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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-08-14

The Ice monument ball will take
place at White Sulphur Springs to.
MOTION.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-08-14
TRUST SALE.

DY virtue Of the authority vested IN me
ID by tho terms OF deed OF trust cxecu-
ted by James NJ. Jordan and wife, on the
ID day Of February, 1870, toseCure 10 Jno,
g. StortE the payment Of q note for the
sum Of $4,000, dated February ID, 1870,
and due twelve months after date with In
tercst, shall on the
3Ist dizzy Of August, 1878,
at the Front Door Of tho Court House Of
Mason County, proceed TO sell by way oil
public auction, for CASH. to the highest
bidder, q certain lot or parcel Of ground In
the Town Of Point Pleasant, Said Lot Il
fully described III said deed Of trust which
Is recorded In the County Court Clerks
ONCE Of Mason County, In Trust Deed
Book M 9, folio sol, &c, 10 which refer
ence niRy 10 had.
i. W. sIssoN, Trustee.
iuly 9l-iw.
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Collegiate School

F,ts thoroughly for Yale and Harvard, and
for business, Mr.. Babin receives few
boarding pupils IN his family where they
have his immediate supervision. Gaia.
logues sent on application.
Address BLISS & BABIN,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-08-14

What better Grccnbacl party do
the people want than the Democrat
ic parLy2-lleaLd.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-05-29

II & the debris - 1ndipg hsrs snd
there romans Of what - thsm the
day before had bssn valnahis and
useful. Their hsusshe)d elects
wsrs oil badly damaged, and :
large proportion entirely destroyed.
Dishes were smashed, furniture
bssken, papers destroyed, family
ksepsakss end heir-looms, the accn-
mutation of . lifetime, ~ swept
away. Mr.. John n. Ovens lost
many papers Of literary character
including several poems and pro-
cess Of translation from the English
to the Welsh language.
All the sufferers from this unus
ual devastation in this settlement
arc lily able.to bear tho financial loss.
The neighbors have been very kind
to open their house to the sufferers,
assisting them in rsscusing from the
debris whatever was Of value, and
have assisted the Owons in erecting
. temporary structure, in which
they expect to live antil they can
rebuild their house. Mrs. Phillips
will repair her house at once. Mrs.
Jones will hardly attempt to rebuild
hers at all. There was . subscrip-
ton gotten up on the grounds Of the
ruins for the sufferers, and on Fri.
cay there had been over 5000 SUBJ
scribed. There seems to be gener-
al willingness among the neighbors
to aid the sufferers who have been
so suddenly and unexpectedly de-
prived Of their houses.
Richard Humphreys, Sen., Ed
ward Williams and William Glib
bon, were constituted . committee
to receive aid and see that it is
appropriated for the purposes given.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-05-29


