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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30
The RniIrond.

In answer to many letters received
by uSregarding the proposed Potomac
aud Ohio Railroad, we will state:
First tho people of Kanawha, Clay
and Braxton counties have voted sub.
scriptions amounting to $4,000, for
for the purpose of constructing said
road, The Company has now n corps
of engineers at work, surveying a
route on the South.side Of Elk river,
"A route, having sometime since
been surveyed on the North-side of
the river, After the survey is COM
plotGd sufficiently to allow it, the
Company will determine upon the
route that will bo adopted. Accord
ing TO the contract, the Company
will DO obliged to commence con-
struCtiOn of the road within 90 days
after the election, which will be tho
9Th Of December next, II is tho in.
tontiOn of the Company TO select the
route of the easiest grade.-C0urisr,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

There is talk of a sale of the Ohio
Barrel Factory in this place to an
Ohio Company, We hope 1t is true,
Register
jess so, You want some moro Car
pct Baggers TO abuse through the col.
umns of the Register, don't you?
-lionRor w.
GLOW wo apples float" We do
want business men to como among us,
but wo do not want any more politi.
cal carbct baggcrs.liko "W."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

The plan of improving the Ohio
river by system of slack-water nav
igation is just now being tested near
Pittsburgh, Ifit shall DO found to
work well, larger>and more extensive
appropriations will be asked of con-
gress for the improvement Of the nav
igation Of this river. The government
has begun the construction of a
"Chamoin" dam, such as is used on the
rivers in France, mt u point about six
miles from Pittsburgh. The structure
will perform the functions Of u dam
during low water, its sections falling
prone on the river bed in high water,
1t will DO the largest dam of the kind,
from the width Of the river, and be.
cause lock will DO needed long on.
ough to allow of the passage Of an un.
broken fleet Of coal barges. The en-.
gineer in charge of the work has b..
gun operations with n force three
hundred mon, and as there is an mp.
preparation Of four hundred thous.
and dollars available, it is expected
that tho dam will be completed next
year II the system, of which it
forms part, is adopted for the whole
river, at least fifty of these Struct.
Hros will be needed in tho long
stretch Of river between Pittsburgh
and Cincinnati, unnayigable during
tie season of low water.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

The Monitor dies hard. Ithates to
give up the Radical party, but the
fates are against it, Rnd it must go
the way Of ali corrupt parties.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

I'VE may set it down;as a settled
fact that, should've election Of Presi-
dent twoyoars hence go to the House
of Representatives, the Democrats
will be in a position to elect their
candidate in u vote by the States.
The Senate, being Democratic, will
elect the Democrat candidate for
Vice President as a matter of course
--PitSburg Post. DE- ns7t
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30


ALLEGED PoLITIcAL CONSPIRACY
A New Orleans dispatch TO the New
York Herald reports the discovery of
u secret political organization in
Louisiana composed OF such leading
Republicans as Anderson, Wells and
Kenner, of returning. board notorie-
ty, some disaffected Democrats, and
what is known as the national par
ty, having for its object the carrying
Of the November election against the
Democrats at all hazards. 1t is
Claimed this secret party was organ
lied in 1877, and that its members
are sworn to obey orders, and not to
assist, trade with, or vote for any but
u member of the organization. To
more effectually achieve its purposes
it is said there is n minor organiza.
ton, styled the Red Warriors, who
are bound by the strictest penalty to
do the bidding of the chief without
question, and in case the killing of
any one is determined, members
draw for the mission by ballot. -
Among other desperate things alleg-
ed to be in contemplation is the seiz-
ure and destruction of the ballot
boxes at the approaching election,
should it go against them, and the
seizure of the armories and State ar
senal ut a given signal. There is
doubtless much that is sensational in
the HcraLd's dispatch, but there is no
secret about the fact that the leading
Louisiana Republicans have agreed
to support what is called the nation.
al ticket, hoping thereby to make a
successful diversion against the Dem
ocratic nominees.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

All the talk and unearthing Of
cipher dispatches to implicate Dem,
ocrats in efforts to purchase what
the Republicans really did purchase,
namely: The electoral notes Of Florida
and louisiana, are simply devices to
create diversion, and to shield
themselves from popular odium.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30
stnndine in SoIidColumn.

