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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
Colossal Cheek.

From the reports from Washing.
ton, the Republicans are determin.
ed to push TO the utmost their de.
mands in regard to reasons for the
Presidents removal from Office
The cheek that some of these Sen.
ators are displaying is simply colos.
sal. But little good is it likely to
do them, They will in all proba.
bility stir up a hornets nest that
will sting them back to their denS
and lay them on the shelf for re.
pairs.
This Republican crusade, instead
Of demorslizing the Democracy,
will make.it stronger. There are
a good many Democrats in the
country who have been disposed to
criticize Mr.. Cleveland because he
has not turned out the "rascals'
with greater celebrity. But when
the Republicans make war upon
the President because he has, for.
soOth, dared to make any removals
without the advice and consent Of
a partisan and hostile Republican
Senate, these dissatisfied Democrats
will rally in solid phalanx in sup.
port Of the Administration.
So, "let the Republicans rage
and imagine strange things, The
Democracy will, all the same, move
jOyfully on.
For twenty-five years the Govern.
ment has been running in a single
rut. New men, new blood and new
ideas needed TO be infused into our
whole governmental system
About Eve million votes demanded
at the last national election that
this change should be made. That
is what the voters are expecting
will be done as soon as practicable
and what the Republicans are kick.
ing against. After a quarter of a
century at the public crib they die
hard.-RCgSter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
The Great Kanawha Collier,
COMPANY.
Kanawba Gazette.

hAnAWDa NaEette,
Travellers on the trains Of the C.
& o. Railway, see as they pass
along the coal mining villages Of
the Kanawha river one that pres.
ents a very neat appearance, due
to the regularity Of the buildings
and the systematic and business
like way il is laid out, also To the
judiciOus use Of paint and other
matters that conspire 10 make a
work look home like and prosper.
Gus. These works we're built By
an English company and begun 10
January, 1888 and completed soon
after. AT the top Of The incline
which is about nine hundred feet
long, q short line railway with a
double track runs To the mines op.
Grated by this company. The road
is some two and a half miles long
and the cars are drawn BY a small
engine to the top Of the incline
where they are transferred and
dumped at the tipple and the con.
tents are shipped, Or used for coke
as the case may be. The mine far.
thest up the mountain is a steam
and gas coal with a thickness Of
about nine feet. The one below is
about four feet in thickness and is
a coking roal equal to any on the
river This company has in oper.
alton some twenty coke ovens Of
an improved pattern and are hay.
ing twenty one more built. 0w.
ing to the fact that their seams are
gas and coking coal this company
do not feel the present depression
Of the coal market, as those that
operate the Splint coal seams.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
STABBED MS WIFE.
The Work Of u Brutal Wretch
Near CeretlO.

CEREDo, WAYNE Co., January q
Bob Sullivan, q worthless char
aeter, has for several years lived il
n rude cabin some two miles from
Ceredo, in a kind Of Mormon style
having two women upon whom he
devoted equal attention. Saturday
evening he returned home in q
drunken condition and proceeded
to make things very unpleasant in
his household, smashing things VI
in royal style and abusing the NO
men. This state Of things contin
ued and at length reached a climax
when the brutal wretch plunged q
knife blade into the shoulder Of one
Of the women. News of the affair
reached town Sunday morning
when Justice Smith issued a war
rant, and with posse Of men start
ed for the scene, The refractory
Bob was easily captured, and upon
an examination trial was commit
ted to Jail. The woman is in 9
dangerous condition, and her. re
covery is regarded as extremely
doubtful, Sullivan is an unwhole
some character, and this section
will be well rid Of him il be pull,
hemp, or is given a long term il
the penitsntiary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
Does NOtPay.

