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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-09-20

Miss Josephine Hollins, feminine
rcprescntative.o of the sin OF Ham. S"rSe-
onslv arrayed in "caliler and gew ga"s
| was standing upon the threshold OF her
domain on an uptown street, on SUNDAY
| evening last, bearing upon her copperea
| vis,re the unmistablc signs of suppressed
| ANGER or injured innoce.ice (:) and several
lond-mouthed admirers standing near her
created the impression that all would not
he well should the object Of her anger put
in an appearance at that moment ouo
denly Hthere she comes" was heard' anu
orr reporter glancing upthe street beheid
the figures of Miss Dllsey Krump, mu'
| !, ttoress. and jim Branch her escort
When in speaking distance Josephine oe1
,,,ndod satisfaction for and retractlon Oh
! an insult offered, but Dilsey was not IN ;'''
apoloretic mood, and seemed ANXIOUS Aoi
tho frov. Groom for racket" was heard
,nd in the spacc of seconds Miss hruhll
was struggling in n mud puddle Win lne
form of Miss Hollins, sitting on her oouS
and rapidly changing the contour Oh ne'
opponents face with accurately oe'',
blows from mercilcss fist jim br"noi
couldn't stand idly by and see the oeao'!
of CHAT gal knocked off" and was aoou
+o ;nterpose, but an admonitory re1nar'
from To. Hollins, the doting father Oh 30
seph,ne, induced him to cry out name ms
off and let EN- have fair play" On tues
, day both of the infringers OF the ,''>
we're carried before Judge Plettinger an
made tc pay a fino of s37' each. rms
one Of tho many disgracefui scenes enac'
, ed by tho class of coloreo tenahSs ,n ."
two towns who have no visible ihe''''s
support. If the law isnot sufficient TO col 20
.rol these Iaw-brcakers, the citizens nav
l. the right to control thcm' ana e1'o"i' "
crcisc that right.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16

The Chicago Tribune has put in use
the following reformatory rules in or
biography: Omit lie in demagog, cat
alog, synagog and other words ending
in "logue' and "gogue." Omit the
superfuous me in programme making,
it program. Omit the second m in
dilemma (dilema). Omit the super
fuous te in cigaret, etiquet, parquet,
coquet, and all similar words. Spell
detint in all its forms without the final
e, thus: defnit-ly-ness; indefnit-ly-ness.
Omit final e in hypocrit, favorit; also,
opposil-ly-ness and appOsit-ly-ness. In
words ending in ''lessness," drop one S
from LESS, viz, carelesneSs thankles~
ness. Omit the fourth in assassin
aSsasin) and other forms of the word.
Change phi to + in fantOm, fantasm,
and all other forms of the word; also
in fonctic-s-al, fonograf, orthografy,
alfabet, digraf, difthong. The Utica
Observer has accepted some of these
changes.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16
Accident,

A number of oar citizens attended
the funeral services of Robt. Hamil-
ton, at Shiloh church, near Nlcken>
zie, on last Sunday. As Mr.Elwood
Strange and Mrs McDougal were re-
turning in buggy they happened to
a serious and came near proving a IA
tai accident. AS they were coming
down "a steep hill, and when near the
foot of it, the horse gave ajump, and
Mr. Strange and Mrs McDougal were
thrown violently out of the buggy.
Mrs McDougald was considerably
bruised about the face, and the bug
gy wheels passed over her body. MIR
Strange was not hurt. They came en-
10 town in the buggy. 1t was thought
Mrs. Mrs McDougal was seriously
hurt, but we are glad to say she is
able to be up and is fast recovering
from her injuries. Re-
publican.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16
THE BEST DISINFECTANTs.
DIR. Saff0rd's Report to the State
Board on the Merits of Lime
and COpperas.

