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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-02-05

| L Observation-Disclosures SShOh 'NS
of the Directors of the Penitentiary,
left for Moundsville on last Satur-
day morning.
Geo. S. Couch, of the Kanawha
Bar, is in the city.
F. A. Guthrie, Esq, went to the
Capital Tuesday morning, to attend
to some business before the Supreme
Court.
Jacob Bird, Esq, of Mason, was
in the city Monday.
Gen. John McCausland, has re-
turned from his visit to Cincinnati.
Messrs. English, Tomliusou and
Simpson, have returned from the
Supreme Court.
We had the pleasure of meeting
our late fellow-townsman, Capt. d.
W. Woodland, Of the steamer Pier
point, and his son James, in our
city, Saturday.
The Parkcrsburg Examiner pays
this nice compliment to Judge Jo-
seph Smith, of our Circuit:
"Judgo Smith is one of the most
indefatigable workers that ever sat
upon the Bench. He opened his
Court ats o'clock in the morning,
and continued generally until II or
70 o'clock at night, often an hour or
two longer. The Judge is a very
large, portly gentleman; yet ne
possesses remarkable energy, and
was enabled to work down the
clerks, sheritts, lawyers and jurors,
in fact he gave none of the officers
of the Court rest, but pushed bust
ness with a will. Although hewas
here but two weeks, he disposed Of
a great many old cases which had
hHnn hanging upon the docket
The Jud &c won golden opinions
from men of all parties, lawyewand
clients, for the promptness, clearueSs
and impartiality Of his decisions,
and will long be remembered with
kindness by our citizens"
IIYMEN.-Being one of the invi-
ted guests we were present and wit
messed the marriage January 20th,
1874, in this city, at the residence
of Mrs. A. W. JoneS,-the brides
mothcr-by Rev. W. L. Hill, Of the
Presbyterian Church, of Mr.. }. W.
Bryan to Miss E. G. Jones. After
they were pronounced zone" they
received the congratulations of their
many relatives and friends present.
May their path through life be a
pleasant and harmonious one.
l .~-~.>I~>~,S~-~<,~IS
THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE
The Ministers in charge of the sew
neutrality-suspicious. in this city, have
been holding for thc'past ten days,
q series of meetings in the NJ E.
Church, South. At each service
day and night, the church was
densely crowded. The religious
work has been much revived and
greatly encouragedsby these meet
ings, and this alliance must be pro-
ductiyc Of good not only to the
churches, but to the community at
large.
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kch HN"
toundin this issue
The business in the office OF our
Comfy Clerk is SO great that it
keeps the Clerk and two deputies
busy all the time
The next term of our County
conrt will be held on the third
Monday in March next.
This week we enclose a few sub
scription bills. Parties receiving
them are expected to respond in "
prompt and intelligent way
The Morgan county Jail was de-
stroyed by frelas Sunday morning
week. The prisoners confined IN
the Jail escaped.
If your pocket-book becomes
empty, and everybody knows it,
you can put all your friends in it
and it will not bulge worth a cent
Mrs.. +. Ely, a citizen of Clifton,
this county, met with an accident
on the Goth inst, in Jones mill at
that place, by which one OF his
thumbs was taken off at the first
joint.
If everybody who owes anybody
would pay what they owe every
body, everybody would have pIoIl,
ty of money, and nobody would
look 50 sour as everybody docs gust.
now.
Mrs1yG.-James S. Lite, OF
Roane Co., left home scvcralwce
ago to GO on a cattle buying trip
and has not since been heard FROM
lie had some money with him; and
his absence is amystery to his 0c-
e 1s,intanccs and friends. s
We remember of reading some
where the following rule; off you
have a place of business, be found
there when wanted" 1t is very
suggestive.
Married in this city, on the Sd of
February, 1874, at the residence Of
Mrs. Sarah Roscbery, by Rev. T.
II. Lacy, Mr., Jacob URIC, of Cali
polls, Ohio, and Miss Mary A,
.Julick, of this city.
HAPPY MANA little incident
happened at DR.. Barbcc's Saturday
morning, January 31st, 1874, which
makes him act as if he was the hap
picst being on top ofthe ground
It was a boy. Long live Hugh A.
Barbcc.
A gentleman in this city, rather
.suspicioncd somebody was peeping
through the key-holo of his office
door, and investigated the matter
with asyringefull Of tobacco water,
and went home to find his wife had
been splitting wood and a chip had
hit her in the eye.
HERE NOw.-We wantto enlarge
our paper, and VIC can't do so un-
Cess eur friends assist us. We de-
sire everyone who now takes the
Register to get his neighbor to do
the same, and if each will do this it
wilt add 500 names to our subscrlp-
ton list, add $1,000 to our finances,
and will give themselves better
paper. Try this plan.
The Weston Democrat gives the
following comparative numbers OF
names signed to petitions for and
against the repeal Of the new liquor
law; Against repeal, 1929; for re-
peal, 2,116; difference in favor Of
retaining the law, 26,1OS' This is
what might be called an emphatic
endorsement of the law.
.--->I~I~I~---~~~~~~~|~>
Appo1NTMBNTs.-At q meeting OF
the newly elected City Council,
held at their Hall Monday evening,
4hn sollou,;nn nnnointments were
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-02-05

