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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27
Record of a Democratic Con.
greRs,

Record Of a Democratic Con,
gress.
During the time the Democrats had
control in Congress, FIRST of the House
and then of both branches, they have
left record of which the party and
the country may well be proud
They purified the political atmos.
phere of the Capital, drove the ring.
jobbers and corruptionists from the
halls Of Congressman elevated the
moral tone Of the political life of the
country.
They cut down the appropriations
recommended by the department.
and urged by Republican congress.
men, saving the people over $4,000.
900.
They stopped the extravagant,
wasteful and useless expenditure on
the navy inaugurated BY Robson.
They ended the rascally subsidy
business, and drove those who lived
by promoting it from the congress.
ional Hobbies.
They passed under (the lead Of
Senator Thurman) a law that com,
PEELED the Pacific Railroads to recog
nize their just obligations of the gov.
eminent, which, under Republican
rule, they had been permitted to ig
more.
They exposed the corruptions Of
the Grant administration, with its
whiskey ring and other swindles
and awoke the country to its enor.
nifty, which in some measure led. tc
its curtailment.
They re-monetized silver, and com.
PEELED the government to honor its
own promises to pay, without which
resumption of specie payments could
not have been inaugurated or main,
tanned.
They passed various refundingand
other financial measures, that were
Sherman's guide in the management
of the Treasury-for which he has
taken the whole credit.
They passed the per cent refund
ing bill against the protest of sher.
man, who maintained that a 4 per
cent. loan could not be successfully
put upon the market.
They passed every act in regard to
our national finances, which has re.
duced the rate of interest on the
funded debt, and which has contrib.
uted to raise the credit of the gov.
eminent to its present high standard
They passed, in the last moments
of their official existence,,a refund.
ing bill, providing for the issue Of
bonds bearings per cent, interest,
which would have saved the people
some 100000 annually had it not
encountered Hayes veto.
They would have passed several
other salutary measures, looking to
further reductions of government
expenses, and to the publication Of
the public service, but for the Re,
publican opposition in Congress and
of a Republican Executiye.-Ne1
Age.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27
Lost Opportunity.

An exchange says, when James A..
Garfield become President Of the
United States, tainted though he was
with ugly congressional scandals, a
general desire was manifested
throughout the country to give him
a fair trial. AT no period in our
History was there a more liberal feel
ing exhibited toward an incoming
executive. Partisan rancor was
softened and jealousies in his own
household were temporarily subdued
Wearied with the excitement of a
Presidential contest the people sought
rest from the fierce passions evolved
by a national struggle for party gu.
premacy, and cheerfully extended to
Mr.. Garfield the respect and conf.
dence his high office commanded. In
fact, the political world was all be.
fore him where TO choose, and great
expectations were naturally excited
touching his course and policy, not
only among his own followers, but
throughout the nation, irrespective
of parties. No one ever occupied the
Presidential chair who had a better
chance to make great name and
surround his future with the halo Of
popular approval. Aud yet it is ex,
theopposiss Of this that Mr..
Garfield seems bent on doing. Two
months have not yet passed away
since his inauguration and he has
already lost the confidence of many
of those who helped 10 elevate him
to power, as well as the respect of
the large number of freemen who op.
posed his election. Instead Of pre-
serving harmony in the ranks Of his
own party, his course appears TO
have widened the breach between
the rival factions. He has permitted
MIR. Blaine to carry out his personal
hatred against the men who defeated
him at Chicago, and has sent Mr..
Conkling sulking to his tent ready
to raise the standard Of revolt when.
ever it suits his purpose. Mean
while, as the acknowledged head of
the party, he is doing nothing to
break the senatorial deadlock. For
the sake of few Offices in the SEN
ate, his party, in conjunction with
MIR. Malone, is delaying the bust
ness for which the extra session was
called, and is sorely vexing the ma.
tion by its disgraceful scramble for a
little more public plumber. 1t would
be an easy thing for President who
had the force of character of Gen.
Jackson to quickly put an end to
this shameful exhibition of Repub.
lican greed and scatter the spoil.
hunters to the winds. But James A.
Garfield is no Andrew jackson.
Weak as water, he is permitting
selfish partisans 10 run away with
his fame and utterly destroy the OPP.
portunity he once had of doing the
state some service. That he is a
great disappointment 10 friend and
foe is now admitted, and it will not
be very long before the country at
large will see and acknowledge the
serious blunder that was made in
placing such man at the head of
public affairs instead of the able and
accomplished candidate nominated
by the Cincinnati Convention.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Thomas Brady, assistant Postmast.
or General, has been removed. Great
frauds have been discovered in his
rascally manipulations of the Star
Route Service. 1t is said the gov.
eminent was robbed last year of not
less than 100000.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27
Strikes,

