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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09

Here, it will soon Be time for the
Spring election, aud osr. Council
men will be candidates for re-elect-
ion, but unless they loo& after the
pavement on the East side of Main
street, between 18th and 9th, a little
better than they have, We are afraid
they will not get the undivided sup
port of the voters on these two
squares. The pavement is as bad
as the middle of the street, and
when the sun comes out of a morn
ing and thaws, it is very nearly i'm
passabIe-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09

AS announced Che River Division
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road was formally opened on Mon
day. The bridge at Cincinnati is
conpfeted ind has been turned over
to the company. Local trains arc
now trimming from Huntington to
Cincinnati, and the regular schedale
is being prepared, and soon alb the
trains of this road will be running
that way.
Consumpttorf S6frely Cured.
To THE EyfroR-Please inform your
feaders that have a positive remedy
for the above named disease. BY its
timely use thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently cured. l shall
be glad TO send two bottles of my RENE
dy FREE to any of yotr readers who have
consumption if they will send me their
express and post Office address.
Respectfully,
T. A. SLOCUM, NJ. c., Isl Pearl ST..
New York. jan 8 SO 1y
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09
LOCALS.


Messrs. Bryan & Bryan, the pop
uplar Insurance Agents, inform us
that the sanborn Publishing Co, of
New York City, have just compile
ted a map of this town, to be used
by our insurance men. The map is
very correct, and will be litho-
graphed aud sold to the INSURANCE
Companies represented here, and
our Agents will be furnished map
free of charge. This is certainly a
hice thing, for as the buildings are
arbitrarily numbered, it enables the
Companies to know exactly what
kind of risk they are carrying;
and it also saves the Agents lots of
time and vexation in diagraming
every risk submitted.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09

DEER KILLED=Un December 81,
1888, on the firm of his son, VIM.
j. Keister, in MERGERS Bottom, this
county, J. T. Kiester, ESD who is
T2 years old, shot and killed a large
buck, with rife at distance of so
yards. This is a remarkable feat
for so old man, particularly WREN
lie had to look at the sights ON the
rife through spectacfcS. It has
been many year since a deer has
been killed in this county. We con-
gratulate the old gentleman ON his
steady nerve. May he live for ma
ny years to come.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09

Merchants are happy now. When
Republican asks them to fsil IN
the price of wooden goods they
blandly reply al know the price is
too high, but You see the tariff must
be paid" Then the protectionist
goes down in his pocket and pays
the price without another word.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09

A SAD CAsB-Pomeroy Tetegraphi
Charles Sayre, who went from Lee
tart, West Virginia, to the mining
regiuns of the West, several years
ago, returned recently complete
wreck. his constitution having been
shattered by lead poison. His mind
is also destroyed. After exhausting
the medical skill Of the vicinity Of
Letart, without relief, Daniel Sayre
and C. W. Sayte. brothers of the
unfortunate tnahJ and Benjamin
jdnes; d brother-in-law, left with
him for Cincinnati Saturday morn
ing on the Bostdnai to sake relief in
that city. The victim of the mines
Of the West is about AZ years Of age,
and was in robust health when he
left this country first.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09

DEAD.-Mrs. Caroline Christy,
aged 65 years, wife of Capt. Sam.
Christy, died at her home in the
town of Maiden; Friday, after q
long and painful illness. She was d
christian lady, highly esteemed and
loved by all who knew her.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09

The pavement has been repaired
in front Of Hein's new building
The people have born this inconvc.
nfence With commemorate patience,
and will be glad to put up with
more OF it, if others will put up as
fine buildings as Capt. Helms has
done.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09

A WAeER.-Wm. J. keister, Esq,
of this county. offers to stake $500
that he can with his pack Of hounds
outrrn any pack in Mason county,
West Virginia, or GalIia county
Ohio, after red fox. If proposition
is accepted, the date and course will
be hereafter announced Hcre is a
chance for the sporting people to
have some fun. You can rely upon
the fact that Efr. Keister means
just what he says.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09

County Court met in regular $685.
ion last Monday. But we are una
ble to give any of its proceedings
this week. Capt. Raymond was
elected President, ahd wears his
honors with becoming dignity.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09

