The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-05-10
Around tic Bend.

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ever, where he has had employ
mont. The gay Lothario has wife
and children back of Leon, and
the fair young lady is just sweet
sixteen and fancy free. Relatives
are in pursuit. The last heard of
them was about IL O'Clock at night
passing through Bub Glenn's yard,
near Letart.
Travellers along the wayside be-
tween Hartford City and Mason
will be sorry to know the famous
old spring and watering trough at
Hanging Rock have fizzled out,
gone up; horses miss it as we'll as
drivers. The stream has been shut
off by the driving of entries in the
GFeas e Harris coal mines about a
..IhaIf q mile below. It will cost
about $50 to turn the water back,
and it would be we'll worth the
while to expend as much in that
direction.
B. j. Lerner has built a fence of
attractive and certainly original
design about his store at Hartford
City, There is not another like it
in all "these diggens"
Bob Brown, of New Haven, has
presented his friend, George Gin
ther with handsome carved pipe
of unique design. 1t is of Tripoli
stone from Mozart Mts., and any
body who knows Bob, ought to
see it.
Mason City people are going to
try to stand up and shake the dust
from off their feet and do some
thing for the building up of the
town from this on. The 18th of
this month they will vote on
proposition to offer bonus for the
establishing of business enterprises
and the same promises to do much
for the building up of the city,
There is man living up in the
lower part of Putnam county, adj
joining the Mason line, by the
name of William Aikes, and last
week there was born to him and his
wife beautiful girl baby, and they
have christened her Belle. Un-
doubtedly when the girl grows up
some one of the heads of that fam
lily will get licking.
Crate Dunlap, of Mason City, is
a man you can always put up with
he runs first class holstery at this
place.
A great many people are greatly
put out because the County Court
don't put road down the bank to
the river at New Haven. 1t is
three miles up and four miles down,
a good piece around and back to
get to another ferry, and the bust
ness and all other men are so shut
off they can neither receive nor
ship freight by river. 1t would be
some trouble to make road to stay
there, owing to the slips along the
bank, caused by numerous strong
springs, but it can, and as we have
said before, should be done. Peo-
pie of New Haven pay taxes as do
other people, and are entitled to
some public benefits. The court
that will do this will be hailed as
great public benefaotor.
To-day, "Wednesday Victor
Polsley, of Letart, and Miss Blaine,
of Willow Grove, will be united in
the holy bonds of matrimony, at
the brides home. The groom is
assistant p. NJ. at Letart, and eld-
est son of e. A. Polsley, and the
bride one of the fairest and bright
est of Jackson county's daughters.
Ye squib writer wishes them we'll
may their lives be to each other,
'As moonlight is to sunlight
AS water is to wine"
The citizens of Flat Rock o'pine
for Touring mill and offer free
location at that place.
Joseph Robson is manufacturing
flour chests of his own patent, at
Valley City, to put on the market,
Among the great men of genius
around the bend is Abraham Roush |
of Letart, who has gotten up po-
tato planter and marker, on which
he will ask patent.
The Mason City Laundry is one
of the fixed and financially pros
porous concerns at Mason City, |
under the management of Il. j.
Robinson. 1t turns out as good