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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
Orr Paper.

We had hoped to present our pa
per to-day, enlarged by the addition
Of another column to each page, and
entirely remodolod and equipped fol-
theccntcnnial ycor8 campaign. But
times grew so hard, and money SC
scarce, and our patrons paid then
bills due SO slowly, we had to foregc
this pleasure for Mt least another
year. We desired to reconstruct its
appearance to comport in everything
to the best of modern style of thrift,
ty and attractive county paper; and
thereby entitlc it to the support, pat,
ronagc and encouragement Of all in
tclligent men. 1t shall be our aim
to make our paper for 1876, even bet.
ter than it was last year, and to this
end we ask our friends to contribute
to its columns such articles as will
be Of interest to the public.
We will soon enter uponan impor-
tant State and National canvass. In
this we shall do our duty, and what
ever is to be done to heal the disscn
sions in the ranks of the Democratic
Conservative party growing out o
local questions, ourpen will be founC
ready and willing to contribute.
We shall frown down, and oppose
in our humble way, any attempt t.
array one portion of the Statcagains
another, believing as we do, that it
only tendency will be to entail de
feat upon our party, and establish
the Republicans again in power il
our Statc-a calamity our people ar,
unprcparcd to be afflicted with.
We ask the Democrats of the coun
ty to subscribe for our paper and t.
use their influence to extend its cir
culation, that the paper may early II
possible help the reader TO form Al
enlightened opinion upon the cues
tions soon to be discussed, which vii
give, it is to be hoped, earnest assn
rance to its friends, that in the inter
est of the Dcmocratic-Conseryatiy,
party, the Register means to do it
duty.
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Au Abstract Of The Proceedings
of Mason County Court. De-
ccIHbCr IcrnI. 1875.

G. W. Craig presented an account
against the County for the sum Of
$lS,25, which was disallowcd,
On the application Of Lewis Bum
garner for establishment of road from
the Saw-Mill of V. B. Horton, Jr,, in
Cooper District, running thence in Il
westerly direction through the lands
Of Thomas Ball, Jr, and Williamson
Ball to intcrscct the Lctart Falls road
at Williamson Balls. George w,
PUllin, Samuel W. Somcryillo, G, 3,
Rayburn and Henry Weaver ap,
pointed viewers to view said road
Joseph Robson granted license to
sell a. retail, spurious liquors, wine,
porter, ale, DC, at his house in Browns,
vile, Bond $500,
John 7, Waugh appointed Road
Surveyor of Precinct No. 6, Arbucl.lc
District in lieu of William Ham.
brick failing to qualify,
On application Of James Windon,
ct al. for change in road in Robinson
District. Land owners summoned tc
appear at first day of next torn tc
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The late Republican employees Of
the House of Representatives, who
are now moaning over the loss OF
their profitable places and perqui-
sites, appear to have improved the
last chance, aud,to have followed the
exAnple Of greater men. II is ascor-
tanned That Che committee rooms and
some ofthe offices have been literally
stripped of'eyery4hing that could be
conveniently carried Of, and that
Thousands Of documents belonging to
members, or forming a part Of the
stationary collection, have disappear
ed.
For years past valuable public
property about the Capitol has been
stolen and replaced at large cost,
without the least remark, Members
and messengers helped themselves
freely, and the taxpayers footed the
bills, There seems to have been no
responsibility or care for this prop
erty among the multitude Of polit.
ical pensioners who have infested the
House and Senate, and looked upon
it as a part of the general spoils.
The first place to begin reform is
about the hallsof Congress, where eX-
travagance and jobbery are visible to
every eye. The number of .clerks,
lonrknnnnrs messengers. pages, ut.
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1t is claimed that in the sixtccr

1t is claimed that in the sixteen
States that have held elections this
year there has been a Democratic
gain of 120,G9l votes since 1875
The aggregate Democratic vote in the
sixteen States that held elections in
1875 is /, 923,1l1, and the aggregate
Republican vote l,9OI293, giving Il
Democratic majority Of 1888, As
the strongest Republican States have
voted this year these figures clearly
show that instead Of the chances or
present probabilities being in favor
Of Republican success next year they
are manifcjtly in favor Of DEM.
cratic success.
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NlIERIFFS, METUnN.

