The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-08-09
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county. Wheat not half yield
corn very poor, meadow lands
worse. Potatoes are not grown tc
any considerable extent, but what
crops are out are discouraging
The best looking corn we saw in
our travels belongs to Messrs
Birchfeld and Casey, just above
Henderson, and to VIM. Bateman,
toward the extreme end of the dis
triot, all in new ground.
| The Austin oil we'll is down
about 600 feet in about 16O feet of
salt water. New casing will be
here this week to shut this off when
work will resume. The stratas SO
far are little deeper than above
Kanawha. The Rayburn wellnear
Flat Rock, was, it will be remem-
bered. sunk to the depth of 2,229
feet, striking the Big Lime at
1,215 feet and going through
115 feet of it; the Berea sand
was hit at 1,74O feet and found
to be about 30 feet in thickness.
The indications are that these sands
will be found to be about 20 or %
feet deeper in the Austin we'll No. l,
Among some of the most hospi-
table people we met are Mr., and
Mrs. u. II. j. Blaine, living near
Wyoma. Mr.. Blaine came to this
State from Washington county,
Ohio, in 1910, and is now in his
seventy-th year, hale and hearty.
Aside from the pursuit of agricul-
ture, he has quite large nursery,
which is quite profitable. We took
great interest in his showing us,
how he has, by winding the young
limbs of fruit trees together, made
the trunks of trees unite in solid
wood, in such way as to preclude
their ever splitting apart-an intor-
esting and wonderfully delicate
and skillful piece of work, Where
ever we drift there will always be
warm place in the heart of ye quill
driver for Mr.. and Mrs Blaine.
Andrew jackson johnson was
passenger up on the palatial steam
er Argand this morning, on his
way to attend the meeting of the
Baptists, at Buffalo, today. Mr..
johnson resides back of Grown
City, in Gallia county, Ohio, and
this is his first trip up the Kama
wha in 40 years. Many are the
charges he observes in the country
since then. Incidentally the old
gentleman expects TO buy ull the
sheep he can take back with him
when he goes. He reports that
Neale Bros, near Simms' Creek, in
Lawrence county, south of him,
have lost about hundred head of
cattle this summer, from Texas
fever. Neale Bros. have gone
largely into the growing of fine
stock, and bought some in Cincin-
natl and brought home recently,
which introduced the disease
among his own. 1t is feared the
disease will spread through the
neighborhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ashbel Hughes
are living happily and luxuriously
in their temporary summer home
near Wyoma, while arrangements
are being made for the building of
their permanent residence on the
site where tho old homestead was.
This is historic ground. Just op-
posite there is where the old pub
lie inn of years ago stood, whore
the early visitors of this section
lodged on their coming into and
passing through this section of the
country. 1t was a huge and i'm.
posing two story building of logs,
and was faYorite lodging house.
Nothing remains to mark the spot
now but some of the old founda-
tion stones. Here is probably the
earliest settlement in the district
and only few of the old settlers
are now living.
The newly located road up Three
Mile is about completed. The pub
lie is using it but there are some
three or four gates yet TO pass
through. The road will be thrown
open in about week and it's fair.
ly good one for country road. II
passes up from the river road al
Three mile and comes out at ST
Messick's on the hill.
The Bateman school house
stands about mile off the nearest