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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

The postmasters aud other Re,
publican ofice.holders, are being
removed at the rate of about % q
day, under a Democratic President
but that is not half fast enough
Every republican now in Office
ought to have been out by THU
time. There is neither sense mol
justice in retaining Republicans il
Office, nor is it good policy. Lei
Democrats have a chance. Turr
the Republicans out, and ii the,
can't live without the offices ler
them go to the poor house.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31
A Good Example to Follow.
Peasants County Oracle,

A'SeHuNS SOWhtl OIhClo'
Hon. Charles Edgar Hogg says
he is a candidate for Congress In
the Fourth District this time, sure,
and that he is not going 10 with.
draw in favor Of any one, but will
fight il out in the convention Ia
the last, when If some one beats
him for the nomination he will
support him loyalty as the nomi.
nee Of the Democratic party. II
these are Mr.. Hogg's sentiments,
we commend them 10 the consider.
alton Of the rest Of the prominent
gentlemen who have been named
as possible candidates, as being em,
inently sensible and Democratic,
and as furnishing a arst rate rule
for them 10 square their conduct by,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

The attempts 10 fight against the
national administration are moi
very successful, The attempts to
find charges against Attorney Gen.
Oral Garland we're futile, and the
efforts to make the President hand
over documents to the Senate have
been Of no avail, except to rocoil
upon some Of the Republican Son,
ators.-E1.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

operating seyenty.iye per cent
The carding business being super.
ceded by large factories, be became
convinced that his genius should
seek another field. BE was then
part owner Of a carding mill in Pc.
cahontas county (now West Viz.
GINA and disposing Of his interest,
went to Nicholas county, where he
entered into partnership with a
large land owner to erect a lumber
and grain mill. In Nicholas coun.
ty, August 26, 1852, he married
Catharine, daughter Of Samuel
and Mary Gibson Given, born
August Is, 1884, her father a lead.
ing man Of that county,
It is indicative Of the genius Of
the man that without learning any
trade be has been a successful car
penier, cabinetmaker, mill.wrighl,
machinist and workman Of almost
every description. Mr.. Gibbs at.
tention was first directed to the
sewing machine by woOd.cuts, illus
trating It's working 10 newspaper
advertisements. he at once went
to work to improve it aud has since
taken on. in all twelve patents;
June 2, 1857, he patented his first
and greatest invention-the revolv.
ing lOoper-the distinguishing fea.
ture Of the Wilcox 4 Gibbs ma.
chine, and understanding the
wants of the public, be boldly as.
serted a new theory at war with
all the established opinions Of sew.
ing machine mon Of that day. The
success Of the machine is the guar.
antee Of the correctness Of his the.
DRY, Having visited Washington,
Boston, and New York in the per.
lection Of his patent, and in max.
ing business arrangements with
Mt. Wilcox, and begun the manu-.
facture Of his ideal machine, he re.
turned to Virginia. The civil war
came on and Mr.. Gibbs, a South
erner by birth, espoused the cause
Of his native State. He served
throughout the war as an ordnance
department of the Confederate Gov.
eminent, where he elected high
euconiums in the discharge Of his
duties. He ranked as Lieutenant,
and as such was on the field az the
battle Of New Hope, Virginia. AT
the close of the war, the firm Of
Wilcox & Gibbs was merged into
that of the Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing
Machine Compsny,in which hobas
ever since been a prominent stock,
holder. As Southern agent he es.
tablished an enormous sale in tho
Southern States. In 1869 be went
to Europe and in Edinburg success.
fully prosecuted q suit agains! in.
fringers Of his English Pateuts.-
He now resides in his splendid
mansion at Raphine Station, on
the Valley Branch of the B. & o.
R, R., in Rockbridge county. Near
by is the level field in which was
made the first trial Of a reaping
machine in the world-that Of the
Mccormick ia 1881.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

The great railroad strike in the
West, seems to be extending all
over the country, and ut present
the chances for an early adjust.
ment of The difficulties between
the railroad companies and EN-.
plOyees is not favorable.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

Now that the Holiday season is over
and everybody going to work again,
will try to keep such goods as the people
need, and sell them at As REAS0NA'
BILE PRICES AS POSSIBLE. Have 1T
sort Of complaint to make as TO success
in the past, but want TO do better in fu
ture, and no effort will he spared u
make 1t pleasant for customers to dc
business with the House. tits Of course
out Of the question to keep all that
might be called for in a Drug Store, bul
Il anything wanted is not in stock it will
be procured as soon as 1t can be.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31
A Bright Future for West Wiz.
ginia,

