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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03
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Aunt Peggy sotnefsille is dead
Saturday. November 2lst, closed
the earthly existence d her who
was The Oldest person 10 Mason
county Size was born near Phila
.delphia, April %, 1892; her age
was therefore % years. 6 months
and q days. In the year 1906,
when fourteen yedru Of age, she, to
gsthst With her parents, Andrew
and Ann .ince3 Newman Eckard,
removed to tie then far west, and
found i home IL Mason coahIs but
two years atief III humiliation. III
1911, she was united in marriage
with Samuel somergille and soon
after went 10 reside in their cabin
home near the head Of spring Ten.
mile creek, now IN the northeastern
corner Of Robinson district After
q years residence the husband en-.
listed as a soldier IN the second war
with Great Britain, and with the
command Of Maj. Chas. waggener,
served alNorfolk and Craney ISL nd
in Atlantic Virginia, and the wife,
having with the aid Of neighbors
recured the scanty supply Of corn
by storing It away in The cabin
loft, returned to her fathers, where
a short time after their first child
Calvin, was born, He grew to
manhood, served many years as a
Justice of the Peace, and was long
one Of the most prominent citizens
OF the county. With the return Of
peace came that Of the husband
and again they took up their abode
in the home which cruel war had
for d time caused them to desert,
and there they feared a family, all
of whom have long since settled in
life and some, together with the
husband, have already crossed the
dark river, while Others linger up
on its brink. All that was mortal
of her now sleeps in the family
cemetery, while fond recOllections
Of her will long remain on memo
rie's page of those who survive her.
What an eventual feriod in the
worlds history was that through
which she livGdl When she was
born Washington was serving bis
first term as President Of the United
States then consisting Of but four
teen members, and Gallipolis was
the most western postollice on the
continent, philadelphia WINS the
seat Of government Ind Washing.
ton City had no existence. She
was q little girl playing on the
banks Of schuylkill when the
French Revolution was deluging
France in blood, and was a busy
housewife when Napolean was
overthrow at Waterloo. She
lived through the administration
of every President of the United
States and witnessed the election
Of the successor Of the present in.
cumbent. She was on the banks IF
the Ohio FIVE years before the first
steamboat was launched at Pitts.
burgh, and thirteen years before a
steam propelled vessel crossed the
Atlantic. Requiescat in pace.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

TIE ladies Of the Methodist E.
Church, will give an oyster supper
at tRoresidence of Mr.. Butiu, near
tHS Merchants National Bank, on
Thursday night, the proceeds to
Be applied 10 church purposes
Everybody Invited.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

DELIGHTFUL sERESADE,-ou Sat.
urdHy night Messrs. Arch. Hous.
ton, Frank Judy, Will Burberry,
Jack Denton, Pete Recktenwald,
Ed Recktenwold and Albert Eli.
son, visited the premises of ye ed
i,Or and treated his family to a de.
lightful ssreuade. Their music is
produced with French Harps and
Guitars, and is grand, soft and
sweet They will accept the &C.
acknowledgements Of the editor aud
his family, and call again when it
suits their pleasure.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

A fellow by the name Of Davis,
residing on Thirteen, was arrested
Monday, charged with rObbing The
meat houstVof some Of his neigh.
bors.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

We direct attention TO the ad:
vertisemeRt of varian, Bloss Gro
GERS, in this paper. They nave the
best equipped Grocery 10 tdsn, and
have almost anything ydu can call
for, and besides they sell Steap.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

The Hooking and Ohio Valley
Editorial Association, will meet at
GalIipOlis, Thursday, December A,
at2:30P. NJ. The Board Of Trade
of that city, will banquet the visi.
ting editors. We acknowledge the
receipt Of an invitation to attend
The meeting and the banquet, and
hope 70 be present.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03
The S75.S0G Prize 10 an I'm.
know Zero.

