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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-03-14
Paaial Note.

One of the bills passed BY the re-
cent Congress provided for the issu.
ance Of a postal note by the post
master at all money order post Offices.
The purpose was tolprosids a means
Of transmitting small sums at q less
cost than the money order rate. The
system is said to be- patterned after
that Of Great Britain, which has
proven itself to be a most decided
success. Under the new law a sum
less than FIVE dollars can be sent for
three cents. Upon application the
postmaster at a money order Office
will issue q postal note for any re.
quired sum less than FIVE dollars
which is made payable to bearer, and
is payable at any Office designated
by the person RENTING it, No ad.
vice is to be forwarded BY the issuing
postmaster as is the case with the
present system Of money orders. If
the money should be paid to the
wrong person the Government is not
liable, and if postal note is not pre-.
secuted for payment within three
months from its issuance it will not
be paid at all except on the order Of
the Post Master General. The sys-
tenn is designed toad those who wish
to transmit small sums through the
mails, and will meet with general
no doubt. We do not
know who was the author Of the
measure.-Indez.
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Trustees sale Of storc House and
Lot in the Town OF Leon, Mason
County, West Virginia..

TN pursuance OF the terms OF and proSis.
| ions OF a deed Of trust bearing date the
10th day Of November, A. D., 1852, and re-
corded in the Clerks Office OF the County
Court Of Mason county, West Virginia, in
Trust Deed Book No. Q, pages 4SS, &C., ex.
ecuted by A. T. Sullivan, Nancy G. Sulli.
van and 0sceola Burns, to the undersigned
Trustee, to secure certain creditors OF A. T.
Sullivan & Co., whose claims are mentions
ed and described in said trust deed, and it
appearing that the personal property men,
toned in said trust deed is insufficient to
pay of the claims Of said creditors, l shall,
on Saturday, the Hath day Of April,
1888, on the premises, proceed to sell, for
cash, by way Of public auction to the high
est bidder, all OF that lot or parcel Of land,
containing one-fourth Of an acre more or
less, situated in Cologne District, in said
county, below the Thirteen Mile creek
bridge, south side of the public road, being
part Of q tract Of land which was conveyed
to said A. 7. Sullivan and 0sceola Burns,
by H. CT Brown and wife, by deed dated
October goth, 1880, which deed is oirecord
in the Clerks Office Of the County Court Of
Mason county, West Virginia, in Deed
Book No. 81, page 20. The title is believed
to be perfect, but selling as Trustee shall
confer such title only as is vested in me.
~ G. G. WELLS,
msr7w4 Trustee.
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BTATE NEWS.

Governor Jackson has pardoned sc
'convicts out Of the penitentiary since
he became Governor.
Five children arrived AZ Falrmont
by express the other day, from Texas.
Their transportation cost s1I5.
Salt is quoted at $3.50 a barrel at
Braxton G, H, It ought to pay to
manufacture salt at this price.
AyOungman named Lindsay Riggs,
Of Fairmont, vas severely burned by
falling into the FIRE in o fainting fit.
The freeman is responsible for the
assertion that Judge Ferguson will
soon open a law Office in Parkersburg.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harker, of Brooke
county, died last week aged SO years.
She was perhaps the Oldest lady in
the State.
An old man named Gaffney, living
near West Union, was found dead in
his house last Sunday. The cause of
his death is unknown.
W. T, Logan, Of the Martinsburg
I1deDendent. and Mrs. Senator Gam.
den and daughter, Miss Anna, are at
Hot Springs, Arkansas.
A white man in Charlestown point.
ed a revolver at a colored boy, and it
went off and killed him. The man
did not know it was loaded.
On Friday night Of last week, the
saw mill of Graham Bros, at New
Richmond, Summers county, was do.
strOyed by FIRE, Loss, $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wade, Of
Greenbrier county, nave been mar
ried 81 years, and have lived in the
same house 60 years Of that time.
A young man by the name Of vii.
fong, who lived near Travellers Re.
pose, Pocahontas county, was killed
by tree falling on him one day last
week.
A brute named Smith is now in
jail for an attempt to murder his wife.
He did succeed in cutting her throat,
though it is not certain that the
wound will prove fatal WctsG Dem.
Ocrat,
The failure to pass the prohibition
amendment, while a disappointment
to many, has not settled down in
cloudsof gloom upon the public mind.
All the woe seems to be concentrated
in the Freeman office, where it is be.
ing bottled up for use in the next
campaigu.-Erchangs
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County SUPERINTENDENT.

