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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-19
"A Hill Full Of Reptiles-Tt is a
Railing Big Snake Story From
CnriOuR Knnsns.

Mr.. ]. H. Beeson, the well.known
Central Branch contractor. gave the
Patriots pleasant call this morning
and from'him we learn the uarticu.
lars of the most remarkable snake
story we have heard. Insthe exten.
sion Of the Central Branch road
from Beloit to Cawker City the line
passes through the town Of Glen ri.
der. A short distance from Glen Ell
der on the Solomon river, is a steep
and rocky bluff, about fifty feet high,
a large portion Of which had to be
blasted away to make room for the
road bed. IA few days ago, while the
excavation was in progress, a blast Of
nitro-glycerine caps and giant pow
der tore off an unusually large bart
Of the bluff, and down the declivity
there came writing and rolling a
bunch Of snakes, which Mr.. Beeson
assures us was as large MS q barrel
They were of different varieties. rat
tlesnakes predominatingy' With racers.
adders, garters, etc. When first dis.
turbed from their warm bed they
were active and dangerous, but com.
ing out into the severe cold they
were soon comparatively harmless,
and were killed By the men without
much trouble, or covered up in the
dumpby earth and stone. But this
is very small portion of the story,
Every day and every blast. since tbis
first batch appeared, las brought an.
other huge bundle of rentiles
Every hour d moving. writbino lumn
comes rolling down tbe hills. enly to
separate atlthe foot, and what escane
the laborer's pick and shovel, crawl
off to get covered M in the dunn
Thousands Of them have been nm.
earthed and killed. and every bl;lst
brings thousands moro, far riyaline
in nnmher Tho f,mo,. snaLo 5"n e
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The Uusury Bill-Capt. Gum.

This bill is now up in, the Legis.
lature. Capt. Gum has made the
following speech in opposition to it.
1.-The vote on the motion to indefn-
itely postpone, was 81 for, and "a
against. If this vote is an index of
the strength Of its friends, it may
pass the house, but will doubtless be
lost in the Senate. If it should pass
both housesthe Governor may yetoit.
Capt. Gum said:
l have listened with surprise to
the speeches Of the gentlemen who
favor this bill, althoughlawyers they
have studiously avoided discussing
any section or claim of the bill, SO
much so that if the bill was not up.
on the tables of the members they
could not tell anything about its pro-
visions except that twas n usury bill
copied from the Code Of Virginia, of
1860, that it is proper because itcame
from that great Commonwealth, that
it was the production of her great
statesmen. Let me remind the gen:
tlemen that her great statesmen and
jurists opposed it as unSuited to the
enlightened age in which they lived,
of whom Conway Robinson was one.
They said that the old rule under
which man who lent 500 at an in
terest Of a dollar more than legal in
terest, was to lose not only that dol
lar but the hundred which he actual.
ly parted with, was now very gener-
ally exploded.
Mr. Robinson and his distinguish.
ed associates reported and recon-
mended bill providing for the for
feiture of the illegal interest only,
land claimed that it was more equita.
bic, better calculated to diminish lit.
igation, and conducting more to The
welfare of the State, but the legisla.
tors elected from thecountry as mem.
bers Of o the House refused to
adopt the bill recommended by this
committee of great men, and the
stringent usury law Of 1919 was
adopted and borne for a time, but has
since been stricken from her statutes,
and a law similar to that favored by
Conway Robinson enacted. You are
asked today to adopt this old, obso.
lete, discarded statute Of Virginia.
that was denounced by her great
statesmen and great jurists. The
friends Of the bill say let capital
leave the State. If you legislate
capital out of the State You stop all
manufactures, paralyze all indus.
tries, and as consequences, the la.
boring man must leave the State or
starve. This bill will have the effect
Of robbing the estates of dead men,
of filing your courts with litigants;
it offers n premium on perjury and
provides to pay rascal for his own
villainy, | trust that however you
may determine, as to the forfeiture
Of the whole amount of money loan.
cd, that it will not be bestowed as a
premium to the borrower who pleads
it.
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The AmcndetI Gnme Law.

The following amendment to the
game law was passed at the present
session of the Legislature. Magis-
trates and other citizens should see
thatit is strictly enforced. II enacts
that it shall be unlawful for any per-
son in any place to catch, kill or in
jure, or pursue withsuc intent, any
quail or Virginia partridge, between
the first day of February and the
.thi[tY-firft dnY af fftRRfIl iDflpfiyFl
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Commissioners Sale or Real Els.
tate in Mason County.

