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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-12
IlnnroYenlnnie oIl one IknnnNlll

The government improvement Of
the navigation ofthc Kanawha river
by dams and locks, now under way,
will tend to develop the resources Of
this most wonderful region, and 1t
will not be surprising to tindthi re-
gion in a few wears the iron making
district Of America. Ten locks and
dams willfmnish slack water navi-
CATION from the 0hlotiver TO Camel
ton, d distance Of S53miles, the cost
Of which will be about s250,0O0 for
each dam with luck, OF these ten
there will bethree above and seven
below Charleston. These locks and
dams are being constructed of hewn
stone, and in the most workmanlike
manner In nineof the dams, how
ever, there isto be an "open pass"
two hundred aud fifty feet in length.
In this "open pass there is tobe an
iron and wooden structure, so arrang-
ed that it can be elevated in low wa
ter, and thereby furnish seven feet Of
water in the shallowest places, in the
river, and can be lowered during high
water, and thereby furnish free and
unobstructed navigation during the
rises inthe river. Hence, these dams
are called"moyable dams The first
nine dams from the Ohio river are to
be movable dams, which will furnish
seven feet of water from Paint Creek
to the Ohio river during low water,
and an open river during high water.
The locations and lifts Of the dams
will be as fellows At or near the
mouth of the Kunawha, 8 feet lift, at
or near Debby's Ripple, { feet lift, at
or near Gillespie's Ripple, 8 feet lift;
at or near Red House Shoals, 81 feet
lift; at or near Johnson's Shoals, I
feet lift;ator near Newcomers shuls
6l feet lift; at or near Island Shoals,
/ Z feet lift at Brownstown, I feet lift;
at Cabin Creek, : feet lift; ut or near
Paint Greek, ID feet lift; total lifts
II feet, in a distance of So miles,
The appropriation by Congress thus
far to the Improvement Of the Kan
Iawha navigation, amountto 1921, 900.
-Sa,CQrd C0aI Trude.
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Memphis.

Memphis has been unchartered and
abolished by the act of the Tennessee
Legislature. Where, two DAYS ago,
there was a busy city and a thriving
mart Of commerce, may now be found
no more thana bowling wilderness Of
houses, intersected by some twenty.
odd miles Of wooden payemcnts, most
ly in q state Of decay and pretty gen
orally unpaid for. But the city, the
corporation of Memphis. no longer
exists, |! has been Incorporated, and
has no title even toaname. 1t might
as we'll be called Thebes or Tanais as
Memphis. 'lhe Tenesseean Memphis
did not have as long u life as that of
the venerable capital of old Egypt,
which fourished for more than 4
thousand years. But then they had
.neither Nicholson wooden pavcments
nor municipal bonds in those prim-
eyal times.
The modern Memphis was laid out
in 1920 and incorporated as u city in
1881. After surviving for fortyeight
years it has been disincorporaied and
again ''laid OUT in 1879. The re.
ceiver for the late corporation, how
ever, # he should he appointed, will
still find some property belonging to
it which he shall seize upon. There
is a handsome park and a jackson
statute in the centre Of the city,
There are buildings erected for
schools, courts, &c, which were the
property fthe defnnct corporation,
and will naturally fall into the re.
ceivers possession. In fact he might
take contract to conduct the mum.
cipal affairs Of tho people in the Vi.
entity Of the latecity for the benefit
of the creditors leasing the public
property to them at a reasonable rent,
and acting generally as trnstae for q
neglected estate.
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fearless Representatives from Mason
county, Capt Gum and DR.. Roush.
andare truly confident that they
will give this momentous question
the due consideration its nature de-
mands, and also explain it in all its
bearings to their honest and enlight-
ened colleagues, and hence we may
soon expect relief and our deep
wrongs and'injustices to be ilnuedi.
ately rectified.
"'prons TO the dust oppression shall be hurled
Her name, her nature withered fromthe world"
This is the doctrine Of
An OLD DEMOCRAT.
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AnsMer 10 Yeaaer.