In speech at Indianapolis last
Saturday night Vice-President Thorn.
as A. Hendricks said:
"The contest of 1876 has never
stopped for a minute. The people
of the United States, by the largest
vote ever given on earth, declared
Mr.. Tilden to be President, and by
fraud, by corruption, by perjury, an.
other man not elected was placed in
the presidential chair. The public
mind has never settled down. The
great crime against free government
must be rebuked so emphatically
that no one shall ever attempt to re-
peat it in the history of the country,
And so, my fellow-citizens, We have
not stopped and nevercan stop. We
must stand in solid line until a great
victory is achieved in 1880. The A.
100000 men that voted for Tilden
and Hendricks two years ago stand
mime to-day. They never separa-
ted, That great line of battle has
never been broken, and never will
until the constitution has been re-
stored TO the people, and the govern
ment is once more in the interest Of
the people, and not of the few"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

Martins majority in the second
District is 1854,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

The Democratic Congressional Com,
mittee has nearly finished its cam
paign work. A million and a half Of
documents have been distributed
The Democrats are encouraged to
think that from the ratio of gains
already made they will have even
greater success in November than
they have expected.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

Wade Hampton is a vcritablc
thorn in the Radical flesh. In q
recent speech to the colored people Of
his State he said:
"You can, my colored friends, have
your share of South Caroina-you
can have all the share that a citizen
has-you can aid in choosing its
rulers, and if you show yourselves
worthy, honest and capable, you can
become oflice-holders yourselves"
All of which is very distressing to
those amicable gentlemen who hun
ger and thirst for Southern gore, and
will not be consoled without at least
one bloody Ku-Klux outrage week
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30
TWO HOUSES ANDLoTS, AND
ONE VACANT LOT FOR
SATEl H

TIIE undersigned desires osell his prop.
/ erty, situated in the Town Of Point
Pleasant. One of tho houses Is situated at
the mouth of Kanawha river, and is the
property in which he now resides, and tho
other a house on Wand street, near Court
House, and vacant lot on First street
near Point Pleasant Machine Shops, cou.
tanning about I OF an acre. This property
is among the most desirable in the town,
and will be sold low for cash. For further
information apply to AR. DARST,
Point Pleasant, w. Va.
May 22-iw. i
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

The most important piece Of Ro-
man sculpture ever found IN London
was lately excavated. 1t is believed
to have formed parto Of a mausoieum.
London was q large city, with a
mint and other metropolitan insti-
tutions, even in Roman days.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

Now that Democratic ascondency
in both houses OF. the 46th Congress
is assured beyond a reasonable doubt,
our Republican friends don't laugh
as loud as they did. They were n lit
tie boisterous the morning after the
Ohio election, over what seemed to
be a small victory in that State, but
it was about like the whistle of a
timid boy in passing graveyard
And after the returns were all in,
from which it appeared that the par
ty is really in n minority Of over 49,
600 in the State, while the Democrats
had gained everything of national
Importance, the whistling became
mighty hard work. Theleaders have
abandoned all hope of gaining con-
troll Of the House, which they so free
ly boosted would be theirs at the
opening of tho campaign. Nothing
short Of a "tidal wave" could give it
to them now, and the tidal waves are
not running that way. The mana
ayers have u scheme which is being
vigorously manipulated. Was there
ever a time when Radical managers
did not have a scheme9 In all their
desperate situations they have a pro-
gramme to work-a line to licw to.
They are as full Of expCdients as u
dog is of fleas, and they act upon the
theory that desperate cases require
desperate measures. A party that
could plan and execute the theft of
States which had voted against them
by 10000 majority-that could steal
the presidency with over $50 ma
jority of popular votes and Is cleo
toral votes against them-such a
party is not likely to he stopped at
small things. The present programme
is to prevent the Democrats from OBJ
tanning majority of the Congress-
ional delegations from twenty States
in order to defeat the election of n
Democratic President in 1880. I'm.
der the unit rule each State casts one
ono vote in an election by the House
a majority of the members from a
state determining how the vote shall
be cast, If by tho expenditure of
money and other desperate means
the Delegations of u few small states
like Florida can DO tied 80 that nei-
Their party has n clear majority of
States, they would then direct their
efforts TO preventing an election by
the people, and finally us a result Of
this state Of things seize the Govern.
ment and continue themselves in
power, Anything to enable them to
hold on after March 4th, 1881, They
have certainly considered all these
points, and Hale's private confidential
circular has been sent 10 tho mana
gers in certain States against which
their efforts are to be directed. The
Democrat are now certain of tho del.
cgations from II States-HOle's fig.
ufeS give them that-and the Quos-
llOn Is can thoy DO prevented from
getting the other three. Wo opine
mt
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