Major Jed Hotchkiss in the an.
dustrial South" in speaking Of the
extension Of the Ohio River Rail.
road says something very hopeful
Of the future Of our State, In the
following words
"It is worth while for those In.
teres,ed in the development Of the
Virginias TO note what 'solid men
met 70 award the construction con.
tracts for this railway extension:
they we're Abram s. Hewitt and
Charles Pratt, Of New York, Il. W.
Clark and ]. P. IlsIey, Of Philadel.
phia, Vice President George W.
Thompson, Of this Railway exIen.
sion and Senator ]. N. Camden, Of
ParkerSburg, West Virginia, and
Senator ]. 6. Fair, Of Nevada, las
we'll known men Of large means
and Of still larger enterprise. Nat.
urslly as water runs down bill, in
this connection, ones thoughts re.
vert 10 the organization Of the Ohio
and Northwestern Railway Com.
pany, which was organized at Gal.
lipOlis, Ohio, February 18th, 1885,
for the purpose Of constructing a
low.grade railway from Point Plea.
SAINT and Gallipolis down the north
bank Of the Ohio to Cincinnati,
thus occupying the hitherto ne.
elected territory Of Southern Ohio
and furnishing a direct coal and
timber carrying railway to Cincin.
natl from the vast coal and tim.
Der fields Of West Virginia, and
at the same time extending this
Ohio Valley Railroad and the Ka.
pawha Railway to a great Western
Railway centre and to a great and
thriving commercial and manufac.
turing city.
This also suggests other impor.
tant and far.reaching railway
schemes, with substantial backing,
that will soon be in the field for
location and construction. know
Of no better business, just now, for
men of means and enterprise, than
a diligent study Of the potency Of
the capabilities of the portion Of
Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and
Kentucky, mainly contiguous ter.
1itory, that are now destitute of
railways, The railway, the coal,
the iron, the timber, the grazing,
the plant, and the colony locating
geniuses can each and all find there
abundant opportunities for the ex
crcise Of their peculiar preroga.
tives."
A man who knows as much
about the resources Of this section
Of the country as Major Hotchkiss,
knows whereof he is speaking
Why is it that so many people Of
our State are going to the far West,
when such possibilities are about
to open up before them right here
at homer
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

The Ohio House has passed a bill
doing away with the color line in
the public schools of that State
II abolisheS schools for colOred chill.
dren and unites the white and col.
ored schools.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

The bill to grant an increase Of
pension to Gen. B. F. Kelley, Of
West Virginia, has been reported
tavOrably by Senator Camden from
the Senate Committee on Pensions.
The bill gives the General 500 per
month.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

Believing CHEAP Carbon Oil to be
DANGEROUS, l have for some years
kept only the BEST procurable, the
"water White Head Lightn which those
who have used know to be unsurpassed
in quality, to which ! have lately added
the famous elaine Oh.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31
NOTICE.

THERE will be a general meeting Of
| the stockholders Of the Kanawha
Lumber and Furniture Company held
at their office, Point Pleasant, West Va,
on Saturday, April Sd. 1884, for the pur-
pose Of electiLg a Board Of Directors for
the ensuing year and the transaction Of
such other business Is may properly be
considered. ], ], BRIGHT
nch3-lw President.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Good stock of violins BanjOs aud
Harps, always on hand, Strings for vi.
olin, Banjo and Guitar, in a great many
different makes, kinds and qualities
Among Violin Strings the best are the
Philharmonic, and tho Russian Gut.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

Hon. John ]. Davis, Of Harrison
county will soon, It is said, make a
tour Of the State in the interest Of
his candidacy for the Uuited States
Senate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

Secretary Lamar has rendered q
decision restoring to the public do
main two and a half million acre,
of land claimed by Che Atlantic
and Pacific railroad.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31
Administrators Notice.

