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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

a farmer desires us to ask the
County Commissioners, if they will
inform the people through the col
umns of the REGISTER, allow much
it costs annually to support the pau
pers of this county," By doing so
they will confer favor upon many
of the taxpayers OF the county.
Another farmer wishes to know
if it will be too much trouble to add:
allow much it costs annually to pay
the officers of the county" which
Will confer a favor to taxpayers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01


Public Renting Of 500 aeres III
Land. situate In Robinson
Dfstricis Mason County, West
Virginia.
u Y virtue Of deeretal order of the
ID circuit court of Mason comfy, West
Virginia, rendered ON the goth day ol
September, 1887, in the ciiancery cause
of VIM. Lee vs.. NJ Z. JalnisOn, the un-
dersigned Special Commissioner, APP
pointed for the purpose, will on Ssalnr.
day. the 3Ist day Of December,
laS5s by way of public auction, TO the
highest bidder, at fhe front door of the
Court House of said Mason county, pro-
eeed to Rent, for one year, the 200
acre tract of land belonging to n. L.
Jamison situated in Robinson district
Mason county, West Virginia, in the
slower Flats" and known as the Knopp
farm, and being part of the land owned
by the late Harriet MaclIir, deceased,
and now owned and occupied by NJ. E.
Janison; also another tract of 300 acres,
lying on the Ohio Ten Mile creek, in
Robinson District, Mason comfy, West
Virginia, belonging TO the said NJ l..
Jamison; also another tract of 800 acres,
situated in said Mason county, and
known as the Samuel Yeager tract, now
owned by n. u. Jamison; or so much of
said land as may be necessary, upon the
following terms, to-wit: One-half CASH,
the balance in six months thereafter, the
renter to give his note with security for
the payment of said balance Orient, with
interest from date of renting; and by
the terms of said decretal order the same
shall be rented yearly thereafter until
the sum of S6S.10, with interest thereon
from September 20, 1887, and the costs
oil the SKID suit are fully paid y
JOHN i: BELLER,
Special Commissioner.
i, R. E. Mitchell, Clerk of the Circuit
Cont of Mason county, West Virginia,
do hereby certify that bond in the pen.
'rity of one hundred dollars has been
g: Yen by the above Special. Commits
'sioner, conditioned according to law.
K. L. MITCHELL, Clerk.
Dec. q, 'S7-4w. ~
The above renting is adjourned until
Monday, the 9th day of February, 1888
JOHN E. BELLER,
Special Commissioner.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

The Greenbackers who believe in
a liberal supply of money being
issued by. the National Government
and loaned to the people, will soon
be graveIy asked to aid in giving
the vote of this State to that par
ty which to sustain the Government
in the ruinous practice of dumping
into the National Treasury the
enormous sum of $4,000, 900 a
month, taking it from the channels
of trade and gripping the business
of the couatry.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
Cannel Coal Lands.

OnaFIeSOn ctar. sFs
George w. Day Esq. of Philadel-
phia, who represents large inter.
ests in camel coal lands on Big
Coal river, at Peytona, has been in
this city for several days. Mr.. Day
is busily engaged in procuring
information respecting the early
development of the Coal river re.
gion. His associates in Philadel.
phia express a willingness to co
operate with other Coal river land
owners and construct a railroad
from the Chesapeake & Ohio rail.
way to their lands. With rail.
road constructed from st. Adams
to Peytona, the lands of the Pey.
tona Camel Coal company and OF
the Western Mining and Manufac.
turing company, at Peytona, to.
gether containing 5000 acres
would constitute one of the most
valuable coal properties in West
Virginia, as much of the land is
heavily timbered and the tract
abounds III splint, camel and btu.
minous coal of the first quality.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
Jim Baker & Sam Arthur Go.
Their Money.

The Tines recently mentioned
the fact that jim Baker and Sam
Macarthur had drawn 81 j, 900 in The
Louisiana State Lottery. Last
Thursday the money was received
through the Missoula Natl Bank,
and turned over to the lucky holders
of the ticket. Three or four other
minor prizes were secured by Mis-
soula parties at the last drawing.
Another tenth of the capital prize
of s150,00O was drawn by William
Poad of the town of Anaconda, in
the adjoining county of Deer Lodge,
and was collected through the Oma-
ha National Bank of Omaha, Ne
braska.-lHisSouLd (Mont.) Times,
Dec.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
How Thes ss,..:.,. Pammelled

