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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02
A Valuable Dwelling ITouse n
Point iSleniHnt lHr S1Ia. n

I OFFER for sale al abaRait. my Iats
i residence, on the. East side 81 Wand
street Just above Slh street, IN The town
o. Point Pleasant, Tho lot u 81 Rot
'front.' by lS2 feet deep, and contals 1
little more than one.hixth Of on mere.
The house Il two~tory frame, aid con.
hins .onv rooms and two halls, william
\ containing four rooms, allinigou,I 20.
pair there Is a poodgellar, l9xl3 feet
nnder the kitchen, and also o good tla.
hle anil lnggy.housp, with other nee,,s.
sary oul-bulldings4 Terms 10 sui pur.
chacn
'ep-o-u wsA, IoAlLlSsoY.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02

ISOLATION in this placer
What is the matter with our
county correspondence
The machinery for The furniture
factory is being placed.
1tlooks now as five we're going
TO havespring weather.
Now is the time to plant your
peas, onions and potatoes.
The government steamer Bee ia
on the docks at this place.
Take this paper, this year, The
most important year Of all.
Men are at work trying to launch
the Anderson from the bank.
The county roads arc still in q
very bad condition for travel.
Nice line Of New Millinery Goods
just received at Mrs. LIZ. Martins
Farmers report the prospect fol
a good crop Of wheat as promising,
Quite a number Of our citizens
are going to Idaho about tho LIST Of
May.
1t takes pand sometimes to en-.
able q man to stand up to what he
says.
Miss Ida Biokel is teaching a
select school in the Academy build.
ing.
Justice franklin still holds the
bridge. He is a greater man than
Jackson.
A number Of industrious citizens
put in their time fishing in Crook.
ed creek.
We ought to have every Demo.
crat in this county on our sub.
scription list.
Street Commissioner Perkins i.
getting the mud off the streets
quite rapidly.
Read the notice to Mason and
Putnam county district Grange in
to days paper.
There are lots Of candidates in
the county, but they are slow
about announcing,
We hear Of several new business
enterprises that will DO shortly
started in our midst.
If it is a local newspaper you
want, one that catches up all the
items, take the REGISTER.
If our young men want to in.
crease their bone and muscle they
should organize u gymnasium.
Hess & Co., have such a demand
for their parlor furniture, that they
can hardly supply their orders.
The beautiful mounds that
our streets have been cart.
ed away and dumped on lower
Wand street.
When sharp and Martin and
Baxter and Jackson get done eight.
ing we may look for q busy time
on the Ohio Central.
Messrs. Mace and C. P. Maupin
have just returned from a trip up
thu Chin. @hAra they L.~. -L..a
distributing a barge Of hoop poles.
The new town council are going
to work like they mean business
If they do the nice thing by The
town We will re.elect them next
year.
The livery stable of Mr.. A. r.
Lasley, at Gallipolis, was burned
Sunday night. Five head of horses
and a number Of carriages we're dc.
stroyed.
Look well to the quality Of your
seed corn and test it before plant
ing. Last winter was a severe one
and much Of the corn was not fully
ripened when gathered.
Mrs. E, sterrett and family left
on the s o'clock train Monday fol
Logan, Ohio, which place they
will make their future home. We
are sorry to lose so good a family.
All the depO.s on this end Of thu
Ohio Central we're carried of By
the late food. The fne structure
at this place was totally wrecked
and will bave 10 DO rebuilt entire.
In the Supreme Court proceed
ingS Of Saturday we find the FOL
lowing entered; "Knight vs.. Capt.
To, Mason county; opinion BY
Wnnda Ipo,o..o,l ,.f a T,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02
TnE AUTOPSY

held that morning, at which time
several witnesses we're examined,
whose statements substantiate the
facts above published. The verdict
Of the jury was that civilian
Bird Webb came to his death from
a pistol in the hands Of James
Hall, bis step,son." An examina.
ton Of the wound, made by DR.. N.
D. Toby, Of Clifton, assisted by DR..
Heat Swallow, Of Pomeroy, showed
that the ball-a thirty.two caliber
had entered the left chest near
the middle Of the Clericale; passed
upward and tore the blood vessels
in the left side Of his neck, caus.
ing death to follow in about Ave
minutes after the fatal shot had
been fred.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02

SELECT scHooL. Mrs. G. NJ. Cole
will open a private school for chill.
dren on Monday, April 7tb. She
occupies room @ inthe public school
building. 1w
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02
REPAIRING.

