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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12
Land for Sale.

WI Il have about 500 acres Of land lying
w at and near Glcnwood, Mason coun.
ty. West Virginia, which we desire to dis
pose Of. This land will he sold very low
and UPON easy terms and in quantities TO
suit purchasers. Most Of the land il well
improved with fencing, orchards, dwell
ings, &c. About onc-fourtli of this land is
Ohio river bottom, the remainder upland,
but all suitable for farming purposes We
have also some land nine miles back OF
Glcnwood, and within nine miles OF Milton
Station, ON Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
and five miles from the Kanawha River, Mt
Armstrong; Landing, This Is Il rare OPP
portunity to secure good home. For
further Information apply TO j, $. Il A. \.
llanlcy, Apple Grove Mason County W,
Va, or TO Vim. II. Gum, Attorney at Law,
Point Pleasant, West Va,
april l2.9m'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12
The .C,IIecR-Lnm..

We have received a number Of let.
tiers during the past week asking for
.acupy OF the DIN passea by v,,v-luvt
legislature relating to the using of
Checks as a circulating medium. For
the benefit of all we give below the
law on this subject as it stood before
being amended by the recent Lcgis-
lature, and also as amended by that
body. Those interested may inter
pref it for themselves.
Iron Chapter Isl, Codeo W, Virginia
al. Every person, who, with in
tent to create Il circulating medium,
shall issue, without authority oflaw,
any note or other security purport-
ing that money or other thing of val,
ue is payable by, or on behalf of, such
person, and every officer and agcntof
such person therein, shall be confined
in Jail not more than six months,
and fined not less than one hundred
nor more than five hundred dollars"
"15. lfany person knowingly pass,
or receive in payment, any note or
security issued in violation of either
of the twopreceding sections, he shall
be fined not less than twenty nor
more than one hundred dollars"
These sections were amended and
re-cnacted so as to read as follows:
IA. If any person shall, without
authority of law, issue any note or
other security pnrporting that money
or other thing ofvalue is payable by,
or on behalf of, such person, within
thereby to create circulating medi-
um, or shall issue or deliver to any
person in his employ or the employ
Of any person or company Of which
he is agent otherwise, any written,
printed or stamped check, ticket Or
other thing to represent money or to
be used in lieu thereof, purporting
that money or other thing Of value
will be paid by such person or com.
pany, he shall be guilty of a misde.
meanor, and confined in Jail not more
than six months, and fued not less
than one hudrcd nor more than five
hundred dollars. And the accept.
ance Of fanny suchnote, security, check,
ticket or other thing, shall not oper-
ate as u payment Of any debt claim
due or to become due to the person
so accepting the same. Provided
that nothing this section contains
shall be so construed as to prevent
the giving of bank checks, promisory
notes single bills, bonds, drafts, or.
ders or bills of exchange in payment
of debts or claims due or to become
due.
"lj. Ifany person not punishable
under the provisions of the next pre-.
ceding section, shall knowingly pass
or receive in payment any such note,
security, check, ticket, or other thing
mentioned in said section, hcshall be
guilty of misdemcanor, and fined
not less than ten nor more than one
hundred dollars"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

The Secretary of War, upon recon-
mendation of Col. w. P. Graighill,
engineer in charge, has authorized
the expenditure of 5000, the unal-
lottcd balance of an appropriation Of
$4,000 made by Congress last year
for the Improvement of the Kanawha
river, This, with the sums hereto.
fore appropriated, will aggregate
about sGO0OOO-an amount sufficient
50 complete the locks and dams at
Brownstown, Cabin Creek and Paint
Creek.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

