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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-03-17
General Debility.

Debility is term used to denote deficiency Of
blood. The nutritiye constituents OF tue blood
are in less than their regular proportion, while
the watery part is in excess. Debility is Of fro
quent occurrence. 1t is incident TO variety OF
diseases. The lower limbs apt 10 be swollen.
The patient is feeble, and cannot bear much
eIertion. The circulation Is Irregular but al
most always weak. Palpitation Of the heart is
q very common symptom. Violent emotion often
throws the heart into the most tumultnous &C
ton. The vital functions are languidly por-
formed. The muscular strength is diminished;
fatigue follows moderate or slight exercise. Tho
brea hing, though quiet when at rest, becomes
hurri.i and even painfully agitated under ex-
ertion, in running, ascending heights, etc.
The nervous system is often greatly disordered
Vertigo, dizziness, and feeling OF faintness
arc very common. Violent and obstinate neu-
ralgic pains in tho head. side breast, or other
parts Of the body, are also frequent attendants
upon the disease. The secretions are sometimes
diminished. In females the menses are almost
always either suspended or very partially per-
formed. The bile is scantv, and cOsliyeness.
with unhealthy eyacuations from the bowels and
dyspeptic state Of the stomach, are extremely
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-03-17

IHAVE established myself at the stand
L formerly occupied as Coach Factory,
but the last three years as Undertaking,
for IL; purpose of doing all kinds of W
HOLSTERING, REPAIRING OF FUR
NITURE, &C., and will keep Oh hand
COFFINS, CASKETS and Burial Cases. /.
Will furnish METALLIC CASES when
called for; attend the laying out OF the
dead when desired, and attend all funer-
ais in person. Having had an experience
of three years in the business, l feel con-
tident that can give satisfaction.
Remember the place-sign over door.
r. S. NJ. HOFFMAN,, Undertaken.
P. S.-Wiil still attend to repairing
Carriages, Buggies, &C., as heretofore:
r. S. NJ. Ii.
Shepherdstown, Jan. IS, 1877. Tyr
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-03-17

COCO CAN'T be made by every agent
SJJJ every month in the business we
furnish, but those willing to work can
easily earn a dozen dollars day in their
own localities. Have no room to explain
here. business pleasant and honorable.
Women, and boys and girls do as we'll as
men. We will furnish you complete
Outfit free. The business pays better
than anything else. We will bear expense
OF starting you. Particulars free. write
and see. Farmers and Mechanics, their
sons and daughters, and all CLASSES in need
of paving work ut home, should write TO
us and learn all about the work at once.
Now is the time. Don't delay. Address
TRUE & Co.,
Augusta, Maine.
Jan. 2y, 1877. 1y
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-03-17

lie takes great pleasure in informing
IL the citizens of Berkeley and adjoining
counties that he has full and we'll Sc
lected stock of Goods, purchased in Bos-
ton. New York, Baltimore and Carlisle,
and in quality and price he challenges
comparison. His stock embraces Ladies,
Misses aud Childrcn's Boots, SHOES and
Caters Of every quality and style and Of
superior manufacture.
Gents and boys Hats and Caps of the
very latest styles. Gents and Boys Boots,
Shoes, Caters, Slippers, and . full line OF
children's Shoes, also Trunks, EaliSeS,
Umbrellas, &C., &c.
He keeps from the very finest Kercso
Kid and Lasting Cater TO the common
walking Shoe, insuring ease and comfor,
in the wear.
He keeps general and well selected
stock which will be constantly replen-
shed with fresh Goods OF latest manutac-
ture. Ladies Caters $l.25 TO the best
grades; Gents Caters $l.25 to the best
grades.
Remember the place and give him call
and be convinced. of the superiority and
cheapness Of his stock.
GEO. A. SMITH,
Queen Street, Martnsburg.
Julys, 1876. ly
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-03-17
NOTICE..

