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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
Small POx.

AS many of our readers will be 60
ing to the May Festival we deem il
our duty to call their attention to the
following, from the Enquirer of 9Th
May:
Between January 1, 1882, and last
Saturday night there were reported
in this city sos deaths from small.
pox.: The mortality for the last week
in April was fifty-fve-much worse
than during any other week of the
year. The current week promises a
greater mortality even than that re-
ported last week. During yesterday
and the day before sixty-seven new
cases Of smallpox were reported at
the Health Office. Contrary to all
received notions regarding the dis.
ease, itspreads as the spring advances.
The authorities to whom have been
intrusted the health interests of the
city appear to be.as helpless. as were
the authorities of London,when that
city was swept by the "black plague"
They .arenot what they seem how.
ever, for they are not HELPLESS; 1t is
folly for them to plead the ignorance
which the London authorities plead.
ed. The means whereby the, ugly
visitor which now inftsts the city can
be strangled are within their reach.
They have been within thoir reach
all winter, and they knew it. Have
they been so venal in their appoint.
ments that appointees become ugly,
and uniformly ignored their instruct.
ions? Or, were they so reckless of
Cincinnati's welfare as to issue COM
paratively. no instructions?
In New York. City, where. thous-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
Moving Onward.

The Baltimore Sun calls attention
to the many signs of progress and re.
cuperation manifesting themselves
in the South. The sectional preju,
dices generated by the war and the
local disorders growing out of recon-
struction succeeded for several years
in keeping of capital and crippling
enterprise. But these things, says
the Sun, have, happily, passed away,
and the soothing effect of time are be.
ginning TO bear fruit. Mines are be.
ing developed, manufactures are
springing up, railroads are being
built, farms are being better titled
and live stock OF all classes are being
increased in quantity and improved
in quality. Above all, the people Of
that section are concentrating Their
energies and strengthening their
hopes by earnest and cheerful en-,
deavors; and capital has forgotten its
timidity and now advances boldly tc
aid in improving and developing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
Show Them!

Saysan exchange; Republican pa.
pers of late have been endeavoring
to make their readers believe that
their editorials state political facts
that cannot be controverted. One Of
the "facts" they have the temerity
to assert, is, that the people pay no
tax to the general government ex.
cept on whiskey and tobacco. There
is as much truth in that, perhaps, as
there is in any other statement tina.
appears in Republican journals
But will any Republican editor
scratch his hoary head and name
three articles in common use on
which the people do not pay taxes,
directly or indirectly, to support Re-
publican extravaganza?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
Tie Party of the PeopIe.

The Democratic party is the party
Of the people, the party that in reality
and neutrality-suspicious. with down.
trodden and suffering humanity, the
party that has been true to the Con.
stitution and the fundamental doc.
trines Unpopular government. When
in power it governed with wisdom
and integrity. Why has it been ex.
cluded from power, and been beaten
in every great national contest for
the last twenty-four years? The
causes have been various. We will
not here attempt to enumcrate them.
But the facts are sufficient to inspire
scrutiny, circumspection, wisdom and
foresight in the future. The cause
OF the Democratic party is the cause
of human rights and liberty. F. 1t is a
deathless struggle, and will never be
given up.-Er.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10

ands of emigrants, many of them
reeking in filth and disease, land ev-
cry week, and where the population
quadrnples that Of this city, small.
pnx has been kept under foot. The
obstacles in the way Of work by q
Health Board in the great metropolis
are five times greater than in Cincin-
natl, and yet the work their has been
effectual. What istrue Of New York
is measuaably true of Chicago, where
the dreaded disease is rapidly disap.
pearing.
1t is with reluctance that we make
these unfavorable comparisons and
publish figures which even sagacious
business men are anxious to have
suppressed. But the case is an ur-
gent one. There is need Of some rad
ical measures. They may be suggest.
ed by a full knowledge Of the Difficult.
ty under which the city is now labor.
ing. 1t is, therefore, best that the
worst be known. 7s
But few days since women were
observed coming from four different
houses on Abigail street, each with
an armful Of ready-made clothing
Each one of the houses from which
the women emerged had posted on its
outside wall a smallpox placard.--
The women were evidently bound for
some downtown clearinghouse, for
they hailed south-bound street car
and disappeared with their burdens,
which must have been more or less
infected.
This is only one OF the many ways
in which the scourge has been spread
throughout the city. Had the Health
Board early learned of the place Of
employment of all inmates Of an in
iected house, or OF the school which
from that house attended, and prompt
ly notified employers and teacher, at
the same time insisting that such in
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
Political View.

