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Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06

DR.. johnson once, speaking of q quar-
relsome fellow, said: '1f he had two
ideas in his head they would fall out
with each other"
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06

"Why don't you have some stile about
you !" said the man who had looked
along mile of barbed fence for an en-
trance.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06

If you judge of Browns character by
the umbrella he carries, you will form q
very poor opinion Of Smith, for it is
Smiths umbrella.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06

In most quarrels there is fault on
both sides. a quarrel may be compared
to spark, which cannot be produced
without q flint as well as steel.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06

A special from Tucson says: In
dians numbering IS to 100 attacked
the San Antego's train about one
mile east Of Cedar Springs on Sunday
morning, killing Bartelo, Sam Anie-
COS and five teamsters. The men
made a stubborn fight for their lives.
The Indians attacked Sanford's com
mand about three o'clock the same
afternoon, three miles from the sta
tion. The fight lasted till dark when
the indians withdrew. The tele-
graph operator and four soldiers re-
pairing the telegraph line was also
killed. Sanford had a sergeant kill
ed and six men wounded.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06

Monroe Telegraph: There is a grow
ing possibility of an extra session of
the Legislature. There is plenty of
work to be done
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06

The lady who uses her husbands
meerschaum to drive tacks with is no
gentleman.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06

The French are gaining ground rapid
ly in Tunis. One regiment has buried
three hundred men.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06
] LOCUST DALE ACADEMY,
MADISON COUNTY, VA.
Nesr Rapidan Station. va.
DAVID F. BOYD. PrincipaL

DAVID l: BOfD-.-......-.. Principal.
A BLY, ASSISTED IN THE ACADEMIC
"A Department by Graduates Of the Universi.
ty Of Virginia, and by competent Officer in the
Military Department
This Academy has been long established and
successfully conducted 1t Is mainly Prepa,.
atory School for the University OF Virginia
and the instruction. therefore, in Mathematic.
and In the Ancient and Modern Languages in.
Guiding the English, isvery thorough
The Location is in one Of the HEALTHIEST
and most Beautiful portions of Piedmont, Viz.
Gnia under the Blne Ridge and neartbc Raoid.
an River, and in an Intelligent and Highly BE.
fined Community, with Churches OF various De.
nominations convenient.
The Buildings and Grounds are extensive and
attractive. and specially adapted TO the pur-
poses oi a Boarding School
The Session begins the third Monday In
september. and closes the third Thurs.
day In June.
The terms are $500 for a Session Of nine tg)
months for every expense except Clothing
Text Books and Medical Attendance.
This il Private School. aGd under the abso-
lutte control Of the Principal
For further information, address the under.
signed at Baton Rouge, La, till August 1st al
ter that time at Locust Dale T.. O., Madison
County, Virginia. u. +. BOYD, Principal
Jnly 9th. 1881, tw 3m.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06


Sunday night the fourth class OF
cadets newly entered in the Naval
academy was hazed numerically.
Members of the third-class were sus-
pected of it and when the matter was
investigated refused to divulge what
they knew. To-day at two o'clock
P. NJ, the whole class fifty members
was sent on board the Santee. They
had to take bedding and other arti-
cles and will have to stay on board
the ship until further orders, not be-
ing allowed to speak to each other.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06
!!'|||r||l!

A PRIVATE Family desires tb take set6fal
"a Boarders. Single gentlemen preferred.
For fufther information, apply 70 m N, g the
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06

Main Street, Baton Rouge,
Mics 2. Bertrand takes pleasure in announc.
ing to her patrons that she is in receipt Of an
extensive supply of FANCY and MILLINERY
GOODS, OF the very latest fall styles She re.
spectfully solicits a call from her friends, be.
lievlng that they will be pleased with her SO
lections.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-30
Trustees Sale
Of Two Valuable Tracts Of Land
in Union District.