Editor Register In your kindness,
will you please allow me space in
your paper to make some statements
in reply to friend Yeager's letter Of
the 18th ult., in regard to my asser-
tions. | did not intend doing him
a personal injury, nor disturb his
reputation as a teacher, But will
sayjust here, that ifhe continues in
the course he has been pursuing, he
will do that for himself. His expla-
nation is sufficient, as far as it goes,
but public sentiment is against him.
His chromos will not heal thewoand.
We will leave Mr.. Nease and him to
quarrel it out between themselves -
II vas not only the desire Of tine
scholars, but it was the desire of the
Trustees and patrons Of the school
that he treat his scholars. We pre-.
SUITE that it has been a family com
plant for some people to refuse TO
treat When he did not give way
lleonly heaped contempt upon him
sell, for his time is ours, therefore he
coufd have sustained no loss. We
said he got paid for four days more
timeithan he Served US. Now we
Iraisethe number to twelve, and say,
he, IS we'll as other teachers, get paid
fortwelve days more than they serve
ItheFpublic. We understand the
school month to be twenty two days,
Ilesstwo days for institute work
Now the four months at two days in
each month, makes eight days; then
four holidays, making twelve days
Nov figure for yourself at your own
wages; you get over $40 for which
werecoiye nothing in return. "Poor,
little, puny, Ruralist," has never
been q 'peanchfuot' or he might
have met with the same fate that
yopdid in their convention. My
yptemag neyerelect you, but remem
ber,that it only takes one vote to
elect Or defeat, any one. Please as
sumo your own,name; don't assume
the namesof B. Janton, Gastavus,
" Mr.. Teager, you can't fool
Jus. Yaprs, &c.
LEVI Rnrrsu In
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COMMISSIONER Sale Of Real III.
tate.
EIcnryJ. Fisher
James NJ. Stevens. Il III

In Chanccry in the Circuit Court Of Mason
County, West Virginia.
Q1 virtue Of decree rendered in the
ID above entitled cause on the 2lst dayo q
October, 1873 |, the undersigned sptclsl
commissionerfappointed for that purpose
by said decree, shall on Monday ile
l7ih day Of silrch, 1870, at publp
auction, ut the front dnor OF the Cont
House Of said county, sell the following
real estate, or SO much thereof us may tt
necessary to pay the debt, interest aa
costs aljudged, ordered land decreed in sabl
decree to be due from the said dctCniar!
Stevens to said Fisher
Ono hundred (l00) acres bland SITUATED
on the head waters Of tile Ohio Sixteen
Mile Creek in sud county Of Mason, q lslt
Of which land is cleared and under ieurg
and has thereon small plank dwelling
house and horse stable.
Terms OF SALE:-Casl in hand ia 10
SSLS1 with interest thereon from 0ctobN
the Dist 1873 and the costs Of this; and ona
credit until April the lst 1879 as to Twenty
Seven t27) Dollars; Oh u credit q one veal
from April LIST lS79as to Twenty SoyenlgJ
dollars; on credit OF two yeasirom April
LIST 1879 as to Twenty Seven ca dollars
and on cfeditof three years from April
the LIST 1879 as to Four Hundred and Soy.
enty Seven 40 dollars. The purchaser
or purchasers 10 give bond with approved
security for the payment OF the deferred
installments Of money and the legal title@
said land to be retained us a further secur-i
ity therefor.
CHARLES b. HoGG,
feb. l2-5w. Special Commissioner.
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HOW 10 do tIle Nice Thing.

The members Of the Legislature
seem to be suffering from severe fit
Of economy. Now, if they desire to
do the nice thing for the people, let
them begin by reducing their own
per diem down to a price within
keeping Of the 'present low price Of
commodities" and cover back into
the treasury the extra mileage they
have received Do this, gentlemen,
before you commence reducing the
fees of county officers, who are not
now receiving enough salary to make
a respectable living Then the pro.
pie will rise up and cry Amenl
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nothing that will strike at one Of the
great industries ofthe State, Or by
word oract do anything that will in
the least retard the growth and.
prosperity Of our beloved West yir.
GINA.
We shall watch "No, 81 with an
eager eye, and watch and remember
the men who vote for it.
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Attack on the Press.

