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Ina Den of Tigers.


On the morning of the second day oi
our stay in Providence, writes an anna
teur who is with circus for the fun OF
the thing, / lit cigar after break fast
and strolled down to the circus. On
entering the menagerie tent, 1 discov.
cred the proprietor of the show seated
on bench and watching the tiger.
trainer cleanin the tigers cage. There
were five tigers in the cage, all royal, Z,
and the most magnificent brutes ever
saw. "How those fellows would make
mince-meat of you or me, did we ven-
ture into their cage" / remarked.
"Yes, if we went in alone" he replied;
shut that man has them under such
perfect control that I would walk in
there this minute without a moments
hesitation. Would you like to 60 in ?
there's no danger" 1 turned the mat
ter over in my mind for a minute or
two, and then approached the cage and
asked the tanner what he thought about
the matter. He replied to my inquiry
by driving all the tigers into one corner
with his whip, and opening the door OF
the cage. The next moment / stood
face to face with these fierce, splendidly
ferocious animals, with only the tanner
between us. For a few seconds they
glared fiercely at me as through about
to spring, and 1 clutched more fierce
ly the latch of the barred cage. Then
one raised himself on his hind legs
to his full length, resting his enormous
paws upon the upper cross-bar of the
cage. He snarled fearfully at me, and
his velvety tail swept backward and for
ward in the most ominous manner. The
jaws ofdeath were wide open before me,
and itseemed as if. 1 eouldlook halfway
down his throat. But the keeper kept
his eye steadfastly upon him and the up
raised whip cowed him into submission.
The others paced uneasily up and down
the end of the cage, evidently longing to
make meal of me, and uttering contin-
ually that horrible snarl peculiar toti.
gers; showing their gaping throats and
tremendous fangs every time they did So
1 opened the door Of the cage and sprang
out as the keepers W hip descended or
the shoulders of one who was erouchine
for spring, not being desirous ofgivine
him a ghost ofa chance. The keeper him
self shortly .afterward left the cage, and
the animals at once gave vent to the ex-
element under which they were labor.
ing. They bounded backward and for
ward in the cage, fought among them.
selves, and told me as plainly as mute
action could do how great was their dis
appointment that they were not ther
engagedin picking my bones. They did
not quiet down for half an hour after
ward; but being safely outside the cage
! could afford to laugh at their angry
demonstrations.
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POetical.
Good Night,

Beyond the press OF loss and gain,
How sweet at eve TO creep
And fold about my weary brain
The lotus leaves of sleep,
And all the throbs of daily pain
In opato fancios steep.
No lotus lcat-uo Indian wine
Like evenings mystic calms,
Descending under dusk divine,
Aud dropping tender balms
Into this lowly heart Of mlno
That aslSeth God for aims.
o! blessed Sleep! Amounting mo
With chrlsm of holy night,
And binding me that / may see
Beyond all earthly sight,
Aud binding me that | may be
Released from viewless flight.
Upborne from dust ofdaily things,
And freed from curbs of clay
To mount upon ETHEREAL wings
Through boundless worlds TO stray
And drink at LIES eternal springs,
Beyond the founts of day.
Ont loving Sleep that bringcth dreams
To WOO, with waving hands,
And call us back by pleasant streams
And over sllvcry strands
Where memory like moonlight CLEANS
Across the shining sands.
o! tide Of sleep! that softly flows
Through pleasures garden blooms,
And GIBBS in sorrowful repose,
Beneath our Sorrows glooms,
Where Memory, like moonlight, shows
The names on all our tombs.
o! gentle sleep! O solemn Death!
Twain angels darllly bright,
That kiss our eyes, and seal our breath,
And softly veil the light
| know not which it be that saith
The tonderest GOOD Night"
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PLEAsURE-TRAVELI IN CALIFoR'
NIA.-Certainly in no part of the conti-
nent is pleasure-traveling so exquisite
and unalloyed pleasure as in California.
Not only are the sights grand, wonder
full, and surprising in the highest de.
gree, but the climate is exhilarating
and favorable to an active life; the
weather is so certain that you need not
lose a day, and may lay out your whole
tour in the State without reference to
rainy days, unless it is in the rainy sea.
son the roads aresurprisingly good, the
country inns are clean, the beds good,
the food abundant and almost always
well cooked, and the charge moderate
and the journey by. rail from New
York to San Francisco, which costs nc
more than the steamer fare to London,
| and is shorter than voyage across the
| Atlantic, is in itself delightful as wei
\ asinstructive. Probably twenty Ameri
cans go to Europe for one who goes Il
| California; yet no American who ha!
not seen the plains, the Rocky Noun
tains, the Great salt Lake, and the won
ders ofCalifornia, can honestly say thai
he has seen his own countryi or that b,
even has an intelligent idea of its great
nes.-CHARLEs NoRDnoFF, in Hdrper'
Magazine for Nay.
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A Funny Mistake.

