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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21
OBITUARY.

OBITUARY.
Onthc 9th OF August, 1876, the commu-
nifty Of Point Pleasant was startled by the
sudden death OF Dr.. William French. Dr..
i. was one OF the most healthy and active
OF our citizens, and at the time Of his death
was post master and one Of the county
court. Possessed OF fine appearance and
winning disposition and address, and liv-
ing in the enjoyment OF well earned
character for strict integrity OF purpose,
but lew men were more universally res
pectcd and beloved. To know him was TO
love him as q friend, and honor him rs a
citizen, and the news OF hig death came
nearer the hear OF many than is usually
the case even when the death OF the most
prominent citizen is announced, and the
most choice circle OF friends is made 10 feel
his untimcly loss We would all bind the
wounds OF his bereayed wife and family by
4 most heartfelt expression OF sympathy,
and which We hereby extend to each menu
Der OF that family the loss OF whose noble
and manly head we al in common deplore.
DR.. French was born in Northumbald-
shire. England, January 10th, 1919, and
was at the time Of his death 81 years OF
age in the year 1854 he left England,
having finished his medical studies at Ed
inton and sought home in America,
bringing with him the highest testimonials
OF character and standing both in the
church and the community which he lett
behind 4 letter IRON the Vicar OF the
church in which he was Il Warden for IS
years and to whom he was during all that
Time u near neighbor-a letter written at q
time whom his absence was being more and
more felt, as one Of the most noble and
hearty outpuurings OF iriendship and neigh
horly md PQstorly love, that has ever fall
On beneath my notice, and to one whom il
was written am sure it was q volume that
never disappointed. Ills aged mother
letters too are simply beautiful, and alone
account for the warm reception, though
unread except by his dearest friends, which
everywhere awaited VIM. French IN the
land o. his adoption. Those letters, lUll OF
tenderness and love, bespeak the high es-
timution and honor in which the mother
was held By her son. Everywhere he
made the warmest friends.
AZ the breaking out OF the hte war in
1851, he irlt IL 10 be his duty 10 esp0use
the cause OF the government, the pro,oct-
ion OF whose fng he had sought, and 10
which he had .olomnly sworn allegiance.
lie therefore. early offered his services 10
the government and finally acquitted him
sell with honor, at Grafton in the hospital
a. q. NJ.
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lesson; w. c. Wilson, OF J. NJ. Powell.
6. How shall we induce cur teach
ers and larger scholars to attend pub
lie preaching s. L. Steele, or
7. The end Of Sabbath School in
structioni L. L. Stewart, or I. II.
Rymer.
MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISES.
l. Reading Budget.
2, Fixing time and place for hold
ing next Convention.
viii you attend and secure at least
two delegates from each Sabbath
School within your reach?
All Ministers of the Gospel are en-
titled to seats in the Convention.
The following committees have
been appointed to arrange for the
Convention. LIST. On entertainment
of delegates George Sanford Chair
man, Mrs. John Boss, Mrs. Taylor
Nunley, S. II. Aumiller, Mrs, j. w.
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max is WI '. A4a!'hF Tor Oscar to
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Wednesday, tilc eth day OF 0cto.
bcF. 1876.

proceed to sell by way OF public auction to
the highest bidder, at the front door OF the
Court House OF Mason county, the follow
ing tracts or parcels OF land, ordered to be
sold by said decree, to-wi,: One tract OF
~ acres; one tract Of 80 acres; one tract
OF l5l acres, and one tract OF Gcres all OF
which land lies in the county OF Mason on
the waters OF the Kanawha Ten Mile and
Thirteen Mile Creek, and near the Kama
wha river. said land has been recently
surveyed and laid OIL in lots or tracts Of
various dimensions, a plot OF which viii be
in the hands OF the Commissioners on the
sons desiring to purchase. Tho land will
be FIRST offered in lots separately as laid
of by the Surveyor, and then in tracts rs
described by the decree OF sale, and will
besold in whichever way it will realize the
HIGHEST price,
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The latest Register is on sale at the
Point Pleasant Book Store.
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OYSTER SUPPER AND DANCE We
arc requested to say that the ladies
oftho Catholic Church of Mason City
will giycag grand supper and dance at
Mason City on Saturday the 23d inst.
It's to be hoped that our citizens
will remember this aud show their
ncighboty rccling by moonlight
tripto Mason City thatnight. Young
man, take your girl and SO.
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FAST TmE.-Capt, Hamilton Of tho
Wild Gazelle, requests US to state that
he will leave the Wharf at this place
Thursday morning Dist inst, at 5
o'clock, sharp, for Cincinnati, arriy-
ing in Cincinnati same evening at
6 o'clock. Fare to Cincinnati and
return "a, That the Wilde azelle will
run through to Cincinnati in day
light, there is no doubt.
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TERlis:
COMMISSIONERS SALE
Of
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE !

