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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

The Wheczy South wind blows It's nose,
And wakes the vIo!etS from their sleep:
The equity shade trees work their toes,
And up the sun begins 10 creep;
Men feel the change, and women, too:
Dogs feel II, ItsO: Thomas cats;
Cheeks now put on rOscate hue,
And hrads ought % stick into new spring
hats.
Go 10 Reeds and get one.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

WHETHER present or absent, speak up
for one another. cordially, earnestly, low
ingly.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

II you want fine and InIce fitting
Shoe, 20 to l.. V. Blends, 1885 Main
treet.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22
a Man of a Thousand.

w HEN DEATH WAS HOURLY TX
w PETED from COnsum ption. All
rem edies having failed and Dr. n. James
was experimenting, be accidentally made
a preparation Of "lndian Hemp" which
cured his only child, and now gives This
recipe free on receipt Of wO STAN D., 10 paw
e1Pencts. Hemp" also cures nlght
s"eaLs, nausea Al The stomach, aud will
bI FAX a fresh cold In "A hours. Address
ehaddock Il Co., l,D2 Race Street, Phila-
delphla, naming this paper. nO2ta
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

SMALL DIOCESE, SMALL BIsHoP.-
The Richmond Wing says As an out
slider, we regret to note II disposition at
the Episcopal Convention TO cut up this
diocese into petty parts. The disposition
may be excusablc o far rs West Vir-
ginia is concerned, but there is no apol-
ogy for it with respect to the remaining
fragments of the Old Dominion. The
idea springs out of that provinciaiism
which is the beau ideal Of little men, who
who think that by great things out of
small ones, they may stand a chance.
However vehemently any one may pro-
test noIo episcopari-thc bounds OF Viz
ginia are not too contracted, - at present
constituted, for one worthy 10 discharge
the functions of bishop.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22
BY Telegraph

EVANSVILLE, May u. - Weather
cloudy, with considerable rain during
the day and prospects of more; mercury
- to - degrees. River II J feet and
falling slowly. Port list up-Ncll:e
Shcers. Down-Grey Eagle, Bowling
Green. No business.
MEMPHIS, May q Weather clear
and pleasant The river fell ! inch.
Arrived Baum, Cincinnati; Kellogg
and tow, Illinois river. Departed
Grand Republic and Mitchell, Cincln-
natl; Susie Silver. st. Louis
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

The chespness Of Dry Goods and Car
pets is all the talk now Mt
}. w. FERRELs.
Cor. Main and Twentieth streets.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

JUsT RECgIvED-A very fine lot Of
Devilcd Grabs, the best in the market, at
the Atlantic Saloon, 1929 South street.
HENRY JEFFERSON,
Proprietor.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22
MONDAY, NAY ~, 1875.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
index to Now Advertisements.

Hon. Schuyler Colfax Head of Local.
For Sale Residence.
Watches, Watches-Turner X Dillon.
For OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Andes.
=Bargsins in Grenadines-J. 5. Rhodes,
u Co.
Special Meeting-Nsil City Boat Club.
lnformstion Wanted.
Trustees Sale.
Marble Tables-G. Mendel, Booth "
Co.
Duryea's Satin Gloss Starch.
Excursion and Concert-Wlesal Musi-
cal Institute.
FOuud-Pocket-B Book.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

Seats or the Coltax lecture can be Sc
cured at Adams Il Lucas music store,
this morning at 9 O'Clock.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

MA WEN AGENTS FOR TIE Bf'T
WI IL selling Stationery Package
In the world. IL contains n sheets paper
II Envelopes, golden Pen, Pen holder
Pencil, Patent Yard Measure, snd pirc"
ofJew"iry. Singl" package, with pair 81
elegant Gold stone sleeve Buttons, poet
paid, Bic, i've with assorted Jsw.lry fof
500. This package has been examined 10y
the publisher Of REGIsrFR. and found ~
represented worth the money. Nai'h',
given awaytO all Agents. Circular, nee.
BRIDE & CO., 7D Broadway, New York.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

