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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-09
Notice.

Neither the Captain nor Consignees Of the
Norwegian bark Edwin, Captain Herlofson,
will be responsible for any debts contracted by
the crew.
AUG. STUCKEN & co.
EAvANNAH Novemhar & 1881
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-09

Notice.
CONSULATE OF SPAN.
SAVANNAH, GA, November, 1881.
By Royal Order OF October 2, 1881, on and
after the 18th inst shippers by vessels bound
to Cuba and Porto Rico Islands are hereby nou-
fed to present to this Office the invoices of the
goods that must be included in the manifests;
and to ascertain the correctness OF the said
invoices there must be also presented the Bills
of Lading, signed by the Captains according to
the same.
DANIEL DE LA PEDRAJA,
Of SDafn
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24
THE PRESIDENT.

The news from the President is
anything but encouraging. That he
il slowly dying from blood poison,
there seems now to be no doubt. His
stomach is rebellious and will retain
no food. The inflammation Of the
parotid gland is giving him great
pain and trouble. 1t would not sur.
prise US to hear of his death at any
moment. Monday the attending
physicians gave out more cheering
bulletins While there is life, how.
ever, there is hope. If the stomach
will bear nourishment, he may posi-.
bly, survive, but the chances are
against him. His death would be q
great calamity to the country. Let
all christian people get down on their
knees and more devoutly pray for
the Presidents recovery.
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A Year of Blight.

Notwithstanding the apparent pros
perity and development of the coun-
try, the year Of 1881 has SO far been,
in many noticeable particulars, one
Of blight, bloodshed and hardship.
Within this year the wife of ex-
President Fillmore has died, the last
relict of the old line Of Presidents;
the Car Of Russia has been murder
ed; the President Of the United States
has been assassinated, for he is dy.
ing horribly and slowly, day by day;
Spotted Tail, the great Indian Chief
and "King Of the Plains" has been
killed by his own people; and the as.
sassin's bullet and knife seem still
threatening in this and other coun.
tries; the tenants Of England and
Ireland are leaving their leaseholds
and in many instances the land lies
waste and overgrown.
Y The past winter was such one as
brought death and suffering to man.
kind and animal life generally, be.
cause of its unusual length and Sc
verify. People suffered for food and
fire, and cattle, horses, wild animals
and birds starved and froze.
The present summer has been fear.
fully hot and frightfully destructive
Of human and animal life generally,
because Of the heat.
Crops and all vegetation have suf.
fered from lack of rain.
Wheat and corn as general crops
are pretty near failures, and itis a no.
ticeable feature of this season that
nothingin the fruit or vegetable line,
with few exceptions, has matured
well and has a perfect form or taste.
Cherries, peaches, berries, apples,
pears, plums and all fruits and veg.
etables in market, present an imma.
ture or scanty appearance, and lack
the rich flavor of customary years
Prices; however, are good; wheat is
going up rapidly; corn will be high;
hogs and cattle bring splendid prices.
Rail roads are being built all over
thee country, but this is owing to the
prosperity and accumulations of 9th.
er years, and shows to the world that
we have life enough and strength
enough to stand a winter and sum
mer of blight.
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Progress.

Fifty years ago no one would have
believed that before the year 1881
instantaneous communication would
be had all over the globe, thoughts
travelling like lightning along the
bottom of the ocean, and the beds Of
rivers, and across the valleys and
plains, and over the tops Of the high,
est mountains; that men, women and
children would be able to talk togeth.
er fifty or a hundred miles apart just
as distinctly as if they were sitting
in the same room; that eight or ten
days travel would take US across the
continent, or from America to Scot.
land; that even light would be made
the vehicle of sound, SO that the re.
Election Of a shadow on bit of selen.
lite would become audible at con.
siderable distance; that sound would
become so intensified that the walk
ing Of flies on sheet of paper would
strike upon the ear like the prancing
of horses; that, without the use Of
pencil, or paint, or graver, or any
other tool, buildings, and landscapes,
and human faces, and the face of the
moon, and anything else that is Wis.
ible, would be reproduced with micro.
scopic accuracy, in a second of time;
that our streets would be lighted
with electricity, thus turning night
into day; that teeth would be drawn
and limbs Topped off without giving
the slightest sensation of pain, not
to speak of a multitude of other mar.
wells with which We have suddenly
become familiar. 1t is safer now to
believe too much rather than too
little.-EG.
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Concealed weapons.