IaIl IHf-
There is a superstition among old
river men, that one steamboat disas-
ter always brings another; that cas-
ualties of this sort never come sing
". Two terrible disasters on the
lower Mississippi within the past
few days sseth to verify this super
stiticn:
Abner YanMatrs lost 4 vallabls
mule by death last Sunday. This a
serions loss to him, as it breaks up
his team. But he is an enefgstie
fellow and will hot stand round
with his hands in his pockets, be-
moaning his l5ss, bat win soon have
another team.
New PApER-Ned: S. Maxbn; has
commenced the publication of tks
Saturday Buckeye, at Gallipolis, the
first number of which is on our TIA
BILE, and makes a very creditable
appearance, and is quite newsy.-
Fed Is a good newspaper man, and
we wish him abundant success.
County Court met in regular $685.
ion last Monday. But we are una
bis to give any of its proceedings
this week. Capt. Raymond was
elected President, attd wears his
honors with becoming dignity.
The Point PLEASANT REGISTER is
very roundI3 cursed by some of
Judge Jackson's friends whose pb.
liticaI methods ars as bad their con-
sciences.
Jackson Herald.
Let them curse. Who eares2@
We don't.
DEAD.-Mrs. Caroline Christy,
aged 65 years, wife of Capt. Sam.
Christy, died at her home in the
town of Maiden; Friday, after q
long and painful illness. She was a
christian lady, highly esteemed and
loved by all who knew her.
A special term of the United
States Court, convened at Charles
ton, January 9Th. The probabili.
ties are, that it is after the illegal
voter.
In spite of the continued snub-
bling of this place by the railroads,
Point Pleasant is destined to be-
come an important railroad point in
spite of them.
We direct attention to the adver-
tisement of the Pomeoroy Coffin
Factory-B. F. Biggs, Proprietor
in this issue, telling what they have
to sell. Mr.. Blggs is known to our
people as square business man.
The boys ali SHY the New Years
Ball, given ut the Storth House; Vas
a phenomenal success. The next
one will be a fancy dress ball, and
will be- given on the a2d of Februa-
ry, next
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-09

The Point Pleasant REGISTER is
very roundI5 cursed by some of
Judge Jackson's friends whose pb.
liticaI methods airs as bad their con
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-25
sUNFLowERs FOR POULTRY.

The mammoth Russian SunflOwer
has but one large bud at the top,
which when half grown turns up
side down, which completely pro-
tects its seed from those little depre-
dators, the English sparrow and the
yellow birds, that are so fond of it.
For this reason, poultrymen should
not plant anything but the mann
moth Russian variety
All who raise poultry should have
a supply of sunf1owers for their
fowls, who should begin to feed on
them as soon as the seeds are fully
matured. They will produce four
times as much nutriment for fowls
to the square acre as Indian corn,
and are better suited to the health of
fowls than any grain. Bend down a
few of the stalks two or three times
a week and let the fowls pick the
seeds out; it will be good, healthy
employment for them. In addition
to the supply of food they offer, they
afford a shade from the heat in sum-
mer which is very desirable
Single heads of the mammoth
Russian sunflower measure from six
teen to twenty-four inches in diane
ter. The seeds fatten poultry and
give them a bright, lustrous plum
age, which indicates a healthy con-
dition. 1t is the most remarkably
productive food known, and can be
raised cheaper than corn. 1t is &C
knowledged to be an article Of value
wherever grown Poultry Bulletin.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-25

scheme means the revolution of the
oil business.
Prof W. T. Hornaday of the Smith
sonian Institute is preparing a paper
on the determination of the American
bison. The professor estimates that
there is a grand total of less than
$50 buffaloes, wild and domesticated,
on all the American continent, where
less than a quarter of a century ago
they ranged the plains in countless
thousands.
Thursday morning between two
and three O'Clock, in a small village
in Westfield, Mass, Joseph King, a
respectable whip maker aged rs, was
shot in his bed by his son Edward,
aged A. Rushing from this act, in
spite of his mothers entreaties, the
murderer tried to gain entrance to
the room of his aunt whom he design
ed to kill also but did not succeed.
He then ran from the house which he
had first of all set fire, and later in
the morning took his own life by
shooting, not far from the house.
Joseph King was for fifty years a
whip manufacturer of Westfeld where
he stood well in the esteem of the
people, and his son was at one time
his partner, but by his drinking hab-
its nearly ruined the business. He
was crazed by cider at the time OF
this horrible crime, a condition he
kept himself in most of the time by
his constant drinking. He had drank
four barrels of cider since early fall.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-25
Sheriff's Sale.

