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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-01-12

WORK STANDS! WORK STANDS 1--WE
w have just received lot of beautiful Work
Stands, just the thing for Xmas present. Call
ana examine. MCLEAN & UHLER,
oec2O rs King street.
A n ASSORTMENT OF PLATEGLAss Mirrors
"A Perfumery Bottles and Toilet Cases, suitable
Tor Christmas presents at
SUMMERS & ALIENS.
declS n. V. cor. King and Royal sts.
STAT1ONERY! STATIONERY Those in
~ want OF any Kind OF Stationery should examine
our stock before purchasing. Our prices are the
lowest and we guarantee satisfaction.
augl ROBERT BELLS SONS. !.
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ME OFFER THE BALANCE OF OUR STOCK
W OF Christmas and New Year Cards brouobt
over from previous years, containing some very
pretty ones, at your own prices. Also other goods
st very low rates e0oo'
deoS ROBT BELLS SONS
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SUMNER ARRANGEMENT
TWO TRAINS DAILY except SUNDAY RF

WAsH1NGToN AND WESTERN RAILROAD
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$4,000 FOR So :!
OF THE

sgd POPULAR MONTHLY DRAWING
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-01-12

VACCINE VIRUS.-Justr received to-day fresh
supply of Vaccine Virus direct from the
Farm. J. d. II. LUNT,
dec3O cor. King and Washington sts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-01-12

IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, ON WE'D.
NESDAY, JANUARY 81
These Drawings occur on tho last day of each
month Sundays excepted,)
Repeated adjudication by federal and State courts
have placed this company beyond the controversy
OF the law. To this Company belongs the sole
honor of having inaugurated the only plan by
which their drawings arc proven honest and fair
beyond question.
\. B-The Company has now on hand large
capital and reserve fund. Read carefully the list
of prizes for the
JANUARY DRAWING.
prize $4,000 100 prizes 800 each 10000
prize 10000 300 prizes SO each 10000
prize 5000 600 prizes 20 each 1900
1000 prizes 10 each 10000
10 prizes 81 900 each $4,000 ' 1870
20 prizes 500 each 10000
prizes 300 each, Approx. prizes S27oo
9prizes 200 each, I" 800
9prizes 100 each, :" 900
1850 prizes. s1124OO
Whole tickets ST. half tickets 81; II tickets
$50; 80 tickets S1OO.
Remit Money or Bank Draft in Letter or send
by Express. DON'T SEND BY REGIsTEPED
LETTER OR POsTOFFICE ORDER. Orders Of
S. and upward, by Express, can be sent at our e1-
pense. Address all orders to R. II. BOARDMAN.
Courier-Journal Building, Louisville, Ky.
lust THE THINGS FOR HOLIDAY PRE-
= sents, 1000 Pairs Ladies Slippers, flannel lined
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uAY.-Clover Hay, Timothy and Clover Hay
IL mixed cut or long, for sale by
+. J. POLLARD
dcc21 No. 255 King ST., cor Henry
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ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD
For Alexandria, 6:30. 700, 9:2O, loo and
1l:25 a. m, 4:30 500, GOO, 500 and II 30 n
m. On Sunday at $50, 9:2O, HOO and il :o5
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-02

GENERAL IRANSAl Ian ~ NOALl AN =
" Between NcW.York and Hayre ,,,..
new North RIVER lhL
travellers by this line avoid both transit ~ Iu-sn
and The discomfort Of crossing the tlhnn'i m sl nus
ci tpin LEAVING the cnmpays dock al Havrc direct Tor
Pans on arrival % steamers. Baggage checked al c"huA
ough 10 Paris. a.. ,...,.. ~ 2 IN %,
LABRADOR, Collier. " "a y ' "a ~,
D.. k.u ID,
tbs PAYABLE AT sight amoGns % sui, On tr Eanqnc
Trunsatlintque Of Para,
For freight and pass lfr appytp 60 .. -..- o.
El.il.At, Agent. SEQ ID I.ff t.iH ''i'Nli
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CUNARD LINE.

NOTTCF-"LANE ROUTE" -
FROM SI,W. YORK TO LIVERPOOL VIA OtE4.NS
TOWN.
FROM PIER NO 40 NORTH RIVER.
ScyTuI .-......... wednesday, Nov. Z 1880 A. m
A.
BOTH y IA
cabin passnFa $50, $40 and 900. -. -,
teerac ticSs 10 from all parts OF Europe 81 very low
'~ VERNON H. BROWN a Co, Agenta
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Gclp Wante0.
DrrssmakinJ.

