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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-02
County superintendent.

The most important Office TO The
people Of this county is that Of
County Superintendent Of Free
Schools. Without a good and Ell.
cient officer at the head Of school
affairs, the schools would be poor
affairs indeed,
The election takes place nITues.
day, May 18th. Ills the duty Of
every voter to be at his place Of
voting on that day, and to cast bis
vote for a man whom he knows tc
disqualified in every respect to full.
fill the duties required Of this Office
There arc two men running fol
The office, Messrs. Kenny and Whit.
ten. The first named is the pres
ent incumbent, and no one will
say that he is not a competent and
efficient officer. The latter is q
young man, hardly out of his teens
yet, who is without experience in
school affairs. These gentlemen
are now before the people, and they
are to say next month whether ex.
perience and qualification shall
win in the race, or whether they
prefer to have young man who is
neutrality-suspicious. in schoolaflairs,
and but little experience in teach.
ing, in control of the large number
Of schools in this county.
II is u duty you owe to yourself
your children and your county,
that you cast your vote for the best
qualified man for the office, and
that man is Prof. W. j. Kenny.
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Commissioner,s Sale.
Andrew j. Roush and others vs.. Henry
FRY and others md

Andrew j. Roush and others vs.. Henry
Fry and others, and
j. n. Casio vs.. Henry Fry and others.
In ChanCory. Consolidated.
TN pursuance Of the terms and proyis.
L ions Of decree OF the Circuit Court
Of Mason County, West Virginia render.
ed in tho above named consolidated eau
SEES on the 18th day OF February, 1888,
the undersigned Special Commissioner,
will on the 18Th ddy Of Nay, 1883,
at the front door Of the Court House Of
Mason county, West Virginia, proceed
TO sell by way Of public auction TO the
highest bidder, the following described
real estate belonging to the Defendant,
John Hope, tO.wit: Lots Nos. 9 and 3 on
the Sehon farm, also lots 345, $40 and
S47 in the townof Brownsville, in said
county, also lot No. 0, in Meeks addition
to the town OF Hartford City, also one
fourth Of an aero more or less, belonging
TO the Defendant, Stephen Thomas, stu.
ated on Sliding Hill Creek, m the town
Of Hartford City, in said county, and up.
on the following terms, to-wit! for cash
as 70 one-third Of tho purchase money,
and as to the residue on q credit Of six
and twelve months, taking from the pur.
chaser or purchasers bonds with good
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The wise farmer will keep q good
class Of horses or none. There aie
Casesin which circumstances may
interfere somewhat, but the man
who tries TO run o farm and get
the best results by getting along
with old plug Of horses, certainly
stands 10 his own light. The
character ofhis horse is generally
a pretty good indication Of the
character Of the owner.- Examiner,
The deaths in this vicinity this
spring have been aboysthe average,
so much so that it is noticeable
to all. Death pays no respect to
persons; the rich and poor, old
and young, are called upon TO pay
this debt, which has been so forci.
bly, illustrated IN tins neighbor.
hood the past few months. The
inierments in Brooke Cementery
during the first four months Of
1883 have been almost equal to
t .ne6 entlre NUMBER during the year
lSSS.-As''s.
DR.. j. R. Manlyo Of Upshurcoun.
ty, was found guilty in the o. s.
District at Clarksburg last Satur.
day for illicit liquor selling as a
druggist. II was shown conclu.
sively that he had sold generally
and Unfortunately, although he
denied the charges in toto and at.
tempted to impeach the character
of one Of the government witnes.
ses. The jury found him guilty
in half a minute, and no was
sentenced 10 pay a fine ofs2OO in
one case and s1OO in another, aud
to undergo imprisonment for nine.
ty days in the Harrison county
JUL.
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Fifteen Years for Murder in the
Second Degree.

