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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The State Beyond the Potomac
"A "bitter hearted'' exclaimed
Onicer-Ciyil Service Sham
FoOlery-The Good that Blaine.
James and Hunt have done.

[From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 18th, 1881.
From Washington, we look across
the Potomac upon the hills of vir.
ginia. virginia-nanied from the
Virgin Queen, virginia-the eldest
and most majestic of the colonial
-sis,erhoed. But yesterday, ON hor
historic sands, was celebrated the
event that assured our independent
nationality, and prefaced the bright.
est and most wonderful book in the
annals OF peoples, To-day, Virginia
sits Inundated and debauched, wear.
ing ''the sorrows crown of sorrow, /"
her fair fame, her VOWS, and her OBJ,
legations repudiated. The hills Of
Virginia look across the Potomac
upon Washington, with its marble
Capitol, the White House, and the
Treasury of the United States. In
these, see the cause of disgrace and
ruin of the once beautiful and chaste.
In the Capital OF the United States,
senators conspired and colleagued
with an apostate Virginian. Two
Presidents of the United States ex.
ecuted the pact of conspiracy, aud,
through the Treasury, every tax.
payer in the United States Of Amer.
lea, Molens royens, has been made &C.
cessory 10 the crime.
In all the bitterness of her degreda.
ton, Virginia has the wretched con.
ISOLATION that her shame was com.
passed not alone by traitorious sons,
but BY the Senate of the United
States, by two Presidents of the Uni.
ted States, and by the Treasury o!
the United States.
If there is an honest taxpayer in
the Union, let him reflect that the
money he paid into the National
Treasury has passed through the
hands of Government employees into
the corruption fund of Malone. II
there is man in the United States,
who remembers the legend of civil
service REFORM" honored with the
lips OF the party OF moral ideas. )
let him know that hundreds of ex.
perienced and faithful postmaste,s
were removed from their offices in
Virginia, by Presidents Garfield aud
Arthur, in compliance with the pact
with Malone. (Po.) Adi&gruatloi er.
Cutina Officer.
Perhaps the most thoroughly dis.
appointed, and, as Buuthorne would
say, bitter hearted one" in Wash.
ington, at the presen. time, is ex.
Postwaster-General Tyner. 1t was
he who first discovered the Star Route
villainy. His great mistake was that
be did not turn the lights upon it,
but concealed it in napkin. In
Z
due time, the little patent reformer
Mr.. James, pOking about in the pig.
con holes of the Department, discov.
cred TyneF's discovery, and, with
brass band accompaniment, threw a
food of calcium splendor upon the
whole bad business. Now Tyner,
driven by the angel James from the
paradise of a salaried sinecu,e, re.
fleets upon what he nigh, have done
and might have been, yolliug the bit.
ter bolus Of disappointment uader
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

In conversation with some of the
farmers on the river bottoms above
Briscoe run we learned that from
Briscoe to Williamstown there was
unanimity of opinion in favor of the
road, and in most instances the right
of way would be cheerfully granted.
Some Of the farmers ask as a con.
tingency that the r. r. Co. make
cattle guards and provide suitable
and onyenient road crossings; Others
ask merely that the value of the &C.
tual quantity OF land taken shall be
paid for.
With, We believe, one exception
the right Of way in the distance we
have named can be secured on these
terms.-SsRtiaei.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16
ATTENTION FIDUCIARIES.