- laAAAACa
Blalnes message from Paris will
help to confirm the justness of Thur
mans observations when he called
him a.harlequin. 1t was in 1877, in
the senate of the United States.
Blaine had retreated from the house
a few months before under fire and
was in high feathers in tie senate
wipinR up the floor Nth confeder-
ate brigadieis wasais favorite past
time. His assaults ON the very de-
fnnct cor.iederacy were brilliant al
ways and at times terrific. Occa-
sionally a Southern senator took
whack at him, but the Northern
democrats took no notice of him.
Once, during the night session, when
there was a protracted debate on
some Southern outrage" Thurman
entered the chamber and wobbled
to his seat. He had evidently been
dining out. Blaine had the floor
and was scalping the Southern
brigadiers at a fearful rate. Thur
man sat listlessly in his chair for
n while, then he pricked up his cars
and grew attentive. After while
he snorted and mopped his face
with his flaming red bandanna.
Blaine kept on. He told how several
of his associates in the senate Sc
cured their seats by wading through
the blood of innocent negroes, and
only held their hands through the
grace of generous, magnanimous
and victorious North, Then he paid
his attention to the Northern cop
perheads, and incidentally cast a
glance at Thurman. The Ohioan
was looking at him, and when
Blaine finished his sentence he en-
veloped his nose in his bandanna
and gave blast that sounded like
a fog horn. At last Blaine conclud-
ed his speech. and every eye turn
ed to Thurman. His action indicated
that he was ready for speech. He
struggled to his feet with some diff
ficulty and braced himself between
two desks. Then he turned loose
volume of speech that in denuncia
ton, sarcasm, repartec, argument,
wit and eloqnence was hardly ever
surpassed in the senate chamber.
Blaine interrupted him several
times with irrelevant questions, the
purport of which were to confuse
the speaker and break the line of
his argument. Some sharp pass
ages ensued between them. Thur
man was unusually severe, and
Blaine grew angry.
Thurman held the floor for an
hour and half and gave Blaine the
severest intellectual pommelling he
ever received. At last he concluded
amid the cheers of democrats and
republicans alike. His faithful
friends, Pinckney Whyte, of Mary
land and Frank Hereford, of West
Virginia, rushed forward to con-
gratulate him and incidentally to
help him to the cloak-room. AS he
walked down the aisle between his
two friends, he asked: 'sBoys. how
did do?" "Splendid, Senator, splen-
did, said [Whyte. al didn't let
that-harlequin get away with me,
did ~ queried the old Roman. 'sNO,
senator, you beat BIN all to pieces"
said Hereford. .Well, boys" said
the old Roman, off beat him when
L was drunk, may the Lord have
mercy on him if tackle him when
l am SOBER" and with loud blast
from his nasal organ buried in the
folds of his red bandanna, the great
Ohioan disappeared i'll the cloak
rOom.-St. Louis Republican.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

Iowa Democrats are organizing,
and claim they will carry that State
for Cleveland next November. The
Republican majority in Iowa is now
quite small, and there is reason to
believe that the Republican policy
on the tariff and prohibition ques-
tions will swing the State into the
Democratic column.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
TarIH Pointers.


There is ono in fallible guide for
honest legislators in tariff REVISION
that is the business trusts or com
bines which now CONTROL she price of.
very many of the noesssaries of life
aud of business.
The linseed oil trust, formed some
months ago, advanced the price of
tlas& commodity to consumers nearly
forty per cont in one year. Under
fair-competition raw oil commanded
50 cents before the trust was organ
lied. in six months thereafter it was
forced up TO 81 cents, being an adj
vance of 81 per cent. Tho tariff
duty on raw oil is about 55 per cent.
aud that is why the oil trust could
advance the price to consumers near
ly 40 per cent in less than year by
n combine.
Another trust or combine Just get
ing into shape that is a safe guide
IN tariff revision is the glass trust.
1t has already largely advanced the
price of all kinds of glass to consum-
crs over the prices commanded in
fair business competition, and it is
enabled to do so because the tariff
duty on glass is from 45 to 100 per
cent. fog the quality in general use,
and on plate glass as high as 147
per cent.
The ono unCrring guide for honest
Legislators in tariff revision is to re-
duce the tariff severely on all arti-
cles which are controlled by trusts
to cxtort excessive prices from con-
sumers. On all such articles, the
duty should be. strictly limited to
the difference between the cost of
labor at home and abroad, so that
any attempt to advance prices to
consumers by arbitrary decree of
trusts, would be defeated by impor-
cations.
1t is a monstrous perversion of the
theory of protection to make it the
plaything of monopoly. Wherever
there is trust or combine to destroy
fair competition and advance prices
to eonsummers, the tariff should be
promptly reduced to make such ex-
tortion impossible in the future.
The steel trust presents the most
impressive example of the peril to
both industry and consumers from
excessive protection. limo produc-
tive industry has machinery been SO
much advanced and labor so much
iessened as in the production of
steel, and the price of steel rails un-
der home competition was s27 per
ton. The result was the union of
the steel rail mills IN a trust, and
the price advanced to $40 per ton,
when they can be politically pro-
dueed at $50. The railway compan-
les which consume steel rails refused
to buy at the advanced price of the
combine, and the mills have been
closed to eoerce purchasers to pay
the extortionate price. If the duty
on steel rails was reduced to invite
importation whenever the price ex-
ceeded $50, every steel rail mill
would be in operation to-day, en-
pIoying their industry and the con-
sumers of steel rails would be regu-
lar buyers.
Whenever trust or combine is
bred by the tariff, it is noticeable that
the duties are excessive, and there
can be no mistake in the reduction
of duties where legitimate competi-
ton is destroyed by extortionate
eombinations.-Phi Philadelphia Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