There are good many strikes 60
ing on in this happy country of ours,
because the mechanics are beginning
to understand that they are worthy
of their hire. Not to be behind the
times Mr.. Roscoe Conkling is quietly
preparing to strike also, and the in,
dications are that his will be the
most admirably'arrangcd and most
promising strike of the day. Like
the Fall River Weavers and the Chi.
cago car conductors he believes in
being properly paid for his work,
and don't propose to be put off with
such small wages as a district attor.
ney and marshal or two for his Ia,
Dor of last fall, if he can help it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

!, Frye, of Maine, made bitter TRADE
in the Senate Monday, against the
South. He is considered the mouth
piece of Blaine and the administra-
tion. The Democratic Senators say
if the administration proposes war
of abuse and sectional agitation, they
will not trouble themselves by help
ing it out Of its troubles with its own
party leaders and lend their aid to
confirm the Presidents nominations.
The result was to strengthen Conk-
ling in his fight against Robertson.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27
Land For Sale.

HAVE tract OF land situated in Lewis
L District, Mason county, West Virginia,
on the Clarksburg road, and about seven
miles from Point Pleasant, which wish to
sell Said tract contains 32l acres, is we'll
improved, has good dwelling house, barn
and suitable outbuildings situated upon ii.
will sell the whole 32l acres at twenty
five dollars (S25l per acre, or will sell it in
three tracts, l55 acres in the first tract.
Address PERRY I.EAIASIER,
Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Samuel ]. Tilden's niece, Miss Sim.
mons, a nice 100000 girl, has made
herself famous by composing the
"Raquet Gallop," to which the giddy
youth of the United States and Eu.
rope are all dancing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

For man of genius ike Mr.. Blaine
the hog question is as good as any.
lie is the first statesman on record
who has invested the hog with dig
nifty and international interest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

The Baltimore Gazette calls atten.
ton to the fact that eighty years ago
Aaron Burr was used by the Federal
lists as Malone is now used by the
Republicans, to break the Democrat,
ic party, but it didn't break worth a
cent, And yet Burr was considera.
bly, more of force than little Ma
hone.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

It is not generally known that a
coin with a hole punched in it is not
money, remarks the Stanton Virgin.
ian, and therefore not legal tender
The Government will not receive it
and it is worth only what it will
bring as bullion. A hole is an limo.
cent looking thing in coin, but OK.
perts manage to get from five Ia
thirteen cents worth of silver BY
making a hole in a dollar. The pen.
atty for mutilating the coin of the
country is fine of not more than
$1,000, and Imprisonment for not
more than two years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27
Improved Stock.