A well directed public opinion, we
are glad TO observe, is now getting
abroad touching the dangerous habit
of carrying concealed deadly weap-
ons. This practice is frightfully
common. and is the parent Of many
of the murders which are chronicled
in the daily press. Rash young men
with pistols and knives hidden upon
their persons start out upon a clark"
as il is called, and before they know
it land in a lookup. A few drinks
Of the wretched poison sold at the
miserable groggeries that abound in
all place., madden The jewellers and
make them ripe for any outrage
Then follow, in quick succession, a
disturbance, a shot from a pistol, a
prod from a knife, and a human be-
ing passes to his final account. If
murderous weapons had not been at
hand no fatal result would have hap
pened. A few angry blows exchang-
ed, and then the end would have
been reached. 1t is the facility of
handling death dealing instruments
which causes SO many murders, and
those intrusted with the admihistra-
ton of the law should make men
sensible that to carry pistol or dirk
knife concealed upon the person is a
very grave aud serious ofense. The
full extent of punishment authorized
by the. statutes of the State should
be melted out to all offenders of this
character. If this is done in few
instances young men will be careful
how they indulge in this rutfianly
practice.
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of; 4 few slates and Territories in-

of; a few States and Territories in
crease FIVE to ten fold; the cotton
states combined show an increase Of
40 per cent. II seems surprising 10
find that Vermont produces SO bush
els to the acre, even with the Illinois
and Massachusetts 80, against 81 for
Kansas; the average for the whole
country is 2S4 Wheat employed
an acreage of 80, 4S7, 065 in 1879, not
much more than half that Of corn
The total prod0ct was 459,59l ,093
bushels, against 267, 745, 626 in 1863;
this was gain Of rs per ct. against
G6 and 60 in the two preceding de-
cades respectively. Louisiana, Mas
sachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
PENNSYLVANIA, Rhode Island, Yer
mont aud Wisconsin show diminish.
ed production, their aggregate being
81 ,652, 900 bushels, against 60,956, 600
bushels in 1869. The nine States Of
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan,
Minnesota, Iowa, California, Missou-
ri and Wisconsin ranking in the or
der Of their naming, produce 10 per
cent. Of the entire crop. The low
yield in the South is in part due TO
the practice Of using the wheat fields
for winter pasturage, this being
claimed more important tosecure the
ripened grain. Sterile Massachu-
setts, produced only 1888 bushels,
shows a yield of over l6 to the acre,
which is a fraction better than Hi
nois. Montana is at the head, with
over 26 bushels, and Idaho, Colorado
and Nevada are cot far behind; some
of the Southern States show only
five or six to the acre, the general
average is little under ID. Illinois,
Iowa, New York and Pennsylvania
produce 40 per cent. of the 407,970,-
09O bushels Of oats; Wisconsin, Ohio
and Minnesota stand next. Califor.
MIA and New York produce nearly
half the barley; with Wisconsin adj
ded about 60 per cent. of it. Rye
does not keep pace with other cereals
or with the increase of population,
its total having increased only II per
cent; Pennsylvania. Illinois and
New York produce about half of it,
The same be said Of the progress Of
buckwheat, Of which New York and
Pennsylvania produce two thirds.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF
REAL ESTATE.

PURSUANT to the terms and conditions
il OF decretal order OF the Circni,
Court Of Mason County, West Virgins
entered ON the 18th day OF MAY, 1851, In
the Chancery cause Of Robert Luton, Ey.
ecutor OF Samuel Greer, deceased. US. Nan
cy Greer, ct. al, the undersigned will offer
for sale at public auction, 10 the hivhc..
bidder, at the front door OF the Court
House OF Mason County, West Virginia
on the
9Th Day OF September, 1851,
all the real estate of the said Samuel
Greer, deceased, situate in Cooper Distrir,
in said county and State, containing abor
500 acres, for the description and bound
aries OF which reference Is hereby given 10
the records OF said county.
TERMS OF SAII:-one-third Of the pu,
chase money cash in hand ON the day OF
sale, the residue ON credit OF one and two
years, the purchaser to execute bonds
with good security for the deferred install
ments, said bonds to bear interest from tho
day OF sale until paid and the legal title to
be retained, as further security, until tho
purchase money be all paid.
The above land is well improved, under
a high state Of cultivation and with fins
timber, and will be sold subject to the dow
er right OF Nancy Greer, widow rclict g.
said Samuel Greer, deceased.
HENRY J. FISHER, JR.,
{ aug. 81. Special Commissioner.
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Extra Session of ll,e Senate.