For year or more now, the people
ofthe United States have been in a
turmoil of excitement. Two nation.
al political conventions have been as
sembled; nominations for President
have been made; a President has
been elected, inaugurated and muir
dured. A long, exciting and half pc.
litical trial for that murder has ter
minated in the proper conviction Of
the accused. The short official life
Of the President was full of political
controversy and bitterness between
the factions of his own party. His
death brought TO the front new polit.
ical leaders, who have met and chang
ed the policy of the elected admins
tration. Although the majority Of
the Republican party was with it, it
would not, perhaps, have been in any
respect rigorous. Once more the
party in actual power is a most d.
minutiye minority Of its own organ
ization, but bold, defiant and holding
the purse and the sword. This is
not continuation Of the tea and
toast administration of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hayes. Instead of being weak, by
reason of wickedness it is strong
Brought into existence by the bullet,
it proposes to maintain itself in place
and power, at the point, at least, Of
the political bayonet. The halfbreed
head falls daily, and the one that
rises in its place bears the mark Of
the stalwart beast. The vultures are
gathering to the feast of corruption.
The Mormons, the Indians and the
navy are to be reconstructed, and the
country will be drunk with the wine
of the Chambers and the Tellers.-
Are the people never again to own
themselves? Are they to be forever
bound to the chariot wheels of the
political bosses2 The whole head is
sick and the whole heart faint, else
the Republican party could not live
through the next election. american
ReqiSter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
Congressional Executive COM
mittee Meeting.

Pursuant to the call of Chairman
John J. S. Hassler, of the old Third
District, the members of the commit
tee of the old Third and First Con.
gressional Districts, resident in the
new Fourth District, met Ravens.
wood, w. Va, at the Ravenswood
House, on Tuesday, May I'd, 1882.
Present, Jon J. S. Hassler, Of Jack.
son; J. P. r. R Smith, of Mason; R.
e. Horner, Of Wood; E. A. Bennett, Of
Cabell; and by proxy, R. H. Browse,
of Peasants; N. Hoffman, of Writ;
and J. P. Stricken, Of Richie.
Chairman Hassler called the Com.
mittee to order, stated the object Of
the meeting, and suggested that a
reorganization of the Committee be
had-himself declining a reelection
as Chairman, in view of the relation
he sustains to the public as an aspir.
AIT for the nomination for Congress.
Wherein pom, J, P. R. B. Smith, Of
Mason, was elected Chairman and A.
E. Bennett, of Cabell, Secretary.
The Committee expressed their re.
grets at the retirement of Col. Hass.
Ter, with thanks for his previous cour-
tesy and successful management as
its Chairman.
1t was ascertained, from the records
of proceedings of the conventions ap.
pointing them, that the following
committeeman from the old First and
Third Districts reside in the new
Fourth District and are entitled to
recognition as members of the Com.
mittee as reorganized, viz: E. A. Ben.
nett, of Cabell; A. johnson, of Calhoun
Col. j. ]. S. Hassler, of Jackson; Col.
J. P. r. B. Smith, of Mason; Hon. r.
II. Browse, of Peasants; J, B. Stick
Ter, Of Richie; R. E, Horner, of Wood;
and n, Hoffman, of Writ.
The Committee agreed that at this
meeting the members from the old
First and Third Districts should re-
'spcctiyely cast one-half of the vote
ofthe District and in cases of u tie
the decision should be by lot.
The matter of the time and place
for holding the Congressional Conven.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
Worried.

The State Tribune and other Re.
publican journals in this State, are
considerably worried because the
Democratic newspapers do not dis,
cuss STATE politics or deny their ma.
ny ridiculous statements in their ar.
raignment Of what they please to
style the Bourbon" Democracy Of
this State. Gentlemen be a little
patient, you will more than likely
get all the discussion you want on
State affairs, soon. Democratic edi.
tors are only waiting to size the pile.
We do not care to waste our amuni.
tion on the small birds now being
scared up.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
Congressional Convention.