The business in the office OF our
County Clerk is so great that it
keeps the Clerk and two deputies
I hnsy all the time.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-02-05
A temperance advocate in this
IT,. :.lf +l,vc,


A temperance advocate in this
place, delivers himself thus:
"Now, boys, if you want to be
generous and treat each other, why
not select some other place beside
the liquor shop? Suppose, as you
60 by the post office, you say, q
say, my dear fellow, come in and
take some stamps" These stamps
will cost you no more than drinks
all round; or go to your tailor's and
say. "Boys, come in and take box
Of collars" Walk up toa grocer's
free and generous, and say, "What
kind of coffee will you havc"-
Why not treat to groceries by the
pound as well as liquor by the glass?
Or take your comrades to a cutters
and say. "I'll stand a good pocket
knife all around. "
Boys, this is very forcibly put,
and we trust you will read it again
and again, and profit by the lesson
it teaches.
School CONVENTION PROpOsED.-
At a meeting of citizens of Jefferson
county, recently, at Shepherdstown
the following resolution, among
others, was adopted:
RESOLVED, That in the judgement
ofthis committee tisexpedient that
a State Convention be held for tax
ing into consideration the school
laws and the general interests Of
education in the State of West Vir.
ginia, to consist of the State and
county Superintendent Of Schools,
the Board Of Regents and inc teach,
ors of all the State schools, and OF
such other persons as may be i inter
estcd in the subject; and it is furth-
or suggested, the Board Of Regents
concurring, that said Convention be
held in the city of Parkersburg, on
Wednesday, the 18th of July next,
and that the Governor Of the State
requested to attend and preside
over said Convention.
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LOCAL MATTERS.

me- 5Fightest'part of a ball isthe
fD,,ing to get ready for it.
The ed Of February will come
on Sunday, this year. ,,
Tue Streets are dam (p) muddy
.n5 the crossings in particular
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-02-05

MIS-. +. Ely, a citizen of Clifton
this county, met with an accident
on the goth inst, in Jones' mill at
that place, by which one of his
thumbs was taken off at the first
ioint.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-02-05

If your pocket-book becomes
empty, and everybody knows it,
YOU can put all your friends in it
and it will not bulge worth a cent
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-02-05

The Morgan county Jail was de-
stroycd by frelast Sunday morning
week. The prisoners confined in
the Jail escaped.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-02-05

The next term Of our County
Court will be held on the third
Monday in March next.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-02-05

,Mps1yG.-James S. Lite, OF
Roanc Co., left home several weeks
ago to 60 on a cattle buying trip
and has not since been heard from,
lie had some money with him; and
his absence is amyStery to his &C,
G g ,s,intanccs and friends. s
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-02-05

HAPPY MANA little incident
happened at DR.. Barbee's Saturday
morning, January 31st, 1874, which
makes him act as if he was the hap
picst being on top ofthe ground
It was a boy. Long live Hugh A.
Barbcc.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-02-05

This week We enclose few sub
scription bills. Parties receiving
them are expected to respond in a
prompt and intelligent way
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-02-05

APPOINTMENTS. AT q meeting OF
the newly elected City Council
held at their Hall Monday evening,
the following appointments were
made; Sergeant. Jowett; Street t
Commissioners. L. Gibbs. And
to fill vacancy by two of the Ooun-
cilmen elect failing to qualify, John
W. English, Esq, and DR.. w. P
Neale were appointed Councilmen'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-02-05

A gentleman in this city, rather
suspicioncd somebody was peeping
through the key-holo of his office
door, and investigated the matter
with asyringefull of tobacco water,
and went home to 6ndhi wife had
been splitting wood and a chip had
hit her in the eye.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-17
TEXAS.