D y "a
I Mason sold by the sheriff OF said Countr
( ON The 10th dayoi November, 1875, for d.,
I linQuun; taxes due thereon, Tor the wears
/ 1878 hnd 1914.
1 ARBUCKLE DISTRICT.
lessee lngles, llSl acres, waters 10 hills
sold TO james u. Morgan,
4 Jcssee lngles, lG9 acres, waters Big Six.
! teen, sold to james b. Morgan.
CI.ENDENIN DISTRICT
E,hanie Belts, 10 acres, Gallipolis Island,
| acres sold 10 Henry Haugtr,
Henry Cunningham SO acres, Ohio Six,
teen waters, 20 acres sold to Benj, Franklin.
John c, Giaspi 40 acres 10 waters, %
acres sold to George Daugherty.
/ Samuel kilgom, 200 acres Ohio u, 100
acres sold to Benj, Franklin.
Elizabeth Melville, ~ acres, Ohio six.
teen, so acres sold to Benz Franklin,
Augustus n. Smith, G94 acres, Ohio Six.
/ teen, rs acres sold TO Benz Franklin.
1 Harriet Smith, 500 acres, Ohio Sixteen
80 acres sold to Benz, Franklin,
/ K, \, Shank, u acres, Ohio Sixteen 20
acres sold to Benz. franklin
HANNAH DISTRICT.
D, W. Bryan, $50 acres, Little Guyan,
sold to Benz, Franklin.
Vim. Chapman, so acres, Little Guyan
hills, sold to John Bryan.
W, 0, Roseberry and James W. Hogg
| 500 acres, Little Guyan, sold to n. B. Hosr.
same on Little Guyan, sold to y.
B. Elogg
Jas Spoir 1851 acres, Guyan, sold to Ben
Franklin
ID. Il. Scott, heirs, 2jO acres Guyan, sold
to !ionl, Franklin
SAME lOOHcres Guyan, sold TO Benlam-
IN franklin
COLOGNE DISTRICT
Il. p. Byrm heirs lOil acres. Kmawba
River. 30 icrrs sold 10 jeremiah Yaugrr
so@ a., . ey T.aa Ta Nv mere. Cow Run s.
' zane s" % !" acrc c Tcn i sold to Bcna
john $mc. O. acres, Eanawha Ten Mile
Emily Tucker, lot 20 Leon, sold to Jcr-
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The instructions issued by the Brit
ish admiralty to all commanding her
navy, to protect and harbor fugitive
slaves escaping to her vessels, and
under no circumstances to entertain
a demand for their surrender, is Il
further carrying ont of the famous
declaration that mo slave c0u breathe
in England" The theory upon
which the government proceeds is,
that the decks of her men of war are
as much u portion of England as Lon
don strootS, and tho nonc principle
has been asserted successfully hereto
fore The public sentiment, howey-
er, which sustains her last position
is significant Of the change in the
feeling of the world on the subject Of
human slavery, and this change has
been so marked of late, it that il not
hoping too much, tocXpect that with
in the next century, such bondage will
not be found upon the earth.
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COMMISSIONER'S NOTICE.
Andrew Hunter.

Amos Bctz, Z. $, Hannah and James
George.
In Chanccry in the Circuit Court OF Nh
son County Hest Virginia.
Extract from decrcc.l
And Il Is further ordered, adjudgyd and
dccrccl, that John \. ThmmS, one oi the
Commissioners otthjs Court do take and
state nm account Us the rents accrueing 20
said plaintiff from The the said two tracts
OF lmid in the bill and proceedings men
toned as well It's the taxes paid thereon by
the plaintiff aud also the fair and reasons
blevuluc OF all permanent Improvements,
made thereon by said plaintiff, since his
purchase OF said land, and also the mnouut
Of the purchase money and interest there
on paid ON said land TO defendant, Hcta, hy
the plaintiff, and that said Commissioner
report proceedings, to the next term OF
the Court.
All parties interested in the above decree
will taic notice that shall proceed TO car
~ out the requirements OF said decree on
Monday, the 18th day Of February, at the
office Of Huge, Timms & Srhon, in the town
Of Point Pleasant, II which time, and place
you can attend. JOHN L. TlAIAIS,
Master Commissioner.
irnG '1.
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ordered that the same b. paid out Of
the Road fund Of their respective
districts, viz:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

There Is a man in Michigan nam
ed John Devil. The chances are that
ho is married man, with u lot of
little devils and Il small h--ll Of his
own. Cowia .jgUWI
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MISCELLANEOUS.
v Otice