Editor Register From the columns
Of your paper one would almost be
driven to he belief that Prof. Kenny
was the only man in the Democratic
party fitted for the office of County
Superintendent. Now, it is not my
intention to disparage Prof. Kenny,
but I desire to say he is not the choice
Of Waggener district Democrats. We
have in our district a gentleman
whom we have full confidence in as
a man Of ability and qualifications
for this office, Should a convention
be held, we desire to have Capt. o.
Phelps claims fairly and honestly
considered. Should there be no con.
venGiOn, we ore free to stand by our
choice. P.W.
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sALE OF DREDGE BOATS, &c

THE undersigned viii offer for sale 81
public auction to the highest response.
bie bidder, in front Of the Court House in
Charleston, KanaWha county, West Viz
ginia, Saturday, 10 %. M, April 7th,
1883, two dredge boats, Sampson" and
Hercules, = and all their tackle and outfit,
which are believed TO be complete. s1s
Length OF Hercules, 20 feet; breadth, q
feet; depth Of hold, \ lieet; main engine, 2
cylinders exl2 inches; boiler vertical mul-
Tubular l2l-2 inch tube independent
boiler feed pump 4 and q and 8 inch;
steam capstan engine Bxl2 inches,
Length ofSampsOn, GO feet; breadth, p
feet depth OF hold II feet; main engine 2
cylinders 7xl4 inches, locomotive boiler OF
ample size; independent feed pumpI4 and
q and s inches; steam capstan engine Bxt2
inches. Also, ! fuel boat and l ska, DC.
TERMS: -0ne.tlArd cash. balance in six
and twelve months, in equal payments,
with interest from day ofsale, represented
by negotiable notes with approved en-
dorsement.
The dredges are in good condition and
have been engaged in dredging in the Ka.
nawha aud Elk Rivers. The rapidly in.
creasing demandstor dredging in this sec
ton render this o rare investment.
D. G. iGALLAHER,
maf14w4] Receiver OF Kanawha Board.
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Change ihInternaI Revenue
LAWS. "a

The reduction Of tbeinterpal rev
enue tax on tobacco and cigars, and
the dealers liz those articles goes into
effect on the first day Of next MAY
For the information Of our readers
wegiye the reduction under the new
law. Tobacco isreduced from sixteen
toeight cents per pound; cigars, from
s6tos8 per thousandj cigarettes from
$1.75 to 5Ocents per thousand, manu-,
facturers oftobacco Orcigars fromsl0
tos6; dealers in manufactured to-
bacco from IS to s24O; dealers in leaf
tobacco from s25 osl2.
All dealers having unbroken
stamped packages to the value ofs10
on hand May let, Of either tobacco,
snuff cigars or in any other manu-.
featured form, will be ensi.ied to a
rebate Of the full amoant Of the re.
daction of tax but The claim for such
rebate must be made within go days
from the first day Of May. Rebate
will not be allowed on brokenIpack-
ages, nor on full packages when the
value is less than $40.
The following provision lisa part Of
the new law. Farmers and produ.
GERS Of tobacco may sell Of the place
of production, tobacco of their own
growth and raising at retail, directly
to consumers, to an amount not ex,
ceeding 500 annually.
The law also permits farmers, lum.
bermen, planters or persons employ.
ing q number of hands in any partic.
ular business TO sell manufactured
tobacco to such employees without the
payment Of the special tax, provided
that the aggregate Of tobacco so sold
by him to such employees shall not
exceed 100 pounds during any one
special year, and provided further
that the person go selling shall not
be engaged in the general business Of
merchandising, and shall only sell to
his own employees.
The tax on spirits and the special
tax on liquor dealers remains the
same as under the old law.
The repeal Of the tax on bank
checks, matches, patent medicines
and all proprietary articles, cosmetic,
cologne, hair oil, &C., goes into effect
July lst next.
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T.
which the Craig Creek route would
serve, and moreover we are much in
terestedin the lineup the New nv
err as We exrecLico obtain BY il brown
and red bematite and limestone.
fon VIII please excuse the liberty
have taken ia addressing you this
letter, as well as the letter itself, as
lt was written hastily, and without
thai care and thought which the i'm.
Lortance Of the subject demands.-
When you have read this letter,
please have the kindness TO forward
lilo Mr.. Vim. y. Scott, whomI know
by reputation. and ask him 10 for
ward 10 the President Of the Ohio
Central railroad.
AS ! have mot The pleasure Of your
acquaintance twill take the liberty
of referring YOU 10 Col. H. d. Whit
comb, Major Mckenzie, w. G. Cren.
shaw, Of Richmond, and Gen. Francis
II. Smith, Superintendent Virginia
Military Institute.
Yours very respectfully,
r. i JoRDAN.
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Death Of Rev. Wayne Kennedy


