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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-24
state Finances.

State Finances.
State Treasurer Thompson's BIZ
ennial report of the transactions of
his Office, has just been issued The
Wheeling Register in reviewing it,
says:
"Thc report is very complete in
its compilations and evidences
careful clerical work, only slightly
married by some unimportant typo
graphical errors, due TO hasty proof
reading The report is for the
fiscal years ending September 80,
1889, and September 30, 1890, show
ing by items the various sums of
money received during those peri
DDS, from whom, through what
banks and for what purpose, and
the distribution of the same and for
what purposes. These items are
not of consuming interest when
taken separately, but their compila-
ton shows that it required patient
labor to arrange them in the syste.
matte manner in which they APP
pear in the tabulated forms i'm the
report. 1t is when the footings
and totals are examined that the
figures become more interesting and
instructive, conveying to the citi-
zen who takes an interest in the
welfare of the State tangible idea
as to the honest aud faithful admin
istration of the financial department
of the government.
"The balance in the Treasury
October /, 1889, was 1886, 7O5.2 %,
while on October l, 1890, the
amount was $751; $50 SO, showing am
increase of sl65,S75.6l, for the past
year. The receipts from all sources
during 1883 Q, amounted to S1,15S,
537. go, which were increased to ST..
206,41S.36 in 1889 80. During
1889 the total disbursements were
s1,21O, 56S-94, and in 1SS9-9O they
were sl,O4O, 542.75 showing de.
crease in expenses for the past year
of sl7O,O26.19; II very creditable
exhibit indeed.
at appears from the report that
there are twenty-one banks in the
State designated as repositories for
the State funds. In the First Dis
trict the three banks are located in
in the Second District, at
Piedmont, Morgantown, Grafton,
Martinsburg, Charlestown and
MOorefield; in the Third District,
four are at Charleston, and one
each at Lewisburg and Union; in
the Fourth District, three are at
Parkersburg. two at Huntington
and one at Point Pleasant.
''At the end of the year 1899 the
balances in the banks were as fol-
ows: First District, s47, 1867;
Second, s36,916.53; Third, $780,
t74.65; Fourth, $50, 16S.3S. Total
$3.50, 7O5.22. In 1890 they
we're. First District, $4,000 ~;
Second, Sal, O31 O4; Third, s244,-
'oe.Ga, Fourth. ss6.51O.44. Total
balances, s451 ,5sO.s3.
"Insglancing over the record of
the approval of the bonds of these
banks, same date back as far as 1881.
The bonds may be just as secure to-
day as they were then, but from
business point of view would It not
be advisable to re- examine the
bonds? Many changes take place
in ten years. 1t is possible that
some Of the bondsmen may be dead.
The REGISTER makes tho suggestion
not from any knowledge 1t has that
any bond has become impaired, bpt
as a proper precautionary measure
in the interests OF the Taxpayers
and the safety of the State"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-24

Hang up your stockings, boys
and girls. and let us keep the delus-
ion. Kris Kingle has been embar-
COED by the Mckinley bill, but he
will be here all the same, in spite of
the custom house. He drives pair
of the merry coursers of the mir. his
sleigh bells jingle a tune never
heard on sea or land, and the
presents he brings were made by
angel hands in houses eternal in the
heavens.- ITetseL Democrat
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-24

The increase of the public debt in
November was over six million dol
lars, according to the latest official
bulletin. There will be more an
nouncements of this kind before the
end of the Harrison Administration
which has been the most extrava-
giant the country ever endured.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-24

The failures in financial and man.
ufacturing circles since the passage
of the Mckinley bill have been re-
markabIe, not only in numbers, bat
also in extent and Importance.
Some of the greatest firms and
largest business houses in the coun-
fsy have been the victims.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-24

Governor Fleming has issued a
writ of election for a State Senator
in the First district, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
Hon. b. J. Smith, of Hancock
county. The election will take
place on January Sd.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-24

Philip d. Armour, the great
western pork packer, and a strong
Republican, has been interviewed
In answer to the question, what
policy shall the present session of
Congress pursue? he says:
"Why, repeal the Mckinley bill
repeal it as soon as the Lord will
let them. Let them do nothing
else. Let hem repeal the Mckinley
bill Everything else will take care
of itself. ! don't think anything
about the Election bill All the
present Congress has to do is to re-
peal the Mckinley bill, and if they
don't the party is gone sure"
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Notice.