II RESSMAKER.-Styls prompt and redi 9.
~ bic Address ID. s.. Box 49, Tribune uptown OA"00'
o39 broadway.
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1yoITR LOTS. 25x1OO EACH.-TwO on north
(se two opposite on lO5thst, within 100 feet of Central
PARK SUI Wy 49, TAYLOR,
Apply IL Wallst.
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The principal characters by Miss Rehan. Mrs. Gilbert
Miss Fielding Miss Dreher Miss Jeremy, Miss Gordon. and
By MI Charles Fisher, James Lewis John Drew, Charles
Leclerc4 I0rke stephens W IL Thompson aud W BeekDn
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--------;- Juan 1Sp WnKEsBAEaK COAL CohPAsY
yr1trpF 70 10y ANn 10NE.HALF (3l2) per cent
$780,, % he Maid on the Registered Income BonaA on
this Company Tor funding COUPONS S ss Neysmbef
~ Traaser books WIN be closed November ~
y "a, and reopen November ~ ~ n LANG Treasurer.
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100 lIloOIn
NEw.YoRK, Oct. rs, 1887
rrHE FOLLOWING COUPONS due No'em
her / 1883. viii be paid at this once Wv no
bsI n nd Great Northern X r. Isl mortgage n, -.
nhIer and Central Mississippi H. r. LIST and "a moTe
sdTfoorsdo Bridge Company. LIST mortgage.
bOOh'lle hD"V'u A II 81. HENSON TREASURER.
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Citp Real gstatr for Sale.

--1 c,1pIFNDID INVESTMENT.-Two3 0-foOt
a sats west of Sday.; win be sold cheap. ChAWFohD
S11uRORNE $50 3d-av.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-09

The undersigned Trustee, who has been
appointed and subslittd In the room and
stead ofsaid Henry J. Fisher, jr., will on
Saturday, the 2nd day Of June, 1883, at
the front door Of the Court House,
Of said Mason county proceed 10 spli
BY way Of public auction, fof cash.
The following desctibed real estate, So
uated IN The town Of Point Pleasant.
Mason county, West yinginia. viz being
q traction Of lot No. rs. IN Sid tler a.
lots Ia said town and fronting Of, Wand
street 10 feet, being the same lot pur.
chased By said d. S Van AIatre from :.
= Trims, Trustee, on the lSth day OF
April, 1875, and recorded IN the County
Court Clerks Office in Deed Rock Si
tOliUs l0I, subject however 10 two deeds
Of trust, executed to ]. r, Turns, Trus.
tee, the iirt OF said deeds Of trust exect !.
ted on the 18th day Of April, 1873. to O..
cure to Z. 9, Eastham tho payment Of q
certain note ior Sg5g.G 10 dated on tho 18Th
day Of April, 1873, with interest from
date, the second Of said trusts being OK.
ecuted on the 10th tlay OF April, 1878, 10
sec1re to John SomeryillC tho payment
OF q certain note for the SUM Of Sl6SlO,
with interest from date, dated April 10Th,
1873, Also tho press, type, anIinRtOrial
in said deed specified used and known
rs Van Matre's Job Printing Office.
JOHN W. ENGLISH,
may 2-lw. Trnsts..
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-09

this. Now, therefore, fthe details
Of crimes, suicides, robberies, ETC,
were suppressed rather than pub
lished broadcast, il is highly prob.
able that an important point will
be made in the suppression Of
crime. We would not absolutely
prohibit these publications, as We
realize the right Of local communi-
ties to have the facts published
about such things but We would
limit the publication to the local
papers where the crime has a real
interest to the people who are &C
quainied with the parties thereto.
But there Gun be- no excuse for a
newspaper published in Hunting.
ton, for instance, giving its readers
the shocking details Of a rape OF
murder or robbery committed in a
distant COMMUNICATIVE parties
engaged in which ore total stran,
gers TO its readers, and probably
entirely obscure percentages in
which nobody anywhere has any
Interest,"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-09
LnaAL NOTICES.
TRUSTEES SALE.

