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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-03-19

Nlt lOTbllAhIuf ~ &C.,
ifae fterqvi %, tallS
,,sitiiet tsoiist d ellsa lit cns \ Il Il,
treating with the whites foIS Sa4ace,
was assasinated by one Martin Wet
eel, brother to the renowned scout,
Lewis Wetzel, who approached
Cornstalk from behind while he was
in conversation with a white officer,
and struck his hatchet deep into his
brain. A shallow grave was quick
ly scooped out in an obscure place,
and the remains of this most elo-
quent and warlike chief was there
inferred.
The foregoingfacts are nearly all
familiar to those acquainted with
the history of those times; but we
propose to add a few facts which
have been broughtto light atdivers
times subsequent to the main Incl
dent recorded, as well as to give
the details and results of a recent
visit to the sold battle ground"
- Finding ourselves at Point Pleas
ant with considerable leisure time,
we proposed to an old friend and
resident of the "Point" to take us
to the graves of the heroes of the
battle of Point Pleasant. With a
willingness to oblige which is a
prominent Characteristic of that
gentleman, he readily assented, and
in q few moments we found our
selves close to the junction of the
two rivers, standing on tip-toe look
ing over a high enclosure upon a
small patch Of ground forty feet
long by about twenty-five feet wide
and called the Preservation" On
two sides thiy reservation was
bounded by q Vegetable garden, on
the third, a stable with its back
door next to and opening into the
lot formed the boundary, and the
Kanawha river bank on which we
were standingcompleted the bounds
A few indentations or depression
were all that indicated that with
in that small enclosure were buried
some fifty or sixty heroes of the
times that tried mems souls. The
place was strewn with filth and re-
fuse and seemed to be general de-
pository for the rubbish ofthc neigh
borhood. Witha feeling of disgust
at the cold neglect so plainly man
ife8ted by the authorities, not only
of the governments ofthe States Of
Virginia and West Virginia, but of
the county and city wherein rest
these dead, we turned away lin the
direction ola smalf-franIc~ building
situated but a few steps further out,
and on the extreme point. Our
guide informed us that sandy" d.
who lived there had dseveral relics Of
the old fort which had stood there,
and would take pleasure in exhibit
ing them to us. AS we approach.
al 4hA hnnpn Mr. D madn his m.
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Virginia House,
POINT PLEASANT, W. VAr
A. P. DEEM, Proprietor

A. p. DEEM, PToprIet0T
uNHIs we'll known House having been thor,
| oughly repaired from attick to cellar and
rpfurpiibed al great expense, with new bed,
sino together With rev furniture Of the most
modern STYLES, is now one Of the best kept
Houses IN IIhe State. Experienced walters at
lend the wants Of guests. A night watchman
is kent to convey passengers to and from boats
At ali hours Of night. The travelling public
ara respectfully invited 10 stop at this House.
Guaranteeing thatthey will not go away dis.
sali.6ed, In conneCtlcn n with the above the
Proprietor has a good Livery Stable. ~
october 3Oth, l873-tf, W
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A Daubury man who heard that Min.
uesota man had become insane from the
use Oftobscco. Svore of from the practice,
but on learning that several thousand peO-
pie we're insane who had not used the EesdF
returned to Aebabit with alacrity.
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Relative beauty-A pretty cousin,

A druggist is not appropriately termed
The pillorOf society.
Nearly allwOuOu like soldiers, and some
would like good offer, sir.
An exchange wants to know whether q
lover can be called "suilor" when be
don't suit hers
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G. r. SIMPSON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.

FOlnl PItaSAhI, DIuSVu VVuUIyI WVSV va
HAVING moved 10 snd permanently located
ID at Point Pleasant, and having procured
the fse of II. ]. Fishers Law Library, will al
Nil times be- found at his office ready TO attend
10 any and al business entrusted TO my care
and will practice hereafter in The counties o
Mason, PIrnam, Jackson and Roane.
All persoDs tomingto Point Pleasant by the
Kan6Sha or Ohio River Boats, cap o5nsulI
with me 4tanyttipe ol night IN time to retGrn
l6,sSe aaa!, liin residence, /
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-03-19

ouO editor says; This paper has one
subscriber who would lie awake nights Il
be we're in any way prevented from paying
his subscription for year in advance on
The 2Sth Of Janury. We don't want our
friends to lose any sleep, but--yOu know
how tits yourself
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-03-19

A Clergyman being requested to address
aveary meeting at late hour, won the
hearts ofthe audience BY saying: Speech
is silyeru, silence is golden" | don't
happen to have any small change for you
this evening, and so will letyOu off with
The pold~
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TO the Public.

uAvING permanently located in Point
ID Pleasant am now prepared to do any
or ali kinds Of Carpenter Work in short time
md at reasonable prices Plans and specii
cations furnished when wanted. Good refer
s"ses S%SS givcn. Come one Come all! and try
me. - u ~ 0"'
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From the Charleston Courier
A visit to the Battle Ground of Point
Pleasant.