HAVING been appointed by the County
Ii Court OF Mason county, West Virginia,
on the 9Th day OF January, 1884, their sd
Commissioner to settle with Fidueisries
all Administrators. Executors, Curators
and Guardians, will govern themselYe.
accordingly, as lam the only legally consti.
tuted authority before whom they can
make their settlements.
JN0. Z. TIMNfS,
C0m'r Fiduciaries OF Mason Co. Court
ian.l2-u.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

Bismarck had better content him
self with mere threats to resign
Experience has demonstrated in this
country that designations are some
times accepted, much to the regret of
those who tender them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

tion as full and as searching as posi-
BILE, and their report will doubtless
prove that they have faithfully dis
charged their unpleasant duty
GreenJrier Independent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

Chas. Eayre Hinkle, Jersey City
Heights, y. j., reports that his son,
lad Of twelve years, was complete.
~ cured of a terrible case of Eczema
by the Cuticura remedies. From his
head to his feet was one mass Of
scGbs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

The defeat of Mr.. Astor, in New
York, deprives the Republicans of a
straight majority in the lower house
Of Congress. They must draw from
the Greenbackers or Independents to
give them control Of that body.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

An election riot occurred at Meri
dian, Miss, on Tuesday, in which
the negroes opened FIRE ON the whites
at the polls. Four men were killed
aud several wounded.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

The consumption of horseflesh in
Germany is extensive and growing.
1t might be an agreeable change if
tried in some american boarding
houses. is it IL superior 10 leather.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

The Chesapeake and Ohio has fin-
ished forty-tight miles of the road
eastward TO Newport News. The
ro11 is completing gap between
Dyer, Tenn, and Covington, which
completes It's connections To Mem
phiS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

The Democratic net gain in New
York appears to be one Congress
man, the State ticket, with one ex-
ceplion. and the Legislature. That
will do for an of year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

Commercial reports from several
of The leading cities show an excel
ent trade in all departments, that OF
iron leading, the foundries being un-
able To fill their orders.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

1t looks like the Readjusters of vir.
ginia will be able to buy a breakfast.
The other fellows will have to 60
hungry, as they have nothing left
bat their honor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

Another of the Democratic gains
out OF Tuesdays battle is the Legisla-
ture OF New Jersey.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

The total losses sustained BY the
recent floods in the Mississippi river,
are estimated at sS,0o5, 600.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

The Law of Texas does not permit
a life sentence for highway robbery,
but in the case of Vim. Petty.astag
rubber, recently convicted IN that
State, the Judge proved equal to the
emergency. by sentencing him to 80
years Imprisonment.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

1t is rumored that Senator Blaine
has sold his interest in the Richm ond
and Allegheny Railroad ios cue hun.
dred thousand dollars.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

The loud professions of the Repub
lican party for the welfare of Union
soldiers should now cease. Wilson
the postmaster at Lynchburg, and
who served with distinction in the
Union army during the war and was
twice severely wounded, has been re.
moved from his Office because he re
fused to support the renegade Malone
population ticket. The President
no! only removed him, but every
Republican Senator favored his re,
mOval and sought to confirm his sue,
ceaor. Wilson was endorsed by m ost
Of the prominent men Of both parties
in Lynchburg. His successor is d
sO-called Malone Democrat.-Es.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

Judge Thayer Melvin, who has
been judge of the Ohio Circuit Court
for fifteen years, has sent his resig.
nation to the Governor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

Grant says the Garfield men ough,
to be put out without any nonsense. y
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

Senator Thurman denies the re
port That be would take up his home
in New York. He says he is back at
his old Columbus home 10 stay, and
is delighted with the rest he is en-
juying.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16
Catarrhal Poison.

Catarrh poisons the mucous mem
brane, poisons the blood and vital
fluids, poisons the lungs, liver and
kidneys. From a simple cold to the
rotting, sloughing and death Of the
senses of smell, taste and hearing,
Sanford's Radical cure for Caiatrh is
supreme. Complete treatment 81.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

Commissioner Raum has ordered
an inspection Of the materials used
in the manufacture Of beer at the
principal breweries in the United
States. Complaints Of adulteration
have reached the internal revenue
department.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

1t is pretty tight work to draw any
consolation out of the late elections.
Park. Sentinel.
Horuer, you are too easily discour-
aged,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