THE ladies favorite Shoe is the Seam
less Side Lace. Go to l.. V. Blends,
1885 Main street.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

THE CENTENNIAL LUNATICS On
Saturday morning the Missouri man,
pushing "a whecl5arrow, passed through
this city on his wayto the Centennial VIA
the National Road. Io looked rather
fresh for n man who had footed So great
a distance, and no doubt, will accomplish
the feat according to contract. He cX-
pectcd TO reach Claysvillc by sunset, and
rest over until Monday morning, when
he would resume his journey. The eX-
po.urc 10 the weather has given his face
a deep reddish hue, and indicates he has
had no easy task The wheelbarrow con-
tains abou: fifty pounds OF Missouri lead
ore
This enthusiast is accompanied by n
German aged seventy-ninc years, who
struck the trail at New Albany, Indiana,
and intends to keep the whcclbarrow
lunatlc company until they reach Phla-
delphia. He says he's bound to see the
big show, and his purse will not permit
him to travel any other way than by
"Shank's mare" He looks the worse for
wear, and if he don't peg out before the
journey is ended, it will be a miracle.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22
BALBRIGGAN Hosiery.
GEO. Il. TAYLOR " Go.

GREAT ExCITEM EMIT AND REDUCTION.
Best Prints cts per yard; Bleached
ami Brown Muslin D cts per yard; Gren,
adines down To 3 cts per yard, ana all
Dry Good and Carpets in proportion
Come now for Bargains.
j. w. TERRELL.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

MINT juleps are budding.
STRAW hats were in tull blast yesterday.
The Circuit Court meets this morn
ing at o'clock.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

ABOUT this time look up your linen
busters and palm leaf fans.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

THIS Centennial year has developed
II great many lunatcs.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

BY the way of a change it rained last
night.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-22

The newest fashion in croquet is rub
ber-hcaded mallcts.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17
Rev. w. w. Harucr.

The Moigs County Republican comes
to us freighted and charged with a
batch of vile, low, dirty slang against
the Rev. w. w. Harper, of Hartford
City, this county, designed, no doubt,
to paralize the effect of a letter pub
lished some time since in relation to
the 500 which he received from a
soldier that was executed for desert
ion and which money was turned
over to Gen, Hayes, Now, what we
want to say in relation to this bald
erdash, is this. In the first place,
we donouncc the whole thing tissue
of malicious falsehood and could only
have originated in the heart and
brain of a man void of all manhood,
destitute of principle and ready to
stoop to the commission of acts too
mean even, for men of honor and in
tcgrity to notice. Mr. Harper is
known throughout Mason County,
having been a citizen thereof for 25
years, and during that time has new
or been known to be guilty of one
single act that would justify any man
to bring such charge against him,
He is u Local Elder in the w. Va,
Conference of the NJ, Il. Church, in
good standing, and always has been,
lie was elected Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Mason county, in which he
served honoMbly for iourycms, Has
preached perhaps, more than 500
sermons in the County and has al.
ways been u strict tmpw0uca num-
Engaged in The profession or.coohing
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honor they have conferred upon me
in this unsolicited expression Of their
confidence in my fitness for this i'm
portant office, and that | accept,
with sincerest thanks, their gener-
GUS nomination. Should it be the
pleasure of the people to elect me, l
can only promise to bring to their
service such fitness us thirty-fve
years experience in teaching has
given me, and to devote it faithfully
and with my best energies, to the full
er efficiency and perfection of our adj
mirable system of free schools; and as
| know no higher secular servicethat
an educator can render to his State,
shall accept the charge with a CRATE
full sense, both of the honor and the
duty which it imposes on me. With
high respect, yours, etc,
W. X. PENDLEToN.
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in the county since the war and has
always received the highest grade of
certificates, and was for seven years
one of the Regents of the West Vir-
ginia University at Morgantown,-
Mr.. Harper is able, is ready, and will
produce, if necessity demands it, GER
tifcates from the Atty's ofour Courts,
from Judges, Clerks, Ministers, Ed
ers, and more than 500 of the best
citizens of Mason County, to corrobo-
rate the foregoing statements; and
we dare any man or set of men, to
certify to the contrary. Major IIar-
per is a Republican, and has always
worked with that party. lie has
been drawn into this thing inadyer-
family, but we are glad, however, that
an opportunity has been given toex-
pose and bring to light, corruption,
falschood and pcculation in high
places, and also to defend, Maj. Har-
per's characterfrom SANDER andfalse-
hood, and we intend to do it,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17
A Card From a. A. ManIey, ESQ.
APPLE GROVE, w. VAL
August 18th, 1876.