TINE FRENCH CANDIES, and SU-
L PERIOR quality of Cigarettes, togeth-
er with patent Cigarette Roller, some
thing new to all, as well as economical.
Many other NOTIONS too numerous to
mention, just received and for sale very
cheap. Call and see.
r. L. MAGRUDER.
Dec. 9. -.. a. .t If
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29
yves, virginia Lands,

The Ameriean Manufacturer pub
lished At Pittsburgh, contains an adj
yertisement for the sale Of a 1900
acre tract Of West Virginia land,
which is described as follows
aThis land is in one tract, consist
| ing ofabout twenty square miles,
and Is situated contiguously to the
slack-water improvement Of the Up
per Monongahela, and but a short
distance from the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. 1t has number Of seams
Of good bituminous coal in the great
er portion Of it; contains many iron
ore beds of excellent quality; is bless
ed with q most salubrious climate
| is covered by the primitive forest
unbroken with the exception Of about
500 acres; and the soil covering the
whole is productive and capable oil
being turned into profitable farms,
Tracts Of land, equally possessed Of
the elements Of wealth, health, and
means Of enjoyment, are scarcely to
be found in any part Of our country
"Whilst organizations are being
formed hereabouts, to make settle
ments in Arkansas, Florida, Kan
sas, and other remote points, it is
strange that such choice spot as
this, within about one hundred
miles Of Pittsburgh is not bought up
and colonized. A railroad will soon
pass through, or near to, this exten.
siye property, giving additional
facilities to those who may settle OF
improve it, for the distribution, OF
exchange Of their fabrics, or manifold
products. We refer to the narrow
gauge line partly. done, partly pro
crossing and partly determined upon
resolutely and definitely-thc Castle
Shannon and Washington, the Wash
ington and Waynesburg,the Waynes'
burg and Warrington, the Mann
ington and Clarksburg, and the
Clarksburg and Weston, now under
contract and partly graded. Also
the railroad from Uniontown south
wards, already completed to within
ten miles of this grand estate, and
determined to be finished into it."
The Manufacturer is right. in di'
recting attention of those forming
colonies with view of settlement
in some far Western State, to the
superior inducements presented near
home. Considering soil, climate
health, proximity to market, price
| ofland, condition Of society, educa'
tional and church advantages, roads,
&C., no Western State will compare
with West Virginia. Rhceling Reg
ister.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29
M yote n tbe Senate On We'd.

The vote in the Senate on We'd
desday, Of last week, TO take the case
Of Butler, Of South Carolina, from the
Judiciary Committee, plainly indi-
Gates that he win be admitted to his
seat in the Senate, despite the un-
Just combination Of the Republicans
Of the Senate to cheat the people Of
that State out Of their proper repre-
sentation in that body. 1t is uni
yersally known and admitted by all
honest mon that Butler was legally
elected by the only lawful Legisla-
ture Of that State, and, if the will of
the people is at all to be respected,
he ought to be at once admitted to
his seat in the Senate. 1t has be-
come a matter of history that on all
occasions where there was q shadow
Of chance the Republican majority
in the Senate has ignored the claims
of duly returned Senators when it
was necessary to admit one of their
own party. They cared little for
right, but all for power, and in their
mad efforts 10 retain power have
trampled under foot the rights Of
States as well ms of individuals
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

Judge Hoffman, died at his home
in Clarksburg, on the 10th inst. He
was late one Of the Judges Of our
Supreme Court, which position he
resigned in 1875, on account of fail
ing health. He was Colonel of the
Slst regiment Of Virginia infantry
in the confederate service during the
war, and made a brilliant record for
personal gallantry and good soldier.
ship. In one Of the battles near
Richmond he received wound
which necessitated the amputation
of his foot, and his system never full
ly rallied from the shock, After the
war hc returned to the practice Of
his profession in Clarksburg, and in
1872 he was elected, on tho Demo.
cratic ticket, one Of the four Judges
of tho Supreme Court Of Appeals, a
position for which he was we'll fitted
by his eminent legal ability. Judge
Hoffman was a noble hearted gentle
man and warmly beloved by all who
knew him we'll. In his death tho
State loses one of It's purcst aud most
unrighE riIi1cn..
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29
niscrennncles in onr Co,le.