On the Suppression Of the com.
mune in Paris, five hundred boys
were among the prisoners taken, and
it was proved that large numbers Of
the murders and incendiaries were
committed by them. They were sent
to u reformatory at Rouen, and on
being carefully inspected by two EN-.
inent physicians, it was found that
three hundred and thirty.seven were
Of q very delicate form and stunted
growth. They were however, among
the most mischievoas, and all the
ohildren Of drunken mothers. n
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30
The Outlook In Pennsylvania.

The Outlook In Pennsylvania.
Intelligence received IN Washing
ton from Pennsylvania during the
past few days gives assurance that
the Republican party in that State
win be overwhelmingly defeated in
November. The Democrats will gain
not less than four to six members Of
Congress and viii have a clear ma
jority in both branches of the Legis.
lature which gives them a United
States Senator to succeed Don Cam.
eroa. The Republican Congression-
al Campaign -comasittee with all the
forces they can bring o-'5oasr are
making a desperate fight in the first
district to defeat the election of speak
err Randall, using all the money and
corrupt means within their reach for
that purpose, but will most signally
all in their attempt.
There is a good deal Of railroad
talk hereabouts, but very little do
ing toward putting our proposed
route on the road to its speedy build
ing. We have the men with the
means to induce our connection at
Scarey, if they will only take hold Of
the matter in the right way. These
men should come together in conycn'
tion and devise some plan by which
a railroad may be built down this
valley. By united effort this road
can he secured Without such con-
sultation nothing will be accomplish
ed, Let us have q railroad conven'
ton at the November term of the
county court,
II is touching tosee how anxiously
the refugees fibmithe far South, now
scattered thrSbgh our section, watch
the approachiRg frosts and count the
hours I'll snsy may relHlce ~ e.; .leil
own lsnas, nsuch o. 9n Th;a ar .'nat;
asGou may nayespa'eu' lh1s srsSi :,
lence IS aevoIo ~ appears, - u "a aiis J,
pleasant sposs5Jl5nere are I w. cases ~
this mlasmate deser% Iere is one
pleasant rentniscence: John d.-
Whittier, the Northern poet, accom- mI
panies his cphtflout,iIon wiIh' Inc
great sorrow dtaces all sectional ana
party lines, atdisweeps away all pre-
judice and JAlousy. Under It's sol
emn shadow we are one people, lei !,
in a colnmol prayer that the frosts
which are beginning to whiten these
northern field may soon bring heal
ing to your ovn.p The record which
devoted men and women make by
sacrifice and suffering for others, is
hardly knovnto their praise before
the heroic philsnthropfsts are num-
bered with THE dead. Even the
hoped-for cooling frosts Of autumn
the chilling ibree4es from the North
which are b bring health again to
the sunny South and coming with
low to the nnihfected, are loaded with
death, and lsind bit q dirge for the
sioE and aass leboihgs That which
dispels the disease withers all touched
by its leprous hand. All our dis
patches indicates that the circle Of
disease is narrowing. We have had
war, famine, and now we have pesti.
is no worse@11n1cdbsro Mars u VS. "'''
- ~
MARRIED BY TBLEdRApH.-A very
strange wedding took place Tuesday
afternoon at Washington C. H., Ohio,
at least the bridewas there, the groom
being 1000 miles away, at George.
town, Colorado. The ceremony was
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