Ne.
August nth, 1876.
Fellor-cti;ca& l take this the first
opportunity of thanking you foryour
devotion and kindness to me in our
late County Convention, l would
have done so Mt the time, but did not
as it was getting late, wish to tres.
pass upon your time, and to delay
the work for which you met to &C.
complish-to nominate county
ticket. am glad to say that | have
made the acquaintance of many hon.
orablc men in Mason county, while
| was a candidate for Sheriff, and be
assured, my dear friends, will ncy.
er forget you for the preference you
showed for me in the Convention. |
went into the Convention, with FIVE
other honorable gentlemen, who
have acted honorably with me in ev.
cry respect, and who shall always
have my kindest wishes and hearty
support, My house is open at all
times for the candidates; and | will
be happy to have them share my
Inequalities at any and at all times,
As | said before, ! went into the Con-
vention with five other gentlemen,
myself the youngest of the number;
and feel more than grateful to you
for the very large vote received
Although my friend, Mr., Stevenson
received the nomination over me,
while six votes more would have
given me the nomination, yet fellow
citizens, have no unkind feelings
toward anyone, because did not get
the nomination.
And now fcllow-citizens, hereby
pledge my hearty support to the
Democratic ticket, from Samuel j..
Tilden down to the lowest Office in
our county; and especially to the
ticket nominated at Point Pleasant,
August 9th, 1876.
Again, gentlemen. thanking YOU
for the warm support you gave me,
beg leave to subscribe myself
Your Ob't Srrv't,
A. A. HANLY.
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The letters Of Our Candidates


Time and study only confirm our
first impressions of the letters by
which the st. Louis candidates &C.
cept the nominations rendered by the
Convention which was held in that
city. Messrs. Tildon and Hendricks
have done a noble service to the
cause of honesty and faithfulness in
official life, by penning and dissem,
mating these documents, BY the
manner in which they have discuss,
ed the great political problem which
is before us now for solution, they
have asserted their right to rank with
the highest order of statesmen. Hon,
est men of all parties, and of no party
at all, must see that they will be ad,
vancing the good of their country by
coming in with us, and aiding in the
election of the authors of these com,
positions to the offices to which they
have been nominated 1t is only by
purging the administration of the
vile elements that now enter into its
composition, and replacing them
with compononts that shall be free
from stain and blemish; by melting
out equal justice to all sections of our
land, and all classes of its inhabi.
tonts; by living within our income,
and honestly paying what we owe;
that the nation can be restored to
the position of power, usefulness, and
prosperity from which it has been
wickodly degraded by the men who
have lately had the control of its af,
fairs. Governors Tildcn and Hen.
bricks show to us that they know
how to accomplish the dosiredrosult,
and their past lives furnish gu0ran.
tee that what they undertake they
will diligently and fcarlessly pursue
to its accomplishment, The letters
will be found on our first page.
The Republican papers say of Gen.
Fmnsworth, one of the founders of
the Republican party, who is now
working for Tildon and Hendricks,
that "hc has not acted with the Re.
publican party for some years.
That is quite true He stayed with
it until it got to be so dishonest and
yilloinously corrupt that he rcpud.
i4tcd the whole organization,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17
How MIR. Harper Acted in the
PremiscS-MaycS Got the $500.

