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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

creek bottoms q dazen horses we're
entifly destroyed aud many II DE
occupants dsuwned 81 saved ONLY
yclirginetohlan offices Ia
camps onthe bottoms we're In 81
litlsn emigtant wagons filed with
families and not half Of lhese per.
SONS have yet been found. North
Of here entire llmiliespere drown!
sed. Others made mifaculoAs
escapes All6fsyesterday streams
were 20 high that no commuhica.
ton could lie had withtheeast and
today the first dispatches were
.sentsout. Stores lin town closed
yesterday and eyery citizen epgas.
ed In The work Of lescuing people
fby.bpats and RATS from ljeriloas
positions in treeS This work was
very hazardous and BIZ night there
was still some isolated prisoners.
iArelief party was out an night
picking up unfortnnates. People
in MedicineFiyer bottom have an
escaped with their lives. Hun.
dreds Of cattle were drowned and
great fields Of crops ruined, Hun
Edteds Of dead animals alsoline the
banks Of Elncreek. Among those
known 70 be lost are the following,
g. Paddock, wife and four chill
ldfen, bodies. of.Nife aud three chill.
dren recovered; Jerry Gibbs and
daughter; Mrs Harris andda h eli
ter, bodies Of latter two recovered;
wife and four children Of Samuel
Maddox, bodies Of woman and two
children aate recovered. -Four
wagons containing "moyersn have
not ben heard from, and IL Is
thought allthe occupants persisted.
No news yelfrOmthe coultrybelow
here, but tits feared there has been
very serious loss Of life. The town
council organized relief measures
and several thousand dollars have
been subscribed. Bodies recovered
will be buried this afternoon,
The district court has adjourned
and the court room has been turn.
cd into a morgue. Sun City aud
Lake City, situated west Of this
place, were inundated, but the
damageis'not serious. The village
of Elm Mills was also flooded but
with no loss Of life.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

Sheriff Handlan and deputy Pat.
Weir Of Wheeling, went down TO
Charleston on the Chancellor yes.
terday with Wash, Porter and Ju.
Illus Shaver, two colored men con.
victed Of obtaining money under
false pretenses and sent to the pen,
They were taken before the Snpre,
me Court on a writ Of habeas cor.
pus and a new trial was ordered
IN their case.-&dte Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29
Three an nKlnh.

Parkersburg Sentinel.
Mrs, Jacob Baker, Of Tyler coun.
~, gave birth to three children one
day last week, In view Of tho
great scarcity Of food and prevail,
ing hard times we think this an
imposition on the husband.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

DR.. s. G. Shaw, who was a direc
tor Of the Hospital here for several
years died at his home in Point
Pleasant, Monday last, If the 18th
year ofhis ago, The doctors many
friends here, and throughout the
State, will deeply regret his death
-Weslon Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

The brethren Of the press will
please state to the world that Roane
county people are not dying FROM
Starvation. Wehope the lies which
are being circulated to that effect
will be promptly nailed. We have
stated several times that our only
trouble was scarcity Of rough feed
for our sLock.-Speneer Bulletin.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29
Our Candidate.

By reference to the proceedings
Of the Democratic Comfy conven-
tion, published 10 this paper il
Will be seen that Mr. ehafles VIZ
Fadely the nomination fot
County Superintendent Of Ftes
Schools!
Mr. Fadely iso sound Democrat
aneducated nLleman, aud q pfac:
4tical teacher HisNhole life has
been spent ID the schOol room
He Is oneof our selfnada ysang
men, and po,sessedof all.the quad
ifcatiOns rsqlisite to make an Ell!
Gent and popular County Super.
intenpent No word Of reproach,
in truth, can be brought against
him, either morally or intellect
aally.
We trust that every Democrat
in the county will regard il bis
especial duty TO assist inlhe elect
ion d Mr.. Fadely Aunired Dem
ocracy will give US victory next
month.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