DR.. Stafford, the committee appoint
ed to investigate the relations of cop
peras and lime as disinfectants, made
the following report, which was
adopted:
To DIR. j. D: Plunket, President of the State
Board of Health:
SIR-In accordance wi: h the request
of the board as to the action of lime
upon copperas, l herewith present the
following statement: Lime water
when poured into a solution of cop
peras, causes at once precipitate of
hydrated ferrous oxide, which, upon
standing, soon becomes converted by
the absorption ofoxygen into hydratic
ferric oxide. In this reaction the cop
peras is decomposed. the lime uniting
with the sulphuric acid to form SUI
phate of calcium ard liberating the
iron oxide. 1t follows that when lime
and copperas are used together as dis
infectants the cOpperas does not act in
all cases as such. The ferrous oxide
as liberated has deodorizing power,
and furthermore the iron will decom-
pose sulphureted hydrogen, etc. From
this it seen that lime in the presence
of cOpperas does not destroy disinfec>
ting action. 1t becomes, however,
a question as to the greater efficacy of
copperas alone or ofcopperas with lime.
1t is we'll known that copperas alone
has great disinfecting power. so much
that two and quarter pounds of this
substance applied everyday will keep
Il vault used by one hundred persons
satisfactorily deodorized. The disin-
fecting power of lime alone, by absorb
ing sulphureted hydrogen, carbonic
acid and other ohectional gases, is
well known. Where copperas is used,
and then lime twenty-four hours after,
the two disinfectants act to a great ex-
tent independently. Either mode of
use, therefore, lime and then copperas,
or copperas and then lime, will pro>
duce the desired effect. As to which
will produce the greatest and most
permanent effect is matter for fur
ther consideration.
JAMES VI. Stafford"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16
Echoes of the Business Boom.

The Baldwin Locomotive Works,
at Philadelphia, has at the present
time no less than 2,250 names on its
mechanics payroll. Six years have
elapsed since anything approaching
this number of were in the shops.
The total production of locomotives
for the year will reach 400. This is
the largest manufacture for any one
year since 1873. Over a hundred To-
comOtives are nov in course Of con-
struction at the works.
The cost of the material in freight
car is $3.50 more than it was a few
months ago, owing to the remarkable
rapidity with which iron has been ad-
vancing in price.
The Cincinnati Gazette says: "Some
of our merchants and manufacturers
are so overrun with business that they
are calling home their travelling sale =
men,"
The receipts of lumber in Chicago
the past week were very large, in fact
the largest for any one week on record.
They amounted to 62 206, 900 feet.
At Altoona, Pa, the prospects for
prosperous winter are very good. The
car shops will be completed in anoth-
er month, when large force of hands
will be put to work.
The great clothing manufacturers
of Boston have seldom. if ever, done
larger or more satisfactory business
than this season, and all their produc-
tions have gone speedily into the hands
of the retailers.
1t is stated by the Jonstown Penn }
Tribune that the Cambria Iron Com
pany are winding up all old contracts
which were taken at low figures, and
that on the 1st of November the wa
ges of the hands are to be increased.
The wages will be advanced on the
basis of S45 per gross ton, the present
asking price.
New Haven manufacturers cannot
get hands enough to do their work.
One company was compelled to reject
an order for 140 platform cars, to be
fitted with oil tanks, for which SAC, 900
was offered.
The Paterson (N. j. Locomotive
Works are driving to their utmost ca
pacity.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16

A learned German doctor has dis
covered means of dyeing the eyes Of
animals in general and of men in par
ticular any color that he pleases. He
is accompanied on his travels of pro-
pagation by dog with rose-colored
eye, cat with IN orange red eye, and
a monkey with chrome-yellow eye.
But the most curious specimens of his
art are negro with one black eye,
and the other blue, and Il Eegress with
one eve gold-colored and the other sill
ver-white. The doctor says the prog
cess of Occular transformation, far
from injuring the sight, strengthens
and improves it.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16

Railroad companies are interested
in the subject of ties. The scarcity of
timber for the purpose has raised a
question as to Il substitute. Cast-iron
ties cost three times as much as wood,
but the difference is more than made
up in the length of time they wear.
English lines have introduced glass
ties, or sleeper$ BY new process
the glass is toughened, and the cost is
about the same per ton us those of cast
iron, but there are about three times
as many to the ton.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16
OVER THE STATE.

