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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24
1EaAn NOTICES.
ONO RIVTRR 1 r. n. COMPANY
Notice Of Meeting Of stockholders.


I n pursuance Of an order of the Board
Il Of Directors Of said company, made
on the 9Th day Of JanuHty, 1885, notice
Is hereby given that a meeting Of the
Stockholders Of the Ohio River Railroad
Company will be held at the office d
said Company, in the city Of ParkenS-
eurR, West Virginia, on FRIDAY ne
goth day Of February, 1886, ut .
O'Clock =. ~, Of said day, fol the pur.
poses following, to.wit:
FIRsF, To authorize the Board Of Di-
reCtOrs Of said Ohio River Railroad Com.
pany from tune 10 time 10 borrow such
sums Of money as may be necessary for
completing, finishing, improving and
operating its railrUad;and TO issue bonds,
bills Of credit, OF Indebtedness, and pre-.
tGFred stock, and dispose Of the same for
any amount so borrowed, and 10 mort
gaee It's corporate property and fran
chises to secure the payment Of any debt
contracted by the said corporation for
the purposes aforesaid.
SECOND, To authorize said Board OF
Directors to sell, issue and transfer its
stocks or bonds, or both, for land, mon.
ey, labor, property, or other material to
be used for the purposes for which the
said corporation was formed, and espec.
tally for the construction and equipment
Of its railroad; and in case 1t may be
found necessary to do 80, to authorize
said Board 10 sell and dispose Of the same
al less than the par value thereof,
w. N. CHANCELLOR, Sec'y.
ieb2-4w.
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In what she saysnor in her man
net Of saying ii, but she always
commands an attentive hearing
She triumphs in What she calls the
successes Of the woman's rights
movement, and expresses earnest
faith in its future.
At last evenings session Miss
Anthony became enthused with
the speeches and asked The audi.
ence to vote. ''ThoFe who are in
favor Of wOman's suffrage say aye
she called, and there was q loud
chorus "rhose who are opposed
say nay" She turned away as il
the question had been settled by
unanimous Affirmative vote, when
q few men, far back 10 theaudience,
daringly piped forth mo-" and fled
instantly. Anthony looked sur
priSed, as did every one, and some
Missed while others smiled.
AS to the weeks doings in Con
gress, Fitz John Portor's plea ha.
mOnopolized the House and The
great Educational bill has had The
right Of way 10 the Senate. Mr.
MorriSon's new Tariff bill was 10
troduced in the House, also q mum
Der Of anti Chinese measures. :
Among new measures presented IL
The Senate was a bill'ganting 4
pension Of 5000 a year to The
widow Of General Hancock, and
another appropriating $4,000 fol-
a monument 10 General Grant
More steps were taken 10 have q
thorough investigation Of the Pan
Electric affairs, at which the Attor
ney General expressed bis gratif
cation.
Mr., Garland does not intend tc
resign, but after the House has fin
ished its investigation of the tele
phone business, he says he will
take steps to meet all criticism,
upon his connection with the Pan
Electric company, in a way that
can not fail tosecure the approba.
ton of those who really desire tc
be satisfied.
Ex Senator Thurman, who will
be the senior counsel in the coming
Telephone trial has had almost a.
many callers since his return tc
Washington as if he had come tc
be iuaugutated President. Enter
ing the Senate Chamber few days
ago he expressed surprise at the
changes in its personnel. SIS thi.
the place where l spent twelve
years Of my lifo," exclaimed he
Surveying the Chamber he missed
Blaine, Conkling, Hamlin, Wallace
Anthony, Burnside, Randolph
Matt. Carpenter, Ben. Hill, Shar
on, and thirty.six others who sal
with him in the Senate only a few
years ago. D.
|
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TrRstee,s Sale of Real Estate.

DY virtue OF la Trust Deed executed 10
ID me tbeundersigned trustee, by Sam.
uel 7 Knapp Nnd K. A. KnApph his wife
oil the 9th day Of November, 1878, and
OF record in Trust Deed Book No. 4, folio
Jas, l49, in the County Court Clerks OF.
flee Of MasOn county, West Virginia, aud
conveying the real estate theredcscribed
aud 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 10 Samuel 2.
Knapp and also TO Rachel Knapp, in
trust TO secure the payment OF q promis-
sorry note executed by Samuel P. Knapp
and Rachel Knapp to ]. N. brown, and
bearing date the 9th day Of November,
1878 for the sum Of Three Hundred and
Si%ty.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 the amount due
on said note, will on tile 2nd day
Of March, 1886, ut the froont door Of
the Court House, OF Mason county, West
Virginia, sell said real estate at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash in
hnnd on the day Of sale.
W. II. TOMLINSON,
Trustee.
ieb3-4w.
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Stnle Nous.

