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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-09
legal Advertisements.
I lCt0YTHiIsSIONEII,S SKI,E.

nURSUANlf 10 tho terlils and nroyisions
~ = decreetai liz order n ' ~. rcnSs
Tsony ~ Nasnn covns, va s ~ VIM; sSs'
rendered N the October tenn isS0. ~ sa;d
couT n the consolilafe,l smiss ,hef,.in
pcndibr. In which Frsncis SIevcns who
sues by her newt friend lanes \ Ciendin.
an. a i,laintiiI. and HnnnihaI sievems nnd
otltors are deiendant md Eannin Stesans
,and Others WHO sue bv tbeir nsxs ;r;sn3
Ml'V snS ttse,1 AsNt nssne
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War Eminent,

Ed. Bee.-As have many friends
in lronton that know me, and how
badly | have been afflicted ever since
the war, | want to tell them. that |
know all about Thompson's Rheu.
matte War Liniment, and know it to
be the best patent medicine / ever
saw. | keep IL in the house all the
time, and carry it with me when |
am travelling, 1t has cured me Of
neuralgia when two of our best doc.
tors failed tgTelieve me. 1t is the
only thing that keeps me going about.
loo much cannot be said in its praise,
JAMES w DALE, Ex-Marehal.
Gallipolia, Ohio.
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The report of the condition of our
Fair Association, published else.
where, makes very satisfactory
showing. 1t will be remembered
that in 1878 the Fair was started
with nothing-no stock subscribed,
no money, nothing. Stock has since
been subscribed, but only 10 per cent
was ever called for. Now it has no
debts, and has over 81 400 left. The
buildings, track etc, probably cost
much more than they are estimated
at but their actual cost came out of
the receipts. Who said that Jackson
county couldn't get up Fair? We
said it could and kept on saying SO
until the experiment was made,
which proved that we we're right.
The stock is now worth many times
more than the holders paid for it,
and it is distributed all over the
county, so that in every section are
men who are directly interested in
keeping their stock up to its present
value, which ensures the permanency
of the Peoples Fair" as long as It
is.properly managed.-Jackson Herald.
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w. r. GUM,
feb2-4w, Special Commissioner.


State of West Virginia, Mason County, So,
A t Rules held in the Clerks office Of tho
II Circuit Court Of Mason County, onthe
last Monday in the month OF January, 1881.
Jermiah Yaugcr, who seus for the use Of
W. II, Tomlinson and D. W. Polsloy,
Plaintiff,
Jacob Plants, Leonard Plants and George
DauglTerty, trustee George W. Pulfn
and c. b. Waggener trustee and W.
III. Tomlinson, Defendants,
In Chancery.
The object of this suit Is to enforce a
judgment lien in favor OF the Plaintiff
against the Defendant Jacob Plants, and 10
subject the land OF said Defendant Jacob
Plants, to the payment OF said judgment,
and other liens thereon, and it appearing
by the returns OF the sheriff that the Dc.
fcndanty Leonard Plants is a non resident,
it is ordered that he do appear here at
Rules to be held IN the Clerks office Of tho
Circuit Court OF said county on the first
Monday in the month OF March next, and
do what is necessary to protect his interest
nthis suit. Tcste:
CHAs. B. WSGGENERy Clerk.
Tomlinson & Polsley, Soils.
feb. 2-4w.
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Rebccca Harrison, Defendant,
Ia GLnnnns..

The object of the above entitled suit is 10
obtain divorce from the Bonds Of Matri-
mony in favor Of the said I. NJ. Harrison,
against the said Rebecca Hurrison, and It
appearing by affidavit fled in the papers
OF this cause that the Defendant Rebecca
Harrison is a non resident Of thisState. 1t
is ordered that she do appear here at Rules
to be held in the Clerks Office OF the Cir
cult Court OF said county, on the first Mon
day in the month OF March next, and dV
what is necessary to protect her interest
in this suit. Teste:
CFtAS. b. WAGtiENEIs, Clerk.
Hoge 4 Mehager and Hogg, Soils.
feb. paw.
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Tie Grant Fund.