Rev. Wayne Kennedy, a promi-
nent minister in the NJ. E. Church,
South, and who was we'll and favor.
ably known in this county, died at
his home in Beverly, West Virginia,
on the 9th of March, of bronchitis,
aged 50 years. The deceased was
well and favorably known in this
State as learned divine, and one of
deep research and reasoning power.
After the close Of the war he was
connected with the late Major Will
liam Cooper in publishing the Park
ersburg Gazette, and afterwards edited
a religious paper published at Park
ersburg in the interest of the Metho-
dist Church and known as The Tin
Grant sovering his connection with
the latter paper he was appointed
?. E. for the Clarksburg district,
which position he filled for several
years. While Elder for the district
he married Mrs. Mary Camden, de.
ceased, who was the mother of Hon.
G, D. Camden, .of Clarksburg, and
made Randolph county his home up
to the time of his death. For the
past few years the church had assign
ed to him no regular work, but he
would occasionally preach in the
neighborhoOd, devoting most of his
time and attention to his farming in.
terosts, of which occupation he had q
natural fondness.
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Our Breiheren Tender Their
Bympathies.

H
We clip the following additional
words ofsympathy from our excban.
.ges They all know the severe trial
il is to a county printing Office to
haveit knocked into pii as well as
the heavy loss sustained by the Office
on accounted damagedmaterial. We
hope that none Of our brethren will.
ever meet with financial reyerses.
TO them We are glad to say that the
Register is doing the best il can to
repair the damage done by the wa
ter, and il our patrons, who owe us,
will only pay up promptly, We will
getalong swiniHgly;
Brother George w. Tippett, Of the
Point Pleasant Registr, suffered se-
verely by the recent food in the Ohio.
His Office was flooded, and damaged
10 the extent Of $500. He has our
watmest sympathy in his misfortune.
and We hope the good people Of Nc.
son will see TO it that his F,ibsetin.
ton list is more than doubled. Sc
that Tippett's latter eu1. may be more
blessed than his beginning. Noun.
tain Herald.
During TIE recent food at Point
Pleasant, the Register Office had Eve
feet o. water in it, causing a delay
IN the issuing Of the paper, and d
loss Of some 800 in the way Of sta
,Itionery, 40. We sympathise with
\ Brother Tippett in his misfortune
/ Nicholas Chronicle.
We sincerely sympathize with
Brother Tippett, Of the Point Pleas.
ant Register, in his loss by the late in.
undstion whereby his Office was in.
Ijured to the amount oiseveral hund,
red dollars. Huntington Commercial
Editor Tippett, Of the Point Pleas.
ant Register, suffered severely from
the late floods. His office was almost
entirely washed away, and his loss il
heavy. The Echo tenders sympathy
iI-Keyssr Echo.
The Point Pleasant Register suffer
ed a heavy loss during the recent
aood.-Spencer Bulletin.
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West Hirotnfa. IS.

