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wise movement.

Stems are now being taken to Sc
cure the tender of the State House
building and lot, free Of cost to the
s.ate conditioned upon the perms-
nent location of the Capitol at
Charleston. The Courier has already
expressed the opinion that this move
ment would do much to impress the
voters IN favor Of Charleston; we may
20 farther and say that in our judg-
ment it is highly important that the
tender should be made. The induce-
ment would be greater than any com
netting town would be likely to offer;
Il would accord directly with the en-
forced economies Of these hard times,
and many taxpayers who might 9th
erwise be different, would vote ap2
work for Charleston upon the ossur-
ance that the relocation here would
add nothing to their burdens.
We learn that q number Of stock.
holders in the State House Company
have signi6ed their approval of the
project, 1t is hardly to be expected
thu. unanimous consent can be OBJ
tanned to a total surrender of the in
yestment made in that building, nor
does it seem that this is absolutely
necessary. The City Council and
County Court might be appealed to
appropriate a fair proportion of the
cost of the property, and we do not
think the appeal would be made in
vain. The offer oil that property 10
the State is an argument that would
have its weight with every voter
Courier.
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That this country is Democratic,
there is no room to doubt; and that
Hayes must adopt substantially q
Democratic policy or else make a dis
astrous failure Of his administration,
there need be as little doubt, The
Democratic party elected their Presi-
dent by over quarter Of q million
Of votes and by a majority Of mil
lion of the intelligent white people
Ont Of the thirty.ight States twenty
three have Democratic Governors
and, excepting Louisiana and South
Carolina, are under Democratic con
troll. The Democrats have amajority
of the members ofthe popular branch
of Congress, and almost one-half OF
the members of the Senate, with Il
reasonable assurance that majority
of that body will be members of the
Democratic partyat the endof the first
half Of Hayes term. Thus, it will be
seen, it is in tho power Of the Democ-
racy to compel u just policy towards
the South. There is no need of bar
gain or intrigue to accomplish that
desirable result,-Registcr.
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u. W. PoTSLEY,
JAS. IL. COUCH, JR,,
Special Commissioners,
narchS-.iw.
-s----s----7- a-----H.--
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF
LIFE ESTATE!
Peter Hunter, ct. al. vs., Edmund S.
Hannah.

Peter Hunter, ct. al. vs.. Edmund S.
Hannah.
In Chanccry.
DY virtue of decree rendered in the
ID above entitled cause by the Circuit
Court OF Mason County, West Virginia, ut
the October term, 1876, the undersigned,
Special Commissioners, will on
Saturday, the It'll day of April, II,
at tho front door OF the Court House OF
said county, proceed to sell ut public auct-
ion, to the highest bidder, the life estate Of
Edmond s. Hannah in farm containing
800 acres, more or less, lying on tue Ohio
river in said Mason County, Just below the
mouth Of Eighteen Mile Greek.
The life estate to be sold Us aforesaid, is
the same that was devised to tho said Ed
mOnd $. Human by the last will and tesla
rncnt Of Esom Hannah, decd, Of record in
the Clerks oiiiSe Of the Circuit Court afore-
sold in viii Book No. |, page al.
TERMS OF SAtH.-Cush ~ to onc'iourth
OF the purchase money, and credit vi ono
and two wears us to the balance in equal
instalmpnts. The purchaser will be requi-
red to give bOnds with good security for
the deferred payments, and the title will
be retained Us iurthcr security.
d. W. PUlSLEY,
march l-iw. Spce'l Conf
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COMMISSIONERS SALE!

Winfield S. Mckay vs.. John Cartwright
and Mary Cartwright. In Chanccry.
7 y pursuance Of the terms and provisions
OF decree OF the Circuit Court vi Ma
son county, West Virginia, rendered on
the 10Th day of April, 1876, in the above
named cause, We, the undersigned, Special
Commissioners, shall on the
I'd day of April, 1877,
n, the front door of the Court House of
Mason County, aforesaid, proceed to sell
by way Oi public auction all OF that tract
or parcel OF land situated in Waegencr
District, in the County Of Mason, aforesaid,
containing about ten acres, being part Of
the Anderson tract, conveyed TO said John
Cartwright by Martha Burwell, and lying
between the road leading from Mason City
to Clifton and the Ohio River, and which Is
fully described in the mortgage deed filed
in the above named cause Us exhibit (B)
TERMS OF SALE;
Cash rs TO onc.thrd OF the purchase mo.
ncy, and Us TO the residue upon u credit oi
six and twelve months. Bonds with good
security will he required for the deferred
instalmcnts bearing interest from date.
ROBERT $. BROWN,
JOHN W. ENGLISH,
march liw. Spcc'l COm'rS.
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LEG.IL NOTICES.
Trust Salel

