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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-13

"A st. Louis paper tells story of
disconsolato widowcr who, on see-
ing the remains Of his late wife low.
cred into the grave, exclaimed with
tears in his eyes; "Well, I've lost
gloves, I've lost umbrellas-yes, even
COWS and horses; but l never-no,
novor-had anything to cut me like
this"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-13
ABad Fire.

. 4. ."
HJoncs, have you heard of the fire
that burned up the mans house and
lot?e
@No, Smith; where was itGn
"Here in the city,
"What a misfortune tohim9 Was
1T q good house2g 81,
"Yes, a nice houseiand lot good
house for any family
'What a PITY How did the FIRE
take2' s
"The man played with fireEand
thoughtlessly setit himself.s Z y :
"Hoy silly bid. you say the lot
was burned, too2s (
Eyes, lot and all; all gone slick and
clean"
That IS singular n mus, t,haye
been q teriDle pt md thel =
don't see how it could have burned
the lot"
''No, it was not a very hot fire.
Indeed it was SO small that it attract
ed but little attention, and did not
alarm anybody"
"But how could such a fire burn up
q house and lot? You haven't told
me-"
at burned a long time moro than
twenty years. And though it SEEM
to consume very slowly, yet it wore
away about one hundred and fifty
dollars worth every year, till it was
all gone"
81 can't understand you yet, Tell
me where the fire was kindled, and
all about it."
Well, then, it was kindled in the
end of cigar. The cigar cost him,
he himself told me, twelve and a
half dollars per month, or one hun
dred and fifty dollars a year, and
that in twenty-one years would
amount to $3.50, besides all the
interest. Now the money was worth
at least ten per cent, and at that
rate it. would double once in about
every seven years. So that the
whole sum would be more than $780,
600. That would buy a fine house
and lot in any city. 1t would pay
for a large farm in the country
Don't you pity the family of man
who has slowly burned up their
homc2"
"Whew! I guess you mean me,
for l have smoked for more than
,twenty,years.. But it didn't cost 50
much as that, and / haven't any
house ofmyown. Have always rent
ed-though was too poor to own
house. And all because / have been
burning it upl What fool 1 have
been!"
The boys..had better never set
fire which costs so much, and which,
though SO easily put out, is yet SO
likely, if once kindled, to keep burn
ing all their lives.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-13
TERMS or COURT.

CWcrIr CorR-l'irst Monday in April,
and first Monday in October.
CouXrY CorH-rhird Monday in JNnu'
nry, Third Monday in March; Third Mon,
,iiy in May; Third Monday in july Third
Monday in November; Third Monday in
December.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-13

"Madam,' said a cross,temperod
physician to a patient, "if women
were admitted to paradise their
tongues would make it purgOtory'"
"And some physicians, If allowed to
practice there" replied the LADY,
"would make Il a desert"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-13
CITY DIRECTORY.

May6r-D. W. PolsLw.
Racorlcr--AI. II. HNLE.
Cnunyilnpn-C. B. WuggCner, John W,
English, G. VI. Cole, W. 7. Nculc, Henry
Fry.
City Sergeant--,I. +. lIulya.
AsspSsor--A. Hess.
Oversccr rpur-l. l., Gha-lcS.
Street superintendent. l.. Gibbs.
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DENEvoLENT SOCIETIES.

-Mintum Lodge No, 10, meets
on the first and third Tuesdays OF each
month
Opp FELLOWS. Point Pleasant Lodge No
81, !. q. q. T., meets every Thursday
night Hall in Stortz's block.
Court Point Pleasant No, ., !. o. f.,
meets every Friday evening :! o'clock, at
Capchart'S Hall.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-13

The foolish small boy conspicuous
ly hangs his shirt on a bush, and
slides down the bank into the water;
whereas the sapient urchin carries
his intimate garment down the bank
with aim and deposits it under fiat
stone. Youth is none too early to be-
gin learning wisdom.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-13

There is a time for everything; and
the time to take q teething baby on
an excursion is after the excursion
lists have. returned.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-13