Boots, Shoes, Saddles and Harness.
neatly and promptly repaired. Rejsol,.
Leather cut 10 order Da1eRemembeF.
We mean just what we say. We viii
sell you goods and do your work ier less
money than ever done before Ia this
city. 19rDon't forget the place, sny.
ders Old Stand, one door above the
Register" Office, Main Street, Point
Pleasant, where we will be pleased 10
SHOW. You goods even II yon arc not pre-.
pared to buy at present. GIVE US A
J. s. OR0ARK q co.
noy,t4.ly.
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straYed.

Strayed.
A YOUNG male hog, Of the MCGEE
IA breed, black with white streak
down the forehead; will weigh about It's
pounds. Any person returning him to
me, or giving me information so that I
can get him, will DO rewarded for their
trouble. A. II. RAYBURN.
mar26w2'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02

Ladies from the country who
come to town should not return
home until they have inspected
che rare bargains in Spring Mill.
merry at Mrs. L. ]. Martins.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02
PUBLIC OPINION.

In conversation with several
prominent citizens as 20 whether
the public opinion was so bitter
against the Hall boys as to there
being a possibility Of being taken
from the jail and lynched, they all
expressed themselves as being sat.
isfsd that no mob would interfere,
but that all were content to await
and abide the decision of the court,
although everyone thinks i.a cold.
bloOded murder Of the. worst type.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02

iitqrtu Ahhtu Nv tllt Autup1if tir III
formed the prisoners that they
would he sent 10 the county Jail ii
Point Pleasant soamait the decis-
ionof the court Owen Hall, the
younger IF the two boys and the
one who started the quarrel, was
held as an accessory in the murder
lbyencouraging him To shoot Webb.
The prisoners are now ia Jail.
THE PRISONERS.
James Hal, the elderof thetwo
and the onewho did the shooting,
is about % years Of age, Ave feet
seven inches tall, and Is sandy
colnplexioned. He was dressed in
an almost worn-ont coat and pants
Of some faded cotton material, d
red shirt and q SLOUGH hat. AS he
sal in court his countenance wore
q cowardly look, be keeping his
eyes fixed upon the floor, not even.
booking up when questions were
asked him. He has always had q
bad reputation, and has been in
several scrapes in Clifton.
Owen Hall is about IS years Of
age, and not as tall as his brother
by two inches. His clothing was
somewhat better than Jim's, and
looked as though their owner had
some self.fespect. Owen wore a
large white cloth over his head,
which covered the wounds made
by his stepfather with a rock be.
fore the shooting. He is much
more intelligent looking than Jim,
and seemed to feel sorry for being
an accessory in the murder Of his
step-iather.
THE DEAD.
We visited the scene Of the
shooting, which occurred just back
ofthe rolling mill and within forty
yards Of Webb's house. From the
scene Of the shooting we went to
the deceased's late residence, and
asked il we might view the corpse.
We were ushered into tho front
room by a young woman, a step
daughter Of the murdered man,
who unfastened a sheet which was
stretched over two chairs, and sx.
posed to view all that remained on
earth Of William Bird Webb. The
deceased was about AZ years Of age,
and was employed in the rolling
mill. He leaves a wife and three
children. The room in which
Webb lay presented more the up
pearance Of a city morgue than the
death chamber in a house where
the head Of thefamily lay awaiting
1.-The undertaken to come and per-
form his sad duty. No wife sat
beside of,what remained earthly Of
a husband and wept; no children
were crying over the loss Of faith
er, nor no sympathetic friends
were seen cheering the widow and
orphans in their hour Of sadness,
but The corpse lay on its hard bed
sifit were o stranger. Webb's
funeral took place Saturday after
noon.
PUBLIC OPINION.
In conversation with several
prominent citizens as 20 whether
the public opinion was so bitter
against the Hall boys as to there
beinga possibility Of being taken
from the jail and lynched, they all
expressed themselves as being sat.
listed that No moh would ;n,a.e..o
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02
EOR SAFE.