The Boston Poi ask u few ques-
tions about the new Commission
which some old-fashioned but sensi-
Bile peaple would be glad have an.
swered. Arc its numbers officers Of
the government? lfso By Whist au'
thority, and under what legal or CON
stitutional provision were they APP
polntcd2 Are their functions execu'
tive, legislative orjudicial? lfneith'
Ok, tbsRI Shqt2 4 Are they agents, i
they are to act, do they're fesentthe
Federal Government, or a:c they the
mere servants of the head Of the Adj
ministration2 In either case what
right have they to intermcddle with
the local affairs of an independent
State? With whom are they to treat?
If they are toact under u rowing Com
mission what is the scope of their
Supposed powers? Are they charged
with settling the vcxcd question
about the removal of troops from
Louisiana? Whence their authority
over the U. S. Army? Does it pro-
coed from the Commander in Chief?
What right has he to delegate his
powers to u Committee? If other
matters are included, what are they?
If they go out to effect a compromise
between Nichols and Packard, on
what basis do they purport to act?-
Who is to pay the bills? In short,
what is that Commission for? 1t is
an.utter anomaly in our history
But then everything about this Adj
ministration has been anomalous
from the start.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

A large mass meeting ofthC friends
of Nichols was held in New Orleans
on Friday. From ten thousand to
fifteen thousand people were present.
Strong resolutions were adopted APP
pealing to the President to maintain
a policy of non.intcriorence, and en-
treating the people Of tho United
States, by the power of public opin.
ion, tocnforco the adoption of that
policy,
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NortcR ro I'REnrnr...

To the Creditors Of YIN. Bcalr, deed.
In pursuance of decree OF Tie C,sauty
Court OF the County Of Mason, RlSsSc in i
c,usc therein pending, tn subject the real
estate Of the said Nm, Bc;lle, decreased to
the payment OF his debts, you are requi-
red 10 present your claims against the sail
VIM Bcalc, ior cdjudcition 10 i. W. Sis
on, Special Commissioner, at the office ri
L. A. Guthrie, Esq., in said County, ON or
before the ist day Of My, 1877.
Witness: L. kimberling, CLERK OF sud
Court, this 2lst day OF March, 1877.
JOSEPH II. HOLLOWAY, Deputy,
for L. Kimbcrlne, Click.
march 2g-iw,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12
Strength OF the Grangers.

The Wheeling Register has gotten
up some statistics regarding the
Changers of the United States and
particularly the organization in this
State;
The actual paying and working
strength of the order in the United
States in 1910 oranges, and $685.
members, These figures are for the
year 1876, and they show an i'm.
mense falling of from the figures Of
1878. In 1875, there were in the
United States 24,923 oranges, with
a membership of 76l ,2G3. But this
apparent shrinkage is not regarded
as Il weakness to the order, but rath-
er strength, as it consists in weed
ing ont the unworthy and the I'M
profitable.
In 1875 we had in West Virginia
$40 oranges and 9,26S members; and
in 1876 there were S7S oranges, while
the membership ran up to 1O,752.-
This shows healthy increase OF
strength at home. The State grange
paid to the national grange, last
wear, s4SG.11, and had remaining in
! the treasury, after providing for all
l.---.-e..,-. ss.,,sneer,lo on tha. 1st day o!
November, 1915, s1,3O5.04. There
was then due the State grange from
suhordinates about $500, which was
to be added to the above when col.
lectcd. Then, after paying the eX-
penses of that session Of the State
| Grange, the treasury would still con
tain about $500. Almost every
county in this State now has its
grange organization; but it is evil
dent that the order has pretty near
| Is reached its growth in West Nir-
ginia, from the fact that, during the
past several months it has made but
little advanced step,
The average membership to each
grange in this State is about IS; but
allowing for females, we may proba-
bly, estimate each grange at 20 fami.
lies, representing say 100 souls, so
that the active grangers of West Vir-
ginia represent 1850 families, or 81
500 persons. 1t will thus be seen
that this grand rural organization
embraces about one.thirteenth of the
population of the State; and, we
have no doubt, still greater proper
ton of the intelligence and enter
prise of the people. This order pos
sesses wonderful power, which if
used wisely will result in much good
to the material and social interests
Of the State.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