DY virtue of DEED OF Trust executed
~ TO the undersigned, Trustee, by Wash.
ington Stephens and Wits, dated on the
10Th day Of October, 1877, to secure to John
sommeryille, the payment ola certain note
therein mentioned, for the sum OF $750.00
bearing date October 18th, 1877, and paya.
BILE on the 18th day OF October, 1873, which
said Trust Deed is OF record in the Mason
County Court Clerks Office, in Trust Deed
Book No. 3, pages $40 &C., and beng re-
quested by said John Sommeryille to make
sale OF the lands in said Deed mentioned,
| shall proceed to sell by way OF public
auction, at the front door Of the Court
House OF Mason county, West Virginia, on
Friday, the Goth day of April, 1881,
the two tracts Of land in said Deed descri-
bed. The first OF which contains 100 acres,
and the other 90 acres. The above lands
are in high state OF cultivation, and are
situated on the Mud Lick Fork Of Thirteen
Mile Creek, with convenient access to
Schools, Mills, and Post Office.
Title is believed to be good, but selling
as Trustee, ! shall convey only such title
as is vested in me.
Terms of Sale-Cash on the spot.
W. D. soMMERvILLE,
INCH 234w. Trustee.
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Trustees Sale.

THE undersigned trustee, BY virtue Of
i the authority vested in him by deed
of trust, executed on the 9th day Of Jan.
uary, 1881, by John A. Watterson and Ma.
riah j. Watterson, his wife, to secure the
payment OF a certain bond therein describ.
ed, made and executed by the said John A.
Watterson and A. A. Hanly, payable to
w. r. Gum, or order, for the sum Of
S395.7l, due in nine months after date and
dated the 10th day of April, 1880, bearing
interest from date, and default having beer
made in the payment thereof and having
been requested by the holder OF said bond
to make sale OF the property conveyed by
said deed which is Of record in the Clerks
office OF the County Court OF Mason county
West Virginia, in Trust Deed Book No. S
page 246, will on
Monday the I'd day Of May, 1881
at the front door of the Court House o.
said county Of Mason, proceed TO sell al
public auction the land therein described
and known rs the Sinclair. Carey place
containing about 1870 acres, situate in the
district OF Clendenin, in the county atore
said, and is on the waters OF the Ohio Ter
Mile Creek; the land is well improved and
is valuable for farming purposes.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash in hand.
JOSEPH N. DAIGH,
mar Sow. Trustee.
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why the Delay?

The Legislature, before adjourn
ment, provided by joint resolution,
for the printing, with side notes, Of
all the laws passed at the session,
allowing certain number Of copies
to each member. Time enough has
elapsed TO have had the most Of the
important acts printed as directed.
This delay on the part Of the public
printer is source of great incon.
venience, particularly to Justices
We hope the printer will have them
published speedily and have them
forwarded as directed by the reaolu.
ton, SO that they may be distributed.
Radical changes have been made in
many of the chapters Of the Code,
and it is like cropping in the dark
without them. Ifthe public printer
has not the facilities to promptly do
the work, he ought to sub.let it to
some Of the other Offices in the city.
AT the rate the work is being done, it
looks very much as if the laws will
not get before the people before the
middle Of the summer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-30
Oy4rseers Poor.

The poor law, adopted at the sess,
ion, 1881, of the Legislature, abol,
ishes the "Board of Overseers of the
Poor" aud provides for the appoint,
ment of an ovcrseer of the Poor in
erch District of the county, whose
duty it will be to make their report
TO the County Court; said tribunal
will audit levy for all poor claims
the same as for other claims agains,
the county. The duties of the late
Board of Ovcrseers of tie Poor, are
laid upon the County Court. The
overseers as district officers have
about the same duties to perform as
heretofore.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-30
County Court.

The following are some of the
changes made in the law governing
County Courts:
Two commissioners constitute a
quorum; penalty Of commissioner for
failing to attend, five to twenty dol.
lars; compensation Of commissioner,
two dollars per day for each day he
attends a session Of the court; four
regular sessions to be held yearly,
and the president and one commits.
sioner may call special meetings;
their jurisdiction is substantially
the fiscal jurisdiction of the old coun.
ty court; they have power TO preserve
the public health; the fiscal year be.
gins on the LIST of June, and the
county lovy is to be laid at meet
ing held in the month Of July; u full
statement of the county finances is
to be published each year; claims
against the county shall de filed with
the clerk Of the county court, who
presents them TO the court at its next
session thereafter, when they shall
be considered-claims therefore, can
be allowed at any meeting; appeals
are allowed from county courts in
certain cases.
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Hon A. g. Fulkerson.