Sometimes newspapers espouse the
cause of a man whom they believe to
be honest, progressive capable and in
telligent, and advocate his nomina.
tion and election from party stand.
point, toa seat in the Legislature
Soon after his election, the editor
finds out chat he has only been nur-
sing viper, that as soon as he is in
place and power turns and stings him
and eiaits ita deahlY nnisnn thrniiah
hisSeins, THERE'S now d bill before
the Legislature ofthis State, knownas
House Bill, No. 81, which provides
for cutting down the price Of legal
advertising to about one-half the
price now charged, The rates for
such work are SO low now, and there
being solittle Of it to do, that it is
with the utmost difficulty county pa
pers can be kept going atall. If the
bill is passed and becomes II law, it
will cause the suspension of all the
county papers in the State, save and
except those of large towns, where
the local patronage is sufficient to
sustain them. If this is to become
a law, we doubt that if in a year a
paper will be found printed any
where in the Third Congressional
District. The people are not inter.
estcd in this reduction as it does not
affect them one way or the other, as
they are not taxed to pay printers
fees. 1t is simply a matter with
those who 60 to law. Why the Leg.
islature should fix the printer'schar.
geS any more than they wonld those
OF the Lawyer or Doctor, is more
than We can understand. Take the
Lawyer for instance, in a Chancery
cause he gets SIS statute fee, be.
sides his fee Of s25 or $50 for attend.
ing to the case; if land is to be sold
TO pay the debt in controversy, he
has himself appointed as Special
Commissioner to sell, and receives
commissions for selling as follows
So per 800 for the first $500, and
$3.50 per 500 for each additional
500, and S. for making the decd
Except in tho fee charged, these are
prices fixed bylaw. Now, when an at
tempt is made to reduce lawyers fees
the legal fraternity rise up in REBEL
ion, and the lawyers in the Legisla.
tnro grow indignant, and any attempt
to NEEDLE with their fees, is squelch.
ed at once; but when it comes to cut.
ting down the fees Of the lily paid
printer and county officers, they all
say it Is right, and will lesson the
taxes of the "dear people" There
is not an editor in the State so lib.
rral as to favor the cutting down of
any fee, now guaranteed to the law
yer, by statute; yet these same men
would reduce editors TO the condition
OF bcggars, In all candor and SINGER.
ity, We call upon our Senators,
Messrs. Kirtloy and Brown and our
Representatives. MeSsrs. Gum and
Roush, in justice to toiling and
poorly paid profession, to oppose the
passage Of the monstrosity known as
House Bill, No. g." We have con
Iidence in your honesty and integri.
y aud NE nislioA that yau will do
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CAM. Gunn.

On the 18th inst. the bill for in
crcasing the school tax to 20centso on
the 500 valuation, being under CON
sideration in the House, Capt. Gum
spoke as follows:
y am opposed to this bill. 1t pro.
vides to increase the State taxes
more than a quartero of u million dol.
lars, and at a time when the people
are already over-burdened with tax
alton; the friends of the measure say
they must have this in addition to
their present district school levies, if
this is so, you are plainly asked to
addto the present taxes this large
sum of money. Every member Of
this House was, and is now pledged
to his constituents to provide for
economy, so much so that the pro-
priety of passing the bill now pend.
ing in this House providing an APP
preparation for the extension of the
insane asylum, so that the unfortu.
mates can be properly cared for, has
been gravely discussed by members
here. This bill leaves the district,
county aud other taxes Just as they
are at present, and the effect of it il
! it becomes a law will be to increase
the taxes just ten cents on every one
hundred dollars, and / submit that it
is not right TODD 50 when timesare so
hard, when the laborer is begging for
employment and isunable to procure
it. AS the Law now is, the State can
not say how many schools there shall
be, the number of months, nor the
salaries of teachers. If you desire a
State system, change the Constitu.
ton so that you Gun have it, and let
the State have control and pay the
costs"
The sentiments expressed by Capt
Gum, are fully concurred in and en-.
dorsed by his constituents in Mason
county.
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Andrew Henderson, h vo,ts-'
"a hub factory, about lwelvs aa Y. "a
from Cuba, Missouri, was kins5 s "
on Wednesday, BY being bea s 'usVe
the head with d heavy clablb,vs ~ O.
Post, a fellow workman. Paw l,ra y
capped. 'Os' es'
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LEVI Rousn, JR.
New WEar.-elyil Enslneer.