Special to the Register
NICHOLAS c. H., W. Va, April
25.-The Circuit Court of Nicholas
county convened on Wednesday the
18th inst, Judge Henry Brannon
presiding, and as had been formerly
agreed to, the case of the State of
West Virginia against Thompson
and Chas. NJ. Morris, indicted for
the murder of William Hcnsley, in
June last, was at once called. ].
D. Anderson and Col. J. W. Davis
appeared for the State, and Col. ].
NJ. French, Capt. r. +. Denis, and
Duffy & Henderson appeared for
the prisoners, A jury of twelve
men was selected from the thirty
who had been summoned in the
case, and the trial commenced.
1t dragged YEARLY along for thir.
teen days until this morning when
a few minutes before 0 o'clock the
jury, which had been nearly two
hours in their room, filed slowly
through the thick crowd into the
box and was asked: Gentlemen,
have you agreed upon a verdicl?"
to which most of them nodded yes
and the foreman responded: ave
have" Col. Davis and Capt. Dennis
being absent from the court room,
caused about ten minutes delay,
during which the crowd waited in
breathlesS silence, standing on the
seats and craning their necks to
get glimpse Of the prisoners, who
seemed perfectly composed as they
had been during the whole of the
trial, not u witch Of a muscle or a
flushing of the face could be seen.
Finally the attorneys arrived, and
the verdict was Read: ave, the
jury, find Thompson and Chas. NJ.
Morris guilty of the murder of vii.
liam Hensley in the second degree,
and fix their term Of imprisonment
in the ponitentiary at fifteen years.
The counsel for the defense made a
motion for new trial, but the
Judge overruled it. They then
called for two hours to consult with
their clients, which was granted,
and at the end Of which the court
was again convened and they deCi.
ded to take no further action in the
matter. The Judge then in a very
touching manner passed his sen.
tence upon them and directed the
Sheriff to take them to the State
prison.
Tho crime for which they have
been tried and committed was for
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The Cyclone In Texas.

Dispatches from Waco and Other
places in Texas to the Associated
Press say the cyclone of Friday last
was very severe throughout a large
section of the State west and south.
west of TT. Worth land Dallas. The
Missouri Pacific section house near
Milano Junction was destroyed and
QUE of the hands killed. The
school house at Mt. Vernon was dc,
stroyed and three children injured
Another school at McGregor was
blown down and nine children Sc,
TiOusly wounded. At Rock Church
the house of CliG Braham was dc,
stroyed, himself and wife killed
one child blown several hundred
yards away, and his three other
children could not be found. VIM
Scott and q man named Mitchell
living in the same neighborhood
were killed and two old ladies
named Graves and Donnan, were
badly wounded, the former fatally
Houses, fences, and everything
movable in the track of the storm
were dcstroyodor blown away. Mrs
Diamond was killed and her daugh,
Ter fatally injured near Bolton. An
immense quantity of hail fell on
The outskirts of the storm, many Of
the stones being chunks of ice,
some Of them five inches in diane,
tar
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Yarn and leans Exchanged for
Wool.
CuStOm Carding and Spinning done at
reasonable rates.
may 2.8m.
TRUST SALE.

DY virtue Of the provisions Of a deed
ID OF trust executed on the 10th day OF
February, 1881, by d. S. VanNlatre and
Nettie NJ. vSnMIaire, his vile, to John
w. English, trustee, and recorded in
trust deed book No. 3, folio 949tO secure
to John Il. StOrtz the payment Of n GER
tain promissOry note therein mentioned,
for the sum Of SSl9, bearing date on the
10th day of Februqry, 1881, with inter.
est from date, subject however to q cred
it OF Slj8.40, paid July 9TH, 1882, and de.
fault hGving been made in the payment
Of the residue Of said note, and being re.
quested by tile said John q. stortz, /
will on Saturday, tile I'd day Of June,
1883, ut the Front Door Of the Court
House Of said Mason county proceed to
sell by way OF public auction for cash,
the following described personal proper
tY therein mentioned, tO-wit One sew.
on column Washington Hand Press and
fixtures, 23I pounds Nonpareil type, 100
pounds BergOis type, fonts card type,
u lot OF column and head rules, dashes,
slugs and leads, and brass galIeys, to
satisfy the residue of said note and in
teresl. JOHN w. ENGLISH,
may 2-4T. Trustee.
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1t is now estimated that nearly
three hundred lives were lost 10
the hurricane that swept over the
Southern section Of the United
States on Monday. This rounds
out the frightful record Of the first
four mouths Of 1888, adding to the
most disastrous foods, fires, explo-
sions, and calamiiies at sea the
destructive storm that has swept
the country for many years. Nearly
FIVE hundred people went down
with the Cimbria, scores Of lives
were lost in the Milwaukee fire,
and hundredsO lives have been lost
in various explosions. The floods
on the Ohio and Upper Mississippi
are followed by hurricanes on the
Lower Mississippi and the casualty
record Of 1888 bids fair TO become
the most notable Of any year in
modern times.
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WeaIh Of Wood.