On che ayst a Nay the Capitol
will be removed to Charleston.
All the archives Of the government
are now packed aud ready for
transportation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

The Central American Difficult,
ties are likely to involve the Uni.
ted States. The rebel leader has
issued proclamation against the
Americans, aud the French govern
ment has entered its protest against
the United States exercising con,
troll over the Isthmus and the Pan.
anna railroad. The threatened gen.
eral European war is likely to
bring this country into the mess,
If We do have to take a hand In
the matter, the country that pro.
yokes US to the fight will know
that we are around. There will be
no foolishness about it on our part.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

yandsrbiltls income is 81, 250 per
hour If we we're to get that
amount in a whole year we would
be satisfied.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29
The Contract Let-For the Re.
lllOyal Of the State Archives
TO Charleston.
Wheeling InteIligencer.l

i
Wheeling InteIligencer.
The State Board Of Public Works
yesterday examined the bids for
transporting the State archives aud
Capitol furniture from the State
House in this city to tho wharf al
Charleston. The specifications
provide that the removal may be
made by steamer or steamer and
barges, and that the work shall
commence on the second day Of
May and be completed as rapidly
as possibIe.
-Four bids were received for doing
the work. Capt. Billy Bay, of the
Portsmouth & Pumeroy Packet
company, bid $1,000; A. j. Sweeney
4 soa, $1,000; Z P. Chancellor, ST..
000, and Prince & Kuglen, Of the
Belle Prince Towbuat company,
1890.
The last named gentlemen we're
awarded the contract at this bid
The steamer Chesapeake will be
emplpyedin making the removal.
The law requires The Capitol TO
remain here until the closed bus.
mess on the frst day Of May. On
and after tho second the Capitol
will be ut Charleston, and all oil.
cial business will be transacted
there.
There Is a coincidence abont the
letting of the contract. Capt. Billy
Prince, ofthe successful firm, re.
moved The archives from Charles.
ton to this city ten years ago. On
that occasion some objection was
made by Charleston people to the
removal. Capt. Billy told them he
would be happy to bring the prop.
erty back if they could show him
good reason 10 do SO, but he had
contracted to take them to Wheel,
ing, and to Wheeling they should
go. He now redeems his promise,
"the good reasons" having been
shown yesterday,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

Geo. r. Tingle formerly Of
Wheeling, but recently Of Mon.
tana, has been appointed agent Of
the Government at the seal fisher
les in Alaska at a salary Of $500.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

The Democrats of Ohio are try.
ing to induce Senator Thurman tt
become their candidate for Govern.
or this fall. If he should consent
TO accept the Democratic nonina
ton, then we can safely place Ohio
in the Democratic column after
October.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

The Supreme Court of the United
States recently rendered a decision
in the Virginia coupon tax cases,
which was in favor of the bond.
holders and against the State on
all material points. 1t decide:
that the acts Of 1879 and 1852 are
unconstitutional and the officers
acting under them a private
wrong.doer and liable as such.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29
Sale Of a Valuable
Farm In Hannah District.

TNPURSUA NCE Of the terins and pro.
III visions vi a decree Of the Circuit
Court Of Mason county, West Virginia,
rendered on the 18th day Of February,
1885, In two certain chancery suits there.
in pending, in which Joseph Grubbs IA
plaintiff and William Ballenger Is dc.
PENDANT, and Samuel Kigore Is plaintiff
and William Ballenger and Joseph
tfubbs arc defendants, which cases
were consolidated BY order Of the said
Circuit Court Of Mason county, we, the
undersigned Special Commissioners will
on The 9th day Of May, 1855, at
the front door Of the Court House OF
Mason county, West Virginia, proceed
TO sell, BY way 81 public auction, 10 tho
highest bidder, all that certain lot or
parcel Of land, with It's improvements
and appurtonances, lying and being id
the District Of Hannah, Mason county
and State aforesaid, con taining one hum
dred acres, which was conveyed to VII.
liam Ballenger by Joseph Grubbs and
wife, by deed dated tho 18th day Of De-
cember, 1879, and fully described in Ex-
hibit "B" filed with the plaintiffs Bill
In said first named cause and also do.
scribed in Exhibit "a, o" fled with
the plaintiffs Bill in said last named
cause.
Said sale will be for cash as to one
third Of the purchase money, and as to
the residue upon a credit Of six and
twelve months, Bond with good secur.
ity bearing interest from day Of sale will
be required for the deferred INSTALL
ments, and the title will be retained asa
further security.
J.W. ENGLISH,
RANKIN WILEY, JR.,
Special Commissioners.
Bond with approved security given
and fled in the above case.
aprSw4l X. E. MITCHELL, Clerk.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