or pill-box could he find. He does
not know what became Of his house.
There WAS the spot where it once
stood. A. Gobel's house and barn
were swept ct exitence. A fiery
fiend could not have made cleaner
sw cep. No lives lost.
Lewis H. Lewis house totally de-
molished. Mrs. Lewis arm broken
10 three places. A number Of cattle
were killed.
NJ. Bremen, on the G. O. Reye
place, lost house, barn and every
thing. The sweep was effective.
Lawrence Bowers barn and gran
airy are oil gone and the roof OF
lis house was carried away.
Onward it went through the south
part OF Dane County, hugging close
to the earth, killing mankind and
destroying property at fearful
rate. It struck Fort Atkinson, in
Jefferson County, with its terrible
power; reached Waukesha, after
which the main violence seems to
have been spent. This was fortu-
nate, as Milwaukee laid directly in
its course. Striking the northern
portion OF that city, it did some
little damage, and then exhausted
itself over the lake.
wt Welsh Settlement.
TOWN OF MIFFLIN.
Editor TRIDUNE.-The great wind
storm that passed over the country
on Thursday last visited this Settle
ment. So far as your correspond
ent hos learned tho first indication
Of damage was in the field Of J. w.
Rewoy, overturning stack of flax
straw aud scattering il in oil direc-
tions, then going in an Easterly di-
rection blowing down fences and
roofing up trees, until it reached the
hamlet Of the Owens, four houses
standing close together in section 10,
4, E., occupied by John NJ. Owens
and family, Frank Owens and family,
Mrs. Hannah Jones and Mrs. Ra-
chel Phillips: John M. Owens was
in his house at the time Of the storm
his son Albert. Mrs Frank Owen
and her two children were also in
the house, which was taken up bod
lily, carried some thirty feet and
dashed to pieces. Mrs. F, Owens
and John NJ. Owens were cOnsidera-
bly, injured, though Dr.. Bird, who
called to administer to their wounds
thinks not OF . permanent
character. The balance Of the in.
mates OF the house escaped. The
house OF F. Ovens was taken from
its foundation aud carried off, and
dashed to the ground with snch fury
rs to leave no tenement, some parts
having been carried three-iourths of
y mile. Fortunately the inmates Of
this house were not at home at the
terrible moment. The next place
the devouring element visited was
the domicile OF Mrs. Hannah Jones,
mother of Judge John T. Jones, near
~ so years of age, who lived alone
but near to the Owenses aud Mrs.
Phillips. Mrs. Jones and Mrs Ow-
ems were at church during the storm
aud knew nothing Of what had hap
pened until they arrived home and
found their houses entirely demolish-
ed-nothing left to indicate that .
house had ever been there save the
celler walls,which they had left but
y short time before as proud and
eontented with their homes as the
Prince in his palace.
The next and last visitation in
The Morning herald., 1878-06-12
Hopeless Love.

would that might win her love,
But ah 1t may not be! a
Her heart is to another given
And ne'er thought to me.
,,ve watched him standing at her sido.
And seen the loving light
Which beamed out from her azure eye,
20 meet his glances bright.
I'VE seen the rosy bushes mount
Up to her golden hair,
And know her pulses wildly throh
whenever he draws near.
wonder II his loves more true
Or fervent than my own,
That she on him her love bestowD
While am left alonea
But courage, courage falnting hearst
My trial must bear,
And calmly see another win
The prize / hold most dear.
When all Is over, may seek
Some distant land, to die,
Where, freed from pang Of hopeless low,
In peaceful rest I'll lie.
The Morning herald., 1878-06-12

In court room at Raymond, Miss, re-
Gently, witness dropped his pistol, which
went off, and the ball passed very near tho
head of the Judge, who only an hour be-
fore had bitterly denounced the practice Of
carrying arms.
"Who," said a member of the Canadian
House of Commons, to the members who
were trying by Interruptions to choke him
off, "who brayed here?" 1T was an
echo," retorted member, amid o yell of
delight.
A few years ago, in Commanche county,
Texas, number of domestic chickens des
serted by their owner took to the brush,
and the woods are full of wild chickens.
They are numbered by the thousand, fly
like hawks and are hunted as game.
A poor woman in Milwaukee, unable to
feed her eight-year-old boy, resolved to
kill him. She took him on bridge over
deep water, and, although he chung to her,
and implored her not to drown him, Shrew
him into the water. He was, however.
rescued. ..s-...
The Morning herald., 1878-06-12

u7 can make money faster at work for us
4 thar, at anything else, capital not re-
4 h quired; we will start you;
Whome made by the Industrious men,
women, boys andg!rl wanted per day TO
wprk for us; Now is the time. Men S25
.outtit-anei- Address TRUE q CO
augusta, Maine, aD
The Morning herald., 1878-06-12
Hand M ade,

No machinery being used 10 their manu-.
facture and will be of the BEST MATER
IAL, and made by the best workmeIl, and
under his own supervision. shall sell
these goods at prices very little higher than
machine made shoes.
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TUNNELToN DoINGs.
TuNNELrox, Aug. G, 1878.