The Republicans in this State are
leaving no stone unturned to secure
the underholt on the Democratic
party. Well, let them have it. We
can give them both underholts and
then throw them so hard that the
people in other States will think
all the dynimite in the world had
been collected and exploded in West
Virginia This State will go Demo
cratic. Stick a pin there:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

Gov Wilson las csdered troops
TO Losau count, 10 protect the poo
Iss from tho Ker.tuclxy outlaws, who
have been numbering and robbing
the people along the Big Sandy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
.Note on .Runninq Trnins.


A Ii persons are hereby warned from
u hunting, shooting, fowling, riding,
driving or otherwise tresPassing upon
my lands in Arbuckle district, Mason
county. West Virginia, under the pen
alties prescribed by law, which intend
to fully enforce against every one.
Nov 2-6t Jas. W. LONG.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
TRusTEE,s SALE.

I N pursuance OF the terms and provis-
/ ions of decd of trust executed by
Charles b. Waggener, to the undersigned
trustee, bearing date on the LIST day of
December, 1887, and recorded in the
Clerks Office of the County Court of
Deed Book NJ. 10, page So5, &c, 1 shall,
On the 2Slh day of February.
1SSS, at the store-room lately occupied
by said Waggener, in the town of Point
Pleasant, Nest Virginia. proceed to sell
bxsway OF public auction. for cash, all of
the goods, wares and merchandise there
remaining in said store-room; sale to
commence at O'Clock, P. Nc
G. B. THOMAS, Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

The worst enemies of protection
are the monopolies and trusts. I'm
less the war tariff howlers concede
point or two, and that soon, the
feeling may be wrought up
to. the point of overthrowing the
whole system. We want protection.
We don't want the trusts.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

Senator Jones (rep.,) of Nevada,
says Senator Hale;s attack ON the
President has united the democrats
in support of the administration.
Ii the Republican party means
business why doesn't it stop max
ing an ass of itself?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

And now comes tile Lead Trust to
keep up with the combines of the
country. Well, the more there are
and the more they extort from con
sumers, the sooner will the people
finish the job by the overthrow OF
all of them.-Lnder.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

If the Republican party won't
bury the war issues the people will
bury the Republican party.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

Notwithstanding the boasted salu-
brlty of the climate of California the
death rate at San Francisco last
year was nearly 1s per 900.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
Commissioners Sale.
Margaret a. q. Barbee,
= vs..
Andrew R. Barbee. and other

Andrew r. Barbee, and others.
In Chanccry.
In the Circuit Court OF Mason county,
West Virginia.
FINDER and by virtue of the authority
u vested in us by Il decree of the cir
cult court of Mason county, West Yir-
ginia, entered in the above entitled cause
at the September term, 1887, of said
court, on the 18th day of September,
1887, we will, On Saturday. Ee 18th
day Of February, 1SSS, at 2 o'clock,
P. NJ, of that day, proceed to sell at pub
lie auction, ut the front door of the Court
House of said Mason county, the follow
ing described real estate: A certain
piece or parcel of land situate, lying
and being in the town of Point Pleasant.
Mason county, West Virginia, and
known upon the plat of said town as lot
No. ID, first tier, containing one acre
more or less.
TERMS OF SALE.-Cash as to one-third
of the purchase money and allowing a
credit of one and two years as To the res
idue i'll equal payments. The purchaser
to execute bonds with good security for
the deferred payments, and the legal
title to said property to be retained as a
further sccurity
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

MOnopolist still cry sfree trade
in order to pocket their great profit
unseen.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

The Republicans are still organ
izing their clubs. The Democrats
are a little slow at the start, but
will be there in sufficient numbers
on that frosty November morning.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

If the wool tariff is a good thing,
we want it. Ifit increases the price
of wool. the figures ought to be
handy to show it, But they are not
forthcoming. In fact, the figures
seem to point the other way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01

There is suspicion that the steel
trust doesn't spell it's name correctly
-IHder.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
For Sale.