Prohibition does not appear to be
making much Roadway at present;
in fact, the movement is now in a
backward direction. 1t is very
probable the people Of Iowa and
Kansas, If they had the opportu.
nifty, would vote 10 repeal the pro
hibitory laws engrafted in the Con.
stitutiOns Of those States a few
years ago. Asa result Of the lose
Of revenue from the liquor traffic,
there is a deficiency of 100000 in
lowa's treasury, and u formidable
movement has been started, with
the Mayors Of the leading cities at
its head, in favor Of a return to the
license system, In Kansas, Judge
Brewer, Of the United States Cir.
cult Court has dealt the Prohibi.
tionists a hard blow by deciding
that the State must either pay
John Walruf, a big brewer Of Law.
renee, $4,000 for his brewery or
let him proceed with the manufac.
ture Of beer. The decision 10 effect
declares that the State must pay
for all property rendered useless BY
the prOhibitory law, which would
include not only breweries and dis.
lilleries, but vineyards, aggrega.
ting an immense amount Of value.
This is the condition Of affairs that
would result in this State should
the extreme temperance advocates
succeed in securing a prOhibiIory
amendment to our Constitution
The burden Of testimony adduced
in regard 10 the practical working
Of prohibition is to The effect that
it is enforced 10 communities where
public sentiment is strongly 10 its
favor, but that in the larger towns
and cities it is practically a dead
letter Il is evident that a good
license law such as we have in
West Virginia will accomplish
more in the cause Of real temper.
ance than any prohibilory law that
can be enacted, aud there isagrow.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
Trnstee,s NaIe 0f Peal Estata.

DY virtue Of Trust Deed executed Ia
ID INC the undersigned trustee, by Sam
uel ? Knapp and K. A. Knapp his wife
on the 9th day Of November, 1878, and
OF record in Trust Deed Book No. 4, folio
l4S, 40, in the County Court Clerks or
lice OF Mason county, West Virginia, and
conveying the real estate there described
and situate in Mason county on the wa.
tiers Of Thirteen Mile Greek, containg one
hundred acres and the sumo land con.
veyed by Burwell S. Smith to Samuel P.
Knapp and also to Rachel Knapp, in
trust 10 secure the payment Of a promis.
sorry note executed by Samuel p. Knapp
and Rachel Knapp to j. N. brown, and
bearing date the 9th day Of November,
1878 for the sum OF Three Hundred and
Sixty.seven dollars, payable twelve
months after date, with interest from
date, and having been requested by the
owner and holder OF said note to make
sale Of said property for tho amount due
on said note, will ON the and day
OF March, 1886, at the iroOnt door Of
the Court House, OF Mason county, West
Virginia, sell said real estate OF public
auction to the highest bidder for cash IN
hand on the day Of sale.
". II. TOAiLINS0N,
Trustee.
feb34w.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

A boy named Chester Thomas
aged FIVE years, Of Hancock county
must bear charmed life, He wa.
recently shot by q companion hui
won't die. This is the ffh limt
the little fellow has narrowly escap
ed death. He drank concentrated
I've, had his skull fractured by he
ing struck with a hatchet, fell of Q
bridge, a distance Of fourteen feel
and was recently kicked by a horse
On each occasion the lad was sup
posed to be fatally injured, but he
still lives,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
Trustees Sale of House and Lot
In Point Pleasant.

IN Point Pleasant.
IN pursuance Of the terms Of deed Of
L trust, executed to II. X. Howard, the
undersigned trustee, by N. A. II. Glib.
hOns and j.. A. Gibbons, her husband,
bearing date on the 20th day Of May,
1855, and recorded in the Mason County
Court Clerks office in Trust Deed Book
No. s, folio 4S4, &c, to secure the pay
ment Of the following described promis.
sorry notes, signed BY NJ. A. II. Gibbons,
and dated May Goth, 1885, payable to the
order Of Elanor Cooley, at the Merchants
National Bank Of Point Pleasant, West
Virginia, as follows one for the sum Of
S9Sj, on the LIST day OF October, 1856
one for the SUN Of 1858, on the LIST day
OF October, 1856; one for 1858, on the LIST
day Of Octobeg, 1887; one for 1858, on the
LIST day Of October, 1883, and one for
1858, on the LIST day Of October, 1889; and
tue said first named note for the sum Of
$23j, having become due and payable,
and default having been made in the
payment Thereof, and being requested and
required by the said E. Cooley, the
holder Of said note so due and payable
as aforesaid so to do, shall by virtue OF
the authority vested in me by the deed
OF trust aforesaid, sell, at public auction,
81 the front door OF the Court House OF
Mason county, West Virginia, on Sat.
urday, the 27th day OF Febrn.
ary, 1856. al IL o'clock, A. NJ.
the property conveyed to me by said
deed Of trust, bounded and described
therein as follows All Of that certain
tract or parcel Of land known rs part Of
lot No. 20, in second tier in plat Of the
town Of Point Pleasant, Mason county,
West Virginia, beginning at the corner
Of Wand and 10th streets, thence West
along 10th street, s poles TO the line Of
Julia Hawkins lot, thence along said
line south, S2l feet to a stake; thence
south s.! i east 10 Wand street, thence
to the place OF beginning, containing
one.fOurth Of an acre, being the same LOT
conveyed to NJ. A. H. Gibbons by Ella.
nor Cooley and John Cooley, By deed
bearing date the LIST day OF May, 1855,
upon the following
TERMS, viE-Eor Cash as to the said
sum Of $935 and theinterest thereon from
the LIST day Of October, 1885, and on a
credit corresponding to the other notes
not yet due, and the purchaser will be
required to9iye his notes, with good Sc.
curlty for the said deferred payments,
and the legal title will be retained as a
further securitV
H.R. HOWARD,
Jan 27-4w Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
Better Mining Laws Demanded
Wheeling Register.

