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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15
Gno. W. Tzp9z7r, Editor.
clerk Of The senate.

II is rumored that Hon. II. R.
Howard will be candidate for
Clerk of the next State Senate. We
hope it is true. There is no man in
the State better fitted for this posi-.
ton than Mr.. Howard. He has had
considerable experience in Lcgisla.
tive business. He is in every way
competent. He is quick and correct,
splendid reader, with strong voice,
and besides is a social and agreeable
gentleman. We hope it may be the
pleasure Of the Senate to elect him
gas,wo belieyoiitswill. He,should re.
ceiyo the solid support Of the third
district. ~
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[WhecIing Register.l ii. -

Wheeling Register.] roo aa
When the Legislature has put the
new Court machinery into operation,
which is provided under the Costitu-
tional amendments, it's work in this
connection will only be just begun.
If it should stop there we will have
another wall over the Court system,
in comparison with which, the late
wall over the County Courts furnish
es but u week illustration! Bad.
We have heretofore shown that
the costs of prosecuting the most in
significant case in in the Circuit
Court-the smallest case of which
that Court has jurisdiction-will
amount to within fraction of 1913. 90.
Therefore, to invoke the jurisdict.
ion of u Circuit Court, with its costly
machinery, to settle a case involving
twenty, or fifty, Or even an hundred
dollars, is like employing a locomo.
tive to haul u dog-cart. 1t would
@cost more than it comes to-"
But the Circuit Court is now the
only court whichthe system supplies
for the litigant. We say the only
oourt-not forgetting the JUSTICES
Court-becauso practically all cases
will end in the Circuit Court, just Us
all Justices cases have heretofore
ended in the County Court. l9a
1t is not a question of choice be-
tween a Justices Court and II Circuit
Court, because either party, has a
right to take the other into the Cir
cult Court, although the Justices
Court has been chosen in the first
instance, And u party whobelievos
he is right, will not be convinced
that he is wrong by the Judgment of
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15
A Discouraging Report From the
West.
months.

A Subscriber" writing to the Graf.
ton Sentinel from Marysville, Mar
shall county, Kansas, presents a
rather gloomy picture of affairs in
that State. He says that in some
portions many people are starving.
In this section the corn crop is ex-
cellent, but that it will be largely re-
quired to pay doctor bills, and adds:
"There has been u great deal Of sick.
ness here this fall. Tho malarial
fever and diptheria ragged here with
terrible effect, both being epidemic
and very fatal. In my own family
the chills and fever carried off a babe;
and there were six other burials the
same day in the Marysvillc cemetery
besides that of my child. The day
before there were also seven. This
large number of deaths being caused
by q sudden and severe change in
the weather"
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a Justice. ,Ifbe knows heis wrong,
he will be allthe more ready to take
advantage ofhis right Of appeal to
the Circuit Court, because pndersthe
amendment, that Conrt will be so
crowded with petty cases that it
will be next 10 impossible for iti-
giant, tolget his case heard. 1t will
operate as a kind Of stay law for the
man who desires TO postpone his
honest obligations.
This will make the operation Of
the new system very hard in those
counties where nearly all cases in
volve but small sums. 1t will not
DO so in Ohio and some other coun.
ties, but in the majority of the coun-
ties Of the State ii will be regarded
as very bnrdensome unless the ex.
pense Of litigation in the Circuit
Courts can Be curtailed. II was to
meet this very difficulty that an in.
tcrmediate court, between the JUS
tices, and the Circuit Court, was pro.
vidcd by the Constitution in the
form Of a County Court, and it was
not because this intermediate court
was not needed, but because it
was inefficient in itself that it be-
came Objectionable.
Now, Therefore, we say that since
this intermediate court has been
abolishedandpo substitute provided,
and the Cicuit Courts have been
made the only alternative for the
litigant, it will become a monstrous
burden to the peopleof a majority Of
the counties of the State to depend
upon court in which it will cost
more to litigatea case than the aver
age amount which a majority Of the
cases will involve. 1t will be equiv
alent to closing the courts to a ma
.jority of the people Of the State.
What, therefore, is u remedy for
this situation? H.. rrf
Evidently it is with the Legisla-
ture. Aud still more evident is it
that the remedy to be found is in re-
ducing the cost of litigation in the
Circuit Court. Even were the situa-
tion different, there ought to be re-
form here, It is unnecessary, it is
unjust, it is oppressive to subject the
parties in an Insignificant case to
$500 cost in the Circuit Court. II
can be reduced without difficulty
1t can be done without any injury
whatever to these tribunals. 1t
can even be made ameansof improv-
ing and cxpediting the machinery
ofthese courts, 1t ought TO have
been done fifty years ago. And we
shall take occasion, at another time,
to point out by how easy and simple
a process the great reform can be eff
fecled. .eA
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15
John Kei,ay,s Defeat.