1t gives us pleasure to publish the
following from the Anderson Enter.
prise. There was not member in
the lower House, Of whom we formed
a higher opinion, than we did of Mr..
Fulkerson:
"We agree with the Wayne Advo
cate in its exalted opinion of Hon. A.
G. Fulkerson. representative in the
Legislature from Wayne county,
We have known albert long and
intimately, and take great pleasure
in joing with the .idrocate in laud.
ing bis sterling worth and eminent
abilities. By his pure, unselfsh
course in the Legislature last term
he was returned this year by large
majority. But few members of the
present session can boast as much
If Wayne county is wise she will
continue Mr.. Fulkerson in the Leg.
lslature as long as his courseis mark.
ed with such ability and devotion as
has yet characterized his past expe.
rience there. .Alderaon Enterprise.
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TFartl ON tI,eDrInkers.

Oregon has hit upon new expe.
dent to keep her citizens sober.
Every man who drinks is required
to take out license costing five dol.
lars year. Unless armed with,this
document he can not get his bitters
at any hotel or saloon, for it is a
penal offenso for the proprie,ors Of
these establishments to sell to any
person without a liceasc. Every six
months the names Of the person who
take out these licenses are TO be pub.
lished in the local papers, so that
the public may know who and who
are not authorized to drink.-Er.
That would be good law in this
State, and would be a source Of great
revenue. 1t would soonrun all our
Free Schools without any tax to the
people.
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Finances.

The people of this county will
hereafter have an opportunity of see
ing printed in the papers the fnan.
cial condition of the county, each
year. The Legislature before ad.
iournment, passed a law directing
the County Clerk to prepare nd have
published an itemized statement Of
the receipts and expenditures of the
county. The law used to be discre,
tionary as to its publication in the
papers, but now it is mandatory
Tho statement for this county will
be published sometime in July.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-30
Letter from Nicholas.
[From our Regular Correspondent.l

Snow Hill, Nicholas Co., w. Va.
Editor Register: Having received
numerous letters of enquiry from
friends in Mason county regarding
this part of the State, l will try to
answer some of their questions
through the columns of your paper,
provided this is not kicked into the
waste basket.
Nicholas county is situated south
Of Braxtou and Webster counties,
west of Greenbrier county, north Of
Fayette county, and east of Kanawha
and Clay counties. The southern
portion of the county west of Gauley
river is about six miles north of Ka.
nawha Falls. Gauley river runs in
asouthwesterly direction through the
county. Meadow river runs north
and empties into Gauley at Carnifax
Ferry, aud is the southern boundary
of the county. Meadow river and
other tributaries of Gauley afford suf
ficlent water power to keep in mo.
ton all the machinery in the entire
State. AT present it is unemployed
except to turn Il few saw and grist
mills, and as home for the noun,
tain trout. BY the way cannot the
representatives of Mason come fish.
ing this summer?
Summerville is the only town in
the county and is the cou nty seat; it
contains about one hundred inhabi.
tants, 1t has court house and Jail,
three or four dry goods stores, one no.
tel, a printing Office, three doctors,
several mechanics shops of different
Kinds, two churches, and no saloon or
drug store, II is situated on noun.
tain, three miles from G,uley aud
about sixty miles from Charleston.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-30
Some Figures,

The weekly consumption Of beer
hers, was stated az The temperance
meeting, Tuesday evening, at about
one hundred kegs, and, the retail
value Of each keg about the same as
barrel Of flour or say $500, which
gives US $500 q week or ttiflc Of
s26,O 600 year, spent worse Than use.
lessly, by population Of about 1000
To balance this we have licenses
amounting to say $500 year, col
lected from the saloen keepers, and TO
rave TO the town this 5000 a year is
the main idea and argument Of those
who are in favor Of granting license.
Any one with a talent for figures can
readily estimate from the statement,
the net profit to the tax payers, and
when be gets through, he can add
say s509cost growing out Of one lit.
tie row in saloon, tried at this
term Of the Court, that would not
have occurred had the licensed sa-
loon not been here Bellsburg Herald.
We have never made an estimate
of the amount Of beer sold in this
place, but We suppose it would reach
the figures above stated, and then if
the whisky was added to it, the
amount would be doubled, or in other
words would reach the enormous
sum of $4,000 per year in this little
town of Point Pleasant. This is
given simply to show the amount. of
money that is worse than foolishly
spent in this place, each year.
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The Assessment Law.

