davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-01
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE,

EIGHTY CHOICE BUILDING LOTS ON
Il Wheeling Island; price from 500 n
500 each. Only one-sixth OF the purch ase
money required in cash. The residue NAV
he paid annually in five equal install.
ments, with interest. Apply TO
JOHN p. GlLCHRIST
ocSOh At Top MIL,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-01
NOTICE.

TUT ANNUAL NEETIEG OF THE
Il stock holders oil the Nail CITY Hrewin9
ginIany Will be bsld tuesday. January
DIN las, at O'Clock p. NJ, for the cleo.
lIgh 81 Board OF Directors 10 serve the a.
n1 ear anu socb other business L.
may De Brought before them.
,,,,,, r. WALTER, President.
- HA'ObLiSI STcTelhfy, de3t-sH
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-01
Revolver E. CARTRIDGES for So

A fine nickle plated, seven shot, pocket
revolver; a first class article. Sent {. q.
D., or on receipt OF price. q. W. WILLIS
p. o. Box 2.7lS, New York. splSb
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-01
FOR SALE.

DREWERY AND BRICK DWELLING :
ID on Market street: two large arcb,d
rock cellars, over I'D feet long. EVERY.
thing IN good running order.
Eor particulars apply 10.
Z. A. SCHAEFER & co
de25 opera House corner, up stairs
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-01
~ On Ro

V,O ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM
the errors and indiscrectionS OF youth,
nervous weakness, early de say, loss OF
manhood, &C., l wi send recipe that
will cure you, Free Of Charge. This great
remedy was discovered ny "A missionary IT,
south America. Send Seli-addressed
envelope To the Rev. Joseph T. Iaman.
Station ID, Bib e Ho 80, New York City.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-01
Christmas and New Years.

NOW FOR THE HOLIDAYS. BEST
~ Card Photograph $40 per dozen, one
hne Large Photograph for sEiO frame only
SIZE. Just received rom the Fast large
and ine assortment Of 4 bans, Frames,
View. Motto Frames. All the latest styles
OF Frames made "a order. lbs Main -.
de5 PLUMBERS GALLERY
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-01
NOTES OF THE DA Z.

THERE'S music in the theological air
all round,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16
TRnGT SALE.

DY virtue OF a deed Of trust executed o. e.
I'D the 18th day Of September. lSV, ~ "
VIM. ]. Oliver and wife 10 John Vosurc
Smith, trustee, to secure TO EdWatN y
Smith the payment Of eight several n a.'.i
bearing oven dAte with said deed Of M W.,
each for the sum Of one hundred do'I us
which notes are fully described IN Nv y
deed Of trust, which deed Is records, b IA
trust deed book No !, folios 2b4, &C. III WI
Mason County Court Clerks oihce' S oon
whereas, |, the undersigned havlngg, TN. USyt
substituted by an order OF the ShS AMI
Court OF Mason County, In the room III %
stead Of said trustee, and directed ~ II ian an
Court 10 make sale Of said land, ! SUI. wv Al
the Gath day OF October, ~" ia
| o'clock y. ill.,, sell at public auction, . ~
the highest bidder, the land andpr 'am ne
described in said decd OF trust, and upon n Me-
following terms, to-wit; For cash as.I 1 he
fourth OF the purchase money, NY ,h,ce
balance upon credit Of one two anu s,,, .",
years, In equal payments, hearing ,,;yInr
from date Of sale, the purchaser ,SUaII.
bond and security for the deferred ,illo
ments, and said trustee retaining 'nO
10 said land for further security, ,o.,oo
+. w. SlSS0N, Trns'V"
Tomlinson K Polslcy, Attorneys
oct, 2-iW, 80
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16
Registration Of Third Glass Mail
Matter.