A good many people have doubted
Mr., Harper's word in regard to the
watches, and some Republicans, to-
gethor with a few Of their newspa-
pers have intimated that he kept the
watches given to him by the soldier,
before referred to, without makingan
effort to find the mother of the boy.
Here is an advertisement which he
caused to be published in the Register
August 18th, 1864, and also in the
Wheeling htclligcncer and Baltimore
american, about the same time, which
will destroy the effect of this foul in
situation against Mr.. Harper. The
advertisement is as follows:
NOTICE.
ISAAC WIIELT0N, who was shot at
i Fredericcity, onthe 9TH OF August, 1864,
left some property in my hands, with in
structions, ii possible to get it to his moth
er, whom he names Nancy Wheton. Ut
consists OF two watches.) Ii Mrs. WheltOn
will come forward and give satisfactory ev-
idencc that she is themother OF the deceOs-
ed, she can have the articles specified
Address the subscriber at Hartford City,
Mason county, West Va.
w. w. HARPER, Chap. 18th w. vi.
aug, lS-2w. Wheel, Intel, copy It.
While he makes no mention of the
$500 in his advertisement, because
Gen. Hayes had taken it in the name
of the Government, yet in 4 letter to
the Register giving an account of the
shooting of Whelton, Mr., Harper
says. "The unfortunate man had
$4OO in money and two watches, the
money he got as u substitute" Now
we ask the Republican papers that
have assailed Mr.. Harper, if they
have the moral courage and kind
ness of heart to give this advertise
mcnt of Mr.. Harper's place in their
columns, and also ask of the Jomn0i
and Monitor they have the manhood
and docency topublicly dcnouncc the
article in the Mcigs County RepuJH
can rejecting upon Mr.. Harper's char
acter, as a wilful, malicious and base
SANDER? DO justice gentlemen,
though Hayes may fall. Do not at,
tempt to build up the character Of
Hayes, by dragging down and dobaS,
ing one of the most prominent mem
bcrs of the Republican party in this
county,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17

The Democratic State Executive
Committee at their meeting at Graf
ton, passed resolution instructing
their Secretary to inform all the can
didates nominated at the Charleston
Convention, who were not in atten-
dance, of their nominations, and to
request their acceptance of the same
The following is the reply of Prof
VIM, X. Pcndlcton, Democratic NOM
inoo for State Superintendent of Free
Schools. 1t will be read with pleas
urc by the host of friends of Mr. Pen
dlcton in this section Of West Vir-
ginia
BETHANY, W. VA, July 20, '76,
M. j. W GaHahcr, Secretary Of the
Democratic State Executive Committee
Dear Sir-Your favor of the ODD
inst is before me, in which you oIlic-
tally inform me of my nomination by
the Charleston Convention for the
office of State Superintendent of Free
Schools, y and request my formal ac-
CCptNnCe Of the samo,'
Please say to the Democratic State
Executive Committee, for whom you
write, and through them tony fellow
citizens of the State Of West Virgin
Ia, that | recognize the very high
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17

The Fairvicw Courier publishes
this; A few days since a Wheeling
drummer saw a young girl ploughing
between here and New Cumberland,
He stopped TO ask "Whon doyou be-
gin crNdling2" "Not until the heads
are better filled than yours was tho
reply
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17

JUDGES OF COURT OF APPEALS,
A. +. RAYMOND, of Marion.
OKEY JOHNSON, of Wood.
T. C. GREEN, of Jefferson.
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Not one fonrth the buciwhcat is
sown this year. in Hancock county,
that there was last.
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from Mcigs County HcNld.l
Rev. MIR. Harper Speaks.

