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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-02

Connections made at Gallipolis with
Steamboats, and Stage Line for Middleport,
Pomeroy, and Ohio rive points; at Nc.
Arthur Junction, for an points on NJ. 4 G.
II. r.; at Logan, for Athens, Parkersburg,
and Marietta; at Lancaster, for GAINESVILLE
and Circleville; and Mt Union Depot, Col
umbus, for all points North. Fast and West.
0RLAND SMITH, Gen'l Superintendent.
9. d. NORRIS, Superintendent.
w. II. HARRISON, Gent Ticket Agent
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-02
!. CHAs. H. TRIP, Alfred, Me.
SALT RHEUlI.

Win Mcdonald, 2542 Dearborn St., Chi.
cago, gratefully acknowledges cure Of
Salt Rheum on head, neck, lace, arms and
legs for seventeen years; not able to walk
except on hands and knees for one year;
not able to help himself for eight Years;
tried hundreds OF remedies; doctors pro.
nounced his case hopeless; permanently
cured by the Cuticura remedies.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-02

New Orleans has six women 10 ev-
cry five men. This is said to be a
greater excess than in any other city
in the Union.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-02

F. H, Drake, Esq, Detroit, has re,
covered from a terrible skin humor,
which covered his head, face and
hands, by using Cuticura Resolvent
internally and Cuticura and Cuticura
Soap externally. This is good news.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-02
OwevspoRo, KY.

Gentlemen: have no hesitancy in saying
that tho bnggies manufactured by the
Columbus Buggy Company are the best
work for the price l have any knowledge
OF. In not single instance has there
been any dissatisfaction on the part Of any
one OF my customers FRANK l.. HALL.
Aus.3l-Sm
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-02
GRE1T BLOOD MEDICINEs.

The half has not been told as TO the great
curative powers OF the CuTICURA REMEDIES.
! have paid hundreds OF dollars for medi.
cines to cure diseases OF the blood and
skim, and never found anything yet to
equal the CUTlCuRA REMEDIES.
CIlAS. a. WILLIAMS,
Providence, r. l.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-02
TESTIMONIALS
SPRINGFIELD. LIS.

Gentlemen We have been handling your
work for two seasons, and have in every
instance found your buggies tirst-class. We
never have had one Of your jobs returned
to us for repairs; neither have we had
single complaint on account OF work not
being perfectly satisfactory.
Very Resp'y, II. p. BUCKLEY & Co.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-02

No. 4 Mail Runs daily except Sunday
from Riehmondto Huntington; daily, vii.
liamson's to Huntington.
No.3 Express- Runs daily from Rich.
mond TO Huntington.
No. 5 Accom-. leaves Richmond daily
except Sunday, at 5 so p. m. and arrivesa t
Gordonsvile at Z 90 y. m.
No. 81 Mixed leaves Charlottesville
daily, except Sunday, at 4 so p. IN, and
arrives at Staunton ut 80 pm.
No. 80 Mixed leaves Cannelton daily
except Sunday at 90 a. NJ. and arrives at
Huntington IS a. IN.
E., l.. q B. s. 10. IL. Trains run
O., b. s. 4 p. p. Steamer leaves
Huntington daily.
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DANy1LLr. VIRGINIA.

Dear Sirs: AS an evidence OF my appre-
citation OF your buggies, which 1 have been
using for some time in my livery, enclose
orders for more. Very Resp'y,
w. W. New.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-02

1t is not well for a man to pray
cream, and live skim-milk.-Beecher.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-02

Death to rats and yermin, Parsons
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-03
ALL SPICE.