The Postmaster General has order.
ed that the registry system be ex.
tended to mail matter of the third
class to take effect on and after Octo.
Der 1, 1878. The fees is fixed at 10
cents, in addition to the usual post.
age, on each package. Postmastcrs
are 10 require packages to be put up
securely, but in such q manner us to
allow an examination of their con.
tents either at. the mailing Office or
office Of delivery. Both postage and
registry fee must be fully Prepaid
Registered packages of third class
matter will be handled, as far as
practicable, in the same way as reg.
istered matter Of the first class. The
name and address of the sender must
be put on the wrapper or covering Of
each package.
A brief description of the number
or names Of the articles enclosed is
permitted on the wrapper. A re-
quest toreturn may be printed, but
to write such request will subject the
package to letter rates. Unclaimed
registered packages of third class
matter will be treated the Same as
unclaimed registered letters.
The provisions OF this order ex.
tend to any foreign country within
the limits Of the Postal Union (arti-
Giles subject to customs duty are ex.
cluded.) Third class matter embra.
ces merchandise, printed matter,
book manuscript proof.sheets, and
corrected proof.sheets, maps, seeds,
bulbs, DC.
Weight Of packages limited to four
pounds each, size limited to foreign
countries on certain articles to two
feet in length and one foot in width
or depth.
matter, such as printed matter, &C.,
is subject to postage at lc for 2oz.
The second division of same, such
as merchandise, seeds, samples, &C.,
is subject to postage at 1c for each OF,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16
Indiana.

Indiana has done nobly. In spite
of the infamous gerrymander, the
Democracy have secured the Legisla
ture, which can redistrict the State
for Congressional and Legislative
purposes on a fair basis, and in q
way that the will of the people can
be carried out, The State will con.
tinue in the Senate Mr.. Voorhees,,
which is n terrible contemplation to
the Republicans. The State may be
surely counted for the Democratic
Presidential candidates in 1880; and
should the President have to be cho,
sen by Congress in 1881, failing an
election by tho people in 1880, Tndi.
ana will vote for the choice Of the
National Democracy. No wonder
the scream by the Republicans over
the elections becomes gurgle in
their threats when they think Of
acknowledgement.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16
The New senator From OREGON.

Hon. James ii. Slater, Democrat,
who has been elected United States
Senator from Oregon, TO succeed
John H. Mitchell, Republican, whose
term expires March 4th, 1879, was
born in Sangamon county, Illinois,
in 1926, His early education was
limited, but he succeeded in master.
ing the intricacies Of law, and has
been a successful practitioner at the
bur- He emigrated to Oregon many
years ago, and has been q prominent
Democratic politician there for the
past score Of years. He was elected
to the territorial Legislature in 1867,
and again in 1858, and then became
a member Of the lower house of the
first State Legislature. In 1865, he
was elected District Attorney for the
fifth judicial district Of Oregon, and
filled that Office for two years, In
7S70 he was elected TO represent the
State in Congress, but was not re-
nominated for a second term. MIR.
Slater resides in the eastern portion
of the State. He declares himself
an opponent of imitation, but favors
the substitution Of greenbacks for
national bank notes and believes
that the currency should be placed
upon a coin basis.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16

On Tuesday night last, about II
o'clock, Christian Lantz and Michael
Riordan night policemen of the B. &
o. Railroad at Martinsburg, were
shot down by two persons who were
attempting to roba box car. Lantz
caught hold of one of the robbers,
when he drew revolver and fired,
the ball passing through Luntz's alb
domen producing a fatal wound
Riordan jumping over the car bump.
or 10 assist LantS, was shot by the
assassin Immediately above the
knee. The assassins were negroes,
Marshall Smith and JEFF Mosby,
Next morning at II o'clock, Lantz
died in great agony. Policemen
were soon on the track Of the assass-
ins, and soon captured Smith who
had been wounded'in the log by Rior.
dan. A mob took Smith out Of Jail,
and were about hanging him when
he confessed to his participating in
the crime although denying that he
was guilty of the shooting. After
an appeal the crowd desisted and
determined to let the law have its
course. The other assassin is still at
large.-Satesmen,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16

Gen. sheridan's old war.horse is
dead. He was first known as Rienzi,
but after the ride at Winchester has
always been known by that name.
A Chicago reporter interviewed the
General, and received from him an
account Of the doings of the stager,
that is with the exception of the
grand feat at Winchester, about
which the General seemed singular
ly reticent. The paper quoting the
interview ascribed this to modesty,
but another reason was whispered
sometime ago, 10 the effect that
Sheridan was in Winchester on ques-
tionable business. However, that
was no fault Of the horse, and now
that the noble charger is dcfunct,
hats are of and M admiring nation
stands uncovered
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16
The Hospital for tho Insane.

