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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-15
The Weekly Register,
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY ny
GEORGE W. TIPPETT,
EDIToR AND PRoPRIrroR.
on NIHIH NEIUUV'
Terms of Subscription.

Office upstairs, stortz's Block. Entrance
nm Main Street.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21
A Death Grapple with Panther.

Last week a hunter named Jacob Far
quarson, while passing through the for
est between White Fish lake and Black
Trout lake, near the head waters of the
Madawaska river, encountered a puma,
or American panther. While looking at
the remains of large upland cariboO he
heard noise at some distance off among
the tree-tops. Shortly after the sounds
were repeated, and on looking up he saw
large animal leaping from tree to tree
toward the spot where he stood. He
was armed with Ballard rife, and as
soon as the beast came near enough he
fired. The brute sprang from the tree
directly at him. In the meantime the
hunter had rapidly reloaded, and, having
jumped aside and behind large pine
before the infuriated animal could re-
cover for second spring, he gave it an
other bullet. Both shots had taken eff.
feet, as it was afterwards discovered, but
neither in vital part. After the Sec
ond shot the puma turned and darted
with roar at the hunter, who drew q
long, keen-edged hunting knife, and
with his back against a tree awaited his
enemy. The enraged animal sprang at
HIM and fastened it's long curved claws
into his shoulder. He drove the knife
repeatedly to the hilt into its breast.
Both came to the ground together, but
the struggle did not last long, for the
huge animal, weakened from the loss Of
blood from the bullet and knife of Far
quarson, soon turned over dead. The
animal, which is rare in Canada now,
was one of the largest size, measuring
9 feet from the nose to the extremity Of
the tail.-Otta,ca Free Press.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

lCOme here, boy), said to the little fel
low, who came to me shyly. l handed
him . nickel. He took it, we'll pleased
and then / said to the mother, pointing
70 the child which she held to her breast
with the left arm, Tskno!" (boy baby
She held the infant up with both hands
and replied, Tkry" (girl baby. The
man looked inquiringly at me, and / an
swered the question that he looked but
did not say. !" SAom Gorgio. aw,cev u
nasOvo .jookdIo Romnsaay." Il am white
man, but ! know broken gypsy. The
mans countenance fell, and be said gruf-
dy: "Oh, re here, yer know I don't
understand mono o that stud. |, II you've
got any kittles and things to mend, I'm
your man." I smiled, said Bory d;v-
vies" (good day. to the woman. Who Az
swered me 'Boro divvies," and went on.
At some distance l turned, and found
the family gathered in q group, looking
after me, and apparently making me the
object of animated discussion. The man
was alarmed at my knowledge of their
patter 50 soon a. he found / was GorgiO,
and not of his race. He was evidently
not long in this country, and still had
the silly notion surviving among the ig.
norant gypsies that it is a penal oaense
for Rommany to speak in his dialect.
Had he been here for years, my knowl-
edge would have been matter Of curious
inquiry rather than alarm.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21
Relics Of the Pilgrims.

Miss Phoebe Comstock, of NOrwalk,
Conn.,, was a direct descendant of. the
Benedict family, who came over in the
Mayflower, and she left her household
effects to the late Mrs. Elizabeth Webb, of
Norwalk. An auction sale of these
articles was held recently. several of
them are reputed have been brought over
on the vessel. Chief among these was a
bureau made of English oak, which
was knocked down by the auctioneer to
Hon. d. P. Ely for $25. There is as
serted to be no question as to the piece of
furniture being more than two centuries
old. The corner chair, reputed to have
been the one in which the Tory governor
Tryon sat on the crest of Gruman's Hill
while his red-coat troops were burning
the town, was purchased by Rev. G. NJ.
Selleck. Some rare and unique potteries
were bought by Mrs. Nash, of Bridge
port, as was powder-horn made and
carved and worn by Miss Ph0be's broth
er in the Revolutionary war. Mr.. Nc
Cready purchased eight high, straight
backed chairs of very great age-cer.
tainly not less than $50 years. The old
spinning-wheels and reels for wool and
fax, and the old fax hetchel, were OBJ
jects of peculiar interest to the younger
portion of the assembled crowd. The
handspun linen and wooden sheets were
interesting curiosities to the ladies, who
were present in large numbers.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