Itdevolved upon an certain reporter.
of country paper, to write for the
same edition, an account of the presenta-
tion Of gold headed cane to Rev. DR..
Jones. the clergyman of the place, and
description of patent hog-killing and
sausage making, machine, which had
just gone into operation. When the fore
man of the composing room received
the two locals, he cut them into small
pieces, as GsGal, for distribution among
the type satterS. A mistake must have
been made in Numbering the "copy,"
for when the paper went to press, the
two reports were mixed IN such
frightful manner, that the following, or
something like it, was the result:
"Several of Rev DR.. Jones's friends
called upon him yesterday, and after a
brief conversation the unsuspicioas hog
JYas seized by the hind legs and slid
saonga beam until he reached the hot
water tank. His friends explained the
object of their visit anG presented him
with a very handsome gold headed
butcher, who grabbed him By the tail,
swung him around, slit his throat from
ear to ear, and in less than minute the
carcass was in the water. Thereupon ne
came forward and said that there were
times when the feelings overpowered
one, and for that reason he would not
attempt to do more taSa thank those
around him for the manner IN which a
huge animal was cut into fragments Was
simply astonishing. The doctor con-
cluded his remarks, when the machine
seized him and in less time than it takes
to write it, the hog was cut into pieces
and worked up into delicious sausage
The occasion will long be remembered
by the Doctors friends as one of the
most delightful of their lives. The bes
pieces can be procured at fifteen cents
pound, and we are sure that those VIII
! have sat so long under his ministry
] will rejoice that he has been treated 81
4 handsomely"
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COL. DEM. -. VOL. XXXVI.. NO. l8,

This is their fate in every well-regula'
ted newspaper office. An unsigned let
ter stands little chance ofeven hasty
reading. Its barefaced lack of authenti-
city damns it. This fact must be patent
to most writers of anonymous screeds.
How often the conviction must be fore
ed home to them that they have thrown
away their time, paper and postage
stamps. To write letter and not sign
your name to it,argues either bad breed
ing or cowardice. 1t is essentially a
mean act, and the meanness Of 1t is not
80 glaring as the stupidity.
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Miscellaneous.
N i N n / s T II Y.

II. G. HOVER, DENTIST,
Respectfully offers his professional services to
the ladies and gentlemen of Bloomsbury and vi.
cinity. lie is prepared TO attend to all the varl.
GUS operations in the line of his profession, and
Is provided with the latest improved PORCELAIN
TEETH which will be inserted ON gold plating
silver and rubber base to look MS well asthe nat.
ural teeth. Teeth extracted by all the new and
most approved methods, and all operations on
the teeth carefully and properly attended TO.
Residence and office n few doors above the
Court House, same side.
bloomsbury, Jan17l-ly
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uINKLEY KNITTING MACHINE

THE SIMPLEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST IN
USE! HAS BUT ONE EIEDLEl a
ClILD CAN RUN IT!
Designed especially for the use Of families, and
adde's who desire TO knit for the market. VIII
Go every stitch of the knitting in stocking
Widening and narrowing rs readily as by hand
AIc splendid for worsteds and fancy work.
TAKING FIVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
STlICHl Are very easy TO manage, and not
liable to : ct out of order, Every Family should
have one.
We want IN Agent in every town to introduce
and sell them, 10 whom we offer the most liberal
inducements. send for our Circular and Sample
Stocking. Address.
nov lD,1l-ly. Bat h, Me-
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AoteIg.

ny j. THORNTON
~. would announce to the citizens of E!uuInB-
burg ana vicinity. that he ha just rccclycda mli
Nud complete assortment q!
WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES,
FIXruHEs, CoHIs, TAssrIS,
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Eapy.

'ahd Box Man faCtufing
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i. UO.D

1t was scarcely worth while to alarm
any larger animals that might be near,
by firing at these pigs, so we were con-
tent to watch them as they turned up
the ground, and fed on the roots they
,,ot
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Humorous.

A Wisconsin minister awoke his
charge by vehemently say.
ing, "Deacon T., wake up; the best Of
the sermon is to come"
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Buck Horn.
Crangeville Directory.