It has been decided in a London
court that whenstwo passengers ina
railroad car quarrel as TO whether a
window shall be open or closed, the
conductor shall settle the dispute.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

The Huntington Advertiser
brings Thomas A, Bradford, Of Bar.
bour, to tho front, as the proper per.
son for Speaker of next House Of Dol
cgatCs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

Inc must 4ulloltNhN paw ~ -
man sculpture everfound IN London
was lately excavated. 1t is believed
to have formed part Of u mausoleum.
London was large city, with q
mint and other metropolitan insti-
tutions, even in Roman days.
1t has been decided in a London
court that whenstwo passengers ina
railroad car quarrel as TO whether a
window shall be open or closed, the
conductor shall settle the dispute.
Greenbackers have been elected to
the next House Of Delegates from the
following counties: Brook, Monon-
gala, Marion, Berkeley, Kanawha,
Putnam, Boone, Lincoln, Cabell,
Mercer, Monroe, and Greenb7ier.
A Harrodsburg, Kentucky, dis
tiller sold, one day last week, to two
ST. Louis dealers, 1000 barrels Of
whisRey,. for which they received
$65, 600. Ss-l, ...
GRAHAM STATION ITEMs.Apeeided
The Clark rers@ Burlington case.
in favor of Clark. Judging from
ourselves We know that the above
item has been received with great
satisfaction by everybody in this
community,
Seeding is done, and farmers are
barreling potatoes ready for ship
ment, when the river rises. Mr..
Philip Elliot's and Mr. Louis Roush's
produce boats are lying at Weayer's
landing, being loaded with potatoes
for the Southern market.
Mrs. Capt, Seeds, who has had a
cataract removed from one of her
eyes by DIR. Williams of Cincinnati,
is expected home soon.
Our community has been awaken.
ed by the announcement of the mar,
riage of one of our citizens; the gem
tleman who had lived in single
blessedness for more than forty years,
had seemed proof againstall charms
of the fair sex, but Notwithstanding
the opinionsof our good people to
the contrary, he concluded that it
was not good for man to live
alone, and so he, John Briggs, ESQ,
was on the nth day of October, 1878,
united in marriage to Mrs. Margaret
Kernes, by Rev. DR.. Hensley of New
Haven. Long life and happiness to
the happy pair.
Miss Allie NJ. Greene Of Newport,
Ohio, is visiting Miss Ida Young.
Our people still labor under the
disadvantage of crossing the river in
a skiff. II is to be hoped that we
may soon have a ferry,boat.
INCoGNITA.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

MCGrew, from tho Monongalia Dis
triCt is the only Republican elected
this year 10 tho State Senate,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

Greenbackers have been elected to
the next House Of Delegates from the
following counties: Brook, Monon-
gala, Marion, Berkeley, Kanawha,
Putnam, Boone, Lincoln, Cabell,
Mercer, Monroe, and Greenb7ier.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

Bob Browns majority over Hassler
is 81. o.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30
TRUST SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE ON THE KANAWIlA
Ten MILE CREEK!

DY virtue of Trust deed executed to
ID me by Adam Grandstalr and Maggie
A. Grandstaf his wife, on the 5th day OF
November, 1877, to secure to Josiah Sines
the payment OF one note Of S2ll,OO, as
therein described and default in the pay
ment Of said note having been made when
due, and l, as trustee, having been request.
ed to sell the real estate by the holder Of
said note, l shall on the 18th day OF
November, 1878, at the front door OF
the Court House Of Mason county, sell the
real estate mentioned in said trust deed, or
enough thereof to pay off said note and
costs Of sale, one tract containing AZ acres
the other o. acres.
TERMS OF SALE, CASH.
W. H. ToMLINsoN, Trustee.
Oct. 94w.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30
PROVISIONS, &c.
FAMILY FLOUR.

