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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-09
a Quaranlimc's thc T'l,ing.

Medical experience during the
yellow fever season this year has
shown that the disease can only be
kept out by a vigorous quarantine
against infection. The present
epidemic is traced directly to the
steamer Russia, which arrived at
New Orleans from Havana on the
Sth of June with 1000 boxes Of
sugar. Thence it was carried to
Memphis, Grenada and Brownsville,
and it did not originate in any of
those places, 1t was brought to
Hickman, KY by two apple.boys
who went aboard nm infected steam
or and were taken with the black
vomit. They died; also the men
that nursed them, and thence il
spread, 1t came to Chattanooga
through n woman from Memphis,
On tho other hand, Union CITY,
Tennessee, which is between Hick.
man aud Martins, and is surround
cd by swamps, enforced the stricsest
quarantine, and there was not
CAGE in the town. The deduction,
therefore is that the only way to keep
il ont Of the country-Ond that Il
very ofIoctual mc0us-is TO establish
and maintain the most rigid Quaran.
tine on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts,
Pai'wiphtd North .lwttisaM
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-09

WHEELING, October G,--About one
o'clock last night, while Dennis Say.
cry, wcll.known citizen Of the
Sixth Ward, was walking homeward,
he was suddenly seized by three men
and dragged into an alley between
Twcnty.lourth and Twenty.flth
streets, where he was robbed and left
in an unconscious condition, The
thieves relieved him Of $500 in Gov.
oWmont bonds, SO in money, and u
gold watch and chain, The bonds
woro found to-day, lying on the rail
road track chose ny. There is no
clue TO the robbers.
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Ren,ntOn's Escrpc.

Gov. Hampton has addressed 4 let
ter to Gov, Rice, of Massachusetts,
regarding the refusal of the latter TO
surrender II. II. Kempton for trial in
South Carolina. Governor Hamp-
ton says; 81 regret that the chief
executive Of the great State of Mas.
sqch0sttts should have committed so
Aagransa violation Of the supreme
law of he land, a violation irrepgra-
bic in Us nature, as the State suffer-
ing thereby has 40 possible redress.
Had you confined yourself to giving
a simple refusal to surrender tbs
fugiti@,I should make no further
comments on your letter, as the dis
regard BY the executive authority of
one STATE concerns the whole people
Of the United States, but inasmuch
as you have seen fit to base your ac-
ton on the ground that in your
judgn9pt the Object in procuring the
i4disttit ut against Patterson, Parker
and kempton, does not appear to I've
for the purpose of trying Kempton
for the crime charged against him,
but for another purpose, it is my du-
ty as Governor Of South Carolina to
add that your statement is entirely
unwarranted, and to rcpcl the un-
worthy imputation as do with in
dignant scornP
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-09

TO believe that their only road to
prosperity lay through individual
economy and earnest effort 70 better
their condition. When work was
hard to get and money scarce, they
worked for smaller wages and tried
IA little harder TO live within their
incomes. Il wasn't easy, TO be sure,
but they had the good sense to see
that it was easier and wiser than
ilnpo,ent wailing for impossible help.
This is lesson that must be learned
by tho men who are now lying
awake Mt night trying to devise solne
easier way Of getting hold Of dol.
lar than by honestly earning IT, The
notion that the Government can step
in as q purchaser Of either labor or
commodity simply to improve the
market must be abandoned. All the
signs indicate that we are about to
begin Il new era of commercial pros
perity. These fool schemes will re-
tard its coming because there can be
no such thing us business confidence
so long as a powerful political agita-
ton threatens to disturb the very
foundations Of the Governments
The application of the Congressional
cure would mean commercial and in
dustrial paralysis. Wemust go back
to the old honest ways of thinking
and doing to regain prosperity. All
that the Government can do is to
corrcc; the vicious class legislation
which the money-changers have fast
ened upon the country to release the
.fet!ers that bind industry and paral-
ize business, and give every man,
rich and poor, an equal chance, The
Legislation for the past several years
has been entirely in the interest of
one class, it is not necessary that it
should now go to the other extreme.
= Weeiiag Register.
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Rnllrond.


