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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
STABBED HIS WIFE.
The Work OF a Brutal Wretch
Near CeFedO.

CEREDo, WAYNE Co., January 81
Bob Sullivan, a worthless char
aeter, haS for several years lived il
n rude cabin some two miles from
Ceredo, in 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 "
in royal style and abusing the wo
men. This state Of things contin
ned and at length reached q 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 a posse Of men start
ed for the scene, The refractory
Bob was easily captured, and upon
an examination trial was commit
ted to Jail. Tho woman is in q
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 if be pull,
hemp, or is given a long term il
The penitsntiary.
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Does NotPnV.

|
Prohibition does not appear 10 be
making much Roadway at present;
in fact, the movement is now in a
backward direction. 1t is yery
probable the people of Iowa and
Kansas, if they had the opporLu.
nifty, would vote to repeal the pro
hibitOry laws engrafled in the Con.
stitutions Of those States a few
years ago. As a result Of the loss
Of revenue from the liquor traffic,
there is 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 paw
John Walruff, a big brewer Of Law.
renee, $4,000 for bis brewery or
let him proceed with the manufaC.
ture Of beer. The decision in effect
declares that the State must pay
for all property rendered useless BY
the prohibitOry Law, which would
include not only breweries and dis.
lilIeries, 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 prOhibitory
amendment to our Constitution
The burden Of testimony adduced
in regard TO the practical working
Of prohibition is 10 The effect that
1t is enforced in communities where
public sentiment is strongly 10 its
favor, but that in the larger towns
and cities ii is practically a dead
letter II is evident that a good
license law such as we have in
West Virginia will accomplish
mOre in tho cause Of real temper.
ance than any prohibiiory law that
| can be enacted, aud there is a grow.
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PERISMED IN THE SNOW.
A whole Family Freezes I,
Death In WAYNE County. a


CEREDo, W. VA, JANUARY IT.
The protracted cold weather and
consequent interruption TO the reg
ular transportation Of the mails to
and from interior poStotfices in this
county, has for several weeks al.
most completely closed all commu.
nication from remote points,
From a thoroughly reliable source
the facts recitiug a case Of terrible
suffering, resulting 10 death to
three persons by freezing, has just
reached here. In a section Of
sparsely settled country in the
southwestern part Of the county,
known as Napier Ridge, in extreme
poverty, lived a woman named
Isaacs, and her two illegitimate
children, occupying an open cabin
in the woods. The fierce blizzard
which reached this latitude on the
evening Of the Slh inst, found this
Institute household lily prepared
f0J even ordinary cold weather.
On the morning Of the 9rh-Satur.
day-which will be remembered for
its severity, the fire ip the rude
cabin being almost out, and no
wood near, the unfortunate woman
placed her two children in a bed
under the Scant covering and set
out To procure fuel. Returninga and
when near the honse, she sank
down exhausted. Her father hap.
pened to come that way, anticipa.
ting the results Of the extrsme DIES.
titution Of the family, and picked
up the benumbed body and carried
it to the house, but too late for hu.
man aid. She never revived. To
add TO the terrible tale Of suffering,
the two children, during the ab.
sence Of the mother, had frozen To
death, their dead bodies being
found in the bed cold and stiff.
Another case Of extreme suffer.
ing, but timely aid, is reported
near Wayne G. Il. On the day
mentioned above Saturday. afam.
lily named McCloud, living on the
east side Of Twelve Poleriver, were
known to be in extreme poverty
and to be occupying q shanty with.
out oven a floor except the bare
hearth. Senator G. G. Burgess
knowing the circumstances visited
them and found that they we're
suffering and in danger Of freezing,
there being a large family Of sew.
eral children. He hastily return.
ed to town, and visiting the stores,
bed clothes were contributed vii.
lingly. The special term of court
then being in session, the bar and
citizens present being apprised Of
the condition of the suffering fam.
lily, made up a handsome purse for
their relief.
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Trustees Sale of Peal Estate,

pY virtue Of Trust Deed executed to
ID mgthe 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 o.
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 Creek containg one
hundred acres and the same land con-
veyed by Burwell S. Smith TO Samuel P.
Knapp and also to Rachel Knapp, In
trust 10 secure the payment OF promis-
sorry note executed by Samuel p. Knapp
and Rachel Knapp to j. NJ. brown, and
bearing date the 9th day Of November,
1878 for the sum Of Three Hnndred 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 10 make
sale Of said property for the amount due
on said note, | will ON the 2nd day
Of March, 1856, at the iroOnt door Of
the Court House, OF Mason county, West
Virginia, soil said real estate at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash in
hand on the day Of sale.
W. II. TOAILlNS0N,
Trustee.
feb3-4w.
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Trustees Sale of House and Lot
In Point Pleasant.