General grant is much improved,
and his physicians now think be
may live some years yet.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

The Charleston Daily Time de.
MES the report that tits TO be the
personal organ Of Governor Wilson.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

The Sentinel says at is rumored
that as soon as the democratic dep.
uty collectors are installed Mr.. o.
G. sCOfeld will return to Parkers.
burg and become an editor Of
another newspaper that has been
talked Of for some time"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

snobbery increases in the Uni.
ted States every year. There is NOT
IN aristocratio Government on
earth that can excel US in that re.
sprct. Aud the king Of snubs is
the average Washington aud New
York correspondent. These latter
gentry have been standing in the
street all night for weeks in front
Of General Grants residence watch.
ing the building TO report the
changes that occur at uncertain in.
tervals in the positions Of the win.
dow curtainsl-KanaWha Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

General Grant, il is said, is now
past all danger and that he will
get entirely well. The many emf,
nont doctors are mortified that he
did not have cancer Of the tongue,
as they determined it was.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29
WANTED

ITO purchase Howes' or DOIIass' HisLo.
j tory Of Virginia, and Withers Bord
er Warfare, for Which a liberal price
will be paid.
mchii-sW. JNo, E, TIAiAIs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29
How q Make tIle Farm Paw.


There is a general complaint
among agricultutistp, that farming
don't pay, and for the last yeal
where the operations were coninec
to raising wheat, corn and oats, I'm
der the system in vogue in oui
fathers time, there is much force
in the complaint. The profits O
farming, however, are not always
governed by the price of agriCol
tural products in the market a.
much as the cost Of productions
The problem for our farmers t.
solve is, how to produce the same
quantity ut less cost, or larger
quantities with tho same outlay
Cannot profits be increased by q
more thorough cultivation, and q
greater attention TO econOmizing
timer In order that no time may
be lost, q regular system in farm
work should be adopted, plans ma
tured and laid ahead, and every ef.
fort directed in harmony Herewith,
SO that every hour spent will count
for something. The attention Of
the Oranges ought to be turned to
the solution Of this problem, rath.
er than to devising ways Of dispen.
sing with the middle man, and boy.
cotting corporations. There is un.
fortunately too much prejudice
against what is called book farm.
ing. Many valuable ideas may be
gotten by the careful perusal Of pa
pers devoted to agriculture, and
much practical information as to
the proper way ofapplying fertili
GERS, increasing the manure pile
and feeding the soil by turning
down green crops. The mistake is
made, too, of paying exclusive at
tenIion to growing wheat aud corn,
and neglecling the numerous col.
lateral feeders to a farmers income
side issues, so TO speak, as being
too insignificant to deserve atten,
ton. The poultry, the dairy, the
garden, the orchard, are worthy Of
much more attention than is gen.
orally bestowed upon them, and
could be made to figure much more
largely in the general result of a
years work. THERE'S not sufficient
attention paid to the winter care
of stock, as a general rule, nor to
the improvement Of the breed. 1t
costs no more, in fact not SO much,
to keep a we'll bred animal than a
scrub. Stock raising, in connect.
ion with other farming operations,
can be made profitable if pursued
judiciously and Systematically
The best market that a farmer can
have for his hay, fodder anda large
portion Of his corn, is in his stock.
The farm at any rate pays better
than it usually gets credit for. A
farmer in investigating his profits
never takes into consideration the
living for himself and family that
the business affords, which, iftaken
into account, would add very large.
ly to the credit side Of the ledger.
-MartinsDurg Salesman.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29
.COlIlIISSI0NERS SALE.

