The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-09-19

LII lbJel SomoiNS'f 'A""'' y
during quarrel between JAS. Cayupaio-
and bis sister Bridget Talbot, be bea. the
latter 50 brutaly that she died duriug tie
uight TJ T0-T
Michael Nicholson, an engineer at The
rolling mill dock AT Bayview, Wis, was
run over and killed Tuesday night.
At Passi.o village New JERSEY, Mon.
day nigh, Watson l. Sons, bleaching aud
caaou asuuel msDufactory was burned
Loss about $12.5Oo.
Much excitement. prevailed in mercantile
circles on Exchange Place and Conmerce
street. Baltimore, Thursday evening at
/, The reported failure Of Eve heavy and well
SHOWN firms, four Of which have been ex'
,eusivyly engaged iu the coffee aud sugar
Il AIDE.
Governor Orr, ofSon'h Carolina. says
when he was in the South Carolina Leg'slA-
lure. a lew years since, the Legislative
expenses we're $50 900 year. Now they
amount to 5000 900 "a year Then the
employees of the General Assembly numb
cred 90 or 80, now 400 Of the son who
are paid, only part Of them do anything
Mrs Par,inston awakes from long
.lumhsr to say that sle thinks this 'b'ng OF
shaking hands across the bloody sarcasm
is all ,oulfoolerY
Martial law declared in Pope county Ar
-Four men all named Brown. nged re-
spec,ively 90 81, % and 10, followed the
hounds 10 'ox chase, the other day, IN
Virginia.
!, A young lady at Kansas City, Missouri.
recent, found that her life had bpro with
out medical examination. insured by a
cousin. who is also au adopted brother, for
pigh,eu thcusrnd dollars, the amount be-
iue divided among several companies.
The affair looks suspicious.
The jury in tho case Of Or schepp,",
on second trial for poisoning Miss Ste'neek,
Of Baltimore returned verdict, after be-
Ing absent fifteen minutes, Of rot gully,
and the defendant was promptly liberated
by order Of the court
There are some thirty firms. engaged in
the marble manufacturing buslne" ~ B's.
ton, giving employment to ovsr S,ooo
men,
The ancient rhilipse MAJOR, built in
1852 sill s,auds AZ Youke-, aud recalls
The story Of beautiful Mary Phillips. Gen
rral George Wo>huqtou's carly lcse who
was born and lived there.
A singular fact in connection with tho
recent remarkable eruption Of mount Yes
uvius. is recorded. The vaparous en'an-
atoms alone we're observed to be charged
with positive electricity, white the ashesa-
lone we're charged wit, negative electric
i,y. Hence electric etfcc, resulted from
he collision Of the clouds Of ashes with
hose Of yapor-thunder aud lightning be-
I iog produced Us in an ordinary storm
The captain Of the ship st. JOHN, ac-
,ording to the San Francisco Caiy"','',
aid on sailing from that port on his last
,oyase to Ans'ria: Expect me on the fo'h
# August" he appeared with bis vessel
Early on the 10Th, on|r day behind time
on the prediction for that long and uncer-
tuu voyage.
The Washington Chronicle states that
F., the Geneva A,t,rulion has avsidd tt
he United Suites sixteen or seventeen
/, millions o. dollars. This 1als far sbou, Of
. he thirty nil''ons We were told by the
g administration we should certainly get,
Z i,h,u,,cf,leperto,h the claim Of six or srvft
! nuud ID millions for iuLrect damages =,
y The yrepostelous claim set ply TIT
Grant administration greatly prejudice
l. the Geneva Arbilsa,ion sgaipst our ease
r The threatened war between Brazil and
J the Argentine Confederation has been aS-
9 er,et, aud auieabc relations resumed tor
III, present The Emperor Of Brazil II
y an ambitious man, and the success of the
N parasuayau expedition has whctsed h''
y appetite for conquest and annexation A
y mighty Empire on the Atlantic is a dlzz
!inp prize t, be con,pnued for, and thai y
within his grasp fifth" Argentine Kepu!n'''
!. cau be DESTROYED The first step in thn
direction WAS the to,a oblieration of "a
., rnguay from the map Of South America
u 50 far as political or military power OF
, significance is concerned. The Argentine
rs Republic uidei in that work, and now TIT
i. same cup will be presented to the lips 0
he President Sarmicuto aud his people. lh'
: underlying reason for the recent dt.cn'..
.. between Brazil aud the Argentine KepuO
VI lie is the Interior designs Of the former
- ,l,o lo;,,, :, m moEn all adjust