1t is collected by the Louisiana
National Bank for an unknown de.
positor. The lucky 7S,4 was pre-.
scented at the main offices Of the
Louisiana State Lottery Company
by Mr.. A. Luria, Cashier Of the
Louisiana Natiosal Bank, for a de.
positor This is all that the Lot.
terry COMPANY knossof il, and Mr.
Luria declined to name the fo.tuh.
ate holder. A check for $4,000
was deposited to tho credit of the
lucky depositor.-Nas Orleans City
ITEM, oct, Is.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03
Statesmen.

Statesmen wanted to solicit orders for
nursery stock, fruit and ornamental. A
splendid line Of new and choice kinds.
Good pay and steady employment given
To reliable, energetic men! Write for
terms, etc. TII0S. w BOWMAN,
(Nurseryman,l
noylSw6 ROOaEsrER, n. Y.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

Tuesday afternoon Of last week,
Henry Miller Of Hartford City,
met with a painful accident at
MiddlepOrt while assisting 10 un.
loading a barge Of salt at the rail.
road incline. A barrel rolled down
the incline, striking him and bad.
ly crushing him. The wounds II
is thought will result in bis death.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

The noted Greer murder case
which was removed from jackson
to Wood county, and which was to
have been triedlast week, was con-
tinusd until the next term Of the
Circuit Court of Wood county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

The ladies' Of the Episcopal
Church, will give d Supper at the
storts House, Thursday evening,
December 1lth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

There will be a meeting of tho
Point Pleasant Democratic Club
Thursday evening, December 4th,
at the Court House. Iisearnestly
desired that there be a full attend.
ance, as matters Of Importance
will come up for discussion and de
cisiOn. The ringing Of the bell
will be the signal for assembling.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03
PIck una.

Ing extensive lHsep taisers
1fnobOdy issSs sod, be sure it's
your own fault.
Badly needed A so6d public
hall inihis place.
The Legislature will meet Jaht.
airy l4ths 1884.
The show windows are filling up
with holiday goods.
The coal thieves are around com.
hitting their depredations.
Butter declined TO is cents a
pound In this place, last week.
Since we have a railroad there is
no danger Of coal famine.
Wanted-A correspondent at ev.
cry pOstoffice in the county.
Agreat many nice cattle arc be.
ing'shipped from this county.
The fall pastures are exceedingly
good this season.
Pay all your bets like honorable
men, and don't make any more.
For job work Of any kind, call at
this Office.
Now is the time to put weather
strips in front Of your doors.
Mr. Christopher NUM-, Of Park
ersburg, is our ciLy baker now, aud
a good one heis, too.
This is the last month Of leap,
yesr-and girls should take adyan-
tage Of it.
Mrs. Judge Guthrie, Of Charles
ton, was visiting her Point Pleas.
SAINT friends, Saturday.
A special fern of the Putnam
Circuit Court, was held last week,
Judge Guthrie, presiding.
Mrs. Sarah W. fuller, of Nilsson.
ri, is here on a visit to her mother,
Mrs. Anne Jones.
There. is considerable sickness
among the children in this place
aud vicinity.
An exchange remarks: The sum.
mer girl is changing her ice cream
smile to the oyster shipper.
We guess you are all on the mash;
look for out our "dsvil;" he says he
has come 10 stay.
There was quite a number of
people in attendance upon the
county court, Monday,
Quite a number Of people in this
county are talking of moving to
the West in the Spring.
The PustoiIlcs in this place will
not go begging, as there will be a
number Of applicants for it.
The newly elected County OIL.
GERS qualified aud gave their bonds
last Monday.
The Kanawha Lumber and Fur.
niture Company opened their store
this week.
There is a good deal of activity
among stesmboatnen, now that
there isa prospect Of u rise III the
rivers.
There is lively competition
among the hackmen in this place,
and once in a while a knock.down
occurs,
The time Of year has about urti,
we'd when men who are hard drink.
ets, will "swear of" aud commence
anew,
The many friends Of Mira. D, S.
Snyder and Mrs. WIN. b. Cable,
will regret to learn of their serious
illness.
Merchants who advertise, tell US
that their business is improving
We don't know how it is with the
other fellows.
The pay car on this end of the
Ohio Central, paid the section men
on the road, for the month Of ocLo,
Der, last Friday.
There arc rumors aflOat that The
Railroad Bridge at this place is to
be completed at once. This is ex.
ira good news, il true.
We had the pleasure of entering
that old Democrat, Gideon Rifle,
Of Cooper District, upon our sub.
scriptiOu book, Monday.
Parties who furnished baskets at
the Publication meeting, can find
them ut the office Of TOrnlinson &
Wiley, Better look them up.
This town is full of young dudes,
and most Of them have their suits
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