THE accounts of the foiioRing nhfnod FL.
duciaries are before inc for settIemsntl
Robert Brown and Joseph Brown, Executor
of Gideon Brown, deceased,
Given under my hand this 9th day OF
JAMES II. COUCH,
nov26t2 Commissioner of Accounts
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NOTICE.

The following fduciary accounts are before
me for settlement:
Thomas Rayburn Admir- of James r. Raw
burn deceased; a. III. Rayburn Admir- OF ia
COP Grecnlee, deceased; l.. G. SomerVille, Ad-
ministrator of Henrietta Somerville, decd:
erty, deceased
RANKIN WILEY. JR.. Cou,r
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-24

1t is well for the people to re.
member that the tariff is a tax
The poor man will be pleased to
learn that the new tariff bill reduces
the duty on seaIskin sacques from
thirty 10 twenty per cent. Having
fortified himself with this informa.
ton he will hear with equanimity,
dubtless, that the tax on cotton cor
duroy has been raised from thirty
five to seventy-five per cent, on
woolens used by workingmen
from eighty TO one hundred and ten
per cent, and on cheap black alpaca
from sixty to one hundred per cent.
Should he experience any emotion
of dissatisfaction, however, he will
be ut once reconciled when he
learns that there has been no ad-
vance whatever on back and silk
velvet, though the tax on cotton
velvet has been doubled. The lot
of the poor man will be harder, but
he has the proud satisfaction of
knowing that his rich neighbors
will not have their incomes materi-
ally diminished by the revised tariff.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-24

Said a we'll known citizen to- tho
NEWS, Mondayi "po you know
that the credit system is the ruina]
ton of this country" We told him
that we thought We did.-Rarensl
rood Ners.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-24

I DESIRE to inform the public that have
i opened Restaurant and Boarding House
IN the rooms lately occupied by l.. Newton.
L Will keep the best of every thing the market
iHorus Meals Mt all hours. Give me call.
decl1tf Il. L. MUSCfRAXE.
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NOTICE

an msirepy SVEN that the undersigned will
w Mest virginia at it next regular session 10
~ H y. ~ ts year 1871 for the pass, ee OF an
Acts OF lIei. OF the OneFal Assembiy Of VIZ
Ti1ltbiiia, plsseA on the 18th day OF December.
81 gu tile General Assembly ofsaId state issaS
paestl on the alth day 81 Narci, issl aud y,
pteisss.nt IN Virginia '-to that OF .sha Tolvns
~ fg ~ iEieasant aud TO designate the i'm
iIn ~ nnld town as they now exist ana ~,
pEe,sseFlDe Rnd define the powers and sinties
OF the authorities thereof, fN eAs'Sf
w, n, GUM.
decl7wt JnHN g. sroRrz,
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viii Not Stand it Any Longer,

A Ii persons are hereby notified not to
n trespass upon my lands in Lewis.
Cooper and Arbuckle Districts, by hunt,
ing, nutting, fishing, berrying, or by
taking chickens, corn, tools, IRON OF
other property, for l will proset ute to
the full extent of the law. any person
found so trespassing on any al INV
lands or premises. g. c. MILLER
nov. 20 ly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-24

Sometime there will be fine bust.
ness blocks on Main street, both
sides from Kanawha to the bridge
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-24
NOTICE.

Nh T. annual mecting of the Shareholder.
of the Merchants National Bank of West
Virginia at Point Pleasant, Will be held at
Their banging house in Point Pleasant, ON
tuesday, the 18th day of January, 1891. nj 10
O'Clock, n. M, for the election Cif Directors
and such other business as may loo thought
deeIswi T. srRIRnINci. r.nshreu-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-12-24
Stand From Under.

TlRESPASSING in any manner, either
i by hunting, shooting, ranging, trap
ping, fishing, berrying, nutting, or cut.
ting timber, is hereby strictly forbidden
on our premises il Arbuckle and Union
Districts, without our consent, as we are
determined to prosecute all, without re-
gard to who they may be, who violate
this notice. JOHN ARMSTRONG,
novelty. G. w. MAUPIN.
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Go tosteinbach, the white barber
for Yoar barbcring.
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WANING.

certain parties do not cease trespassing
l and committing depredations on my prop
trent them to q surprise.
decl3-2w C. w. JAMESON.
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TRBsRAssIYY@.
Trespass Notice

a LII persons are hereby warned not To en-
a ter upon or trcspass upon my lands i'm
artDnckle District, by passing over, hunting,
, nsnins, hultlng, herryine, or In other man.
less hrst Obtaining my permission
mayli-lypd- JOHN zMcCAUSLAND
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RESTAuRATu,