Vest TirgtntG, IS:
A T RULES held in the Clerks Office Of
"a. the Circuit Court Of Mason County,
West Virginia, on the first Monday In
March, 1883.
Patrick Dover, Theresa Dover, Ann Eliza
Church and George Church,
w.
Angelina Seeds and ]. II. Seeds, her hus.
band, Alonzo Weaver, John Weaver, Har-
riet Devinney, Samuel Deyinney, George
Weaver, Charles Chapman, Elizabeth
Stone, j. s. Stone, Charles Weaver, Cassie
sayre, Joseph Mckinley, jacob Brinker,
]. b Weaver, William NJ. Weaver,
Isabella Smith, Jack Brinker, Caroline
Long, Betsy Roberts, Sarah CASTOR, Henry
Weaver, Fannie Ingalls,, G. B. Rayburn,
Cassie Rayburn, Adeline Btanhle, Alex
ander Blaine, Margaret johnson, Fannie
Stats, James Blaine, v. Bell and John
Pilchard, all whom are heirs st law Of
John'J. Weaver, deceased, except Ange-
line Seeds and James n. Seeds, her hus-
band, and also the unknown heirs at law
OF JohnJ. Weaver, deceased.
In Chaucery. ,7
The object OF the above entitled cause Is
to set up, declare and establish, as the last
will and testament OF John j, Weaver, de-
ceased, paper writing executed by him
as such, which bore date on the = day Of
-, A. D. 1858, and have the same ad-
mitted to probate.
And it appearing bysfidayit fled that
the defendants Alonzo Weaver, John
Pilchard, John Weaver, Harriet Devinnsy,
Samuel Deyinney, George Weaver, Charles
Chapman, Charles Weaver, ]. B, Weaver,
William NJ, Weaver, Cassie sayre, Isabella
Smith, Jack Brinker, Betsy Roberts, Sarah
Castor, Fannie ingalls,, Adeline Brsmble,
Alex. Blaine, Margaret johnson, Fannie
Stats, James Blaine, v. Bell and James
NJ. Seeds are not residents OF this State,
and that there are heirs Of John j. Wea-
yer, deceased, whose names are unknown
to the compliments, on motion OF COM
plainants, It Is ordered that the above
named defendants, who are not residents
Of this State, and the unknown heirs Of
John j, Weaver, deceased, do appear at
rules, to be held in the Clerks Office Of the
Circuit Court OF said county OF Mason,
within one month after the date OF the frat
publication Of this order, and do what Is
necessary to protect their interests in this
suit. Teste:
CHAs. B. WAGGENER, Clerk.
Henry ]. Fisher and Chas E. Hogg, soliCi.
tors for Theresa aud Patrick Dover,
John W. English, Simpson 4 Howard and
James B. Manager, Solicitors for Ann
Eliza and George Church.
mar7w4
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W. Il. Moore, defendant,
In Chancery.


The object OF the above suit is TO obtain
q judgment against the defendant, W. Il.
Moore, for the sum OF Sl,3l5,0l, being the
amonnt otprincipal, interest, oicosts oiprO.
tests on two promissory notes, given by do.
PENDANT to plaintiff upto january II, 1883,
the time OF bringing this suit, and also tho
costs OF this suit, and to attach the person.
u property in this State belonging to tho
said defendant, W. II. Moore, and subject
the tEs same . 70 the payment q said in indsaa9
and on their motion, and ii appearing by
affidavit fled that the defendant, W. II.
Moore, is a non resident Of this State, 1t Is
ordered that he do appear here within ono
month after the first publication Of this
order, and do what is necessary 10 protect
his interest in thissu Teste
CHAS. B WkGGENER, Clerk,
Simpson 4 Howard Sols, mCh 7.4w
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On the 9th instant, Judge Jackson,
Of the Parkersburg circuit, after a full
hearing of all the motions made, set
aside the recent verdio! in the Paul
case and granted him q new trial.
1t will be remembered that Paul was
convicted a few days ago Of murder
in the first degree,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-03-14

The contracts for building the
River Railroad from Wheeling to
Parkersburg, were let at Cincinnati
on last Saturday, by the syndicate or
Construction Company, to George T.
Mills & Co., for the first division, and
to Goodman & Paige for the second
division. AT this meeting Senator
Camden said that he did not think
it would take more than 81, 100000 to
construc! the road. Now let them 60
10 work on this end Of the road.
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COlIRTTSsIONER'B NOTICE.
Elizabeth Neasef ct, alsq
Joseph H, Neaae, q. ais.

DARTIEs to the above named suit wifi
i take notice that pursuant to q decree
OF the Circuit Court Of Mason county West
Virginia, rendered on the oath dayofFeb.
ruary, 1883, will, on Tuesday, April 10th,
1888, OF my Office in the town Of Point
Pleasant, in said county, proceed to take,
state and report the gross sum that said
widow would be- entitled to receive in lieu
Of her said dover.
And il from any cause the taking Of said
account should not be commenced on that
day, or being commenced should not bo
completed on that day, the taking OF tho
same will be adjourned from time to time
and from day to day until completed.
Given under my hand as Commissioner
OF said Court, this 10th day OF March, 1889.
JN0. E. TISIMs, Commissioners
Menager 4 Hegg, Soils. tmarl4wl
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The Tennessee Legislature has
passed a bill to pay ffty cents on the
dollar with three per cent. interest
on the questionable debt, and the
full amount on the legitimate debt
Of the State.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-03-14