SINCE the opening of the United States
court in Greenville, South Carolina 276
cases of Illicit distilling have been disposed
of. A number marched in on the 9th inst.
from the mountains and pleaded guilty, and
one hundred more are expected.
WORK on the jetties at New Orleans is
reported entirely suspended. owing to the
yellow fever. The lighthouse keeper, his
wife and daughter are down with the dis.
ease.
In consequence Of the complaint of .
Russian naval officer, that the vessel pur.
chased in the United States for 100000
roubles, for the volunteer feet, was not
worth half that amount, an inquiry was or.
dered resultne in the discovery that Of 81
million roubles subscribed 70 the volunteer
fleet fund more than half of the sum found
its way into the pockets Of the organizers.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21
Terrible Exparience.

Daniel s. Whetherbee, an old man
living in Milford, Mass, was missed ON
the ID of July and not found until the
9th. When found he was lying on the
ground, partly across q log, trying to
get drink of water out of hole he had
scooped in the mud, using the leaves Of
a pitcher plant TO drink from. About
twenty-five feet from his drinking place
he had constructed q rude shelter of
sticks, moss and twigA just large enough
to crouch down in. Here, almost dead
with hunger yet with all his reason left
him, he had made himself . home, crawl
ing to the mud hole for water and suc-
ceeding in catching frog or two, eating
them raw with roots and ch<ckefberries.
He was within fifty rods Of : Travelled road
and within twenty-five rods Of 1 culti-
waited field. yet 20 faint that he knew not
the direction Of any human being,
though = house was within half mile.
For twenty days be had NO fre. and be
was starving to death when found. He
was cared Tor by the Selectmen.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21
American Life in Paris,

What is called the American colony
in Paris, consists of about 1900 families,
large proportion of them from the
south. A great many of them might be
regarded almost as permanent residents.
A goodly number of them are people of
limited means, who find that they can
live 40 much cheaper here than in an
American city, that they have concluded
to stay. One Of these said To me: II
can live better in Paris on $1,000 per
annum than l could in New York on
$1,000" He then proceeded to detail
the difference. In New York we would
be regarded as nobody unless he owned
or rented brown stone house at from
$4,000 10 5000 per annum. Here, he
could obtain q suite of elegant apart
ments, in a fashionable ne;ghborhood, at
from $500 to $1,000 per annum, and
make - good an appearance as any one
else in his sphere. In New York he
would have to pay $40 week for q
coachman, whilst here he could engage
q landau, with fine pair of harses, and
q hveried footman thrown in, to be al
ways 1t the reasonable call Of his fam
lily, for $l2 or SIS per week. Then he
said he could clothe himself and family
at half the expense, and much better,
than he could in New York; that serv-
ant hire was not half the cost, and serv-
ice much better; that there were always
amusements here at moderate cost, and q
cab at call to carry him and family home
at all hours of the night. for 2f., whilst in
New York such luxury would cost $5.
Then there was little or none of the
troubles of housekeeping in Paris, as a
family can be fed cheaper than It can
feed itself, if satisfied with French liy-
ing. But, he remarked, an American
can never feel contented or comfortable
in Paris until he goes to housekeeping
and orders his own food, and prcscribes
the mode of cooking it. A Frenchman
loves the table d'hote, but it is an abom.
ination to the American. As soon as
they get under their own roofs they all
fall back to the American mode of liv.
ing, and luxuriate in griddle cakes, muf-
fins, hot rolls and buckwheat cakes, all
Of which a Partisan would regard as
poison. They exercise the horrible
French patties, roast and stuff their
chickens instead of broiling or frying
them, serve up their salad without oil,
and let those who love oil oil it, they eat
their beans and peas and potatoes with
their meat, and mix things generally
Just a. they did at home. They know
exactly what they are eating, and no
longer shut their eyes and swallow
whatever is given them without knowing
very often whether it is fish, flesh or
fowl. When an American gets under
his own roof he is always happy in Paris,
and the ladies especially become at
tached to it. In short, be maintained
that an income of 5000 per annum
would enable man here to keep his
family in as good position in polite
society as could be done at cost Of $lO,-
600 in New York; that there were cer-
tain expenses necessary TO position that
were not required here, and that : fine
showing can be made oG Of limited
purss.-Paris Correspondent baltimore
Anericon.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21
Street Scenes In Denares, India.
50 Corr, n, Y, World se s