The following land. premises taken
writ of execution in favor of Ida NJ. Nc
Laughlin of st. Johnsbury in the county of
Caledonia, and against w. IL. B. Weeks of
St Johnsbury in said county, issued by Albro
F. Nichols, county clerk within and for said
county, demanding in damages the sum of
five hundred twenty-Tine dollars and eighty
three cents, and twenty-four dollars and six
teen cents costs, and fifty cents more for said
writ of execution, and so much of said land
and premises as rights, interest and equity
of redemption of the said w. H. b Weeks as
will be necessary to satisfy said execution
with the legal costs the law directs, will
be sold by at public auction for cash to
the highest bidder at the dwelling house on
said premises in the town of Peacham, on the
18th day of May, 1889, at two O'Clock in the
afternoon; to wit: Being the same land and
premises decided to w. II. B. Weeks by Julia
d. Weeks, contains 81 acres more or less and
recorded in land records of Peacham, Vol 6,
Page 10 Described as follows: Being the
land and premises decided by H. b. Weeks to
H. S. Cook, by deed dated April "a, 1882,
and recorded in Vol II, Page 335, of said
land records. Also quit claimed by said H
c. Cook by deed dated April "a, 1852. said
deed recorded in Vol. IA, Page $50, of Peach
am land records, to which reference is given
for a more perfect description of said premises.
Dated at Peacham, this 9th day of April,
A. d. 1889
Dos w n WEST Sheriff
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-25
THE CRUEL CHECK.

The late Sir Arthur Help said ::
Whenever see horses suffering fl ON
a too tight check rein | know the
owneris unobservant, cruel or pOmp-
Gus. Heis unobservant, or he would
know that his horses are suffering !;
he is ignorant, or he would know
that horse loses much of its power
pulling and cannot recover himself if
he stumbles, and he is cruel if, OBJ
serving and knowing, he does not
remedy it" Besides destroying grace
and ease of motion (Which the con-
straint of the tight check rein must
do the poor animal, while standing,
suffers increasingly with nervousness
and restlessness, which find vent in
involuntary movements which call
forth punishment from the ignorant
driver. Those who own draft horses
would do we'll to consider the tax
which the check rein adds to the ami
mails burden. Many a tired horse,
not thus fettered, droops his head
while waiting, and so obtains the
rest which helps to repair his wasted
energy before he again starts on his
toilsome journey. Even a loose
check rein must prevent the horse
from obtaining complete rest, and
we must conclude that this strap is
cruel, just in proportion as it prevents
his head from falling into its natural
position IN " Herald
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-25
RAILROAD NEWS.