West Virginia has boundless
wealth other than in her vast
mineral deposits. The recent cen.
sus deyotes considerable space 70
our forests and contains much Of
interest From the reports II ap.
pears that the forests Of West Wiz.
GINA, with the exception Of the
belts Of pine and spruce, are con.
fined to higher ridgesofth the Allegha.
ny mountains, and are principally
composed Of broad.Ieaved trees, the
most important Of which are the
white and chestnut oaks, the black
walnut, the yellow poplar, and the
cherry. The forests have been
largely removed from the counties
bordering on the Ohio river, and
the most valuable timber along the
principal streams, especially the
black walnut, cherry and yellow
poplar, has been culled in near.
ly every county in that part of the
State. The black walnut found scat.
tered everywhere in West Virginia
is least plenty in the northwestern
and Ohio river counties, and most
abundant along the upper waters
of the rivers flowing into the Ohio
through the southwestern part of
the State. yellow poplar is found
throughout tho State and still
abundant throughout the headwa-
ters Of nearly all the principal
streams. Large bodies of cherry
are found in Greenbricr, Nicholas,
Webster and other counties imme.
diately ives! Of the mountains. A
large amount Of hCmlock is scatter.
ed through the valleys and ravines
of the northwestern part of the
State, and along the western slopes
Of the Alleghenies. The area still
occupied by the white pine is esti,
mated to extend over three hun.
dred and ten square miles, and con.
tains about 9OO,OOO,OOO feet of mer-
charitable lumber. The principal
centers Of the lumber manufacture
are along the Kanawha river, Ron.
corvorte, Greenbrier county, Point
Pleasant, Mason county, at Parkers.
burg, and along the upper Potomac.
The lumber product of the State
for the census year was tSO,l12,OOO
feet of lumber; 12,O7l,OOO laths;
3,605,OOO shingles; 4l,Q9S,OOO slaves
and 1,052,OO0 sets of headings, val.
ued at s2,4S1 ,S57.
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the niurderof William Hensley, q
man about sixty years Of age who
lived by himself in an out q tie
way place In the western part d
this county, and was murdered on
the 10th Of June last by the Nor.
rises. They at once informed their
neighbors ofthe deed and saidihey
had caught him in an nnnameable
act with a heifer and be presented
and snapped his gun at them and
swore he would kill them, and that
they had shot him in seli.deEence.
They, with their neighbors vent to
the place and found him dead. An
old family feud bad existed between
them and some Of their neighbors
for years and they embraced the
opportunity and gave damaging
testimony against them.
The Morrises are among our old.
est inhabitants, having settled in
our county in an early day on Pc.
ter's creek, where they yet reside.
The last Indian depreciation in this
county was committed on their
lands and resulted in the killing Of
two Morris girls. Their father
made collins out Of rude slabs split
from a poplar tree, the only means
at his command, and buried them.
Tho prisoners, Charles Nj Morris
and Thompson, are about IS and 40
years Of age respectively, and have
hitherto borne good names, were
peaceable, quiet and inofensiyo
citizens, and loved by their neigh
bOrs. Each leaves a loving wife
and small children to mourn and
grieve for them. They leave an
aged and respectable father, too,
who mourns their loss, and no
doubt long ere they serve out their
time and return, he willbo no more.
Our people sympathize with them
in this great trouble.
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Commissioners Sale of Val
liable Real Estate,