N u. HERRING & BROTHER, Carpenters and
~. Builders, Main ST., below Pine.
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Columbia County Official Directory,

Orllldescriptons executed with neatness al
dispatch at reasonable rates.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-04-25
Master Commissioners Notice.
Thomas Scott


John Young, Martin Hays, Rob 7 In Chancery.
ert Adams and tie West Virgin
ia Coal Company.
The pM,ies TO the above named cause now
pending in the Circuit Court of Mason county,
West Virginia, will please take notice that !
the undersigned Master Commissioner Of said
Court, have Fixed upon Friday, the 7ll day Of
May, 1872 at the Office Of Knight 4 Couch in
the town Of Point Pleasant, Mason county,
West Virginia as the time end place at which
! shall proceed to tfke, state anu report an &C
count in Pursuance If decreal order render.
ed in The saii cause on the Goth day Of Feoru.
ary, 1872, showing
First, The amount Of indebtedness fIom
Robert Adams, one Of the defendants, 20 Thos.
Scott upon a settlement Of their partnership
accounts a merchants from the LIST day OF Jsn'
uary, 1868 to the 10Th day March, ls7O
Second, The amount Of money, principal
and interest, due from The West Virginia Coal
Comvany to the lata firm Of Robert Adams y
Company; and any oher matters which may
be DEEMED pertinent to the matters at issue or
that either party in Interest may lawfully re-
qnirs. Given rnder my hand at my Office as
n h Commissioner this 3Oh day of March
1872 JAMES h. COUCH, JR-
apr, 4-4w. Master Commissioner.
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Some idea of tho daun,less Bread and
Butter Brigade" upon which Gen. Grant
depends for denomination and reelection.
may bo gathered from these facts, that the
noble army Of sclfsacriticins patriots
consists Of about thirty.onc thousand post.
masters; seventeen thouslnl unlcr the
control of the Treasury Department, with
a Signal Corps Of three thousand more,
under different leaders, making, in all,
ffty.one thousand noble patriots, who de-
mand TINT Grant shall be kept in power, in
order that they may continue to hold Office
aud serve the country for their osn good
Besides, this number does not include the
members of Congress-, who are dependent
UPON Executive breath for their political
OK is,euce; nor does It include the horde OF
license spies who go about plunderiug cit.
liens under pre'euse Of law, but who are
all devoted to the cause Of Grant, because
Grant and Official rascaity seem to be
Identical 10 aim and intent"
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TO MARY ]. DAYwALT:

Take no,c. thai shall OF the GIL! day Of
May, 1872. at thu law oificeof W. II romlin.
son. in Pui.t Pleasant, Wesi Virginia, between
the hours Of 6 a. IN. and p IN Of that day
pr repd TO take the dispositions Of Marion
Gregg and Others, to be read ase videncen my
behalf in certain suit in equity depending in
the Circuit Court Of M,son county, wherein ]
am plaintiff and you are defendant; aud il
from any Gauss the taking Of the said depo'i.
lions be not commenced on that day, or il
commenced, he mol concluded on that day, The
taking Of The same viii be adjourned from day
to day, or from time nj the same place and be
tween the same hours until the same shall be
completed.
Respectfully yours, Dc.
MARK B DAYWALT.
april4-4w. b. Counsel.
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NOTICED!

TO II. P. ELlAS:-Take notice that on the
! first day Of the next Term Of the Circuit
Court of Mson county, West Virginia, the
Board of Education Of Hannah Township
will petition said Court to condemn one acre
of land of yours In School District No l2, in
said township. which has been design ted by
the Board of Education of said Township, as
a suitable location for a public school house in
said district. You having refused to sell the
same We will ask in said petition such lot OF
ground to he condemned for the use of public
schools. and for the appointment Of persons as
prescribed BY law, to assess the value Of said
land, at which time and place you may appear
to protect your inlererest in the premises il you
think proper,
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Of Hannah Township By Counsel.
ap ls-4w.
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WEST VIRGINIA.:

"Eol 'lhuiN'N
at rules held in The Clerks Office Of the
Circuit Court of Mason county, on Monday,
April lst, 1872
Abraham Vansitkles,
VS..
Joseph S. Machir Harriet MaChir, his wife
William Il Machir and Philip A. Machr,
Trustee for said Harriet Macblr
T, Chon.srv ON Amended nil
me oHEct o. inc Amended b'is - 10 MAKE
william Il. Machir party Defendant IN ms
caa.G; ne having been aPPo'nsea, oy ne o'r,
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WEST VIRGINIA.:

| WEST VIRGINIA:
AT Rules held in the Clerks Office Of The
Circuit Corr. Of Mason county, on Monday
April LIST, 1879.
Margaret Lynn Horton,
Valentine B Horton, Jt William A. lIealv,
John S Lewis, john ", English, James Fl
Couch. Charles P ] Moore, Mary +. Nc.
Culoch, John McCulloch, llebecca E, Nc
Daniel. inner own right (and as guardian OF
Mary j Mcdaniel and GeorgeC Mcdaniel, J
Wallace Mcdaniel, Mary J Mcdaniel and
George y Mcdaniel. In Chancery.
The Object suit sto set aside as frau
dulent a deed Of conveyance made by the de
PENDANT, Valentine 3. Horton Ir., to William
A. Hraly on the 18th day Of Nav, 1870. for
two tracts of land situated in Waggcner town
ship. Masorcoun'y, West Virginia, containing
together 29G acres, aud 10 subject said real es'
tate to the payment of the Alimony now due
the complainant under and by virtue Of a de
cretal order of the Court of Common Pleas Of
Hamilton county Ohio rendered on the 9Th
day of June, 1866, ond to secure and provide
for the a,ment OF such other Suns OF money
as allowed for her Alimony under and by yir
tue Of said lecle,al order as are yet to become
due. And it appearing from afiilavt flied
with the papers Of this cause, that William A
Healy and Wallace Mcdaniel are non resi-
dents of the State Of West Virginia, on mo.
ton of Complainant by Counsel, it is ordered
that they do appear here within one month af.
ter the date Of the first pubica ion of this or
der and do what is necessary to protect their
interests in this cause Tes'e:
G. B WAGGENER, Clerk,
by G. B Waggeaer, Jr, Deputy,
English 4 Sehon, Henry j Fisher. W. Fl.
Tomlnson and Knight & Couch, Solicitors,
apr Adv.
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The Cincinnati Convention is gaining
strength every day, and the brains and
character Of tho Republican party are COM
ing over slowly but surely as advocates Of
its nominees. Grant may yet SEQ that the
weight he has been carrying for the past
four years, is too much even for him, with
all the influence his immense public patron
age has given him. If true, honest mcu
are nominated, whose record is unsullied,
Grant must DO overwhelmingly defeated
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N OTaCE!

THlSis to give notice that have associated
u with me in the Drug Business, Mr. A. L.
Bickle and which will hereafter be known un
der the firm name Of Miles h Rickel This
change necessltales new measures, and there
fore, | call upon those who are indebted to me
by note or book account to cone forwaru with.
out delay, and settle up, as am very desir us
Of closing W my old business, and besides
need thu money. hope this hint will he suf
icient. B. l.. MILES.
april ll-lm.
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ANOTHER MURDER. Wheeling is hav.
ing Just now more than her share Of hor-
rors. Yesterday afternoon, in an upstairs
room Of S|aulcy's Emerald Saloon, in the
square south of thi4 Office, John Scar
brough. formerly chief of police Of this
city, was shot dead by George W Robin.
son. in an alteration over cameo cards
Both had baeh drinking ind were some
what excited by liquor Robinson gave
himself up and was sent to Jail. A
post norton examination showed that Scar
broush, had received two shots, one Of
which passed directly through tho heart
- Wheeliay MteRigencer.
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siss Esay of WAY, Is72,
Cow NSssEDsEss's siLE
VALUABLE CHIC RIVER FARM!