DY virtue Of deed Of trust executed
ID to the undersigned Trustee, by Mo.
SEES Fadely and Emily Fadely, his wife,
bearing date on the nth day OF October,
1879, and recorded in Mason County
Court Clerks Office, in trust deed book
No. 4, folio 800, to secure to G. @. Miller
a certain promissory note therein desert.
bed, and default having been made in
the payment Of said note, and being re.
quired so to do, ] shall Oh the I'd day Of
June, 1883, at the front door Of the Court
Heuse Of Mason County, West Virginia,
proceed to sell by way Of public auction
to the highest bidder, the lands in said
trust deed described, containing one
hundred and five acres more or less, ".
ing in the District Of Clcndinen, county
and State aforesaid, and bounded and
described as follows, to.wit: Beginning
at black oak on the north side OF tho
hill near the top, themes. 3S ". 80 chains
to stake and stone on the line OF lot
OF 1881 acres, thence s. SO G. passing an
ash and ironwood corner to said 1881
acres ut s chains, in all 30 chains to .
small hickory on the south side OF hill,
thence n. SSe IS chains to hickory ON
the line Of the John CofTman lot OF 1884
acres, thence with the same n. SEE pass.
ing his corner 30 chains to the place oil
beginning.
Terms Of Sale:-Cash rs to one.third
OF the purchase money, and the residue
upon credit Of one and two years with
interest from day Of sale, and taking
from the purchaser his notes with good
security for the deferred payments and
retaining the legal title Us further SO,
curity RANKIN WILEY, JR.,
may DIV. Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-09
School Election.

The three great factors in The
school system Of our State, arc
Teachers, Commissioners and sn.
pprintendents. In view Of the ap.
preaching election of school officers,
we would call the attention Of our
citizens to the Importance Of the
last two, as upon their work, their
qualifications, their wisdom and
prudence, the efficiency and sue
cess Of our public schools mainly
depend.
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TRUST SALE.

DY virtue Of the provisions Of q deei
ID OF trust executed on the 10th day OF
February, 1881, BY D. S, VanAIatro and
Ntttio N. vanMRtre, his wife, to John
W. Englishy Trustee, and recorded in
trust deed book No. 5, folio 24O to secure
to John G. StOrtl the payment Of a cer-
tain promissory note therein mentioned,
for the sum Of SIZE, bearing date on the
10th day Of February, 1881, with inter.
est from date, subject hOWeYsrioa cred.
II OF VI 90. AZ, pad July oh, icos, aud % s
fault having beonmade IN tic payment
Of the residue OF said note, aud b6inert.
quested by the said John &. StOrtS, I
will on Saturday, the ID day OF June,
1883, at the Front Door OF the Court
House Of said Mason county proceed 10
sell by way Of public auction for cash,
the following described personal proper.
tY therein mentioned, tO.wit: One sew.
en- column Washington Hand Press and
fixtures, 2SS pounds Nonpareil type, 100
pounds BergOis type, 8 fonts card type,
lot Of column and head rules, dashea,
slugs and leads, and 3 brass galleys, to
satisfy the residue Of said note and In
terest JOHN W. ENGLISH,
may 2-4R, Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-09
slale News.


The municipal tax in Weston Is
20 cents 90 tbs hundred dollars.
There we're n births and sdsaths
in Mcdowell county in 1882
Tug Fork Of Big Sandy istbrong-
ed with timber RATS on every rise.
Henrys. Walker is stumpins the
Third District in the interest Of
Snyder.
All the parties confined 10 the
Roane county jail are charged with
petty stealing.
The county court Of Lewis coun.
ty refuses to grant license to sell
spirituous liquors.
The city council Of Charleston
decline to lay board pasemsnls.-
They must be Of brick'or cinder OF
stone.
Mr.. T. ]. West has been reap
pointed superintendent oflhs pen.
itentiary for two years by Govern
or Jackson.
About 81 800 is paid ont Avery
Saturday evening IN eeted6 q the
employees of the different stave
companies.
General Alfred Beckley is pre-.
pairing a history Of Raleigh county,
this State, General Beckley is the
Oldest living graduate Of West
Point
While two men, Robertson and
Knapp were engaged in a friendly
wrestle in Anderson, the latter was
thrown with such force as to break
his leg.
James d. Stimmell, OF Mononga'
liza county on his way home from a
hunt stopped to talk to some
friends and leaned on the muzzle
Of his gun. That was the end Of
him.
The well bored for oil near
Monndsville is spou!ing gas enough
to light the entire city. II is a
curiosity and is visited by large
crowds. The gas will be utilized
at once.
l.. D. Dempsey, of Logan county,
was killed BY the sheriff Of Wayne
county last week while resisting
arrest. He made for the sheriff
with a knife before he was shot.
A dispatch from DR.. Isaiah Bee
of the State Board Of Health says
that smallpox il raging as a fear.
full epidemic in Mercer county,
Two members Of the local board
died with it.
Leon Clorc, a clerk who myster.
iorsly disappeared from Charleston
the first Of last month, was found
dead in the Kanawha river. A
coroner's inquest developed the fact
that be had been murdered, but by
whom could not be discovered at
the investigation.
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Working Connty Ron,,,.