DY virtue OF dcCrctal order OF the
ID Circuit Court Of Mason county, State
Of West Virginia, made on the 9th day
Of February, 1883, ina Chancery cause
therein pending, in which T. q. Steele
is Plaintiff and Thomas K. Steele and
Others are Defendants, | shall on the
9TH ddy of Dag, 1883, as Special
Commissioner, ;proceed to sell at the
Front door Of the Court House Of said
county, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, the tract Of land in said suit de.
scribed, and which Is well improved,
and contains one hundred acres more
or less, being situate in the District oil
Clendinen, and conveyed 10 the Dc.
PENDANT, Thomas X, Steele, By c. NJ.
Shank and wife, by deed bearing date
on the Goth day Of June, 1866, and OF
record in the Clerks office OF the Coun.
" Court OF Mason county, in deed book
No. %, folios 1913.
Terms OF SALE:-Cash as to one.iourth
Of the purchase money, and a credit as
to the residue in equal payments OF one
and two years, with interest from date.
Bond with good security will be required
Tor the deferred instalments.
W.R. GUM,
aprll-iw. Special Commissioner.
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aprll-iw.
Notice of School Election.

PURSUANT 10 sections 9 and Al Of
chapter Is, Acts OF 1881, School
Law IN election will be held at the
Court House, II the District Of Lewis,
Mason county, on tho Third Tues.
day OF Mny, 1883, from sunrise, or
as soon thereafter as practicable, till sun.
sot Of that day, for the purpose Of choo.
sing Board OF Education, to consist Of
q President and two Commissioners for
Lewis District, and a County Superin.
tondent for the county OF Mason; also
TO take the sense Of the voters Of Lewis
District on the question Of granting To
the Board Of Education Of said District
authority to levy for the support Of
the free schools therein.
And the Board OF Education Of said
District agreeing that the schools in said
District should DO continued more than
four months in the year, thoy will sub.
nit at the same time the question to the
voters Of said District toleyy sufficient
for the support and continuance OF fsaid
schools for six months In each year.
By order Of the Board Of Education,
JNo. E. TISIAls, Secretary.
aprllw4
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A Good Democratic Platform,

The Wilmington IN. C)Slar lays
down u set Of principles as the
basis of the platform of the Demo.
cratic party, to which every true
Democrat can honestly subscribe
aud faithfully support in tho con.
test against the corrupt Republi.
can party, which is utterly oppos.
ed to every principal enunciated
by the Star. The cry Of the PEG.
pie is for reform, and this they can
only have through the Democratic
party, for the Republicans showed
in the last Congress that all their
promises Of reform made last fall,
when they were scared by the
great up rising Of the people, were
mouthings and empty words never
intended to DO fulfilled.
The Democrats need but to be
true 10 themselves and to tho prin.
ciples Of their party, aud they will
soon throw off this "0ld Man Of the
Sea" who has in the shape of the
Republican party, through corrupt
and extravaganza been expressing
and plundering the people for years,
The Star says:
The DemOcrats-the men in the
party who held to great principals
should not rest content with any.
thing in their platform short Of
this:
1, To uphold the Constitution Of
the Union, both as to the reserved
rights of States and as to a tariff
revenue, To see to it that the Gov.
eminent is brought back TO the
the plan adopted by the illustriOus
founders, and toguard against the
Hamiltonian doctrine Of a strong
Governmental monarchy in fact.
2, To demand the striclest reform
in the administration of the Gov.
eminent, and to prevent all exces.
slvo and needless expenditures.
Let the cry be strict management,
strict expenditures, strict econo.
my,
8. To work constantly and IN.
wearyingly until the tariff is recon.
structed, readjusIed thoroughly and
equilably. Let there DO q tariff
for a revenue only, and let the
protection extended To tho indus,
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Northern Prejudice Against
Tho South.