We are informed that Messrs. Goss
& Underwood, two gentlemen from
Maine, have recently rented the farm
Of Mr.. jonathan Lilly, near Camp
Creek, in Mercer county, with the
view of raising thoroughbred cattle
They now have small herd on the
farm, and will add to it bull and
two heifers of pure blood, imported
direct from England by Mr.. j. r.
Bodwell, of Maine. These cattle arc
of the Hereford breed, and very val.
liable. Last year Messrs. Goss & I'm.
dcrwood sold two calves for about
s1400. We are pleased to note the
beginning of this enterprise in our
midst, and hope it may prove sue.
cessful, and profitable to the origina.
tors. The farmers of this region
should avail themselves of this OPP.
portunity to improve their stock.
Improved stock pays a greater profit
than-the scrub, and cost no more to
raise and keep.-Hinton Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

The news from Washington seems
to indicate that the Republican ma.
jority in the Senate is not altogether
complete even with the able assist,
ance Of William Malone.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

To get two or three subordinate
Offices in the Senate through a cor
rupt trade with the Repudiator Ma
hone, the Republicans in that body
have stopped the wheels of govern
ment-refused to permit Garfield to
set his administration in motion
and imperiled the business interests
of the country, The people will hold
them to strict responsibility.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

The Ohio State Journal figures out
the following curious mathematical
variations possible from figures com,
posing the year 1881.
From left to right and from right
to left it reads the same; IS divided
by 2 gives 8 as the quotient; 81 divid.
ed by 8, and 8 is the quotient. II
1881 is divided by 200, and 8 is the
quotient; il divided by 8, the quo.
tient contains 8; if multiplied by
8, the product contains two SIS. /
and 5 are 8, 8 and l are 8. II the is
be placed under the 81 and added,
the sum is 80. If the figures be add.
ed thus, l. s, 5, /, it will be IS.
Reading from the left to right is is,
and reading from right to left is is,
By adding, dividing sndmultiplying
nineteen 9's are produced, being one
8 for each year required to complete
the century.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Hon. Frank Hereford has returned
to the practice of his profession, the
law, at Union, Monroe county. 1t is
said, however, that he will be a cand.
idate for United States Senator, at
the expiration Of Hon. H. G. Davis
term.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Thirty thousand men are now at
work in Texas, building new rail
roada, and it is estimated that fully
one thousand new. settlers enter the
State daily.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Senator Blair, of New Hampshire,
said of the Malone. Republican ALI
anee: eve have got Malone, and he
has got u.s."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Pennsylvania farmers claim that
bran when mixed with corn meal of
the same weight will produce more
weight in animal than feeding pure
corn meal
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

The latest estimate of the total
number Of persons killed by the re.
cent earthquake on the Island of
Chic, is. placed at 5000.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Governor Foster. Of Ohio, is repor.
ted as disguised with the present
and discouraged with the future Of
the Republican party.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27
ATTENTION FIDUCIAlsIEs.

HAVING been appointed by the County
IL Court of Mason county, West Virginia
on the 9Th day OF January, 1881, their sol
Commissioner to settle with Fiducaries
all Administrators, Executors, Curators
and Guardians, will govern themselves
accordingly, ms lam the only legally consti.
tuted authority before whom they car
make their settlements.
JNo. Z. TIM5lS,
Com'r Fiduciarics OF Mason Co. Court
ian.l2-tf.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

With 100000 stolen Offices in their
possession for the last four years, the
Republicans begrudge the Democrats
the privilege of retaining two or
three subordinate offices in the Sem
ate a few months longer, and are
willing to clog the wheels of govern.
ment, and imperil the business in
terests of the country in order to Sc,
cure to favorites this mcagre morsel
Of the "spoils."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27
The Warfare.

1t is clear that the Republican
brethren intend to keep up a brisk
warfare on the South. Mr.. Frye re.
Gently opened the batteries in the
Senate, and now all the little Repub.
lican guns in the country are bang
ing away in the same direction.
The object of this mild fusillade is
very apparent. The Republicans
want to have "solid South" for the
express purpose of firing the North.
ern heart in succeeding political con-
tests, and they imagine that the best
way to keep it "solid" is to SANDER
and abuse an entire section. Curses,
however like little chickens, some.
times come home to roost.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Rather discouraging reports are
afoat concerning the wheat crop in
the West, as well as in some portions
of this State, However, we hope for
the best.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

