the heavy weight
Passers.by have wondered what
kind of a bush 1T is growing at the
corner of Main and Sixth streets,
SO densely, and notmany have been.
able;to tell DIR. Jamison, who is
perhaps the5best botanist i'm town
identifies it as the Ailanthus Clan
dulosa, whose bark and leaves are
cathartic and authelmintic in their
medicinal properties.
On Thursday, July 29. there will
be an eclipse Of the sun, visible all
over the United States. III will be
what is known as an annular
eclipse; that lis, the sun will appear
as a ring of light around and out
side the black bodyof the moon.
The eclipse begins at $3.50 a m
and ends at 11.10.
A:vonnoman named ID AN Mauck.
of Cheshire, Ohio, was thrown from
his bicycle last Wednesday, while
enroute to Proctorsyille, and so
badly injured that he has been un-
conscious ever since. The blow he
received on the head causing CON
cussion of the brain.
The eighth annual meeting Of
the. State Council of West Virgin
la, Order United American Me
chanics, meets int the city OF Wheel
ing on August 3D. Preparationare
being made to make this the larg-
est and grandest meeting of the
Order ever held in the State.
j. Friedman & Co, are building
handsome new quarters, and an.
nounce this morning great re-
duction in prices of goods. They
don't want to move any of their.
present stock of goods into their
new building, and will almost give
them away to their customers.
The gold prospectors in Alaska
have made the greatest discovery of
the age. 1t lisa lake foil fed by
springs. The surrounding noun
tains are full of coal samples, and
after being tested, show oil equal
to the best from the Pennsylvania
wells
There is no more disappointed
women in the world than she who
pleads a cold when asked to sing
and has her excuse Immediately ac-
cepted.
The only way to bring someper4
sons to a sense of their duty is to-
strike them below the belt After
they arerelieyed of the windtheyI
begin to use their brains.
Some people getsowrapped upin
their own swelled heads that they
can't see that they are the laughing
stock of the town or community.
Its a certain sign that a man
has. passed beyond the age of per-
sonel vanity when he is willing to
carry sun umbrella.
There does not seem to be any