The celebrated case Of the State
vs.. r. @. Neal, the young boy who
is charged with killing his father,
Dick Neal, with a poker, is on trial
to day. A jury was sworn in this
morning and the taking Of the eyi.
dence is now in operation. The
case attracts much attention aud
the court room is filled with spec.
,ators. The youthful defendant is
encouraged By the presence Of his
mother and numerous relatives. :
The defense is represented by
Hutchinson & JOhsOn. -Sats Jour.
nal, 10Th,
There is said to he a sassafras
tee standing near Ellington, Mo.
nnngalia county, which measures
nearly six feet III circumference
above The ground. This il a re.
markable Tree when We remember
that the Fassafras in this country
is usually scarcely more than q
scrub.
]. D. staley 4 Co., Of Shepherds,
town, have received q contract fol
the saving Of 10000 feet Of lumber
$4,000 feet Of walnut and 10000
feet Of wild cherry. The lumber
will be saved into small sizes, tied
with wire, and sent to Germany
where IL will be used in the manu-.
factureof furniture.
of297 whisky indictments fund
at the recent term Of the Circuit
Court at Clarksburg, 225 we're sus
tanned, the fines and costs aggrega
ting about S27 in each case. II
was regular anti saloon blizzard
-Sate Journal.
Burglars during the past Ten
days have been busily engaged op,
eratingat Clarksburg, While none
Of the amounts stolen have been
large, in the aggregate they make
a very tidy sum.
The two skeletons recently ex
humed by the ice near Red House
Putnam county, have been idpnti
fed as those of John W. Miller and
Nelson Steele, of Company C, Four
teenth W. Va. Infantry, drowned
July 4, 1894
Clarksburg people have been ne,
gotiating with Rev. Henry Ware
Re cher TO have him lecture there
on the subject Of capital and La
bor.' He has named a price, but
it ha' not been accepted.
Mrs. Daniel McCullum, Of Rock
Castle, jackson county, gave birth
a week or two ago to four children
all buys. They were born alive
but hayesince died.
Fuyette county produces more
tobacco than any other county in
the State.
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GARD.

TN0W ye, that by the payment oil
N, S227,40 | am permitted to sell in,
toxiCating liquors at my house. To tho
wife who has u drunkard for husband,
or friend who is unfortunately dissipa.
led, l say emphatically, give me notice
in such cases in which you are interest.
ed, and all such persons shall DO exclu.
ded from my place. Let mothers, faith.
ors, sisters and brothers do likewise,
and the request shall DO regarded.
pay q heavy Tux for tho privilege OF sell.
ing whisky and other liquors, and want
It distinctly understood that ! have no
desire to sell to minors, or drnnkards, or
to the poor and destitute. much pre-.
fer that they save their money and put
1t where Il will dOthe most good. There
are gentlemen OF honor and men Of
money, who can afford II, and II is with
those | desire to trade. | would say 10
those who wish to trade with me, and
can afford, come, and / will treat you
genllcmanly and CourteOusly.
Respectfully,
fob. Ply JOS. HEN.
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A. j. DIMES
GILMAN AUGERy

CLL w II n IL u " EII
THIS AUGuR, with the present i'm
i provements stands without rival
It will stand every test that reason apC
common sense will demand, and is &C
knowledged to be the best Anger eyel
invented.
The GILMAN AUGER cannot he su
perceded by any other machine for til,
work to be done by it. TIME Is MO
NEY, and this is n strictly labor mringnd
chino! II is constructed Of the best ma,
terial, principally Of the best cast steel
constructed for strength and durability
The spiral flight (nevcr before attached
tOa post augerl removes all the dirt, be
sides they are so constructed TO be self
vtntlIaling, thereby reducing the weigh
OF the lift.
The lead screw takes hold and the stce
cutter slices the earth, with but little eff
fort Of hand power, and the work is done
Anyone with moderate exertiOn can bore
a hole from from twenty-five to thirty
inches deep in from one to two minutes
with but two lifts, which can be done
with one hand, 1t has attachments by
which boring in "hard- pan is made ca.
BY. In sand or mud as well rs in com.
mon soil, A. j. Dine, who is a practical
maChineSt, has spent many years in
perlecting this machine, and he can now
truthiully claim for it a perfect success.
Certificates as to the merits OF the eli,
max Anger could be multiplied indef.
nitcly, for no man has been found yet
who hesitates to give It his best com.
mendation. Any one wishing to exam.
inc this Anger, can call at John NJ.
Adkins Hardware Store, Point Pleasant,
or of the undersigned. We are selling
either the Anger or Territory.
Address: ]. +. LEWIS,
|. I. BARNETT,
Point Pleasant, West Va.
ian27-lm.
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Trustees Sale Of House and Lot
In Point Pleasant.