Saratoga expects an alarming visitation
of "Pinafore in january. The utmost
precautions have been taken to prevent the
spread of the infection.
When man has to hang TO car-strap
for nearly an hour he realizes how trying
is the position of the upright man.-[P Phil
adelphia Chronicle-Herald.
The hair of the red-headed girl is trans
muted to auburn or golden when she be-
comes young lady; the red-headed boy
remains red-headed as long as he lives.
In the counting. room of Galveston
Irishman the following notice is stuck up
in conspicuous place ''Persons having
no business in this Office will get through
with it as soon as possible and leave. -
A Galveston man, who has a mule for
sale, hearing that friend in Houston
wanted to buy mule, telegraphed him {;
Dear friend II you are looking for a
No. mule don't forget me. u Galveston
News.
"There are seventeen and half men to
every female in the Territory of Dakota. :"
"Weil," said Miss Jones, spinster, when
she read the above item, "if girls knew
what know, they'd take half man rather
than none at all"
:" Doctor, my daughter seems to be 60
ing blind, and she's Just getting ready for
be done?' Let her go right on with the
wedding, madam, by all means. If any
thing can open her eyes, marriage will. ="
'Salvini, " it is said, "will smoke none
but Italian cigars" Well. he should have
no difficulty in getting good supply in
this country. A very good quality of Ital-
ian cigar in made in New Jersey, but for
pure Havanas he must go to Connecticut.
[Norristown Herald.
A sly Pennsylvania girl, having lover
she was afraid wouldn't stick, covered her
lips with glue and invited him to kiss her.
Owing to the fact that she had previously
posted her father when to pounce into the
parlor, the plan worked admirably. Il Phil
adelphia Chronicle.
A country girl at fashionable hotel in
New York noticed that all the guests used
their forks only in eating their pie. Upon
her return home she reported the fact to
the old lady, who comforted her by OBJ
serving SO You shouldn't mind 'em, Jemi-
ma its all because they're too lazy to use
their knives"
Two Galveston men were making ar
rangements to go into business. One of
them says: at is understood, now, get
two-thirds of the profits, having put in the
most capital, and you get one-third." "All
right" responded the other, "but if we
have big luck and fail. then we are to di.
vide the profits even. "-[Galveston News.
A big six.footer was lifting for all he was
worth on wagon.wheel which was stuck,
when little two-foot mite of humanity
nearly as broad as he vas long, and Just
out OF long dresses and into pants, with
his hands in his pockets and swagg ering
air, sang out, Mister, do you want me to
help you? I can grunt while you lift"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-03
FOREIGN NEWS.
House of Commons.

LONDON, February 2d.-In the House of
Commons the Home Rule member for Kos.
common (Commins) took his seat at 3:45 A.
NJ, having spoken nearly two hours. He was
interrupted several times by points of order,
but Deputy Speaker Playfair stated that, al.
though Commins was greatly trying the pa
thence of the House, he was in order.
The House is still in session at 3 A. NJ
The Speaker said, in stopping obstruction
" For forty-one hours the House has been &C.
cupied by repeated motions for adjournment,
supported by small minorities, in opposition
TO the general sense Of the House. A crisis
has arisen which demands the prompt int: !.
position of the Chair, and the House measure
recommended as urgent in her Majesty
speech a month ago is being arrested by an
inconsiderable minority. 1t is necessary to
vindicate the credit and authority Of the
House. I am satisfied that shall carry out
its will, and may rely upon its support if /
decline to call upon any more members to
speak. and Immediately proceed to put sew
eral questions to vote. It will be necessary
for the House to assume more efficient con-
troll over its debates. or intrust greater au-
thority to the Chair"
The Speaker was repeatedly and enthusi.
astically cheered.
A motion being put, and carried by 164 to
10, that leave be given to bring in the Pro-
lection bill, the Home Rulers for two min
utes shouted Privilege, privilege" and
then. as the Speaker remained standing, left
the House in body, bowling to the Speaker,
the members cheering their departure.
Leave to bring in the bill was then given
unanimously.
Gladstone announced that he would move
Thursday, if on notice being given that the
business of thu House is urgent, and if on a
call by the Speaker forty members shall sup
port the demand for urgency, the Speaker
shall forthwith put the question, without
debate, amendment or adjournment, and if
the question of urgency be decided in the
be vested in and remain with the Speaker
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-03
DEATH OF MRS. HANCOCK.

kTA REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD
~ of Trustees of the Sacramento Free Lihrsr;
held on TUESDAY EVENING, February l, 1881,
the following resolutions on the death OF MRS.
JULIANA FoLGER HANCOCK, a Trustee of the
Library, were adopted, ordered entered on the
minutes, copy sent to the bereaved family of
deceased, and published in the REcoED.USIoS and
Bee:
WHEREAS, Our worthy Vice President, MRS.
JULIANA F. HANCOCK, has been called from her
duties here on earth to rest with the loved ones who
have gone before; therefore be it
Resolved That in her death our Board has sus-
tanned the loss Of faithful and jealous member
one who, as a Trustee and presiding officer, ever
exhibited a spirit Of commendable courtesy, kind
ness and y-like demeanor, which commanded the
love and respect OF each member That in her death
the Library has lost faithful and devoted friend
one who has contributed in large degree to IT'S
success, and whose memory viii ever be cherished
Resolved: With the bereaved relatives who are
stricken by her loss We deeply sYmpathize IN this,
their great loss and affection.
Sacramento, February 2, 1881.
S. C. benson, Pres't. w. ii. MILLS,
ADD. C. HfNKSoN, W. c. FITCH.
G. A. BREWSTER, s. II. GERBISH, Sec.
fe31t lB. CT
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-03
THE DEATH OF JOHN W. Dw1NELLE