To those possessing veneration,
admiration, and respect for the
lives, thestruggles, heoric hardihOod
and unparalleled bravery Of those
American pioneers who led the
"Star of Empire" on its westward
way through the thick clouds OF
savage warfare, the small but beau
tiful located city of Point Pleasant
forms an object of intense interest,
1t was at this place that occurred
one of the bloodiest. and severest
battles in which the whites and In
dams have ever engaged. On the
morning of the 10th of October,
1774, an army composed almost en-
tirely of Virginians, under the,Com-
mand of General Andrew Lewis,
and numbering about eleven hun
dred men, was attacked by a large
" superior force of savages under
the command of the famous chief.
tain Cornstalk. The battle ragged
furiously the entire day, and ended
in the defeat of the Indians, who
throughout the battle, are said to
have displayed the most determined
bravery. The Virginia army sus,
tanned in this engagement a loss OF
seventy-fve killed and one hundred
and forty wounded.
Among the slain were Colonels
Charles Lewis and John Field and
eight subordinate officers, oil OF
whom were of the best families Of
Virginia.
The loss of the savages were new
ascertained, as it was their custom
to bear off and secrete their dead.
Some twenty or more bodies, how
ever were found on the field, which
the Indians had been unable to car
ry away.
The wounded whites were placed
within entrenchments, thrown up
at the point of confluence Of the
Kanawha and Ohio rivers, and q
garrison left there to protect them;
the dead were buried Immediately
outside of the entrenclments,
though in a scattered manner.
General Lewis then pursued hls
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-04-18
ESTRAYS DALLAS COUNTY.

Taken mp by w. Fl. Faucet and estrayed
before G. Barker. Justice peace precinct No.
3, one sorrel mare, about 4 years old, about
II hands high, no brands or marks perceiva-
BILE. Valued at S45 00. 3lwSw
Taken up by Nancy Tuberville' and es-
trayed before @. Barker, justice peace precinct
No. g. one dark bay pony mare, IA Glands
high, about 10 years old, branded F ID on
left shoulder. Valued at S25 90. 3lw5
Taken up by ]. P. Crow and estrayed be-
fore, c. Barker, justice. peace precinct No. B,
one bay horse, about l5h hands high. about
10 years old, left eye blind, no brand perceiv-
able. Also, one bay horse, about nv hands
high. years old, blaze face, branded o on left
shoulder. Also, one black steer, branded ID
G on left hip and X Il N on left side, crop
of right, split and underbit on left ear, 3
years old. Also, one black steer, branded II
B II on right side, marked underslope in
right and crop of OF left ear. Also, one black
steer, branded X on left hip, n arked crop off
right and split in left ear, about years old.
Valued ut si29 co. tH. 3lYgY
Taken up by q. A. Poor and estrayed before
]. d. Kerfoot, Justice peace precinct No. I, one
brown pony horse. or years old, IL hands
high, branded G II s on left shoulder and 10
on the neck. Valued at si2 90. 3lwJw
vat q A. HARDWOOD,
District Clerk, Dallas Co., Texas.
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Osr Changing Iodics.


Our bodies are constantly changing. The
dead matter passes off by the bowels, and the
pores, and digestion and assimilation supply
fresh material. This material cannot be pure,
and cOnseqnently the body, cannot be heal
thy unless the stomach and the secretiye OF
gans perform their allotted tasks thoroughly
and regularly Thai they may do SO, keep
them in good working order with that most
efficient OF all inyigorating, regulating and
purifying preparations, Hostetter's stomach
Bitters. If you wish your blood to be really
the ''stream of LIFE" to have your bones
clothed with sound flesh, TO be exempt from
nervousness and debility, to be clear headed
and oheerful, In. short, to possess that choicest
OF heavens blessings, a. sound mind n a
sound body, resort to the great vegetable
restorative whenever you feel languid, or
suffer from indigestion, or are bilious or low
spirited, or suffering from any arrangement
Of the animal functions. The relief Is imme-
date, and full restoration certain.
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, ABILL is pending before the legisla-
ture granting 10 all bona ftlo railroad
companies which have done some-
thing to show good faith, an extension
of twelve months in time In which
they were previously required to do a
certain amount of work. 1t has passed
the senate and is before the house.
So faras some roads are concerned,
the proposition is emiuently just and
to deny it would be to cast cloud over
all future railroad enterprises in the
state. Take as an illustration, the Texas
and Pacific company. They have
shown, besides good faith. extraordi-
nary energy, and have accomplished
results beyond the hopes Of any one
two years ago. Yet the money panic
come and they found it impossible to
comply literally with the law. II was
beyond their power. Shall they be
dragooned into bankruptcy in the face
Of such good faithg We say no. The
extra time should be allowed. And SO
Of every company that has acted In
good faith go 81 4
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-04-18