IN . .s . .
n pursuance Oi the terms OF decree Of
!. the Circuit Court Of Mason county, rem.
dered on the 10th day Of April, 1877, in
Chancery cause therein pending, wherein
Jerimiah Yeager, Assignee OF james Cape
hart, Executor, &C., were plaintiffs, and
and Benjamin P. Byram's Administrator
q. ais, were defendants, /, the undersigned
Special Commissioner shall ON the 18th
day Of March, 1870, sell at public
auction at the front door Of the Court
House Of Mason county, the following
tracts or parcels ofland. One tract contain.
ing l5O acres, and the other tract contain
ing 800 acres, more or less, or so much Of
either OF said tracts, as will pY otfand dis
charge the balance due upon said decree
lien, interest, and costs, and the costs Of
sale, The Town OF Byramsville will notbe
sold, II the residue Of said land will pay of
the balance due upon said decree.
TERMS OF SALE:
Qnp;tlird cash in hand and the residue
npon,a credit OF six and twelve months,
taking from the purchaser bonds withgood
security with interest from day OF sale for
the deferred installments, and retaining
the title as n further security.
69 e W. II. T0MI,INS0N,
feb. Paw. Special Commissioner.
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debt, Which such ~ improvement
would entail, would be as nothing
comlased Niih the benefits and com
forts which il would produce; and j
a decentand respectable wharf is not
or shouldnot be a consideration 0
the fist magnitude, with illageI
and towns relying wholly and ex
clusiyelgi as our does, upon naviga
tion as means Of communication
and as well Of travel and traffic
then there is no enterprise or i'm
proyemcnt which is worth a passing
notice. Of The hundreds of citizens
who have crossed through this mud
pool dAring the winter, 10 boart
a steamboat for a distant point, Or Of
an equal number perhaps, in return.
ing home, who have been obliged t.
wade through the same pool, there
b has not been a dozen perhaps who
. have nSI expressed the thought, Of
entertained the opinion, that such 4
wharf Vas a disgrace to our town.
II has been suggested that under
existing circumstances, it would be
necessary to procure legislative &c
ton to remove some impediments be
fore steps could be taken by the Cor
porate authorities, in The making Of
such improvement, If such be the
case, then why not while it is YET
time, and Qthe legislature being still
in session. seek the passage Of such
9 bill as the emergency Of the case
may require, and thus ihaugurate q
movement which will in the near flu
ture, remove from our midst the
greatest nuisance and most serious
Inconvenience with which, for a
least four months in the year. We are
continuously surroundcd2
# for eighteen months, or two
years past, taxpayers have wit
messed The improyident expenditure
Of their money in the employment
q, labor to pull grass, and pick chips
and stone, tin-pans, broken bottles
bats and "Chanie" from tn,
cutters, to be thrown into the mid
die Of the public streets, thence in
short time,to be kicked back BY tn,
feet Of horses, to the, cutters from
which they we're taken, Surely
they will at this time be accorded the
poor privilege of raising their voice
in the abatement Of a nuisance
which is absolutely little less than 0
disgrace to the community.
. = II
Since the present seems to be an
era in which issues are quite popu
lar, might il not be well to make the
subject Of a decent ,chatf partake o.
such at the approaching Municipal
election. As a taxpayer, owning
an averaged amount of property, on
such aquestion ] record my vote in
favor of an Improvement in the
wharf at our public landing, and in
this wise, in my judgment, secure
the greatest good TO the greatest mum
Der, CITIZEN.
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Commissioners Sale Of Real Els.
tate.
Henry ]. Fisher
James NJ. Stevens. d. al.