The action of Mayor Cooper, of New
York, in sending to the Board Of AL
derman the name Of Allan Campbell
in place of John Kelly for comptroller
will take no one by surprise. For
some days past it was evident that
Mr., Kelly's only hope was III his abil-
ity to prevent the confirmation Of the
mayors appointment and thereby
throw the matter over TO the incom.
ing mayor, who is Mr.. Kclly's earnest
friend. Yesterday, however, this
meagre hope was dissipated and John
Kelly will now be permitted toretire
to private life. Whatever opinion
may exist in New York touching this
question the manner gifts settlement
will be received with satisfaction by
the Democracy Of the country. The
Democratic masses outside of the
great metropolis will rejoice at the
defeat of the Tammany leader. To
his ill-adyised conduct is attributed
in great measure the defeat Of the
Democratic party in the late disas'
trous contest.
The National Democracy are tired
Of the incessant broils which mark
the history ofthe party in New York.
In that city private greed and per,
sonal ambition have taken the place
of party fidelity, and men seem to
have thought more Of individual ag.
grandizement than of party success.
Of course it will be good thing for
the Democratic brethren in that 10.
eality to harmonic their differences
as quickly as possible, but in doing
SO they must not lose sight of the i'm.
pertant fact that they form only q
small part of the National Democra
cy, and must give up the notion o.
ruling or running the Democratic or.
ganization. For some time past the
tail has wagged the dog, but the
period has at last arrived when this
abnormal state of things must cease
and the dog must be permitted tc
wag his own tail. In the future
struggles of the party the general
welfare of the whole organization
will be taken into account, and the
Democracy of New York must bear
in mind that victory can only be
achieved by union in tho ranks and
discreet leadership in the manage
ment Of the eampaign.-Er
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

What is supposed TO be q silver or
gold mine deposit, has been discover
cd few miles west Of Webb's. Mills
on the South Fork of Hughes River
in this county. A shaft is being
put down by some ofourown citizens
and two men from other parts Of this
State-thoy have gone down some
60 feet, and up 10 this time. their
prospects for silver or gold is said TO
be NRlLering. -RAehic Dim.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

Speaking ofthis thing Of usurious
interest we would like to know by
what Constitutional right the State
of West Virginia is permitted to
charge IL per cent interest on un'
paid taxes, and compounded at that?
In one sense the State is "no better
than any other man:" that is, when
it comes to a matter of a debt owing
to it for any reason, whether taxes or
fines or unpaid collections by the Of
tficers. 1t does not seem reasonable,
even though it may be legal, that if
A owes the State taxes and does not
pay them when due, the State may
charge him II per cent interest,
whilst if A owes B the same amount
for goods or money loaned B shall not
demand or receive greater rate Of
interest than 6per cent under penal
ty. Such legislation seems to- be in
tensely special and somewhat vindi-
ctive. 1t would seem perhaps Just
us reasonable to punish q man with
imprisonment at hard labor for fail
ure to pay taxes; as to impose an
onGrous and unconscionable money
penalty under the guise of interest.
This is the 999th matter Of our legis-
lators to look into. Either abolish
the usuary laws or withdraw the
State from the odious position Of be.
ing the only legalizcd Shylock.-Ra'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15