'ANS"b AsNbWtNA'
The decision Of The Coroner's Jury
in regard to the deaths in the fataI
explosion at Newburg shows about
as sad a condition Of affairs as could
well exist in the management d
any mine-yery meagre aud inelfi,
oient mining laws and a disregard
Of what little law We have.
The evidence and decision does
not imply that blame is to be at
tached TO the company alone
though the carelessness shown BY
the management is certainly Grim,
inal, but the lhonghtlessness Of the
miners and the sluggishness of The
people Of our Slate in comprehend
ing the dangers Of mining and pass
ing efficient laws for the safety OIL
miners.
When the management Of the
0rrel mine and The voters and Leg
iSlators of our State seriously Gun.
template the fact that had they
done their duty, these thirty nine
men might now be living and sup.
porting and comforting their fami.
lies instead Of having been swept
away without a moments warning
to fill an untimely grave and leave
their wives and children destitute
and heart'brOken, the thought must
sting home 10 the heart with nc
small feeling Of remorse. Such q
responsibility is fearful to think
upon. If anything could make
men practice charity toward the
stricken families that have been
robbed Of support such contempla.
ton should.
The recommendation Of the coro
net's jury for passing more strin.
gent mining laws, should be the
first subject that occupies our next
Legislature. The awful warning
given BY this calamity cannot for
moment be UNDECIDED by other
miners and by the people. Life il
too precious to be needlesSly sacri
Iicrd, and The joys Of home tOC
sacred to be forever swept away by
such calamities.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

Many Of the newspapers in and
outside Of this District, are speak.
ing kindly and complimentary Of
Hon. Chas. E. Hogg's candidacy for
Congress. 1t looks now as if the
race was narrowed down 10 Mr.,
Gibson and Mr.. Hogg, The latter
gentleman has a host Of friends in
this county and throughout The
District, who would be glad to see
him elected to Congress. Mr.. Hogg
isa gentleman Of culture and &C.
knowledged ability, and is tho
equal Of any man in political de-
bate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

The existing tariff laws affords
no protection TO the farmer none
TO The miller, none to the butcher,
none to the baker, the carpenter,
the blacksmith, the mason, the en-.
grayer OF printer, the plasierer, the
cooper, The plumber, nor the labor.
er. Nobody pretends that the tar
iff does anything for these indust.
ries. And the men who are pro.
tected in their business, ar. per-
mittsd TO import cheap, pauper Ia.
Dor into this country to displace
American workmen.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
Cheap Labor lhat IA Dear,

The Grafton Standard says:
Curses, like chickens, come home
to roos! sometimes, and The coke
operators in western Pennsylvania
are just now getting some exper-
fence in this line that promises to
be far from pleasant. Some time
since, in order to break the back
bone ola strike for higher wages,
some Of The leading coke producers
imported alOt Of Hungarian min.
ers. They succeeded in drivingOut
the old miners by this means and
supposed that in future they we're
masters Of the situation.
1t turns out, however, that the
Hungarians want higher wages,
too, and now the question is, who
will drive out the HungariansR-
The miners displaced by the Hun.
garians went peaceably, The
Hungarians propose to fight before
they go. Ignoran! and fanatical to
the last degree,ev the women with
knives in their hands engaging in
the attacks upon the officers and
working miners, the Hungarians
promise TO give no end to trouble,
aud TO cause heavy loss to the
men who are responsible for their
introduction before the conflict is
ended.
The lesson to the coke operators
is that a peaCesble, law,abiding
mining population is cheaper in
the long run, even at a higher rate
of wages, than half civilized horde
of foreign workmen, who soon learn
to strike for higher wages and &C.
company their strike with all man,
ner Of violence.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
ORIGIN OF NATURAL GAS.
Petroleum and Kindred Pro-
ducts Perhaps Formed by
Volcanic Action,

