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


STANDARD TINE.-East of Huntington
10Th meridian, or Eastern time; West Of
Huntington, Goth meridian, oriental
time, which is one hour slower than
Eastern time.
No. l, daily, except Sunday; leaves
Clifton Forge daily, except Saturday, ar
rircs Cincinnati aud Louisville daily,
except Sunday. Sleeping Cars iroel
Clifton Forge to Huntington.
Nos . and 5, daily, between Hunting.
ton and Clifton Forge. Nn,9, daily ex.
Cept Sunday from Richmond to NepOrt
News, Old Point Comfort and Norfolk.
Nos Sand !, Solid Trains daily, with
Pullman Sleeping Cars, between Wash.
ington, Richmond, Louisville and Gin.
cinnati, Do not stop for local business.
No, q, daily, except Sunday, from Gin.
cinnati and Lexington, arrives Clifton
Forge daily, except Monday; leaves Clii.
ton Forge for Old Point daily, except
Sunday. Sleeping Cars Huntington 10
Clifton Forge
r., +. & PsJuHCrlnS AccoMMoDATioX.
No, 9lcaya Richmond, except Sunday
! 90 p. NJ; arrive Il. F. 4 P. Junction,
) 10 p. NJ.
No. S, daily, except Sunday, leaves r.,
:. & 7. Junction : IS a. NJ; arrives at
Richmond $ 45 A: NJ
For Rates, Tickets, Baggage, Checks,ap.
ply TO any Office OF g. & .. R'yjor Depot
or Ticket Office Of connecting lines.
H. W. FULLER, Gen. Pas Agt
WINS C. RICKRAA,
janO-tf.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

A young man advertisps in The Lon.
don Atlcnnam that he can paint and
talk Rusi;ines1ue.n
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

MI nior the working class. Send 10 cents for
iii hostage, and VIC will mail YOU FHEF, a
WVIlaI Toyai, valuable box Of sample goods that
III will put you IN the way n making more
money in few days than you ever thought possible
At any business capital not required. We will
start YOU. You can work all the time OF in spare
time only The work is universally adapted TO both
sexes, young and old. You tan Ji,ily earn from %
cents 10 S. every evening. That all whn want work
may test the business, We make this unparalleled ncr.
to III who ate not Wsl satisfied We VIII send 81 to
pay for the trouble u wiring us Full particulars,
directions ETC., sent free. Fortunes viii N made
by those who give their whole time 10 the work.
Great success absolutely sure Don't delay. Start
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept 24.-P f. Wallace,
who was arrested last night on suspicion
of being the murderer of the Logan fami-
ly, butchered and burned up at their
home near Cuba, Crawford County, Mo-,
last Tuesday night, says he can establish
an abb He Gains to have arrived here
last Monday morning from Cuba, his home,
aud to have been here ever since.
Sheriff Taylor, who arrived here from
Crawford County this morning, says that
the prisoner was seen in Cuba the NIGHT be-
fore and the morning after the tragedy,
and if this is SO, he must have left here
Tuesday and gone to Cuba and returned
tine next day, which he could have done.
The sheriff also says that Wallace bears a
bad name, and that be knew the Logan
family were about to move to California,
and probably supposed they had money in
the bnuSa
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
A BOLD BREAK.
Two Convicts Make Dash for Free,
dom.
After Seizing an Engine In the Prison iard
One is shot Dead and the
Other Surreuders.

MlcHIGAN CITY, lND., Sept, 21-Two con-
victs confined in the Northern Penitentiary
named Frank Whiting and Chas. Havens,
both from indianapolis, to-day made their
thi9a unsuccessful attempt to escape.
They were employed in the shoe-shop on
the third floor of the building. Both OF
them have been wearing ball and
chain, but they managed to file these
and at $3.50 this morning, when Il switcl
engine which had been at work inside
the walls started to pull out through ths
north gate the two men suddenly brokt
from their work-benches, knives and ham
mers in hand, and ran down stairs past
the second floor to the ground reaching
there just as the engine came along The
fireman was alone in the cab. Whiting
jumped on and, sezing the fireman by the
throat, threw him to one side, while he
pulled the throttle wide open. Havens
had crowded into the cab in the meantime
and the fireman jumped Off When the
engine was within ten feet of the gate and
running at q rapid rate of speed guard
stationed on the wall shot Whiting
through the heart, killing him instantly.
Havens chung to the engine until well out
side, when he jumped and started for
cornfield, with "A guard close upon him
Havens' ankle had been sprained in jump
ing, and finding himself unable TO get away
he turned fiercely upon the guard and wa,
shot in the head, the bullet glancin2
around his skull and only slightly stunning
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
BARTHOLDI STATUE.