Jacob Williams, Of Jefferson, suicided
last week.
The East Texas fair commences al
Jefferson November ID.
A Victoria county farmer recently lost
seven hundred sheep by an overflow.
In the counties Of COmanche, Goliad
and Dewitt. there has been a general deluge
A son OF L. E. Spinner, United States
treasurer, has been waiter at Texarkana
hotel.
The Fitch Sherman wedding Jenkins
ism has reached Texas and is being read by
the rangers.
Albert Worham, boy about fourteen
years Of age, was drowned while ont bathing
near Austin, Texas, last Sunday.
Anderson Davis, eolored, who vio-
lated the person Of a negro girl in Washing
ton county, has been sentenced TO death.
A hOrse-thief named Acre shot and
killed the sheriff Of Hunt county about six
miles from Jefferson, Texas, last Tuesday, and
then escaped.
"A fire broke out at the residence of
Dr.. ]. H.Tu-ner, Jefferson, Texas, last Wednes-
day. The house and furniture were valued at
Si503 The insurance was about $500.
A man named Clenburg became in
censed at a nelghbor at Austin, Texas, last
sunday, and armed himself with an old rusty
sword, and cut his nelghbOr IN the face SeVe-
raj times before he could be made 70 desist.
The Austin Statesman, October Sth,
says: "United-States Senator Flanagan and
SsIator Y Cd. Flanagan arrived in the city
Friday, and viii leave tomorrow evening.
The senator thinks that the present move
meut TO Oust certain Federal otfcehOlders in
Texas does not come from pure or partisan
motives, but as a sort of flank movement on
the part OF the outs to get in
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-17
WILL MORTON REBEL.
Report that Ise Has Denounced Grants
Administration as the worst the Ea-
tiOn BRs Ever Been Cursed with
During ITS History.
From the Chicago Tribune, October IOth.l
A ..rnil ;-ra.......l ....-.........l... . . L.

From the Chicago Tribune, October l0th.l
A well-iHformed correspondent at In
diauepohs wrote n letter to the I5fb..He, a few
days ego. IA which he reviewed the political
Of a secret meeting OF the Republican lead
eTs IN indianapolis. He furiner added the
following statement:
"In he same vein with the feeling that
produced the secret Republican meeting OF
last night. Is a talk currently reported with a
leading Nepublican member OF congress- a
man who has stood at the very pinnacle Of
IL nnuence In the party, and whose name Is a
synonym for incorruptibility. He freely ex-
pressed the opinion that the Stale was Vefy
doubtful, and that be would not be surprised
In the least at a perfect Waterloo or Tuesday
next He reports the disshection throughout
the agricultural counties very deep-seated, T.,
extending 10 men who have heretofore been
the pillars Of the Republican party. This
congressman said We should be surprised and
overwhelmed at the reports that would come
in from the country. AS for himself, he wag
free 10 say that the nation had been cured
with the worst administration, during the
past two years, ever known in its history:
and, when the proper time came, he was ready
70 say 20 publicly. Upon the question Of the
third term, he believed Grant TO he a candi-
date, and also that he was stronger than either
OF the existing parties; that the only way TO
defeat him would be by peoples movement,
and by peoples candidate"
Weihave other information which confirms
this statement, and which adds that the name
of the member Of congress "who has stood at
the very pinnacle OF influence in the party"
is none other than Q. p. Morton. We have
every reason TO believe that Mr.. Morton was
with great difficulty restrained from opening
the campaign In Indiana with a general and
specific denunciation OF the President, and
from making the fight in the State on the
ground OF open hostility to the administra-
tion. II the result Of the election on Tues
day next shall verify the present melancholy
expectations of the Republican leaders In In
diana. then Mr., Morton's wisdom and fore
sight viii be vindicated.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-17