Says the Cincinnati Enquirer, the
Republican press seems to regard the
story about the quo carrauto proceed.
ings in the matter of tho Presidency
rs trick. But Mr. Hayes, it is said,
looks on the matter as rather serious.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

A good deal of talk has been had
since tho Grant House fire about the
insurance which the ordinary inSur-
anoe policy provides. If the COM
panics would yet up II policy that an
ordinary individual could undcr-
stand, there would be less trouble
about IT, No QUO can complain Of
the result Of contract which he un.
dcrstood Thoroughly when made
Tho trouble is with classiioatiouS,
reservations, etc, etc, the ordinary
insurance policy is n thing Of beauty
but Il mystery forever. STANDARD
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12
NOTICE
TO
BRIDGEBUILDERS!

WE, the undersigned, Special Bridge
w Commissioners, will receive sealed
proposals until Tuesday, the Sth day
cf Hany. 1877, at . o'clock !: NJ" sior
building either wooden covered Bridge,
or an Iron Bridge across Tomlinson's Run,
near It's mouth, near Letart Falls, Mason
County, West Virginia. Said Bridge TO be
one hundred foot span, and to be construct
I'd Of lirst-claSs material. Bidders Will be
required To file with their respective bids
full plans and specifications, and the same
must also be accompanied by two dlStn-
terestcd and sufficient surcities.
They will also, on the said &h day OF
May, 1871, at O'Clock =. W., at the site oi
said Bridge, sell at public auction 70 the
lowest responsible bidder, the building OF
two stone nbutments and fill at the ends
OF the Bridge. Bidders are requested %
furnish plans and specifications i9r 'ai'i
work.
The Commissioners reserve the right TO
reject any or all bids not dscmcd ior the M
tcrcst Of tic s0uuty.
o. II. p. Vas MATIyE,
GEO. DAUGtlERTH,
SAMUE Ell ROUSN,
Commissioners,
BE- Address Letart, Mason C"Gniy, W.
Va. [april t.4w,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Frank Black and Maggie Black,

Frank Black and Maggie Black,
VS..
Iayinia Suitcr Charles Geale- Fannie
Bealc, John Bcnlc, Robert Bealc, Ella Szic,
W. X. Gum, Hugh Daigh. In ChGnecy
in the County Court OF Mason County.
T'IiE parties to the above suIt all take
notice that in accordance viel i ,lvcrce
entered in the above cause ~ the March
term, 1877. OF the County sbur9, J have
fixed upon the IL: day of Way. 1877.
at the office of =. \. Guthrie, Attorney At
Law, in the town OF Point Pleasant, West
Virginia, to take, state and report an ac-
count OF the administration %! the estate
ui Wu. BcaIc, deceased, and also IN ac-
coun, usccriafn!ng and StIing the claims
against said estate and tbs pr5'EdicS.-
Four weeks notice OF the tfIae xsR place
vi taking said accounts published IN The
Weekly Register u newspaper published
in Mason County, shall be deemed cquiva-
lent to personal service.
r. W. SlSSON,
Gum, Sol. Special Commissioner.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

The Hayes crowd did not succeed
in bull.doaing Wade Hampton bit
and now the organs are bcrating him
roundIy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

President Hayes says he will short
tyissuc orders to cxpond the balance
oftho neutrality-suspicious.,
amounting to nearly three millions.
This will mako the whole amount
set apart for the Kanawha available.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

In another part of our paper we
publish the amended "chock" law,
and We hope that the men who are
interested will see that the law is
rigedly enforced to the letter. The
evils which this law proposes to cor
rect has been carried on in this
county to an alarming extent, and
has entailed untold suffering upon
many families. Wehope to see every
man who persists in this baneful
practice of issuing "checks" to men
who work for them, punished as the
law directs-to the fullest extent
If the law had went little farther
and compelled corporations to pay
the men in their employ, at least
once month in cash, it would have
been still better. Corporations as a
general thing are heartless, and it
takes severe laws to make them do
anything near right.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12
aad nnY 81 Anri!. Iss7.

