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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
Commissioners Sale OF u Val.
liable business House and
Lot In Point Pleasant,

commissioners Sale or u Vail
liable business House and
Lot IN Point Pleasant.
pY virtue Of a decree Of the Mason
ID County Circuit Court, rendered on
the Sth day Of May, 1883, in the chan
Gerry cause Of l.. j. Mossman, admins.
traitor Of the estate of George W. White,
deceased, against Q. G, Miller ct. ais, |
shall, rs special commissioner appointed
for that purpose, proceed TO sell at pub.
lie auction, at the front door oitho Court
House Of Mason comfy, West Virginia,
on Saturday, the 2lst day Of
July, 1883, the real estate Of which
George w. White died seized and pos.
sesscd, the same being a traction Of Lot
No. II, ID tier Of the town Of Point
Pleasant, This property Is situated on
Main street, in the heart OF the business
part OF town, and has a two.slory frame
business house on Il,
TERMS OF SALE:-Cash IA 10 the
costs Of suit and sale-and which will be
made known on day OF sale-and $2S90G
with interest thereon from tho lst day
OF May, 1888, and upon credit OF six
months as TO the residue OF tho pnr.
chase money, the purchaser giving bond
with approved security for said residue,
and the title will beretained az a further
security. H. K. HOWARD.
Special Commissioner.
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NOTICE.

TO MERCHANTS IRA DEsAIEN AND
TIE PUBLIC GENERALLY.
A Ill persons are hereby warned not
a to give credit TO my person Except
the immediate members Of my family.)
on my account, without wtition order
from mo, as | llpay no dcbtsany oimy
tenants or others may contract IN my
name. /. v, NEWMAN,
juno O-8w.pd.
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WHITE LEAD.

I HAVE now on hand large stock Of
| PURE WHITE LEAD Of the v1ry
best Brands; also all kinds OF mixed
paints, guaranteed TO be the best IN tho
market. Also Linsecd and Lubricating
Oils. Call and get the benefit OF OUT
low prices on all goods.
WN, X, S0NIERYII.LE,
General Hardware Dealer.
june 20.3m
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A State whero real estate Is on
the decline would DO a poor State
toliye 10, and taxes would be d
burden, al the lowest possible rate.
--I6iat Pleasant Register.
On the other hand lift takes half
a man earns to pay his taxes, will
TnE RgdIsTER inform us whore
poverty ends and where prosperity
beginsS- Wheeling Eveniag Jo,Rnal.
We fail to sec the point in tho
above smart" squib. No people
in the Union are more prosperous
than are the people Of West yir.
ginia, and in no State do they pay
as low a rate Of taxation as do our
people. The truth is, the Ropubli.
can party as well as it's papers arc
hungry, and they manufacture all
sorts Of lies IN order 10 deceive The
voters, in the hope that some may
be foolish enough to believe what
they say, and vote the Republican
ticket. Being badly deceived and
tyranised over by the Republican
party in the beginning yedrsoftho
State, they are not likely to again
put them in power in West yir.
ginia. The people know that
their professions arc all false; and
only "from tho teeth out" In 1884
the Democratic party will show a
larger vote and a bigger majority
than it ever did.
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RlNE REp0Rr.

Ns'1Ns%ssSs '>1H-s''N'
DEPOT OF THE CONDITION OF
IL The Merchants National Bank OF
West Virginia at Point Pleasant, in t.Ic
State OF West Virginia, at the close Of
hnsincss. juno 22d, 1883:
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hereby certify that II. Il. Howard,
Special Commissioner, hrs given hond
with approved security in the above
cause, us required by law.
ClIAS. b. WAGGENER,
Clerk Mason County Circuit Court
iune2Ow4
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Hon, John W. Mason, Of Taylor
county, this State, and who ran for
Congress in tho Second District
last fall, and was defeated has re.
signed the Craftsmanship Of the
Republican Nal. Executive Com.
mitteo, and it is rumorod that he
is preparing to organize IN indie
pendent Republican movement in
this State. There is a big quarrel
going on between him and Gen.
Golf, and President Arthur.
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TO THE
FARMERS
OF
Mason County ~!