Trustees Sale Of House and Lot
In Point Pleasant.
IN pursuance Of the terms Of deed Of
| trust, executed to II. X. Howard, the
undersigned trustee, by N. A. H. Glib
bons and j, a. Gibbons, her husband,
bearing date on the 10Th day OF May,
1885, aud recorded in the Mason County
Court Clerks office in Trust Deed Book
No. s. folio asa, &C., TO secure the pay.
meat OF the following described promis.
sorry notes, signed by NJ. A, II. Gibbons,
and dated May 2Dth, 1885. payable to the
order Of ElNnOr Cooley, NJ the Merchants
National Bank OF Point Pleasant, West
Virginia, as follows one for the sum OF
$23j, on the LIST day OF October, 1885;
one for the sun Of 1888, ON the LIST day
Of October, 1885; Onefor $3.50, on the lst
day Of October, 1887; one for $3.50, on the
LIST day Of October, 1888, and one for
S}S3, On the LIST day Of October, 1889; and
the said first named note for the sum Of
$3.50, having become due and payable,
and default having been made in the
payment thereof, and being requested and
required by the said L. Cooley, the
holder OF said note so due aud payable
as Aforesaid SO tn do, shall by virtue Of
the authority vested in me by the deed
Oftrust aforesaid, sell, at public auction,
At the front door Of the Court House Of
Mason county, West Virginia, on Sat.
Hrday, the 9Th day Of Febru.
AIRY, 1856. at IL o'clock, A. NJ,
The properly conveyed to me BY said
deed Of trust, bounded and described
therein Us follows: All Of that certain
tract or parcel Of land known us 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, poles to the line Of
Julia Hawkins lot, thence along said
line south, S2I feet to a stake; thence
south S2!' east to Wand street, thence
to the place Of beginning, containing
one'fourth OF an acre, being the same lot
conveyed to NJ. A, II. Gibbons by Ella.
nor Cooley and John Cooley, by deed
bearing date the LIST day Of May, 1885,
upon the following
TERMS, viz--For Cash as to 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 to give his notes, with good Sc.
curity for the said deferred payments,
and the legal title will be retained as a
further security,
II. r. HOWARD,
jan 27-4w Trustee.
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LynClletl,

On the morning of the 10th inst,
at Martinsburg, a baud Of nearly
three hundred masked Cayalrymei,
broke open the Jail and took Joe
Burns, Colored, who mvished Mary
FeIlers, on the 7th inst, in a woods
two miles south on the Winchester
pike, and hanged him to a tree.-
Before his death no confessed the
crime. The Coronsr's jury failed
to find any clue to the Identity Of
the participants, Intense excite.
ment prevails. An effort will be
made to apprehend the yiolators Of
the law,
The story of the outrage was a
most revolving one. Miss Fellers
had been employed in Baltimore,
and had just returned to her home
in this city and The unnatural
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brute taking advantage Of her lone.
" condition decoyed her 10 a g.
ellded place, where he pefpettatet
bis crime.
Burns had been tecfeted by The
officials IN the cellar, but the mask,
ers made a thorough search and
found him. He was hastily taken
fiom the jail.and placed in a wagon
taken nearly two miles from town
and hanged TO q tree. The mask.
ers acted with great coolness and
determination.
Barns seemed 10 be tertibl,
frightened when found BY tht
lynchers. The members If The
party did not make much effort 4
conceal their identity.
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Letter FROM Arkansas.