WASHINGTON, Sept 90 Tho President
VIII not issue invitations on behalf Of this
Government to French citizens asking their
attendance at the inaugural ceremonies of
Llberty's statue, to take place at New
YORK next month. The invitations TO
such citizens Of France us may lie
requested to attend the inauguration
viii be extended in the name ana
by the direction of the American Commit
tee, under whose control the pedestal has
been erected and the statue will be placed
in position. These invitations will be pre-
Sented in France, through L. S Minister
McLain. The President will give the Amer
lean Committee all the aid in cooperation
possible to make the Inauguration Impress
i've and successful, but will keep within
the laws upon the subject as passed
by Congress,which makes no mention of in
vitations TO any one, and no appropria-
tion for such expenditure, In this connec-
ton it is remarked that, in the case Of the
yorktown commemoratiOn, Congress- by
resolution, expressly authorized and dl-
to invite the citizens Of the French Repub-
lie, and especially the LAFAYETTE family,
and appropriated sum of money to ena.
BILE him to execute the resolution; but in
the present case no such dircctCn or sug.
gestlon has been made By Congress.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
SWEPT BY STORM.


ST, Louis, Mo, Sept. 2S-Advices from
the southwestern coast of Texas, particu
larly in the region of the mouth of the Rio
Grande and from some interior points
give accounts of great rain storm and
much destruction of property during the
past week From the 2lst to the 23d TIRE
mendouS rainstorm and hurricane swept
over the vicinity of Brownsville, Tex, in
cluding Matamoras Twenty-six inches OF
rainfall up to the night of the 23d, and
the wind is said to have reached IA We
locity of nearly one hundred miles per
hour Over two hundred houses in
Brownsville We're blown down, and a large
number damaged, rendering homeless some
three hundred families In Matamoras over
three hundred houses were leveled and
many injured. The entire rear part of the
city, embracing over thirty blocks, was
flooded to the depth of from three to eight
feet and the people living there were res
cued only with the greatest difficulty. All
| telegraph lines were blown down, aud
| the Rio Grande and the Matamora-
| and Monterey railroads were washed
| out, and traffic has not yet been re,
| stored, All the surrounding country was
inundated many house, blown down, and
crops destroyed. There is great suffering
| in both Matamoras and Brownsville. In
| the latter place fully one hundred and fifty
| families are destitute and in the former
want. Relief measures have been adopted
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
IMPORTANT DECISION.


Judgments Rendered ia One state Binding
on the Courts OF Every Other state.
WAsnINGToE, Sept =, Acting Secretary
Muldrow has rendered a very important
decision involving the constitutional pro
vision that full faith and credit shall be
given by each State to the acts, records
and judicial proceedings of every other
State" Carrying out the doc
trine where court Of one
State having jurisdiction renders a judg-
ment, that that judgment is conclusive Of
all matter determined therein and is bind
ing on the courts of every other State
Secretary Mudrow extends the appica-
tion Of the doctrine to the Executive De
partments The case com.S up upon an
important land matter from louisiana
where the claimants title to scrip is
founded in the courts of that State upon
succession proceedings The decision is
said to be an able one, and is understood to
be reversal OF one rendered by EX-Secre-
tary SchuTZ
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

