The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-01-21

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will be forced to place themselves on
the record with these measures as
part of the issues Of the Presidential
campaign,-Er.
State Items.
There is not tin.smith shop in
Writ county.
kanawha county, at recent term
of the Circuit Court, sent II prison.
ers to the Moundsville Penitentiary.
The New Dominion has greatly i'm.
proved May it continue to prosper
as it deserves.
The Fayetteville Enterprise has
been moved from Fayetteville to Coal
Valley, on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad.
Since the organization of the Red
Men in our State, those who sow
wild oats" are in danger of reaping
Il crop of hemp.
All the grape growers Of West yir-
| sinia are requested to send their adj
dresses to the department Of Agricul-
tnre at Washington city, in order
that they may receive a list Of ques-
lions relative to The methods en-
ployed and the results obtained.
The following is a synopsis of the
Red Men outrage in Jackson county,
taken from the Jackson Herald OF a
recent date: "Some twelve or fifteen
men rode into Cottageville, jackson
county, few days ago and called up.
on DR.. John l.allance, whom they
took from the store of Mccoy & Doug
lass. They took the doctor about
one hundred yards down the creek,
trussed him up to a tree and thrash
ed him. They then warned him to
sober up and stopabusing his family.
When they were taking the doctor
out Of the town aJustice of the Peace
came up, but was instantly seized by
two Of the men while a third pre-.
scented q revolver to his face and
warned him not to interfere or he
would also be attended to. Nofurth-
er violence was offered the officer,
however, and he was permitted to
leave"
The United States Supreme Court
has laid down the law as to the re-
sponsibility Of employers for the lives
and limbsof their workmen. They
must not expose them to perils which
can be guarded against, and if the
servant reports defective or unsafe
machinery, the master becomes re-
sponsible if the repair or restoration
is not promptly made. The doctrine,
familiar to English courts, that the
acts Of q superior officer or workman
under corporation are as those Of
the employer, and the latter is re.
sponsible for negligence involving
disastrous results.was affirmed. The
case was that of q railroad engineer
who lost his lilo while saving his
passengers from an accident. the re-
suit of a defect in bis engine, to
which he called the attention of the
master mechanic. His widow sued
the railroad, the Texas and Pacific;
for $4,000, but was ruled out of
court in Texas. The lady will prob.
ably be more successful on the re.trial
which has been ordered. -Ezchange.
The Supreme Court of Appeals
convened in Charleston last Wednes-
day. A large amount of business is
reported on the docket, which will
protract the session till in next
month.
A most horrible death of a young
merchant in Delaware, from that
most terrible of all diseases, hydro
phobia, is reported by the papers.
1t is suggested now that in all ca.
scs, where there is any difference Of
opinion, that reference for final set
Element be made to the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court of Maine, Gibbonswill
vote for this, We know
Nearly four thousand bills have
been introduced in Congress thisycs-