The trial Of an ejectment case in
the Circuit Court last Monday, (l2th)
-Winkler against Lucas, Ex'r-
brought TO light singular discrep-
ancy in different copies Of the West
Virginia Code.
The question was what estate a
husband took in his deceased wife's
realty upon her death, with issue
born during marriage, under the
West Virginia Statute of Descents.
The action was brought upon the the
DRY that life estate descended to
the husband under the provision of
Sec. II, Chap. Is, Code; which de-
clares that in case the wife makes no
provision for her husband in her will
or makes one that he renounces, che
shall have such share of her estate,
real and personal, as he would have
had if she'h had died intestate leaving
children" Judge Hoge rI,ledagainst
this view, and instructed the jury
that in the case Of the wifc's death
without issue born during marriage
the husband took no estate in his
wife'S realty. This Of course ended
the case and nothing remained for
the jury to do but sign the verdict,
for the defendant. II was afterward
discovered that in the Code used by
Judge Hoge, the statute above quo.
ted read, "he shall have such share,
ETC., as llc would have had, If she had
died intestate, without leaving
children" There is nothing in the
Codes to indicate, where or how this
great discrepancy in the text origin.
Nted, or where or how the reading
was changed,-The Acts '72-'7S have
re.enacted the section in the Ian
guage first above quoted, else there
might DO frequent conflicts in the
construction OF this section.
A motion for Il new trial was en-.
tered in the case,-Chariestown Spirit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29
Tic I1anawlla valley.

The Dispatch thinks the discovery
of petroleum in the immediate Vi
cinity of Charleston, Kanawha, is an
important event, showing the wealth
of the valley. 1t will be advantage
Gus to the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road. Richmond must derive mate
rial benefit from the increased devel-
opment Of mineral wealth in the
valley, with which her intercourse is
so direct and intimate.
The flow Of oil is as yet small, but
may prove abundant hereafter 1t
is inferable that oil is elsewhere in
the valley, and other discoveries may
be looked for,
The Kanawha Valley is constantly
increasing in its mining enterprise
and success. There are now some
thirty.odd coal-mines in active.oper-
alton where a few years since there
were not more than half a Dozen
The increase SLOWS that there are
encouraging circumstances to invite
investments and enterprise in the
rich mines of Kanawha We con-
template with great satisfaction the
fine prospect presented there. 1t is
plain that a region so endowed must
attract both capital and labor, and
soon become full of life and activity
along all the hills and gorges Of the
wonderful valley.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

Senator Davis is preparing a mi
! litia bill that will compel the States
TO organize, to some extent at least,
their militia. There is no doubt
that this ought to be done, although
whether the general government is
the party to step in and order it may
give rise to some debate, The Adj
Iiutant General at Washington keeps
a strict account of all the men in the
militia of the various States. His
book shows that there are 115 gener-
al officers of militia, sos general staff
officers, 1175 rcgimental, staff and
field officers, and 1905 company Off
cers-a total of gal commissioned
officers. There are also 1896 non
commissioned officers, musicians and
privates, making a grand total OF
9O,367 men. In addition to these,
several States, have independent
companies and battalions that are,
to all intents and purposes, militia.
These would raise the present avail
able militia force to one hundred
thousand men, or five times the
strength of the regular army. The
whole number of men in the Union
available for military service, but at
present unorganized, is 2,S75,469.
Senator Davis bill is intended, to
prevent the use of Federal troops in
State affairs; to employ the army in
protecting the frontier, fighting the
Indians and guarding the property
Of the United States, and to leave
mobs and State troubles to be attend
ed to by the State militia. Although
the Federal government can hardly
compel the States to organize their
militias it can, by refusing the pre-
cipitate appeals of frightened Gov
errors for troops, practically bring
this about,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