We direct the allention Of our
70 the adyertiletnent II
Montgomery 4 Smith, Dry Goods,
Gallipolis, Ohio. This frm is 10.
Court slreei, at Frank
Halliday's6ld stand. Atthis store
you will fad a splendid stock Of
goods, including cloaks, at tie low.
est prices. Give them 4 call when
you go to Gallipolis.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

Big stock paper and envelopes
purses and bill books IL Van Gil.
tsr's Drug Store
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

The Aoqaito says; lsThe condi
ton Of Doug. Psden, who was so
cowardly assaulted'by VIII. Wat.
son, ut Mason City, last week, is
much improved, and DR.. Hysell,
the attending surgeon, says he has
hopes Of his recovery
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03
.Greeting!M!

q THE important that should ecaHss with friends
goods change Of have Aang secured
Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-05
Wednesday, November 5, 1884.
OvERPREssURE IN SCHOOLS.

OFHk ESS U IN SCHOOASs
 The results of the examination made by Dr. Crichton-Browne for the purpose of verifying or refuting the statement that the pupils in these institutions are subjected to overpres- sure in their studies are interesting and im- Dortant. He finds that educational over pressure does exist; that it is exerting appre- eiably evil effect, which, if unchec ked, are likely to entail very serious consequences on future generations. Dr. Browne divides the children in the London public schools into three classes; the first, consisting of from 20 to 30 per cent. of the children, are bright and clever, and can easily accomplish all the work required of them in seven or eight months of each year. Another class, of from 40 to 60 per cent, consists of children having average intelligence, who can cover the re- quired ground by the steady work of twelve months. The third class, which is about as large the first consists of back ward children, who cannot fairly do the work in the allotted time, and who must therefore be, pressed, and sometimes hard pressed, in order to get as many as possible of them to
 make passable appearance. But, unfor-
  tion are not confined to the backward chil- dren. Dr. Browne lays down the rule that mental labor is dangerous to health, and shortens life just in proportion as emotional disturbance is mixed up with it; and he as serts that the periodical examinations which are required to test the work of the schools furnish an emotional disturbance which is resulting in great increase of nervous di- seases.
 He found that in some of the schools forty per cent. of the boys and ffty-two per cent. of the girls complained of habitua1 head aches, and under circumstances which made I it evident that the complaints. were not those 1 of idle imagination; fl per cent. of the boys
 and 36 per cent. of the girls complained o1 sleeplessness, a sure indication of nervous ! debility. Again, more than half of the boys and girls suffered from various forms of neu ! ralgia, all these facts going to show that ! the system to which they were subject ed was one well calculated to i'm pair physical vitality. In opposition to thiE Dr. Browne gives the results of certain exam | nations he made in Scotch schools, where ht ! found that no such ailments existed, and tha
 nervous excitement and overpressure, as indi I cated in the London schools, were not to b. found. He remarks that this may be partl. ! attributed to healthier conditions of family I life and the difference in the nervous organ ] ization of the people; but he maintains, witt ! not little force, that educators must tak' ! into account the material with which the.
 have to deal, and must adapt their system l to meet these conditions. All of which i sensible and timely.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-05
A Rfe Chicken Farm. .