The streets Of Benares are never.
failing subject of amusement. Too mar
row to drive through in many places,
you walk, and are soon lost in perfect
labyrinth of alleys and bywayA They
are swarming with people. dogs and
sacred COWS. The people get out Of your
way; you have to give way to the cows,
or The cows know the reason why. There
il rather . good story told of an Eng
lishman who killed one of these sacred
animals. There was at once great row
among the priests. They wanted SUM
mary vengeance ON the offender. He had
to be projected by the police. There
upon they applied to the magistrate for
redress. He said he was quite ready
to give it to the owner of the COW, The
priests went of, ccnsulted, came back
and said the COW belonged to the deity.
I'm that case" said the officer, "either
the deity must appear ~ plaintiff, or
some one with power Of attorney from
his holiness" This /" stumped" the
priests, and ~ they could BY no means
accomplish the miracle the matter
dropped. But the Hindoo still believes
in miracles; he sees their accomplishment
in various instances. Many are miracles
of the priest, such - water being drank
by = certain god when it is poured into :
particular stone vessel. The wster Ger.
tainly does disappear from the hasin, but
on investigation it turns out that there
ID syringe manipulated by hidden
priest, and the god goes thirty. These
supposed miracles have had much to do
With keeping the Hindoos faithful to
their creed during the various Mahons-
tan. French and English conqueetA
They set Christians An uncommonly
good example Of faith and fortituds
under suffering.
We saw marriage feast at Benasea
where the guests were regaled with bctel
nut and music and dancing By very
old nantch girl, who swayed her st0ut
body in front Of the bridegroom, : hand-
some young man, who vas seated on i
platform covered with red cloth, l0okiDg
very much ashamed Of himself, hanging
his head -the picture Of woe. A mis-
cellancous crowd Of friends, relatives
and The public assembled 81 !. tent and
pre1ided over BY nan With = eilxer.
tippsd itan, made Up tn iant soelse n
tko marfiage. Wis6inK IL Ryuoul evssy
happinsss, the birds to0, thoaah en nssal
No was not visible, ~ said e0ud-by IA
Bsnares and turned oRr steps u tle sast
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

CYPRUS turns out to be very poor
naval station after all. There isn't q
single harbor nor good bit of anchor
age in or around this island. The prompt.
ness with which Mr.. Bull will 20 to
work and construct q harbor down there,
however, will astonieh the elIete native
of the Orient.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

A CURIOUS piece Of ancient masonry
has been found in the Santa Yuez valley.
1t is stone pen, with four walls, each
about four feet high, the floor being
paved with stone evidently brought
from the Santa Yuez river, about half ,
mile away. It is nearly circular, about
rs feet In diameter, with two openings,
Is feet wide, facing each other. It Is on
the summit of small isolated hill, and
is believed to have been used for relig-
ious ceremonies by some of the more
civilized ancestors Of Sitting Bull and
Spotted Tail.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

The New Hampshire mill people have
won their fight in the legislature. There
was a strong pressure brought for the
enactment of ten-hour law; but this
was modified and passed by the house 80
as to provide that minors under ten
years OF age shall not be employed in
manufacturing establishments at all, and
minors under fifteen and women not
over ten hours.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