Printing Of all kinds executed al lhis
oalye a. city phcea.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02

There are faint glimmeriugs Of
In tho atmosphere.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02
TaE pRELrMEsARY rRIA1

took place before Squire ]. Ed.
HOyey at 2 o'clock. The Squire,
after herring the verdict Of the ju.
" and tho depositions Of the wit,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02

l parTel nour, " pounds coffee, 4
pieces beef, 6 shoulders bacon, /
cask bacon, Sbarrels bread, 8 boxes
meat, Sboxes bread.
RIM. {. LOWELL, STEAMER j. D. LEW,
is, AND CITIZENS OF KAEAwHA CO.
9boxes coffee, 2 barrels hams, 8
barrels bacon, 8 barrels sausage, 10
boxes canned beef, / barrel pota,
toes, 2 barrels -four, IA sacks -four,
II barrels crackers, 2 boxes bis.
cults, 5 boxes bread, 1 barrel bread,
! barrel molasses, Z cases molasses,
I box peaches, | box apples, 2 box.
es sundries, p barrels sugar, / sack
sugar,6 pair blankets, / package
quilts, | ferkin butter, / box HON.
iny, s cases sprdines, 8 boxes bread
and cooked meat, 5 barrels bread,
0 boxes cheese.
eALLrPoI1s, ONO.
$50 loayes bread, 1876 pounds
dried beef, l box bacon, 2 barrels
-four. 8 barrels smear q ha,rsls
bread, 2barrels rice, 2 barrels HON.
my, / box tea, 5 cases coffee, /
fierce bacon, / box bacon, / box
bread, ! box canned beef, 8 barrels
crackers, / box coffee, / barrel
meat, | barrel sugar, 1 barrel SALE,
5 barrels bread, 1 barrel meat.
MARTINsBuRG, W. va.
1 box sundries, 2 boxes clothing,
Z sacks meat, is barrels -four, l6
boxes coffee, sugar and dried fruit,
! box tinware, / bale comforts, 10
barrels -four, l barrel meat, 10 box.
es clothing and provisions, 4 sacks
flour, | sack meat, 6 sacks pota.
toes.
NORWICH, CONN.
Mrs George B. Bailey, 1 box
clothing,
CONVICTION, VA.
Rev. w. E. Hill and citizens Of
Covington, 8 barrels -four, 6boxes
clothing and provisions.
P.s. LEWIS, MASON COUNTY.
1barrel -four.
In addition to the above, there
was a donation sent us from B. S.
Brown, Of Cleveland, Ohio, which
was shipped via Gallipolis, Ohio,
but was not received. We have
received a liberal supply Of both
provisions and clothing from the
government.
W. H, ToNIrSsoS, Mayor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02

NORWICH, CONN.
Mrs. George B. Bailey, 1 box
clothing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-06

of it. But, as he could not say certain
" he was not. | took the benefit OF the
doubt and as said before. sent it TO
Miss Mason as North Carolina poem.
\ on cannot regret more than | do.
Helen Mae Gregor, that we cannot hon
eStly claim il "a such after Grigg's letter.
but | am sure that YOU will agree with
me that North Carolina ia her zeal for
the fame of one of her dead poets would
not knowingly do injustice to one OF
Illinois living ones. Mr.. Peter NJ. Hale.
at that time editor of Hale. Weekly." :"
though cordially endorsing Mr. Gr:ggs
as perfectly reliable person, still had
his doubts, and supposed it possi Sle that
Mr.. Taylor might have come across a
copy Of the poem and incorporated it in
his address; he therefore, after reading
Mr. Grigg's letter, made every effort 10
get copy of the poem which bore date
previous to 1850. but could not succeed
in doing so. Hence there can be,
think, no doubt but what benjamin F.
Taylor is entitled to the credit of it.
Nj. B. {.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-06