A correspondent in recent number ot the Irish Farmers Gazette, who has chicken farm of % acres, keeping 10000 fowls, de- scribes his method, which we condense as follows:
 I feed the fowls while young principally on boiled horse-fesh AS the time for fatten1ng approaches, I gradually diminish the quanti- ty, and during the last three or four weeks leave it of altogether, when fatten them upon potatoes, Indian meal, pollard and other grains. The flesh is of excellent flavor, quite white and remarkably firm. The birds are supplied with abundance of water, and kept scrupnlously clean. I find that where animal food is continued too long the fowls contract disease, and the quills of their feathers become charged with blood. On my farm are numerous well-ventilated buildings. The yard is divided into compartments by wire fences, containing given number of fowls. classed according to their ages. Horse flesh constitutes the principal part of their nourishment Horses unfit for service are bought, and killed in slaughter houses on the premises Nothing is lost; the skin is sold tc ahe tanners, the heads and hoofs go to make Prussian blue, the large bones are made into buttons, the small ones ground for manure and the marrow is bought by the perfumers
Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-05
magnetIzed Watches.


 A young lady who teaches school in this city has a delicately-made little Swiss watch set in bracelet The face of it is about the size of dime, and the works are protected by thin disc of glass about the same size as the under side of the bracelet next to the arm. In fact, it sets right over tho young Iady's pulse, and the watch is the wonder and admiration of all her friends. But the little watch never did keep time, though it did cost five hundred francs in Paris. The jewellers to whom it was carried told the lady that she ought not to expect a watch the size of a peanut to keep time, and one workman said such small watches had to be bought on the principle of chance in a graz bag, as they sometimes turned out good timepieces, and at others were wholly unreliable. The vouny lady noticed, however, that whenever she loaned her five-hundred-francs bracelet to her sister, the watch kept much better time, and when she kept it locked up in her iewel-case it kept the time almost as well as any ordinary timepiece
 A well-known physician of this city had his attention called to this matter few days apo. bv the young lady's mother, and ex- pIained it in a minute from a physiological standpoint. He said the springs and eng1- nerv of the watch were so delicate that they were affected by change of temperature and feeling in the young ladys body. When she became excited the watch doubtless went fast. and in her calmer moments it probably went slower Upon investigation this hy- pothesis was verified, and the phenomena have excited so much curiosity that, last night, the young lady gave an exhibition to few friends of the manner in which the watch was compelled to answer to the effect oe tho cbanoa in her VariOUS moods
 gentleman who has very fine gold visited the engine-room of the Brush Elec,, tric Light company on Saturday night, and told an American reporter yesterday that his watch had not run steadily since. He took it to ieweler who told him it was magnet ized. and would have to be demagnetized be- fore it would run we'll again. The gentle man said that his watch would run for an hour and half and then stop for half hour and then run for an hour and 8 half again, and kept the system up ever since it was magnetized.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-05
HAVEN. N.ooNN:w NC

who sell it for bears grease. The flesh is cut from the bones, cooked in immense boilers, and when cold chopped in sausage machine. It is then seasoned with salt and pepper, which keeps it wholesome and contributes to the health of the fowls. Vegetable nutriment for fowl is not sufficient. In winter they can- not obtain the insects and worms necessary to maintain their health, hence do not lay. By giving them meat, they can be made to lay the year round. hope to be able, next winter, to send 40, 900 dozen eggs to market. Every good hen, I reckon, brings me, deduct ing failures, 15s. ($3.75) year. They con tinue laying four years, and at the end of that time, after three weeks fattening, are fit for the market. The hens, which are constantly laying, never want to set. The chickens are matched artifcially. The incu- bators are very simple, consisting of boxes placed in rows and heated by steam at reg ular temperature. The eggs are covered up from light. As soon chick escapes from it's shell it is removed to another room. After trying many of the foreign breeds, l find that the natives are preferable and give more savory flesh. The dung is very important item of profit. It is much sought after by market gardeners as one of the best manures known, it's action being favorable to every kind of vegetable.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-05