IN pursuance Of deed OF trust dated
ON the 18th day of September, 1871, aLtl
recorded in the Clerks Office OF Mason
County, in Trust Decd Book, No. >, pages
3Ol, &c, executed by Andrew b. Alexander
and c. L. Alexander, his wife, 10 the I'M
dcrsigned, Trustee, upon certain real cs.
tate therein described, and for the purpose
OF securing to William A. Alexander Ger,
tain debts due from the said \. Il. AlcXan-
der TO him, and also to indemnify him us
the security OF the said A. i. Alexander
in divers sums und to divers parties, all
fully set ont in said trust deed, and the
said Andrew having failed TO pay said
debts or to indemnify the said William as
his security, | shall on
The 3D. day of April, 1877,
sell on the premises ut public auction, to
the highest bidder, for cash, the land ,lcs-
cribcd in said trust deed, as being the farm
upon which the said Andrew Il, Alcxand-
or and wife now reside, in the County OF
Mason. State OF West Virginia, containing
about Four Hundred Acres, and the
same conveyed 10 him by his father, Sam.
ucl Alexander, deceased, and the heirs Of
James X. Craig, deceased, aud bounded by
the lands Of George W. Craig, Elisha Kim
herling, G. ". Maupin, and the Kanawha
River. JOHN Il. COUCH,
march l-lw. Trustee.
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a whole family were burned to
death at Butte City, Cal, on the morn
ing of March 9th. a daughter of II.
b. Blodgett, a prominent citizen of
the county, married to A. Liyersage,
of Sacramento, came up with her
three children to spend the winter
with her brother, u single man. AT
five o'clock in the morning the house
took fire, and Mrs. Liyersage, in at
tempting to save her children, was
so badly burned as to die in few
hours. One of the children was
taken out dead, and the other two
were fatally burned.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE.

IN pursuance of the terms of decree OF
the Circuit Court OF Mason County
rendered OH the 18th day OF October, 1876,
in Chanccry cause wherein John NJ.
Brown Il Bro. were complainants and John
Howell and Elizabeth Howell were dcfcn-
dants, shall
On the ID day of April, 1877,
sell at public auction at the door OF the
Count House OF Mason County, Fifty acres
Of land belonging to the defendant Eliza
beth Howell, situate on the waters Of Ma
nawha Thirteen Mile Greek.
TREMS.-Onc-iOurth cash in hand and the
balance in two equal instalmcnts, taking
from the purchaser bonds with good sccrl-
rity, payable in one and two years, with
interest from day OF sale and retaining tho
the title as further security.
W. II. TOMIINSON,
march l.4w. Spccl Com'r.
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Trustees Sale I!

DY virtue Of decd oi trust executed by
ID Benjamin Long on the 18th day Of
January, 1879, to me as Trustee, "
secure to Youathlcss Pullm the payment Of
certain bond therein fully described,
which deed is duly recorded in the Clerks
Office Of Mason County Court, In trust deed
book No. 2, folio :il6, shall nn Monday,
the I'd day of April. 1877. in front
Of the Court House OF Mason County, pro-
coed toscll ut public auction, for cash, to
the highest bidder, the following property
to-wit: One dark bay horse, one dark roam
mare, and, one chestnut sorrcl horse, or 50
many Of them as may be necessary to salts
fy the amount due npon said bond, and the
costs OF this sale u. W. P0LSLEY,
march l-4w. Trustee
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Tic IntcrestL

Ex-Gov. Jacob has been very gen.
orally praised for his veto Of the bill
passed by the late Legislature. The
Legislature passed this bill and then
adjourneda and before the expiration Of
the time in which it would have been
a law, tllcGov. vetoed it, so that the
law now stands as it did before the
agitation Of this subject. The only
penalty now for taking more than G
per cent. for the loan or forbearance
Of moLey, is the forfeiture of the
excess over G per cent, and then on
ly when it is plead in court in reg.
ular way. The old'law has worked
well and seems to give both lenders
and borrower some latitude in the
conduct of their affairs, One thing
is certain, if a man wants to borrow
money and is willing to contract to
pay moro than 6 per cent. for it, he
ought to be allowed to do it, and
it is the only way that man can
keep the control of his business in
his own hands. If he does not want
to pay so much for money, he need
not borrow; and it reduces itself at
last to the old and immutable law Of
supply and demand. If money is
plenty it will be cheap, if scarce, it
will be dear.
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iShe1if;S' Sale!