UdllcS Nl' StCNGils, ~, W,
In Chancery in the Circuit Court OF Mason
ALL County, West Virginia:
DY virtue Of decree rendered in the
ID above entitled cause on the 2lst day.of
October, 1878, /, the undersigned special
commissioner, appointed for that purpose
by said decree, shall on Monday the
Eth day of March, 1879, at public
auction, at the front door Of the Court
House OF said county, sell the following
real estate, orso much thereof as may be
necessary to pay the debt, interest and
costs adjudged, ordered and decreed in said
decree TO be due from the said defendant
Stevens to said Fisher - il7t
One hundred 400 acres Of land situated
on the head waters OF the Ohio Sixteen
Mile Greek in said county OF Mason, a part
OF which land Is cleared and under fence
and hos thereon a small plank dwelling
house and a horse stable. 9fif
TERMS OF SAl.E:-Cash in hand as to
SS7.S7 with interest thereon from October
the 2lst 1873 and the costs OF this; and OIL a
credit until April the LIST 1879 as to Twenty
Seven (2D Dollars; on a credit Of one wear
from April LIST lS79as to Twenty Seventeen
dollars; on credit OF two yearsfrom April
LIST 1873 to Twenty Seven (27) dollars
and on a credit of.three wears from April
the LIST 1873 as to -Four Hundred and Sew
enty Seven (l77) dollars, The purchaser
or purchasers to give bond with approved
security for the payment OF the deferred
installments Of money and the legaltitoto
said land to beretained as q further secur.
ity-therefor.
CHARLES E. lHoGG5
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Patrons ofHnsbandry.I

pLEASE take notice that the Mason County Pomona
l Grange will meet at Leon on the first Thursday
9th day in March, The Master Of every subordinate
in the County will please see that his Grange Is repre-
sented at that meeting, question that interests the
whole County alike will be submitted for action at that
meeting M "a. b. ALEXANDER. Sec.
feb. I2-3w MoEiroR please copyl
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TRUSTEES SALE OF yALU.
able Real Estate in Cooper
IS District. .,assa

pY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
ID executed to the undersigned Trustee,
by Y. b. Horton, Jr., on the 10Th day OF
September, 1874, and duly OF record in the
Mason County Court Clerks Office, in
Trust Deed Book No. ., folios 1902, &C., to
secure to Thomas Gibbs and James r.
Raybnrn, certain notes therein described,
aud assigned by said Gibbs and R,Wburn
To R. l.. Winkleblack, and default having
been made by saidoHorton in the pa, ment
Of the last note in said trust deed mention.
ed and described, for one thousand and
fifty dollars, with interest thereon from the
LIST Of September, 1874, and having been
requested by said Winkleblack to make
sale Of the property in said Deed mention
ed, Ishall proceed to sell by way OF public
auction, at the front door Of the Court
Houseof said Mason county, West Virgin.
ia, On Saturday. the 22d day Of
February, 1873, the tract OF land in
said deed of trust described, containing
.4OS acres. About SO acres OF the above
tract Of land is cleared, and The whole Of it
is subject to a high state Of cultivation.
Terms OF Sale, CASH on the Spot.
JOHN L. TINIAIs, Trustee.
jan. saw
n. u. a
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-19
Town Election.

THERE will be an election held at the Court House
on the Third Saturday, Che 18th day Of March
next, to choose Mayor a Recorder, Seargent and
SIX Councilmen for the Town Of Point Pleasant West
Virginia. to serve the ensuing year
BY Order 81 Council made Tits 18th day February,
1879 NJ. H. HALE, Recorder.
feb fo-lw .glf[LFIH-
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The Legislature seems to be labor.
ingunderaseyere attack of "rotrench-
ment and reform" This State never
did pay its public servants, with q
few exceptions, decent salaries, and
we don't think any reductions are
demanded BY the people.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-19

But two locks Of George Washing
tons hair are known to he in exis-
tence. One is owned and kept in a
golden urn by the Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts,, and the other has just
been presented to Lodge No. 4, A. F.
and A. NJ, ofRichmond, which is the
Tt0dga in Whirh WRFhinGtpn was in
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-19

lIeapNht OH tnc rt'Ae IN psaun pslt ana upon
attachment.
The Object Of this suit Is 10 obtain
judgment agaiusl The defendant ior S9S. 50
and to attach and subject the personal q.
tate oithe defendant g the payment oithes
same. And it appearing from IN affidavit
fled, that the defendant is d nonresident
of the State Of West Virginia, on motion OF
the plaintiff, by Counsel, it Is ordered that
the said defendant, John Wright, do ~.
pear in the Clerks 0fficcaforesaid, al Rules
to be held in said Office, on the first Mon.
day Of March next, and do what is ncces.
sary to defend his interest in said suit.
,Q5 A Copy 1'este: n'ff
]. P r. B. SMITH, CLERK,
w :, BY Jos. H. HOLLOWAY, Deputy.
J. " English, pa.
jan. l9-fw. m 3Sl
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Theological students reason that il
there be counterfeit money, there
must be genuine; so, if there be inf
dels; there must also be christians
If this be true of money and relig.
ion, will not the same rule apply 10
put up" medicines2 Do not the
cheap and worthless nostrums prove
that there.are gennine-and meritori-
Gus put up medicines The great
popularity of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discoveryhas resulted in the
manufacture of many shoddy altera-
tive and onicremedies, butone after
another these have disappeared, the
proprietors having found that, no
matter how loud they advertise, sue.
cess depends upon merit. In South
America, as well as in this country,
tho Discovery is the standard remedy
for all scrofulous and eruptiye dis
eases. 1t acts promptly on the stom.
ach, liver, and blood, toning up, reg.
ulating, and purifying the system
1t speedily allays allbronchial irri.
tation, and cures the most stubborn
cough or cold in half the time re.
quired by any other remedy. 2"
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Some of our exchanges are very
much opposed to the proposed change
in-our judiciary system, and argue
that it will be unsatisfactory and ex-
pensive to the people, We don't
know enough about it to express an
opinion. Well have our say when
it is submitted to the people.
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A Warming to Blasphemcrs.

