The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-04-27

painful accident one day last week
and came near loosing one of his
hands. He suffered a good deal,
but under the attention of his ply
sician he will soon be we'll Rex
is good boy and his many friends
viii be panied to learn of his ac-
cident.
Mr. S. w. Swisher viii soon be-
gin work on his store on Main
street, corner of Second, by raising
it one foot and making it fifteen
feet longer and two stories high.
We like to see these improvements
of property being made in our
town, it has good effect and
makes the town more inviting to
visitors who are looking for some
place to locate.
They have a large force of hands
working day and night at Charles
ton. upon the street railway, in
order to have it completed by Fri
day morning as they have two
oircuses there this week. Friday
and Saturday, and they expect to
take in considerable money on.
these two days.
It takes 1878 volunteers from
West Va. to fill out her quota for
the call of 1861 900, which is about
500 short of the number now under
arms in the State, but which can
be readily secured, as some 1900
applications are fled for enlist
ment, and double the number
could be raised
The o. r. r. received last Sat
urday four splendid new coaches,
direct from the Ohio Falls Car
Works, of Jacksonville, Ind. The
new coaches are very handsome,
being finely finished inside and
out and elegantly upholstered.
They will soon be put into regular
service and should add consider
ably to the popularity of the road.
-Parkersburg Sentinel.
The society editor of the Poca-
hontas Times announces a we'd
ding in the following terse and
original fashion: Mrs. Ann Wal
ton, who left here about four
months ago in search of a man,
has found him near Parkersburg,
and has married again.
From observation and the opin-
ion of great many at the Capitol
city. they are going TO have the
same trouble the coming week over
the license question they had last
year.
Nineteen box cars for the Hook
ing Valley railroad were transfer
red to the K. & M. by the Ohio
River Railroad this morning.
They were built by the Ensign
shops at Huntington.
The State Sportsmen's Associa-
ton viii hold its annual shoot at
Parkersburg, June 8, 9 and 10.
Some Of the crack shots of the
country will be present and CON
test for purses amounting to $500
and Eve guns valued at from $25
TO 500.
Mason county can furnish quite
number of volunteers to defend
the honor of our flag and avenge
the slaughter of our noble sons that
lost their lives upon the battleship
Maine
Itseems to us to be danger
Gus business for children who are
trying to learn to bicycle, to use
the business streets for that pur-
pose.
Half a loaf is better than no
LOAF, is not sanctioned by ma
ljority of the Point Pleasant loafers
l-theY want the whole loaEs
The ward politicians of this town
are now studying their lessons and
taking their cues from their bosses.
The troops of this State viii be
mobolized at Charleston this week,
and await orders to go to the front.
You can't tell early in the morn
ing what people viii say through
out the day
It is more respectable to have a
bug In the ear than In the hair.
J r. Gibbs, of Hartford City,
has been granted a pension.