Ill UlNJ IIcHSHIlI,
IN pursuance Of the terms Of a deed Of
L trust, executed to II. K. Howard, the
undersigned trustee, by NJ. A. II. Glib
hons and j. A. Gibbons, her husband,
bearing date on the 20th day Of May,
1885, 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 10Th, 1885, payable to the
order Of ElNnor Cooley, at the Merchants
National Bank OF Point Pleasant, West
Virginia, as follows one for the sum Of
1926, on the LIST day OF October, 1856
one for the SUN OF 1858, on the lst day
OF October, 1886; one for 1853, on the lst
day Of 0ctObeg, 1887; one for 1858, on the
LIST day oil October, 1883, and one for
1858, on the LIST day Of October, 1859; and
the said first named note for the sum Of
$235, having become due and PAYABLE,
and default having been made in the
payment thereof, and being requsted 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,
at the front door OF the Court House Of
Mason county, West Virginia, on Sat.
urday, the 9th day OF Febrn.
airy, 1856. nj ii o'clock, A. NJ,
the property conveyed 10 me BY said
deed Of trust, bounded and described
therein as follows All OF that certain
tract or parcel Of land known as 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, S24 feet to a stake; thence
south 81 east 10 Wand street, thence
to the place Of beginning, containing
one.tourth OF IN 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, 1885,
upon the following
IEkAls, viE--kor Cash as 10 the said
sum OF $9S5 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.
curity for the said deferred payments,
and the legal title will be retained as a
further security.
H,R, HOWARD,
jan T'4w Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
Better Mining Laws Demanded

WhNSh6 HSbotSl'
The decision of the CoroIer'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-Very meagre aud ineifi
Cient mining laws and a disregard
Of what little law we have.
The evidence and decision does
not imply that blame is to be at
tachGd to the company alone
though the carelessness shown BY
the management is certainly Grim
inal, but the lhOughllessness of the
miners and the sluggishneSs of The
people Of our STATED comprehend
ing the dangersof 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 con,
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 moments warning
to fill an untimely grave and leave
their wives and children destitute
and heart.broken, the thought must
sting home TO the heart with nc
small feeling Of remorse. Such a
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.
tion should.
The recommendation Of the coro
nGr's jury for passing more strin.
gent mining laws, should be the
inst subject that occupies our next
Legislature. The awful warning
given BY this calamity cannot for
u moment be unheeded by other
miners and by the people. Life is
too precious to be needlessly sacri
Licrd, and the joys Of home too
sacred to be forever swept away by
such CalamiLies.
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Chenp Labor lhnl Is near.

The Grafton Standard says;
Curses, like chickens, come home
to roOsI sometimes, and The coke
operators in western Pennsylvania
are just now getting some exper.
fence in this line that promises 10
be far from pleasant. Some time
since, 10 order to break the back
bone Of a strike for higher wages
some Of the leading coke producers
imported alot Of Hungarian min.
ets. They succeeded in driving out
the old miners by this means and
supposed that in future they were
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 Hungarians2-
The miners displaced by the Hun,
garians went peaceably. The
Hungarians propose to fight before
they go. Ignorant and fanatical To
the last degree, even 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 a heavy loss to the
men who are responsible for their
introduction before the conflict il
ended.
The lesson to the coke operators
is that a peaceabls, law.abiding
mining population is cheaper in
the long ruR, even at a higher rate
ofwages, than a half civilized horde
Of foreign wOrkmen, who soon learn
to strike for higher wages and &C
company their strike with all man,
ner of yiolenca.
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 TO Mr..
Gibson aud 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
is a gentleman Of culture and &C.
knowledged ability, and is the
equal Of any man 10 political de-
bate.
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A boy named Chester Thomas
aged FIVE years, Of Hancock county
must bear a charmed life. He was
recently shot by companion hui
won't die. This is the fifth time
the little fellow has narrowly escap.
ed death, He drank concentrated
I've, had his skull fractured by be,
ing struck with a Ratchet, fell of q
bridge, a distance Of fourteen feel
and was recently kicked by q 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
ORIGIN OF NATURAL GAS.
Petroleum and Kindred Pro.
duets 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 tbeOrist can ig.
more the almost invariable presence
Of salt water in oil and gas wells.
NJ. Berlhelot 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 Of superheat.
ed steam, when in contact With
carbOnized iron, would decompose
into It's elements, or rather the OK.
ygen contained in it, pursueing the
laws Of chemical affinity, would
unite with the ir,n, while the car.
bon Of whitehOt iron passed Of and
united with the hydrogen Of the
wafer, forming oxide Of iron on one
hand and hydtOcarbon gas on the
other.
Monsieur Berlhelot's experiments
constitute the origin Of natural gas
and petroleum, a theory allowing
for the difference in his Paris lab.
ratory and the great labratory Of
nature. Volcanic action il attri.
buted to steam generated from the
percolation Of water through the
seams and assures Of the earth'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 az iron, salt
wafer perColating through The crust
from the ocean beds and coming in
contact with the very hot mast
must, Of course, become superheat.
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 fis.
sures, temporarily forced open, the
cooling in the upper rocks reliev
ing The pressure. That some more
aqueous yapor 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 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.
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The Great KanaWha COlIIery
Company.