Bellville is going to have cottor
seed oil mill.
Davidson county has a past due
debt of S567, 1867, and nearly as much
more sool to mature.
Our excellent contemporary, the
Murfrees5oro News, has been enlarged
and improved greatly.
Huntingdon Republican: An un'
known man was found dead in Mr..
Frank Priests fed, little over mile
from this place, on last Saturday af
ternoon. by Mr.. Elvis Priest.
Chattanooga Times: Messrs. Nor
wood and Kline, the Directory COM
pliers, say that their directory will con-
tain over 500 more names than that
of 1878. They also say that the
population of the city has increased
over 1000.
Lexington News: w. G. Rains one
of our most prominent physicians, in
forms us that in the northern portion
of this county diphtheria is raging to
an alarming xtentamong the children;
several cases he thought were in a
dangerous condition.
Union City Chronicle: The Tren-
ton Mirror pokes fun at the effort of
Milan to aid the building of the T. G.
r. r. from Huntingdon to Trenton,
and calls it, facetiously, m.eal-on. We
can't exactly see where the pun comes
in, but it occurs to us, if Trenton
adopts the advice of the Mirror, it will
be long time before Milan can retort
by calling it Train>to,cu.
Anote to ex-Mayor Staub, of Knox
vile, states that the civil engineers
have completed the survey of the mar
row gauge railroad from Tracy City
to Beersheba Springs via the Swiss
Colony in Grundy county. The Ten
nessee Coal q Railroad Company offer
to stock the road, which is to be eigh-
teen miles in length, provided the cit
izens of Grundy county and others will
aid in building the road.
Commissioner Killebrew's report for
September makes good showing for
cotton, tobacco and corn in this State.
The crop of cotton is the best aised in
this state for many years. The to-
bacco crop has turned out better than
was expected, in consequence of the
good weather. 1t is short in quantity,
but above the average in quality. The
corn crop is good, but somewhat dam
aged, on account Of some having been
blown down and rotting,
Clarksville Tobacco Leaf: James
Rawlins, son Of j. ID. Rawlins, of
Blooming Grove, met with a terrible
and fatal accident on Tuesday night
last. He had been out hunting during
the day, and hitched his horse at
certain point, but on returning found
him missing. After searching for the
animal a considerable time without
avail, he set down on the railroad to
rest, in which position he fell asleep.
There he remained until the hour for
the evening passenger train, which
ran over his body, cutting it literally
in pieces.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16

The Paris Universe asserts that the
Emperor and Crown Prince of Ger
many have seeded from the Free
Masons on account of their resistance
to an inspection into their archives by
DIR. Schiffmann, whom the Crown
Prince wished to inquire into the ORR
gin and secret tendencies of Masonry.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16

The Edwards family heirs and rep
resentatives from all parts of Canada
have held a conference in London,
Ontario, in regard to the great estate
claimed by them in New York city,
valued at s9O,OOO,OOO. Legal pro-
ceedings are to be instituted immedi-
-.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16

1t was observed that the Widow
Taylor, while in Greenville Miss. }
court as plaintiff in lawsuit, kept
one hand in her pocket while the de-
fendent was testifying. An investi-
CATION showed that she had hold of a
pistol, which she intended to use if the
witness made any departure from the
truth.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16
Prof. Tire saws, on the night of No

Prof. Tire says, on the night of No
vember 18th, we are to have the best
m .teoric display ever seen since 1888,
whem to all intents and purposes the
sky literally rained fire. The display
this year will not commence until one
o'clock in the morning, but the Pro-
tessor says the magnifcence of the dis
play will more than compensate for
sitting up.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16

A New Jersey boy on fhe St. Mary,
in writing home, says: "There are
three things boy wants as soon as he
gets TO sea-frst, to get home; second,
a good square meal, and, third, to get
his fingers on the fellow who wrote
Jack Harkaway.'"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16

For the length time have been doing
examped My endeavOrs among
lot has been cast, has with satisfaction, and
l can confidently the citizens of Gibson and
adjoining counties that l will offer greater
bargains than Please
look at the following
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
sun, we Are Called Cut.dIlroats