Rainey, of South Carolina, the ne
GRO who received the unanimous vote
IF the caucus ofthe Republican Rep
resentaliyes when the Republicans
were in the minority and conldn't
give him the elerkship Of the House
which they voted him in caucus,
would now like the position, the Re
publicans being In the majority, but
lie can't get it. Devotion TO the ne
gro is not carried that far.
Women that have been pronounced
incurable BY the best physicians in the
country. have been completely cured
nf female weakness by The use Of Ly-
dis +. Pinkhani'< Vegetable Com
Iound Send 10 Mrs. Leila L. Pink
ham. 81 Western Avenue, Lynn,
Mass, Ior pamphlets.
As is his wont, Mr.. Samuel ]. Til,
den appeared upon election day ut
the polls. He was all affability to
the friends WHO salnted him, and, us
isehis mvariable habit, removed his
hat while depositing his ballot.
According to the report Of the
United States Commissioner of Agri
culture, it appears that z 10000 per
cons in the United States are engag-
ed in agricultural pursuits. The to-
tai value of farms and farm nipple.
ments is s13, 461 200, 43S, or two-thirds
of the productive wealth Of the ma
tion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

cember, 1881.

the property in said Trust Deed described
being four lots OF land in the town Of Hart
ford City, and marked on the plot a aid
town as Lots No. IL, Is and l6 in SQUARE
No. 3, fronting on Main and Front streets.
The above property hSs fine dwelling
house thereon aud other costly improve-
ments
pey .iG-:W.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

Van Matre, ofthe Visitor, don't like
our suggestion of Hancock for 1884,
and says "Isn't it about time you
were dropping the shoulder strapped
gentlemen" Now, this is decidedly
cheeky coming as it does from the
military editor OF that paper, who
never loses an opportunity to parade
himself in "full dress" uniform, with
cooked hat and plume and sword on
all public occasions. We don't blame
him, however, as he looks well when
he is rugged out in his military y
and attracts attention. But Weldon t
want him to sit down so hard on our
military hero, while he, himself is
trying to get an Office by rigging
himself up in Majors suit every
once in while, and creating COM
motion among the people.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16
TRUSTEES SALE
OF Valuable Town Property I'm
the Town of Hartford CITY.

Qf virtue OF Deed OF Trust executed TO
ID tho undersigned Trustee, BY Rankin
Wiley, Sr., dated on the Sd day OF Nav.
1876, TO secure to 6. W. Mcredock the pay
ment OF certain promisory note bearing
even date with said Trust Deed, for the
sum OF seven hundred and ;orty.eisht dol.
ISIS and eighty.three cents, payable twelve
months after date, with interest, which in.
terest now amounts to about 500. 90. which
said Deed OF Trust is duly OF record in the
Mason County Court Clerks office in Trust
Deed Book No. 3, folio 1880, and being re-
quested by Il. W. More,lock. the owner OF
said note, to make sale of the property in
said Trust Deed mentioned, default having
been made in the payment OF said note and
interest, l shall proceed to sell BY way Of
public auction, Tor CASH, al the front door
Of the Court House in Masen county, West
Virginia, on
Tuesday, the 18th day OF De-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

PURSUANT to the terms and conditions
L OF decretal order Of the Circuit
Court OF Mason County. West Virginia,
entered ON the 18th day OF May, 1881, in
the Cliancery cause Of Robert Luton, Ex-
ecutor OF Samuel Greer, deceased, VS.. Nam
cy Greer, ct. al, the undersigned will otIcr
for sale, at public auction, 10 the highest
bidder, ut the front door OF the Court
House OF Mason County, West Virginia,
on the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16
5lh Day OF September. Iss1.

all the real estate OF the said Samuel
Greer, deceased, situE,e i'll Cooper District,
in said county and State, containing about
500 acres, for the description and bound
aries Of which reference is hereby given to
the records OF said county.
TERMS or SALE-0re-third Of the pur-
chase money cash in tfsrd on the day Of
sale, the residue on credit Of one and two
years, the purchaser n execute bonds
with good security for the deferred INSTALL
ments, said bonds to bear interest from the
day OF sale until paid and the legal title to
be retained, as further security, until the
purchase money be oil paid.
Tie aboveland is well improved. under
n high state OF cultivation and with fine
timber, and will be sold subject to the low
er right Of Nancy Greer, widow reliet OF
said Samuel Greer, deceased.
HENRY J. FISHER, JR.,
aug. 81. Special Commissioner.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