'NAANhh"1 VhluN W. hhk'i
FEB, LIST 1886.
Editor Register Thinking that
some Of your readers would like to
hear something from North Arkan.
sas, | take the liberty of asking
the privilege Of your paper, TO graf,
ify them,
Fulton county, Arkansas, borders
on Howell county, Mo-, on the
north, the Kansas City, Springfield
and Memphis R. R. runs through
the northeast part of the county,
We are fifteen miles east of White
River. This county contains one
hundred and fifty thousand acres of
government land and about Fifty
thousand acres of state land. A
great deal Of the vacant land is
rocky Still their is plenty of U.
S. land here that will make good
farms. Improved land sells at
from 81 to IS per acre. This is a
very healthy country. Splendid
climate, This has been the coolest
winter ever known in Arkansas
the mercury registered u degrees
below zero on the morning Of the
9Th of January, Our summers do
not get as hot as those Of some of
the norther states. Our soil is var.
led, some clay, some black loan,
some sandy. Our principal crops
are wheat, oats, corn, cotton, Irish
and sweet potatoes, peanuts, sor.
ghum and all kinds of vegetables.
ThisiS the best fruit country l
know of. Peaches grow very large
and arc Of excellent favor.
A. J. Armstrong, Columbus
Knapp, Levi Jacobs and their fam.
lilies are living here. A. j. Arm.
strong has bought 800 acres Of good
land, IS acres improved, considera.
ton sS47. Spence Knapp also
came with above named parties,
but ii seems that Mrs. X. had too
much Stewart and Smith blood to
be contented away from her rela.
lives aud they returned to old Mas.
on county. l have had many let.
tiers from parties in your county
wanting information as TO the soil
and climate Of this country. |
settled one hundred families here
in the las! four months A great
many will come in nextspring and
summer
We expect two new railroads
next year. We have some deer,
plenty Of Wild turkeys, quails, rab.
bits and squirrels in prOfusion.-
Columbus Knapp killed one deer
and three wild turkeys las! week.
For fear Of imposing on you, |
will drop my quill. Parties wish.
ing further information can get il
by addressing the undersigned at
Mitchell P. O., Fulton county, Ark,
P. L. KING.
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The Ohio and NORTHWESTERN
IGOilrOnd,

lG0ilrOad.
The books fur subscription to the
capital stock Of The Ohio and North
Western Railroad Company we're
opened at the Mayors office, in Gal.
lipolis, on Friday last, February
18th, 1856 The entire amount Of
the capital stock was subscribed,
principally by Eastern PARTIES
On the same day the company pro,
ceeded to organize. With the ex.
ception Of those from the East, the
following is a list of the Directors
elected; Fl. G. Parsons, Of Virginia;
W. G, Fuller and John L, Vance,
Of Gallipolis; W. A. Hutchins and
D. F. COnnell, Of Portsmouth; w.
II. EnochS, Of Ironton. One Direc
tor is yet 10 be chosen from Cincin.
natl. The Eastern Directors are
prominent Railroad men. Among
them are the Presidents of the Ohio
Valley, The Norfolk and Western,
and the Richmond tpd Allegheny
Railroads, II. C. Parsons was cleo.
ted President; Us. Wells, of New
York, Treasurer H. D. Whitcomb,
Of Richmond, Va, Consulting En-.
gineeT W. A, Hutchins, of Ports
mouth, General Counsel for Ohio;
Simpson, Thatcher 4 Barnum,
General Counsel in the City Of
New York.
Tho Company determined to put
an engineering force in the field
within three weeks, and to com.
mence the location of a low grade
freight line from Gallipolis to Gin
cinnati. 1t is understood that the
object of the Company is TO create
a coal road from the Kanawha
fields, and to make a connection
with a road now building from
Wheeling to Point Pleasant, on
tho Virginia side, We understagd
that the new Road expects to enter
Cincinnati by the Little Mama
route.
While It seems to cover the same
ground, there is no connection be-.
tween this new Road and the Gin.
cinnati and Ohio River Railroad
project, undertaken some years ago
by General Warner and others.
The Directors adjourned to meet
in New York at an early date, to
perfect their plans GalLpult8 Bul.
Lelin.
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The Beauties or lie TarIfI.