proceed to sell at public auction at tho
Front Door oi the Court House, Of Mason
County. to the highest bidder for CASH,
the land described in said trust deed as
being the farm upon which the said Jas.
Rosrberry resided at the time OF his death
in the county OF Mason, State of West Viz.
GINA, containing about one hundred acres
and the same conveyed to him by George
". Stribling and Nathan Smith, Com
missioncrs OF delinquent lands, and boun-
dcd By Michael Roscberry, John Rose
berry and W. II. ROSebcrry.
L, KlMBERLING,
mch 22-iw. Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12
Trust Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that, IN pgr4i-
N ancc OF the terms and provisions u Il
deed Of trust, dated on the 18th day Ot July,
lSGS. and recorded in the Clerks Office nf
the Comfy Court oi Mason County, in
Decd Book No. u, pages 2'ri, de-, executed
ly James Roseherry 10 the undersigned rs
Trustee, upon certain real estate therein
described for the purpose of securing To
John McCulIocl certain debt due from
said James RoSebcrry to him, snd tho said
james l.osehesfy having failed 10 pay said
debt, shall on the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

Florida, South Carolina and Louis
lana each elected a Governor on the
same day they chose Presidential
electors. In each it was claimed
that the Republican candidate for
Governor was elected. Now Florida,
whose electoral vote was counted for
Hayes, has Democrat for Governor.
The same has South Carolina, and in
a few days Louisiana too will ac-
knowledge onlya Democratic Govern
or. Ofcourse Mr., Hayes sees moth.
ing queer in these three States elect
ing Democratic Governors, and their
electoral votes being counted for him
self, Republican.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12
She,.ifS' Sale!

SftCFWS sue!
DY virtue OF writ OF fcri facias issued
ID from the Clerks Office Of the Circuit
Court VI Mason county, in the case OF Al.
cxander Long against +. A. Sargent and
VIM, II, Sargent, and TO me directed, and
by Inc levied, IshallprOcccd TO sell by way
OF public auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash, at the Foundry lot in the town Of
West Columbia, on the
I4th day of April. 1877,
between the hours Of 10 O'Clock u, IN. and
1 o'clock p. M, OF said day, the following
personal property, which has been taken
as the property Of A. T.. Sargent, to.wit:--
One engine aud boiler aud all appurtcnan'
ccs thcrcunto belonging. Said sale is made
to satisfy said writ.
HENRY FRY, Deputy
for G. Schon, $. NJ. C..
John l.. Timms, Atty. Lmarch 22-iw
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12
FRESH MEAT.

EyFS HAVING purchased the establish.
N.Y. mcnt OF u. l., Miles, | wish to inform
''s7@ the citizens that will carry on the
Butchcring Business at his old stand, where
will be found ut all times the Very Best
of Fresh Meats, and ask u fair share
Of your patronage. The highest market
price paid for bccicattlc, sheep and hogs
j. ADDISON PERKINS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

sherman, tho Secretary, is kind
man. He hasn't the heart to pouncc
upon the whisky thieves without
giving them y little notice.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

Alfred Z. Lee, late Private Secre-
tary of Governor Hayes, has been ap.
pointed Consul to Frankfort, Germa-
ny. 1t was deemed best to put him
where he would write no more Amer
lean Alliance letters without the
knowledge or consent of Mr.. Hayes.
-Eaquirr.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

The New York Tribune sympa-
thizingly says of Mr.. Hayes first four
weeks in office that "it is a great
thing for him not to have lost his
head under the circumstances. y
Very possibly, Tor II wound not have
been u great thing if he had lost it.
IL.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

Suppose the House had voted APP
preparations for the army without
the condition that it should not be
used to uphold Packard or Chamber
lain. What chance do you suppose
Hampton and Nichols would have
had then?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

Packard begins 10 quake. Ho Oh
jectS to the Presidents instructions
to the Louisiana commission, and
pithily remarks that as he received
several hundred more votes than the
Hayes electors, and as the votes were
canvassed by the Same Returning
Board, he is as legally Governor OF
Louisiana as Hayes is President of
the United States.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-09
Health Improvements.

