The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-07-17
PAKTNERsHIP
or Robinson and Stickney the
[ Showmen to be DissoIYed.

OF Robinson and Stickney the
/ Showmen to be Dissolved.
Parkersburg, July ga suit
was today instituted by Merrick q
Smith for Chas. O. Robinson,
ageinst Robt. ID. Stiokney, who are
here with their dog andpony show
for the purpose of dissolving the
partnership of the firm.
If the terrible famine in India
was on tremendous scale 80 were
the efforts to relieve it, and prob
ably exceed anything of the kind
in the history of the worlds phil
antrophy. A blue book on India
Just issued shows that $91, ,95O,oOo
was expended for the relief of the
famine sufferers during the years
1899.19OO. Tits roundly estimated
that over million human beings
starved to death or died from dis
eases inc dent to insufhoieE aeSifi
Iishment. Besides that drouth
came with the famine, the losses of
cattle were very great, and the in
dustries of the country were de-
moralized.- Pittsburg Post.
A disgraceful affair occurred on
upper Second street in Gallipolis
about 10 O'Clock Saturday night,
John Wilson and. Mary Briggs got
into fight in which knife play
ed q prominent part, There are
conflicting stories as to the cause
of the brawl, which caused the loss
of considerable gore. John used
his knife very effectively on Mary
and carved her about the right
breast. The blade made q wound
over an inoh deep and about one
and half inches in length. Will
son was arrested and looked up.
When locomotive is stopped
these days the engineer and fire
man who have to remain in the
cab suffer terribly from intense
heat. The average temperature in
a locomotive cab when it is not in
motion is about 12O. This is a
terrible strain on the men, and it
is no wonder that many of them
are inclined to take their vacations
in the heated term.
"Why not use war tax stamps
for postage2" asks the New York
Herald. Simply because that
would be an actual convenience to
tho public, and the government
could not sanction any suoh thing
as that.
Tuesday night deal was con-
summated in the city of Charles
ton whereby all the properties of
the Charleston Water Works Co.,
and the Charleston Gas & Electric
90, passed into tho hands of
| Wheeling capitalists The aggre-
gate price paid for the two proper
ties was 100000.
The citizens of Charleston are
formulating plans to secure the an
nual reunion of the Society of the
Army of West Virginia, which will
be held in the month of September.
The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company is said to be after the
absolute control of the Ohio River
Railroad and negotiations for the
purchase of stock are now being
carried on through the Now York
people who control the stock of the
Ohio River Railroad Company.
The majority of the Presidents
of the United States from Wash
ington to Mckinley have been sons
of farmers and pIanters-14 out of
"a. New York has been the birth
place of the wives of six Presi.
dents.
Messrs. Baker and Knapp, of
Mason county, have bought Sam
Young's stock of goods on front
street and will continue business
at the same cd and.-Gallipolis
Journal,
When summer girl gets to
worrying for fear you got your
Fourth of July headache working
in the hot city it is time to consid-
or whether you want to'bo mixed
up in anything SO serious.
The Joseph B. Williams left
New Orleans Monday for Pitts
burg with AZ empty ooalboats
which is the largest tow ever
handled up stream by any towboat
| - a. NT;,s;ss;oDi Sba will have