A CORRESPONDENT, writing from
Athens, curiously contrasts the mix.
tures to be found there Of ancient aud
modern civilizations. Railroads spin
their trains amid the temples Of three
thousand years; steamers dash their
sweIls upon the Pireus, and the scream,
of their whistles resound from Athos,
Penteiicus and Cytheron to Olympus
and the heavens beyond their gods.
DIR. Ayre's world renowned medicines,
those consummations Of modern
science, are posted on the Acropolis,
the Parthepop, the Areopagus and
Thmsion. while the modest cards OF
Cherry Pect5ral, Ayers 6arsaparilla,
Ague Cure ard pills look from the vim
dows Of the shops in the streets Of
Athens, where they are sold.-fNew
York Globe. G ~ /. -. & Z
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inalilles shall bc required Than those
mentioned IN ilila gct
hrcllop n Nothing IN tlils MI enns
ihIned shall 10 ~ construed NJ ~ pro.
vent Iandl0rds and tenants from outer
iug Into such mlpmailois ~ contracts
NJ ree,rd ~ fentH and advances M they
pnny think proper, lnt Nv order 10 So
cure Tho lien provided for IN this nct,
tho contract sIiaII be ~ writing; aud
sI,ouId The lnndlord, without any de-
fault a. thepart effhe tenant or lessee.
fAIl 10 comply In any respect With his
pnrt Of The contract, hcshnll be rcgpoiis-
IDLE 10 said tenant or lessee for what
ever damage may be sustained thereby;
aud TO secure such damages 10 such ten
ant or lessee, he shall have lien on all
the property ia his ,possesslon not ex-
empt from forced sale, ,as.well rs upon
nil rents slus. to said landlordunder said
contract.
Sec. 0. That an act entitled Can act
concerning rents,p approved January
10, A. ID. 1S43; aud an act entitled Gan
act supplementary to an act concerning
rents" approved February 8, A. ID.
1874; and an act entitled ian act to
fgIvea lien on the crop and stock or
advances to assist in making the crop"
approved October 2S, A. d. 1865; and
the fifteenth section Of an act entitled
"aii act to organize the courts of justi-
ces OF the peace into county cOur' =,
and to define their jurisdicticY IA
duties, approved August l?, a, a, 1870,
he and the same are hereby repealed,
and that this act take effect ,pnd be in
force from and after its passage.
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TELEGRAPHICI MARKETS.