Death to rats and vermin, Parsou.
Exterminator.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

As has been all along evident 10
the "plain people" the "star route"
prosecutions have turned out to be a
"fzzle." The great heart of the Re-
publican party does not beat respon.
sive to the conviction of the thieves,
from some cause or other.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

Evidence is daily multiplying that
the departments at Washington, and
every arm of the public service, are
rotten to the core. The sort of "civ-
IL service reform that would come Of
rotation" instead of indefinite in.
cumbency, is what is needed to eut
public corruption BY the roots.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

The Parkersburg Sentinel speaks in
high terms of Col. W. P. Thompson,
in taking leave of him in his depart
ure from that city to reside in Cleve.
land, Ohio. In this removal West
Virginia loses an able business man
and an enterprising citizen. Col.
Thompson is in the prime and vigor
of an active business life; and in his
social qualities is genial, hospitable
and popular.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16

The government printing Office at
Washington is said to be a sink Of
iniquity far exceeding in its corrup-
ton, any yet disclosed in the Treas
ury Department. The details as Civ
en- by Washington correspondents to
eastern papers are almost too gross
for human credulity.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-16
COMMISSIONER's SALE OF
real. ESTATE.

oct. la9nl.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-09-01

left many who sincerely mourned his
death. One of the best men OF the
Territory, who. though identified with
the opposite faction. knew him well.
said TO me this morning: do you
know l couldn't help feeling sorry
when ! heard that bov was Killed.
He was splendid horseman and a
dead shot, and at the time of his death
was only about twenty-five years old.
The hero OF the hour in New Mexi-
co now, the king lion Of the Terrific
rial menagerie, is Patsey Garrett, the
slayer of the Kid. His name is in
everybody's mouth. The papers are
full of his exploits and his praises.
The very children in the streets stop
and honor him with curious and ad-
miring stare as he passes. | met him
Yesterday in Santa Fe, and milder-
looking. gentler-spoken fellow never
saw. He is about twenty-seven years
old, six feet five inches tall. and
Of almost willowy slenderness, with
the slight tendency TO stOop in his
position that is natural to one
OF his build. His complexion. naturally
fair, is sun-tanned to a ruddy brown.
His eyes are greyish brown and keen as
an eagles. and his hair and slight mus
tache are of light brown tint scarcely
deeper than golden. His voice is as
soft as woman's. and he rarely uses it
TO talk of himself. He spoke very kind
ly of the Kid, and. having occasion. in
reply TO question, TO allude to the eS-
plot which has made him famous, sim
ply remarked: "He was taken the
night of the fourteenth of this month"
asked him if the Kid had really killed
as many men as the papers report. from
nineteen to twenty-six. mo" he an
swered. in his musical. feminine voice.
he only killed eleven that know Of"
l thought one for every two years of his
life was nearly enough.
Some hitch having occurred in regard
to the reward Garrett expected to get
from the Territorial authorities. the peo-
pile of all the cities and towns in the
Territory have gone to work TO raise a
subscription for him, and Las Vegas
alone has already made up a purse of
l,20O in gold. If other places do as
much in proportion. the fund will
amount TO a good many thousands
CIR. 81. LOltis Glo5e- Democrat
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-09-01
HUMOROUS.