DLANK DEEDS, neatly printed, ongo9Gd
ID paper, and all kinds Of Justices BLANKS
can be Ind at this office, and at VanMaFeS
Bookstore.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-30

A Harrodsburg, Kentucky, dis
tiller sold, one day last week, to two
ST.. Louis dealers, 1000 barrels Of
whisKey,. for which they received
$4,000. 49,.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-04-11

MONDAY was a field-day in the House
of Representatives, the occasion being
the election of door-keeper. In the
last incumbents of this subordinate
Office, the House had been exceedingly
unfortunate, and to assist the Demo-
erals out of this dilemma, it was pro-
posed to abolish the Office altogether.
But without any previous warning,
Gen. Butler, on Saturday, moved the
election of door-keeper. and at the
same time nominated the veteran gen.
eral James Shields, Democrat, for
the Office. This unexpected brick,
thrown by Butler, caused intense ex-
element in the Democratic ranks for
a time; however, the question was
laid over till Monday when Butler OPP
ened the ball by calling up his nominal
ton. The Democrats had, meanwhile,
held a caucus and nominated Confed-
crate Egyptian general. Field, for the
Office. Although Butler III most elo-
ouent terms entreaged the Northern
Democrats to stand by in old, crippled
Union soldier. they bowed in humble
submission to King Caucus and South
ern dictation. and tue result is that
Field, a man who fought against the
UnEln and then expatriated himself
by accepting service in the Egyptian
army, and whose disabilities were re-
moved only a few weeks aso, was
elected by strict party vote.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-04-11
STATE ITEMS.
gellce.

$500 now wear the blue ribbon in La Crosse.
Whitewater's factory turns out l25 wagons
per week.
Hop raisers IN Dunn county are polng
their hops.
There are twenty -nine Sunday Schools in
Waupaca county.
One bakery in Oshkosh works up twelve
barrels of flour daily.
Chinch bugs are reported numerous in
some parts OF the State.
Appleton is to have the mammoth papre
mill OF the North West
A French woman in GAINESVILLE is about to
attempt to walk 100 miles in 26 hours.
John Black was elected mayor OF Milwaukee
by 343 majority. Black is a democrat.
A man in GAINESVILLE claims that thirty six
years ago, April Cd, grass was a foot high at
that place.
The Northwestern Telegraph Company are
rebuilding one hundred miles of their line
along the Wisconsin Central Railroad.
A man has been arrested in Milwaukee for
selling cheap soap, which proved to be blocks
Of wood covered with thin coating OF soap.
Under recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court the Wisconsin Central
railroad will lose about Al 900 acres of its
lands.
SIX p0ttefleS IOr the manufacture OF eaTtl-
en- jars, fower-pots, vases, ETC., are operated
i'll Milwaukee, and steadily employ a capital
of about $60,0o0.
An o. Indian at Traverse de Sioux predicts
that there will be great freshet in June and
July, this season, and that the Mississippi
river will be as high as in 1851 and 1852.
A minister in Waupaca county, preached a
sermon the other day, with his suspenders
dangling below his coat, and he was puzzled
to know where the laugh came in.
A little Racine girl had a narrow escape
from death few days since by undertaking
to Jump a rope hundred times III success
sion She accomplished the feat, but was
suddenly taken with fits which continued
for over tour hours.
The Legislature established State Park IN
Lincoln county, containing nearly half mill
lion acres of land, and situated in an almost
unexplored wilderness. 1t is claimed that
much OF the scenery is grandly picturesque,
and almost savage in its wlldness while the
land is too broken and the soil too poor ever
to be made available tor agricultural pur'
poses The tract has neither present mol
perspective value, and it is probable that the
disposition made of it is the wisest that could
be desired. Twenty years from now it viii
be a tavorite resort for sight seers.