The Charleston Greenback League
and Courier gives the following &C.
count of the punishment Of a bias
phcmer. 1t says: ga colored man
living near Maiden, in this county,
who for long time boasted Of an ut,
ter disregard for his Maker, thus ac-
curing the reputation of being a
most blasphemons character, recent.
ly profaned the name ofthe Supreme
Being for such a considerable time,
that his tongue, cleaving to the roof
of his mouth, ceased its working,
leaving him speechless. His condi.
tion for seven days passed has been
ola most torturing character, it being
impossible for him to eat, speak or
sleep. Physicians attending him re-
gard their efforts to restore or even
relieve him as entirely hopeless.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-19
Cattle Prol,ibition.

Information has been received in
this country, to the effect that the
British government has issued an
order forbidding live cattle from the
United States to land at any Of her
ports afterthe 2Sth Of this month";
lfthis decree is enforced against
American cattle it will cause much
loss to cattle dealers, and will be a
hardship to many farmers in this
county,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-19

Many Of the bodies of those who
died of yellow fever last summer
have been taken up and removed to
other localities, which has caused
considerable sickness in certain 10.
calities, and it is feared the germs Of
the yellow fever have not been DIES.
troyed and that next summer it will
again become epidemic. '.a1-
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Notice Id Tressnnssersl

A IL persons arc hereby warned against hunting,
a drifting or otherwise tresSpassing upon my lands
without my consent, as all persons SO doing WILDE dealt
LII
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eB~The above sale is postponed until
Saturday, the 10Th day of March, 1879.
JOHN L, TIMMS, Trustee
feb. 10th, 4w.
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RANKIN WILEY, JR.,
Z feb la-4w, Trustee.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-05

DeStFuctlVe ftro tm Anh~u0f county
lone, August 4th.-Extensive
fires are raging in the chaparral
near here, destroying miles of fenc-
| ing, numerous buildings and hun
dreds of acres of pasturages Great
efforts have been made to fight the
fire, but 1t continues under full
headway, and has been increasing
in fierceuess for the last three days.
Charles Walker, young man. was
sunstruck to-day while fighting the
fire at Casper Lambert's ranch.
| Many buildings and large quanti-
ties of hay and other crops are In
great peril. The fire is very near
lone, and the citizens expect to be
obliged to fight hard tonight to
save the town.
shot for Stealing Chickens.
MARYsvILLE, August 4th.-For
several nights past chickens have
been stolen from different citizens.
Last evening, just before midnight,
r. w. Shelton heard some person
in his chicken-hOuse, which had
been robbed of 10 hens two nights
before. He took his shotgun, went
outside and found ChiDamaD taxi
ing some of the chickens. The
Chinaman refused to obey sum-
mons to surrender, and Shelton
shot him dead. The Coroner's jury |
to day exonerated Shelton from
blame.
susrO Branch Tunsei Bcgun-WO.
mems WALKING Match.
VIRGINIA, August 4th.-Work
was resumed to day In the south
lateral branch of the Butro tunnel.
Mr.. Sutro says he is about to start
Two mills for the Company, and
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-05