The wretch has been arrested who.
At a social party, said that a young
lady PLAYING the pianoforte was like
an ape because her fingers were 'mong
keys
Too sharp. DO you keep any
Hamburg cdging?" asked timid Miss.
"Not if we can help it, was the pert
reply of the clerk. He kept some that
day.-N Y Ledger.
Night train conductor-Those
trunks must be put in the baggage car,
Madam Lady passenger-sir, those
ar my feet, Conductor-Ah, | see;
YOU re from Chicago. st Louis Paper
A suggestion of economy.-Lady
lin dry goods store)-l will look at
YOUR material for towels. Clerk IRE
Gently transferred from the goods
deportmrnu-Ie,, ma'am; something
that won't show dirt?
-"My mamma gives me a penny
every day" said little girl to her
companion, for taking dose of cas-
tro OIL. What do you buy with so
much moncv?' "Oh, mamma saves it
up to buy the oil with
-Bertie Mr.. Schuyler, are you
very strong man. Schuyler-"No,
not SO very strong, Berthe Berthe
"What did pa mean, then. when he
told sister at the breakfast table to-day
that he saw you with heavy load on
last ght?'-Jadge,
-"What are you reading, my dear?'
asked a motherly old lady of her
daughter, who was swinging in ham
mock in the side yard one Sunday
afternoon. st. Elmo, mother. :"
Chats right, my dear; read all you
/ want TO about the saints, but | never
want YOU to open a novel on Sunday
n. y. Times.
Influential citizen; SO yer thinkin'
nv locatin hyur, air We? Young ply.
sician; Well, yes, | had thought some
of practicing here. influential citizen;
! Look hyur, Young man, thar'S good
openin' hyur for u doctor as un'er.
stands his biz. but we don't want nc
practicin'; doctorin's what we want
H0Yer'S Bd;ar.
What he came back for-Father o.
Young Girl: should think you would
be satisfied after the treatment you got
here last night. | kicked you dowr
the front steps and set the dog on you
and he came back with big piece o.
YOUR trousers. Now, what do yol
wantP Young man: dlike that piec,
of cloth. ulease,
-"Was your husband on the stant
yesterday?n asked the lawyer of wc
man. in a case where husband ant
wife were witnesses. no." she an
swercd with "a snap, "he wasn't on thu
stand He was ON the set. That's the
kind Of man he is, whenever there II
any thing to set on. from satin sofy
to the top rail Of worm fence -
Wdahinptos Crttsc 80,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

BELFAST, Sept. %. Soon after midnight
this morning a crowd assembrda and stoned
the police in the Shank Hill District. The
police were reinforced and soon dispersed
the mob. The attack upon the police was
subsequently renewed and the police fired
upon the rioters, a young man named
David Moore was Shot through the lung
and was conveyed to hospital in dying
condition Twelve constabes were seri-
ously wounded with stones Many arrests
were made
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

WA,HlNGroN. Sent. 9>.--Gvil Service
Commissioner Oberly had consultation
with the President yesterday, upon the new
Civil Service rules. One OF the new rules
will have the effect ofremoying the custody
of applications from tine appointing ohi-
GERS. All candidates for appointments, will
be required to file thoir applications with
the loca Examiniu Boards. Ihcque,tion
of the rules as submitted hy the Commis-
sion will it is stated, receive the approval
of the President.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
The Chicago Suspected Cattle.

CHICAGO, Sept. 24,-Mr, Person said in
answer to questions ms to what would be
done with the cattle suspected of being at
tackled with pleuro-pneumonia; We intend
to have every one Of them slaughtered,
and we will make a separate inspection OF
the lungs of each of the animals Those
whose organs show signs of pleuro will he
burned up, hut the others will be sold for
beef for whatever is bid for them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

WATERTowN, N. Y, Sept 2i.-A terrible
accident occurred at the iron mines at
JaysviIe. a charge Of dynamite had been
fired and the foreman VIM. Apple, and
two workmen, Felix Basse and Frank
Blackburn, descended to observe the re-
suits of the blast They had scarcely en-
tered the mine, however, when a mnss Of
rock fell, instantly killing Basse and Black
burn. A depression in the rock saved the
life Of Apple, but he was badly injured.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
Child Killed by Rats.

SnELBYvlLLE, lII~ Sept, %. - A six
months old child of Wm. Reynolds. a far
mer living in tuis vicinity, wa, placed in
its crib in room occupied by its parents,
last night, This morning Mrs. Reynolds
d discovered that her baby was dead. Rats,
which are very numerous about the prem
ises, had killed the child literally gnawing
the flesh from the bones Of the face, and
otherwise mutiating the little body.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
Most's Frelhcit Newspaper.

New YoRK, Sept 2l--Whcn Anarchist
Most wrote incendiary articles for the
Frciheit the newspaper paid well, and Most
lived in high style, hut during his enforced
soiourn in the penitentiary the articles
written by John Miller have been so tame
that the circulation has fallen from five
thousand to five hundred copies. The office
was besieged yesterday with creditors
Unless the circulation speedily increases
the paper will be suspended
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

HuNrlNdroM INp., Sept ?6 - Last night
Marsha Necck attempted to arrest one
Daniel Gallagher for being drunk aud dis
orderly. When Gallagher saw the officer ap-
proaching he drew his revolver and began
firing, the third shot TAX ng effect in the
thigh infiictinga serious but not dangerous
wound. The officer then returned the fire,
the shot passing through the right lung
and lodging in the spinal column Of Gala
CHER. The wound will probably prove fatal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