TUNNELToN, Aug. 6, 1878.
LdHor dr1Us:
We propose devoting our time princ~
pally 70 matter which is now agitadng
tho people Of this section to consi dcra-
bic extent The matter wo have refer-
elce to rs tho establishing of a toll gate
one mile from here, at George Trow-
bridges ON the Bundonvillc, Kingwood
and Evansville turnpike. Now. upon
the whole line of that road there was. up
20 ono month ago. but one gate-this was
at Jno. J. Cookies, half way between
here and Kingwood. Although the 10,
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In another column we publish the pros
ceodingS Of the Gr,enblck convention
held Portland few dat : ago As we
publish a newspaper and cndetvor TO
give al the news, we give the report Of
this meeting which. no doubt. will bc
found interesting to many.
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justice, IL such d Wa in SilcAcc altho'
Union, Portland. Pleasant and. Grant
could travel to the county seat over their
entire route. ipcu ting a costly iron
bridge. the building OF which was caused
by ths gross Negligence of the Coun v
Court IN not securing the new wooden
bridge bull, there but a rcw years ago
We say they pass over this tou-free, and
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READ READ

The Argus will
be sent to any adj
dress, in this coun-
ty, during the cam
paign until Oct. IL
for twenty cents. 1t
should have ) O o
campaign subscri-
bers and we know
our agents will as
sist us in raising the
number. Send in
your orders and get
all the political and
general news Of the
county. The cash
must accompany the
order.
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EVAN SVILLE
w ooIcu Factory.
900 Lbs. Wool Wanted.
GrcaHv TcdUcrd Price, FOR Man
Wdcb ring lIOOi Ht COOds.

Camin2 al spinning yarn from II To- IL
cents pr No..
stocking yarn. miNcl, 31c nor M.
Cgssim.vc, 56r nor vi
IWca. all wool, Inr q;
Doe ~ IN Jeans, now style. SOC
Flannols from 95r to mo
Blon ols from Sito Sl6o nor mr.
w Navo lot OF heavy goods that we
sen very low Tor co'h, wool or country
pronuce. We give tho
Fs~ Hi9hcst l0ytci PRICE foi UD6I -rN
We don't hold wool, therefore we can
soil goods lower and pay bcttor price
COR wool than othors.
j. BOWMAN a son.
Evansville, Preston co., W. Va
Mar. 18TH, 1870, !, 20 e..
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To residents Of tbs cotr1fy-One wear.
$3.50; six months, 10; four months, 80
cents.
To non residents ofte cOuHtl-One wear.
Sl,65-the - cents extra beng charged
10 pr epay postage;- six months, 50 cents;
three months, 60 cents.
Our terms are cash ia 0dUdncc, there
fore all papers will be stopped at the eN-
piration of the term OF subscription, un-
less renewed.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE

Rogers Administrator
W..
Henry Teets
in CHANCERY.
BY virtue OF decree of the Coun-
ty Court Ct Preston, The undersrpn-
ed will, on Monday the q day oil
September, 1878, before The front
door Of the Court House in King
wood, offer for sale the land deoree3
90 be sold in the above cause con
ustiug OF 100 "a acres known az a
part Of the Matick farm situated ON
che south eide of Little Sandy creek
and on The east side Of Beaver creek
in Grant district, in The e.unty
aforesaid. 10 wll bs sold 5r SO
much cash go hand 40 De- s1fia s1t 20
pay costs OF su.t and expense s4Ie.
and the reIlps on SIX
and twelve mont. purchaser
executing srug bonds
with spyr GRITTY for tie de-.
lerred ats OF purchase mon
ey.
JAMES a Brown, Comr.
Avg. 10 78-2G.25.
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Liniugs Sanders, Stove Lids, &C.. Tim
ware. Roofing ana Spoutiug. which ho
wil. sell 900 lowcrp prices than over Than>
ing tuc public for past lavors. no re-
specially asks continuance 0fthe same,
m3-ief
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Rcuhcu WauhCu. WiUnm G. Wilson
the Merchants National Rank OF West
Virginia, Nt Wheeling, \ j. Clarke.
Trustee, nud Elisha Thomas, administers
OF George llarim1u. dccc1,cl
IN EQUITY.
by decree roUdCred hy the Circuit
Court of Preston county, i'm the above
unmcd cause on the l9th doV ur Npril.
1873. the said cause WAS rctcrrvl tlouo oi
the Commissioners, ut tho said Court. TO
ascertain aud report what hcu~ ,hcrn are
on the laud I'm the Till asked to ho sold.
whom favor OF tJpir amounts. and rv~ d.
poctiNo prioriuv~ with anything else
doemcd pertinent bY the commissioner
or requested hNauN of tbop parties.
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-
10 Cornelius w. Ncuc1r i'm bis own
right, and as administrator of Hunter
Piles, deceased Barbara Piles. Charlie.
W. Piles, Euh1mH Myers, late Ruhama
Pilcs, Jauc- Myers Nahlla Green. Al
"xaudcr Green, Ellis thcth Ki-ucr. Robv
kisnor, Dl1ri--a u. Ncucar. Harriet ~ha-
yer, LphIum shaver Daniel Piles. John
u. Piles, Elisha r. Pilos, q. w. Mencar,
Samuel Field, Gcorg w. Field and Iu.
clan 3. llagauS. The above cause hav-
ing boon referred to nae, by dccfctal
order Of said court on The fist day of
juno, 1873. to audit. state and settle. tho
administration accounts of the said COR.
uaiIu- 81. Mcucar. &C., DC, / have fixed
upon Monday, tho 18TH day of August.
1878, 900 my Office iu NiugwOod, To- cNc-
cute the said decree Of reference.
ROBr W. MONROE.
Commissioner Co. Court.
july 10Th, 1873. ljul2D-S1.
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The Republican Congressional Conven-
ton, for this district viii be held at Port,
land on the 10Th inst.
Peaches arc getting ripe, shot guns are
being loaded and the uudcriakers are be-
ginning to wear a smile.
Preston county had twenty-five dele
gates at the keySer convention last Tu,s>
| day. Hurrah for Preston!
We are informed tkat The new Catho-
lie church building, near Howosviuc.
will be dedicated on the 10Th OF Sept.
The New burg Brass Band is expected
to be in attendance at the Grcenback
convention to be held in Kingwood on
Sept. ,.
Gus. }. Cresar ofthis place, is on a
visit to his g-friemds in Maryland. We
expect to see Gus. come back dotJlcd
some o these days.
Davenport the humorist, was i'm town
Monday and drew large audience at
night. Tie is strictly frst-class and new
er fails to draw q large crowd.
Owing to the crowded condition Of our
columns this week we are unable to give
the proceedings OF the Peabody Institute.
We will give them in full in our next
Issue.
We direct attention TO the notice. in
this issue, Of the dissolution of the CO.
partnership heretofore existing between
c. w. Jackson and J. w. Watson, of
Portland.
The Journal devotes considerable OF
its space 10 us this week. rs the two
papers are issued so nearly at the same
time we are compelled 70 postpone com
ment until next week.
We are glad to say that the health Of
our friend VI ID, Bower, who returned
from California few weeks ago, is rap
idly improving since he has been roam
Ing over our mountains.
VIM. 6. Morley and VIM. @. Brown.
Jr, were over to g recn county, Pa. last
week. Mr.. Morley brought three hun
dred head Of sheep with him which Inc
placed on his farm near town.
We ask our friends throughout the
county TO assist us in getting five huns
"'o' .'''''" s""Scrlper7. only llt~
ue WORK u ~ inc part OF each one will
accomplish me desired result.
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or.,,1o,,,;.1 ,,'..,oeiac 'o' % -
ON wojro,d.,, T1
,,.i,oio..o,,,.,
o,.an,.t,,.,,,. -. ~ ." ''"No
rnI Nav ne Iiro ,on, oot , pS i"J',, w.,
be happy
~ Mr.. Jas. J.. stone, Of the Amcrican
House, will convey Dasecroers 10 aud
from tl,o caro,, c,,c,,,,l ,l,,,i,,,, a. 80.
ino NJ S'ara h, '',' wv ing '''e meet
IlE' MI Stone mas new spring wagon
and splendid team. and all wishing
gage passage early.
On Ihursd1y morning we received
Pheasant can rom Proi. Bundy, who has
pee!' INDUCING I'd" Peabody Institute
III 'nls place during the last week. lie il
N''E P''A~"hI gentleman, and IS known
'hI n'u' 'llo o'a'e as one OF the most
suc'eSs'ul educators.
''','''S are frequently troubled
w ,''''i "i'e', mourning after 1t has
P"' ~ ''o "'ns' ~ your wheat Is
'l"uid put Tow
~ 'he sr'naries' and
,', ,|,u- w. o,'' ''y' ''Ne them out
tI,,t aro no, ,n,is, aa5 pun III otherS
80, a., 80 ~ we emo OF two
-, -, ',''' " 10 DC perfectly
INV '''o' "'en handled.
Parks end Tacl<so, have t,o.
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
NoMMIssIoNER.s NorIcn.