VALUABLE CLIO RIVER lARMH
IN pursuance o. The terms and provisions #
!! a decree Of the Circuit Court OF Mssoi
County, West virginia rendered on the 9Th
day Of Marrh, 1872. IN a certain Ch,ncery
cause therein pcni,ns. III which jeremiah 3.
Acklcy i. complainant, aud Alfred h. tlop.
kins aud oher, are defendants shalt
On the goth doy of May, 1872,
at The Front Duar Of the Oourt House OF Nh.
son county, pforr,'h to all hy way Of public
auction, to The highest bidder, HE land il the
bill and proceedings mentioned, ccnisnins
1855 acres, and being the same real estate
when vas conveyed to Alfred Z. hopkins by
James II Couch, Special Comnls lcner, ard
Alexander Long aud wife, By deed dated July
goth, 1859, which land is situated in Graham
township, aud adjoining the lands of John j.
Weaver, nu,i known as the Allied b. Hopkins
Farm. upen the following terms ,o,wit: for
cash as 10 onp.Ihiri Of the purchase money,
aud the balancc upon credit of SIX and
twelve months, taking bond with good security
for the deferred ls.talmenis bearing interest
from dale, and retaining the title as Il further
security.
EDMUND SEHoN,
apr ll-im' Special Commissioner
0FThe above sale is postponed until the IN
day of Jdly, 49,. EDMUND SEH0N,
april 2j.ld. Special Commissioner.
Commissioners Sale Of Valuable Coal
and Salt Property.
II Waggener,
VS.. In ChaBcerY
Albert Mcdaniel eli. al
In pursuance Of the terms of q deere of the
] Cncuit Court Of Mason county, rendered at
The february Term, l.G9, the undersigned
Specia Commissioners, will, on
Monday, the goth day of May, 1879,
proceed to sell, at public auction, 10 the high
est bidder al the Front Door Of The Court.
House # Mason county. Lot No, 9, of the es
late Of Ezekiel Mcdaniel deceased, containing
81 acres Rood and 5 pole, more or less
This land lies fronting the Ohio River be-
tween Mason City and Hartford City, in the
middle Of tie great Sal, Basin Of Mason coun
ly II is well tmbered and contains valua.
BILE coal seam
TERMS OF SaLE:-One fourth of cash in
hand on day Of sale and the balance on cred.
il Of one and Fwo years in equal payments,
with interest from day Of sale The purcha:
ser giving bonds with good security for the
deferred payments. The title will be retained
until the purchase money is fully paid
9. 7. 7. MOORE Special Com
n w plISIE ny n,issionpTs
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Master Commissioners Notice.
jeremiah D. AcSley, Il !

Alfred B. Hopkins, Caldwell. r. ch,0,or,
Corpick & Caldwell, Kpbl"r u - W ave.
Whitman aud Augusta 3. Hop
kins.
The parties to tie above named cause now
pending in the Circuit Court Of Mason county,
West Virginia, will please take notice that l.,
the undersigned Master Commissioner OF said
Court, have fixed upon the IA h day of May,
1872, at the Office of Knight & Couch, in the
town of Point Pleasant West Virginia, as The
time and place at which shall proceed to
take stale and report in pursuance Of deere
tai order rendered in the said caus, on the 9Th
day of March, 1872, an account showing what
liens have been acquitted on the land in the
hill and proceedings mentioned. sintc the IN
sl,ulion of this suit, and in what order they
will b.en,i'led 10 he pForeeds arising from
the sale of the land in the bill mentioned and
described, after satisfying lhc mortgage if 'Pr
cmiah B. Ackloy, and any other matters which
may be deemed pertinent
Given under my baud at my Office as such
Commissioner, this OH day Of April lS72.
JAMES II. COUCH Jr,
apr ll-4w. Master Commissioner.
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The engine on the waytrain going east
on the B. & 0 r, r exploded at Walk
er's Staten Monday. Three men were
instantly killed, The engineer was thrown
.one hundred aud twcn,y-three yards.
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WEST VIRGINIA:
At Rules held in the Clerks Office Of Che
Circui, Court Of Mason county, on Monday
April list. 1872
Marx B Daywalt,
vs.. , In Chnncery.
The object Of the above suit. is to obtain
from the defendant, divorce from the bonds
OF marmony. And it appearing from alhia.
81, filed with the paper, OF this cause. that the
defendant. Mary J Davwall is a on.resident
of the State of West Virginia, on motion Of
Complainant by Counsel, it is ordered that
She do appear here within one mouth after the
date Of the first publication of this order, and
do what is nccess AIRY to project her interests in
this cause. 1es,c
G h. WAGGENER, CPk.
by G B Wagsenor, Jr,, Deputy.
". II Tomlhsou, Sol.
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Thej ockeying that is now going on in
Congress about the repeal Of the tea and
coffee tax is characteristic Of Radical tactics
The same game was played with general
amnesty" This jockeying consist in pro-
Tossing to favor measure, even passing it
by large majori'ies in both Houses but
not passing the same biil-so there is no
enactment Of a law.
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II, R. HOWARD. will be candidate for
tho office o, Clerk of the County Court, Of
Mason county, at the Democratic aud Con.
servative nominating Convention, to be
held on The Goth Of May. ID.
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TIE prohibition which the proposed
Constitution places upon special Legislation,
in certain enumerated cases, will prove Of
great service to tao State and is itself
reform worth the whole cost Of the Con-
vention.