IN pursuance OF decrctal order OF the
] Circuit Court OF Mason County render
cd or the 18th day Of APRIL 1876, in a cause
therein pending on the Chancery side OF
suii Court, wherein William lNuser's Ad-
ministrator, was plaintiff and Cornelius
German and others, were defendants the
undersigned, Special Commissioners who
were thereby appointed Tor that purpose,
win nn
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MARRIED-At the residence of her
mother, on the 7th inst, Miss Sarah
Mmck Of this place, to George Ellis,
NJ. D., of Erie county, Penn.
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programme for the Third Meet.
Ing OF ille Mason County Sab
bafsl School Association, 10
meet al West Columbia Thurs
day, September eSth, 1876, az
v O'el0cA a. M, and TO Continue
Sne or Two Days.
After the routine business the fol-
lowing subjects will be discussed:
l. The Sabbath School Library;
S. b. Lane, or T. H. Lacy.
2. Use Of Blackboard in Sabbath
Schools; L. Z. Peters, or D. W King.
8. How can we retain the larger
scholars;J. L. llensley, or John Mar
tin.
4, Duty of Church members tow.
ards the Sabbath School; w. +. Hill,
or J. II. cupp.
5. How toprepare a Sabbath School
lesson w. c. Wilson, orr. NJ. Powell.
6. How shall we induce cur teach
ers and larger scholars to attend pub
lie preaching; s. u. Steele, or
7. The end Of Sabbath School in
structioni L. L. Stewart, or I. II.
Rymer.
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We understand the receipts of our
late Fair exceed $1,000. The premi-
UNI list is about $780, The Directors
are struggling nobly to free the As
ISOLATION from debt, which they hope
to do in year After that is done,
larger andmoro attractive premiums
will be offered. Let us all assist the
Company in this laudable undertake
ing,
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
ARAY hrA,E pEmoCRAcY.


The nomination Of Charles Francis
Adams for Governor of'the Bay State, by
The Democrats win wonderfully help the
National cause The nomination of VIM.
L. Plunket for J. cntepant Governor will
give strength to the ticket, and the names
Of Gaston and Avery as electors at large,
will add prestige to,the campaign. Mr..
Adams was nom inated by acclanation, and
twelve hundred delegates iudulged in
rounds Of applause, the like Of which was
never before seen or heard in Democratic
Convention in the Bay State. If Massa7
chusetts fails to elect such "a candidate as
Mr.. Adams en- such a pIatformas he stands
upon, there is little hope Of reform in that
State. The principles Of the platform are
true, correct and plainly en,inciated, and
Mr.. Adams is the man to put them in
practice. The nomination Of Mr.. Adams
IS the best political move that has been
made this year, and its effects will be seri-
ous 1t IS stroke Of political strategy
that will undoubtedly win, at least make
the State doubtful to the Republicans for
State and Congressional offices, i not for
the Presidency. -,,,t. .... ~.,..,
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

The devotees of the prize ring in th'
Court of Quarter Sessions are thus de-
scribed by the Philadelphia "Times."
"Thele were three lawyers, doctors, an6
an army of 'bloods and reunions" all ol
dedicated morality, varying only in
degree. The majority of the latter pat
ronized spring-bottom pantaloons and short
hair, and were not such fellows as man OF
abstemious and pacific habits would invite
habitually to small tea party. In the
background, iurthest from the mild eye of
Judge Elcock, were a few who seemed es-
pecially fitted by freaky nature to relieve
humanity ofsuperluous noses, ears and up
per lips"
Such was the assortment of the devotecs
of the prize ring with which the Court of
Quarter Sessions was packed, when the
District Attorney Of Salem county
New Jersey, was present armed with
4 bundle of acquisitions for the de-
livery of the parties concerned in tht
Weeden aud Walker fight.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

THE NUTMEG DEMOCRACY.