TIHE best mercantile business in Mason
i County, at cost. For particulars,
apply at this Office. Only those who
mean business need apply.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
ID. w. PoLSLES,
i 6 SPENCER

Special Commissioners.
I, r. Z. Mitchell; Clerk of the circuit
court of Mason county aforesaid, do
hereby certify that the above named
Special Commissioners have given bond
and security as required by law
X. E. MITCHELL, Clerk.
Jan. ll-4w
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
Notice to Trespassers.

A LII persons are hereby warned not
IL to trespass upon my lands in Lewis
and Robinson districts, either by hunt
ing, fishing, nutting, or lin any other
way. All violators of this notice viii
have the penalties of the law enforced
against them. 9. sEHoN-
sept. 2S-4w
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
. pI.tIhKui.hed cI.rsyman,. T.sti-
momy.

. pi'tihEuished cI-rsyman's Testi-
Rev II NJ Pickrns. Pr"*ldcn, OF tho
listh"tlist Protcstnnt Church OF south
sCarolipa. writes from Gr-cnvllIr:
At"ut four years ago was attacked
with whit the physicians pronounced
nrurnlgic rheumatism. accompanied with
erJsipclns Ny appetite failed me- entirely.
and had an intcrmitting pulse and very
irregular pulEations of the heart Alter.
Tihlp pain noon came int" my chrEt and
shoulders. and I he"sme 40 helpless that
could attend to M businrnr at all THE
pains wrre movable. and would sometimes
pass from one part of my boty to another
Finally the rrysipelas broke out on nay left
hand and arm. aud produced much swell
ing ] was for eighteen months afflicted
In this way. and Of course, used n great
many kinds of medicines. but nothing gave
ME relief Friends finally pcrsuaded mo
Z" try Swift's Specific noticed decided
improvement while taking the first b,ttIs
continued its use until I had taken ai1t,ut
me dozen bottles, when found myself
aonnd aud we'll again. with no sign OF dis
ease left except stiffness in my hand. a
result "f the crysirciaA. While. taking
IL" madeleine gained on an avsragr,tw0
p"unds of flesh per week ,lin:; s s q.
valuable medicine. and frequently
recommend it to my friends"
Writ" to the SWIFT SrErIFIc Co,
Atlantis. Ga for Treatise an Flcod and
skin Diseases. mailed free 70 anyone
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-02-01
Feb. l-4w
NOtice.

Notice.
THERE will beam annual meeting OF
the Stockholders of the Mason g ,uI :
IT, Agricultural and No chanicaI Associ. :
ton, at the Court House, in the town OF
Point Pleasant, on Monday, February
9Th, 1888, at o'clock, P. NJ, for the pur-
pose of electing five Directors for such
Association, and for the transaction of
such other business as may properly
come before them
H. r. HOWARD, see'y.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-07

Several Jealous papers are saying
that the new State administration is
fast filing the Offices with sup
porters Of Gen. Nichols in the
nominating convention F.; but since
the united Democracy elected the
govern we are disposed to be-
lieve that their zeal outruns their
iudgment.-N. 0. Chronicle.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-07

Mr.. Vance's Senate bill prohibit
ing fire insurance companies dis.
putting, in cases of loss by fire, the
value of buildings as fixed in the
policy of insurance, finally passed
that body yesterday BY vote Of @
to 5.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-07
ADVERTISING RATES:

transient advertisements, SfoO per
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;.alranec' Adto Ward offices, $500 in advance;
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over n ak lines. published free. Obituaries;
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NJ notice taken of Anonymous commu-
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'vI nod faith We will undertake to preserve
or return rejected manuscript. In no way
on;nions ",n of our correspondents.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-07

r,.nred at the Post Office, Abbeyiile, La
AZ second class matter.
Telegram-herald., 1888-06-30

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from Harvard Callsgs. A man Who can
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time shoala have ss many degrees a. can
ss crowded upon him. Ladies who are
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u. (Dsgling iiSssxnsr.l shils those Who
~.sh t1s degrees 10 contain prophecy
shai BE nsy hys Ia design many more
isrs-istiLls yachts vii gladly call him
Losg-iifs Designer. Ia the same way
e.sE.d othsE degrees bs crowded upon
hin Ealll hs would hardly know where
20 hale hls blnsbing faes and no one
would bsgradxs kin hia Eonors, tor has
DO aoi made us victorious on tns waters