Az wages ofsl a day, the average
worker witha wife and three chill
dreu, cannotbuy many necessaries,
let alone l9xuries, yet It appears,
from q statement 10 a working.
mans journal, that numbersof iron
miners in Pennsylvania are work
ing for si4 a month, on which sum
they are compelled to live and sup
port their families. docs q protec.
tective tauff, IL maybe pertinently
asked, help these menu Iron in
every form Is taxed, as the boss
protectionIsts claim, for the "pro.
lection Of American labor" Upon
the iron o;e there is guardian
tariff Of rs cents a ion; upon pig.
irop, thenexl form Of manufacture,
an unfolding tariff Of 81 a ton;
upon steel rails a railroading tariff
of SIT a ton; upon all charcoal bar
iron a black smithing tariff Of s22
a ION; upon cut nails a housebuild
ing tariff Of s25 a ton; upon trace
chains a hauling tariff Of $40 a ton;
upon wood screws a clinching tar.
iFof $3.50 to s24O a ton, and 90 on
through the ascending scale Of tax.
alton for the alleged "protection Of
American labor," and yet numbers
Of iron minars in Pennsylvania are
getting but sl4 a month. This il
The protection labor receives from
the tariff. This is good food for
reflection.
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Town Election

A Ia special meeting of the Common
IA Council oil the Town Of Point Pleas,
ant, held at the Mayors office on the
10th day Of February, 1886, the following
order was entered, via
On motion, it is hereby ordered that
an election for the Town Of Point Pleas,
ant, shalt BE- held at the Court House on
the Third SATURDAY. in March, 1886, for
the purpose OF choosing a Mayor, Re.
cOrder, six Councilmen and Sergeant,
to serve one year from that time.
On motion, Messrs, J. j. Bright, John
l.. Charles and D. W. Polsley are hereby
appointed Commissioners, 10 hold said
election on said Third Saturday in March,
1885, Copy Teste:
JOHN 4. BELLER,
feb. 24'lw. Recorder.
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Letter From kansas.
ALBION, HAaPEa cots5r KAs


ALBION, HARPER CousTY KAE
FebFuafyI7ih
Dr.. Eiitor The RsalsTzR il d
welcome visitor at our hanie. and
must say its columns contains val.
auble information, aud well worth
the money II COSTS
1thoaght | would give ycpr read.
ers short description Of this part
ofsunny Kansas This cduhly is
located III The center Of the State
east and west, and borders on the
Indian Territory on the south, and
is fast pushing forward to soon be.
come the banner county IN the
State. The soil varies nom dark
to red, with just enough saudin it
to make it work desirable. II IL
very productive for all kinds Of
grain and vegetables, and is well,
watered with numerous running
streams Our principle crops are
wheat, corn, and oats; wheat the
past season did not yield as well as
formers years, but made from 10 to
25 bushels per acre, corn 30 10 60
bushels and oats 40 to 80 bushels.
This is also a goodstock county, as
there is 40 abundance Of ptairie
grass, which is very nutfiliops y.
tWeihaye good raiIroad trabsp6fta:
ton for all our products, the
Southern Kansas, rnnsthroAgh the
county east and west, and the Fort
Scott enters the county on the
north east aud terminates al An.
lhouy, the county seat. Govern.
ment land is all taken, but plenty
of land can be purchased at very
reasonable prices, yet, although it
is advancing very rapidly, 1t rates
from IS TO $S5 per acre owing tolo.
cation and improvements.
l enigrated from old Mason coun.
ty, the place Of my birth, in the
summer Of 1879 and came to this
county and took a Claim, had but
little means left when L arrived
here. | have 800 acres of as fine
land as their is on the Ohio river.
[ would say to those who have no
show in the Eastern States, and
want to get up in the world to
come West and grow up with the
country, that is if you have got
plenty Of grit and push to get TO
the front.
For a delightful climate, good
health, good morals, good soil and
pure water, and with the prospects
Of a free home, here is the place;
the country is settling every spring
more and more, those living here
have friends coming all the time,
and soon the price Of land will be
high. If you want to got the vel.
low clay from your boots come to
Kansas, where the roads are good
the year round, My brother a. H.
Fisher came out here last summer
from your town and expressedhim
self much surprised with Che
growth ofeur new county aud has
gone farther west and taken land.
G. B, FISHER.
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Now that the Holiday season Is over,
and everybody going to work again, 1
will try to keep such goods as the people
need, aud sell them at IS REAsoNA.
BILE PRICES AS POSSIBLE, Have no
sort Of complaint to make MS to success
in the past, but want 10 do better in ia.
ture, and no effort will be spared TO
make it pleasant for customers to do
business with the House. Itisef course
out Of the question to keep all that
might be called for in a Drug Store, but
il anything wanted Ia not in stock II will
be procured as soon as 1t can DO.