Railroad.
Now that the election is over and
we have a rest from heated political
campaigns for about two years, We
should turn our attention to matters
of internal improvement within our
county and Valley. Some time ago
we were discussing the propriety Of
building a narrow.guage railrod to
connect with the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad at scary, thence up
THE Ohio to Mason City, to connect
with a railroad now building to Pom
eroy. Politics has, to great extent
caused us to lose sight Of this enter
prise, and to cease its agitation
Last week we published q very read
able communication regarding these
roads, written by gentleman who
had recently been over the routes pro-
posed, and we hope it viii cause our
people to again take up the subject
and discuss and advocate it, This
county has appointed Commission
err to go to Richmond, and Putnam
county also, has done the same thing.
The Chesapeake and Ohio R. R. Co.,
at the time Of their appointment be-
/ ing in an unsettled condition, and
the Road advertised for sale, it was
deemed best for these Commissioners
not to go to Richmond at that time,
but to wait until the Road was sold
and the Company reorganized. This
has been done, and the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad is now in a better
and mere prosperous condition than
it has been under former manage
ment; and now is the time for our
Commissioners to approach them
upon the building of our proposed
road, A good time for them to go
will be on the 2Sth of this month, at
the time of the excursion to Rich
mond and the Virginia State Fair
A very large number of Mason coun,
ty people, as well as large number
from Putnam and from the border
counties ofOhio, will go upon chat ex-
cursion, and many of them will be in,
auential citizens and practical bust
ness men, and will be ofgreat aid and
assistance to the Commissioners from
Mason and Putnam counties, The
time 10 strike is now.
----,S-.------
We heard that man said thatany-
body who would publish such an ar
ticle as the one in last weeks Jioai-
tor headed Senatorial" would steal.
I-MOnitor.
We know the man that said it; and
we know him to be a high toned
honorable gentleman, therefore, we
conclude he was about right in his
rnu,nrI,
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DaIYncsR lii Ohio. Pennsylvania
ana West Virginia SgOeI-W hmi
H. the Matter

BssiS1lcgg III OtglO- R'GY2Sy lTEyif2
ana West Virginia sgOeI-WlIHt
Is the Matter
The dullness Of fine woods of this
section issomething remarkable, 70
exhibit their dizziness, we refer to
the fact in the Boston market for the
week ending September 2Sth the
sale of Ohio and Pennsylvania wool
ono West Virginia) was only some
thing over 5000 pounds, not reach
ing G0,000 pounds, when often more
than that much is made in a single
purchase in former wears.
We viii add that some Of the wool
from this house delivered in Boston,
was included in the above report
We are doing our share in the way
of sales. Our Ohio, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia wool is having q
hard row to hoe. Instead of ruling
the market it has become n beggar,
asking purchasers to buy, How long
this may last we do not know, but
while it will work peculiarly hard
on our fno wool industries, it tests
the faith Of those who are making
the attempt of handling their own
wool through Wool Grower EX'
change.
Now is Tie winter of our discon-
tent in the matter of fine wool, may
its summer be glorious to those who
by courage and perseverance, come
through tho winter-lliOo! Growcr's
Bulletin,
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On Thursday last Mr.. John Seldom
ridge, son of Mr.. Samuel Seldom.
ridge, who lives near Frankfort, in
this county, while engagedin thresh-
ing at Mr.. Thos. Fcamsler's, near
this place, made a narrow escape
from q most horrible death. His
apron in some manner came in con
tact with the tumbling-rod connect,
ing the horsepower and thresher,
which was revolving rapidly. Mrs.
Immediately grasped the rod with
both hands and braced himself for an
almost superhuman effort. In an
instant he was stripped of every
particle ofclothing except his shoes
and socks, and VIC understand that
even the tops of these were torn off,
Mr.. S. retained his hold and position,
and so great was the strength he eX.
erted that the section of the rod he
held was wrcnched from its sockets
at both ends, and Mr.. $. dropped it
to the ground after his thrilling ex.
perience was over. He was consid.
crably sprained in the groin, but,
apart from the shock to his nervous
system, is in no other way injured
Gre;abricr independent
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Thc l,otomae and enc Esallroa0