In accordance with the conditions
named in the foreclosure proceedings
against the Burlington and Lamoille
railroad instituted by the holders of
the mortgage bonds the Central Yer
mont railroad company Will take
possession of the road the first day
of next month, interest having been
defaulted for q number of years.
On Aug. 10, 1887, Edwin H. Ames
of Worcester, Mass, and his cousin,
Winifred Ames, while driving across
the track of the Boston and Albany
railroad at North Grafton, were
struck by an express train. The
young man was instantly killed and
the girl was permanently injured.
Suit for $4,000 damages was
brought in each case against the
road. The suits have been settled
1t is understood that the road pays
ST., 500 on both.
1t Is currently reported, and
thought to be on reliable authority,
that the Concord railroad is to CON
solidate with the Northern railroad
and all its branches. If the deal is
closed, a four-1nile stretch of track
Henniker, striking the HillsborO
branch of the Concord and Clare
mont, forming Il means of reaching
Boston via Peterborough, Whining
ton and Nashua and Acton roads
1t is contemplated to push the Sun
cook Valley road from Barnstead to
Alton and Alton to Laconia."
The locomotive A G. Darwin of
the Strong locomotive company,
which recently made the round trip
from Jersey City to Buffalo, with a
heavy express train each way, a dis
tance of $40 miles, without a mis-
hap, has several advantages over the
ordinary locomotive, which the in
ventor thinks will revolutionize the
fast express business all over the
country. The engine has two fire
boxes which, it is claimed, gives
greater steam generating power, and
on long runs allows the cleaning of
one box while the other is still in use
Double instead of single valves are
used and the engine weighs 6S tons
exclusive of the tender, which weighs
40 when full of coal
IN SiNSiI am OSid piOJSNlSdbNN Liz
Russian government, and spoken of
variously as the ''Obi railroad" the
siberian Pacific railroad" etc, will
be, if completed, the longest single
line of railway in the world. The
country which this line will open up
for commercial purposes is vast in
extent and practically untouched
thus far, no commerce existing ex-
cept what is carried on by most
primitive methods. The road will
extend from Tiumen, in Western ST.
IBERIA, to VladivostOck, a Russian
port on the Pacific coast, distance
of 1000 miles The cost Is estimated
at between $4,000 and $40, 700
per mile. The greater part of the
proposed route presents few engi-
neering difficulties, the chief of these
being bridges of great size, which
must be built over the great rivers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-25

ment for Mrs. Burdette, and shortly
afterwards made our home in Ard
more Here, wearied with the long
struggle with pain and helplessness,
Her Little Serene Highness fell asleep;
and as close this paper, l miss the
loving collaboration that with so
much of grace and delicacy would
have better prepared these pages for
the reader The first throb of liter
airy ambition, my earliest and later
successes, so far as l have been sue
cessful, whatever words of mine men
may be pleased to remember most
pleasantly, whatever of earnestness
and high purpose there is in my life,
whatever inspiration l ever had or
have that enters into my work and
makes it more worthy of acceptance,
owe to the gentlest, best, and wisest
of critics and collaborators, a loving,
devoted wife And if ever | should
win one of the prizes which men some
times give to those who amuse them,
the wreath should be placed, not on
the head of the jester who laughs and
sings, but on the brows of her who
inspired the mirth and the song
Robert j. Burdette, in Lippincott's
Magazine
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-25
ALLEGED HUMOR.

No flies on him-Flies do not both
er the busy man. Philadelphia Call.
"Have you anything to offer the
court" said the judge. mo, your
honor, my lawyer took my last cent, ;"
replied the prisoner.
Justice-Did you ever take an oath,
madam? Witness Indignantly
No, sir! I'd slap the mans face who
swore in my presence.-[ Burlington
Free Press.
"What were you thrashing your
boy for last night? ?" asked neigh
Dor of Mr.. Caution. wild oats"
was the old mans reply Pitts
burg Chronicle
Minister from the pulpit)-"As the
air in the church seems chilly,
would ask the sexton if he will kindly
close the front doors and windows
of the building? The collection will
now be taken. u Harper's Bazaar.
Sick man-Is this the Westend san
itarinm? New girl (mystifed This
is Dr. Blank house Eyes, but does
he not take sick people to nurse
sometimes ?'' ooh ! maybe he does
There's two or three skeletons in the
back Office Phila, Record.
1t was Go.-Young Mr.. Brokaw
(who believes in doing everything in
business-like way Miss South
mayd, am matrim onially Inclined
You are my choice above all women.
l desire to marry you. Is it a go?
Miss Southmayd freezingly)-Yes,
sir. There is the door, Burlington
Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-25
UM-JAM VALLEY.