A LLpersons having claims or accounts
a against the estate Of Geo, W. Fry,
will please present said claims 70 me on
OF before tho lst day Of May, 1885.
HENRY FRY, Administrator.
inch l0-lm.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

STANDARD Tine East Of Huntington
10Th meridian, or Eastern time; West Of
Huntington, Goth meridian, or Central
time, which is one hour slower thar
Eastern time,
No. |, daily, except Sunday; leaves
Clifton Forge daily, except Saturday ar,
riyes Cincinnati and Louisville daily
except Sunday. Sleeping Cars from
Clifton Forge TO Huntington.
Nos. and >, daily, between Hunting.
ton and Clifton Forge. No. ., daily. az.
Cept Sunday from Richmond to Newport
News, Old Point Comfort and Norfolk.
Nos, Sand 4, Solid Trains daily, with
Pullman Sleeping Cars, between Wash.
ingtOn, Richmond, louisville and Gin.
cinnai. DO not stop for local business
No. 8, daily, except Sunday, from Gin.
Cinuati and Lexington, arrives Clifton
Forge daily, except Monday; leaves en-,
ton Forge for Old Point daily, excepl
Sunday, Sleeping Cars Huntington q
Clifton Forge
GORDONsyILLE AoCONNoDGTfoN.-No. q
leaves Richmond, except Sunday 4 90 p
~; arrive Goraonsyillc I SOP. N.
No. 3, daily, except Sunday, leaves
GOrdonsyllle 5 IS A. NJ, arrives Rich.
mond s 10 A. N.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31
1ncAL 9ToEIcrs.
Trustees Sale Of Valuable Farm
Situate in Cooper District, Mas
on county, West Virginia.

Trustees Sale Of Valuable Farm
Sltuate in Cooper District, Mas
on county, West Virginia.
pY virtue Of a deed Of Trust executed
ID 70 the undersigned Trustee BY W.
H. Howard and Ida F. Howard his wife
on the 2lth day ofPebrnary, 1885, con.
yeying The following described tract OF
parcel Of land situate In Cooper District,
In Mason county, West Ylrginia, bound.
ed and described as follows Beginning
al q stake and stone set Ia the ground,
corner t0sald Howard and Daniel Roush
q hickory, maple and oak bushes mark.
ed as pointers, thence with the division
line Of said Howard and David Roush
n. So lV W. 249 poles 10 a stake and
stone set IN the ground in line Of A. j.
Shirley, s land and the same q corner 10
David Roush; thence with ShirIey's line
n. E &i poles TO a hollow hickory, q
gum, hickory and dogRod marked for
pointers; thence n. 2 I. 81 poles to q
Jack oak, corner 10 A. ]. Shirley; thence
n. 6S W. Q poles and 5 links 70 q rock
and oak in Albert Roush line; thence
with line Of said Ronsh n. 50' z. %
poles 70 q white oak corner 10 Albert
Roush and Foglesongs' line; thence with
o line Of the same S. 3sS \. 81 poles 70 q
stone and white oak pointers; thence s.
6G' L. $50 poles TO q dead white oak,
corner 70 said Howard; thence S. 2is Z.
IS poles 70 the place Of beginning es.i.
mated to contain 2lS acres more or less
and oil Record in Trust Deed Book, No.
:, Pollos' S56 and S57 In the County
Courts Clerks Office Of Mason county In
trust 70 secure unto George w. Gist the
payment Of q certain note executed by
said w H. Howard and Ida +. Howard
fot the sum Of -Four Hundred Dollars
With interest from date and payable
twelve months after date 70 George W.
Glst, or order, dated January LIST, 1885,
and having been required by said George
w. Gist the owner and holder Of said
note 10 make sale OF said real estate for
the said debt and interest due thereon,
! will on the
I'D day day Of May, 1850,
at the front door Of the Court House Of
Mason county, sell at public auction up
on the following terms, to.wit; One
third Of the purchase money cash In
hand one-third thereof with interest in
one year, and the residue with interest
In two years from day OF sale, taking
from the purchaser notes with good Sc.
clrity for the deferred payments and re.
tanning the legal title as q further secu.
rlty. Said sale will be made subject 10
trust deed executed By said w. II,
Howard and Ida F. Howard, his wife, to
y. S. VanMatre, Trustee, to secure
John Somerville in the payment Of q
executed BY said W. H. Howard and
Ida +. Howard for the sum OF $2,5SO.OC
bearing date October the 10th, 1854, with
interest from date, which last deed d
trust Is dated the 10Th day Of October
1884, and Of record in trust deed book
No. s, pages 2lO, &C., in said County
Court Clerks Office Of Mason county.
W. H. ToMLINSON, Trustee.
marchSl-4w.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31
Stationery.