'reople VINO nave money OF course
are at liberty to do as they please
whit, and how strangely this liberty
js often exercised. Two funds are
how being raised, if not already com
pleted, for the benefit of General
Grant One is 10 be fund of $3.50.
600 in New York and the other of
100000, in Philadelphia, both raised
BY private subscription. In addition
to'this o special bill is now pending
in Congress for the purpose of ena.
bling General Grant to be placed
upon the retired list of the army
Now Grant is great General, the
people have recognized it and re.
wardcd his services by first creating
Especial rank in the army for him
3 and afterwards electing him twice as
Chief Magistrate. He has now a
moderate fortune; his sons, through
Their fathers standing, have been
enabled to make large fortunes
General Grant has no need for this
s95o,OO0, save that he may have Just
that much more money. But there
are many private soldiers of the late
war and many children Of soldiers
who were slain in the struggle, who
do need it; there are many men who
have labored their lives away in de.
veloplng the country with railroads
and canals, and mines and factories
who need it; there are many men,
women and children of this country,
who absolutely need the food to sat.
lsiy hunger, which this money would
buy, and it would satisfy thousands
OF them, and yet it is given for sens
ual qualification of one man. And
where does all this money come
from that's lavished so freely? Why
1t is made by the Vanderbilts, the
= Goulds, the keens and lucky specula,
tors in railroads and in wheat and
corn and mines, and other products
OF the labor of the country; and who
made all these railroads, raised the
wheat, corn and opened the -mines2
Why the laborers Of the land, who
now this cold winter, some of them
overtaken by age, by sickness, by
want of, or inability to work, are &C.
tuaIly sutferingin many places for fuel
and food, IT this money is given in
gratitude for public benefits, why not
let it go where it will do the greatest
good to the greatest number? WHY
not let some of it go back to men
whose lives were used by shrewder
men in making these treasures?-
Some strange impulse moves all
mankind and especially Americans,
to give money to those who do not
need it, and withhold it from those
who are in want.
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ANTLcONYlcr LAROR !.
The Pcnitenliary Committees
Work Results IN a Bill 10 Abol.

Tic Pcutfcnliary COnimiftee,s
Work Results IN a Bill 90 Ab0l.
isIl.
The Committee on Penitentiary
presented their report to the House
yesterday, in obedience to resolu-
tion directing them 10 inquire into
the feasibility Of abolishing or chang.
ing the system Of contract convict
labor now in operation in the Peni-
Tertiary and substituting therefor
some other system The comuiifee'
spent considerable time in inSt igas
ting the subject, and % this enN |lild
Summoned before them numerous
manufacturers and employees oi
Wheeling who claim to be injurious.
" affected by the contract system
They also examined carefully the
various reports Of the snperintend,
ent and Directors Of the Penisenti-
airy, aud also the reports Of commit.
tees of other States appointed to in.
yestigate the question. The result
is-the committee recommend that
the contract system be abolished, be.
cause it is more injuriousi in is effect
upon free labor and the established
industries of the State than any
system; because it is not con-
ducive to the reformation ofthe pris.
ouers, the labor being under the sole
control thecontraclors and directed
exclusively to making oflarge profits.
because the State should have control
OF its wards, De they insane, deaf,
dumb, blind, or criminal, and in re-
turn for this the State should have
the full value of their labor, and the
excess Of maintaining the institution
pass directly into the treasury of the
people.
The committee recommend US a
substitute for the contract system
what is known as the State Account
plan, and present bill for carrying
this system into effect. Its provis-
ions may be briefly stated as follows;
The working Of the convicts is
placed under the exclusive control
of the board of directors, who shall
only employ them ut such trades
as will least injuriously affect the
citizens Of the State engaged in the
same occupation. The products Of
the convict labor are TO be sold on
the market under such wholesome
regulations as the board may pre-
scribe, and the proceeds in excess Of
$1,000 annually are to be covered
into the distributable school fund
The board may let all the convicts,
or US many Of them as they deem
proper, to the board of Commissioners
Of any county Of the State, to be
worked in building or repairing
roads at the expense of the county,
and the labor Of the conviets shall
not be otherwise contracted for. A
chaplain shall be elected annually by
the board, to receive such salary as
the board may determine not in ex-
cess Of six hundred dollars. No draft
is to be made on the State for ex.
penses of the penitentiary, except
for such salaries of officers as are
now payable by law. No director,
superintendent, guard, Or other Off
Ger or cmploye Of the penitentiary
shall be directly or indirectly pecn-
niarily interested in the purchase of
anything for the institution, nor in
the sale Of any Of its products.
This bill was introduced yesterday
morning, by the Committee, and will
be pushed forward as rapidly as pos
ble.-Rcgister.
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Mr. Cox On Apportlonment.

