The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-03-23

Generally speaking the growing
wheat is looking we'll.

Generally speaking the growing
wheat is looking vel.
Miss Mary Guthrie. Of Gallipo-
lis. is the happy guest of Capt.
Manly Brown and family, at Hart
ford City
The hull Of the old j. j. Petrol
IS lying sunk IN the mud on the
shore Just below the Hartford City
wharfboat
Union College and Minersyille
debating societies are competing
for honors in joint discussions of
living issues
Charley Mcdaniel, Mason
county boy, having been born and
reared at Letart, is engineer on the
Convoy. and resides at Syracuse.
Geo. Rifle, of Hartford City lost
his one-year-old child by death
Tuesday. aud was buried in the
Flats. above Point Pleasant, We'd
nesday
The contemplated change to be.
made in time of trains on the Q.
r.. R. April Ist, will be apprecia-
ted by the people who are, gener-
ally. dissatisfied as they are now
scheduled.
The Camden Clay Go. have a
Iong chute running from the base
of the hill to the summit. down
which is shot the dirt and schale
rock from back on the hill from
which is made their finest product.
The u. S. Government will not
thereafter grant retail liquor license
to shanty-boat nuisances, to the
Igratifaction of the farmers along
the river, who have been annoyed
.Eby such boats.
Lester Hogg. four-year-old son.
of DR.. L. M. Hogg, of Millwood,
Hreceived a broken arm last week by
falling on truck car. The little
fellow is quite a sufferer but is
4 getting along nicely. DIR. Q. w.
Petty. of Hartford City. is attend
ing him.
I. AS the first of April draws near
er, the more alarming becomes the
probable miners strike. The fight
this time will be that more partic-
ularly of the West Virginia and
Pennsylvania miners. while the
] IOhio miners will hold aloof out of
sympathy. The salt manufacturers
around the bend VII not care. per-
haps, very much for it is expected
j that salt will go down to so cents
and perhaps remain, no telling how
Hong, and operators cannot afford
to run at that price. The salt
Yards lil'a are 1i5fI Ut 3, qyerfowing now
and all are anxious to unload.
Pomeroy has granted 20 year
franchise for water works, and
work will begin at once. The
probabilities are the water viii be
piped from Immediately above
Hartford City to basin back of
Pomeroy. The opinion of many
is, however, it should come from
above Syracuse, to escape all
the water from the furnaces and
bromine factories, and the pipes
may be extended to Seigrist Rifle.
For several years Pomeroy has had
an option on some land back of
Syracuse for reservoir but drop
ping It, will build areservoir imme-
diately back of the city.
Mason City has now as good a
hotel as any town along the river.
w. @. Dunlap, who has been in
the hotel business at Cottageville,
has opened up in the Redmond
property.
The American Mechanics are
lagitating the building of hall at
New Haven. There is quite a
prosperous lodge here and the
school hall where they now meet
is too small for their accommoda-
ton.
p. L. Jones. formerly of New
Haven. is travelling for a Parkers-
burg hardware firm.
New Haven works none but nom
union miners and the probabilities
are there will be no strike from
that quarter.
Many people are laying in coal
supplies in anticipation of q
miners strike.
Wheat holds up well to go cents.
Many farmers around the bend are
still holding for a higher price