The accounts of the drowning Of John
". Dwinelle are very remarkable. 1t is
unaccountable that such a casualty should
have occurred without exciting more emo
ton or activity than ,seems to have been
aroused, even though the man drowned
was not then known. Nor does there ap.
pear to be any certainty as to how his death
occurred. We cannot understand the story
about his actions at Port Costa at all. Ii,
as is stated, he was seen to run directly
towards the water if he failed to hear the
warning shout addressed to him; and if he
was seen to fall over the edge of the
wharf why was no effort made at the time
to save him, by those who saw all this
Is it to be concluded that there is moth
ing sufficiently singular in seeing an
elderly gentleman fall off wharf into
deep water, to excite remark at Port
Costa If any one saw what has been
related, it must have been known to some
one then and there that man had been
AlOhllGus 1JUb ~ lilGAllOL 10 LlGNO vi any
attempt to save him, and more than this,
the stories about his death do not agree.
One is to the effect that he fell off the
wharf at Port Costa, and this is at once the
most circumstantial and the most mystic
rious. But there is another one to the
effect that he fell off the boat, and it
would be interesting to know how this
originated. 1t is necessary that these
stories should be traced. Who saw the
missing man running towards the red
light? Who saw him fall off the wharf?
And who, having seen this, made no effort
TO save him Who, again, says that he fell
off the boat And who, last of all, is pre-
pared to assert that he is dead at all ? The
evidence thus far adduced most certainly
is insufficient to prove anything of the
kind. There is very wide gap be-
tween the premise that man is seen mov-
ing towards the water, and the conclusion
that he has fallen in and been drowned
Somebody says: saw him hurrying to-
wards the red light, and did not see him
" return" Therefore he is drowned, is
the conclusion but though it may be true
it is not logical. In fact, until the body is
found, supposing that no fuller knowledge
of the facts can be obtained, it would be
unjustifable to take it for granted that
John w. Dwinelle is really dead. He has
disappeared, but this does not prove that
he has ceased to live.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-03
EYE MEMORY.

Look steadily at bright object, keep
the eve immovably on it for short time,
and then close them An image of the OBJ.
iect remains it becomes in fact visible to
the closed eyes. The vividness and dura-
ton of such impressions vary considerably
with different individuals, and the power
of retaining them may be cultivated. Be-
sides this sort of retinal image thus i'm
pressed, there is another kind of visual
image that may be obtained by an effort of
memory Certain adopts at mental arith-
metic use the minds eye" as a substitute
for the slate and pencil by holding in WIS.,
ual memory pictures of the figures upon
which they are operating, and those of
their results. In my youthful days | was
acquainted with an eccentric old man, who
then lived in Kilburn priory, where he
surrounded himself with curious old fur
niture reputed to have originally belonged
to Cardinal Wolsey, and which, as l was
told, he hequeathed to the Queen at his
death. He was the then celebrated but
now forgotten "Memory Thompson, who
in his early days was a town traveller flor a
brewer, if remember rightly, and who
trained himself to the performance OF
wonderful feats of eye memory. He could
close his eyes and picture within himself a
panorama of Oxford street and other parts
of London, in which picture every inscrip-
ton over every shop was so perfect and
reliable that he could describe and certify
to the names and occupations of the shop
keeping inhabitants of all the houses of
these streets at certain dates, when post
Office directories were not as they now are.
Although Memory Thompson is forgotten,
his special faculty is just now receiving
attention, and it is proposed to especially
cultivate it in elementary schools by plac.
ing objects before the pupils for a given
time, then taking them away and requiring
the pupil to draw them. That such fac
ulty exists and may be Of great service is
unquestionable. Systematic efforts to
educate it, If successful, will do good SER
vice to the rising generation and, even
should the proposed training afford smaller
results than its projectors anticipate, the
experiments, if carefully made and regis
tered, cannot fail to improve our knowl-
edge of mental physiology.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-03
NOT A NEW FUEL.