SrRISeFlrrp, LII, Sept. e4.-Late infor
nation reoe we'd at the Agricultural De
partment regarding the condition OF hogs
is that in Illinois and Indiana cholera pre-
walls generally. In the former state heavy
losses are reported in several counties In
Ohio and Michigan tho condition oil "'e
animals is fair
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

OTTAWA, ONT, Sept 2'-lnitiatory steps
have been taken looking to the prosecution
of the parties who sent bogus reports CON
cerning the alleged new fishery treaty
Their ofIense is indictable, and in conNe'
auence of the popular indignation over the
numerous impositions practiced lately, 1t
seems that the industry is to be put an
nl 70
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
PERSONAL AND lMPERSONAL.

"A citizen of Schley County, Ga,
shingles his own hair, and does it as
well as the most skillful barber,
There are fifteen men under the
age of thirty years in Portland, Ore,
who are worth over million dollars
each.
Samuel Homer, Of Pontiac County,
province Of Quebec, is seyenty-four
Years Old, vet he recently met four
bears and killed three of them in as
many shots
An editor with nine unmarried
daughters was recently made justly
indignant by the misconstructlon his
contemporaries put upon his able leader
on The Demand for More Men. "
The Misses Beard, four sisters, run
a farm in Clay County, Ind, and run
it well, They manage every thing,
and tolerate no other boards upon the
place save those growing IN their
wheat.
The widow of Hon. Alexander II.
Tilton. Of Tilton, n. H., bequeathed
five thousand dollars cash and house
for a rectory to Trinity Episcopal
Church in that town. She also left
quite large sum in trust, the income
to be used for the benefit Of the poor in
Tilton.
Samuel Jefferson, Of Tamauqua.
Pa. died Thusday night at the age OF
one hundred and four years, Jefferson
was colored barber, and claimed to
have heard Wilkes Booth planning the
assassination OF President Lincoln
while he, Jefferson, was shaving
Booth.
A Young colored man of Buffalo is
making money by giving most remark
able musical performances. He holds
| his mouth open, taps his skull with
beer malIet and thus plays tunes III
tones not unlike those OF the Xylophone.
He seems not only to have wooden
head, but an empty one also.
Albert Wampler, Of indianapolis,
thinks that he has been made whole by
the PRAYER cure. He claims that he
has for five year, suffered with rheuma-
tism. which bent him double and other
! W lNt btlDlIllN' MIN. anu IillN III t'Ai'''i
to special prayers he laid aside his
crutches and stood erect well man.
One of the oldest shocmakcrs in
the country, if not the oldest, Is Viii
liam Congdon. Baltimore colored
man. ninety years old, who still pegs
away He says that fifty years ago he
was head steward on Commodore VAN
dcrbilt's steamboat Lexington, and
that he used to make Thurlow Weed 5
shoes
Harrison H. Oliver, Of Bolton,
Tex. is noted for having one hundred
and one bullet wounds on his body.
When he was a boy friend thought h
was n deer. and fired thirty-seven
buckshot into him; he was shot all tC
pieces in the war: and in 1873 a Boltor
dentist took him for an enemy and pu
ltty-one duck-shot into his back, per
: f0ratiug hi, liver and kidneys. Sixty
= bullets. ranging in size from duck
shot to an ounce ball, now remain in hi
- body.
N An old Saratoga beau SAYS that t.
+, be attractive to the male sex cir
., should dress lin the neatest and sweet
~ est light dresses. Her haIr should b
~ batbed SO a, to look airy and Ileccy lik
- a mermaid tres,e. No man will eve
g.. fall in love with a woman who doe
:. not 10 him look sweet enough to ks,
4 man don t fall in love with dress
4 sweet muslin dress will attract him
g ,ombpr three hundred dollar Wortl
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept, 26.-Mrs. OIlvo
Cleveland Clarke, a relative of President
Cleveland, to-day celebrated her lOlst
birthday, receiving calls from many rela-
tives, friends and neighbors. Mrs. Clarke
is a welI-prcserved old lady, reads eas ly
and has full control Of her various facu.'
ties. She expects to exceed her mothers
age, which was lO3
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
Ncbra ska Quarantines.

LINCOLN, NrB, Sept 2S-On the recon-
mendation of the Live Stock Sanitary
Commission of this STATE, Governor Dawes
to-day issued proclamation cstabiishinga
quarantine against all cattle from the
SLaIe of Illinnis
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
Eiuhtiup i'm San Domingo.