The Democracy of the Nutmeg State
have placed in nomination for Governor.
Richard D Hubbard, and for Lieutenant
Governor, Francis B. LOOMS. The ticket
is said to be very strong one. The con-
vention was harmonious, the only contest
being whether Hubbard or Loomis should
have the first place on the ticket. An in
teresting feature of the convention was the
speech of Hon. Edward S. Cleveland, long
known as an Independent, who came
squarely over into the Democratic ranks
on the ground of dislike to Mr. Whcelcr's
speech in Vermont, which he regarded as
arraying the North against the South in a
political warfare, and thereby striving to
make the campaign sectional one
Charles R. Ingersoll, who was on the
ticket three times as Presidential clector,
declined denomination, and the minor
State officers who held positions under his
administration, were all thrown aside in
compliance with general demand for u
change. The ticket is regarded by all
parties as strong one well calculated to
weaken the chances of success IN the Pres
idential contest, which the Republicans
have enjoyed in Connecticut for many
veors
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
Minor Locals,
Plenty of rain.

Plenty Of rain.
Market this morning. n,
Bush's Philadelphia freight line is safe
and reliable.
You can get nice lunch this morning At
Chandler's, 3 N. Fifth St.
A member of the Fame Hose had bis ewes
change color in Philadelphia; a freak OF
nature or freak of fist he cannot tell
which. ....
1t would not lie bad idea for the sections
OF the different churches to keep slippers on
hand for the accommodation of those who
attend with creaking shoes
The dealers in watermelons state that the
season will last about two weeks longer. In
that time the frosts will touch them and the
elasticity of stomachs will not he go well
tested.
You eau got the best screened stove and
egg coal for SO per ton, and chestnut for
IS rs at Mills e Combs; Fourth and Spruce
and Seventh and Poplar. Twenty cents
Off for cash.
Mr.. VIM. X. Luton. foreman of Finn e.
jackson s stove store, while at Georgetown
on Thursday, captured q worm which has
thus far ba lied the knowledge of all the
naturalists that have been consulted. 1t is
six inches in length and has four horns Oh
It's head one inch in length each, It is two
inches In diameter and moves uDon tiny feet
that appear to have powers of suction. AS
no one has been able to name the object of
attention, it must be known as q nonde-
scrip. --.aa a5orT,,
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

"THE new departure OF the old ele
ments in City Council is not made appar.
ent in the committees, either. Several ex.
oellent selections of fchairmen have been
made, but taken as whole there is an
ancient anl fsh-like smelP about them
not suggestive Of any very great change
of heart among the managers. Thus far
the promise OF Geiorm is confined to Mr..
Lichenstein's speech. ."-Commercial.
The tone is a little bit altered. The
'Cammogcial:' found that it WAS haH1ing
70 make friends with old enemies too fast
10 be consistent with what it has said here.
tofore. And now filings in the above to
keep its course in good tone.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
= The Surrounding COMufrv

Seventeen newspapers are published ii
Reading.
A Reading terrier dog gets drunk regu
larly on beer.
Ihv-#esi Chester 'Grays have pic-uil
and dress parade to-day.
Geese are so plentiful in Chester, that
they follow people through the streets.
The Prohibitionists have nominated Eli
jah F. Pcnnypacker for Congress, in Chester
county.
The Greenback party of Bucks county,
Pa, will hold convention on the 10th
instant.
Quite number of the prisoners now at
the Media Jail are tramps. They are con-
fined for two months for vagrancy.
Reading ingenuity has discovered cure
for sore mouth. Somebody blows in your
mouth three times, and says "Fatheg. Sen
and Holy Ghost" We would rather have
the sore mouth, than endure some breaths
blowing upon us, that we have smelt.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

AT the late election in Vermont there
was the largest vote ever po''ed in the
Sllte. Eeturns of 1870 towns show Re :
publican gain of 33S per cent. with Dem.
ociatic gain of '.3p per cent. The same pei
cenlage Of gain will give the Democracy
eve. J Stat , IN the Union. The returns
show that the Republican majority will be
less than 1864, 1868 Or 1872. In no elec-
lion within twelve years in Vermont has
the Republican ticket received so small a
proportion of the tola vote as II tl;y elec-
lion.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
THE FLORIDA INDIA Ns.'