THE report Of the universal spread of
the potato disease through the south of
Ireland led to painful anticipations Of .
repetition of the famine which devas-
tated that unhappy country in lS47.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

The town of Black Diamoud, Cal,
enjoys the distinction Of being the only
walled town on the Pacific coast. II
has high fence surrounding it, and the
only entrance is gate, over'which is an
inscription warning the public of . IS
fine upon any person who leaves the
gate open.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

Lard-Strong at $3.50 for cash; $500 bid
for seller September. Whisky-At $l.O6.
Hogs-Receipts 10000 head; active, firm
and full prices; light at S4.45@4 60; heavy
mixed packing at $A.25@4.70; heavy ship
ping at "a. .45(l4.SO.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

INDIA Office statistics show that at
present a hundred million women in
India are sunk in absolute ignorance
being unable to read a syllable
OF their mother tongue, and untaught as
to the simplest rules of health and life,
the laws of God or scientific truths; in
fact, a feeling exists in most Hindoo
families that the girl who has learned to
read and write has committed sin sure
to bring down judgment upon her and
her husband.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

The Mennonites of Manitoba are pros
pering. They have seeded Is, 900 acres Of
lmd and sown $50 bushels Of faxseed,
have bought 16 threshing machines be-
sides one run by steam power, built q
saw mill and grist mill, and construct.
ed through swamp a road sixteen
miles long, breadth enough for two
teams to pass each other on, and solidly
built upon a timber foundation, the
enterprise being undertaken to give
their settlement freer access to the mark
cts without.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

New York.

NEW YORK, August 13.-3:3 p M.-Cot-
ton-Dull. Flour-Qaiet; receipts 1900
bbls sales 1000 bbls at $4.00@576. Wheat
--K0lc higher; receipts 36S, ,OGO bus; sales
1900 bus No. 5 winter red seller September
at $l.llN. Rye-Firm. rn-Firmer; re.
ceipts l77,OOO bus; sales 125, 600 bus at AZ
@49ISc for western mixed. Barley -Nomi-
nal Oats-UnchaDged; recsipts 81 900 bus !;
sales u, 600 bus at 3l@S4c for mixed west
ern; SS@Soc for white. Pork--rirm at
$l076@1l. 90. LArd--FiEm at E.6007 .86.
Crude at 61<c; refined 1t lOkc.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

AN interesting way OF freeing grain
from worms has been discovered, but it
is one with which Mr.. Bergb, it is to be
feared, will not be wholly in sympathy.
The plan is to put living crab into the
grain heap, 80 that it cannot get out.
The worms attack the crab and enter
the she'll. In "a hours the crab may be
taken out, and the shell will be found to
contain worms, instead of crabs meat.
The crab is then burned, and fresh one
is put into the grain.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

PERHAPS the missionaries and trade
have had ciyilfzing influence upon the
kafirs after all Ill. A private letter
from the cape says: Though some
mission stations and : good many farm
houses have been burnt down, still 1t il
surprising that the Kaffin have used
their mercifully, considering that In
former wan they behaved 70 dreadfully
doing al the mischief they could.
am no great admirer Of the Kafdn, still
give them their due. The missionary
Efforts which have and ars still going on
among them have told in this war.
slncessly believe that. owing to ChTistiar
teaching, the horrors of this was havs
been mitiestod,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

PRoFEssoR VrRcHow is following up
the cranial investigations which led him
to assign Turkish rather than Slavic
origin to the Bulgarian race. For this
purpose he has recently received fifteen
Bulgarian skulls from the battlefield Of
kadikioi, which have been carefully
prepared BY the red-cross surgeons He
has decided to resign his seat in the
German parliament solely because his
parliamentary duties interfere with his
scientific labors; and, while he may b >
good enough politician, he thinks him
self q better savant.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