A specially is made Of good Stationery
Paper and Envelopes that will be pleas
ant to use can always be found here
Those who want specially CHEAT
Note paper can find It as low as s cent
per quire, Or0 quires for 80 cents.
A. C. VAN GLIDER.
jan. l, lSSe-ly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

For Rates, Tickets, Baggage, Checks,ap.
ply 70 any Office Of D. & o. Ryor DepSt
or Ticket Office Of connecting lines.
III w FULLER, GaL Pas, at.
R.uS c. RlCGHAR,
Second tics. Poaidmt
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31
THE IIGHTNING LAMP"

still holds its placeat the head Of Carbon
Oil illuminatOrs, and win always be
found in stock. The "HickOk Calcium
Burner is nearly equal to it, and also on
hand. Small and cheap Lamps also in
great variety.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31
Notice..

THE following account Il before tho
i undersigned for settlement. Ham.
illon Weaver, Committee Tor Nicholas
Weaver, Sr., RANKIN WILEY, JR,
. Commissioner Of Fleduciaries.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-31

. Printing Of al kinds executed Al thlg
flee at city prices.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-10-14
The Duration of Life.
Lougman's Magazine

How long may human being live in
perfect possession of his faculties and
powers for good or evil. The question
is important to all Conceive a states
man with e despotic power of influencing
mems wills VINO should last AS long as old
Parr! Think of a beauty who might
eclipse the maidens of each fresh season,
and whose heSteJTp rose should outglow
their fresh loneliness, as long as Ninon
de rEnclos was a toast, or Marion De-
lorme, to whom Balzac assigns 100 years!
History, social or political, would be
altered, the whole progress OF humanity
might be advanced for icons or retarded
by one man, who varied from the kindly
race of men and lived twice as long as his
Oldest neighbor If we may believe Gu
rious old French book, History of Persons
Who have Lived for Many Ages and Grown
Young Again" paris, I7lG) this fancy is
not wholly absurd or impossible. All
Europe expects great changes from the
deaths of Prince Bismark OF Won Moltke,
of the emperor. How would all Europe
look if they retained their vigor till say
1862 Before the deluge such lives would
have seemed prematurely cut short at 100.
And since the ieluge. Hereon our
french HutuOr tHllSNleuH W Win Iediu-
ing from Pliny, Cornaro, and Phlegon of
Tralie. Thus Fohi, che founder of the
Chinese empire, reigned lis years, and so
did Apaphus, of Thebes Egyptian but he,
surely, was the son of Zeus Antiochus
Epiphanes died at 149. A king of the
Ommanians lived TO lis, but that was in
Arabia Felix. Tacitus gives 10 years to
Tuisco, German prince. Daddon, an
Illyrian noble, lived for 500 years, accord
ing to Alexander Cornelius. Anacreon
gives Cinyras of Cyprus 100 years, and
Arganthonius, Spaniard, saw 100 sum
mers.
According to Bontinius, Attila was l24
when ho died of the consequences of a
revel on the night of his marriage
second marriage. How long had he
lamented his first consort? Epimenides
was 157 (others say 800 at his regretted
decease. At 100 Euphranor gave up tax
ing private pupils. Sophocles persisted
by an accident at 1870. The Apocrypea
mentions the circumstance that Malta
thias died by misadventure at lac. The
countess of Arundel temp. Charles II en-
ployed Mrs. Camp of 1913. Thus, even
in its natural way, we need never despair
of any man attaining. say, 100, a pleasant
thought in the case of really great men,
whose lives are useful to their country.
Why, we might have Cromwell with us
yet,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-10-14