INC SOutn'
II is not at all difficult to account
for the prejudice prevailing against
the South, among the masses of the
northern people. 1t is the effect of
an absence Of correct information.
1t is the result of a systematic mis-.
representation ofevoFythiug south,
ern, on the part of political parti
sans and others in the North per.
sonally concerned in keeping sec.
tional feeling alive. It is an i'm
mediate consequence Of the selfish
cunning Of leaders who know bet.
ter, but who, for sinister ends
involving their own individual
interests, studiously deceive the
confding people who look 10 their
newspapers and public men for
reliable information. There are
some admirable exceptions, VIC
Know, both on the part OF the press
and of he leading men in public
affairs at the North; and the good
service they are rendering in do.
ing justice to the South is a service
to themselves, to their section, and
to the whole country, not less than
TO the cause Of humanity on the
high ground Of justice and truth
fulneSs as the basis OF confidence
and friendship among men. But,
unfortunately for the Interests Of
the North as well as of the South,
there is much less of true than of
untrue representation of the feel.
ings and sentiments Of the people,
Of the condition of society, of The
resources and advantages generally
in these old slave States Of the
Union. II the farmers of the
North, especially, could but be
brought To- fair and full under.
standing of the entire situation as
it actually exists in the South,
there would very som be effected
such a change of feeling towards
our people and such u change of
opinion as to the attractions Of our
section as would be inevitably fol.
lowed by a prompt transfer Of tens
Of thousands Of valuable citizens
from that section as permanent set.
tiers in this.
Northern prejudice against the
South is shutting out golden oppor-
tuniLies for the enterprising men
of one section and seriously clog.
ging the progress of the other
Industrial South.
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triesbe aaaally dlsLrlbated Lhtodrh

triesbee equally distributed through,
out the section.
With Q strict construction Of the
Constitution, strict economy, strict
administration Of the laws, the
Democrats would then be able 10
ST down in peace and contentment,
consoled with the grateful reflect
ion that they had done their duty
TO their country. Equal laws,
equal rights, equal justice, is what
the country has a right to ask for
and to expect. Reform the des-
pOtic powers, reform the burden.
some and unequal tariff, reform
the expenditures-these are the
cardinal doctrines for which we are
prepared to deliver battle.
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The Washington Sunday Gazette,
a Republican Journal, goes for
Brewster, Attorney General be.
cause of his failure to take an active
part in the Star route trials. 1t
says he should either keep his
promise 10 assume personal super.
vision over the prosecution or re.
sign. We would earnestly suggest
in the interest of honesty and puri.
ty that the entire Cabinet aud Rad.
iCal Administration resign. To
this a large majority of the people
will heartily say, amen.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-02

The Shepherdstown Register says,
Judge Camden advocates a PROPOSE.
ton for the State to vote twelve
millions of dollars to develop the
entire railroad system of West Vir-
ginia, believing that this in the
end would be cheaper to the people
than piecemeal plan of develop,
ment, lie thinks that there has
been no over.esIimate of the min.
eral wealth of the State, and that
it only needs capital to make it one
of the richest in the Union for its
area and population.
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The Iowa Democrats will hold
Their convention on the 9Th of June
They hope, by presenting a good
ticket and by putting into the cam,
paign a reasonable amount Of work
to make a handsome showing when
the returns come In.
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A terrible cyclone passed over
Mississippi, Georgia, and adjoining
States, last week. In Mississippi
the dead number eighty three and
the wounded upwards of three hun.
drcd, while the loss of property is
frighIful. In Georgia the casual.
ties aggregate twenty killed and
between fifty and sixty injured,
while the loss to property is osti
mated above a million dollars. 1t
is doubtful if a more destructive
tornado has visited the United
States since the settlement of the
country.
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The Cincinnati Enquirer of Mon.
day says A question Of considera.
BILE Importance was settled by the
stockholders of the Cincinnati and
Eastern Railroad Company Satur.
day by a unanimous vote in favor
of extending the line of the road
from Portsmouth to Gallipolis.
This movement will increase the
Importance of the Cincinnati aud
Eastern, which is generally ack.
nowledged as u valuable local road,
for at Gallipolis it will be met by
the Ohio River road, now being
constructed from Wheeling. 1t
will also be brought into close asso.
citation with the other roads now
CenIering at Point Pleasant.
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The Cincinnati Ncrs and Morn.
ing Journal have been consolidated
and the paper appeared Monday a,
the Cincinnati News Journal
1t is now as large as the Enquirer
and in every respect as good a pa,
per. 1t is Democratic to the core
Democrats in the county who want
a reliable Democratic daily from
Cincinnati, should take the "News
Journal"
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It's now eminenLly appropriate
that the whole party Of Visiting
statesmen" who overran Louisiana
for Hayes, shouldatLend the flneaal
Of Eliza Pinkston, EulOgies on
the deceased should be pronounced
by Sherman and Ghaudler.-RegiS.
Icr.