Poor Ohio has certainly been un,
fortunate in the selection of her
county treasurers. II does seem
that in that highly moral, sweet.
scented State, where there is 50
much goodness and intelligence, that
they would nothaye SO much trouble.
We are ready to compare records with
them, FIVE are, as they say, a eset
of cut.throats and heathens." There
is not State in the Union, in pro.
portion to population, where there
are greater evidences of human dc.
prayity, than in Ohio. No where is
there so many accounts Of rape, burg.
larry, incest, adultery, peculation in
office and murder, as the records
chow from Ohio; and yet her editors
are continually saying: 1--WE thank
the Lord that we are no. as other
men," &c.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
TRUSTEE'S SAFE,

DY virtue Of a deed OF trust executed on
ID the 18th day OF December, 1877, by
William II. Van Matre and Della his wife,
TO secure the payment OF one promissory
note OF even date Herewith in the sum OF
$500 payable sin months after its date, TO
Lewis Bracewell attorney in fact for tho
adolf BracewrlI heirs; which note has been
since assigned to W. J. Keith. Thchold
OF said note requiring him, and default
having been made in the payment OF said
note, the same having long since become
due and payable. the undersigned win, on
Friday. December the I2tli, $40.
at the front door OF the Court House Of
Mason County, West Virginia. sell by way
OF public auction, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following real estate, or 80 much
thereof us may be necessary to pay off said
note with its accrued interest and the costs
attending the sale thereof: One tract Of
land Known as the "Bracewell Farm, sit
uate in WaggenGr District, on the Ohio Ten
Mile Greek, in the County and State afore-
said, and containing abont twenty seven
acres. There il o good dwelling house on
said land, with other buildings necessary
and suitable to the farmers use, and the
Inost OF said land is cleared and under cul-
tivation. CHARLES u. HoGG, :
nov. NV. Trustees.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
SheriR's Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that shall, on
IN Friday, the Hath day Of de-
cemiief, 1870, on the premises OF VIM.
u. Jones, in Union District, Mason county
West Virginia, proceed to sell by way Of
public auction to the highest bidder, for
cash, the following personal property to.
wit: 5 Mich Cows, . Q year old lieifers, j
yearling Bull, Spring Wagon, road
Wagon and double set Of harness, II head
OF Hogs, 500 bushels OF corn, more or less,
burning plows, double shovel plows,
harrow, and lrollcr. shall also, on Mon.
day, the 18th day OF December, 1879, THAT
being the first day Of the December term
OF the County Court proceed to SILL by
way OF public auction the highest bidder,
at the Front Door OF the Court House, the
following property, for cash, viz. Q sorrel
horses and bay mares. All Of the aiore-
said personal property having been levied
on by me rs the property OF Vim. H, Jones'
TO satisfy a tferi fdcias in my hands in favor
OF M. 5. Sebrell against Vim. II. Jones and
others, issued from the Clerks Office Of the
Circuit Court of said county OF Mason
w. d. S0MERYILLE;, Deputy
for c. SEHoN, Sheriff OF Mason Co,
nov. std.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
The Tidy Mousewlfe.

The careful tidy housewife, when
she is giving her house It's spring
cleaning, should bear in mind that
the dear inmates Of her house are
more precious than houses, and that
their systems need cleansing by pn-
rifying the blood, regulating the
stomach and bowels to prevent and
cure the diseases arising from spring
malaria and miasma, and she should
know that there is nothingthat will
do it so perfectly and surely as Hop
Bitters, The purest and best Of all
medicines. See other column.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
seymour for President.