GENTLEMEN; If you are in need
of any Machine Repairs for tAc
"McCormick" Mowers, Rcapers,
or Binders, or any other make of
Machine made, send us your ord.
ors at once and we will attend to
them. Respectfully Yours,
j, NJ. KERR s co.,
Gallipolis, O., June 18th,-4w.
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YO PRlNTERS.--FoR sALE-A com.
L plete Newspaper aud Job Office, Tyre
and material In good condition.
Address D. 8. VAN ATATRE,
june 20 III NJ Point Pleasant, Viva,
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Mr., Thurman announces that he
will support the Democratic tick.
ct in Ohio with his old enthusis-
asm and his belief that it will be
elected. While he may have felt
soro over his defeat, it wasinheron-
lily improbable that he should re-.
fuse to support the ticket, as was
given out somewhat iudustriously
for a day or two following the con,
vcntion. Party lines are too closely
drawn in Ohio to find prominent
men in either party carrying the
game of sulks through. an entire
canvass.
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RAIKaoAps.

AeAAAAlAAQFA4la
lAE CHESAPEAKE lHl lHlG RAILWAY,
opoatbIough Kentucky siaLesiagtcn.
The ONLY LINZ running
fuluaAN SLEEPING EARS AND DAy COACHES
AND THROUGH TRAINS
SRoN
WASHINGTON, RICHMOND, CHAR
LOUISVILLE, WAYNESBoRO',
STAUNToN, AND CLIFTON FORGE,
81 TO
CINCINNATI AND IottsyLIE.
Connecting direct for all points in the
WEST and SOUTHWEST.
Schedule in effect June 10, 1883,
No. I, No. .. I No, 3, I.
Daily Notes ex. Sun.
I've Cincinnati 3 0npinl .....o... Slclm;
I've Louisville 9 0Opln .,.l,,..... Z 0thihl
1--we Lexington 0 4Spm ..",....Il2 .31ptr
Lyg Columbus l 5Opm loan o 31pm
I've Ashland. II 90pn 0 35anl Z 0Opm
Arr Hnnti'gt'nIl2 loan 10 20aln Z 45pm
Arr Charleston Diam II 5Spmli Q 57pm
Arr Cannelton . 55Anl . 0spmlls lSarr
Arr Kan. Falls, 3 lOatn 3OpinIl2 jSanl
Arr Hinton..,, 8 90aln . 04pm 3 4bahf
Arr RonCev'rt. 0 Scam 0OpmI . lSaln
Arr WhiteSul. 0 6ian 20pm ) i0am
ArClif'ntorg S.l5aml0 05ptnI 4 SSall
Arr StauntOn no S5am Diam II SSan
Arr Waynb'o' III 02am | SlalnIls l6ain
Arr Gharly'lle. y noon . 45am = tDpm
ArWMh'gt'n, 405pmI Z i0ain 4 0Spm
Arr Now York 10 50pmI 8 50pmI 10 Scam
Arr GOrd'vllG, 06pmI 4 4Oaln 5 0spm
Arr Richmond 4 00pnl s lsam 0 SOpm
Arr Nep'tN'ws 0Opmill 5bam ..,.,....", y
Arnold Pit Cft Sophie 95alnI =, ......
Arr Nortolkn., 00pmh2 so MI ..,."..
NJ, . No. 1 / Moo
WESTWARD Daily, SEQ tr'n
Daily Ex, Sun Notes
----------- -.-----l-..---I- .
I've Norfolk :. 0 45,un .,..."". 0 OOpnl
I've Old ~ C'g Z 20am ",."....I o 40mu
I've NptNews 5Jam .,....4 Z "6pm
I've Richmn'd S0pm q loan 10 40pm
Arr GordS'v'lI l0pm l9 17mm slam
Arr Chi ttsvllrI 8 O0pm | l5WnI 9 Scam
I've W,shg;'n lOpml $ Sjam 10 S5pm
Arr Chlttsvllel 8 l0pml 20wn 2 45Rm
I've 9ljpml 9hpin 8 25ah
Arr Waynb'o'. 10 lOpml 3 05pm 4 3Saln
Arr Stanton. 10 lOpml 3 Ppm = foam
Arr CHI Forgel2 iiam 9Opm I g5am
Arr WIT, Sui. . 02atn 3Spni q aOaIn
Arr llncvr'te 3OanrI 8 lGpln 10 0Sam
Arr Hinton..." 3 i5an II 90pm II 4jatn
AR Kan. Falls u lnRm y jGIlnI 2 Spun
Arr GNnncltOn u Slanl $ 95aml 8 25pm
Arr ChMlestn 35am 4 JSamI 4 3tpm
Arr Hmt'gton 8 20alnI Z 0Oani q 30pm
Arr Ashland
"a. ca ~ 10 05am Z iSam 9 50pm
Arr Columbus 50pm ......,u. | 0jaml
Arr Lexington . 4Opm | bpm ,......ni.
Arr Louisville q i5pmI 5 l5pm e. ....".
Arr Cincinnati u 2OpmI G 0Opm :. ........
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TRUSTEES SALE
OF
Valuable Real Estate,
LYING on TltE-
WATERS OF 10 MILE CREEK
UNION DISTRICT, Mason O.