A SMALL lot OF household goods, the
"A property of Mrs. Henrietta Hall. In
quirc of j. w. BRYAN.
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Notice of First Meeting of
Stock nnIflRrs

A Certificate of Incorporation having been
a issued by the Secretary of State OF the
state OF West Virginia, bearing date the 2nd
day of DECEMBER, ls9O, to the Point Pleasant
Hoard OF Trade, we, the corporators named
IN the agreement recited in the said certifi-
cate, do appoint Tuesday, December 30 1890.
at O'Clock, j. IN, as the time, and the May
ors once, in the town of Point Pleasant,
West Virginia, as the place, for holding y
general meeting OF the Stockholders 10 elect
q Hoard of Directors, make bylaws and
transact any other business which may law
fully be done bysaid stockholders in general
meeting.
Subscriptions to the capital stock of said
corporation can be made at the Office OF DIR.
ID. w Petty, in said town.
Given under our hands this 18th day of De-
cember, lS9O. J. =. SPENCER
JOHN q. SFORTZ.
81. FRIEDMAN.
II. FRANKLIN.
JOHN N. ADKINS,
q, I. HESS.
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S2oO.Oo Reward

] will pay the above reward for tLe
apprehension and conviction of the per.
son or persons who set fire to and de.
stroyed my barn situated in MERGERS
Bot Bottom ON. ]. NJ. Fl. BEALE.
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Notice No Trespassers.

A LII persons are hereby warned not to tres.
- pass upon my lands in Lewis and Robs
ipsOn districts, either by hunting, fishing,
nutting or In any other way, All vfOfateFs
of this notice viii have the penalties of the
law enf9reed against them. G. SEHON.
sept 2Ss4w,
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TWO dwelling houses, in Extension. In
i qnire OF j. w. BRYAN.
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stocIshoItIers- NIecting.

M Office is hereby given that the Annual
j v Meeting of the Stockholders of the New
Haven Coal Mining Company will he held nj
the office of the company In New Haven, w.
Va, on the Second Monday In January, 1891.
dec2I-2w j. G. CUNDIFF, sec'y
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NOTICE

I HAVE this day sold my entire stock of
i goods to j. w. Hanly, and hereafter lie will
carry on the business for himself at my old
stand, and hope by strict attention and fair
dealing he will get his proportion OF the trade.
December q. lsoo.w2 -
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-18
TO BE CONTINUED.
Simple Sick Room remedies.

Simple things are often OF much
benefit. and lemons and common table
salt have much that is useful about
them. Lemen juice and water with
out sugar will oftentimes relieve one
of n severe headache in short time,
and half gill of lemon juice taken
three times day in little water, is
very good for rheumatism. Nothing
is SO acceptable to feverish person as
lemonade and for cough that refuses
to be quieted have tried the following
preparation with success. Take the
white of an egg. beaten stiff; then add
the juice of lemon in which two or
three Jumps of loaf sugar have been
dissolved and keeping it near at hand
take teaspoonful of it at time until
relieved. One may. with much COM
fort, add to it one teaspoonful or more
of the best Santa Cruz rum. A very
good way of preparing lemons when
they are plenty, is to put them on in
cold water letting them boil until they
are soft; then squeeze the juice from
them, getting more than in any other
way, and adding sugar to thy taste. or
to every half pint of juice put one
pound of loaf sugar and bottle. An
other comfortable use for lemon is to
bind thin slice upon corn that is
troublesome mt night and repeat once
or twice. 1t will entirely remove the
soreness. Then if thy hands are
stained from medicine or any other
cause. rubbing them with the lemon
after the juice is mostly extracted, will
restore them. Table linen or any such
articles that have become stained can
be restored by the application of lemon
juice and table salt, then placed in the
sun. Claret stains can also be re-
moved by rubbing in at once table salt;
and stains of blood may be removed by
rubbing dry starch in at once, aud re-
peating it.
We are all apt to overlook the bcne-
fits we can secure from the use of these
common articles; but In salt we have
most useful remedy, as we'll as one
always at hand. For sore throats.
now so prevalent, a teaspoonful of salt
dissolved in half tumblerful of water,
and used as gargle, is very efiicacious.
lt can be used once an hour or oftener.
or three times n day, as needed. In
attacks of bleeding at the lungs salt
taken dry is often benefit. Salt and
water, If held in the mouth, will at
times relieve toothache, or camphor
can be added to II and applied.
Salt and cider vinegar will cure
chronic diarrhea. and salt and pepper
is often given by sea captains, for such
trouble at sea. A mixture of the white
Of an egg and salt. IL applied in time,
disperse felon. and the coating of an
egg shell isvery good for a boil.- Good
Housekeeping.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-18
Reading Indiana Character.