At session Of the Archaeological Cor,
vention at the Centennial, few days ago
the Chairman Of the Convention, Col. C
C. Jones, Of New York, read an elaborate
and exhaustive paper on the writings Of
early navigators, concerning the Florida
Indians. 1t seems that the Indians adored
the SUN, and besought his blessing, but they
also prayed to the devil and asked him tc
let them alone. When De Sofa found them
they lived in towns fortified by two rows
ei palisades, with clay ramnssa tightly be;
tween them, and y lle wall iR-aoss yTS
and settlements for better uefence. The
houses we're Of wood, and pavilion shaped
These Indians were mound builders, and
their mounds were repositories of the dead
and vessels containing articles necessary
for their clothing and support on their
journey to the spirit land. Upon the ad-
vent of the Europeans, thele Indians re-
cognized their inferiority in intelligence,
which shocked their standardization,
and resulted in the discontnuance of
mound building and other practices. The
skill of the Florida Indians in making
weapons, was shown in the fact that tie
good armor of the followers of De Sofa was
not proof against their arrows. They ex-
celled in pottery, although they were igno-
rant ofthe potter's wheel. Tobacco with
them was first in war and first in peace, as
no declaration of hostilities coull be made
without it's introduction, and no treaty
Of peace could be made without passing
around the lighted calumet. Mr.. Jones'
history of the Florida Indians was exceed
ingly entertaining and edifyins. He lon-
cluded by expressing hope that arch~olo-
gical Investigations would receive more
in the future than they have in
the past.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
Jersey Medicine for the Prtse Fighters
from the Baltimore SUM-

The principles in the late prize fight ii
New Jersey, in which Walker was beater
to death by Weeden, made bad selection
for the scene of the brutal encounter. In
der the laws Of that State the principles,
five of whom have been arrested and are in
custody, are liable to be hung; and whilst
it is probable that all, with the exception of
WeedeD, will escape such extreme punish
ment. 1t is possible that the Others will be
awarded twenty years each in the peniteu-
tiary. 1t is gratifying to see that they have
such laws in New Jersey /; it is to the credit
of that State, and the vigorous enforcement
of the law there upon the offenders now un-
der arrest will doubtless exercise beneficial
effect upon bruisers elsewhere.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
AMUSEM II yTS,
MenaOeTie and Circus,

VanAmburgh q Co.'s New Great Golden
Mcnagere, Circus and Colosseum will ex-
hibt in this city on Tuesday, September 10,
OH the Professional Base Bali Grounds.
This company embraces some of the finest
circus actors that the world has ever pro-
duced, and wherever it has exhibited it has
attracted large crowds, the advertisement
of its great worth being house.
hold matter in this and foreign countries,
The Menagerie contains some of the great.
est living curiosites, and a collection unsur.
passed outside of the Geological Gardens OF
London and Philadelphia. Fifty cents ad.
mlts you to three shows under three sepa.
rate tents,
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
Rush to tine Centennial.

4 All the trains and steamboats, brough
large numbers Of Southern and Western
travellers to Baltimore yesterday, who were
en- route for the Centennial. TIE hotels did
q large business and were lively last evening
The steamer Thebrdore Weems accompa-
MED the steamer Havana for York river on
her regular trip. SIX hundred passengers
are booked to leave this afternoon by the
York river route, and both boats will reach
Baltimore this morning with as many peo-
pie as they can accommodate. The boats OF
The Norfolk lines are doing heavy passen-
ger business.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
The NesU B0Sj,s.

1t is a matter Of necessity, unless wha1
has been done, 60 for naught, that work
upon the new basin be resumed as speedily
as possible. The rains of the past tw, days
have worked considerable injury. The
banks have been SO washed:in many places
chat the whole work of filling them will
have to be gone through with again before
the bricks can be laid. The bottom of the
basin is filled with water, and the gen.
eral appearance of the work is that the
longer it stands idle the greater amount of
money 1t will take to complete it.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

A FRENCH company is being organized
to lay and work a direct telegraph line
from Paris to New York. The capital
will be thirty-threc millions Of francs. M.
Pouyer Quertier il at the head of the en-
terprise.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

A Qeading Citizen Tired of Life.
h II. 8. Brown, prominent citizen of Read.
Ing, committed suicide BY drowning In the
Thursday morning. Deceased was former
" Commissioner Of Highways of-keading.
He leaves wife and six children. Finan-
,cial embarrassment is believed to have been
the cause. ,e,f 4n tslf4,
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