A case has been made up in Mil
waukee, Wisconsin, to test the con.
stitutionality of the anti-treating
law Of that State.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Although the orange crop in Flori
da has been completely ruined
twice, the State will contribute abouI
100000 this year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Malone is q little man. but he is a
big elephant on the hands of the Re.
publican party at the present time.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27
Notice no Tresnnsscrs

A IL persons are hereby warned from
IL trespassing in any manner upon the
premises, or lands OF John Potts, lying in
Clendenin District, this county, without
my consent, as they will be prosecuted to
the fullest extent OF the law.
mar. 16-tf. JOHN POTTS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Hon. B, II, Lurty, of Harrison
county, member of the Legislature,
has been appointed to a s2l0O clerk.
ship in the Office of the Secretary Of
the United States Senate, and has
entered upon the discharge of his du-
ties. We congratulate Mr., Lurty
upon his good fortune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27
NOTICE.

THERE will be meeting of the Stock.
i holders OF the Hope Manufacturing and
Coal Company, held at their office in Ma.
son City, West Virginia, on Wednesday,
April 9th, 1881, at 10 o'clock a. M, for the
purpose OF electing seven Directors 10 serve
the ensuing year, and the transaction OF
such other business as may come before
the meeting. DC DAVIS,
aprl3-Sw. Secretary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

The Lynchburg Adrdnee has been
informed by u gentleman who has
just returned from trip through
Bedford county that all of the tobac-
co plants are killed, and that the
wheat crop is looking worse than it
has looked for years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27
COMaIIssIONER,s SALE.
VS..
Robert Ball.
In Chnnnnru
5. W. somerviIle, ct. al,

VS..
Robert Ball
In Chancery.
IN pursuance OF decree OF the Circuit
L Court OF Mason county, rendered at the
February term, 1881, in the above entitled
cause, |, the undersigned Special Commits
sioner, shall,
on the I'd day Of May, 1851,
at the frontdoor Of the Court House Of said
county, sell by way of public auction to
the highest bidder, the one hundred acres
OF land Of which Julia A. Ball died seized
and possessed OF, adjoining 59l acre sur
yey OF Thomas Ball, deceased; said one
hundred acres being part thereof and adj
joining Samuel Roush's heirs, situate in
Cooper District, for cash for so much as
will pay off the costs OF suit and the resi-
due upon credit OF six and twelve months
in equal payments, receiving bond with
good security with interest from day of
sale, and retain the title for further se-
curity. w. Ii. T0MLINSON,
mar3O-4w. Special Commissioner.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

All descendants of those, from Vir.
ginia, Maryland, Georgia, Delaware,
the Carolinas and Tennessee, who
fought under Gen'l Daniel Morgan at
Cowpens, 1881, are requested to adj
dress at once Lieut.. George B, Ed
wards, Secretary Cowpens Csnten.
NAL Committee, Charleston, South
Carolina They are to be invited
specially to attend in a body the un,
yelling at Spartanburg, May 18th.
The Public Printer says that the
Acts of the last session of the Legis.
lature is now ready for distribution;
that the House Journal is now com.
pleted, but that the Clerk of the
Senate has not indexcd his Journal,
and it is not known when it will be
ready.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Conkling is the champion kicker
in the Republican stable.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Little Malone is the skeleton
key" that can alone open the "dead-
lock" in the Senate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

The question now is, will the Dem.
ocracy of Mason county hold con-
vention to nominate a candidate for
Superintendent Of Free Schools?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

With "Repudiator Malone" in the
lead, Virginia and the Republican
party will go into bankruptcy to.
gether
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27
COMMISSIONERS SALE
or House and Three Lots In the
Town Of West Columbia,