An exchange witlily but most
truthfully says: "The county roads
will be good utter awhile. About
the middle of June, when the roads
are as hard as a rock, the supsryi.
sor some bright morning will rouse
the neighborhood and all the males
between the ages Of 10 and 10 will
turn out and make a full hand
A little blowing and scooping will
be done, u few rocks the size of n
coal scuttle thrown on, (this is to
break buggies), the billsides be.
scanned and gored by huge break.
ers running in an oblique direction
like the eyes in the head of u Mon.
golian, the young men will sit in
the fence corners and talk about
the girls aud the old men will
lean on their shovel handles and
talk politics. and discuss the chan.
ces of the different candidates; and
this is what is known as working
the roads, 1t may be working the
roads, but it is not working the
hands. Oh, we have been the:e
ourselves and know all about it.
"Not until the entire system of
working the roads is changed will
we have highways on which it will
be q pleasure to travel"
The above is "true to life" The
present system of road working is
an abomination in view of the gen
orally miserable condition of our
public highways. There is scarce.
ly u road in the State 1t to travel
on at this time of year. The wri.
ter of the above makes mistake,
however, when he says the "little
blowing and scooping" is done in
June. That is too busy a season to
"work roads. l! is generally put
off until Fall in this part of the
.country-about the time that ruins
begin to come so that the dirt that
is thrown into the middle of the
road can be easily washed of, or
left to make impossible mud holes,
as the case may be. Our "road.
working" system is a heauty!-In.
dependent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-09
Hest YIrpInIn.

West Virginia has entered upon
a career of substantial prosperity
that promises a glorious future
The number Of railroads that will
be built within her borders the
coming season will make u start to.
wards opening up her vast re.
sources Of coal. mineral and timber
and give fresh impetus to the build.
ing Of more miles Of road and start.
ing of various manufacturing en-,
rerprises. Her star of destiny is in
the ascendant. The next census
will show u large increaSein wealth
and resources. -MartiaSbarg indie.
pendent
The Independent does not over.
draw its picture Of West yirginia's
progress in the above paragraph
We venture to say that no State in
the Union is progressing more rap.
idly, in everything which tends 10
actual development, than our own,
Our mines are opening along all
the railroads and nayigable rivers,
and the time is not fur distant
when the 5000 square miles Of
our mineral area will be in demand,
and thus placed on the road to de.
velopment. Our star is truly in
the ASCENDANT hecling Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-09

PURSUANT to sections 9 and Al Of
chapter Is, Acts Of 1881, School
Law an election will DO held at the
Court House, n the District OF Lewis,
Mason county, on the Third Tues.
dizzy Of May, 1883, from sunrise, or
as soon thereafter as practicable, till sun.
set Of that day, for tie purpose Of choo.
sing Board Of Education, to consist Of
n President and two Commissioners for
Lewis District, and a County Superin-
tCndent for the county OF Mason; also
to take the sense OF the voters Of LeRib
District on the question Of granting to
the Board OF Education Of said District
authority 10 levy for the support Of
the free schools therein.
And the Board OF Education Of said
District agreeing that the schools 10 said
District should DO continued more than
four months In the year, they will sub
init at the same time the question TO tho
voters Of said District to levy sufficient
for the support and continuance Of said
schoolsior six months in each year,
BY order Of the Board Of Education,
jNo. E. TlMSiS, Secretary,
aprllwi
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shOuIdbe . .gnide aud aIampt othe

shouldbe a guide aud alamp tothe
youth Of our county.
Now, that the clatler Of the iron.
horse Is heard laundering along
our valleys, &C., through our bill,
in short time the citizens Of other
States will pour into our county to
invest their capital in ourlands, or
to develop the great wealth Of our
buried minerals, bringing with
them the more advanced ideas and
habits of their liberal and refined
education, how important that the
Superintendent Of our schools
should be the representative ia
them Of the intelligence and re.
spectibility Of our people.
Let us then on the 18th Of thi.
month, go to the polls and cast our
votes for men whom we know to be
qualified, and no! stultify our man.
hood or citizenship by elec!ing men
to Office whom we know to be in,
competent and unfit.
We, now appeal TO the intelli.
gence and good sense Of our people
not to be led asIrpy by political
twaddle or any sectional device
whatever, but cast your votes, or
that day, as citizens Of a common
State, for your children, yourselves
and your country.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-09
Con,minSioner's Sale,
Andrew j. Roush and others vs, Henry
Fry and others, and