1t was thought at one time that
the West Virginia Hospital for the
Insane was projected on u scale en-
tirely too large, but this proves to
have been q mistaken notion. The
Hospital, with the exception, We be-
lieve, of one section, is now compile
ted, and instead Of there being va.
cant wards, as was supposed, every
available space is occupied, and yet
many of our insane, for want Of
room, are lying in a most deplorable
condition in the county jails. Hard
as the times are we believe our peo-
pie would be willing to see the Hos.
pital completed at the earliest day
possible, even if a special tax for that
purpose has to be levied. Economy
itself, if not humanity, requires this
to be done. The keeping of insane
persons in Jail is inhuman if it can
be avoided, and so costly, besides,
that the amount expended for Jail
fees would in few years be suffi-
cient to complete the building at
Weston. There has doubtless been
u good deal of foolish extravaganza
in the construction Of our Hospital;
there ought to be no more Of it,
"Jobs" should be put an end to and
the structure finished as chcaply as
possible and with the least delay
1t is a burning shame to have our
insane people in the jails, where it
is impossible to give them that at-
tention due by common consent To
this most unfortunate class.-Sate
Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16
PraclicaI ana Importnni.


The following is from late issue
of the Albany Express
One Of the New York papers the
other day contained a long commu-
nication which has attracted some
attention for the reason that It pre-
sented d plan for the relief Of unem-
ployed workingmen and the perma'
nentimproyement of their condition,
Il certainly contained q good deal Of
practicability and was in substance
this: Unemployed workingmen Of
every branch Of industry are to be
assisted 10 some location in the West
where they are to form a settlement
or colony. The place will be selected
with all care regarding its natural
advantages and facilities, the fertility
Of its soil and salubriousness of It's
climate. The settlers, being me
chanics and laborers Of every kind
including that very important class,
the tillers Of the soil, will have
therefore all the essentials to pros
perity and progress. In word, the
colony will be supporting and indie
pendent. The plan, while it springs
from the prompting Of large-hearted
benevolence, is not to be considered
by any means as charitable move.
ment. astead Of pauperizing OF
degrading the men and women TO be
helped, It aims to elevate and emo
BILE them. They will simply be Civ.
en- q chance to remove from over.
crowded eastern sections to start
anew and with encouraging sur
roundilgs elsewhere. The power To
achieve Success and comfort for them
selves will be put in their hands,
and they will be the recipient Of
charity only in the sense that charity
consists in helping others to help
themselves. It seems thatsthe pro.
jector Of this plan is actively search
ing for d location conforming to the
requirements of the above, and he
proposes to invest 100000 in real
estate when the location is secured.
But that he doesn't mean to make
dependents Of the men he SO gener-
ously and wisely seeks to aid may be
inferred from the fact that he places
first inimportance the possibilities
of the country to make its residents
self-supporting and enable them to
pay for their land if SO Inclined
The Kingston Freeman is quite san
guine Of the success of the project,
saying II is a good one in every way,
and may help to peacefully, simply
and tremendously solve the "labor
problem which demagogues and fa-
natics have done their best to sur
round with difficulties and false rea-
soningI Its undertaking principle
that Of helping without degrading
men-is unfortunately too seldom
found IS the fundamental one Of the
charities Of the day and is worthy Of
general adoption, and if this gentle.
man succeeds in carrying out his de-
signs, asnow seems very probable, we
may look for wholesome effects to flow
from it. A good deed always has a
constantly widening influence, and
a practical plan for benetitting the
race, once tried and proven success
full, will not wait long for indorse-
ment apd support" All Of which
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16
Snying by the use OF Greenbacks