a
IlA NllsfUE ~ u degaec entered IA
lOlht Fhanccry cause q John II In,
lldAf y Cos vs. A N sullivan Il n.
pending b tlie Circuit Court oi Mlas1a
cepnty, West Nifgiuia, ION the Iiih dAy
pl Fehruary lss5, the undersigned
Sneglsl COMMITS sioneFs appointed iot
that plrpo G. Will oiier t0t sale AZ tta
iroht door 81 the Coutl H0usa u said
county W gaylal public Auction, to tic
highest bidder, on tic iili day afi
May, lsSd, at one 3 clock j., M, the
following described real estate: Being
a Cestain3hopse aud lot lu the yillage6i
AEON known rs the AlqFgaret Dnnn''
Hlot daaioining the lot 81 VIM Moore,
aud known and designated Oh the plat
otthe village OF Loon Is lot No. and
bounded on The West ~ lot No. /,
known as the Miller lot aud containing
0nb.ionrth Of on acre, and upon, which
lot Is q good tesidFhce with necessary
outbulldings and other Improvement,
TeDdefing the same d desirable property
l1t1ccppancy.
arheaboye etoheinp6nitte follow
Ing stertns: Cash inlhand5as 10 one thinl
oi the purchase money and the residue
in two equal installmHnts payable IN
twelve and eighteen month respective.
", the purchaser giving bondwilh good
security as % the deferred payments,
and The undersigned retaining the legal
title sS d further security.
.ff w. - ~ .I.i OH 40 n ftlf1ftfts 81
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

The wat clouds in Europe are
growing darker and darker every
day,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29
nnaAL MoTrcns.
OF WEST VIRGINIA..
Mason County, IS;
A T RULES held in the Clerks office
II OF the Circuit Court OF Mason coun,
y, on the first Monday in the month Of
April, 1885:
NJ. NJ, Gilkey,
vs.
Calvin GiIkey.

-, Al NHNlCeIIs
Tho object Of this suit Is 10 obtain a
divorce from bed and board from the dc.
lCndant; and 1t appearing from affidavit
filed that the defendant is a non resi-,
dent Of this State, it is ordered that lie
do appear here within one month after
the first publication OF this order and
do what is necessary TO protect his in.
terest in this suit. TESTE:
r. i, MITCHELL, Clerk.
aprSw4-pd,
NOTICE. TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS.
To Calvin Gilkey: Take notice that on
the list day Of May, A. D. 1885, between
the hours OF 0 O'Clock a. IN. and 4 O'Clock
Z. IN. at the Law Office Of Simpson 4
Howard, in the Court House III tic town
OF Point Pleasant, West Virginia, / will
take the deposition Of II. II, Gllkey and
Others, to be read in evidence in my be.
hall in certain suit for divorce now
pending in the Circuit Court for the
County OF Mason, and State Of WesI
Virginia, in which lam Plaintiff and
You are Defendant II from any cause
the taking Of said deposition shall not he
commenced on the day aforesaid, and h
commenced and not completed, tile same
shall be continued from day to day, OF
from time to time, at the same place and
between the same honrs, until the same
shall have been completed.
NJ. NJ. GILKEY,
Simpson & Howard. Soils fby Connsol
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

The Republican Postmaster Of
Pittsburgh has resigned.-E
The abovSis respectfully referred
to the Post mastersin West Virgin.
in, who are now holding onto fat
offices that ought to be filled by
Democrats. Resign boys, resign.
Don't wait to be kicked out.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