The Washington Post, speaking Of
Gov. Seymour's chance Of election il
nominated by the Democracy says:
Seymour as against Grant could
carry, besides New York, New Jer.
sey, Indiana and the South, Connec.
ticut, California, Oregon, without
doubt, and would render Republican
success in Ohio, Wisconsin and Penn.
sylvania exceedingly problematical.
In New York he would have from
fifty to seventy-fve thousand major.
Ivy. The South would rally to his
support with an enthusiasm which
, would put that, manifested in 1870
fur in the shade. There is some wild
talk nowadays Of Grant "boom'
among the Democrats Of this last
named section. The mere nomina.
ton ofseymour would at once dis.
pei this.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03

Somewhat Of a sensation Is being
created in Maine at this time; but
Governor Garcelon is certainly hold.
ing the fort and keeping his counsel
too. Some sheets like the Cincinnati
Gazette have threatened open rebell-
ion, If the Governor and his council,
who are the legal authorities in the
case, dares 10 unearth the Republi-
can frauds which are too potent to be
overlooked. The shoe ia on the 9TH
er foot now, and pinches dreadfully.
When the Republicans fixed up that
little returning board, they expect
ed, as it had been republican for
many years in the past, SO it would
continue in the future; butt is Dem
ocratic now, and there ia where the
joke comes in. A prominent Repub-
lican journal, the Philadelphia Eren.
ing Telegraph, says of it, that
"Even if the Governor and coun.
Gil should be contemplating the dis
reputable line Of conduct Of which
their opponents charge them, Of
which there is simply noevidence at
all so far, they arc simply about 70
transfer to a Northern State line Of
policy which a few years ago was
pursued with most distinguished
success in certain Southern States
by cliques Of Northern adventures
known as carpet-baggers."
And this course was recommended
by Blaine, Fry & Co., rs all right
then and there. But it does matter
whose OK is gored. Let the chickens
go home to roost.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
Hung.

On the 28th ult., Labe Walker,
was hanged at Wayne Court House,
in this State, in the presence Of
5000 people, for the murder of Pat
Nolan, August 10th, 1878. He was
ayoung man not quite 20 years Of
age The hanging of a boy of his
age is an outrage upon society. He
should have been imprisoned. What
we need in this State is q Reform
School, for such criminals.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
Joining Forces.

The Democrats and Workingmen
are joining forces III California, with
a strong probability of a solid Union
As the two combined have a majority
Of about 10000 over the Republicans
the probability is that that State
will go Democratic next year and
send Democrat to the United States
Senate to succeed the present Repub
lican Senator.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
Extract from Decree. ]

II Is therefore adjudged, ordered and
decrecd, that John j.. Tinms. one OF the
Commissioners Of this Court, do take, state
and rcport,an account, showing, !.
First-Of what real estate the said VII.
liam IIockhart, SRI died, seized and pos.
aessed,
Second-T The value OF the personal prop.
erty he was possessed OF at the time OF his
death, and what disposition has been made
OF the same, or its proceeds, and by whom.
Third-What liens, If any there are, upon
the said real estate, their amounts, et,arac.
ter and priorities.
Fourth-What debts the decedent owed
at tic time Of his death, to whom, their
respective aGlcunts, and how evidenced.
Fifth-What personal estate has come
into the hands Of the Administrator Of the
said William Lockhart, Sr., deceased, and
what disbursements he has made and to
whom, and what the. Indebtedness il, Of
the said estate after applying the said per-
sonal estate to its liquidation, and that he
report any other matter that he may deem
pertinent, or either Of the parties may re-
quire. ~ 80 y ~. s.s.ls =. s,
Parties interested in the above entitled
cause, VIII take notice, that shall, at my
Office in the townof Point Pleasant, Mason
county, West Virginia, on the Both day of
December, 1879, proceed to carry out the
requirements OF said decree, at which time
and place you can attend.
Given under my hand, the day and year
first above written. 7,
JOHN Il. TIMMs, Commissioner.
nov. 26-4w.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
Ago Of Inyention.

This is an age of invention and
progress. Human ingenuity has &c.
complished such wonderful things
in the past, that we are prepared for
almost anything. The latest thing
in this line is the use glass is being
put to, namely, for making railroad
ties. They are now being tested OF.
aroad iaeEngland, and are pfonour;
ced not only cheap, but practically
indestructible. It's made from the
slug Of furnaces.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-03
'Tis Always So.

Just as people become prosperous
and the activities Of business begin
to return, so do many of them engage
in the widest speculation. This is
specially true at this time in New
York and other places, where in a
day rich men are made paupers, and
some poor men are made rich. The
money sharks Of New York virtually
control the business of this country.