suspected persons. Is this because blacks, and
not whites, we-e the authors Of the tragedy .
There are facts showing great negligence on
the part OF our sheriff and his deputies The
ight after Mack Hill oied the Jailer WAS
called upon at a late hour for the prison keys
ano pat on the msb by asSur1 ng them that the
keys we've locked up n strong safe up town.
Why after this warning were the keys kept
by the iailor on the next night? And Why
after this attempt on Tuesday night was not
the jail strongly guarded on "Wednesday
niglts And as the mob called St the jail on
Wednesday night before bedtime, why was
mol the alarm at once givene The jail is not
exceeding two hundred and ffty yards from
the public square, and is adjacent to several
res denoes. II has been developed in tine tes-
tiinony that there was q general rumor pre-
vaiiing on the streets after The death Of Mack
Hi tnat an attempt would be made 10 lynch
his murderers. And the fact that this would
be done was communicated to the jRilOr and
depuiy-sherin in time for precautionary
measures 70 have been adopted. When the
mob frst reached the jail on Wednesday
night, two cit zens were there besides the
Jaiior and guards. The sheriff, we learn, left
town Wednesday night, and did not return
TIL -1ter the prisoners had been taken out OF
n jan, and heard Of IL for the first time on
Thursday morning. II our Stale officials
prove unequal 10 the task Of bringing the
guilty parties 10 justice, VIII not the strong
arm Of the general government be interpoSed2
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-17
VIRGINIA.
pAnvllle wants cotton-factory.

DanvIlle wants cotton-fsctory.
The Masonic hall at Danyille has been
condemned as unsafe.
Old John Robinson, the Snowman,
recently donated twenty-five dollars 20 the
ladies' memorial association OF DanViIle.
The Charlottesville Je6ersoRiaR learns
that IL is the ir tention OF the family Of the
iate Governor Gimer, to place in the state
library his portrait, painted by the late John
ToOle, of thai place.
The Lynchburg Republican, of Octo-
Der sth, SAYS: "General -Jubsl A. Early was
not in Richmond on Tuesday. as reported oy
a correspondent n the Petersburg Neios, and
upon whose supposed presence IN tnat city
tie correspondent based his statement OF a
probable re-opeDing OF the Manone-Johhsoh
difficulty"
The Charlottesville Je6ers0RtGn says /:
aMr, William Summerson, aged eigbty-nVe
years. died in this town on Priday morning
last, at the residence ct his son. Mr Summer
sou was one OF the oldest Inhabitants Of me
gtniRs soldiers. For many years ne was tAle
sergeant OF this corporation as well as Janitor
for the district court of appeals
The Charlottesville JefsrSOniGn says:
Last session, Notwithstanding the financial
crash lust at the opening Of the session, we
increase OF students oyer the number OF the
preceding year was decided. This year, not
wlthstanding the continued money stIln-
gsncy, there r. q decided increase over last
session. up TO the corresponding period In
Each year, and an excellent prospect for a
large IN crease this session. Large numbers
are still coming In"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-17
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia i oveuun with dogs.

Columbia i 0yeFrun with dogs.
C,luubis has a club called the Friend
ly Union society.
Governor Moses has psrdoned H. A.
smith the delaulung treasurer oi armed
eJuIiy.
T.e Ch.rlaston Nelos and Courier
coils rbe Columbia linton Herald - straight
0gt lie"
Harrington, the wife murderer, at Co
Iurnbfa. Is recovering nom tue attempts oi Do
-a- suicide.
A cargo # Spyo thousand bsies Of cot
-..- ,.s. r.rar1g \ shipped on one Tes-el al
glsrlgat.u 10 \ ~ loIE-
Frs.e Oliver. the colored man who
.-z. -hH. .f q hail m CHAR lesiuuf SCUM "a o.
r.na. jess Sunday, dls1 a. the hospital al tna'
lace Monday.
The -1uthe~n express company has
-...,...7..4 f.l.sfnrss on the sparlausourg and
Union railroad. and have onlces az spartells'
IIrrg Union. Jone>yille, rdnt-e, Shelton flAn
Dam, LyIe's Ford and ouotheis.
a white mau, named motifs AIiord,
,-Hsfz drur x 81 Charleston, South Caronna, a
s--- a.,-s -s0. was robbed of forly y-Ionr uoi-
~ - as.us : t3o coloned men, named
f---'.rs rgraeu and cuba Borec, o. the theit,
a1d they 1ere arres cd
The WfpDsbOrO NetCs says: "Our
rrf.rf SeIbr. OF the Columbia Ph0nlx, hiss go
TlI. f,1t % Tie Radical party az IL nuEe
o1e5. ana we fear It viii be some ufne pslofe
fe gets 10 o47, u sucn cetoa ~ nc Aeo "oe-
wIiIlug are % DO the Joo
The Columbia Union Herald thus
commence an editorial: .. We act IN the lly-
M, pres u B. but Tie amp Of fXperl.nce w men
ssrhs iu tine saul OF the past nke hoine noiy
flame be- ore p sscred sepulc er, Is the ilgnt py
which wise men arr guided.
4 correspondent OF the Columbia
T-ffsrl- EeraI makes she 70 lowing in crest
an roc. "a shorf Ol-tance nom Seneca lity
ffa Afr-Iine Fuad passes n fun view of an
.sger-meaaorable spot, he home OF Jonn 9
rr-1houu ID b. 4nes stately mansion SIT
-,iird mon g high and noble eminence, not
- I1i.r1 ~ rs ruastar held, aid commanding
tfs slrfouudirg country, not 20 ar and wide,
ilga.s,-ar a. Its master dad. IL Is at The june
r1re of Twelve Mile creek ara keowee nver,
Is A M .rson county, and has leen recently
I'D Ill Y1ubltc auction for fourteen thOasand
drilars- under a m0rtgegeoi twenty-five Jhou
-,rd collars what q commentary on great
,,ess and how the highest honofs OF humble
en5hlflon crumoie Gt the touch OF circum-
--sf-re and tiuns Calhoun hsH gone, and all
5-fs eberis1sa theories have gone With himl
--ifholah Ia Jook over million Of neD ana
frn Thousand cannon 10 shatter them 70
pieces
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-17
ARKANSAS.
HeIena has q daneIng aeademy.