HAVANA, Sept. eS.-San Domingo advices
of the l1th inst, say that the rebels were
defeated at Agucate, their loss being five
killed and six wounded, At Ciera the
rebels lost seven killed and ten wounded,
and one man was taken prisoner. Among
the killed was General Tabares. The Gov
ernment forces lost only one killed and one
wounded
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

WAUPAuA, WIS, Sept 26.-An interest
ing electric display was witnessed here
during a severe thunderstorm. The elec
tric light wires which run along Main
street were 50 heavily charged with elec
tricity that large balls of fire were seen
hanging or suspended in the air just before
them Occasionally one would explode,
and number Of persons III the vicinity
received severe shocks.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
This Settles 1t.

LovDoN, Sept. @S--The Foreign Office
and L. s. Legation authorize the state
ment that the report telegraphcd from OF
tawa that new iiSherv treaty had been eff
fected between the United States and Cana
da is an entire fabrication, and that no
such treaty had been proposed by either
Govprumaut
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
Timely Prccaution.

LONDON, Sept 81. -- Advices from St
Petersburg say that the Russian Govern
ment has resolved that the Baltic fleet shah
remain equipped throughout the coming
winter, so that it will h, in readiness to
emerge should II thaw permit
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

BRAINERn. MINI, Sept 27--A cabin on n
Government claim near this city was the
scene last night Of u double murder, com
mitted by the c!aim-owuer named Davon-
port. He says two men named Policy,
father and son, came to his cabin; that a
fight ensued, and in it his wife was struck
by one of the Polleys, wheraupon he
mounted the cabin loft, got bis rihe ana
shot both Polleys dead.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

GALVESTON, Ten, Sept. 90 Reports
from several counties in the cotton belt
tell of the disastrous result to open cotton
of the late heavy continuous rams; also of
considerable damage resulting from the
cotton worm which is ravaging Washing
ton and neighboring counties 1t is be-
lieved that large quantities Of cotton have
been whipped out and damaged by rain.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

PrrTsBrRGu, Sept, 26.-While raiding
iisorderly house on Denny alley tonight
the police discovered an extensive iehe''
Large lots of silks, satins and jewelly we're
found, and it is believed that several thou
sand dollars worth of stolen goods are still
sscreted in the house, Henry Bruner and
his wife Sadie, the occupants, were ar
rosta1
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
Uero pf the Rail Himself Mangleu.

NEW BRUNSWICK. ~ j., Sept. 24-Nicho-
las Doyle, aged ffty-tlve, gate-tender on
the Pennsylvania railroad in this city for
over thirty wears, who has saved more than
dozen lives, was struck this morning by
a train and mangled to death. He was
struck before while trying to save people,
1t is prob BILE that his brother railroad men
will erect a handsome monument telling OF
his heroic bravery and love of his follow
man
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
Woman Roasted Alive.

SurIBYvIlLE, INp., Sept 26.-Mrs, An
drew Chirzenburg, a resident OF okaw
Township, while alone was seized win an
cpileptc attack, and falling upon COOK
stove was literally roasted to death. In
extricatng herself when consciousness re-
turned large pieces of flesh adhered to the
stove. She died in terrible agony.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
SuTocatcd by Gas.

Nrw YonK, Sept GA woman who reg
istered at Naegls' Hotel, Jersey CITY, as
Mrs. Adler, of Denver Col, was found
unconscious In her room this morni e.
from the effects Of csc ,ping gas, which wn
left turned on She died toon afterwards
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
High Tide in New York.

New YORK, Sept 2S.-The tide in the
harbor rose higher to-day than has been
known, with two exceptions, within the
memory of old river men The occurrence
is attributed by some to planetary conjunc'
tions.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
Bond Gail,

WAsuINGToN, Sept 27.-The Acting Sec
retary of the Treasury this afternoon issued
the l43d call for the redemption of bonds.
This call is for $1,000 000 of the three per
cent, loan of 1882, payable on the first day
of November, lSS6, and interest on said
bonds will cease on that day
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02

READING, Pa, sept 2S.-Pleuro-pncu
monia is raging with unprecedented vio
lence among cattle in Limerick Township,
Montgomery County, as well as some
neghboring districts. Many have died,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-02
4 Hoax.

WASHINGTON, Sept 26. - The Fishery
Treaty, telcgraphed from Ottawa, turns
out to be II joke, 1t is rehash of the treaty
of 1854. The fourth section of the treaty of
that wear seems TO have been taken 10y the
inventor of the treaty of to-day