The saving to the people by the
use of Greenbacks is computed by
the Boston Globe US follows:
The Greenbacks now outstanding
amount to $346,000,000. Computing
interest on this sum at the lowest
rate at which the Government can
borrow money, a per cent. and we
have an annual saving to the people,
resulting from the use of the Green.
back, of $13,S45,000. But if Green
backs were substituted for the $780,
100000 Of national bank notes now
outstanding, there would be afurther
saving to the people of A per cent.
annually on that sum, namely, Sl2,-
SS0,0OO-making a total annual say.
ing by the use Of the Greenback, Of
S26, 10000. From this, however,
deduct the taxes on their circulation
paid by the banks, amounting to
about 100000 annually, and the
net saving would be about s23,720,
900. Perhaps, in strictness, this de-
duction for taxes ought not to be
made, for it is probable that the
banks throw the burden of the taxa
ton upon their customers, who in
turn shift it to the shoulders Of those
with whom they deal, until, like all
other taxation, it finally falls upon
the great body of consumers, the peo-
pie. The Greenback saves us $l3,.
100000 annually and can be easily
made to save s2S,000,0O0 directly,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16

Tyler county is at last redeemed
from the tolls Of Republicanism.-
By concerted, united and determ.
ined effort tho Democracy have tri.
umphed completely, electing the en-
tire Democratic ticket and routing
the Radicals horse, foot and dragons.
This is the noblest victory Of the
campaign and all honor is due the
small band of patriots in that county
who stood nobIy by the right. Hur-
rah for Tyler county.-Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16
TlleDnnkerN.

One Of the peculiar religious sects
that came to our shores with the first
great wave of German immigration
shortly after the revolution, is the
Dunkers. They are said to now
number about 10000, and are strong
est in Eastern Pennsylvania and in
the counties Of Ohio whore the
81 ennsylyania Dutch" element fur
nishes a large part Of the population,
The name is a corruption of Thinker,
which comes from the German word
"tunken," to dip, and was originally
given the sect on account Of their
practice of baptising converts by
placing them on their knees in the
water and dipping them forward
head first. They disown the name
and call themselves "the Church Of
the Brethren" or German Baptists,
but the original title, first applied
half in derision, sticks to them.
They are in fact a sect of Baptists
with some peculiar ceremonies Dor
rowed from New Testament examples,
In the last century they had n mon.
astery at Ephrata, in Lancaster
county, Penn, but this establish
ment declined about the year 1873
and has had nosuccessors. Once the
wearing of long boards was mark
of the male communicates, and both
sexes avoided fashionable attire and
wore plain, homespun clothes, but
of late such outward distinctions be-
tween the Dunkers and other Christ
ian sects have rapidly disappeared,
except among the older members.
They kept up, however, the excell-
ent custom Of reconciling quarrels
through the mediation Of their dea-
cons and thus avoiding law suits.
They also decline to take oaths when
on the witness stand, and, being
non-resistants, refuse to bear arms,
In their church ceremonies the
Dunkers give the kiss of charity
and the right hand Of fellowship,
and at the celebration of the Lords
Supper preserve the Oriental GUS
tom of washing each others feet.
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Times attended recently the annual
'love.feast" at q bunker church in
Chester county, Pa, and thus de.
scribes the peculiar ceremony of
feet. washing; sat early candle light
on Saturday the feet-washing began.
The men on their side and the wo-
men on their side sat on benches in
their bare feet. Tubs of water were
placed at the head of each row of
seats. Two men with aprons and
towels on tho mems side, and two
women with the same on the women's
side, moved along the row, one wash
ing the feet and the other wiping
them. After the feet-washing they
all gathered around the tables,
spread with English biscuit, cheese
and coffee. This was the Love.Feast.
With the Dunkers the Love.Feast
extends to the length of appeasing
the appetite. Plenty is supplied
and all eat their fill. After this the
sacrament is partaken Of, which
does not differ from that of other
churches"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16
One feels like forgiving Senator
Conkling when he speaks such truths