The House Committee on Post,
Offices and Post-roads has reported
the following resolution to the House:
"Be it resolved, DC, That the Secre-
tary of the Treasury shall begin at
once to pay in full to the late mail
contractors Of the States of Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Ken.
lucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, North Calolina, South Carroll.
ma, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia and
West Virginia, their heirs or legal
representatives, the accounts due un.
der their respective contracts for the
years 1859, go, and 81, and the ap-
preparation of 1915, 900 made by the
act approved March 3, 1877, shall be
Immediately available for said pay
ments; provided, that no payments
shall be made for services rendered
after May 81, 1861, where discontin-
uance thereof was ordered BY the
Postmastcr-G General or for any SER
vice for which payment has been
made by the Confederate States,
And the provisions of section 1880 Of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States shall not be applicable to the
payment herein authorized, All acts
and parts of acts inconsistent here
with are hereby repealed"
Congressman Reagan, of Texas, is
The author of this resolution, which
has been made necessary by socro.
tary sherman's refusal to pay out
the money which Congress appro'
priated for this purpose.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

General orders have been issued
BY General Sherman, at the instance
Of the President, announcing that nc
further Clemency,need DO expected
by officers of the army who violate
the article Of war in regard to in
temperance. The President holds
TINT II person Who cannot 10 trusted
had better not DO continued in Of
flee, and q rigorous execution Of the
sentence imposed in such eases may
la. Innlrd fni.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29


The Cincinnati Commercial; The
news comes straightirom theRussian
headquarters that CONAN Pasha has
opened with them negotiations for
the. surrenderof Pleyna. There is
news Off Russian telegram, making
a reqnisiiion forsixty thousand sacks
of bread for the starving Turks.
This is about the number of persons
believed to be within the trenches Of
Plevna. These are the last days in
which it was thought possible, by
the closest outside calculators, that
the Turks could subsist in Pleyna
without relief osman Pasha has
done his duty, and the jealousy Of
the Turkish Generals and the inca
pacity Of the Government are charge.
able with his final discontinue. He
has been expected to make a general
and desperate sortie, but it seems
the country around him is SO broken
that it is not favorable to such a
movements The Russians have
gathered about PleSna a force nearly
three times that Of its garrison, and
with their enormously superior cav
airy and artillery, and their tele-
graphs and their earthworks design
ed by Todleben, the gallant Turkish
army is Gagged. Lingering in the
hope of relief from the outside, and
to save military honor, the half
starved soldiers, lying for weeks in
wet bitches, under the flight of shells,
become physically reduced and de,
moralized until the heroes Of other
days are weak as children, and the
humane commander spares them
from hopeless slaughter when he
does not send them against the cir
Gle of steel in which they are sur
rounded. If Plevna falls, the Rus
SLAMS can march at once to Adrian
ople, and if England and Austria
think they have anything to say
they should be making up their
minds. The fall of Pleyna will be
the signal of an immense agitation
in Europe.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

The Weston Democrat claims that
enough signatures have been obtain
cd to secure an extra session of the
Legislature, and the only impedi-
ment in the way is as to the time
for its assemblage.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

The detection of Conover, of Flori'
da, and Patterson, Of South Carolina,
has scattered CONSERVATION and pro,
family in the ranks of the Radical
Senators.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS.
Tl.1tst Sac.

IN pursuance OF the terms and provisions
OF Deed of Trnst executed on the 18th
day of January, 1873, by W. F, Riggs and
Sophia Riggs, his wife, to secure TO Henry
Gwinn the payment OF q note executed by
the said w. L. Riggs, On the 18th day Of
january, 1873, and payable one year after
date, for the sum Of Three Hundred and
Thirty Dollars, and since assigned TO Lewis
Newman, shall on the
2Ist Day of January, ISIS,
at the Front Door of the Court House Of
Mason County, West Virginia, proceed TO
sell at public auction tlse following prop
District OF Hannah, County and State
aforesaid, containing ten acres, more or
less, fully described in said trust deed,
which is OF record in the Clerks Office Of
the County Court OF Mason County, in
trust deed book No. ., folio 80, Said tract
is well improved; has on it good dwell
ing house and necessary Outbuildings, and
is only one mile from the Ohio River
Terms Of sale cash. Title good.
Tll0S. MORTON, Trustee.
nov. 29-iw.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