A pleasant visit from Sheriff
Hassler, Of. Jackson, yesterday, i'm
parted the fact that while the PEG,
pie Of his county arc neither ask
Ing or needing outside help, vet
they and their stock have had a
tough time Of il the past winter
Its severity and duration swept the
country Of provender, hence the
funds that should have gone. or
been reserved for other purposes,
have disappeared in purchasing
feed abroad, SO that money is aS
scarce in the county as snow in
the tropics. He recounts one in,
stance coming under his obserya
tion where corn brought sl.l0 pei
bushel for seed in the back part Of
the county However, with a lit
tie more fine weather like the pres,
ent he thinks the farmers will
come out all right.-Reg,slr.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

Therearo one hundred and TWEEN.
ty newspapers published in West
Virginia, Of which 50 are demo
cratic, SO republican, 2S indopend
ent, and 5 religious. One hundred
and len weeklies, Eve dailies, three
semi.woeklice, eight monthly pap
efs,and three semi'monthly papers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA..
Mason County. SS.

Mason County, ssi
A T RULES held in the Clerks office
IA Of the Circuit Court Of SIason coun.
~, on the first Monday in the month oil
April, 1885:
0. Shrewsbury,
W. W. Harper, Emily G. Harper his
wife, Caroline Taylor, II. r. Howard,
Trustee, Rankin Wiley Jr, John w.
English, Trustee, and Joseph L. Mccoy,
Trustee.
In Chancery.
The general object Vi tho above suit
rs to vacate, annul and set aside pre.
tended deed from Rankin Wiley. Jr.
Trustee, to Caroline Taylor, dated the
9th day OF March, 1881, and recorded in
the Clerks OtIicU Of Mason county Court
in Deed Book No. So, folio SIS, and
which deeds purport to convey lots o.,
10 and II in square No. !, in the town
OF Hartford City, Mason county, West
Virginia, and to vAcate, annul and sci
aside pretended deed Of trust executed
BY w. W. Harper and wife to Caroline
Harper recorded in tho same office, in
Trust Deed Book No. /, folio 20S, upon
the same three lots situated as aforesaid;
and also TO enforce a deed Of trust given
by w. w. Harper and wife 10 ii. X,
Howard for the use Of Columbus Shrews.
bury, dated July 18th, 1883, and record.
cd In said Clerks office in Trust Deed
Book No. Z, folio LOG, on the f5me lots
Aforesaid. And It appearing from All.
davit filed that Caroline Taylor, one OF
the above named defendants, d a non
resident Of this Stats, It Is ordered that
she do appear hero within one month
after the first publication Of this order.
aud do what ls necessary to protect ller
Interests in this suit.
TESTE:
R. T. MITCHELL, Clerk.
Simpson 4 Howard, SOIs. aprswl'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

The American government are
nowIealizing Che need Of i navy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

The Mcdowell Progress says:
"Don't the fact that YOU have ia
pay 81 per buShel for corn in this
section every spring, make you
feel as II you ought to raise more Of
that needed article. If so, begin
in time and get your land ready
sow a large crop, tend it well, and
when fall comes you can have
pl nty to gather Corn is never q
upg, il will always bring money
and money will buy most anything
you want"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

The above sale is postponed unit
SATURDAY, MAY IN, 1885, at ii
o'clock a. m. q. p. SIMPSON,
apr2Otdl Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

The Washington correspondent
of the Wheeling Register sends this
interesting piece of news;
"Thero is a rumor here that Cap.
tain Hassler, the Appointment
Clerk Of the Interim Department,
will soon be promoted to the chief
Clerkship Of the same department.
The McGraw case remains jus. as
II did ten days ago. II is believed
that the President has made IN
mind oappoint McGraw, as well
as others whose cases are in the
same shape as his, hut no one here
seems able to explain why the
President hesilates TO act"