Mr.. Cox's speech in the House yes
terday, in support of his apportion-
mont bill, deserved the serious attcn.
ton of the members, Ho very
strongly insists that the membership
should no' be increased, and in this
the country will agre with him
The placing Of the number of men,
hers at 3Ol, he very truly remarks,
removes as many objections growing
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Senators Judge Brown and Dr.
Barbeo of this District are said to be
among the most influential members
in the Upper House We feel as.
sured the interest of the tax pay.
ers will not suffer at their hands.
Wearo satisfied that.tho Doctor has BY
thistime found that the Democratic
party has come back to Rha'und that
they are nov one,
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Judge G, P. T. Moore has announ-
ced his intention of resigning his po-
sition upon the Supreme Court Of
Appeals, within a few months. 1t is
very much to be regretted that Judge
Moore has come to this determine
ton. His long service upon the
bench. characterized by marked abil-
ity and close devotion to his duties,
will make his ratirement severely
felt in the high tribunal over which
he presides. But it is a serious fact
that our Supreme Judges have a most
laborious position; they in effect
have no time for relaxation from
their arduous duties. which facts,
coupled with the grossly inadequate
compensation received by them,
would make it a matter ofno surprise,
thai any Of them, after many years
service, shoulqisei compelled, almost,
to take the only means Of saving
themselves from utter physical pros.
tration.-Kanagha Gazette.
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There will be an Ecumenical Coun-
Gil of the Methodist Episcopal Church
held in London from the 9TH to the
Goth of September next. 1t will be
held in the old church originally
built by John Wesley. 1t will be
composed of four hundred members,
two hundred from the United States
and two hundred from the rest of
the world.
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I'D d the seniIle for iractiong as pos.

out Of the scnffle for fractions as pos
sible, and that was the reason he
had selected that number. AS we
have before shown any reasonable
apportionment is bound to shown a
net gain to the South and West, TO
which they are fairly entitled by the
increase in the population. AS Mr..
Cox very eloquently said: at was
the star Of empire taking its West,
ward way, but along with it arose
above the horizon the Southern
cross" To be sure at 800, owing to
fractional caprice, the South and
West would lose, but it is obviously
not right that they should. There
should be no party known in the set
Element Of this question of appor,
tionment, and Mr.. Cox's remarks
upon that point are timely and dig!
nifed. off there is any parry adj
vantage, he says, sin fixing the APP
portionment at the present session
let it be ignored" He is clear that
the census had been fairly and hon
estly taken and should not be crown
ed, SO far as he was concerned, by the
ugly efiigy of party. A postpone
ment, it was shown, will cost the
State governments, which win b
compelled to call extra sessions Of
their Legislatures, about 100000.
In fact, there is no reason why either
Mr.. Cox's or some other equally as
just a bill should not be passed at
once, and there is every reason why
it should. 1t is simple question,
and only requires little logic and a
reasonable amount of fairness to set.
tie it in twenty four hours. As Mr..
Cox puts it, "a little logic and less
learning" would be great help
Gen. Walker succeeded in taking the
census in time for Congress to act
upon it at the present session, and
the country does not want to lose all
the advantage of having a compe-
tent mar at the head of the census
department. We sincerely hope that
wise counsel will prevail and that
we will have this apportionment
question settled before the close Of
the session. Baltimore Gazette.
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West Virginia. wants to look out
for her Congressman. One of them
is accused Of having got through
bill some time ago to take S267 900
out of the Treasury for the benefit
Of lot Of foreign steamships in the
waters Of New York; and another
has just changed his position on the
question of substituting Eads, the no.
torious st. Louis lobbyist, SO as to
give him a subsidy from this Gov
eminent which will invalidate the
terms of his canal, but not the rail
road cession from Mexico. But Eads
does not care whether they take the
railroad from him, provided he can
get the subsidy from this Govern
ment. His railroad is not meant to
cross the Isthmus, carrying men.of-
war and iron-clads, &c, but to go
right upover Capitol Hilland through
the Houses of Congress, and thence
with slight deviation through the
Treasury and end in Eads' pocket,
where he keeps the late Bank of
Missouri.-Cin. Enquirer
Is this true, il SO who is the man?
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ATTENTION rTDucrAKIEs,