One feels like forgiving Senator
Conkling when he speaks such truths
as these:
"The object of Just government is
not to carry on business, but to pro.
tect life, property and rights, and
thus TO leave every citizen free and
safe in all lawful exertions, oppor-
tunities and enterprises in which he
chooses to embark. Wealth or prop
erty cannot be coniured up by
Legislation nor by political parties.
No Straightforward can produce it.
No philosophers stone or perpetual
motion can be discovered by legisla-
tive device, however cunning. Prop
erty is the product of labor. 1t
must be hewed out of the forest,
plowed out Of the field, blasted out
Of the mine, pounded out of the an
vii, wrought out of the factory and
the furnace. Labor is at the bottom
of it all, and the nation in which
there are the most laborers, and in
which labor is best cherished and
cared for, must be the richest and
most prosperous. Capital and labor
are naturally allies; but when they
meet together both are enriched;
when they IRE separated both suffer"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16

ATTEMPTED ouTRAGE-We are in.
formed Of an attempt which was
made on Wednesday evening last,
near Pennington, in Marion county,
by a tramp by the name of Pat.
Rafferty,, to outrage the person of q
young lady, 6years Of age, daught.
or Of David Bice. She had been 10
Harrington making some purchases
and was returning home and was
met on the road by the tramp and
attacked. She was thrown to tho
ground and her mouth stuffed with
grass; but before the villain accom-
plished his purpose, parties in a
field near by came TO the girls rescue.
The tramp was arrested By officer
Gould Of the above named county
and he has been lodged in Jail at
Fairmont,- Graf Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16

The Democrats of Mason county
are be congratulated upon the result
of the election on the Sth inst. We
have elected our full county ticket
A ticket that our bitterest opponent:
could not say aught against. The
people are also to be congratulated
upon the fact that they are to be
represented in the coming Legisla
ture by two such upright and honest
men as Capt. Gum and DR.. Roush
and that they have selected as theil
clerks, two such capable men as Col
Waggener and Col. Smith.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16

Ohio has done well. She elects
eleven Democratic members of Con.
gross out of twenty, against eight in
1875; and she casts a decided anti.
Republican majority of the popular
vote. This gain in Congress, be-
sides aiding in making tho next
House surely Democratic, secures the
vote Of that State for Democratic
President In Case the election for a
Chief Magistrate should be thrown
into the House in 1880.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16

Election returns from the State
show that the Democrats have elect
ed all three of the Congressman by
good majorities, while to the Senate
of the State, not single Republican
nominee has been elected, unless we
count Judge Brown of the 9Th Dis
trict. The House of Delegates will
have an increased Democratic major.
ity over two years ago, Taking all
in all, the Democracy of the State
has done nobly. In 1880, all dissen,
sions will be healed in our party, and
then West Virginia Democrats will
show the country what she can dc
toward Kidding the country Of Rad.
ical misrule.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16

Clerks living in western States
who are employed in the executive
departments Of the government at
Washington will be allowed a ten
days leave of absence to gohome and
vote. Provided always that they
will vote the republican ticket
Those recusants who refused to pay
their campaign assessments will Of
course be detained, Uncle Sam will
pay the absentees all the same, and
this is civil service reform.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16

For the currency and financial
questions, tho State of Ohio has been
carried against the Republicans by
10000 majority By adding togcth.
or tho votes of the Democrats and
Groenbackcrs, whose principles and
aims are near akin, the hard.money
and contraction party will DO found
to be in tho minority by at least
the above figure.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-10-16

We trust that the Republicans will
win in Pennsylvania about such a
victory us thOy won in Ohio. That
would increase the Democratic ma.
jority in the House by eight mem.
bors, and give tho Democratic party
majority of the Pennsylvania dele
cation, as We have now a majority Of
Che Ohio delegation.