N OtlcG.
UIE law partnership heretofore existing
between james W. lloge j, T., Timms
and i, Sthon, has this day been dissolved
by my Withdrawal.
jan, LIST, lSIB-4w. b. SEHoN.
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Legal
WEST NIRGINLA. SIS:
A WRulcs held in the Clerks Office OF the
a County Court Of Mason County ON
TIC first Monday in January 1876
Samuel Greer and Nancy Greer his vic.
".
isaac Jones.
In Assumpsit,


The object Of This suit is to recover oi The
defendant, Isaac Jones, the sum OF &3U.oe
with interest thereon from the 18th day OF
February, 1871, and costs Of suit, and TO
attach the money aud effects OF said dcIcg-
dant IN the hands Of t. Numbering, Ad-
lIilIiam Jones, deceased, and
subject the same TO the payment OF said
debt. And it appearing BIS affidavit filed
with the papers OF this cause, that the said
Isaac Jones, is nonresident OF the state
OF Hest Virginia, it is ordered that he do
appear here at Rules to be held in the
Clerks Office ul the County Court Of said
county, ON the first Monday in the month
OF February, 1876, aud do what Unnecessary
to protect his interest in this suit,
Tc-tc-i. kIMBEkLlNG, Clerk.
lIogc, Tinms x Sehun Sols.
Jan. 3, 1876.
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"From the fall of Adam for his
transgrcssions to the present day.
as Grant says, no nation has suffered
more from corruption in high places
than have the United States of Amer
lea under the present administra-
ton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

Hon. Frank Hereford, Of oar state,
has been appointed by Speaker Kerr
Chairman Of the Committee on Com
morcc
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BlEE REP0RT.

vsr;'G:;g or .I":sxE CONDsrION
OF The Merchants Natlon,,l Bank OF West
Virginia at Point Pleasant, in the stury oi
West Virginia, at the close OF business,
December 18th, 1879.
RESOURCES.
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The New Year.

Friday was the last day OF the year,
a year that will be remembered by
many for its fullncss of sorrow and
by others for its fullncss Of joy. For
oursrlf we are thankful tllat amid
so much dreadful affection and UNI
ccasing trouble, we have been singu-
larly exempt; that our joys were not
greater is attributable to our own
misdceds. Amid all that has been
and may be, we recognize the hand
of Providence, and bow in obedience
to Him who docth all things well.
To the old year let us say farewell,
and try and forget all, save the less
ons its experience has taught. Let
us meet the New Year with dctcrmi-
ned hearts and cheerful spirits. Let
us hope, and while we hope, let us
also work with light hearts and will
ing hands at whatever may be our
allotted task. In Il world like this,
we only worry through by our own
excrtions. We must give and take
in the wiser and better meaning of
the terms We must brook with pa
thence the Affections of the hour, and
pray for our delivcrancc, In our in
tcrcoursc, one with another, we must
be kind and as we have prospcred
we must render aid to those who are
minced, This is Il duty. Those who
have must give bounty to those who
have not, and it behooyes us to assist
with cheerful spirit those who need
our help. Let us bear with the in
frmities of one another and live in
closer brotherhood as an advanced
and enlightened age demands, And
those who will come after us, will
have an example they viii be proud
to initiate,
Let every one try and do Il little
better this year, than they dbl rs;
in morals and economy, Many men
have formed good resolutions for the
New Year. Let them stand firmly
to these resolves, regardless of the
iccrs and ridiculc Of former friends.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

LIVERY business man needs cards AM
Iiuuuhr-. Syultu lhp Eogbty O.lNv
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

On motion of G. =, Simpson that
an order made at November Term,
1879, Of this Court, setting apart the
County Clerks Office for the use and
occupation Of Justices Of Lewis Dis
uict be rcscindcd, Rcscindcd and
sheriff ordered to rent same and also
to rent Circuit Clerks Ollio when
vacated.
George w, Tippott presented an
account against the County for the
sum of SGlOO for printing done,
which was disallowcd.
Daniel c. Womcldorf applied to
the Court for reduction of the as
scssmcnt of his 200acro tract of land.
And after hearing all the evidence
adduccd by the applicant the Court
refused to reduce said assessment,
{, b, WaggenerandJ John Il, Timms
commissioners, &c. rendered their
report and settlement for c, Sohon,
Sheriff, which being seen and in
spoctcd by the Court and no c&ccp,
lions endorsed on the same it was
confirmed and ordered to be recorded
H. w. Sisson, J NJ, Reynolds and
DO L. Gibbs appointed a commi,,a,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
Use Of Impure Ice.