was not preferred against you that is.
that Carlyle was q great philos sopher.
|. in my first letter admitted that Car
/ lyle was a great thinker, and writer, and
migM be great philosopher, but l as
serted that he was not. properly speak
/ ing, a great man, for he lacked mot all
! the elements. or the only element but
| the principal element Of all true great
ness, Religion, You say as man, no
one ever combined in himself more OF
the elements Of greatness. There, Pho
cion. | certainly cannot agree with you.
| Take. for ins stance. Sir Isaac Newton.
or Sir William Hamilton, both earnest
christians, and quite as eminent in all
other points as was ever Thomas Car
lyle Sir William Hamilton. though
metaphysically the most formidable
man in Europe, is an humble christian !;
| though the most learned of men, he i.
ready to bow before the spirit that in
/ formed the mind of Paul. He says
! in speaking of religion, ITO this conf
dence | have come, not merely through
| the convictions of my own conscious
ness, but by finding in this system a
centre and Cancellation for the most Op-
posite of philosophical opinion The
| youthful Alexander was indeed called
great by people to whom military
prowess represented all that was high
and noble in man (and posterity has
seen fit to leave the title undisputed),
but that was twenty-one hundred years
ago, more than three hundred years be-
| fore the coming of Christ. at a period
when the Jews were the chosen nation.
and the rest of humanity were heath
ems and shall we, one of the most
| highly civilized nations on the globe,
standing here in the latter half of the
nineteenth century, when our advance
ment in thought is almost as rapid as
the transit of light, shall we adopt as
our standard of greatness that of a
| heathen nation. God forbid! You say
| that Napoleon still holds as high a
niche in the temple of fame as warriors
sword has ever carved.n Here again
we differ. The fame Of Napoleon is
dimning with each passing year. Al
ready, though but little more than halt
a century has elapsed since his death,
he is condemned by many critics. for be-
inc INSCRIPTIONS and selfish. Napo-
I leon himself Though considered quite
an egotist) said that George Washing
1 ton WOulu i've III the nedItS duu lHtiu-
ory of men when his (Napolcon's) very
existence was forgotten. You do not
grasp my idea of great man. | did
not say that every good man was great,
but that no man could be truly great
who was not good. This do and leave
not the other undone.' or in other
words. one must also excel in some OF
the high callings of life. Carlyle re
veals nothing because he does not 90 to
the proper source for revelation. he
failed to penetrate the misty veil,'' be-
cause finite must follow infinite with the
eye OF faith. or be lost. Mrabile dictu
we agree on one point. | too think
Macauley's criticism on Montgomery
the most severe | have ever read from
his pen.
NoTE.-We greatly regret that one
page of Miss "Birdie Wrenn's" article
has been mislaid ED. +. & NJ.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-06
For the f. 4 M. -Househol ID.
1.-The Long Ago" Goes!
NEWBERN, Jan.

NEwBERN, Jan. 3.
Helen Mac Gregor, l am sorry to be
obliged to take issue with you as to the
authorship of the beautiful poem en-
titled ''IHe Long Ago" which you re-
published in your last letter as written
by Philo Henderson. Like you gladly
claimed it as North Carolina poem,
and, when assisting Miss Emily V. Ma
son in making her collection of South
ern Poems, y sent it to her as such con-
seQuently whenever it appears in print
as by Mr.. Henderson, | feel bound to
make a public Amende honorable to the
real author by correcting the mistake.
While writing Literary Gossip for
t"Uale's Weekly" this poem was claim
ed bv Mother Hubbard" one of the
correspondents of that paper, as a North
Carolina production. The copy of the
paper containing her letter, having also
a bit OF gossip about a book published
by 5. &. Griggs s. Co.. of Chicago, was
sent to that firm, from member OF
which | received next week a letter Of
which | give a copy.
; DEAR MADAM:-The enclosed arti-
Gle, cut from the paper you sent me.
claimed ''The Riref of Time" for Philo
Henderson as author. This is a mistake
as | happen TO know from positive
; knowledge. The author is Benjamin +.
Taylor, and the poem was written by
him as part of New Years address
/ of the Chicago DAILY Journal for 1850
The poem was long and was afterwards
: cut up by him and published from time
to time under different headings. The
poem under the title of "THe Isle oJ
q Iona 4qo," will be found in Mr. Tay-
lor's volume of poems entitled "Olo
Time Pictures and Shedrcs Of Rhyme
h pages LIS, 80, and 90 published BY ). {
Griggs & Co., Chicago. 1t has beer
claimed by more than twenty person:
l. mostly unknown to fame But | know
whereof | speak, when | say that ~
y man ever saw it until it came from tn,
brain OF Benz L. Taylor. man whom
e | have known since early boyhood, ant
with whose writings | am so famIlia
that | think / could detect a line Of hi
/; were it to come from Australia or Japan
Respectfully, ;. {. GRIGGS.
t: In 1854. at the suggestion of the Hon
David l.. Swain. President of our Uni
versitv. published a collection of Mort
I" Carolina poems called Wood Notes.
{ and assisted by Governor Swain. mad
Il
v written by Mr.. Henderson, communica
ting with members of his family an
unearthing many pieces supposed to b
lost. During this time there was neve
any intimation Of the existence of tn
poem or anything like it. Three or tor
years after the publication OF the book
nd copy of it was sent to me. as one OF b
to which | had omitted from my collection
CO Immediately submitted it to Governt
TN swain. who wrote me in reply: L al
of sorry we did not get it in time, 70
though l never heard of it, it is worth
h. of Henderson. and was probably write
ur not long before he died." Coming
o. see me a few weeks after writing th
d. letter Governor Swain said that aft
Or. critically examining the poem he mu
ar admit it was not like anything ell
written by Mr.. Henderson, and he b;
ch his doubts as to his being the auth
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-06
AN EASTERN FARMHR.


