The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-19

Thompson who fought on the Con-
federate side. The greed and
scramble for Office in this State,
and particularly from this end may
defeat Capt. Thompson.
There is fortune awaiting
Christopher Whitehead in West
Virginia and Pennsylvania. His
whereabouts is unknown, and King
wood, w. Va, officials are trying
to locate him. The fortune com
prises 600 acres of oil territory on
which are producing wells in West
Virginia, and 300 acres Of coal land
near PhilIipsburg, Pa. Whitehead
is an iron worker. The property
is left him by his father, but is
now occupied by Pittsburg CAPT
talists.
The "Bryan idea is simply the
idea of the ablest political econom-
lists. Aristotle entertained it, and
every man aff1rms it when he says
that supply and demand govern
values. Money is subject to this
law, the same as commodities.
The idea is part of eternal truth
and therefore indestructible.
1t is estimated that about 10000
horses were exported from this.
country in 1896, much larger
total than ever before. And the
way horsefesh is falling in value
here. it seems that expectation is
nearly all that horse is good for,
these times.
In his bow to the public the new
editor of the Charleston Gazette
says he cloves God, hates the devil
and votes the democratic ticket, "
which we take to be pretty good
platform to stand upon.
In 1896 there were one hundred
and twenty-five legal executions in
the United States, and one humid
red and thirty-one lynchings, thus
giving lawlessness a majority of
nine over law.
Reports from Washington say
that the rush of Office hunters is SO
great that the White House is
over-run by them, and that a new
and larger executive mansion is
needed.
st. Louis is the largest street car
manufacturing city in the world.
The output last year was about
three thousand cars.
Some men would have lots of
leisure if they'd save some of the
time spent in hurrying.
If Congress can advance the
price of hides 2 cents a pound in
this country, the people will pay
several millions a year more for
their boots and shoes than they
do now, and the money will go into
the hands of the Beef Trust.
William j. Bryan has about re-
covered from his recent fall at the
Florida meeting. He will prob
ably insist upon assisting in the
building of the next platform upon
which he stands
1t is understood that certain
American army officers have APP
Piled for leave to visit Cuba. It
is to be hoped they are not going
down there to take lessons from
Weyler.
There have been very few cleo
tons of the United States Sena-
tors in the past few years that have
not furnished unanswerable argu-
ments showing that this system
should be changed.
Upwards of two million dollars
worth of nuts, mostly chestnuts,
are annually imported into the
United States.
Psris kills about 1900 horses a
year for roasts and soup, and it
really looks as if that is all the
horse will be good for soon.
There are II candidates for
graduation at the West Virginia
University this year.
Europe makes 100000 pins
daily.
There is move on foot to cut
down the shade trees along our
public streets. 1t would be vandil-
ism to do it, The shade trees are
the beauty of our town, and should
be preserved and protected. The.
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