The Paris Exposition bill, which
passed the House, provides foran APP
preparation of $4,000, and the ap-
pointment of one 5000 commissions
er, twenty 81, 900 commissioners, and
two honorary commissioners from
each State and Territory.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

one 0Fo6r West yifginIuUxriIaps-
es states that there will be an extra
legislative session and that sufficient
signatures of members have been OBJ
tanned to effect the purpose.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

The Geographic dispatches to the
daily papers of Sunday, contain this
mournful news, The United States
ship of war Huron has been totally
wrecked on the coast Of. North Caro-
lima, with the loss Of one hundred
and two lives, including her chief
officers
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

stalwart Republicans who hadn't
the slightest doubt about Hayes hav-
ing a majority of the votes until his
Southern policy was developed now
shake their heads when the subject
is mentioned and express fears that
he came wrongfully into possession
Of the Office.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

Senator Davis attempt to secure
an honest Investigation of the phe'
nomena of Treasury book keeping
between 1869 and 1871, has been
successful and the committee ap,
pointed on the part of the Senate,
and no doubt the discrepancies will
be found to exist, as the Senator
claims,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

give years good stealing in
South Carolina, begins to look like
twice as many years, that are not so
good, in Jail.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

The bill repeating the specie re.
sumption act, passed the Lower
House of Congress, Saturday by a
vote of 1888 yeas to 100 nays. ltnow
goes to the Senate II will have 4
poor show in that body,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

A party which obtained the Presi-
dency by fraud will not hesitate to
continue its control of the Senate by
admitting bogus Senator's and retain
ing members who would be sent to
State Prison, but for the protection
thus thrown around them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

Another ex.member of the South
Carolina..Legislature having been ar
rested, a full quorum of that body
now meets in the jail yard of the
Columbia Penitentiary,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

1t is now pretty evident that the
war existing between Turkey and
Russia cannot last long, One by
one the strongholds of Turkey are
giving way to the Russians, and
peace is not far distant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

The army bill as passed, makes
tho regular force twenty-five thou
sand men.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

Wild turkeys, says tho Charles
town Free Pres, ar6 making their
appearance in our neighborhood. e.
Mr.. George b. Hoof shot one near
Flowing Spring Mills on Friday Of
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

England has become so fond Of
American apples that IL is estimated
she can certainly take an average Of
from 10000 to $1,000 barrels a week
for the whole market year Of nine
months.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

The Radical Senators have deter.
mined that Patterson, the briber,
shall vote with them on fraudulent
ly seating their men from Louisiana
and South Carolina or he shall go to
the penitentiary, "To this com,
plexion has it Gomez"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29

Don't forget to notice that Repub-
lican opponents of Hayes's policy al
ways base their opposition on par.
tisan considerations only. Not a
word do you hear them say about its
being injurious to the interests Of
the country.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-29
Trust Sale of House and Lot in
Hartford City, Mason County.
West Virginia.

IN pursuance OF the terms and provisions
Of Deed OF Trust executed on the End
day of November, 1874, lly Rolly W. Fur.
nal and Margaret, his wife, to secure to A.
l.. sehon and Edmund Sehon, the pay.
lnent OF fonr bonds executed By the said
Rolly w. Fnrnal, on the LIST dry OF Noyem-
Der, 1874, and payable to the said A. L. Sc.
hon and Edmund Sehon, for the sum Of
two hundred and twenty-five dollars each,
with interest from date, and falling due
respectively, in one. two, three and four
years after date, / shall on the
10Th Day Of December, 1877,
at the Front Door Of the Court House Of
Mason County, West Virginia, proceed to
sell at public auction, the lot in said Trust
Deed described as Lot No. Z, In Square No.
/, on First Street, Hartford City, subject to
reservations made in the original deed
from the Mason County Mining and Man
ufacturing Company to Oliver Kelly
Said sale will be nude for CASH us to
$3.50 Of the purchase money, with interest
on the same since November I'd. 1874, and
.he costs OF executing said Trust, and as to
the residue on n credit until the I'd day OF
November, 1873.
The title to said Lot Is believed to be
good, bnt selling as Trustee, shall con-
vey such title only as Is vested in me.
JOHN w. ENGLISH,
nov. 15-4w. Trustee;