The Washington correspondents
again assert with much positiveness
that Secretary Blaine has a call for
an extra session Of the Senate which
was duly signed by the President be.
fore his last relapse, which will be
issued in few days at most.
1t will be remembered that the Re-
publican members of the Senate re.
fused to allow a President pro tenn to
be elected at the late session, because
the choice would have fallen on a
Democrat-Mr. Bayard. Since that
time the Secretary Of the Senate has
died, so there would now be noollicer
authorized to call that body together
and to preside while new officers
could be elected, unless the Senate
shall meet before Vice President Ar.
thur become President through the
death of Mr.. Garfield, Therefore, in
view of the probability of Mr. Gar,
fields death at an early day, it is as,
serted that Mr.. Blaine will issue the
call and convene the Senate while
the Vice President is competent to
preside.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24
CRoP STATISTICS.
The Harvest Prospects in Amer.
lea and Europe.
[From NC New York Times. ]

..i lfFoul tnc new 10TH lines
The great increase in cereal crops
as shown by the census returns is in
parts misleading, because the corn
crops partly failed in 1869 and was
large in 1879; the acreage of crops,
now reported for the first time, will
hereafter prevent this misleading eff,
feet of comparing what happened to
be very low or high crops in the
years observed. The heaviest is on
corn, 1,772,9O0,S45 bushels for the
whole country in 1879, against $780,.
S44, $40 in 1869, u gain of 1873 per ct.
Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, the three
great corn states, produced; in 1879,
46,4l0,000 bushels more than the en-.
tire country in 1869; Iowa and Mis-
souri, more than triple their product
ions; Illinois more than doubles hers.
Maine is the only state which falls
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24
SHORT HORN BULLS AT AUC.
TIONi

A NUMBER Of Short Horn Bulls OF pure
n blood, bred by C. 7. Beale, j. W.
Steenbergen, 2. S. Lewis and ], Capehart,
will be offered at public sale on the Fair
Grounds, on the first day OF September,
the third day OF the Mason County, West
Virginia Fair. All stock Offered will be
sold if there should be single bona fde
bid. Pedigrees furnished on application.
[Gallipolis Bulletin and Jackson Herald
copy and send bill to this Office.
aug. 3-4w. pd.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24

If the editor of the Radical will
step up close we will whisper some
thing inhis ear: "Don't take too much
stock in these charges of Democratic
extravaganza in the administration
of the affairs Of Mason county-so.
styled-or you'll be left before you
know it. Bear in mind always that
for six years of the ten, u Republican
was President Of the County Court. "
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Marietta College.

Location in a beautiful town in Southern
Ohio, at the mouth Of the Muskingum riv-
err, In successful operation for forty.six
years. Two courses of study in College, Of
four years each, identical except as to
Greek. Expenses moderate. About 90
600 volumes in its libraries. recent be-
quest has increased the number of free
scholarships. The Preparatory Depart
ment fits students for each OF the College
courses. Fall term begins sept.'s. MARI
eta, Ohio, 1881.
jui27-lt i.W. ANDREWS, President.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24

The Board of Directors of the West
Virginia Central and Pittsburgh R.
R., have elected the following officers:
Hon. II. G. Davis, President; Hon.
Jas. G. Blaine; Alexander Shaw, Bal.
timore; j. N. Camden, West Virgin.
ia; Augusta Schell, and S. B. Elkins,
New York; John B. Hambleton and
I. 1. Sickles, Directors; Hon. VIM.
T. Wythe, counsel; and c. NJ. Hoult,
SecreLary.-SLate Journal.
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Reliable reports from all sections
of Virginia, make it certain that the
tobacco crop this year will be great
ly below the average crop, and is also
inferior in quality, The season has
been unfavorable, and no rains now
can make an average crop. Only a
short crop has been planted, and
much Of that planted has died in the
hill. That which has survived is
very irregular and backward in con-
sequence of the drought.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24