New theories as TO the origin Of
petroleum and natural gas are con
SANITY arising, says the Philadel
phia Pres, but no theorist eau ig.
more the almost inyariable presence
Of salt water in oil and gas wells.
NJ. Berthelot actually manufac.
tured crude petroleum, and in the
process noted the facts which have
been observed in connection with
the development Of petroleum in
nature. These were principally
that water in the form ofsnperbeat.
ed steam, when in contact with
carbonized iron, would decompose
into its elements, or rather the OK.
ygen contained in it, pursueing the
laws Of chemical affinity, would
unite with the iron, while the car
bon Of whitehot iron passed of and
united with the hydrogen Of the
water, forming oxide Of iron on one
hand and hydrocarbOn gas on the
other.
Monsieur Berthslols experiments
constitute the origin Of natural gas
and petroleum, a theory allowing
for the difference in bis Paris lab,
ratory and the great labratory Of
nature. Volcanic action is attri.
buted 10 steam generated from the
percolation of water through the
seams and assures of the eanh's
crust TO the heated interior. Now,
as the interior Of the earth is be.
lieved TO contain much carbon,
either IN a state Of purity or in an
alloy with metals. such as iron, salt
water perCulaling through the crust
from the ocean beds and coming in
contact with the very hot mast
must, Of course, become snperheat'
ed steam, and the interchange Of
elements between II and the car.
bombed metals becomes easy
When the pressure Of the vapor is
sufficiently great, it must find an
Avenue Of escape. In the case Of
oil and gas deposits this is presum.
ed to be effected through small ifs.
sures, temporarily forced open, the
cooling in the upper rocks reliev
ing the pressure. That some more
aqueous vspor should discharge it.
self along with the carbutted by.
drogen is to be expected, and the
condensation Of this would account
for salt water deposits. Recogniz.
ing a similarity to volcanic action
in the production Of gas and oil,
some rational estimates on their
distribution and the probable dur
ability Of the supply may be form.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
IT'S GIBsON.s BILL.
He Claims the AutIoFship Of
the Blll Multiplying The Olyll

PARKERsBuAG, January Sl.-Hon,
Eustace Gibson arrived here to-day
aud is quartered at Hills Central,
where your correspondent found
him surrounded BY bis friends who
called to pay their respects TO our
representative. Referring 70 the
bill to classify labor and squali1e
wages Of government employees. The
real object Of which is 10 nulliiy
the civil service law, as referredby
10 days REGISTER 10 your Wash.
inglon dispatches, Mr.. Gibson says
that be Gibson is the author Of
the bill and Dir. Wilson simply as
an act Of courtesy will introduce
the bill 10 morrow in Mr.. Gibson's
name, he being absent on leave
Mr.. Gibson further says that no
one but himself ever heard Of the
bill before be prepared the same
Dir. G. says that all talk about the
divisions existing between the
Democratic delegation in Congress
is all 6Ction, and that the delega-
ton is united upon all questions Of
importsnce, and may be depended
upon for harmonious action when
the time arrives.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

President Cleveland has announ.
ced himself in favor Of the enforce.
ment Of the eight hour law in all
the government departments
This is the national law, and be
says he is left no choice but to en-.
force il. This position is patriotic
and impregnable, and President
Cleveland in taking il makes for
himself o warm place in the re-
spect Of the people Of the United
SlaLes.-Sate Standard.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

State Auditor DuiIey is pressing
the delinquent sheritFs Of this
State. He has brought suit against
about a dozen Of them. About
four.ffths of the delinquent shsr.
IFS Of the State are loud.mouthed
Republicans, and we're the ones
who we're accusing the State ad'
ministration Of all sorts Of wrong
doing in the matter Of school no
ney. The rascals are now finding
out that they lived in very fraiI
glass houses.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