On this subject DIR. Richardson, + h.9''
bos recontly delivered n lecture AT Ihe
Iordon institution, in which he gave
further illustration OF the high views ne
antertains in regard to house sahlGallGn,
He considered that for purposes Oh heaitn
The houses in Great Britain require 70
Lo robuilt. or r~emodeled, from Lalu ;
Trd IN the Hebrides. DIR. Richardson
an+ored into the history of ventllatlon'
frnm the time Of stephen Hales, in l|53'
90 The present day, and explained tne
I;Fsrent discoveries that had been maze
IN the various branches OF science Dear
ing on the health OF towns, showing .na'
iii these were understood ana apPie,
ciated, all modes Of construction weIe y,
necessitv imperfect. He called attei.lon
to the influence of water,
i;obt and darkness, etc. The effects o
i;SSbt deserve especial notice. Haylhs
re, from India some poison OF the cobra
een IVORY points, he discovered tina OF
oame Of those which had been expose
70 the lisht in a glass bottle, the PSisoi
had become inert; while on Others Una
had been wrapped in paper, IN tng S a5I
bottle, the poison le'"in. .Lat ;f sun
activity. He hence argued that' IL SUI
light exercised such power on tne potr ~
of the cobra, it might by analogy desClo
the poison OF the smallpox, scaIlet ieVe
5 and tvphoid. He considered thai pun
DIR and water, freedom from damp, pui
daylight, and equal temperature WEI
essential. He then entered INTO a Y!
e riety of details of the required modi'
: cations of our present house archltectur
K foundations, closets, and other Once
which nav possibly be excellent II pra
go t;cable. From the amount OF expeh
+ that would be incurred in erecting SUI
is model houses. we imagine that the We
d tby doctor would justly entltie INNS,
sr tn the thanks of every architect al
builder, if not of the owners OF st
III houses.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-09

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tp shut eT the gs from thD ftage 1nl
auditorium withDut eEtingui'hlng thHl
uplu tif stairs ani cgfftlDfs
Two mains supply the theltef witii
water 0uo supplying exelusivcly ilie
daily Use. the other the FIRE service
Gould vie not. in view Of the scarcity nI
C0fon water, connect pipes With the
rivers and 90 our reservoirs With salt
water for The latter purpose with The
aid Of steam pump?
aHeservgirs In the Vienna theatef are
I, plared above the rear stage. In The in
spector's room gauges indicate The height
| NJ water in the same, whilst other regis
ters show the temperature Of thirty dti'
ferent rooms in the building Through
| speaking tubes, telegraphs, pipes, etc, he
| has control Of the temperature, water
and gas supply ofyall parts Of the theater:
The reservoirs above mentioned feed
pipes running through the passages al.
ready described, alsO across the stage
bridges, under the stage, and to the store
rooms. These pipes are above ten inches
below five inches, in diameter. Az ire
auent intervals are stop cocks, to whlch
are attached flexible tubes with hali
inch ~nozzles. In its passage, by TIE SIDE
Of the stage, are small Sits opening tt
the stage and closed by iron doors
Through these one hundred and nifty
openings half as many streams can be Oh
rectcd upon any portion OF the scehef!
upon or above the stage.
'"Ten men are employed to watch TIN
theater, and of these eight are on dut!
during the performance and four b.
night. They are controlled by six dla
registers"
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-09

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quantity Of inter Ind sulphur, occasion.
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much insist on cleanliness, upon Tho
punctual regularity Of feeding at state,
times. This injunction, if followed
will do more for the preservation o
health in pigs than the administration o
any specific after disease has decided!
hown ITSELF Prairie FdJmer.