The work Of arranging a cabinet
for Mr.. Garfield continues active all
over the country. The latest effort
in this direction has been made by
the Chicago Inter- Ocean, which invi-
ted the views Of its readers on the
subject. Responses were received
from all except three States, and a
summary shows that for Secretary Of
State General Grant appears to be
the first choice. Secretary Sherman
was Endorsed by large number for
his present position, but there was a
strong opposition manifested against
Conkling, Blaine and Logan. The
names Of Morton, Window, Fred
Douglass and Hayes were also men
toned. From such a wealth Of
names, Endorsed by "the people"
there is little doubt that Mr.. Garfield
will have no difficulty in selecting a
cabinet. In considering the matter
the colored friend and brother should
not be ignored by the Mentor states.
man. wa
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15
4 synopsis Of The presidents
NJ Message.

has been accomplished in the direct
ion Of reforms he promised in the
opening of his administration. Ele.
walton of tone and efficiency in all
branches Of The service are claimed
by him.
He recommends the extension Of
the Presidentialterm tosix years, and
making the President ineligible to a
second term.
The subject Of finances receives
considerable attention. And he says
they are in a healthy condition. He
recommends a still further funding of
the national debt and the complete
contraction and destruction Of the
greenback or legal tender notes, r
The success in the management Of
Indian affairs is regarded as signal
and most important.
The success Of negotiations with
the Government of China upon the
subject Of restricting immigration of
citizensof that Empire is announ-
ced. IL s,s is
Attention is called to the failureto
provide money to enforce the nation
al election laws, and his position in
regard to this matter is again set
forth at length. .,5m aas
The completion of the Washing
ton Monument is referred to briefly.
He treats at some length upon the
fisheries, and states that the Glad
stone ministry has receded from the
position taken by that Of Beacons-
field, and the new Minister Of For
eign Affairs, Earl Granville, reopen
ed the correspondence, taking the
ground that the local laws of the Do
l
minion could not override the provis-
ions of the treaty; whereas the Bea-
consfeld Ministry had insisted that
the local laws were superior to the
treaty, or at least the treaty must be
Interpreted by them, Earl Granville
proposes a commission 10 adjust the
claims Of American fishermen, grow
ing out Of the attacks upon them at
Fortune Bay.
He calls attention to, the recon.
mendation of the mail subsidy made
by Secretary Thompson and the Post
master General in their reports, as
means Of the revival of American
mercantile marine, but does not press
the, subject very vigorously.
He :renews his recommendation
that Congress shall enact some law
to relieve the pressure Of business
in the Supreme Court, which is now
largely in arrears. W ,
He adheres to his former opinions
in regard to the need of more Cir
cult Judges, and the necessity of an
intermediate court Of errors and up,
peals.
He is still blinded with the illu-
sion that the colored man is denied
his rights in the South, and asks
Congress to pass the necessary legis-
lation to reach the case. g..
He takes strong grounds against
the crime of polygamy in Utah and
recommends legislation concerning
it.
The Message is unusually long,
and is very fair State document,
and has been but little criticised by
the press of the country. Some his
recommendations it would be well
for Congress to ignore entirely.
ID
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

The Huntington Advcntser wants
the Legislature to provide for com.
prehensive survey of a general sys-
TEN of roads reaching the Braxton,
Webster region and also'the Logan,
Wyoming and Mercer county sect
ion, all to be uilt.by the State as
rapidly as practicable, with a view
to openingthestate to settlement. It
argues that the true way to get i'm
migration is to build good roads
(pikes) through the bowling wilder.
ness part of the State and better roads
than we now have in all sections
thereof. All of which is good in the
ory and goodin practice. -
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

The results of,the census will not
be tabulatAd until the Goth inst
Something's the matter with the
Iowa districts. Mr.. Cox expects the
total returns Of population will be
about 100000.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