HAVING been appointed by the County
IL Court Of Mason county, West Virgins,
on the 9th day Of Jandaryt 1881, their sole
Commissioner to settle with Fiduciarics,
all Administrators, Executors, Curatorg
and Guardians will govern themselves
accordingly, as am the only legally constiy'
tuted authority before whom shey can
make their settlements.
JNo. E. TIMMs,
Com'r Fiduciaries OF Mason Co. Court
iu,, 1914
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Mr. Terrell, of Berkeley county,
member ofthc Legislature, was found
dead in his room last week. The
House adjourned for the day as a
mark of respect, and appointed a
committee to accompany the remains
to Berkeley county. This is the sec
ond death among the members this
session, delegate Meadows, from
Boone, having died in Wheeling last
month. These are the first deaths
that have ever occurred among the
members during any session of the
Legislature.
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Senator Davis, of West Virginia,
has been having a big dinner at
Wormley's, where he entertained q
large company of distinguished pol.
iticians.
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Tom Buford, the murderer of Judge
Elliott, has been sent from Owenton,
KY, to the Insane Asylum, having
been acquitted Of murder on the plea
of insanity.
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Land for Sale

r 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 321 acres, is well
improved, has good dwelling house, barn
and suitable outbuildings situated upon it.
! will sell the whole 92l acres ut twenty
five dollars (S25) per acre, or will sell it in
three tracts, l55 acres in the first tract.
Address PERRY LEMASTER,
Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Va.
feb.O-3m.
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The last polar wave has been one
of the severest and most destructive
ever known. While in California
there were torrents of rain which
swept away houses and even towns,
in the North and East from one to
three feet of snow has fallen, delay
ing railroad trains and stopping all
travel. In some places the snow
drifted in heaps as high as the smoke
stack Of the locomotive. In several
places in Pennsylvania the thermom-
etcr fell to forty degrees below zero.
In many places there is great suffer-
ing for want Of water for stock as
the springs have been frozen 10 the
source.
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A Congressional re-apportionment
bill will probably be passed, fixing
the number of members at 307.
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State of West Virginia, Mason County, IS,
A T Rules held in the Clerks office Of the
II Circuit Court OF Mason County on tho
last Monday in the month Of january, 1851.
F. NJ. Harrison, Plaintiff,
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The Delegate from Gilmer county
desires to know how it would do to
levy tax Of five cents on the 500
valuation to be set apart as an inter-
nal improvement fund. Even in
the absence of any constitutional
prohibition against such legislation
we should think the people of that
county were not interested IN such a
proposition. The Auditors report
shows that the county Of Gilmer pays
no road tax, and if her roads are in
such good condition, it seems unnatur-
al that she would be so public spirit
ed rs to lead offin proposition to
improve the roads of other counties.
We will do Mr.. johnson the justice
to say that he may wish this tax i'm
posed for railroad purposes. Be that
as 1t may, he starts out upon bust.
ness principles, and desires first TO
create fund before asking for an
appropriation, while others are ask,
ing for appropriations this session
in the face of the Auditors report,
showing as it does, that the balance
to the credit of the State fund on the
Both of September, 1880, was only
So, 1888 that the probable balance for
fiscal year 1881 will be s1,75S, and
for the year 1882 $4,000, and yet
Legislators would have the people
believe they'have something to appro-
pirate when they are getting up
their buncombe bills and resolutions.
Fhe Governor understood the situa-
tion when he recommended the over.
hauling Of the assessment law, so as
to embrace other subjects of taxation,
he saw the inability Of the Legisla-
ture to carry out some of his recon-.
mendations without additional rev.
enue, hence his readiness to obey
the mandate of the constitution"
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Some Wonderful Accomplish.
lnents.