The new assessment law makes il
the duty of the Clerk Of the County
Court, to make out the land books Of
the coantys The value Of all real
estate is to be placed back to what il
was under the general assessment Of
1875, except where corrections have
been made in that assessment by the
County Court, within the time speci
fed in the act providing fort general
assessment. But no changes made
since that time in the value Of any
real property, by the county court, is
to be taken into account; and nc
change shall hereafter be made in
the value Of any real estate, by
which the total value of the real es
tate of the county will be decreased
The assessment year begins on the
LIST day of January, instead of Feb
ruary, as heretofore.
These changes are all beneficial
ones, and will no doubt give general
satisfaction. They are such as have
been dictated BY time andexperience
The collection of taxes will be
commenced in August, instead Of
November, as heretofore.
We have not the law before us OF
we would give it in full, but Their
the above are the most radical chan
ges made in it.
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Legal Advertisements.
Trust sole.

IN pursuance OF the provisions Of two
i deeds OF trust executed to me, the un
dersigned. Trustee, by George w. Crais
ai,d Sarah f., his vile; to secure TO Johr
hcCulloch certain debts therein specified
the first OF said deeds bearing date on the
9TH day Of june, 1852 and duly recorded in
the Clerks 0tkce Of the County Court o.
Mason County, West Virginia, in deed
book No II, folios 5l3 and 5l4; the Other
said deed bearing dale the 9TH day OF June
1870, and also duly recorded in said Cleri's
Office, in Trust Deed Book No. |, folios
275, &C., the debts secured by said deeds
of trust being due and unpaid, and being
directed so to do by said John McCulloch,
shall ON
Tuesday, the 10th day of April,
1881, on the premises conveyed BY said
Trust Deeds, proceed to sellatpublic auct.
ion, to the highest bidder, Tor CASH. all
OF the lands and premises conveyed to me
as Aforesaid, or such parts thereof as may
be required to pay the debts secured by
said Trust Deeds, with the interest there.
on and cost. The debt secured by the
frat OF said deeds Of trust was the sum OF
seven thousand one hundred and ninety
four dollars and twenty-one cents, with L.
gal interest thereon from the eth day OF
June, 1852, interest paid to 9TH OF June.
1872, the debt secured by the second oi
said deeds OF trust, WAS the sum of four
thousand dollars with six per cent. interest
thereon from the 9TH day OF June, 1870.
interest paid TO the 1th day OF June, 1872,
The lands conveyed by said trust deeds,
and which will be sold NJ aforesaid. are,
First: All that certain tract or parcel oi
land lying on the Kanawha River, in Ma.
son comfy, State OF Virginia, (now West
Virginia, containing eleven hundred and
thirty-iour (ll3l) acres, be the same more
or less, and being the same land conveyed
by James n. Craig and Catherine b., his
wife, to the said George w. Craig BY their
deed dated the eth day Of June, 1851, and
fully and particularly described in the first
OF said deeds Of trust dated and recorded
US aforesaid, and Second A tract con.
tanning G92! acres, the same being a
part and parcel Of last above mentioned
tract OF l34 acres Of land. Also tract OF
7Oscres adjoining said tract Of 1874 acres
and being the same conveyed by Benjam.
IN 4. sterrett and Catherine n, his wife
to the said George W. Craig, By their deed
dated on the 29th day OF February, 1853,
and duly admitted to record in the Recor.
der's Office OF Mason county, in deed book
NOEL, page 276.
JAMES H. COUCH,
inch So-4w. Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-30
NOTICE.

F. NJ. Harrison, vs.. Rebecca Harrison,
In Chancery and in the Circuit Court Of
Mason county, West Virginia.
fTdE defendant in the above cause will
i please take notice that | shall on the
2Sth day OF April, 1881, between the hours
OF s O'Clock a. m. and 6 O'Clock p. IN. OF
that day, at the Law Office OF Hoge, Men.
ager 4 Hogg, in the town of Poiut Pleas.
ant, in said county and State, proceed 10
take tho dispositions OF +. NJ. Harrison and
others, to be read as evidence in my be.
half in the above cause. And II from any
cause said dcpositions shall not be com.
pleted on that day the same shall BIZ nd.
ionrned from time to time until they are
completed. Very Respectfully,
L. u. HARRISON,
ny Connect
lGalCliSo.iW,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-30
County superintendent OF Free
Schools.