-.-Ix--
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-15
Have We Prosperity.

We hear that the years of stress are
over. that the good times are here, that
the days of welfare for work have come.
Ave, is it so? Have the men who do
the work of the world got possession Of
the fruits Of the world, AMI are the
circumstances of their life adapted to
the necessities of their nature? The
test Of popular prosperity and the
public welfare is plain. 1t is the con-
dition of the body of the people. What
is their life. and how DO they live? DO
these quarters of the swarming herd
show their welfare? Are these
rookeries fit for home? Is
this shrunken manhood the
flower of prosperity? What of the work
and the pay, the habitat and the food,
the hope and the lookout Of the mill
ions of day lahorers? DO their wages
give them the fruitien which they earn,
or even the proper means Of decent
livelihood? What Of the Pennsylvania
coal miners, the New England mill
hands, the stre.t-car drnlges Of a thou
sand lines? What of this child labor,
and these female competitors what oi
these ragged hardes now tn he seen in
our great ritiess
Popular prosperity Public welfare
| Talk not of welfare while yet SO many
fare all too ill for words to tell of it. -
| .JohR SrintOH.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-15
First i,lim,.se Of Holland.

A very large opal or the inside Of a
mother-ot,pearl she'll would make q
good background for this thin strip Of
distant Holland that lies blinking away
in the early morning light, 4 long. mar
row ribbon Of picture it makes. with
its little spots and dots AMI splashes Of
color here and there. accidental here
and mctholical there. as II part If \
pattern. BY carefully looking through
4 glass these dots Of various shapes and
sizes soon resolve themselves into wind
mills. cows. sheep. Dntchmen, churches
and steeplcs, and little red-tiled houses
with green or blue shutters. do not
pretend that this is peculiar or strik-
ing instance of the first glimpse of n
foreign strand consisting of COWS, wind.
mills. and steeples--l know Of other
such places hut contend that the
Dutch sand slip is cleaner. the COWS are
slecker and fafter. the Minamills more
iaunty and active. the cottages more
spick and span AMI more recently out
OF toy box. the sreeks If humanity
mors rotnnd and Mell.to.do. Never. ex-
ccpt on some Other strip of Dutch
strand, will YOU See Just such specks as
these. And as Ne draw nearer the
shore, and the hits OF .alor take more
definite form. there is no mistake this
is Holland. and no other land al all
George H. H,pa3htaa, sn Hailef's
MdgdsiRe.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-15
What Can the People Do:

The question now is, what can the
people do?
These railroad monopolies have not
rs yet cantoned out the mighty lakes
and navigable rivers and surrounding
oceans. They have seized upon the
ferries, docks and river fronts of the
Hudson, Delaware, Susquehanna, Mis-
souri, and Mississippi, and Of all other
rivers within their reach, from New
York to San Francisco; but the rivers
themselves are still free to the COM
mcrce Of the nation.
The navigation Of these rivers should
he improved, and canals multiplied,
and we are released to some extent from
the tyranny of railroad monopolists.
The people may then for the pur-
poses contemplated in the constitution
build doub!e-track road from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and We are still
further released from railroad bond
age.
Finally. the Government has right
for constitutional purposes to pay for
the roads already built and take posses
sion and assume full control of them.
The roads were built by grants and
bounties and the exercise Of eminent
domain for governmental purposes, and
when those purposes are thwarted the
Government may resume eminent
domain over the roads themselves.
This has been declared by all the
Judges of our Supreme Courts, from
Chief Justice Marshall. in Gibbons VS..
Ogden down to Chief Justice Waite,
in Muner and Scott vs.. The State Of
Illmois.-B. II. Mace, IN Bangor
Messenger.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-15
The Wooden Pistol.