The modern science OF medicine has
achieved its greatest trlumphs in detect
ing the immediate sources of many dis
eases and pointing out the means OF
avoiding them. To the list ofperils that
may be avoided by proper precaution is
now to be added the danger of illness
from the use of impure ice. The most
striking instance OF this on record has
been very fully set forth in a recent re-
port to the Massachusetts State Board of
Health, by DR.. A. Fl. Nichols, concern
ing the outbreak OF an intestinal disor.
der among the guests at one of the hotels
at Rye Beach in the summer of last year.
The symptoms we're those generally fol-
loving a arrangement Of the digestive
system, such as nausea, giddiness, loss
Of appetite, didrrhea, abdominal pain
and fever. With about FIVE per cent. OF
the guests these symptoms we're grave
and persistent; among the great MAORI.
", and notably with children under ten
years old, there was no such illness, and
there were no traces Of it at the other
hotels and in the cottages Of Rye Beach,
The sewerage of the hotel was first care.
fully investigated, and thea the water
supply; the proprietors Of the hotel lend.
ing eager aid to thorough research; ever
the kitchen and its processes were over.
hauled, without finding the cause Of trou,
ble. AT last it was discovered in the ice
with which the hotel was supplied. This
had been procured from q pond Of which
the outlet had in recent years been closed
by sand and stones washed up from tkt
sea, the pond thus becoming q stagnant
receptacle Of midland sawdust, there be,
ing two sawmills on the stream above
The ice was subjected to chemicalanaly
sis, and was ioupd to contain putrescent
vegetable matter. The hotel stopped
usiDg this contaminated ice, and there
was an end to the sickness among it,
boarders. The report concludes by men
tioning that there is a common but quite
mistaken popular notion hat when waite
freezes its Impurities are somehow ex
cluded from the ice. The moral is S,
obvious that It need not here be stated
but in a general way it may be wortl
while to summarize the fact that watel
which is not perfectly ct to drink is IN
suitable for az ice supply,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
The best soda and mead in
Memphis, 6 glasses for 25e. af
Barlee's, 32S Main at. l22.t


Mr.. Robert Coleman, a w%ell-knoyn
Memphian, and Of the house Of A. T.
Keel & Co., left on yesterday Tor Los
Angeles, California, in search Of health.
Captain Coleman received several des-
perate wounds before Atlanta during the
war, from the effects Of which he has
never recovered. Captain Coleman left
on board the steamer st. Genevieve
bound for St. Louis.
The JACKSON Tenn) Sun has the FOL
lowing concerning a well known ex-
Memphian:
The many friends Of Colonel W. H
Stevens, Of Los Angeles, California, will
be glad t o hear that he d not only pleased,
but well satisfied with his new home in
the West. With his family he has been
spending the summer on the Pacific
coast at a delightful resort, Santa Monica
within sight Of the breakers Of old
ocean in whose briny depths daily ablu
tons are made. He reports all kind o.
game abudant and the sports OF the chase
delightful, deer and bear abundant auC
quail in eoveys Of 1000 birds frequently
70 be seen. The hard times are scarcely
felt on the Pacific coast.
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\ Rntlle-rteld Adrentureas.

The Paris correspondent Of the Lon'
don Telegraph says, 1T appears that
Mile Mercus, the young lady who is
playing the part Of Joan Of Arc in the
Herzegovina, is Of Dutch nationality.
She is about thirty years of age, Of d..
minutive stature, dark, and not hand
some. She has s%quandered away the
greater part of a large fortune in the re-
~alization Of her romantic dreams; never
theless she is still in possession of more
than seventy thousand popnds sterling
Her first fancy was TO erect a Protestant
temple at Jerusalem, in frontot the mon
ument supposed to be our Savior tomb,
The temple, which cost GA 900, still ex-
lists. Nile, Mercus' present ambition is
to command q battery Of artillery, and
she recently eave,el20O for the purchase
%ofguns, but the gentleman intrusted with
the money suddenly disappeared, and
nothing further has been heard Of him.
This extraordinary lady is not admired
here, having supported the Paris Com
mnne, and approved of the Archbishop's
assassination. She spends her time run.
ming after battlefield adventures wher-
ever they are to be encountered, and, il
public rumor be correct, is rather TO be
compared TO Lola Monies than to tho
Maid OF Orleans
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Er.Memnhinn Arrester.