From cheap and certain Transports
ton, comes civilization, wealth, lib
erty, population and gold and silver.
Because we are so constituted by
nature, that when the inducement
to labor is small, and labor is but
poorly rewarded, men are'not dispos-
ed to work, and idleness follows; and
we know that from idleness comes
vice, want, misery and crime.
Population everywhere follows
Railroads, because Railroads give
cheap and certain transportation,
and hence afford to labor the com
forts so much sought by man. We
are by nature, ambitious to improve
our condition, to live well and to
dress well, and where labor finds a
fair compensation, men naturally
become industrious and thrifty.
Hence we find in all nations where
The people have good markets and
cheap transportation, civilization,
thrift, and progress. Acting upon
these self.cvidcnt truths, we find all
nations prosperous, civilized, power
full and wealthy, exactly in proper.
ton to the cheap and certain trans
portation afforded the people by their
Government. The most enlightened
nations in Europe are England
France and Germany, and in these
nations, we find n larger number of
miles Of Railroad in proportion to
their population. The two most
rapidly progressing nations in the
world, are Russia and Brazil, and
they are building railroads and con.
strncting canals and improyingtheir
rivers, to their utmost capacity.
We find those States, in our confed.
Grafton Of States, called the United
States, the most populous and
wealthy, which have the greatest
number of miles of Railroads and
water transportation. Pennsylva-
mia has better Railroad facilities for
transportation than West Virginia,
and West PENNSYLVANIA, with a poor
supply Of timber, triiling seams of
iron ore, and coal for many purposes,
far inferior to our coal and much
further from the great markets, is
populous and wealthy, while West
Virginia with mountains Of iron
ore, with the best coal in the world,
with unlimited amounts of timber
and Il magniticen! fruit and pasture
soil is the poorest and least popalous
Of all the States. 1t is a shame up.
on us and reproach. The narrow
guage Potomac and Ohio Road will
traverse West Virginia through the
center of our coal iron and timber
region, and though our great fruit
belt and give us an advantage over
west Pennsylvania and Ohio, of in-
finite magnitude, and at the same
time, decomposition, greatly reduced
the freights Of the c. & o, r. r.
Courier
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TRo Notctl CRAVE IRobhers.


and Ewing defeated,
Two Noted Grave Robbers.
Our readers will remember the &C.
count given in these columns of the
robbing of the grave of the Hon.
Scott Harrison, in Ohio, last May,
the body being found in the dissect.
ing-room of the Ohio Medical Col
lege. Public indignation justly
brands any man rs a scoundrol who
will rob the grave Of the dead, But
there are two noted grave robbers in
the country, so far from being the
subjects of the peoples wrath, are
universally lauded for their virtues,
The reason is plain, While the
former class steal the dead bodies Of
our loved ones to submit them 10 the
dissecting knife, these only rob the
graves TO restore the living victims
10 our hearts and homes. Their
names-Dr, Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and Pleasant Pargatiye
Pellets-aro household words the
world over. The Golden Medical
Discovery cures consumption, in its
early stages, andaIl bronchial throat,
and lung affections; Pleasant Purga-
tive Pellets are the most valuable
laxative and cathartic.
---s----
TIE SOUTHERN STATES Ann THE
COMMERCE. or THE WoRLD,-A New
York Journal says the Southern
States embrace an area of nearly
100000 square miles, or more than
G00,000,000, acres, with Il population
of about 100000. The natural
capabilities Of this section surImss
those of any other land beneath the
sun, while its productive results are
of vital Importance to the commerce
of the world; its annual cotton prod
ductives approximatcs 100000
bales, and bring a revenue of nearly
S500,000,00J, while its rich agricult,
ural products, timberand naval stores
contribute vast aggregate to the
general wealth. To these sources Of
revenue should be added the illim-
table and varied mineral resources
now being developed in the South.
A woman ofSouth Bend Ind, who
by hard work and economy had be-
come Independent, had Il daughter
that was slowly dying of consump-
ton. Asher mother would not even
give her child the necestaIies Of life,
the invalid requested the authorities
to admit her to the poor house
While she was there the mother
learned that her child's expenses
would be assessed upon her property,
and so sent to huvch her brought home
in 4 whcelbarrow, Strangers IN
terfrrcd and hired a carriage, hut
when the poor girl died il was with
great difficulty that her niser mother
could be induced to bury her dccontly,
\ SAD 0ccuRRENcE.-Last Wed
nesday, Mr.. Croft took, as he suppos-
ed. car load of cattle to Bridgeport
to car them, II happened that he
had three more than could be put in
Il car and they were started lmcli to
Clark5bnrg. Among them was Il
vicious steer. When they reached
Mr.. Joseph Halls, who resides about
two miles east Of town, Mrs, Hall
happened to be in the road and the
steer attacked her and gorcd her so
severely about the body that her
life is dcspaired of at this writing.
Previously to attacking Mrs. Hall,
the steer had attacked peddlcr ii
met in The road, and We learn that ii
also give Mr.. Mord Lewis q chase
C!arEJurg Ncrs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-09