]. N. Casio vs. Henry Fry and Others
In ohancsry. Consolidated.
Tn pursuance Of tho terms and provi,.
l ions Of a decree Of the Circuit Court
Of Mason County, West Virginia render.
ed in the above named consolidated eau
ses on the 18Th day Of February, 1893,
the undersigned Special Commissioner,
will on the 18th day of MHU, 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 tho Defendant,
John Hope, to.wit; Lots Nos. 9 and 3 on
the Sehon farm, also lots S45, $40 and
347 in the townOf Brownsville, in said
county, also lot No. s, in Meeks' addition
to the town Of Hartford City, also one.
fourth Of anacre more or less, belonging
to the Defendant, Stephen Thomas, stu.
ated on Sliding Hill Greek, in the town
OF Hartford City, in raid county, and up
on the following terms, to-wit for cash
as to one.third Of the purchase money,
and as to the residue on credit Of six
and twelve mouths, taking from tho pur.
chaser or purchasers bonds with good
security bearing interest from tho day
Of GALE for the deferred payments, and
retaining the titles as q further security.
JOHN w. ENGLISH,
II, Il, HOWARD,
Special Commissioners.
| thereby certify that kOnd In the pen.
atty otSl 900, HIS been given before ne,
by the above Commissioners, according
to law, JNQ 4. TIAlAlS, Deputy
fer @. B. waggener, Clerk,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-09
Press Compliments.

The REGISTER has boone natur-
allied. 1t has lived in Point Pleas.
ant % Gal!ipOiiS Bulletin.
The Point Pleasant REGISTER is
twenty-five years old. This week
it comes to us enlarged, newsy aud
neat. -GattipotS Daily Tribune.
The Point Pleasant REGISTER has
been enlarged aud greatly improy.
ed. Brother Tippett understands
how to got up a good county paper.
-RarenSrGOd Ncr3.
The Point REGISTER comes to us
this week enlarged aud improved.
Tippett has been fighting the but.
tie there for % years. The old man
is a stayer.-G alipOIis Journal.
The Point Pleasant REGISTER has
entered upon its 22d year, and is
enlarged to an sight column paper.
1t is a good local paper, and de.
serves to be weh patronized.- Hun.
tinglon Republican.
Brother Tippett has enlarged the
Point Pleasant REGISTER, and il is
Il great improvement. We are in.
expressibly glad to note our neigh.
boris prosperity and hope his pat.
ronage may increase in proportion
to his sheet,-Patnam Democrat.
The Point Pleasant REGISTER has
entered on its 22d year. 1t is an
excellent county paper and de.
serves to be well supported by the
good people of Mason. Az Point
Pleasant is growing so rapidly, we
hope Brother Tippelt may reap the
reward Of his labor in behalf Of the
town by an increased patronage
that shall make him riCh.-MOun.
tain Herald,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-09
Trustees snIe OF 20 Acres q
Land in MerceF'A ROlfOna.

RY virtue Of deed Of trust executed
ID to me as Trustee, by Chas. b. Long
and Miranda a. Long, his wife, on the
18th day Of January, 1880, and recorded
in Trust Deed Book No. 4, pages 1853, &c,
to secure to Eliza j. Patterson the pay.
ment OF seven promissory notes therein
mentioned, and being required BY the
creditor secured by said deed OF trust, AZ
ter default has been made In the pay.
ment Of a part thereof, viz three OF ssId
notes for 500 each and tho interest on
500 from date OF notes, shall, at the
Front door OF the Court House OF Mason
county, West Virginia, on Saturday,
The l2M dGU of 1IdU, 1888, at Ii
o'clock a. M, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, the property set forth and
described in said decd Of trust, or %
much thereof rs may be necessary Ia
pay the debt, being 7Bacresand llS poles,
situate and lying in tho District Of Glen.
dinen, County Of Mason, State OF Wost
Virginia, subject however, to the dover
interest in saidreal estate OF the mothar
OF said G, B. Long.
Terms Of sale-CASH.
q. p. SIMPSON, TfusteO.
anFlI-4w