a recent dispatch stated that new fuel
has just been invented, and that it consists
in combination of steam and petroleum.
If the telegraphic account be correct this
is not new invention, but revival OF
an old one. Some fifteen years ago a
process of burning jets of petroleum in
combination with superheated steam was
patented, and very interesting and appa-
rently successful experiments were made
with it. We believe that subsequently an
Arctic exploring steamer was fitted with
the process for the purpose of economizing
fuel, and that it was said to have given
complete satisfaction. Since then several
adaptations of the general idea have been
made, and we had supposed that the use
of petroleum in some combination with
steam, as fuel, was quite common. Ii it
is now brought forward as an entirely new
invention there must be mistake some-
where.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-03
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

A man in Klickitat county, W. T., while
out hunting, killed 26 wild hogs.
The 0roville Lumber Company sawed
100000 feet of lumber, at their mill in
Flea Valley, last summer.
Redding, Shasta county, claims to have
black cat and Brahma hen which have
become so enamored of each other that
sleeping or waking they are never apart
The sugar mill at Alvarado will have
about three weeks longer run upon green
beets, after which it will be engaged some
months upon dried beets brought from Los
Angeles.
The old-time travellers, Contra Costa
Julia, Saucelito and sternwheeler, now
lie anchored in hospital row, East Oakland
The Alameda and st. Paul, of Grant fame,
keep them company.
Land for vineyard purposes has lately
been sold near st. Helena, Napa county,
for as high as SIl3 80 an acre. There is
some wood on the land, which will little
more than pay for clearing.
The Winnemucca Siloey State says there
is more snow in the mountains at the head
of the Humboldt than there has been be-
fore for years. Old settlers at Wells say
there are snow drifts twenty feet deep in
the ranges.
a shift boss in the Bullion combination
shaft, at Gold Hill, has accomplished the
feat of climbing up the perpendicular wall
of the pump compartment, distance of
/, go feet, with no ladder or other support
than that afforded by the sets of timbers
placed five feet apart. 1t is the longest
climb on record.
During last year there were born in
Sonoma county 293 children, of whom ia
were males and 119 females. OF this
number 90 were born in Petaluma-36 be-
ing girls and 33 boys in Santa Ross, 40
- girls and "a boys; in Healdsburg. 43-
20 girls and % boys. Total number of
children born in other parts of Sonoma
county, 1854 boys and 81 girls. Among
the births there were u TWINS boys and
7 girls, spportioned as follows: Petaluma,
l pair; Sonoma valley, pair; Two Rock
valley, l pair; Cloverdale, l pair; Santa
Rosa, pair; Healdsburg, ] pair.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-03

creasing the volume. These ends are to be
accomplished by Strengthening and deep
ening the channels of the river, and thus
enabling it to carry all its sediment to the
sea, without depositing any of it on the
way. What is required is not a lcider
channel, but deeper one. The pres
emit channel would be abundantly
able to carry the entire volume of the river
if it had the necessary depth. Captain
Eads has demonstrated this by reference
to the Mississippi and other rivers. He
says the capacity of the river to dis
60 charge floods will be greatly improved
without any enlargement of it, go soon
Gas it is brought to an approximate uni
&c formity of width and depth, and its most
tortuous parts are Strengthened. And
again he says: Z" As the slope is gradually
lowered by each addition to the volume
which the channel is compelled to re-
ceive and carry, the capacity Of The Sac
"ranaento a0N be only limited By the uolanle
o1tich It is compelled to carry and, as the
lowering of the slope brings the flood
'surface, at first, below the top CT the
"levees, and finally below the tops of the
banks, as the volume is increased, and so
on still lower, if the volume is still more
" increased, it follows that when the chan
SO mel is once corrected the volume can be
more rapidly augmented each succeeding
year, and thus what may at first seem
"paradox becomes reality-namely, the
" larger the volume of the floods carried
sin the river, the less'will be the need of
"leyees."
We have thus the highest engineering au-
thority for the positions we have taken on
this question, and it is clear that those who
have affected to ridieule these positions
have only exposed their own ignorance in
doing so. The breaking of the levees does
not help the situation, but makes it worse.
One proof of this is at hand. Before the
levees broke the Sacramento had begun to
scour its bed vigorously, and as a result
the piles sunk in the channel above the
railroad bridge worked out. 1t is prob
able that the bed was secured to depth OF
ten or twelve feet at that time, and had
the banks held for forty eight hours
longer it is quite possible that the
deepening of the channel would
have enabled the whole volume
to be carried without overflow. At pres
ent, however, the FRACTIONAL resistance of
the choked up and Swallowed channels,
and of the debris in solution, and of the
tortuous bends in the rivers course, con-
stitutes a check to its velocity which
forces it out of its banks whenever its vol.
ume above is suddenly and largely in.
creased. Until the operations devised by
| State Engineer Hall and Consulting Engi-
neers Eads and Mendell are completed, we
cannot expect immunity from floods. But
very superficial study of natural laws
ought to be sufficient to convince all intel
| lgent persons that the methods proposed
are the only ones which can restore its
full carrying capacity to the river, and
protect the Sacramento valley against such
destructive foundations as that we now
witness.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-03
NEWS OF THE MORNING.