In another column will be found
the proceedings of the Democratic
Congressional Executive Committee,
at meeting held in Ravenswood on
May I'd. The time for holding the
Convention has been fixed for Wed.
nesday, August 10th, 1SSesand Point
Pleasant selected as thesplace'to hold
it. This will necessitate the calling
of a County Convention, and we sug,
gest to the county Executive Com.
mittee that they call the Con vention
for Monday July Oath, $50 that at this
Convention we can nominate our
county ticket, asswelras select dele.
gates to the Congressional, Senator.
ial and State Conventions.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10

A man in Frederick county, Mary
land, has big carp story TO tell. lie
procured ten small carp from the Fish
Commissioner Of that State and
placed them in a small pond on his
farm. A few days ago he drew the
water from the pond and found, beside
the large fish, over thousand small
er ones of various sizes. He, put the
eight large carp--two of them having
escaped-on the scales, and their ag.
gregate weight was eighteen pounds.
Register.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
legal NcEICas.
TRUSTEES SALE
OF IL Valuable Farm Situate on
the Waters OF KanaHlia Ten
Mile Creek, Mason County.
West virginia.

DY virtue OF Trust Deed executed to
ID me, the undersigned, Trustee, by Ear.
ly jenkins on the 4th day of March, 1850,
to secure unto r. j. Love the payment OF
eight promissory notes therein described,
for the sum OF Fifteen Hundred and Sew
enty-iive Dollars, seven OF them for two
hundred dollars, each, and one for one
hundred and seventy-five dollars, payable
in two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
and nine years after date, with interest an
nually; and default OF payment OF the note
due having been made to the holder
thereof, and | having been requested by
said creditor and holder OF said notes to
sell the real estate in the trust deed men
toned, for the paynent OF said notes, l
shall on the 18th day of June, 1892,
sell at public auction, at the front door OF
the Court Houseo Mason county the real
estate in said trust decd mentioned and
described, containing 205l acres, situate in
Cologne District, and bounded by the land
of Morgan Greenlee, L. Hill and Others
Terms OF sale cash.
W. II. ToMLlNS0N, Trustee.
apr20-4w.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
Advertising Cheats.

1t has become so common to write
the beginning of an elegant, inter
esting article and then run it into
some advertisement, that we avoid
all such cheats and simply call at
tention to the merits of Hop Bitters
in as plain honest terms as possible
to induce people to give them one
trial, as no one who knows theil
value will ever use anything else.-
Providence Advertiser.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10

1t is reported from Washington
that General Grant has been so an.
noyed by applications for his recon-.
mendations for executive appoint
ments that he has been compelled to
say that he cannot endorse any more
applications. Arthur, It'll presumed,
will have rest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10

A law has just passed the New
York Legislature which provides
that on the trial of capital ofenses
or crimes involving liability to i'm.
prisonment for life, the right tomake
the closing argument to the jury,
Immediately before the Judges
charge, shall belong to the counsel
for the defendant, instead OF the
prosecution. as heretofore.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
A Lecture to Young Men
On the Loss Of
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The world-renowned author, in this adj
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This lecture 'rill PROVE a boon to thousands
and hOuSnndS
Sent under seal, in plain envelope, to
any address, post paid, on receipt OF six
cents or two postage stamps.
THE 0ULVERWELL MEDICAL co.,
Al Ann ST.. New York n. "; Post
Office Box, $50.
oct. ply.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
Labor Strikes.

Inc wheeling RegsSte1, in dis.
cussing the union of iron workers
throughout the United States, says
that "it is well-knewn that unless
there is compromise reached rela-
tive to the scale of prices prior to
June |, there is prospect of the in.
auguration OF a struggle which, if it
once begins, will close our workshops,
PROSTATE our industries, cripple our
commerce and place on the list Of
consumers thousands of men whose
daily toll now adds to our productive
wealth, and fills the tills of ourretail
merchants"
We regret to see in our northern
exchanges an evident apprehension
of serious trouble, the coming sum.
mer, not in the iron industry only,
but in the large manufacturing bust.
ncsses. We trust that these appre.
tensions may prove to be unfounded,
or that the good sense and mutual
concessions of those concerned may
avert them. -.
The Chattanooga Tradesman dis.
cusses the subject of strikes-North
and south-in thoughtful article,
from which We make the following
extracts: 1t is q curious and instruc.
tive fact that none Of the present Ia
Dor troubles in the North have, so far
had any perceptible effect on the con,
dition, temper or employment of Ia,
Dor in,the South. This is and will
continue to be, especially true of the
cotton manufactures in the two sec,
tons. :. Cotton-mill strikes in the
South have so far, been entirely un,
known. Although the business has
grown from nothing, at the close Of
the war, until it employs Sl5,00O,OOC
capital and 10000 men, women and
children, there has never been at any
of our large manufacturing centres q
perceptible disturbance between EN-.
ployers and employed. The ex.
PLANTATION will not be found by com.
pairing the numbers or the general
disposition of the work people in the
different ATTITUDES, butin the differ.
ent conditions under which they Ia.
Dor, and the absence of the foreign
element in the southern factories
Cotton mills in the South never stop
on account of frost, The. hands are
employed the entire. year. The eli.
mate being less rigorous, they are
much moro cheaply housed. The
food is simpler and cheaper, their
physical wants generally cost less
than do those of operatives north Of
the Ohio and Potomac. d.. The con.
ditions of a strike are forever pres.
ent in the cotton towns and other
great factory centres of the East
Such conditions, so far, are quite alb.
sent from the southern region, if we
except the iron mills where the for.
oign element is potent, if not ma.
jority; and even in these latter strikes
are extremely rare compared with
their recurrence in the northern sec.
ton.
--=ss=-=--
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10