samuel y. Boyd. Horny NJ. Tarper.
composing The firm OF Harper Is Bro /:
David Guumau and Manuel Gutmln.
composing the titm OF NJ. Gutmou g. CO.;
Gcorsc *. Wheat, William q. lSctt and
iohu =. N1Nlor, composing tho firm of
Wheat. l>ctt ~ Naylors George W. lIai~
SOW. john &. dorsey and samuel Baton.
CompnSiug tho Nrm ot uorsrV bro. Il
batteu paNCl q. List. RCniHnliu nlVcu-
port and GCory, "a. Parks, composing
the firm OF List Davenport anil Parks:
Alexander Ltuthliu. samuel Iauehliu.
Charles NJ. ouuott, GVarEC n. Glv~ner
amt Alexander Il. Campbell. comm ~il..
the firm oC lWEhNu BCa~. q Jl.. NIC...
oud laughhu, Charles H. Odbou pnd
Samuel lnughOu, composing tho urm or
laughhu Bros. a co.: john ~. Bavl
aud john Is. BotS'old, comprising tho
hrm %, Johu ". K'Nd a Co: who sue
a. we'll ou thoir own behalf as ON ber a.
otall tbc other Judgment or lien credit.
or> of Gyuhou Wtr,hou. who shall come
In aud contribute % the expenses ot this
suit,
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Greer < Lang, ct al,
".
Joseph NJ. Goodwin.


Pursuant to decree of the Circuit
Court of Preston county, | will on Mon,
day tho 1th day of October. ISIS, the
Same being court day, before the front
door oi the court house, i'm Eiugwood.
offer for sale the realty docrccd To be
sold in the above cause, consisting of
the lot and fine dwelling house. i'm Kiug~
wood, now occupied by the defendant
asa residence; also the lot and largo
store house i'm kngwood belonging to
the defendant, whore the post otiice is
NOW kept al~oa tract of land near Kings
wood. ON the roaG leading from King
wood To the oak Grove church.
The above dwelling house is a good
Franc dwelling house Mr,c and couVo~
uicut. The lot is very fine one. The
store house il large aud connections,
we'll situated, and the lot on which il is
erected is very valuable, bong largo
enough for two moro business houses.
The four acre lot rich and valuable tor
pasture land.
The above sale will bo for so much
cash i'm hWnd as is sufficient Co pay costs
otsui. and expenses OF sale and the resi-
ne upon credit of one and two years,
the purchaser executing interest bearing
notes with approved security for the dos
OF purchase money.
j. \. Brown, CommISsiunor
Aug. -j, 1873. iuul7-Sg. 1Ol
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NoMNlSSlnNERS OFFICE,
l\lN0Woop, WEST s. ~,
August ON, rs.
Tho parties to tho uhoVo ulmcd suit
arc hereby uutiucd that l shall. on the "a
daN oi september ucNt, "t my oniccAiorc-
said, proceed tocNOcutc tho above mons
uoucd decree OF references.
SMITH CRANE, Com'r.
JAS. \. Blows, Attorney.
/ Aug, 10, IS SlI2l.l
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The undersigned will continue thc rcn>
cr.u merchandising business M tho old
stand, and thankful for the liberal
patronage bestowed To the late 6rtd sos
ticttS a continuance OF the Same which
.v Will are no efforts 90 mcut.
} W. WATSON
Portland, Aug. 10. ISIS. l5ul7-t #
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r.. III NE