There were $4,000 BUSHES Of
wheat delivered in San Francisco
from July 1si, to Sept. 18th, against
100000 to the corresponding date
Of last year.
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BANK REPORT.
OF TElE CONDITION

OF The Merchants National Bank Of West
Virginia nj Point Pleasant, inthe State o'
West Virginia, at the close Of business
Oct. LIST, 1878.
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Already the tickets to be in the
field in lSSoarc being freely discussed
throughout the country. 1t seomstu
have been generally agreed upon that
Thurman is the choice for President,
and several prominent Democrats are
looming up for Vice President,
among them Bright, Randall, Davis,
of West Virginia; and Hendricks
The rinderpest has broken out in
Northumberland. England.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-09

The Commissioned Internal Rev.
onuo has information Of q movement
against Illicit dis,illcrs in west
North Carolino and along the South
Carolina ljuc. The raid was very
successful
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-09

AS a plurality elects in Massachu-
sets, it is thought that widow
Batter will be able to get her "thirds"
of the poll for Governor, beside a
handsome allowance out Of the per.
sonal effects" of the good old com.
monwealth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-09

STATE Of licd Virginia, County Of Noon, So
!, 7. STRIKING, Cashier OF the above "a
med Bank, DO solemnly swear llal Wv
above statement Is true 10 the best oil NY
knowledge and belief, ,
n. STElBlLNG, Cashier
Subscribed aud sworn to before inc til"
It'll day OF October, 1878.
CllAS. G. BOWER
Notary Public
Correct Attest
JOHN McCulLOOH, JRn
G. G. MILLER, Directors
&. SEllON,
I, Oct O-l-W,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-09

We notice that some of our ex-
changes are naming Hon. Henry G.
Davis, of this State, for Vice.Presi'
dent on the Democratic ticket in
1880. We heartily endorse Mr.. Da-
Wis for the position.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-09

The New York papers are filed
with accounts of murders, plain,
complicated, secret and public, until
the reader wearies with the shocking
particulars.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-09

II is the time of trial that sits the
gold from the dross, but in such days
and nights of anguish as the plague
striker cities now endure the gold
itself is tried as by fire. Human
nature goes, to the supremest test,
and the qualities that survive are
grand and noble indeed. The Mem
phis Avalanche, describing the
scenes of misery and trial, says; "Par-
ents have desereted children, and
children parents, husband their
wives, but not one wife a husband"
There is the answer to many q cruel
sneer at woman in that testimony,
there is the Offset to many frailty
and folly with which woman is Justly
charged. 1t rcnews our faith in hu-
manity to sec its nobility once more
established, and, enshrined with the
highest Of its ideals, the wifo's devo-
tion, undismayed and unshakcn,
commands our worshipful applause,
A Chicago wholesale grocery house,
which a few years ago carried 1000
drummers at an expense Of S40,.
600 per annum and did an almost
proftless business, has abandoned
the drummer system, spends one
fourth their cost annually in news.
paper advertising, dividing the bal
ance among customers, Asa natural
result, their trade has increased ten.
fold, and the net profits to the house
in 1877 were Sl30,0O0, This year
they will do still bettor.-S, Louis
Journal.
BURNED TO DEATn.-0n Friday
morning last Mrs, Jennie johnson,
wife of Charles Johnson, of Piscata.
way, Nd, attempted to kindlc q fire
in stove with coal oil, when the oil
was set fire to by some smouldoring
Goals, causing the explosion of the
oil can, setting Gre to the clothing Of
Mrs, Johnson, by which she was
burned so badly that she died the
same afternoon, Maaidsbpry lSdtes-
man
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-09