Ftllo,e- Citi,ensef Mason County: Byrequest
Of large number Of my fclow.teacllers as
well as by the urgent solicitation OF very
many citizens from various parts OF the
county, | announce myself candidate for
your sutfrages. for the Superintendency Of
the Free Schools Of this county, at an cleo
ton TO he held for this purpose, on the
Third Tuesday Of May next. Ii elected,
promise an impartial discharge OF all the
duties OF the Office US prescribed by law, to
elevate the standard OF teaching, and Ia
make the schools Of Mason county, as far as
may be, able, worthy OF her people, re.
spectacle and progressive.
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COMMlssIONER's SALE.
8. W. somerville, ct. al,
Robert Ball.
In Ghnncnrv

Robert Ball.
In Chancery.
TN pursuance Of decree OF the Circuit
| Court of Mason county, rendered at the
February term, 1881, in the above entitled
cause, l, the undersigned Special Commits
sioner, shall,
on the I'D day Of May, 1881,
attho front door OF The Court House OF said
county, sell by, way Of public auction to
the highest bidder, the one hundred acres
OF land ofwhich Julia A. Ball died seized
and possessed Of, adjoining 50l acre sur
vey OF Thomas Ball, deceased; said one
hundred acres being part thereof and ad-
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 Sc.
curity. W. II. TONILINSON,
marS0'iw. Special Commissioner.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE
OF House md Three Lots ;ntha
Town Of Mesf Columbia

m pursuance Of the terms OF degree =,
j the Circuit Court OF Mason Comfy
West Virginia, rendered on the GOTH IA,
OF October, 1880, in suit-thereiu pendin.
IN which W. ?. Shank, who sues. &c. foS
r. L. Winkltblack rs plaintiff and A q
Mason, ct. ais, are defendants, the unds,.
signed, Special Commissioners. appointed
for that purpose, will on the 7tli lay o. Feb,
rnary, 1881, at the iront doer Of the Court.
House OF Mason County, proceed 10 sell A.
public auction TO the highest bidder lots
Nos 1903, ITO, Ill and the land living be.
tween said lots and the Ohio river and n.
landlying between lot No. ll2 and tbe
Ohio river, situate in the town OF Wet
Columbia, belonging to the defendant jo.
seph Brnmley,
TRIMS OF SALg:--Cash as to one.third Of
the purchase money and the residue upon
credit Of six and twelve months, taking
from the purchaser bond with good SEGA.
rity bearing interest from day OF sale and
retaining the title as further security,
JAS. b. MlsSACiER.
W. II. ToAlLlNSON,
Jan Div Special Commissioners.
The above sale is adjourned and con,ln.
ued until Monday, tie 2d day Of May,
1881. ~"
JAS. B. MENAGER,
w. Ii. ToAIl.lNS0Ni
ieb.lB-td. Special Commissioner
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-30

The two Wheeling dailies aac both
warm with words Of praise of the late
Legislature. Every session is go spo-
ken Of on its adjournment, for no
Legislatures sins are on the surface;
but in this instance we believe the
good words Of the Intelligencer and
Register are merited. 1t was a pref
ty fair body.-Preston Journal.
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ATTENTION 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, will govern themselves
accordingly, as l am the only legally consti-
tuted authority before whom they can
make their settlements.
JN0. f. TIMMS,
Com'r Fiduciaries OF Mason Co. Court.
ian.l2-tf.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-30

Arkansas. Do no! think We are
unclvilized, come and see for your
selves. If any information is re-
quired that | can furnish, enclose a
stamp TO me for postage and l will
give all the information in my
power. DEF.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-30

Tho next morning after Malone
proclaimed his dosertion TO the Re.
publican camp, Garfield sont a big
boquet to decorate his desk. 1t cost
Garfield nothing as he had it plaok.
ed from the public gardens.