DY virtue OF a writ OF fcri tacius issued
ID from the Clerks Office OF the Circuit
Court of Mason county, in the case OF Al
cxandcr Long against L. \. Sargent and
VIM. II. Sargent, and TO me directed, and
by me levied, shall proceed to sell by way
Of public auction, TO the highest bidder, Tor
cash, at the Foundry lot in the town OF
West Columbia, on the
18th day of April, 1877,
between the hours of 10 O'Clock y. IN. and
4 O'Clock p. NJ, OF said day, the following
personal property, which has been taken
us the property OF A. H. Sargent, to.wt;--
One engine and boiler and all appurtenan-
ccs thereunto belonging. said sale is made
to satisfy said writ.
HENRY FRY, Deputy
for C. Schun, $. NJ. C.
John t. Timms Atty. [march 22-iw,
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Beliefs differ and conflicting re-
ports are in circulation in regard to
the course which Hayes intends to
pursue towards the rival State gov
ornments in Louisiana and South
Carolina. His public declarations in
relation to a Southern policy are of
q general character and well enough,
perhaps, SO far as they go, but when
it comes down to the real question of
recognition he is reticient and equiv
ocal. He has declared his purpose
to maintain the statue quo for a time
and hints at conditions and compro-
mise, and has spoken of sending 4
committee to investigate and report,
mentioning Wheeler as one to act on
such committee. Some of his sup
portcrs do not hesitate to declare that
he will recognize the Nichols gov
ernment in Louisiana provided its
Legislature will elect Kellogg and
Packard as U. S. Senators, propo-
sition about as infamous as that
made by Wells to the democrats to
sell them the electoral vote of the
State for million of dollars.
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nlocesc oil NOS Ylrginia.

Bishop Whittle, Of the Diocese OF
Virginia, has appointed u conference
to be held at Trinity Church, Park
ersburg, on april is, Of the present
year, to consider the question Of es-
tablishing as an independent bio
cese so,much Of the Diocese of Nir-
ginia, Is is included in the State Of
West Virginia.
All lof the Episcopal clergy and
one representative Of tie I.aity from
each Parish, have been invited to
participate in this conference. As
the Diocesan Convention meets in
Staunton soon Afterwards we pre-
sumo that some definite action will
b. arrived at in this Conference tow
ards the accomplishment ofan object
tina. sedms to be desired among a
very laRge number of the members OF
the EpiEcopal Church in West Nir-
ginia. Among other things which
we undeFstand the Conference will
he callsdlupon 10 do, will be OREGON
cile conflicting opinions MS to the
character and boundary of the new
Diocese, SHOULD one be recommended
by the conference. On the one hand
there sdcms to be n disposition to set
up as an Independent and self sus'
tainilbg Diocese, while on the other
hand Others favor q missionary or in
dependent diocese. What is the rel,
atiye strength of the advocates Of
trhcse respective plans we do not
know. Again, we understand that
| in the Eastern Panhandle there is
Discrimination to 90 into the new
diocese in any form, y division
which would leave one or two coun'
ties but, strikes us as unwise and un,
| fortunate. 1t would canse a social
estrtngement between members Of
! thi5inauential church in the same
stat, that ought to exist. We have
no boubt, however, that good will re-
sui to the Episcopal Church in West
Virginia from the proposed Confer
enae. Charleston Gazette.
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Gov. Hampton, of South Carolina,
regards Hayes proposition for now
Gubcrnatorial election in that State,
as an insult to him and to the people
who elected him their chief cxccu'
tive officer. He does not ask Hayes
to recognize him as Governor, he on
ly asks that the soldiers shall be re.
moved from STATE House, and that the
people of that State shall be allowed
to transact their own business as the
people in other States are, without
armed interference from the General
Government.
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The Ohio Legislature, yesterday,
passed the compulsory education bill,
and it is now law. We will conse.
quently, soon have the experience Of
our neighbors with a compulsory ed
ucational system, and then we can
Judge whether we need it in West
Virginia. Society and the families
most interested would be the gamer
if some parents whom we know were
compelled to send their children to
school, instead of allowing them to
become wild Arabs of the street.
Reqister l6.
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stockhoIders Meeting.