Now that the Holiday season Is over
and everybody going to work again.. 1
will try to keep such goods as the people
need, and sell them at as REAsoNA.
BILE PRICES AS POSSIBLE. Have no
sort Of complaint to make as to success
in the past, but want to do better in fu.
ture, and no effort will be spared to
make It pleasant for customers to do
business with the House. tits of course
ont Of the question to keep all that
might be called for in . Drug Store, but
II anything wanted is not in stock 1t will
be procured as soon as II can be.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

Hon. Geo. S. Chiffon, Of St. AL.
bans, Kanawha county, has been
appointed Superintendent Of the
folding room Of the House Of Rep.
resentatives at Washington, at a
salary Of $4,000 a year. There are
none more deserving than he. We
congratulate him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

JudreR. S. Brown has just recent.
ly sold 50 head Of his fine lot Of
cattle, averaging 1920 lbs. to the
head, to Henry Seymore Of Balti
more, at 3! cents. the entire sale
footing up To 1924 40.- BuqIe.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

Senator Kenna has declared him.
self against the suspension Of sill.
yer coinage. He has a level head,
and can always be found on the
side Of The peopIe.-Adrer!iser.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

The coming together Of The
Democrats Of this county and the
settling Of their differences will
insure US victory in the county
next fall. With a united DemOc.
we can win.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
Give II TO PoLne PIeasant.

State Journal.
The Government has recently
spent large sums of money in the
construction of ice harbors at Point
Pleasant, and there is now no safer
or more desirable haven for steam.
boats on the Upper Ohio. A mum.
Der Of boats are now lying behind
the ice breakers and have been
there for weeks, There is at pres.
ent a bill pending before Congress
for an appropriation of $4,000 for
the establishment Of a marine hos.
pital at GallipOlis, Ohio, bnt II ia
said that river men generally are
opposed to it, as Gallipolis has no
advantages either natural or arti.
6cial, and Point Pleasant, owing TO
the large sums recently spent by
the Government for the improve.
ment Of ice harbOrs, ETC., is the
most desirable place between Pitts.
burgh and Cincinnati, and a petit.
ton will be forwarded in a few
days asking that the appropriation
be changed from Gallipolis 10 Point
Pleasant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
Az EmpiY Honor.
Wit Transcript.

Hon, B. j. Redmond, of Mason
county, issaid to be among thief
Republicans Of this District, who
would accept the empty honor of a
nomination for Congress, at the
hands Of bis party.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

ing disposition among our people
TO let well enough alone. Il is Of
course too early yet TO make pre-
diclions, but in our opinion tina
PmhibiIibnisis will not make near
az good a showing in the next Leg
stature as they did 10 the last.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

Believing CHEAP Carbon OIL to be
DANGEROUS, have for some years
kept only the BEST proc6fable, the
"Water White Head Light" which those
who have used know to be unsurpassed
in quality, to which l have lately added
the famous ''Elaine Oil.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

It is now pretty generally Conce
ded that Hon. D. H. Leonard, o.
Parkersburg, will be appointed U
S. District Attorney for the District
of West Virginia, in the place o.
Hon. W. H. H. Flick. If merit
and loyalty to the Democratic party
counts anything, Mr.. Leonard will
get the appointment
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
TAKE NOTICE.

TWILL be At the office Of the late Dr.
! sc. Shaw, in Point Pleasant, during
the February term Of Mason Circuit
Court All persons knowing themselves
indebted 10 the estate Of DR.. s g. Shaw
deceased, win call on me at that time
and save trouble and expense.
7. P. CARPENTER,
Administrator.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

Some lying correspondent sen.
out word from Washington that
there is a SERIOUS rupture" be.
tween Camden and Kenna. Both
Of them denOunce the report as a
base falsehood.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

The Republican usurpers Of the
Ohio Senate were forced TO sue for
terms and ask the appointment Of
a conference committee. Their
request was granted by the Demo,
Gratis. Everything is going along
smoothly and the Democratic Sen.
ators from Hamilton county hold
their seats, and will continue to
hold them, to the great disgust Of
that Presidential thief Of 1876, ex.
Governor Noyes.