A CASE of interest to both employers
and employees was decided in one of the
New York courts on Wednesday. A
clerk engaged year to year at fixed
weekly wages having been discharged
before his time had expired, sued to re-
cover for the whole year. The agree
ment was verbal one. but it was
sustained and verdict given in favor of
the plaintiff,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

i 80
II s
4 ruxnxahAtMs.
~ .A-l1-4s-sz III 80 4 III
4 TEE popslaf dlxpoea - i1nalt ~
j "A GR1AT moral show -the hypoc1its
| You've SAWpoHrsstC Capitaf dxy, old
boy; doing frst rate ~ san1tolea
three measles, twOdiFandsD. +"
CYPRUs IL about q largo q Connecti.
cut. II anything, Connecticut y Z nut
meg Crater. x Cbswier. J6ss,lnk. N
YoUsG mother: Whist % childrea
say when they get candy e Infant 10
cipient Of confectiohs: = More
II Z man Il kicked by . COW, On ~
not Be said to get : frse milk Pu1ch -
PUCK.
hereby instruct on city poliss ts
kill every link Of aeusage found without
. muxxle on it.-Dsrick.
NEvKR s,ek TO ObtaiA diye.hosse 81
give way to . woman's swimA- Hoctsx-
sack Rtpublicaa.
THE doctors nay the wholo caaiss Of
business depression Lies in The. fact that
there isn't consumption enough.
A WOMAN died Of lock jaw The othsr
day. She had been hint up IN prison
cell without ! looking-glaaL
/" "CoNsTrrUkHCY thou art : jeweli''
a. the candidate remarked 70 the con-
vention that nominated him.-N. Losis
Jox,ndi. # ss
\ A MAN IN Detroit hrs recently IN
vented m apparatus Tor AKrssttrg and
extinguishing eparkA ATe the giFla 70
ing to stand thatf-C Ca. Sstswdd1 MIg1k.
Orr Of the sweet singersof whitehall
wafhleth:
ria mn % cosst, hut oh. hov ~.
10 court yoar GID sfess "na ssa oea:w 7. iss
scHuYLEH Corrxx sAys tAat poiysa-
my must reoeive = check. Any o. hay.I
ing : check will plesse forward without
delay.
WIZ are ths famous rosky blnfh Il
the Hudson River like tho servauts aH
Windsor Castlef Because they are the
palace-aida ss
THE coming man II Ill very well, but
it IL the coming woman lat excites the
n ost interest when there ID not ! solitary
aeat left in the street car.-M \ R<Pa6.
liu0n.
The Leavenwerth Tsees has . corrss-
pondent Who writes to ask Where do
our storms come fromr Why will men
ventilate their domestic troubles In the
newspapers?
THE Rochester EsWess il mean enough
to charge all men who hare had their
hair shingled, with being afraid Of hay.
ing an Indian war. This Il i deliberate
insult to Ill the old married men.
TO tho announcement that . Ralti-
more woman has given birth to i've
children, the Albany Jbss1al remarks
BY the card: We thought that nothing
would beat four Of Kind, but Il see1n
we were mistaken.
Backward, turn backward, o Time, In
your fight; let me remember whea last
/ was tight. Wifs % the window, her
ma ct the door; ron al know how Il II
who have been there bs1ore. .-Asss
Haven Register. s
IT il recorded that IN humble tomb
tOwafd the sunset bears q part d IL
memorial legend thess words: He was
the frst man that Horace Greeley ever
told to nit west. Likewise be ~ Hang
cd for Stealing muel.n
PsoPLE who m always longing for !
lodge in some yaGt wildefnen Wouldn't
be happy If they hAd one. First thing
they knew they would - hcW1ing fof 8
street car, flve csnt4 worth 81 1ne cut
and IN evening paper.
IT would make stone fnaags turn
~raan wft6 nSavy a nknGrvnE - AIennn,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-08-21

The machinery mint in Lon.
don is 80 antiqu ID that it can scarcely
maintain thGked supply of coin, and
If any great and sudden extra demand
we made upon, as would be the case
4 She event of war, it would be utterly
Inadequate to meet it. London, the
largest and wealthiest of the great cities
OF Europe, is the only one not provided
with the best modern minting facilities.