Helena has dancing academy.
Clarendon has new sweet potatoes at
fancy prices,
At Clarendon turkeys sell at seventy
i've cents each.
Little Rock wants thirty Thousand
dollar cotton-seed oil factory.
The Jefferson county fair commences
at Pine Bluff the twenty.sixtu.
Little Rock received two hundred and
eleven bales Of cotton Wednesday.
Olive Logan, with her husband, Mr..
Sykes, will visit Little Rock this winter.
The Clarendon Age publishes the
! "Rules Of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Z"
The Iron Mountain and Helena rail-
road will be graded 70 Mariana BY Christmas.
The Arkadelphla Standard says
Considerable cotton is coming in. and finds
tremes, twelve and half 10 fourteen and a
half cents"
The Pulaski county supervisors have
allowed Andrews q Rndd the sum O: four
thousand one hundred and twenty-six dal Iars
and slxty-rVe cents for keeping paupeIs last
month. Costly paupers.
The following grand bodies will meet
at Little Rock this month: Grand lodge Ci
Masons, oineisenthi grand chapter, twenty
secondi grand council, twenty fourth; grand
lodge OF odd Fellows, twenty-nrst; Stale ju-
dieial association, twentieth.
The Clarendon Age says: ''The recep-
tiOn OF three dollars and six bits in green
backs this week has created happiness In
our taIn1iy not experienced since we were the
worthy eeipient OF a bushel of sweet potatoes
and the half OF a shoat two years ago."
The Helena Worlds editor thus ex-
hibits his knowledge upon East Tennessee
politics: -Browniow has been a Republican
of the terrible kind, but It cannot be said that
ne ever did a dishonest act The TACT OF his
honesty, and his fierce opposition TO the civil
him"
The Helena World says: "The bale of
cotton grown In this county by William Tay-
lor, apd shipped to the st. Louis fair by
Messrs. Wooteh & Bro, we are iaformed- tool
the nrst prize for Arkansas, which is i've
hundred dollars, and has been entered for the
sweepStake premium, which Is one thousand
collars. Mrs. Jacks, who resides near Mr..
1aylor, was the nearest competitor of Mr..
Iay ior; Both planted the same seed and
worked their crops in the same manner"
The White RiCer Journal thus speaks
OF Prairie county outrage: "a colored nen
named Moses Anderson committed a rape up !
on a little girl on Lower Surrounded Hill, one I
DAY last week, and then committed the same /
crime upon TWO women besides. After COM /
mlItlng these terrible crimes, he fled and went /
10 Cotton Plant, where ne was pursued by /
squire John Aiken, and arrested. While re- !
turning from Cotton Plant the prisoner at
tempted 10 escape from the squire, cd was i
MIN after he was wounded. The prisoner re-
covered rom his wounds Sufficient to traveD 1
IN Few days he was brought 10 this place 1
on IHursdsy last and put in jail where he /
awaits his trial a. the next term Of the circuit /
court. The child that this demon committed
the rape upon is said to be seriously IL not
fatally Injured, and bears the finger prints on
her neck Where she was choked.'