\, ~ -, -. b.
view "har'-siVil Engineer.
Etstof Register ! notice in your
last issue an editorial calling atten-
tion to the binding Of new wharf
on The Ohio river. Bat to do so it
first becomes necessary to have a
competent civil engineer or surveyor
elected for the town. Therefore |
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TheAbill increasing taxation :.
cents on the s1oOfor school l purpo, ,sa
went to the table by two yot. sSys
small majority, but like AIercnrai,
wound, it will do. Vu 00y
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Commissioners Sale Of Real Es.
tate In Mason County.

pursuance Of The terms Of decree Of
l the Circuit Court Of Mason county, ren.
dered on the 10th day Of April, 1871, ina
Clancery cause therein pending, wherein
JerimiaL Yeagcr, Assignee OF james Cape.
hart, Executor, &C., were plaintiffs and
and Benjamin P. Byram's Administrator
ct. dis., were defendants, |, the undersigned
Special Commissioner, shall on the lSih
day of March, 1870, sell at public
auction at the front door Of the Court
House OF Mason county, the following
tracts or parcels oiland. One tract contain.
ing loo acrcs, and the other tract contain.
ing 300 acres, more or less, or so much Of
either OF said tracts, as will ply ofanddl''
charge the balance due upon said deeree
lien, interest, and costs, and the costs q
sale. The Town OF Byramsville will Hotbe.
sold, il the residue Of said land will psyolI
the balance due upon said decree.
TERMS OF SALE
0ne.third cash in hand and the residue
upon credit Of six and twelve monthS
taking from the purchaser bonds with go.od
security with interest from day Of sale, tof
the deferred installments, and retaining
the title as a further security.
W. H. T0MLINSON,
feb. l2-4w. Special Commissioner.
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Fixing the Volume Of Currency.

General Ewing has prepared abill
fixing the volume of currency at
s400,000,000, and directing the sccre-
tary of the Treasury to maintain it
at that figure. If he can get the
floor tomorrow he will move to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill
While the vote yesterday on the bill
making coins and greenbacks inter
changeable indicated an indisposi.
ton 10 do anything on the subject Of
coinage, Greenback men believe that
they are strong enough to pass such
"a bill as that proposed by General
Ewing As he is sixth on the list
for recognition for a motion to sus-
pend the rules, he may not be reach
ed tomorrow; but if not, then he
SylII crIgr ~ piis On, the following
Monday.
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!, HARRISON MecALLlsrER
Patrons ofIInShnn M

please take notice tina, the Mason CouOt n.
Grange will meet at Leon on the 6rst Ii rOu9hi
9th day in March, The Master Of every SauIIsdi
IN the County will please see that his GtSpCs
scented a. that meeting, as question that WA,
whole County alike, will be submitted for as,os 2,
meeting A. 81 AiFXSN NJ ES y y al thai
'ep' is-3w lMuNfToR pleass sos, i,
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Notice to Tlresls,llI,ll,IlIs,l9,el,I1,,,l1ii

a ~ persons are hereby warned aRain,, IL.
a drilling, or otherwise tresspassing upon s'
w; ;,S my consent, as all persons scdOg vS.J.
feb, Jaw, HARRISON MeCAI1lsrrn
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A congregatiohplist is deso,,,.,
by Dr. Shaw, OF Rocheste esS' !. :
Presbyterian who has left liz ~ y, q
ehism at home and forgotten NJ ~. y''o'
he laid itdown." "aeFe
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Commissioners Sale Of Real Es'
tate in Mason County.

N pursuance OF the terms Of a decree OIL
] the Circuit Court OF Mason county, req,
dered on the 18th day Of October, 1879, IL
a Chancery cause therein pending, where,
in Jefferson Williams was plaintiff ana
George w. Barcus and Hannibal Scantf
were defendants, l, the undersigned Spess,
ial Commissioner, shall on the lein
day Of March. 1879, sell at public
auction, at the front door Of the Court
House Of said County Of Mason, one undl'
vided sixth Of $40 acres Of land belonging
to the defendant, Hannibal scantlin, or
enough thereof Of said interest to Pay OIL
said decree, interest and costs, and costs
OF sale.
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Read

the article in this paper signed "An
old Democrat" 1t gives food for
thought, besides throwing out some
good suggestions to our Legislature,
which it is hoped they will act upon.
1t is an appeal in behalf of the
working men that should not be
passed by unheeded by our present
Legislature.
The Greenback members of the
House are standing up nobly for re-
form measures. Not a man, among
them folters, and it is very evident
that Republican hopes Of being able
to induce them to return to their
camp are doomed to fail.
Evan Rice, caslierof the Whining
ton and Brandywine, Delaware, Ma.
tional Bank, has been arrested on
the charge of embezaling about $685.
uW. Rice is confined 10 his bed BY
nervous prpstration. Register
Well, amt that enough to pros
trale any man,
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MeelIDg 9tl (sverseers Of Eon !,