Special dispatch to the Dallas Herald.l
GALVESTON, April 16.--Cotton firm
and in good demand. Good ordinary
l5c; middlihg Ito. %
Gold l2i@l21.
NEW ORLEANS, April 16.-Cotton
less active. AIiddling uplands 165c.
Exchange 45@46; bank 474@4S9;
sight par. Gold 13@13l.
+ New York, April l6.-Gold opened
and closed at 49,. Exchange, S73@SS;
sixty days at s43@s5; sixty days COM
mercial at sll@s34.
Cotton quiet and easy. Middling
Orleans, 174c; middling Alabama, l75c;
middling uplands, II 1-l6c; low mid
ding, 10 l-l6c strict good ordinary,
l5sc; good ordinary, l5so; ordinary,
10 alec.
LIVERPOOL, April l6.-Cotton firm
Sale $4,000 bales. }H
LONDON, April 16.-Bonds, new 5s
104. 'S '
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4.
JUDGE S. B. NEwc0MB, of the ~
Paso district, has been dismissed from
office by the unanimous vote oftbe
Legislature. What a commentaryi To
think that a man occupying Q seat as
a Judge over rightsiofl property, life and
death, should SO conduct himself as ITO
be voted out by men Of all parties. He
was a judge, at, Ell Paso while his
brother was secretary Of state. and chief
editor Of the organ Of the egoveriiorby
whom both were appointed. !, {. ', " KY
=. Weeonfess to a feeling of sadness ~
noting these remarkable facts Ne
have a strong httachmentto men and
things of the past, and would always
rather draw q veil over the shortconlr
ings of those we knew in the .slong
ago." than to hold them up to public
reprobation. We knew very well the
father of these two brothers, in Vic
toria, Texas, before a majority of the
present population of Texas were born:
He once did us a Kindness, which we
tried to repay tenfold, and, in all the
after journey of life, We would have
felt bound to be a friend of hischildren;
nay, to-day, we would serve rather
than harm them. Bat the administrn-
ton! OF justice in free government
must he pure 1t must be unassailable,
or the, body polite viii become ulcera-
ted with growing cancers. Brothermust
abandon brother rather than partici-
pate in polluting the genius of justice
and liberty. ...r
While we lament the necessity, the
inflexible Cat of duty demands that we
should approve the action Of the peo-
pies Representatives in voting Mr..
Newcomb out of Office. We must have
pure aud incoruptible judges. The
.humblest citizen of the land must be
made to realize that, before the courts
of the country, he stands on the same
platform withlthe rich and the great,
and viii receive the same justice atthe
bar of arbitrament. Otherwise, we may
as well abandon freedom and surrender
10 monarchy, which God Almighty
forbid. ~
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WE observe in the legislative pro-
ceedings ON constitutional amend
ments, that some of the members are
in favor Of continuing the exclusive
Satisfaction of probate matter, in the
district courts We regret that any
should laxer that plan. Its dilatory,
vexatious and expensive. The tribu-
nal for settling up estates should be
iocal to each county, and the probate
Judges always aecessiblefo parties in
terested. Amy clear headed. jntelli-
gent man. with legal iznowledge
enough to read and understand plain
statutes, Is competent TO I'LL the place;
and by restoring our old system Of
county chief justices, charged with
probate Jurisdiction, estates will be
more promptly and cheaply settled. It
NAV not be as well for lawyers, but It
Is better for the people.
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TIsUSTEE,@ SALE.


Notice is hereby given that under and by
virtue of o certain decd of trnst to lie eIecu-
tod by f.. W. hay Tor, OH the Eth day OF Sen
tember, lSIl, recorded on page 115 book u
Dallas county records, to secure 4. Q. Jordan,
president City bank, in the payment of q GER
tain promissory note made by the said Il. w.
Baylor, dated the l7th day of September, 1873,
payable to Il. G. Jordan, PRESIDENT, or order,
In the sum of sixteen hundred and twenty
five dollars and twenty-five cents, with in
terest ut FIVE per cent per month after ma
thrifty; and at the request Of said Il. G. Jordan,
will, on Saturday, the 9th day of May, 1874,
between the hours of 10 O'Clock A.. NJ. and 4
o'clock p. NJ, sell TO the highest bidder for
cash in hand, at the court house door in the
city of Dallas, the following described prem-
isehi All that tract of land situated in
the city of Dallas and known us lots No.
and In block No. 8, In Browder's addition 10
said city, together with all and singular the
rights, numbers, Entertainments and appur-
tenances to the same In any manner belongs
ing or appertalning. - s'A'.-
Z. w. HUGHES, Trustee.
Dallas, Texas, April 10, 1874. Slw3w
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a.a.fI.

Mf r. 4. JACKSON, N tlis county,
las handed ~ Tie following remedy
fOr lhydroplioIia, witch 10 clipped
from 10 old papcr IN Nh IA
"a SAXON firesieF, nanled GastcIl,
nov oi The venerable age Of eiglIty-iwo
years, unwilling 10 take 10 the grave
with him secret VI Nicli Import, has
mnsIs public IN tie Lsipsic Journal,
the Sneails which he had used for hfty
ycars, and whercwIth no afiirms he
has rescued many human beings md
cattle from the fearful death Of hydro
phobia. Take Immediately warm vim.
egar or tepid water, wash the wound
then upon the wound q few drops oi
,lmuriatlc acid, because mineral acids
destroy the poison Of the saliva BY
which means the evil effect Of the lat
ter Is neutralized,p jf hlq a pf 3
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-04-18