81 know nothing in the catalogue
of mems duties that ! would be un-
able to performr' said Lucy Stone
SLOW would you figure as the father
of family?" asked a man in the gal
lery. Andsince then woman's rights
conventions haven't amounted to
much.
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
TENDERS his professional services to the
public. Calls from the country prompt.
~ attended to. Office, corner OF Main and
Third streets, opposite the old Presbyterian
Church. [april ), lS7G-ly.
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A butcher sold sailor a ham on
credit, but finding in a few days that
he had gone to sea, he growlcd, off
I'd known that he wasn't going to
pay for it, I'd charged him three
pence more pound forit, the rascal"
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DR.. l.. r. Campbell,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,

Point Pleasant, West Va.
OFFERS his professional services to the
| citizens OF Point Pleasant and vicinity.
He hopes by strict attention to business, to
merit continuance of the liberal patron.
he has already received. He may be found
at all times at his office, when not profess
ionally engaged. nov D, I0-ly'
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aJoncs, have you heard of the fire
that burned up the mans house and
lot?p
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
Esaaaaena CounIY.

sKPwITH LANDING, Miss, July p, 1871
Editor Of the Herald:
In your issue Of the 18th, appears en-
article headed "Washington County"
the writer Of which In nominally
answering "Alter Ego" closes with
three lines, the truth Of which, as citi.
zen Of Issaquena, l must deny. Since
nothing could be further from the
actual facts than the statement that the
policy Of our platform Is the division
Of the county Offices between negroes,
scalSwags, cArpet.baggers and Demo
Gratis, | can only suppose that the
writer was in ignorance Of the real
state Of the case, and / propose TO In.
struct him through your columns.
There are in Issaquena some 1000
voters, Of whom less than 800 are white
Democrats, yet the Democracy have
fought q good fight and for two years
been victorious spite Of this over
whflming majority.
OF late 1t has been a question with us
whether It were we'll for US to keep up
this kind OF fight, ed infinitum, II
we could gain substantially the same
epds by q more pacific course. We
therefore assembled in County Con.
vention and appointed committee Of
zen to meet q similar committee of col
ored men, and make q partition Of the
Offices. will offer no further argu-
ment In favor Of our course than 10
show the result, so far:
We elect ell county officers this Fall
except County Clerk, and Of these, we,
the email minority Of white Demo
crats,get the Sheriff, Treasurer, Assess
or, a Justice of the Peace In each Dis
trict, and an extra Constable in the
9th, the majority Of the Board OF Su.
pervisors, and the support OF the
county for q white State Senator from
IssaquenA or not, as the nominating
Convention may decide. Should
Washington county gel the nomination
they should be the last to complain, If,
by giving the negroes Representa-
tive, we secure the unanimous sup
port Of rhe county for their candidate
for the Senate. As for our sending a
colored Representative from I.saque-
ne, II does not seem very unjust 10
give the negroes some representation
In Jackson, when we consider the man.
ner in which the Legislature went back
on them last Winter in the matter Of
the cotton seed tax.
The result OF this position, then, is to
cut out scRlawagS and carpet-baggers
completely, for the negroes will claim
for themselves all the Offices left open
for them, and the carpet-UaggerS must
90 or starve. This latter result having
been attained, any white man with an
average modlcum of brains, can see
thai the negroes, uninlegiered with by
this disturbing element, will give US
no trouble, and we will have control Of
the county with less political excite.
ment and more snd better work In the
fields, Yours, q. b.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
sExTON'S REPORT