Rev. MIR. Harper speaks.
HArrronD Cry, Aug. 10th, 1876.
Editor Herald
In the last issue of the Republican,
| find this language relating to my.
self which | wish to answer and re-
flute through your paper, ifyou please:
"Whatevcr qualifications Mr.. IIar-
per may have had for the office of
Chaplain, he has since sunk by abuse
of himself by dissipation and by
sinking his manhood so low that now
none are so poor as to do him revcr--
cncc."
And again:
"May we be permitted toasE what
Chaplain Harper did with those
watches which the unfortunate rebel
directed him to send to his mother?
Does he still retain them, or did he
pawn them for whiskey, his fuvortc
beverage since the close Of the war?
An anxious public wants to know"
Now we do not wish TO, neither do
we intend to, go down upon a level
with the individual whose brain
Matched the foregoing slanderous and
vile asporsions. Why / should be
charged with dissipation and sinking
of my manhood, do not The
gentleman must be misled. He has
some other parsonage in his mind
If he knows me and my character,
and yet in spite of this condesccnds
tosuch vile epithcts as these, | charge
him with being no gentleman; |
charge him with being a base SANDER
er and foul-mouthedliar. AS to the
watches, | still retain one of them
and the other | did not pawn for
whiskey. don't use the article, and
never was drunk in my life. And if
this blundercr wishes to know furth-
err of my character, he will please
step over the river and travel through
Mason County in search of it. Such
language may give a man trouble
when thrown out in public print
without just cause. AS to the s400,
| stated the facts in my letter to the
Point Pleasant Register, and sink or
swim, live or die, survive or perish,
so help me God, not u word shall be
changed. w. w, HARPER.
Blaine has found'a fire in his rear
in Maine, at the very moment tho
Caldwell letters to his cousin, Mrs.
General Sherman, have given him
the vistagc over the Judiciary Com.
mittee. The Republicanso of the Port
land district break up into "anti"
and Blaine, and the "antis" resolve
that the exclusion of Burleigh, tho
reformer, from denomination to Con-
gross when his voice and vote had
been consistently for reform, confirm
ed the charge of the ST. Louis plat.
form that the party opposes reform,
Burleigh is the Republican who help
ed to find out Robeson's rascality,
while his fellow partizans could find
no time for the work. II looks very
much as If the break of Republican
partyism is not only to be sudden,
but perfectly overwhelming. From
all appearance the tidal of 1875 will
be but slight freshct in compare
son,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17

The Democratic House of Repre-
scntativcs passed bill giving the
widow ofGen. Custer pension of $50
per month, The Radical Senate re-
duccd it toS30 per month, and struck
out entirely the clause giving his
father pension
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17
ELECTORS.

ELECTORS.
w. II. TRAVERS, of Jefferson.
N. FITZHUGH, of Kanawha.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17
Democrallc NatIonaI TIekct.
FOR PRESIDENT.

FOR PRESIDENT,
SANPL ]. TILDEN, of New York.
FOR vIcE-PREsIDENT,
THOS. A. HENDRICKS, Of Indiana.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,
W. x, PENDLETON, of Brooke.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17
Democratic State Ticket.

FOR GOVERNOR,
II. NJ. MATTHEWS, Of Greenbrior,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17

The young men of Parkcvsburg
have organized u Democratic club.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17

Dinna ye hear the Slogan? The
people are comingl Alabama speaks!
10000 Democratic majority, and a
Democratic Legislature secured that
will send q Democrat to the United
States Senate, Kentucky largely
increases her majorities. Democrat
ic gains all over the State.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17

FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
ROBERT WHITE, of Hampshire.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17

FOR TREASURER,
THOMAS J. WEST, of Harrison,
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS AT LARGE,
N. FITZHUGH, of Kanawha.
w. H. TRAyERS, of Jefferson.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17

FOR AUDITOR,
JOS. S, MILLER, of Cabell.
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GEO. w. E1PP1TE. Editor.