WVcIIDE VI WVeFseeFS Of P0oI
THERE will be a Special Meeting Of H. nj, !,
0ycrseers Of the Poor for Mason ConS,,' va'a y
oies at the Court House, on Tuesday, Mnrs, q Ie
1879, for the purpose Of considering he bs'
dsposing or letting the Poor Farm, and ot s sei
such claims as may be brought before lid M, rSS''ui
BY order Of the Board -'VH'u'
ions f, TlMNs, Clerk. I'm .1's wy
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The VIRGINIA DEBr.-At The snc.
gesti9n ofthe Joint Finance Commit.
tee of the Virginia Legislature the
representatives of the bondhoIders
now in Richmond have agreed to
confer with their principals, 50 as to
secure an extension Of the time, fixed
in the proposed bill at five years, for
which three per cent. interest is 10
be paid. If this modification is Sc.
cured the bill will probably be re.
ported to the General Assembly with
favorable accommodation.
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H. Baldwin, Of Monroe City, Ind,
writes under date of Dec. Sd, 1877,
that his wife used DR.. Pierce's Favor.
lite Prescription with wonderful re.
suits, 1t effected her entire cure, af-
i ter several physicians had failed
The n! many similar letters positively
affirming that the Favorite Prescrin.
ton had cured the diseases and weak.
nesses peculiar to women, induced
DR.. Pierce to sell it under d guaran
tee. Ladies need no longer submit
to uselessand painful local treatment,
as the Fayorite Prescription lisa safe,
sure, and speedy cure, Hundreds
who had been bed.ridden for years
hay have been restored to perfect health
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A Chinese crew on the Australia
bark, Kate Waters, from Hong ' Eoaa
for Foo Chow, mutinied and nn mSas
ed the officers and scattled The ye ,s,i,
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TERMS OF SALE:

onc-half cash in hand, and the balance
upon credit Of twelve months, taking
from the purchaser bond with good secllr.
ity with interest from tho day Of sale lor
the deferred instalmcnts, and retaining
the title us q further security. A.
W. II. T0MLINsoN,
feb l2-4w Special Commissioner
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A lsL the type now in this office is entire
"A ly new. We have all the late styles !.
card and poster type, and aatter oursei
that We Gun DO as good work as any once
in the State. Give tit trial
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The Winchester Ncws learns that a
man named Target, residing in Nor.
gan county, West Virginia, lost his
lie some days ago by a fall on the
ice; lie had been chopping wood
and fell with the axe in his hand,
the blade :! cnttinghisforehead in such
.lpnib ms
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-12

Miss Martha Collins shot and kill.
ed her brother,in.law, Jonathan
Drake, at Bnckner, Jackson county,
Missouri, on Sunday. The lady had
been receiving attentions from Il man
who was Objectionable to her family,
Drake forbade him to come to tie,
house, and The girl, hearing it, be,
came enraged, and, drawing a revol.
yer, shot Drake through the heart.
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Postmaster General Key, who is d
moderate advocate ofwoman's rights,
says that large number Of women
have been appointed TO small govern.
ment Offices during the last four years
and that they do the business better
and take more pride in oiliccholding
than men.
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The Bill to prevent members o.
the Legislature from accepting fire.,
passes from railroads was killed out
right, but it was very quietly done
Free railroa'! passes 10 members Of
the Legislature are nothing moreno,
less Than brides. Approximations,
how long, for instance would oul
Delegates baye. resided in our midst
without free passes from the mil
roadS2 And yet with pockets stuffed
full of free passes they will draw the
same mileage. The railroads might
Just as well present and they accept
q $50 bill. No member Of the I4egis
Atnre can vote impartially on rlil.
road questions when lie has Il free
pass in every pocket The people
understand this thing. Free passes
are not given away for nothing
KanaWbq Gazette,
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Ex-Governor Hartranft, Of Penn.
ssylye9ia, has been nominated by the
dolphin. - '''''