0(the CITY Of Hieksburg, for the s0eek sndfRs
Monday, che 20d day Of July, A.D. IsTt,
at IL O'Clock m,
July l0-J. g, Haszlnger, u years mos.
dayO, hux, Warren county.
July l0-Corrlnne johnson, cOl0Fed, one
day, Vicksburg.
July l0-Betty Brown, cOlored, 26 yeare.
pneumonia, Warren county.
July 20-HenFy Scaggs, c0l0red, 1 wear.
pneumonia, VioksbuTg, 4th Ward.
July &C. :. BuTnham, 30 years, COZ
gestiOn Of the brain, VicksbuFg, let Ward.
July 2O-Died In Delta, La, John s, Dir
on, 4Iyears 9m0nths, flux, Inferred in Ctr
Cemetery, residence Delta, La.
July 2l-Laurence W. lockwood. nine
years, dlphtheria, Vicksburg, Ath Ward,
July 22-R0Zell s. lockwood. g years 10
months, diphtheria, Vicksburg, 4th Ward.
July 22-Mrs. ]. p. Hausman, 30 years
II months II days, Inflammation Of the bow
els and miscarriage, Yicksburg, ID Ward.
A true copy: J.Q. ARNOLD, Sexton.
z. T. WOODBURY., NJ. D., Health Officer.
SYNOPSIS Il 10 lst Ward, l in % Ward.
In 4th Ward, in Warren county, 1 h
Delta, La.-Total. s males, 2 females:
while, cOlOred-Tutal :.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
RAILROAD DISASTERS.
A Chapter Of AoeldsHlS C0llloIOss and
Other CaGaslFsphss-A Number Of Lives

A Chapter Of AoeIdsHlS COlIlSI0ss and
Other CaIasIrspAss-A Number Of Lives
Lest.
WAsHISGToS, Jaly 2I.-The Short
Lines have been run in Piltsburg by
made up lines. This resulted In q col.
lision two miles above sharpsburQ.
The engines closed In on each other
like . telescope, and both Engineers,
the Express Messenger, Mail Agent,
and three passengers were instantly
killed, and q number dangerously
wounded.
CINCINNATI, July 24-The evening
train on the narrow guage road run.
ming out 10 the eastern suburbs Of this
city, met with an accident. Four per-
sons were killed and Q number
wounded.
ATLANTA, GA, July "a An up train
Of the Georgia railroad ran into some
cows and the engine was overturned.
The express, baggage car and two
coaches burned. The engineer was
burned to death, and several persons
wounded.
BoYKISs, VA, July "a "A construc.
tion train, at BOykins this morning, ct
IL O'Clock, on the Seabosrd and Roa-
roke railroad, collided with the pay
train. Both engines were badly
smashed. A regular passenger train
with delegates from Montgomery, Ma-
con, Augusta, Columbia andWilming-
ton to the Postal Convention, was de.
layed three hours in consequence.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27

The factors and planters interest are
too near identical to think for o mo-
ment that the recent resolution Of the
National Cotton Exchange looking 10
the sale of cotton at lie net weight,
will ever have the sanction OF any Of the
Southern Exchanges. The practice
may be q very commendable one when
applied to the Liverpool market, but
10 change the rule after forty years
practice in this country would not only
prove q drawback TO business, but one
which 1t would require years 10 inau-
gurAte, to work satisfactorily TO any Of
the interested parties. That the cotton
buyer has to pay for large amount OF
iron and bagglng, 'tis true, yet the
planter has it to do, and TO tax him
with the total amount, would not only
be q great hardship, but decrease the
profts Of crop, which at best, rarely
p6ys anything like handsome divi-
lend. The New Orleans Times says on
this subject:
The great objec ion 10 the introduc-
lion Of this system into our markets,
however, is that BY so doing we would
greatly increase the allowance which
would necessarily have to be made for
lpss in weight. This allowance, under
the system Of supervision and inspec-
ton, in operation at this port, has been
reduced TO o minimum. Should we
slow the bales TO be stripped in order
20 ascertain their net weight, the
amount of loose cotton and pickinss
would be more frightful than was the
case before the present restrictions
we're placed upon the trade. Our "city
crops" instead of amounting TO twelve
Or fourteen thousand bales, would reach
the enormous sum OF thirty or forty
and even fifty thousand bales. Could
more unjust rule be established than
such an One' 1t would not benefit the
buyer, but on the contrary would in.
sure certain loss to him, and would
be the means Of working . great injury
TO American planters. We trust that
our exchanges will gave no counten'
snce to this proposition, and that the
convention now assembled at Green
brier will take some steps to negative
this movement, should measures look
ing to the execution of the resoluti on
be taken"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
some PeculIarItIes OF StOnewaIl
jackson.