NIanifestly the next improvement
called for in firearms will be the man.
ufacture of pistols entirely of wood.
Thus constructed, it will make little
difference whether they are muxzle-
leaders or hreech-loaders. 1t is not tho
pistol that is SO mischievous, but the
load, which, unbeknown to its owner
and everybody else, finds its way into
the weapon. The pistol is Mt best
very clumsy instrument of warfare when
it il used to shoot with. It is notorions
that ,lnelists who seek each others gore
with pistols generally fire SO wide Of
the mark a. to hit distant harn-doors
or spectators who have climbed trees
in order to he out Of range Of the
firing.
The instances in which pistols do
deadly work are when the had boys or
careless men point them ut mothers-in-
law or little sisters, not knowing that
they are loaded: or sometimes, when
the heavy villain in blood-and-
thunder play shoots Mt some vegetable
ON the top of a too confiding per-
sons head who thinks there is no
danger, the thing goes off with fatal
effect. A defense against burglars,
thieves. ruflians and malefactors gener-
ally. pistol is worse than useless.
The innocent who hopes to defend him
self with it shoots either himself or his
best friend, or else has it wrcsted from
him by his assailants, who proceed to
use it to his great disadvantage.
| Ii is well-ascertained fact that the
most valiant execution has been done
with the pistol by holding the barrel in
the hand and whacking at the enemy
with the stock. What the pistol-car-
riers want is wooden thing that looks
like pistol and can be used for club.
This can he worn in the hip-poeket as
bravely as the DESTROYING implement
with which boys and men perform so
many unforeseen accidents. 1t can he
quite rs ornamental, quite As blood
thirsty in appearance and will cost a
great deal less money.
Pistols Of the old sort are continually
4 going ont Of style for newer ones.
There are rs many changes in pistols
as in honnets or gloves. and they
change quite rs capricionsly. Let the
next fashion in pistols he for wooden
ones. We will then no longer hear oi
the careless boy shooting out his grand
mothers eye, the nnMars circus man
putting bullet through his girls head
or the duelist accidentally killing tn,
peaceful cow ut pasture in the next lot
-PhIddetphia Times.
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Unhappy Marriages.

A man should marry. hs all means;
yet / am convinced that the greater
part Of marriages are unhappy, and
this is not an opinion | give rs coming
from myself: il is that Of Very excel
lent. agreeable and sensible lady. who
married the man Of her choice. and has
not encountered ostcnslhls any extraor-
dinarv misfortune, As loss uf health,
riches. children, etc. She told me
this unrescrvelly. and never had any
reason to doubt her sincerity. For all
this. / am convinced that man cannot
he truly happy without wife. 1t is a
strange state Of things Nc live III, A
tendency So natural ~ that Of the union
Of the sexes ought to lead only to the
most harmless results. Vet the reverse
is the fact. Their. is certainly same-
thing radically wrong in the eonss:tu-
tian Of society. The times are ont OF
joint, 1t is strange, too. what little
real liberty Of choice Is exercised 10y
thos. cyen Who marry according IL
what j. though, their own lncimations.
The leceptions which III. two sexes
play of upon each ether hiring a> many
ill-assrstel couples into til. bonds ii
Hsmen rs ever canll he done hy tn.
arbitrary nasrinss III a legal matcll
maker. Many Il man thinks he marrie.
br choice Who anlr marrles ls accident
Iii this rr>nec. mea lase less the AL
vantage of women ihan is GENERALLY
supposed, = oHt II ia4gt EglVH Let
tefs.
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RAGING TORRENTS.
Terrible Effects or the Freshct In Ohio and
Pennsylvania.

Terrible Effects or the Freshct In Ohio and
Pennsylvania.
The recent floods throughout the central
group Of States caused frightful devasta-
tion of property, the losses being estimated
In the millions Pennsylvania and Ohio
seem To have suffered the worst At
Cleveland alone tho damage Is placed
ut not less than sJn,G0l The
loss was occasioncd by the overflow OF
the Cusahoga river, which wrecked vessels,
carried away bridges, aud piled millions of
feet of lumber In u confused mass along the
river front. In and around Akron. Ohio
the damage IL estimated Mt III ,uuO,WM The
Scioto river went on a boom Mt Columbus,
and many residences In the lower part of
,ss sSms sas ssSnsa lssas sn .os,s the
Great damage was done to the
railroads in tho Western Reserve,
while the news from the oil district In Penn
sylvania Ia one long chronicle of disaster,
AT Pittsburgh and Allegheny City immense
districts in Indiana show that tho Hoods
were very severe there. Many railroad acci-
dents, several Of which were Of serious
and fatal character, are reported. the high
water having carried away bridges and
trestle- work, or weakened them SO that
they gave way under the weight OF trains
by the flood In the immediate vicinity Of
Pittsburgh and Allegheny city will not be
less than SNO,On Most of 1t Ii In the
destruction Of small river craft The rest il
In the innndation Of dwellings, mannfact-
cries and oil refncriesa At Fremont,
Ohio, Ave out Of ak iron bridges were carried
away, and much damage inflicted upon
private property. In Lawrence county.
Ohio, the water drowned out SIN. .oON worth
OF property In Butler county, IA. the
Pittsburgh and Western railroad
loses every bridge from Colliery
Junction to Allegheny. Whole col.
umns might bc consumed In reciting In
stances Of the destructive nature of the
flood, but these samples arc sufficient 10
give the reader an idea Of the vast damage
entailed by the watery visitation
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=
/. PhOsnhNreScent Beetles.