VIM. e. English, son of the late
Democratic candidate for Vice Presi-
dent, will be a candidate for Congress
in the Indianapolis district of Indi.
ana this fall. He has already carried
his own county, which sends fifty
eight delegates to a convention of
eighty.six.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10

Greenbrier County Commissioners
appropriated $500, for the purpose of
providing supplies for the poor Of
that county, who, on account of the
drouth last Summer, are in a desti-
tute condition.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10

Tho Southern Republicans, it is
said, are very much dissatisfied with
Arthur's administration, in that the
present Cabinet is the first since the
war that has not contained q South.
ern representative.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10

The frequent lynchings through
out the country show that the people
have lost faith in the courts. The
"insanity" dodge has been played
successfully too often and technicali.
ties are too frequently allowed to
override law and justice.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10

Mrs. Jessie James does not propose
to surrender the hard-earned savings
of her late lamented husband with
out struggle. She even threatened
10 sue Governor Burbank for his own
watch, recently found among the out
laws possessions.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10

Congressional aspirants in the 4th
district will multiply from now till
August 18th.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10

The Cincinnati Gazette says that
the Republican party of Ohio "can
get along without the Dutch"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
il. N. .Bi..ggggs
UNDE.RTAK ER.
PoMERoY, OHIO.
have the finest Undertaking Establish.
ment in Southern Ohio.

Over 800 Collins and Caskets
on hand and over 800 burying
Robes Of all styles.
lam largely engaged in the manufacl-
ure OF this kind of goods and retail them
for less than other0calers pay for .them,-
SIS Caskets for $50; $50 o. &. Tops for so;
S25 U. &. Tops for Slo; fine Q It. Collins
trimmed and boxed Tor $40 and SD. In
addition TO my own manufacture keep
all oil the fine Citygrade Of Caskets, French
Walnut, best Rosewood Imitation Casket,
with full extension Silver Bar Handles,
full length, much finer goods than the
cheap Collins you eta Mt the small shops.
| keep White Collins for Children; sell
Metallic Cases from SIS to $50 less than
you will get them in any market. Keep
two Of the finest Hearses in thispart 81 the
country. Can send Hearses to any part OF
Mason county, and will guarantee best
preserved corpses and the best attendance
at funerals. Will come when called to
any part OF the county to take care OF or
embalm corpses.
gB~0rders coming by steamer Luella
will be filled and returned same day. All
goods will be ready in half an. hour after
receiving order. day ornight.
am also dealer in
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10

The name of j. Robert Vail, Esq,
OF jackson G. H., is prominently be-
fore the people Of the Fourth district
as a candidate for Congress from that
district. We are assured by those
who know this gentleman that no
better choice could be made. In
personal appearance Mr.. ", resem.
bles the Hon. John L. kenna to so
marked degree as to have been
mistaken for that gentleman by per-
sons acquainted with the honorable
gentleman Of the Third district
Leader.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
Totals 1888 SIG
BY order of the COMMITTEES:
j. p. r. B. SMITH, Chm'n.
L. A. BENNETT, sec'y.

Hon. A. c. Fulkerson, of Wayne
county, we learn, made speech at
the courthouse last week, in which
he declared himself as a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Con.
gress in the Fourth District. He nd,
vocated the selections of delegates
who should go uninstructed to the
convention, where they could meet
upon an equality with uninstructed
delegates from other counties, and
after full conferences and discussion,
agree upon candidate. He urges
that county which binds its dele.
gates by instructions loses a large
part Of its influence in the conven.
ton because other counties look upon
it as an attempt to forestall them
There is more in this than may ap.
pear at first blush. With Wayne
county at his back, Mr.. Fulkerson
can afford to look upon this matter
impartially Aclpertiser.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-05-10
General Hardware,

Shingles, Lumber, Lath. Doors, Sash, Glass,
Paints, Oils and Narnishes, &c.
mayl0-ly.
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