"A young man in this city, who
practiced in the gymnasium one after
noon only. was able to jump his board
bill the very next day. Cincinnati Sat
mrclay Night.
The ice dealers of New York have
increased their prices twenty-five per
cent. You cannot blame them, poor
fellows. The crop was badly touched
By last winters frosts.-Boston Tran
script.
Since hoops again came into fash
ion they are alluded to as domestic cir.
cles. 1t is not known who perpetrated
the pun. but he is no doubt some rene
gade journalist who should be exiled
from the hustle of life to the very out
skirts of civilization. Detroit Free
Press
-You can always tell when an edi-
tor is on a vacation. He walks about
the streets rs if he had lost thread of
thought or something. and nothing will
bring him back to himself so quick as
to have some one call '.copy" in his
ear.--Ne'c HGren Register.
An Esquimaux dinner is relished as
much as any other. I'D thank YOU
for slice OF that putrid whale" says
the old man. 81 want another fish
head there wasn't meat enough on
that one" saws the little Esduimaux;
and then his mother says he shan't have
any candle TO chew after dinner because
he didn't say please.-LOuisrtiie Cour-
ier-,journd'
Little Phil. bright five-year old,
is afraid of thunder During the re-
cent hot spell his mother would re-
mark: "Oh, pray for rain" One day
when she said it, Phil thus addressed
her: :. Oh. mamma, l will tell you why
II don't rain When l say my prayers
l des say: please don't pay any ten
ton to what mamma SAYS, cos l am
'fraid of thunder Nit and HIsdons..
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-09-01
A Temperance Drink.

Among the thirsty ones yesterday
huntingup and down Woodward avenue
for something 10 guench thirst was
man in rusty black, who entered a
drugstore and softly inquired:
"Have you temperance drink"
1.-Two or three of 'em. Win you
take saltwater or ginger ale?n
well, now, our society does not re-
gard either of those rs strictly tenn
perance drink. Both are associated
with strong liquors"
"How would root beer answer?'
suspicious suspicious" was the
whispered reply.
"Ah! I've got it now.'
Abr
Il can give you a straight tenn
perance drink as cool as ice, but it
comes high"
How much?"
"Ten cents glass"
Very well,n said the old man. as he
put down his dime.
The druggist was absent only min
ute and then returned and placed a eiass
of liquid before him. The old man
drank half of, smacked his lips and
asked:
MAY | ask what you call it?''
Certainly; it is called water just
drew il from the hydrant'
The excursionist set the glass down
much harder than he needed to, but
toned his coat, and. with glance meant
TO reduce the druggists weight to l20
pounds in five seconds, marched out as
stiff as 4 bean-pole, and crossed the
street after a lemonade favored with
peppermint essence. = Detroit Free
Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-09-01
THE SWEETEST THING IN LIFE.

The sweetest thing there j. in life
IL iust lovely little wife.
tho sews the buttons on your shirts,
And never tells you when she iiirts:
Who gives you kisses sweet as honey,
Then asks yon for a little money:
Who saws sue never once complains.
Then tells you ali her aches and pains.
Who makes you say you re glad to see
Her moi her stay two months or three:
Who, while you think you don't obey,
Makes you exactly do her way.
Who makes you tremble with alright
when YOU remain out late mt night:
Who makes you with conceit grow tall,
Then lets you drop ami feel SO small:
Who hopes your next wife may be half
AZ good Rs she, and. when you laugh,
Remarks, with tcar-drops in her eye.
That you'd be Riad-Dut she won't die:
Who makes nice dinners thHt you like.
Then for a bonnet makes "A strike:
Who seems "a be so dull. yet KNOWS
More than you ever would suppose;
Who gives you letters sure TO mail.
And when you've said. They're sent,
don't fail
To find them in your pocket, while
You sinmmcr. blush and try to smile:
Who. when you strike for freedom dear.
Weeps, calling you a bear severe.
TIL shamei. again her humble slave.
You beg forgiveness and behave.
Who says she does not snore when you
Awaken her. but saws you do;
Who hears each night the robbers free,
And sends you down below To see.
Who cannot bear your horrid pipe.
And says your feet you never wipe;
Who works herself In death while you
Just walk around with naugnt TO do:
And. well. the sweetest thing In life
fs-if you haven onc-a wife.
HI c. Dodgs, "a burlington Hfnlssye.