In New York yesterday Government bonds were
quoted at 112 for Is of 1907; 1905 for IS of 1851
1I23 for SIS; sterling, 81 SS94 So; silver bars
III.
Silver in London, 51sd consols, s8 1916; per
cent. United States bonds, 1OSl; As, l3el 4is,
1l55.
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at dis
count to par; Mexican dollars, s83@s96e.
At Liverpool yesterday wheat was quoted at 9s Cd
COS 1od for good to choice California,
Franktown, New, was destroyed yesterday by the
breaking Of a dam
The Sheriff OF Lander county, Nevada, IS levying
on Central Pacific trains for delinquent taxes.
Jefferson Union Dakota, is severe sufferer from
the ravages of small pox.
Charlie Ross has been found again--this time in
Canada.
Wiley Embrey and his SIX children were burned
to death Friday night in Butler county, Kentucky.
A crusade against the liquor saloons has been in
augurated at Concord, n. H.
National Mining Exchange has been opened at
Philadelphia.
Johanna Callahan and her son we're burned to
death yesterday at Dorchester, Mass.
Columbus Case murdered William Mckinney with
an AK at Hickory Bridge, Ky, Monday.
Smallpox increases alarminglY at New York.
The British House OF Commons adjourned yester-
day at 10 A. NJ, having sat continuously for forty
two hours
Three earthquake shocks were felt at San Louis
ooispo yesterday.
The trial of Clarence Gray, for the murder of
Theodore Clancy, commences at Santa Barbara to-
day.
The Nevada Assembly yesterday shelved the bill
providing for the removal OF the State Prison to
Reno
The centennial Of Los Angeles september 4, 1881
will be celebrated by the citizens of that city.
Seven hundred of Sitting Bulls Indians have now
surrendered.
A serious accident occurred yesterday the St
Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad.
Cold weather continues all along the Atlantic
coast the thermometer registering from 90 to go
below zero last night.
The New York Assembly passed a bill yesterday
to prevent consolidation of telegraph companies.
AS will be seen by our storm dispatches, the down.
pour continues, and the streams above US are again
rising
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-03

During the coming year, and commencing De-
Gambler fst, the wKRaLY UNION ,0iU publish three
Prize Stories Of California. The FIRST, pub
location Of piieh .ciH commence in the first loeek
of December. ayiH be entitled "The Ventures and
Adventures Of Charlie Could This Is an IN
tensely interesting story Of the StOck-Gan6Iing
perio Of California, and 1caS written By Edlcard
F Cahju, Of Los angeles. The price Of the WEEKLY
UNION 1oiI be So 50 per annum.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-03

CARLIN, February 2d.-The following pas
Sacramento tomorrow: r. 3. McGaughey,
NJ B. Parker, Willie c. Parker, San Fran
cisco Thomas Harris, David Harris, David
Harris, Jr., Salt Lake; G. II. NJ. Y. Agra
monte, Salt Lake c. f. Wagner, San Fran
cisco; Major V. McC. Silva and wife, Og-
den, Utah; Robert Clark, Chicago, Ill;
Mrs. NJ. Mouts and daughter Montana P.
Berwiu, San Francisco; w. q. Farbush. U.
S. Army; J. B. Atkinson and wife, Phila-
delphia, Pa; Rev. L. Fl. Ward, John c..
Jacobson, New York City; John Smith,
Boston, Mass: Joseph Gordon, Spain; f.
H. Hubbard, New York 90 emiqrant pas
sengers. including 20 males, to arrive in Sac
mento February 4th.