that hc continues to Keep constantly ON
hand all kinds OF Brass and Copper <et-
fI.s
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s y. NJ. DErT, NJ. -.
DIR. T.. MORTIMER DENT.
kOR. WH. NJ. DENT &c son.
s. petitioners of Medicine,
SURGERY, &C.
NEWBURG, w. VA.

#Dmce and consultation rooms over
4eut & Sons Drug Store.
re- Every Saturday from 2 TO Q +. NJ.
patients who are unable 10 pay will be
-escrbed for free. 10 such medicine
II bo furnished when desired at cost.
$50 surgical operations will be per-
yrmed at the same time free Of charge
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NEW ENTERTAINMENTS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The copartnership OF c. W. Jackson
~ 60. Is this day dissolved Nv mutual
couScuJ &, ". Jackson withdrawing.
The books and accounts will bc found i'm
the hands of &. w. Jackson. An those
indebted TO the tate firm will please ma 81
prompt settlement.
&. w. JACKSON,
J. ". WATSON.
Portland, Aug. 10, 1875.
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WEST VIRGINIA, IS:

In the
Clerks Office OF the County Court of
Preston county, ON the Slst d3,v or July.
ISIS
Mckee assignee Darmu
" ~ DlsnI'
Whites aud Wotring.
Tho object
of this suit is To- collect a debt duo from
the defendants To the pl iutjn.
And 10 Appearing that the defendants
Rowan White and Jamcs White are not
residents of this state. they arc thorc~
fore hereby required To appear here at
Rules To- toe held tor the said Court ON the
last Monday of August, uoNt. aud ito
what lis necessary to protect thoir interests
hcrciu. Amt IL is orlerod.that tho foros
going bc puoii~cd in the West virginia
Argus. "a weekly newspaper published
in this county.
\ cOpV-rcst,
j, AMI MARTIN, ClorS.
James \. Brown, Atty tor PlRiutin.
4 NOMMI~SIOEEKS SALE,
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WEST VIRGINIA ARGUS
THE
WEST VIRGINIA ARG US.
Is Published eUe,3l Saturday by
n. CLAY n. HYDE,
KINGWOOD pREsToN corNrTv W Y,
Observation-Disclosures .

INGwoOD. PRESTON COUNTY, W. VA.
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JAMES a Brown, Comr.
[ Aug 10 73 2G.25
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Ed Nanow0 has our thanks Cor bas-
ket Of splendid apples lef. at our Office
on Wednesday, Ed. is enc Of those
wholc>souled boys who Try to make
everybody happy, and is always success
ful. May he live long get married and
be happy.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-09-25

CONVERSATION At THE Borrow OF THE SEA-
While on the subject of acoustic wonder, it may
be interesting to our readers to hear of another
practical use to which the telephone has been
put. 1t seems that French war steamer has
lately been engaged in towing an old ship out TO
sea, to form torpedo training vessel. Attached
to one of the towing cables was conducting
wire, with one end on either vessel. and it was
found that by the action of the sea 90 the copper
sheathing of the ships, an electric current was
set up, and telephone communication was at
once established along the circuit. So successful,
indeed was the experiment. that conversation
could be readily carried ON between the two
ships. This result suggested to the commander
of the French war vessel the idea of Impressing
the telephone into the service of the diver and
in this way one of the glasses of the divers
helmet is replaced by copper plate, and in this
is inserted telephone wire. As IN the case Of
the ships an electric current Is established, by
means of which it becomes an easy matter to
hold converse with the divers. even while they
are "fathoms deep below"-at the bottom OF the
sea. In cases where it is necessary that divers
should make observations. whether as to the
state Of the keel OF ship. or as to wreckage and
report thereon, the practical value Of this new
use of the telephone is obvious. Csssell's Nag
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