Over in England they are mining
coal at depth Of two thousand sew.
en- hundred feet. In the mining re-
gions of Colorado and Nevada, they
are washing down mountains and
grinding them up to get particles Of
gold and silver. Mount Cennis has
been tunneled for the cars and they
run under it for nine miles. The
Isthmus Of Suez has been cut asun-
der BY canal, and ships float from
ocean to ocean. 1t is proposed to
tunnel the English channel between
England and France and instead of
sailing over the water, to roll along
under it. We no longer wait to tel
egraph ciphers which take an opera
tor to interpret, but send the words
themselves, BY telephone. We no
longer have to depend entirely upon
digging into the ground for oil or gas
to make light, but reach up into
the air and get an electric light
Eads has put the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi river in a willow basket and
hung it on uncle Sans arm. And
now this same man proposes to build
a ship railroad across Central Amer
lea and roll ships on wheels from one
ocean to the other. This idea is SO
feasible that it has already received
attention in'Congrdss and will prob
ably receive aid. Two separate ship
canals across the same country
are now under contemplation; VII
Of these undertakings have powerful
advocates and plenty of money back
ing them. One or all will certainly
be accomplished. The things that
have been done are as wonderful as
any thing that can be imagined, yet
unaccomplished.
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against it, and l will do all | can to
defedt it.
Tie school law is being amended
in many particulars. Some amend
ments will be for the better, and none
for the worse, | think. The power
of hiring teachers will be again
placed in the hands of Trustees,
where it should have always been.
Itlooks now as if the session will
be protracted to 60 or 80 days. l am
opposed to an extension over the
Constitutional limit of 45 days, un-
der any circumstances. If the ext.
gencies of the case demand an extra
session, the GOVERNOR can call the
Legislature together at his pleasure.
The members of both Houses are
working diligently to get through in
the As days, and it is to be sincerely
hoped that they will.
forgot to mention that Speaker
Wilson's Railroad Bill, is kicking up
u good deal of excitement, and Rail,
road officials are coming to Wheeling
on every train. They will do all
they can to defeat the bill, but l
think it will eventually pass our
House. 1t looks as if something
should be done to prevent the extor.
ton of these gigantic corporations
Our new Senatorial District will
probably be composed of Putnam,
Mason and Jackson.
In the new Congressional appor-
tionment, Mason will probably find
herself linked on to Wood.
| believe l have given you about
all the matters of interest can OBJ
tain at this time, BY my next |
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-03-25
olympia WASHINGTON TERRITORY FRIDAY MARCH 25 1881.

sent version of this text; but the
oldest schoolboy cannot parse the
revised sentence, in which "who''
refers to darkness" if it refer to
anything; although how darkness
can " shine in our hearts" is mys-
terry. Who shined" for "who
shone" is not modern En- ylish; but
the "hath shined'' of the present
version is a splendid corollary to
the preceding words.
The iireverend. finicking and de-
basing hands of the revisors have
not spared the sublime passage from
Philippians iii. 2O-21: "from whence
also we look for the Saviour, the
Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change
our vile body that it may be fash
ioned like unto his glorious body"
Who would recognize these wonder
full verses, which contain in few
choice and powerful words the doc
trines of the redemption by Christ
and the resurrection of the body, in
the following verbose and entangled
translation: "We wait for Saw.
Jour- not the Saviour" the Lord
Jesus Christ, who shall fashion anew
the body of our humiliation"-what
sort of a body is that p" that ii
may be conforned to the body of his
glory?"
Here the extracts published by
the Record cease; but we may safely
predict that if these be fair specimens
of the revised version of the Scrip
lures tho New Bible will never take
the place of the Old as long as the
English language is respected and
Christians retain their love for the
plain phraseology of the texts which
have won so many souls to the faith