In pursuance Of the terms OF decree Of
i the Circuit Court OF Mason County,
West Virginia, rendered ON the Goth DAY.
OF October, 1880, in a suit-therein pending
nj which W.. p Shank, who sues, &C., for
X. l. Winkleback as plaintiff and A.. C.
Mason, ct. ais. are defendants, tho under
signed, Special Commissioners, appointed
for that purpose, will on the 18th day Of Feb
rtIary, 1881, at the front doer OF the Court
House of Mason County, proceed to sell nc
public auction to the highest bidder, lots
Nos. l09, no, Ill and the land lying be.
tween said lots and the Ohio river and tho
land lying between lot No. ll2 and tho
Ohio river, situate in the town OF West
Columbia, belonging to the defendant Jo-
seph Brumley.
TERMS OF SALE:-Cash as to one-third of
the purchase money and the residue upon
q credit OF six and twelve months, taking
from the purchaser bond with good secu-
arity bearing interest from day OF sale and
retaining the title as further security.
JAS. Il. MENAGER,
w. H. T0sfLlNSON,
jan 5-4w Special Commissioners,
The above sale is adjourned and contln-
ued until Monday, the ed day of Nay,
1881.
JAS. B. MENAGER,
VIII. T0MLlNSoN,
feb.l6-td. Special Commissioners.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

The papers of.this State, without
regard party, condemn in language,
that cannot be misunderstood, the re,
moval of DR.. Camden from the su.
perintendency of The Insane Asylum
at Weston.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

Iron Ore has been found on White
Rock mountain, on the lands Of Mr..
]. r. Caldwell, near Caldwell Station,
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, about
four miles from Lewisburg, and prac-
tical efforts are on foot for its early
Development independent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-27

to the French academy. During bis
absence in Europe, Mr. fainter, at
his suggestion, examined, in the
Washington laboratory, the sonerous
properties Of a vast number of sub
istances;an discovered that cotton,
wool, worsted, silk, and fabrious ma.
tcrials generally, produced much
larger sounds than rigid bodies like
Crystals. He next found that the
darkest shades produced the best CT
feet, black worsted, especially. Then
The tried lamp.black. A teaspoonful
Of lamp-black was placed in a test
tube and exposed to an intermittent
beam ofsunlight, and the sound pro-
Idlced was much louder than any pro-
duccd before. The extremely loud
sounds produced from lamp-black
demonstrated the feasibility of using
this substance in an articulating
photophone instead Of the electrical
receiver formerly employed. In re-
gard to the sensitive materials, in
the case of solids, the physical condi-
ton and the color are two conditions
b i {. -.
that remarkably influence the inten-
lsity of the sonorous effects. The
lcudest sounds are produced from
substances ina loose, porous, spongy
5ndition, and from those that have
The darkestSo OF most absorbent colors.
He had not as yet found one solid
body that failed to become sonorous
under proper conditions of expert.
ment.
The deduction from these expert
ments is that sonorousness is, under
the direct action of intermittent sun.
sunlight, a universal property Of
matter.
Prof. Bell made the gratifying state.
ment that his experimental exami.
nations were still in their infancy,
and that there was no telling what
great results might be developed in
the future. c. AS.
The rail road fever has struck our
Parkersburg friends. We hope i,
will strike the Mason county people
next. If we ever expect to get d
Railroad, now is our time to strike,
while the P. W. & KY, are talking
of extending their line from Wheel.
ling to Parkersburg, and from there
to Charleston. The aim of this com.
pany is to continue their road down
the river bank, from Wheeling to
Covington, KY, but in order that
this may be done they ask the free
right of way over the lands of farm.
ers. Can't the right of way through
this county be procured and tender.
ed the company. Help them and
they will help you in return.
|
The papers of;this State, without
regard toparty, condemn in language,
that cannot be misunderstood, the re.
moyal of DR.. Camden from the su.
perintendency Of the Insane Asylum
at Weston.
Hon. Frank Hereford has returned
to the practice of his profession, the
law, at Union, Monroe county. 1t is
said, however, that he will be a cand