The beetles (elater) are the most re.
splendent forms Of the South. Over 20
distinct species Of them are known
from Chill to the Southern States Of
North America. They have two yellow
phosphoresccnt spots upon the back,
and two others hidden under the wing
eases. which are only visible when the
insect flies. We have frequently read
by their light; allowing the insect to
cling to the finger, and passing il along
the page, a spot two inches in diameter
would lie rendered luminous hy the dor
sal lights. The sight produced by these
tropical fire-tlics is often extremely
magnificent, Now red glare deshes
by. followed hv an intermittent blaze
of rich orangc-yellow. while in the foli-
age all about the brilliant green light
Of the photuris appears, dying away
attract others of golden hnes. and u
bevy Of flashing incandescent bodies
circle about each other for moment,
and then dart away like flaming meteors
to illuminc the gloom beyond. One,
the pvrophorns. emits. when ut liberty.
rich ruddy glow, and again 4 yellow
ish orange, but in captivity il seems diff
fused with pale green glow. These
are the insects the early Spanish invad
ers took for tho lights Of an immense
army as they advanced upon the ancient
capital Of Mexico. At this time they
were used by the natives at night, num-
bers Of them being tied to the feet.
In parts Of the South to this day they
are in common use rs decoration by
the ladies': and among the peasantrv Of
Italy and Greece gala toilet would not
seem complete without n diaden Of
flashing tire-tlies that CLEANS and scin-
tillates like verita6le halo about their
heads. As evening falls these maids Of
the sun follow the cleaning insects, and
bedeck one another With living gems
that only nature can produce. Upon
one occasion Don Domingo Conde, Of
Colombia, appeared upon the evening
promenade With an enormous live beetle
as catch to his Panama hat. which in
turn was ornamcntel with loop of
blazing tirc-iiies: and in his palace
cages Of silver wire hung. imprisoning
myriads Of the cleaning Insects
Charles 4. Holder in Hafper's Naga-
yfne
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-15

Court Of the United States in tho Cali
fornia tax case. Though the press be
silent, the people know that a great
fundamental right Of the States hangs
in the trembling judicial balance ut
Washington.
The air is not more essential to the
life Of plant or animal than is this right
to the existence OF the States. It is the
right to provide for the revenues which
support the State. It has been sacred
ly preserved from the organization of
the Government. II was maintained in
the throes Of civil war Now, in time
of profound peace, n railroad company
seeks to strike it down.
For, according to Justice Fields law
in the San Mateo case, the Fourteenth
amendment compels the State to tax MI
property upon basis Of mathematical
equality. The State may not exact a
license fee from him who sells beer or
whisky, unless it exacts the same license
fee from all who sell other kinds Of
property! It can not tax gambling,
future sales OF corn or cotton, unless it
taxes all other sales Of property. II
church or school property il free from
taxation, railroad property must also
he free! An income of 81 1,OOO,0OO II
year must he taxed pro rata with M in
come OF 800 per year, and SO on to the
end of the chapter. II San Mateo law
be constitutional every revenue Inv of
every State in the Union must fall.
We have in other places discussed the
law of the San Mateo case. We now
call attention to the probabilities Of the
decision.
In the old days, when Marshall pre-
sided in the Supreme Court, had such
ease arisen, citizens would have gone
about their daily business unconcerned
thoroughly conscious that there stood
between the constitution and MI its as
sailants bench of incorrlptible,
learned Judges, in whose protection
the rights of the citizen and the State
| were absolutely secure. 1t is different
now. Events have transpired which,
have alarmed the people-which have
led them to weigh their Judges, and to
form an accurate opinion Of each of
them.
We forbear, however. forming set.
tied conclusions regarding Judges
pending the decision of this ease. The,
corporate associations of some of thd
eminent lawyers, who, during the last
few years, have been elevated
to the Supreme bench, are Well
known: and it is the past education
al influences which those men have
passed through that tie public have
principally to fear. But friends who
know them say that they are true men,
with whom previous associations will
have no influence: and good omen is
found in the fact that but one Judge of
the court of last resort would SO far'
forget the propriety of his high position
as to sit ut the table of one of the
parties to this suit. Mt II recent dinner
given by him to the railroad counsel in
this case. Therefore. while admitting
our profound anxiety, we await the de-
cision with confidence and hope. A
clear majority Of all the Judges, speak
ing through their honored chief, will,
we firmly believe, uphold the constitu-
ton and with the sword Of justice smite
this latest and most dangerous aggres-
sion Of Pacific railroad monopoly
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