The State Boards of Agriculture in
the West, after careful and extensive
reviews of the condition of the crops,
report large falling off of wheat in
the Western States, compared with
last years yield There is also a
falling off in the Atlantic States
This has caused an advance in bread.
stuiis, and it is thought that flour
and bacon will command high prices
the coming winter and spring.
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NOTICE.

no al persons 10 rsom il may concern: My
l wife, Ann Eliza Shelton, having aban-
doned my home and premises, and gone
to reside elsewhere, | hereby forbid all
persons from harboring, or crediting her
on my account, as will not pay any debts
she may contract.
July 2O-4w. THoS. NJ. SHELTON.
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INTENTION FIDUCIARIEs.

HAVING been appointed by the County
IL Court OF Mason county, West Virginia,
on the 9Th day Of January, 1881, their SOLE
Commissioner to settle with Fiduciaries,
all Administrators, Executors, Curators
and Guardians, viii govern themselves
accordingly, as lam the only legally consti-
tuted authority before whom they can
make their settlements.
JNo. E. TIMMS,
Com'r Fiduciaries Of Mason Co. Court.
ian.l2-tf.
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NOTICE. mo Tresnassers

A LII persons are hereby warned from
"A 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. lt-ti. JOHN POTTS.
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RAILROAD ITEMS.
West Virginia Central r. r..

The Board of Directors of the West
Virginia Central and Pittsburgh
Railroad held a special meeting ut
Shaw Bros Office Yesterday. There
were present Hon. II. G. Davis, Pres.
ident, Hon. Jas. G. Blaine; Alexan-
der Shaw, Baltimore; j. N. Camden,
West Virginia; Augustus scheIl and
S. B. ElkinS New York; John A.
Hambleton and I. L. Sickles, direc.
tors; Hon. Vim. P. Whyle, counsel,
and c. NJ. Hoult, secretary.
Mr.. Sickles, consulting engineer Of
the Union Pacific Railroad, who
will have charge Of the work on the
West Virginia Central, made a re-
port on his recent examination Of
the proposed route and property Of
the company, which was very favor
able, whereupon the board au thorized
contracts for the completion Of the
road from its present terminus to u
distance Of some so miles through
the pine timber and coal lands Of
the company.
The recent trip on horseback of
the parties interested was so salts.
factory that they have concluded to
at once push the work to completion,
and in addition to that portion or
dered to be contracted for, prelimi
nary surveys are being made for the
extension Of the same to the south
east boundary Of the State, looking
to contract with one Of the other Of
the Leading railroads TO Richmond
Baltimore Sun.
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@. E. Perrine, Defendant.
n noht and ppnn Atta,b,,.,1

In Debt and upon Attachment.
The object OF the above suit is to obtain
a judgment against the said Defendant, C
E. Perrine, for the sum OF 5000 with in:
terest thereon from the Sth day Of Nav
1867, which principleand interest amounts
to the sum OF Sl4S.l0. said last amount DO.
ing due Rayburn upon a certain judgment
obtained by him against the said Perriue
on the day and year aforesaid before Geo
Daugherty, then a Justice in the county Of
Mason, and State OF West Virginia and
District OF Cooper, which judgment is
founded upon contract for work and IN.
Dor done and performed by said Raybnrn
at the special instance and request Of said
Perrinc.
This day came the Plaintiff, by his At.
torney, and on motion, it appearing by al
fidavit filed in the cause, that the Defend
ant, @. L. Perrine, is not resident OF the
State OF West Virginia, 1t is ordered: That
he do appear here ut Rules to be held in
the office Of the Clerk OF the Circuit Court
OF Mason County, on the last Monday III
the month Of August, 1881, and do what Is
necessary to protect his interest in this
suit. TESTE:
CHAS. B. WAGGENER, Clerk.
Hoge, Menager & Hogg, Soils.
[aug S-w4l
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24