2 The Tyler County Star says that
subscriptions are being made for the
preliminary survey Of tho Martins.
vile, Middlebonrne and Pennsboro
Railroad project. itl li-.,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

The bullion shipments from Lead
vile, during November, amounted
IN value to 81 ,QG2 GOO.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15
NOTICE.

n r. ~ NOTICE.
r HEREBY. give notice that have enter
| ed into co-partnership with J. NJ. Pur-
den, inthe Butchering business. Thefrm
will be known as Kimberling& Purden.
All persons indebted to me, are request,
ed to call and settle al, once. p - :.
dcc.s-4w. Z T. T.. KIMBERLING. 4
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

Mr. E. D. ludwig continues to
locate an occasional Swiss colony in
thcShue. He has been lately, select
ing location for a new colony up in
the wilds Of Nicholas county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

There has been a glut in the APP
pie cropin New Jersey and the curl.
Gus sight is presented Of groves of
leaaes trees weighed down withfruit.
The cutters of towns and villages are
running in apple,jaek and hogs Of
both species are swilling like mad,
Since the deccase Of the county
court the thoughts of some of our at
torneys have taken serious turn.
AtIeast that's the way we construed
it when we saw one reading the
Bible the other day-sand, actually
quoting passages from it.-Parkers-
IbNra Sentinel. esln ~ n.1rr F'7.r-S
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

The Pittsburgh Post suggests that
iflGfant should happen to die about
the time the proceeds Of The S250;00O
fund was ready to be paid over 10
the Oldest exiPresident living, we
can imagine the amount Of cheerful
ness that would possess the contribu.
tors in handing the check to Ruther-
ford, who promises to live to be about
Il hundred.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

Van Matre is making bid for re-
nomination for Mayor on the Whis.
ky ticket. He has made an excell-
ent officer (2) and should be re-nom-
mated by all means. (?) The well
fare of the town requires that he
should be elected again. ~ We
make no charge for this announce
ment. Professional courtesy forbids
US doing SO. sga er1 Il
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

The bill just passed both houses Of
the Vermont Legislature makes any
place of resort where liquor is sold or
given away or where gambling is al
lowed, nuisance, and the place is
shut up, the keeper being fined from
500 to 5000 and imprisoned for three
months. ---------.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

= The New York Tribune has been
making up q table Of the popular
vote for President, which drops about
1900 on sthe estimated plurality
claimed for Garfeld.by the Chicago
Tribune. 1t gives him only 768 votes
oyer. Hancock. If this is all the
Tribune can muster for Garfield in
advance of the official count, we can
'set.it down as certain that Hancock''s
plurality will be several thousand,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15
MEvV STORE.
Mrs. G. +. Hess.

pEsPECTTULLY announces to the pub
IL lie that she has just received from
some Of the best Houses at Cincinnati a
lot-of Goods'expressly for the ". ~ ! 4.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-15

farming population viii bring it,,
Something to sell and to be carried
Eill make the railr0ad q necessity,
and at the SAND time furnish the
means TO build IL. w. 81
Our State is poor, backward and
unprogrcssive, simply because the
land ow ners don't develop il; because
they ptdduceisimp What they con-
sumo and have nothing to sell; in q
word, because The real Sampson Of
every States industrial andtproduc.
tive system, the agricultural inter
ests, are undevloped, sunpofductiye
and neglected in West Virginia.
Wheeling Register.
The.yeas 1881 is very promising
to astronomers. There will be two
eclipses of the sun and two of the
moon during the year, and u@No.
yenber 9Th there will be a transit Of
Mercury. The planet Saturen will
also be, so improved in position that
affair study Of the rings can he made.
At the present time the planet pre-
snnce I be ai N the r;pss il family
visible with u power Of $50 diameters.
There will be comets enough to keep
a will.be iM noribeI;sn On S5nd ofJanu.
w. ~ "a i - Nnna 49, ~ Egcte,s will
pass:lt ;penhellon.EEs,
n. p;asa,,s c,rISa, TAfod;oai Nc.
~ ,eloe oU.ao I;nd of .S,, n,r
s " eu, os.t es so.3rn I - tba on,a
mon, r Si'e n %o' or s sC " Wv s
mon up p.1lt u e.Is' e,,ro
I, t ~ ~ 9iN 9o''''9 'u'o sstSt t''N'1 :
vi I Ies'e ~ e,o ho,,,.. o,,,o 40 wo,st
oIe 80 - i've oos NV INV eot f.oo oN0 "Vs
Nt m u pitnlgs ~ - WI H. a"I,
w " loa. oo Wv. o su 'SH
VI P Egtis' 70, o"i,e,ei, s a,.s s ~ ,ro,st
~; rgp W s - IT, oDss'eS0 ~ S"01 wig
' ~ sao =, s,S'i bott,os c,ro bl,,cbas
,m nnrst the " hair f,i 0o''''' ''i9 Dt' #
Six 10 ten bottles cure running at
A. 49,,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-06-04
CARP CULTURE