Kyd Douglass in Philadelphia Times.I
la face aud figure Stouewall Jack.
son was not striking, Above the
average height, with frame angular,
muscular, and fla:hless, he was In all
his movements from riding q horse to
handling q pen, the most ungraceful
man In the army. His expression was
thoughtful, and generally clouded with
an air of fatigue. His eye was small,
blue, aud IN repose as gentleas young
girPs. With high, broad forehead,
small, sharp nose, thin pallid lips, deep
set eyes, aud dark, rusty beard, he was
not a handsome man. His face in the
drawing-room or tent, softened by his
sweet smile, was as different from it.
sell on the battlefield as little lake
Ia summer noon differs from the same
lake when frozen. Walking or riding
the General was ungainly; his main
OBJECT was TO go over the ground,
without regard TO the manner of HE
going. His favorite horse was As lit
tie ike Pegasus as he was like Apollo ;
he rode boldly and we'll, but certainly
not with grace aud ease. lie was not
O man Of style. Gen. Lee, on horse
back or of, was the handsomest man
ever saw. It was said ofWade Hamp.
ton that be locked IS knightly when
mounted as 1t he had stepped out from
an old caDvas, horse and all. Breck.
inridge was q model Of manly beauty,
Joe Johnson looked every inch q sol.
dier. None OF these things eau be said
Of Jackson.
Akin TO bis dyspepsia, and perhaps
as q consequence, was bic ignorance OF
music. One morning at Ashland be
startled q young lady from her pro-
priety by gravely asking her If she had
ever heard a new piece Of music called
Dixie" aud as gravely listening to
her while she sang it. lie had heard
it 9 thousand times from the army
bands, and yet /, seemed new TO him.
Judged by the ShSkespearean, standard
who could be more "lit for treasons,
and Ipoilsw And yet there was one
kind OF music which always interested
and delighted him. Ii was the "rebel
yell' Of his troops. To this grand
chorus he never failed to respond. The
difference between the regular hurrah
of the Federal army and the irregular,
wild yell Of the Confederates was as
marked as the difference In their un-
fOrms. The rebel yell was peculiar
mixture OF sounds, kind Of weird
shout. Jackson was greeted with Il
whenever be made his appearance to
the troops, on the march or in battle
and just as invariably he would seize
his old gray cap from his head in
acknowledgment, and his Little Sor-
rel" knowing his habit, would break
into gallop and never halt until the
shout had ceased. | remember one
night at tattoo this cry broke forth In
the camp of the Stonewall Brigade, and
was taken up by brigades and divisions,
until it rolled over field and wood
throughout the whole corps, The Gen
eral came hastily and bareheaded from
bis tent, and going up to the fence near
by, he leauel upon II and listened in
quiet to the rise, climax and conclusion
~ the stIage sereHade, raising his head
10 catch the last sound, as /, grew
fainter, and unti /; died away Ike al
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27

TEE New Orleans Times has the fol.
lowing about the present crisis: I'VE
have endeavored through period Of
fifteen years to pay of National debt
which no country with equal resources,
thst is governed by statesmen, would
attempt TO cancel in ten times that
period. Instead Of emitting bonds
drawing lower rate of interest, and
desis,ing from any contraction of the
volume, we have dwsrfed internal i'm.
provemeuts IN an effort 70 reduce an
Indebtedness which, ro1erly funded,
would have been absolutely beneficial
10 ;he country"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27

The Vicksburg HERALD has given
CO... Hamilton q lift, though II has done
50 innocently. 1t intended to strike
him blow. 1t really looked like q
blow, but Col. Hamilton faced It, and
shot back at the HERALD. The HERALD
was hit, and Hamilton carried of the
Donors Of victory. II he can get along
In the Convention as we'll as he does In
newspaper polemics his chances will be
good BrookhaVen Comet.
Whether Hamilton got lift or the
"HERALD was hit" remains to be seen.
1t may suit the hard-worklng Demo-
Gratis to put In man who never be-
longed to q Democratic Club, but we
don't think 1t will. If they do, we ex-
pect 10 see them trim the ticket with
black according to the Comets advice.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27