Vennor is pretty decent sort of a
fellow after all. While we are not
exactly freezing, as he predicted, the
weather is cool enough to make sleep.
ing under extra covers comfortable
and trips to the s0ashore unnecessary.
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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA,

Regular Session begins Oct ISt, and continues seven
Elementary Branches at the close Of FIRsT ses,ion-
Final Examination on the Practical Branches at the
end Of SECOND session. FiFrEES MONTHS COLLIE.
GiATE INSTRUCTION Daily examinations and Iecita.
tons. Only four lectures day. AMFLE OPPoRTUSI.
TIES for Clinical Study and Practical Anatomy. Fees
for the Whole Course, 1926, For announcement or
particulars, address j. B. McCAW, NJ. D., Dean,
Richmond Va
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NORWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE

R H. WILLIS. JR., Univ. of Va p.,,,y
L. b, WHARTON UNIV. OF Val D. D., rrhe'paS'
Opens sept. 2isi. 1885,, with full corps Of instruct
ors Location especially healthy. Chalbeate water
ough preparation for University Of Virginia and other
higher institutions Board and tuition from s9o TO
500 per annual session. Apply Principals for cata.
iogue. .f.f July ai-tm,
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Ohio Wesleyan University, Ds oSIs

Open to both sexes-with elegant home for
young ladies' Five buildings. Extensive
Libraries, laboratories and museum. Act.
ual average cost to young men for the last
college year, including all items, except
clothing, S1JS.00. Classical, Scientific,
Preparatory and Normal courses. Special
advantagesin Music, Painting and Sciences
Attendance 66S. In college classes g ~.
Write for Catalogue. College year begins
Sept. 18th. @. q. PAYNE, LII. D. Prea't.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24

The New River R. R, has been put to
contract from New River Depot on
the Norfolk and Western to the
mouth of East river, and will soon be
let from the latter point to a point
near the border of Tazewell and Mer-
Ger counties, not far from Abbs Val
lev.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24

Chief Engineer Sickles is expect
ed TO arrive in the city next week,
and, as we are informed, will start at
once, his time being limited, over
the surveys Of the W. P. & c. route.
He will be accompanied by Senator
Camden, Mr.. G, W. Thompson, Vice.
President, and Mr.. W. N. Chancellor,
Secretary of the present Company,
and possibly by other gentlemen
The party will go on horseback
Journal. .a.r
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24

Trains on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway now make the run from
Richmond to Cincinnati in thirty.
two hours.
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The tendency is toward higher
prices in almost everything. This
inevitably leads to reckless specula-
ton.
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AT a railroad meeting held at this
place (Wirt Court House, on Tues.
day last, considerable interest was
manifested. A committee composed
of .Messrs. Lother, Foster and Rogers
were appointed to pass along the
route indicated by the surveying
party, and secure the right of way.
This committee is to report next
Wednesday in the afternoon, to
which day the meeting adjourned
Writ County Mentor.
The railroad interest is intense all
over West Virginia and the Noun,
tain State is determined to have her
resources developed by railroads in
the near future.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24

The next regular meeting of the
Wool Growers Association of West
Virginia, will be held at Clarksburg,
on Wednesday, September 7, 1881.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24

State of West Virginia, Mason County, IS;
A I RULES held in the Clerks Office OF
n the Circuit Court OF Mason Count,
West Virginia, on the first Monday in tbs
month OF August. 1881.
G. W. Rayburn. Plaintiff,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-08-24

The Greenbrier and New River
Railroad Company has recently been
chartered, with Col. D. W. Emmons,
Ely Ensign, J. H. 0hley and others
as the charter party. The purpose
is 10 build a road from point on the
c. & o. Railway, at the mouth of
Greenbrier river, near Hinton, TO a
connection with said railway at
Hawks Nest ON New Rriver, and on
the south side of New River, for the
special purpose of developing the
coal fields between those two points,
and ultimately to serve as a double
track for the traffic of the c. & O..
Railway. In the near future the
Lexington division of the c. & O..
will be completed to Mt. Sterling,
KY, where it reaches connecting
lines to Memphis, Tenn, and the
West. We are informed that work
will be commenced on the Green.
brier and New River road at an early
day.-Huntington Advertiser.