THH rSg-baby cannot be dead as it was
dccl@?2d 70 be. 1t certain nly not very
dead, or il dead it makes u very lively
orpe. The sreenback movement is rising
up all over the countiy. TE;s independ-
ent ..eenback party seems TO be chrystal-
ling INTO form sad beginning to assume
proportion aud importance III the political
world that can no longer be ignored by
the old political organizations.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
The Coleman Sisters,

These gems of burlesque and music ar-
pear at the Grand Opera House on Monday
and Tuesday evenings, September 11th and
18th. The second evening there will be a
change OF programme, so that those attend
ing twice will sec two different bills, both of
which will be replete with mirth, amuse-
ment and music. Seats can be secured at
Boughman, Thomas & Co.'S. The popular
prices of admission, 25 and so cents, will be
strictly observed.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

Of the electiop returns published on
Tuesday, those in the Gazette" alone were
correct. All the others needed heratiane.
|-'Gazette." F8g
Well, don't quarrel about it. They
were bad enough, correct or incorrect.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

Ar the opening ofthe sessions of the H.
ternationa' Medical College, in Phjhdel-
ph'a. DR.. Samuel D. Gross delive. ed the
adtross Of welcome 10 the delegates, in
w''ch be '.id. th.tt the discorr5es which
wou'd be deliver j before them on the
pro%r" Of American medicine would se. We
10 how that the p.ofc ion in the L 1itt
st ttN- IL r.ul"l lori elan enyiable repu.
'o'ion ~'r} il = tally abreast with all the
OF ler nnr,'i;; that adom The human mind
or he'd lu.'re uoon iIe isn';fc character
of the nation.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,.

JAMES w. WARE, Wilmington.
JOHN w. r. KILLGORE, Christiana.
JOHN Z. BARTHOLOMEW, Mill Creek.
RICHARD G. COOPER, New Castle.
THOMAS BRO, Red Lion.
JAMES NICHOLSON, Pencader.
EDWIN II. COCHRAN, st. Georges,
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

The New York Evening Express
says that Glarksen N. Potter will b nom.
mated At Saratoga BY acclamation.S Fts
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

, The Centennial dog show is said to be
the delight of the sporting.m 1t is the
largest national or international canine
exhibition ever made. II comprises the
highest, at feast the most highly priced
thorou ghbred, of the United and Great
Eritian and Ireland. Near six hundred
dogs were on exhibition the fist day of the
show,
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
FOR LEVY COURT.

WILLIAM P. LODGE. Brandywine.
JAMES CARSWEI4L. Wilmington.
ADOlPHUS HUSBANDS, Christi ana.
ALBERT II. SILVER. New Castle.
ALEXANDER V. WILSON, Pencader.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
rgr FOR PRESIDENT. 'Tl'
SAMUEL J. TILDEN.
ssFoR VICE PRESIDENT,
THOMAS IA. HENDRICKS

.PREs1nENTIAL ELECTORS.
JOHN-H. RODNEY, New Castle Co.
JOHNtW. SHARP, Kent Co. "
GEO. w. WILLEN, Sussex Co.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
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TIN Hoas HrS D lis puSnshea
every noq qAng sunosH e epteA) and
delivered 81 the Oily * Wilmington and
aurrouSdihg places for NIX cents per week,
payable TO t4sposfleas. Mail subscriptions,
postage nd 6kba dollars per annum 10
advanoAs .y-~---.-..----
O'By1HH BHos., Publishers,
s sNo.50o Shipley Street.
Wilmington, Del.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

The lnternat'onal Regatta closed on
Wednesday last. There are six thousand
dollars in prizes which will be presented
to the victorious oarsmen on Saturday
next, the ceremony of which will take
place in Independence Hall. s ,,
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

WE have received copy Of the first
number Of penny paper published at
Chester, Pa, by Mcssrs. Prince & Stow.
called "lhe Chester Daily Times" The
typographical appearance is neat, and the
selections careful. 1t contains no telc.
graphic news, butr makes local news its
object. The "Times' is independent
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.
Hon. JAMES WILLIAMS.
FOR SHERIFF,
ISAAC GRUB.
FOR CORONER.
DAVID G. ROSE.

FOR STATE SENATOR,
HARRY sHAkPLEY, Brandywine lid.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-09

WILMINGTON. SEPTEMBER 3, 1876,