An English dressmaker advances these sensible views: As dressmaker, should be glad to add few words to the discussion that has appeared in your paper. We all agree that reform in dress is needed, but the question arises, how is it to be carried out? No lasting reform can be hoped for while dressmakers as a class are uneducated women, having only superficial knowledge of the form they undertake to clothe. It is they who introduce each fresh enormity, and it is fact that very few Englishwomen have suf fcient courage to question the decree of a fashionable dressmaker. It seems to me that dressmaking should be regarded as an art, and practiced by educated women, properly trained in anatomy and physiology, taught to combine colors artistical1y, and to study grace in form and beauty in design. Women would soon learn to be grateful to a dress maker who would make their clothes both healthy and beautiful and with an army such as this there might be Some hope of resisting the yearly ravages of fashion. hope that this will be accepted as practical sugges- tion, as it is offered by one who has tried it. The decision of the Supreme court of the United States last week in the case of Cap ! tain Charles Norton, of the Third cavalry affects the interests of between nine hundred ' and one thousand officers of the army, and | it will require between S400, 1000 and $500, ,000 to satisfy their claims It was brought be- fore the court upon appeal by the govern ment from the decision of the Court of Claims, and being "class' case was consid- erably advanced upon it's docket. Captain Morton had made application to the second auditor for longevity pay, alleging that under the acts of Congress his time of service was to be computed from the date of his matri- cu1ation at West Point. The decision of the officers of the treasury was favorable, but in the meantime the Secretary of War had re- ferred the subject to the Attorney General, who decided that computation should be made from the date of actual entry upon military duties with the army. Captain Morton thereupon carried his claim to the courts, where it was decided in
 his favor. Longevity pay begins five years from the date of entering the service, at which time ten per cent. is added to the normal rates of pay of the officers rank. A further addition of ten per cent. is thereafter made for each five years of additional service until the total increase reaches forty per cent.
 The decision is made under an act of Con gress passed in 1881, and it's benefits do not accrue to officers who had reached the maxi mum pay of their rank at the date of it's passage. It is thought that the decision in
 directly confers the privilege of voluntary re- tirement after service of forty years from the date of matriculation at West Point.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-05
Superior Court.
GEORGE M. HOTCHKISS
 to SAMUEL CHAPMAN ct al.
 0DnER nF H


 ORDER OF NOTICE.
 TETON the complaint of George M Hotchkiss ot O New Haven. claiming that his title to certain premises in the Town of New Haven may by the or der and decfee of said court be queted as against the defendants named in said complaint returnable to the Superior Court, to be holden at New Haven, within and for New Haven County, on the first Tuesday of November, 1884
 It appearing to and being found by the subscrib- ing authority that said complaint relates to certain real estate in which Samuel Chapman, if he be Hv- ing, If he be dead, the heirs, devisees and legal representatives of said Samuel Chapman, - Gilbert, the widow of Frank Gilbert late of New Haven deceased, and Mary Ann Gilman, the widow of Jesse Gilbert, late of New Haven, deceased but since married, claim or may claim an interest; and that such persons ought to be made parties thereto, pursuant to the statute in such cases made and pro- Yided, and that the names and residences or such persons are unknown to the plaintiff.
 Therefore Ordered, That notice of the pendency of said complaint be given to the said Samuel Chapman, or if said Samuel Chapman be dead, to the heirs devisees and legal representatives Of said Samuel Chapman and to said - Gilbert, vii dow of said Frank Gilbert, and to said Mary Ann Gilman, by publishing the order in the New Haven Journal and Courier, a newspaper printed in New Haven County once Q week for three successive weeks commencing on or before October D. 1884. Dated at New Haven, October 2Oth. 1854 HENRY STODDARD, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Con- necticut
 l This is a true copy of the original notice 1 Attest: CHARLES R. SP1EGEL, 1 oc22 20 nos Deputy Sheriff. 1
Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-05
LAUNDRY,

A CARD.-To all who are suffering from errors and indscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early d,cav. loss of manhood &c, I will send recipe that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE This great remedy was discovered by missionary in South America. Send self-addressed envelope REV JOSEPH T LYMAN, Station D, New York. ,yylA eod&w1y.