The deaths from yellow fever in
the country during the present sea.
son up to Saturday are reported to
aggregate 1905 New Orleans has
lost over 200 persons by the fever,
and Memphis about 2,2OO. The
deaths in Nicksburg number nearly
zoo, in Grenada 30, in Grccnville
300, in Holly Springs l22 and Port
Gibson los. Canton has lost 0S,
plOqucminc, La, Gj, Hickman, Ky,
so, Brownsville, Tenn, O., and Cali.
polls, O, Is.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-09

The yellow fever is still very bad
in the southern cities and it is also
spreading to the interior towns ofthe
south, creating widespread tcrrorand
very large death list.
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PUTNAM

Walkers majority, GOO, Browns
$40,
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We hope the controversies Of the
election campaign will leave no last
ing impressions in the shape of i'll
will or disturbance of friendly rela-
tions, bat that all these may pass
away, like idle vaporings, as they
ought. Much has been said, that
ought not to have been said, but who
ever Enow an election without con.
troversies and wangIcs.
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New HAvEN,-Kcnna 1928, Wal.
kor l4O, Hasslcr 1874, Brown 81, Par
sons 81, Roush 1913, Gum III, Rollins
SO, Hanna 102, Skinner 81, Pick.
ems lis, Smith III, Mitchell 81,
Kimbcrling Z, Laning So, sisson as,
Waggonor 127, Wells %, l.anhan .,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-07-13
Application for a Patent
TO THE
POORMAN No. 2 MINE.
No. 422.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

eureka, Nevada, March IL, 1910.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Tenn Pahute Land. Mining ~
Improvement Company whose postomce
address ia Chicago, Illinois, has this day filed
appica ion for apatent for 1900 linear feet Of the
Foorman Mine or vein bearing silver, with sur.
face ground 200 feet in width. situate. lying and
being in TEN Piute Mining District, County OF
Lincoln and State Of Nevada, and known ana
designated by the field notes and official plat on
file in this Office as lot No. 81.
The exterior boundaries of said lot No. 81, be-
ing as follows, to wit: Variation 16h degrees
cast Commencing at o post morked No. ], Y:
8. survey No. 81, the same being post No. OF
U. 8 survey No 43, Cliff, Liberal and El.Re.kao
Lode, standing on the western boundary OF y.
8. survey No, SO, Col Head Lode, whence the
monument on Grant Peak bears N deg. MIN,
E. 27l6 feet, and the Kinsey shaft bears N. ~
deg. 50 min. Il. 1047 feet; thence running, lss
course, S. deg. 3. 200 feet, along said survey
No. SO. Col. Head Lode, 10 post marked No. 2 "
g. survey No. 81, whence post No. 3 of said sur
vey No. SO bears q. deg. E. 50 BIO feet: thence,
I'd course, N. CAN deg. W. 1900 feet, to posi-
marked No. 8, U. 8. No. 81; thence, Sd course
N. deg. W. 200 feet, to post marked No. 4. u
8. survey No. 81; thence, 4th course, 8. GAN dee'
+. 1886 $40 feet, to post marked No. 8. Q. g. sur
vey No. 81; thence, 9Th course. 8. 81 deg.W.
80 9.lO feet, to post marked No. 6, u. 8. survey
No. 81, the same being post No. Of said survey
No. 43, and thence, 9Th course, B 66A de8. 4.
1877 $40 feet, to the place Of beginning. ~ mucn
mr23-60d D. B. IMnEL, Rsgisser