Culpepper county, Va, has deter.
mined to erect an iron bridge over
the Rapidan river at Raccoon Ford.
This will be the fifth iron bridge
erected by the county within a few
years over important streams.
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The case of Sergeant Mason has
been brought before the President
again. Bette and the baby are liy.
ing comfortably on their farm in Vir-
ginia.
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THE EFFECT OF MONOPOLY.

l received from that spectacle a
lesson in regard to what a pampered
and falsely.fostered monopoly will do
under a republican or Under any
form Of government. 1 saw ths eff
feet Of the monopoly given to the On.
ondaga Association and the Syracuse
Association Of the State offN. Y. 1
was not sorry to hear that those who
had so dispersed their Iaboring hands,
who had agreed TO paralyze a home
industry Of long standing, had lost
more than they had gained. There
was q poetic justice in that fact that
gave me no regrets, but much salts.
faction, These rents were paid an.
nually, but the injury to the prop.
erty by standing still and dispensing
the hands was such as that when.
they would regatherthe industry and
attempt to start i! anew, the effort
was not successful. There were
those VINO mad Kept their works GO
ing, and | saw the operation. / re.
member well that q respected mem.
Der Of this body, one whose absence
from it | have always deplored, whose
broad learning, character, and intel.
llgence were brought to the task of
legislation Il speak of Mr.. Cassidy,
OF Ca!,) was my companion on that
occasion. When we saw a salt well
and within a few feet Of it on a shall.
lower strata a fresh water well, and
as the beam Of the engine would.
work up and down it threw the brine
from the one pit and the fresh water
from the other, enough fresh water
to boil the brine, and then immedi.
ately in the hill beyond it rose tier
upon tier, vein upon vein, Of coal, Of
which the full car coming down
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-03-14

Chicago contributed fifty dollars to
the flood sufferers in the Ohio valley,
1t would have been more, but the
sand bagging business is very dull
just al this time,
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Congress passed a law prohibiting
theimportation of adulterated teas.
The lovers Of that article are disposed
to be thankful, the more especially as
the most that was brought to this
country was the kind upon which
the prohibition has been laid.
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Wcst TirgtRia, IS:
A T RULES held in the Clerks Office Of
n the Circuit Court Of Mason County,
West Virginia, on the first Monday in the
month Of March, 1883.
w. ]. sOully, who does business under the
firm name and style of Seully ( Co., Plain
tiffa. Va
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-03-14

Georgia viii elect a successor to
Governor Stephens on the Oath Of
April, the President Of the Senate
only holding the office Of Governor
until that time.
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In Montana the proposed county
ofPark will have an area of about
$1,000 square miles, equaling $685.
townships, each being six miles
square.
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Illinois is fast taking ohio's place
as a bountiful suppiier of Washing
ton ofiCeholders
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The President of the Senate has
appointed Senator Camden one Of the
Board Of Congressional Visitors to
the Naval Academy, at Annapolis.
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Ben Butler, it seems, has the Pres.
idsntial "bee" in his bonnet. Before
he gets 10 the White House be will
think he has struck a yellow jackets
nest.
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Senator Isayard's Description Of
the KanaWha Valley.

Inhis speech advocating the abol.
iShment Of the duty on salt, Senator
Bayard thus describes what he saw
in the salt regions Of the Kanawha
Valley Of West Virginia, when he
visited this section about twelve
years ago. Mr. Bayhtd said;
"About t8slys years ago it was my
good fortune to go across the great
State of West Virginia by the south.
ernmos! route Of railway from Rich.
mond TO the town Of Charleston, and
then to Huntington, on the Ohio
river. 1t was the first time / had
ever seen the Valley Of the Kanawha,
not only marvellous FORTS picturesque
beauty and for the engineering skill
that has SO invaded it by the Chssa-
peake & Ohio road, but it was ex.
ceedingly interesting in a historical
point Of view, in an agricultural
point of view, in an industrial point
Of view, independent Of agriculture,
and Of the enormous mineral wealth
that the railway had opened to the
use of mankind. saw riding down
that valley, shut in by high hills, on
either side, with narrow selvage Of
exceedingly valuable and fertile land
producing immense crops Of corn, not
only from year to year but almost
from generation to generation, as |
wasinformed, without the aid Of ar
ticles Of fertilization, but in the midst
of this landscape / saw the ruins Of
high chimneys; / saw small habita.
tions near those chimneys in decay,
and | being SO attracted asked my
companion what was the history Of
those dismantled huts and those
ruined manufactures.
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A Cleveland woman died in bed
recently while her husband vas up
kindling the Ere. The agonics Of re.
morse are terrible.