essay on misspelled words. draws the
attention toward the word "grosser."
and says ii should be used in that way,
instead of "grocer's." But now, as it
seems very good word, and as we have
grown used to it, we had better leave it as
it is. can recall an old sign in New
York city that read "Grocers and Spicers'
but when ''spicers and grocers" first
merged into 'grocers" 1 am at loss to
ascertain. As peoples needs increased,
and with them desire for more con
venient place to buy general stocks of
food it is natural the grocer has absorbed,
by degrees, the many branches which
at one time distinctive trades, and we find
now under the general head grocer what
was formerly known as: The chandler
dealer and manufacturers of soap, can
dies, oil, etc The fish monger-dealer in
all varieties of dried, smoked and fresh
fish. The wine and spirit merchant,
whose occupation we can well Judge
from the name. The green grocer or
dealer in fresh garden products. or but
ter, eggs, etc. The poulterer, or dealer
in live or dressed poul-
try, game etc. The spiccer, or dealer in
teas, sugars. etc. The tobacconist, the
name fully indicates the business. The
Italian warehouse man, who sold fine oils,
dried and preserved fruits, prunes, olives,
and sardines, etc. The fruiterer, who
dealt exclusively in tropical and domestic
fresh fruits. The cheese-monger or deal
er in cheese. You can readily see that in
a country like America, where the pro-
gressive element predominates,' aid, there
being no time for the parter, the merchant
or grocer has gradually drawn all these
several lines under his care and merged
them into a general business, and now
the grocer of to-day is the representative
buyer of the food products of all coun-
tries. He is, therefore, an educator of
tastes in the food people eat. 1t is through
his industries and persuasions that even
Americans were taught that it was Just
the thing TO eat Russian caviare although
no one after the first mouthful would
prefer il TO old Boston baked beans. The
grocer of to-day is a far different man to
the spicer of three or four centuries ago.
Then he was only one of the many trades
now the many trades center in him. You
have reason to feel proud of your bust
ness, and of being grocer, The step
from the retailer to the wholesaler is but
a short one. The intelligence required
in retail business is not excelled by that
needed by the the wholesaler. There is
no better educated class of men in the
trade than the grocer, and | will prove it
when tell you, that at a banquet given
TO Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, of Eng
land, which was attended by the brightest
legal and professional minds of the coun-
try, the browning speech of the even
ing, was made by a merchant, Who'll
sale grocer, Mr.. Franklin McVeagh, Of
Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-10-14

at when he misses his bird. The setter
is SO called from its manner of making
known the fact that he has sighted game.
This is accomplished by oarelessly taking
a seat as if nothing had happened and
acting as if he had sat down TO remain,
very like a carpenter working by the
day.
We have heard of settlers which, after
being seated, would take out a cigar and
begin to smoke or coamence to look
over the morning newspaper, out never
fully credited the story.
We did, however, once see setter
which habitually carried a camp-stool
around in its mouth. and, upon sighting a
covey of chickens, would calmly SIT down
on the stool and cross its legs. We actu-
ally saw this several years ago, so there
can be no mistake about it.
A fine Irish setter belonging 10 an
Esteline gentleman once went into a
blacksmith shop during chicken season,
and happening to sight recently killed
chicken in the belt of a man in the shop,
Immediately began 20 set 1t with more
haste than caution. and in so doing by
mistake sat on red hot horseshoe which
the blacksmith had just dropped. Its
owner afterward paid the blacksmith
$3.50 for the sash and telegraphed to5the
next town for his dog,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-10-14
About Bird Dogs.
Estelline Oak Bal,

The ordinary bird dog consists chiefly
of ribs and legs. There are two kinds,
pointer and setter. They are so named
from certain peculiarities when searching
for game. They are used chiefly TO To-
cate prairie chickens and bring heas into
the house.
When the pointer sets out to find
prairie chicken it puts its nose to the
ground and starts across the prairie at
rapid rate. Before going far it inwardly
experiences a change of mind and comes
back. The programme Is repeated, with
a few miscellaneous curves dropped in to
throw the prairie chicken of her guard
and get up an appetite for dinner.
While making these evolutions valuable
pointers have frequently been injured by
having their nose drop into a gopher
hole and drop off. After that pointer
may make an excellent parlor ornament,
but seldom amount to much for hunting
purposes.
When a pointer stumble8 on to chicken
which il can't well avoid il has habit Of
raising fore leg to call attention 10 the
fact
one which would point ont n bird with
a hind leg would be a curiosity and de
mand a high price. A good pointer
after having struck this attitude, will
keep it for long time if no sportsman
comes to it's relief ana scares up the bird
and shoots calf over in an adjoining
field.
The setter is another breed of dogs II
has more hair. and, consequently, fewer
ribs.
The chief use Of the setter, like thar
Of the pointer, is for the hunter to swear