Missouri, Kansas ana Texas Railway
( This pioneer line to Texas, having complet-
ed their great iron bridge over the Missouri
riyer ct Boonville, are enabled to offer still
better fadl'ities ior travel TO the great North
east, t'fE' "fff ~ tJ4
Z By special arrangement, Pullman's palace
sleeping cars will be run between Houston.
Homestead, Hearne, Dallas, and points on
the line of the Texas Central Railroad, to
Chicago and st. Louis, without change of
cars to New York and the principal CONNER
cial cities Of the North and East. 81,
This line passes through delightful coun-
try; and, having been completed over year,
has smooth track, a well settled road-bed,
ana are enseiea 70 inaie quick tiine witli
safety. 'etP io Htt is5.f u
All passenger trains ore fully equipped
with Miller's patent coupler and Westing-
house air brake. sifJt 8rs :
Our advice to the traveller from Texas is, to
travel via the MI ct.
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CONsOLIDATION.

The Iron Mountain ana cairo, AT
kansas and Texas railroads have, by p
vote of the Stockholders Of the road,
held atSaint Louis ON. Saturday last,
agreed to consolidate these roads under
one management, and the consoiida-
ton went Into effect on Monday, and
the roads will hereafter be styled the
Saint Louis and Iron Mountain road.
The Saint Louis Times gives the fol-
lowing statistical information OF the
roads named :gatni- "a N ,SuoiGiJo
The old Iron Mountain railroad, in
elusive Of its branches, has two hum
bred and eleven miles OF main track
and fifty-six miles of<side track. Tie
guage is five feet. Tho Arkansas
branch has one hundred miles Oftrack.
The equipment ofthese two roads, ac-
cording to the latest official report, was
ninety-eight locomotives, forty-one
passenger train cars, sixteen hundred
and sixty-seven freight train cars, and
Dseven other cars; total, seventeen hun-
| dred and,seventeen.i IL owned jointly
with theaWestern Union Telegraph
company two hundredand ten miles oi
| telegraph. y The passenger traffic for
1873 was 537 ,276 person and freight traf-
| fic 6S2903 tons. The gross earnings
were Sl,964, 2Sl operating expenses
| 81 ,647, 1855, and net earnings for 1873,
$3iG, 42B. The capital stock was $40,
10000; the two mortgages, So: 81, 0O0,
| payable in 1892 aud 1897, and these,
with other items, made the total liabii-
titles $lY,35l,232 The assets were,
| track and partial equipment, $l4, $780,.
$685. rolling stock, machinery and
materials, 81, 224, i72; real estate, $66y,-
| 440; discounted mortgage bonds,$l.-
lI25,355, and other items, making the
total value aofs property and assets
| SIS, 1851, 2232. , The surplus earnings to
| the credit of income for 1873 lwere
( 1918, 1895 jl9G9itf:10s 'oNtd sri sV3il
I, The Cairo, Arkansas and Texas road
wns completed last September. Its
| length of track was -seventy-fhree
miles. IL communicated with Cairo
| by fefryboat, and intersected the old
! Iron Mountain railroad ut Charleston,
| Mississippi county, and the Arkansas
branch ut Poplar Bluff, Butler county,
mo. Its Equipment was four l0cOln0'
tives, six passenger.train cars and fifty
freight train cars. The capital stock
was 80, 600 900, and its mortgage 81 ,o00,-
900. ssA DIV rBia edi II laai feiASts
These consolidated roads have three
hundred and eighty two miles of track
and asset value of about S23, 000, 000.l +
| On Monday, May 4th. the sharehold-
! ers of the new Saint Louis and Iron
Mountain and Cairo and Fulton rail.
roads meet in Little Rock, sArkansas,
for thepurpose of voting on theipropo-
sition Of consolidating these roads IN
similar manner, and will add three
hundred and five miles more to the
company, making total of six hum
dred' and eighty-seven,l miles. The
name will then be the Saint Louis,
| Iron Mountain and Sodtherlnrailr0ad.
This company, also, is largely Interest,"
ed im the Memphis ani Savannah
road which is in course of constriIction,
and will be nearly six hundred miles
long. s'lai st,'ia sgtsH95 10 h9d7i5lal
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THEy baxs haa tysptysthree ballots

s THEY bake bra twenty sthree ballots
In the Massachusetts Legislature for 4
successor in the United States senate "a
Mr.. Charles Sumner. The last ballot,
which was had on Wednesday, stood;
Dawes. 81; Hoar, n; Curtis, 20; G. F
Adams, 10; Bullock, Q; Banks, 8; San
ford, 2; Washburue, 8; Whittier, Put
nam and Larend, ! each. Curtis i
voted fof by The democrats; all the bal
'ance are republicans. ~ 80 ~ oli.s -