hAnaWna uaEeIte.
Travellers on the trains Of the c.
& 0. Railway, see as they pass
along the coal mining villages Of
the Kanawha river one that pres.
ents a very neat appearance, due
10 the regularity Of the buildings
and the systematic and business
like way il is laid out, also 10 the
iudicious use Of paint and other
matters that conSpire To make a
work look home like and prosper.
Gus. These works were built BY
an English company and begun in
January, 1888 and completed soon
after Az the top Of the incline
which is about nine hundred feet
long, q short line railway with a
double track runs 10 the mines on.
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 If
about nine feet. The one below is
about four feet in thickness and is
a coking coal 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 he splint coal seams.
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Give II 10 Point PIensant.

State Journal.
The Government has recently
spent large sums of money in The
construction Of ice harbors at Poinl
Pleasant, and there is now no safel
or more desirable haven for steam
boats on the Upper Ohio. A mum,
Der Of boats are now lying behinC
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 fol
the establishment Of a marine hos
pital at GalIipolis, Ohio, bnt II il
said that river men generally are
opposed to il, as GallipOlis has nc
advantages either natural or arti
fetal and Point Pleasant, owing 10
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,
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IRIS GIBsoN,s BILL.
He Claims the AuthorsIiIp Of
The BIZ Nuilifying the dlril

He Claims the AuthOrsIiIp 81
the Bill NuIlifying the tfyil
Service.
PARxERsBuRG, January 3l.-Hon.
Eustace Gibson arrived here to-day
and is guartered at Hills Central,
where your correspondent found
him surrounded By his friends vi o
called to pay their respects 10 our
representative. Referring 10 the
bill TO classify labor and equalize
wages Of government employees, the
real object Of which is 10 nuilify
the civil service law, az referred BY
10 days REGISTER 10 your Wash.
ingion dispatches, Mr.. Gibson says
that be Gibson il the author Of
the bill and Dir. Wilson simply as
an act Of courtesy will introduce
The bill to morrow in Mr. Gibson's
name, be being absent on leave
Mr.. Gibson further says that no
one but himself ever heard Of the
bill before he prepared the same
Dir. G. says that all talk about the
divisions existing between the
Democratic delegation In Congress
is all fiction, and that the delega-
tion is united upon all questions Of
importance, 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

Hon. Geo. S. Chiffon, Of 81. 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

State Auditor Duiiey is pressing
the delinquent sheriiFs 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 were the ones
who we're accusing the State ad'
ministration Of all sorts Of wrong
doing In the matter Of school mo,
nsy. The rascals are now finding
out that they lived in very frail
glass houses.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

President Cleveland has annou n,
ced himselfin 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 it, This position is patriotic
and impregnable, and President
Cleveland in taking ii makes for
himself q warm place in the re.
spect of the people Of the United
Slates.-State Standard,
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Charley Hutchinson, Of Hender.
son, is spoken Of as the Democratic
candidate for the House Of Dele
gates from the lower side Of the
Kanawha, He is a worthy and &C.
tive young Democrat, and would
make a good Representative. If
he receives the nomination.. he
will be elested.
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, I
will try to keep such goods as the people
need, and sell them at IS REAsoNA.
BILE PRICES AS POSSIBLE. Haycno
sort Of complaint to make as to success
in the past, but want TO do better in iu.
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 u Drug Store, but
II anything wanted Is not in stock 1t will
be procured as soon as It can be.
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ing disposition among our people
70 let well enough alone. II is Of
course too early yet TO make pre-
dictions, but 10 our opinion lhs
Pmhibilionists will not make near
as good a showing in the next Leg
islatute as they did in the last.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

judge S. Brown ha, 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 S3.2l4 40.-Buqlc.
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ThIngs About Wesl Ylrrlnla.

West Virginia is the original pc.
troleum field, and is the best field
yet.
West Virginia has more coal in
proportion to area than any Other
State.
l! has more water power than
any other State.
1t costs less to raise and faLten
sheep than in any other State.
Stock can be put upon the besl
markets in the United States in
two or three days.
Corn and wheat can be raised al
a greater profit than in any Other
State in the Union.
West Virginia offers greater in
ducemenIS to immigrants, with
money, than any other place or
this great green earth.
Come to West Virginia, younr
man, and grow up with the country
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 q united Democ.
we can win.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

Some lying correspondent sent
out word from Washington that
there Is a SERIOUS rupture" be.
tween Camden and Kenna. Both
Of them denouuce the repor! as q
blse falsehoOd.
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.-Adverttser.
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An Empty Honor.
Writ Transcript.

Writ Transcript
Hon. B. ]. Redmond, of Mason
county, is Faid to be among thefew
Republicans Of this District, who
would accept the empty honor of a
nomination for Congress, at the
hands Of his party.
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TAKE YOTICE.

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, will call on me At that time
and save trouble and expense.
T. p. CARPENTER,
Administration