1t was in 1924 that George Ste
phenson began striving to induce the
people Of England to build the Liver
pool and Manchester Railway. In 1895
he was laughed at a. a visionary.
IA horse power is $4,000 pounds
raised one foot in one .minute One
pound raised 33, 600 feet in one minute
would be the same power eXerted. On
this basis all engine work is measured.
lit is estimated that there are in
the world G60O0 locomotives. 100000
passenger ears and 500. 900 freight cars
There are about 200. 900 miles Of track.
which cost the neat sum Of $40. 000. 600 :
600.
-. The brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers numbers about 1900 mem.
bers. sl19,23372 was paid out during
its last financial year to sick members
and representatives. of deceased ones.
49,. An inventive genius has discov
cred new plan for oiling cylinders
He proposes to make piston-rods hol
low, SO that they will act as oil pipes
and he has sufficient faith in his plan t.
expena patent office fees upon It.
Every German and Frenchman j
| compelled to spend some OF the bes
wears of his lite in the army: and tn
cost Of standing armies is an immens
drain upon the finances of any nation
Europe keeps 2.000.0 600 men in the fiel
at cost of 8 sl.000.C00.000 per annuu
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-06
For the Farmer and Mechanic.
Our Phosphate Deposits.

Now that ou, State chemist, Prot.
Dabney, is al ut to come East for a
season, to exp re our magnificent beds
of phosphates which he says exist in
large and profitable proportions in sew
eral of the Eastern counties, let him
likewise have an eve to the great re
sources of mari and lime rocks near the
coast. These phosphates, in the opin-
ion Of our State Geologist, Prof Kerr.
are about equal to the Charleston phos-
pilates. that have done so much for
South Carolina. They are, indeed, gold
mines, or can be easily transmitted into
gold, as can mari and lime rock. But
they are often IN obscure places-out in
the hedges and by-ways, as well as pear
railroads and towns, as DR.. Dabney will
remember when he begins his important
phosphate explorations The farmers
are always anXions to see our State
| Chemist and Geologist on their own
farms and like to have them set at their
tables and enjoy their hospitality even
| if it is rustic and plain.
AS DIR. Dabney journeys over our
Eastern counties he will find, with sur
prise, that in forests. rich soils, fine eli
mate. and low death rate, they arc not
surpassed by any portion of the State,
or of any other State. There are no
more fertile lands on the globe than the
swamp lands of our Eastern counties.
The health of Wilmington. Goldsboro
| Newbern, Tarboro, and other Eastern
towns and counties, is as good As that
of Raleigh, Charlotte, Greens borO, and
other middle and western towns. The
1 death-rate in these Eastern towns anC
counties is as low as in any part of The
State East of the Blue Ridge. Eml
grants to the State have erroneous views
on this subject. Great injusticeis is done
the East In this important relation b,
those who promulgate different views
The vital statistics and records OF th'
State prove the statements here mad
a. to sickness and death. Malaria ha
been banished in these Eastern counties
under the dominion of the spade. axe
slow. and hoe. Immigrants need no
be af aid to settle in the East. Ii
healthy, and garden spot for farmers
and gardners, and fine field for manu-
; taCturcrs.
AN EASTERN FARMHR.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-06
HELEN MCGREGoR
For the +. & NJ. Household

Thanks. Phocion. for the very kind
welcome you have given a stranger to
the pleasant Household, and thrice
thanks for the manly generosity with
which you (quite an adept in the art of
literature yourselD treat one who is a
novice in the use of the pen. Notwith-
standing the decided take down your
last article gave me. wOmanlike.
I'm determined to have the last word
80 rise to explain, if our kind Editor
and the Household, are not tired hear
inc us discuss Carlyle.
Phocion. you deny a charge which