I'm the secluded Jim-Jam Valley of
San BernardinO mountains, remark
ed Joe Joachinson, the pioneer of San
Bernardino, to reporter, there are
the most marvellous mirages known
to the world. The wonderful mirage
of the Mojave desert have been talk
ed about a great deal, and they are
entitled to all the prominence they
have had. But those of Jim am Val
ley are far more wonderful than
these. 1t is called Jim-Ja am Valley be-
cause of the strange things seen there,
and | defy any man, however sound
of mind he may be, to go in there and
not think he has got 'em before he
gets out.
This valley is about twenty-five
miles long by fifteen miles wide. 1t
is uninhabited. 1t is bordered by the
main San Bernardino range on the
east, and by a spur of the Sierra
Magdalenas on the west There is
no well-defned trail through the
heart of it. The valley is desert.
The surrounding mountains are ter
ribly separated and cut up. The
peaks are jagged. Altogether the
surroundings are very weird and for
bidding.
Leaving Fisk's ranch on the trail
at the foot of the Sierra Magdalenas,
you climb an easy grade to Dead
Mans pass, the entrance to the val
ley. Go on in and pretty soon you
see lakes and running rivers, and
green borders and flying water fowl.
Willows spring up here and there and
there in the distance you see water
lilies. What you behold contrasts
finely with the rugged mountains,
and you are charmed with it and go
on thinking you have struck an
earthly paradise. Indian camps APP
pear in view, and 1.-THE oarsmen pro-
pei fantastic craft upon the waters.
Advancing still further, you see dim
outlined forms, things whose out
lines you can hardly express IN words.
''SOmber countenances CLEAN at
you from the air above The lakes
and rivers and the pallid faces shift
and change before your eyes Some
times a dozen of the more or less
dimly outlined forms may be seen
and the pantomine reminds you of a
strange hobgoblin dance Some
times a storm brews in the valley
and then the scene is all the more ter
rible. Forked lightning blazes about,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-25
HORSEBACK RIDING.

''Horse and Stable" has the follow
ing to say in regard to the benefit to
health from horseback riding: ga
Shuman, the big clothing dealer of
Boston, has been troubled with a dis
ease that disturbed his sleep greatly,
but few months in the saddle com
pletely cured him. He feels twice the
man he was. Ten years ago one of
the best known men in Boston was
SO troubled with dyspepsia that he
hated himself. None of the insurance
companies would take him as a risk,
and now he is sound as a nut and as
happy as king, and all from horse
back riding. Equestrianism is more
than a fad; it is a common-sense rec
reation which more persons can af
ford than think they could, if they
only would figure the cost. If people
would ride more they will be happier
and live longer. Horseback riding
is getting down among the people
where it belongs, and it is not and
will not be forever the exclusive prop
erty of the rich"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-25
NOTICE.
Sale of land taken upon Execution.

The following described land and premises
taken upon n writ of execution in favor of
Mary a. Woods of Barnet, in the county of
Caledonia, and against James McGill of Rem
ington, in the county of Jasper and state of
Indiana issued by F. w. Mason, Esquire
one of the Justices of the Peace within and
for the county of Caledonia, demanding in
damages the sum of sixty four dollars and
fifty-five cents, and five dollars and seventy
three cents costs of suit, with twenty-five
cents more for said writ of execution. And
so much thereof as will be necessary to satisfy
said execution the law directs will be sold
by me at public auction for cash to the high
est bidder at the Town Clerks Office in the
town of Waterford on the Sth day OF May,
A d. 1889, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, to
wit:
One piece of land containing about acres,
the same more or less in lot No. 3 in the 4th
Range in said town of Waterford, and being
the same land and premises decided to said
lanes McCSill by Betsey @. Fisher by her deed
dated the Odd day of June, 1864, said decd
recorded in Vol 4, Page 27S, of Land Re-
cords of said town of Waterford. Also one
other piece of land containing about acres,
the same more or less, in Lot No. in the Sd
Range in said town, and being the same land
and premises decided to said James McGill by
Jonathan Ross, by his deed dated the 10th
day of October, 500, and recorded in Vol.
13 Page 453, of Land Records of said town.
Reference is hereby made to both of said deeds
and the records thereof for more complete
and full description of the same.
Dated at Waterford, this / 9th day of April,
A. d. 1889.
t1O1 LORENZO SULLOWAY, Jr. Sheriff.