The Evansville lind Courier has the
following concerning an ex-Mempbiap,
who. some years ago, made it lively in
this city when he aorrished as a mack.
erel:
Our readers will remember hat some
months ago, when Howe's circus was
showing in this city, a gentleman named
McQuagg, Of Caseyville, while on the
Thompson Dean, was robbed of a gold
watch and SlC0 in cash. Some two
weeks ago the Sheriff Of Cairo, H.
found the watch in the possession OF q
young fellow named Jake Akermann, a
suspicious character, and sent It to this
city to be returned to its owner, Aker.
mann was allowed to 90 free, as the own
er of the property took no interest in his
prosecution. Yesterday he came 10 this
city, and last evening between II and II
o'clock Was arrested on tho charge Of
theft by Officer Messmer and Marshal
Brenneake, and is now in the lock up.
lie is known as a professional thief and
sharper.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14

The 0seeola lark Times of the 18th
pays the following merited and graceful
compliment to one who is well and favor
ably known in Tennessee and Arkansas:
Our delegates 60 20 the Searcy Con-
gressional convention instructed for DR..
Felix Grundy MeGavock, of Mississippi
county. Or. McGavock is an old and
much respected citizen of this section Of
country, is a high-toned, polished gentle
man Of the ancient school; a ready and
fluent speaker, and decidedly a man Of
more than average talent aud ability.
With bis general information, thorough
culture, quick repartee and ready flow of
language, he would make one Of the
most forcible debaters and useful mem
bers Of the 45th Congress. Personal
qualifications, therefore, being equal
all the laws Of party usages
and justice demand that the
river counties be entitled to the nomin@-
ton Of the next member of Congress
from this district. Too long already
have our claims and interests been ig.
nored in the Federal legislation, and we
row demand that once in a while, at
least, men Of our own-competent TO
judge OF our wants and willing aud able
to advocate them-be privileged to rep.
resent US in the national councils. Dr..
McGayock is such a man, and in the
absence of any other aspirant, from the
river counties, we say that aside from
other qualifications, sectional and party
courtesy, yea, justice, entitle him and
the river constituents to the nomination
Of the Searcy Convention.
The convention meets at Searcy next
Wednesday and DR.. McGavock passed
through the city on his way there to-day.
We hope his claims may be fairly pre-.
sented and recognized.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14

$4,000 cigars of various
and all made of fine
quality Of tobacco, In stock
and Tor sale, Wholesale or re-
tail, mt the Rio HOndO cigar
store and factory, 1875 Main st.
GEO. Il. GRAYSERs
Manufactures,
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Rxner,enee npa N,rengtn.

The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Company has passed through all the
panics, wars and events Of tbirty-one
years, and with her immense capital Of
t~hirty-two million dollars she offers a
good guarantee Of being able to fulfill all
her contracts. j. E. WARNER,
State Agent, "a Madison street.
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A Rnre Opnortuni.x.

The trustees of the Louisville Medical
College, OF Louisville, Ky, have created
in p%erpetuiiy one beneficiary scholar
ship annually for each county in the
State of Tennessee. Further particu.
lars can ba had by applying early at the
LEDGER editorial rooms. We hope that
some deserving young man will accept
the appointment at our disposal atd
realize the benefits Of u course at th;t
splendid institution.
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No Deception, but % Candid,
Actual Fact.

Over $4,000 worth Of clothing and
furnishing goods still on hand which
must be sold inside of niue days. Re-
member the number, 227 Main st. l4S
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RAILROADS.
EXA IBITION,
philadelphia, Penn.

This GREAT INTERNATIONAL EXHI-
bition, designed to commemorate the one
bundredth nnniye vsary Of American indie
pendence, will open MAY, 10Th ane close NJ
and ali tbe States and Territories Of the Union
will participate, bringing together the most
romprehopsiye collection Of art treasures,
mechanical inventions, scientific discoveries
manufacturing achievements, mineral spe9l-
mems, and agricultural products ever eAhlo,
are situated en- the line Of thu Pennsylyania
Railroad, and embrace four hundred and nifty
acres of Paramount Park, all highly improved
and ornamentrd, on which are erected inc
largest buildings ever constructed hVe Oh
these covering an area of fifty acres an9 Gose-
erected for the purposes OF the Exhibition is
over one hundred.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14

The type, material and workmen of
the LEDGER job Office are as good as the
best, and hence we guarantee first class
work and full satisfaction to our patrons.
1851