a leather-back carp, weighing Il ID. T,
eaa lately been taken in the government
ponds at Washington 1t was one OF
the original fish brought to this country
by MIR. Hcssel three years and half
ago. Ibis shows a rate OF growth far
exceeding that Of the same fish under
similar circumstances In Europe. Sew.
eral marked advantages are claimed for
The German carp for profitable cultiva.
ton. Any kind ofpond, no matter how
restricted. can be used. Difficulties OF
temperature or purity OF water are scarce.
ly factors in carp culture. Providing
the water is not too cold, carp thrive
rapidly. Ia fact, no natural water has
yet been found too warm for them
Boing vegetable feeders, carp thrive on
the plants growing in the water, or may
90 given onal, like pigs. or boiled grain,
like chickens. A large pond may be
dug on arabic land. allowed 10 grow
carp for two or three years. the fish
marketed, and the ground DO brought
under culture again.
The prolitab!eness Of carp culture is
shown by the following experience re-
ported in u California paper: A gen.
tieman in that State bought six carp in
January, 1876. One OF them soon died.
From the other five he raised the first
ear 2,044 fish, and the year after 1872.
Ia 1873 ho sold two OF his old fish, and
raised 1000 from the remaining three
lie had four shallow fish ponds, costing
$50 each, and covering about half an
acre Of low ground comparatively worth.
loss for other uses. For his original
fish lie paid $50, and $40 for food stuff,
making total outlay Of S2i0. In four
years nc sold S4l5 dollars' worth OF fish,
and had from 1000 TO 5000 left, after
supplying his own table with feb for
eighteen months.
There are thousands OF small ponds
throughout the country which might,
with littio trouble and largo profit, be
converted into carp ponds.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-06-04

n BATTLE WITH THE APACuRs.-A
dispatch from Denver, Col, says: "The
latest reports which como through mill
tary sources at Santa Fe, and which are
telegrsphed from that point here. repre-.
sent that on tho oath sharp battle oc.
Cured between Victoria's Indians and q
portion Of Gen. Hatch'S command, on the
head waters Of the Palomas river, about
80 miles south OF Ojo Caliente, where
Gen. Hatch has his headquarters. The
Indian scouts took an active part in the
battle, and their chief reports officially
to Gen. Hatch that thirty hostiles we're
killed, while tho scouts and soldiers en-
gagged claim that as many as fifty three
bit the dust. The battle occurred at
daylight. III tho morning the United
States troops, after murclring all night.
came suddenly upon the Indians, encamp.
ed in what appeared secure spot. The
fight was at once begun, and the Indians,
taken slightly by surprise, were soon
disconnected, and fed in disorder. No
information has been received as 90 the
loss Of tho troops" Gen. Pope reports
that uatch's command is about dismoun.
ted, and will have TO follow the Indians
on foot until its horses arc recupcrated
and Hatch says If tho campaign is to be
continued as desired by tho General Of
tho army it will DO necessary 10 take
more troops.