TIE drift now 10 ell in favo: of
Humphreys and Stone. Kinds county
is divided between them, but some
weeks ago it was claimed by the poll.
tlcians about jackson tina! Lowry
would surely get Hinds. Some of the
coast counties are declaring for Stone,
and Humphreys is gaiDing ground in
unexpected quarters. I lless Wallhall
lS pressed by his :frier IS, the race is
clearly between Humphreys and Stone.
LOwry's chance to be fourth in the race
ia excellent.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27

THE ST. Louis Globe Democrat,
speaking Of the Pittsburg fight says,
that three OF the killed were women,
and tina; large number OF the wound.
ed were women and children. This
journal will doubtless le! up on Kemp.
er county for few days.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27

CHEMICAL skill makes manufacturers
adopts in adulteratiOn. ltalsO quickly
enables experts to detect adulterations.
DooLLY's YEAST POWDERS, for sale by
ell grocers, has stood the test Of analy.
sis and been proven the purest and
strongest OF the baking powders. 1t
makes the most delicious bread, cake,
rolls and pastry of all descriptions.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27

TIE St. Louis Globe Democrat OF
Sunday has leader of seven lines in
regard 10 the great railroad strikes.
That great journal doesn't know, SO it
seems, exactly where TO hitch lie tow
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27

A wlDE-AwAKE jonrnal like the
Jackson Times ought to have heard Of
the Kemper tragedy. Why does NOT
that journal let Its light shine on Kem-
per now?
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
Indisoriminata Shooting.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-The soldiers
at Reading, Pa, fired on the citizens in
discriminately, killing five, wounding
twenty-five, Including five policemen
and two women.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
T&f1@atsbpra8 84tpla

A LARGE portion of the Northern
mail failed yesterday on account Of the
railway strikes.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
VICKSBURG WEEKLY HERALD. FRIDAY, JULY 2 I87-

echo along the mountains. Then
turning toward his tent be muttered 10
half sOlilOquy, That was the sweetest
music ever heard"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27

Sre,cHlEE Tor the HERALD
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
Total for building two dykes, Of 100
trees each............ ..........,,t6,O
Time required, "a days.

The foregoing plan is based on the
action Ofthe river itself. Fret, a snag
catches drift and farms q rack-heap.
This causes slack water below and
forms bar, which in turn reinfOrCes
the rack.heap and together they force
the channel in a new direction.
| do not claim that the erection Of
two dykes, as proposed, will bring the
channel back TO the old place, but they
will prevent It from leaving altogether
and will afford basis on which to pro-
ject future works. 1t will be more
difficult 10 remedy the evil, the longer
II is put of, and anything to be done
should be done as soon as possible.
With respect, l subscribe myself,
CHAS, NJ, SCOTT.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
Don't Want to strike.

RICHMOND, July M.-The employees
of the Chesapeake and OHIO, Piedmont
Air Line, and Richmond, Fredericks.
burg and Potomac Railroads, signed q
paper condemning conduct of sfFalrs
North and West, and asserting their
not 10 strike.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
LEDGER LINES.

Choice piEsfeet in kegs and kits for
families at B. NJ. Stratton & Co.'S.
Fire kindlers for one hundred fires for
one dollar at Oliver, Finnie & Co.'s.
Quite a number Of persons finished
Thanksgiving last night by getting
drunk.
Severed thousands of people in this
city had no Thanksgiving turkey on yes
terday.
AT II o'clock last night the thermome.
ter indicated Ito below freezing point,
or 800.
The Arbitration Court stands adjourn
ed until ten o'clock on next Tuesday
morning.
This is the last day of November, and
tomorrow December will make its ap.
pearance.
Something strictly choice and fresh
fancy candies for the holidays at B. NJ.
Stratton & Co.'s,
The mercury in the thermometer at
noon to-day was located at 290, or three
degrees below freezing point.
Next week we will have the Evange
line combination and burlesque opera
troupe at the Memphis Theater.
Hunters we're out yesterday in the sur
rounding country slauQh;ering birds by
way Of celebrating Thanksgiving day.
At the theater to. night Maggie Mitchell
VIII appearsas jamie Eyre" and al
Mignon at the matinee on to morrow
To day Jobu Carr ana Henry Howard
(negroes), were arreetei by ratrolmar