u,UrRE will be q meeting Of the Stock
holders Of the Mason County Asricul-
tirnl aud Mechanical Association nSiu ".
Inc Court House, on Monday, the "a uay
Of April, 1917, for the transaction ol sucii
business as may be lawful. by order oil
''' P..1S. LEWIS, Prcs't.
II. r. HowAHD, Sec'y.
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Business is beginning to look up
now C2) and the first of April is a
good time to commence taking your
county paper; (Which isthc Rcgis'crJ
therefore We merely throw out this
ms a hint and as u reminder to those
who have been thinking of subScrib-
ing, but yet did not know how they
could spare from their pockets, four
cents week to invest in q ncwspa'
per, We would be happy to furnish
the Register during tlisycar to about
1000 additional subscribers. If we
can gcthalf that number we will buy
power press and after that furnish
the Register cheaper Give usa lift.
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FRESH MEAT.

fVp(S HAVING purchased the establish.
nv mcnt nj u. l.. Miles, wish to inform
the citizens TINT will carry ON the
Business ut his old stand,whcrc
will be found ut all times the Very Best
of Fresh Meats, and | nsk a inir share
Of your patronage. The highest market
price paid for bcci.catilc, sheep and hogs.
j. ADDISON PERKINS.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
LEGAL NOTICES
COMMISSIONERS SALE
OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE!

IN pursuance OF dccFcial orler Of the
Circuit COuri of Mason County rendered
ON the 18th day Of April, 1876, in cause
therein pending On the Chnncery side OF
said Court, wherein William Nauger's Adj
ministrator, VAS plaintiff and Cornelius
German and Others We're defendants, the
undersigned, Special Commissioners, who
were thereby appointed for that purpose,
viii on
Wcdneday, the 4th day ofApriI, II,
proceed to sell by way OF public auction to
the highest bidder, ut 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'wit; One tract oi
7ST acres; one tract OF $50 acres; one trlrt
OF ljl acres, and one tract OF acre., all oi
which land lies in the county al Mason on
the waters OF the Kanawha Ten Mile and
Thirteen Mile Creek, and near the Kama
VIVA river said land nus been recently
surveyed and laid of in lots or tracts OF
various dimensions, II plot OF which will be
in the hands Of the Commissioners on the
day OF sale Tor the inspection ofall persons
desiring to purchase The land will BIZ
first offered In lots, separately MS laid of by
the Surveyor, and then in tracts ~ dtScrib-
ed by tho decree Of sale, and will he sold
in whichever way it will realize the high
est price.
TERMS:
Twenty per cent. OF the purchase money
cash in hand and the balance in four equal
installments at six, twelve, eighteen and
twenty. -four months, respectively, requiring
bonds with sufficient security from the
purchaser bearing interest from the day OF
sale, for the deferred installmcnts and RI
tanning the title TIL the purchase money is
fully paid. :. ,,,.
JAS. ii. COUCH, JR.,
Snrcial Commissioners
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1t is good rule never to despair
of the Republic. AS the Baltimore
Sun says, the conservatives have now,
so far as the popular vote is concern
ed, every Southern State, and though
not in absolute possession of official
power in one or two of them as yet,
it cannot be doubted that they will
be before a great while. The day of
military domination has passed, and
if it could be continued, it would lose
more States in the North to those
who employ it than it would gain in
the South. Even in the South bay
onevs no longer control ballots to the
extent they once did. Both white
and black votes pollcd for conscrva-
tive and home rule in their presence,
The National House of Representa-
tives is in Democratic hands, and the
same party has increased its number
in the Senate. Whatever may be
the policy of the new administration
these are the facts to be locked at.
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Over ninc hundred horses, six
hundred and forty-thrcc asses and
thirtyRyo mules were eaten in France
last year The first horsc.butchcry
was established in 1866, and the con.
sumption Of this sayory meat has in.
creased yearly The healthy carcass
Is worth $40.
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WEST VIRGINIA, IS:

A \ rules held In the Clerks Office OF the
~ County Court OF Mason county, on tho
first Monday in March, 1877:
l., T. Campbell vs., Ascl lIoyt.
In Assumpsit.
The object Of this suit is to obtain u
judgment against the defendant, Ascl llOyt,
for the sum Of 4l.25 with interest thereon
from the 10Th day OF June, 1879, and to
attach the estate and property Of the said
AScl lIoyt, for the payment Of the same;
and Il appearing by affidavit filed with the
papers In this cause, that the defendant,
Ascl lloyt, Is u nonresident OF this State,
Il Is ordered that he do appear here nj
Rules 10 he held In the Clerks Office ui tho
County Court Of Mason County on the
first Monday, in the month Of April 1917
and do what is necessary to protect his ill.,
tcrcst in this suit. Tcstc:
4. KINfBERLING, Clcrk.
llogc & Mcnasor y. q. march S-'w'
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A correspondent OF the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, writing from Shan
ghai, points out u more deadly foe to
American society than the importa-
ton of coolies. Flo shows by official
figures that the importation of opium
from China to California has incrcas-
ed from As boxes in 1868, valued at
.slSS,750, to 1884 boxes, valued at
SS20,07l, in the year 1875. Frombo-
ing heavy importer of opium her
self China, through the vast increase
orthonativc cultivation of the poppy,
has become large exporter 1t is
no wonder that the opium prevails
to such an alarming extent, Its Of.
lcc.s are an hundred fold worse than
the immigration of coolies.
Mrs. Hayes gets from everybody the
kindlicst mention, Even the Clcye.
land P'aindodicr says "Gov. Hayes
has u modest, cstimablc, kindhcartcd
woman for q wife; Il lady who will
adorn the White House, into which
her husband has been forced By con.
spiracy Of politicians
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STATE MATTERS.

Three eagles were recently shot on
Pattcrson's Greek, Mineral county,by
Jas. Sloan.
The Writ county Mentor estimates
at 200 the number of productive oil
wells worked at White Oak.
Numerous applicants are snap
ping at the Parkersburg Postotiice.--
The Times and Gazette says, "Let well
enough alone"
A formal application fora donation
from the Peabody Fund for the King
wood schools has been filled out by
the Trustees.
The Times and Gazette publishes
the current rumor that a Mr.. Stellar
of Fayette county, has purchased the
half interest of the Parkersburg Sen.
tinel.
The Charlostown Spirit of Tuesday
says that at that time the venerable
and esteemed Circuit Court Clerk,
Robcr T. Brown, Esq, was lying At
the point of death.
Preston county is called "the buck
wheat cake and honey county" The
census of 1870 shows her yield to be
27349 bushels of bnckwhcat, and 10.
932 lbs. of honey,
A letter from Tucker county to the
Kingwood Herald says oil in abund-
ancc has been discovered on the
Marsh farm, and the prospects are
good for Il run during the Spring
The property has been sold to Phil
Iade1fmd parties.
The public school.housc, at Dull's
Gap, above Claysvillc, Mineral coun-
ty, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday
night of last week. School had been
out several days, and it is supposed
some inccndiary did the work,
The Charlestown Spirit says n
young man named \. +. Fisher, bet
ter known as Foos Fisher, the cham
pion billiard player of Stauntcn, has
been adjudged u lnnatic. 1t is sup
posed that the inordinate use of t.
bacco brought on the atlliction.
VIM. Murdock and james Skippes,
two colorcd men of Fairmont, quar-
relied over feather bed few days
since and Murdoch plunged Il five
inch basket makers knife under
Shippers ninth rib, producing dan
gsrous if not fatal wound.
Some time since, two valuable
horses were stolen from j.. II. Wood
ford, of Barbour county. Suspicion
rested ON Isaac Shallcr, aged II years
a well known horse thief and coun-
terfciter of the mountain regions, and
on Brown, aged 60. The men were
pursued and overtaken near Bedford,
Pa, where the horses were recovered
The authorities await a rcquisition
from Governor Mathews.
The business of letting the spring
mail contracts closed last Friday
The total numbers of routes is 1922,
for which $1,000 bids were entered.
Of this number 300 bids were enter
ed for the POS routes in West Virgin.
ia.
Jones, the darkcy who shot Bill
johnson at the Bridge House in Par
kersburg in January, has been sen.
fenced to six years in the Pcniten'
tiary,
On last Wednesday John Higgins
was drowned in a tank at Minshall's
refinery, Parkersburg. John was six
feet tall and the water four feet deep,
A war seems not improbable be-
tween China and Spain, the Chinese
Ministry having refused to yield to
certain arrogant demands of the
Spanish envoy What with her vain
and exhaustive efforts to suppress
the Cuban republic, occOsionalreyolts
in the Philippine Islands, and fire.
qucnt trouble with the smouldcring