will soon have 800 to 400 men en-
pioyed.
Madame Tourtellet and Bertha
Won Berg are engaged In six-dsy
match for $500 side, at Pirer's
Opera House. 1t commenced ut !
A. NJ. to-day. The score at present
l small.
Russ In si.ktyOu CUuaty-aras S.
hoppers.
YREKA, August 4th.-Rust has
made its appearance on nearly all
the late-sown grain In Scott Val
ley, and will lessen the yield coz
siderably.
Grasshoppers have made their
appearance in Shasta Valley In
great numbers, but are too late to
do much damage.
The weather is extremely hot.
Three Apostles tn TrouOie.
SALT LAKE, August h.-To.
day John Taylor satisfied Brig
hams heiis by giving indemnify
ing bonds TO the amount of $500,
QUO, and thus escapes imprison-
ment. George q. Cannon, Brigham
Young aud Albert Darlington have
not been so fortunate. Mormon
moneyed men, who have usually
helped Church leaders out of diff
culties, refuse to go on the bonds
of these -dignitaries, and it now
looks as though the decision of the
Court would be carried out, and the
three apostles be consigned tt
prison.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-05
FOR EIcN.
The carIH.

The CarIH
PARIS, August 4.-The President
of the Tariff Committee stated that
the tariff might be discussed and
voted on before the end of the
year.
ssnsus Of rhirrs 90 be Unveiled.
PARIS, August 4th. Members of
the Ministry, Senators and Depu-
ties. Jules Simon and many Others
have left for Nancy to participate
in the unveiling Of the statue of
Thlers.
ss,paIasioHs oGtne treaty OF Berlin
FuiHIted,
BERLIN, August 4th.-it is said
that Russia has already issued, or
is about to issue, q note to the
Powers, claiming credit of fulfill
ing her engagements under the
Treaty of Berlin, and arguing that
pressure should be used to obtain
the fulfillment of other parts of the
treaty.
Atsacs- LORRAINE.
BERLIN, August 4th.-The new
law relative to the administration
of Alsace-I I.orraine goes into force
October lst.
Re.eiecsed 40 the Reiehsteg,
BERLIN, August 4fh.-Herr Won
Luclus, the new Minister of Agri-
culture, has been reelected to the
Reichstag from Erfurt. He has
started for London.
Senate ana Assembly PrOrogued.
VERSAILLES, August 4th.-The
Senate and Assembly are prorogued
and will reasse mble in Paris the
25th of November or lst of Decem-
ber.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-05

extreme his partizanship, can have
failed, during the past fourteen
years, to devote many a mournful
reflection to the inconsiderateness
and precipitation Of his party in
dealing with the people of the
South. 1t Is matter calling for
grateful national recognition, in
stead of vindictive party misrepre-
sentation, that since the adoption
of the new policy, outrage and vio-
Ience upon the part of the people
OF the South towards the negro
has become gratifyingly infre-
quent.
In considering this Southern
question another important fact
should not be forgotten. Those
of the Southern States which
first recovered their right Of
local self government were the
first to treat the negro in genial
and humane manner. Georgia Is
q notable example Of this fact. 1t
was the first of the Commonweaths
which had been waging war
against the United States to recov.
er its State government. Georgia
is to-day one of the most peaceable
| States in the American Union;
and, withal. one of the most pros.
porous. We challenge the produc.
ton of O we'll authenticated case OF
outrage against the negro, as a col
ored man, in Georgia, In the last
ten years. The black there is hap
py and contented. He earns fair
wages and takes his ease under bis
own vine and fig tree, with no one
to make him afraid. There was a
remarkable instance of the comfy
which has grown up between the
two races, the radical marplots be-
ing now powerless for evil, in At
lanta, the other day. The circum'
stance was a religious one, but all
the more significant. on that &C.
count. A colored young woman
was being baptized, and United
States Senator John B. Gordon
stood up as her sponsor, just as be
would for any young white lady ol
his acquaintance.
OF course, it suits the purpose o.
a portion of the American people
we are glad to know that 1t is Q
small minority-to rekiDdle the
fires of race hatred. These people
would care nothing though the
whole South should be made o
bowling wilderness, characterized
by a desolation as great as thai
which Edmund Burke SO graphical
ly described as existing in the Car
natic, after the swoop through it Of
Hyder Ali and his still more feroc.
ious son, Tippoo Saib, il only there
by the Republican ascendancy
should be perpetuated in this coun
try. But fair minded Republicans
who are not blinded by the adder
virus of partizan hate, think differ
emily. There is a percentage o
that party, besides, who still cher
J ish the thorough going American
doctiine that it is not good tha
4 one party should possess power to-
long. The bloody shirt" refrain
will possess no charms for this con
servative and patriotic element.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-05

STATE SENATOR,
3. ~. SANFORD .-...~-.....of Los Nietos