One afternoon a number Of us were
sitting on the verandah of the tavern
in town in Indiana, says writer in
the New York San, when a farmer
drove up with some bags of apples to
sell. 1t was plain enough to all that
he was drinking man, and after look
ing him over the major said:
"Human nature, when under the in
fucnce of liquor is queer thing"
Eyes" replied two or three, as in
duty bound.
Some men. as they come under the
influence break down and weep, while
others become ugly and want to fight
I can read that mans character like
book. Get him half drunk and
he would fall to weeping"
IL don't know about that" replied
one of the crowd. HE might be in
clined to raise row."
BEG pardon, but never yet made
n mistake" said the major.
Il think you have in this case" pro-
tested the other.
II will prove, sir, that have not"
The farmer was already in the bar
room and had just taken a drink when
Tue naiNl IL lllllt lilh Ou
agricultural matters, and invited him
to drink again.
Thanks. Don't koer Y l do" was
the answer, as he poured out and
swallowed four fingers of old rye.
He began to feel it right off, and
commenced Dragging and boasting.
He forgot his errand entirely, and.
after wrangling with the landlord for a
quarter of an hour, getting drunken all
the while. he came out on the verandah
looking as ugly as bear with sore feet.
Where in blazes is that red-headed,
lop-shouldered old scarecrow who was
asking rne about cornP" he demanded.
I'm the individual" replied the
major.
''Oh, Jou are! Then kin lick you
with my ears pinned backl Say, you
insulted me!'
ooh, no, SIR"
"Yes. you did, and I'm going to lick
your
With that he grabbed the major,
chair and all, and flung both over the
railing to the ground, and was going
after them to drive our man into tho
ground when prevented. 1t took a
constable and two citizens to arrest
him, and when he had sobered up u
little I've tore out one wall of the town
lookup and went home whooping like
an Indian.
How is it, MAORI" was asked of the
character reader as we got him to bed
and rubbed IMMINENT on his back and
shoulders.
"Well, boys" he faihtly replied, II
don't believe l was mistaken in the
man, but the landlord must have given
him the wrong stuff. / thought at the
time that it smelled like chain lightning
playing circus in an ole hay-mow, and
now believe it was. Do you find any
broken ribs sticking out?n
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-18

every easily. You see / had bought
large tracts of lands from the railroad COM
pany and they were under some obliga-
tons TO me. / asked for honest rates to
bring settlers in. At first l could not get
rates that would justify me in bringing
them. But after great deal of consulta-
ton, we arranged with different railways
and line of steamers, until the fare was
just seven dollars per head by the family"
''These buildings, how did you arrange
for them?"
There again the railroads helped me. I
got rates for everything. Each house as 1t
stands cost me fifteen dollars. The tenants
built them, themselves"
'How will you ever get your money
backy" l asked.
Each man is hired by the year, until
the land begins to produce something,
then they will rent. Whatever 1 pay for
building or living expenses is kept from
the wages"
What do they live on' / see the land
has just been broken"
"You have seen the little provision store
and postofiice; well, that is kept by my
agent and an account is kept with each
tenant of the amount of provisions he is in
debt for. 1t is brought here from various
places"
"Do you furnish the farm implements"
l asked.
"Yes, furnish everything; but get a
discount on large purchases and reduced
rates on railroads. so it is not SO expensive
as it seems at first sight"
"You see this is fine SOIL" he said, lift
ing a handful and examining it,
at is fine, rich, sandy loam," 1 said.
"Then this is the fine country where the
great desert used TO be. The home of the
buffalo and roaming red skins has been re-
deemed and is now being purchased by
English and American landlords at rapid
rate"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-18
A Japanese Tattooer.

A Japanese tattooer of great skill
and reputation has just opened studio
in Hong Kong. He receives his visitors
in a small office full of fans. screens,
topsy-turvy pictures, and sharp corners.
On big table in the middle of the
room are pattern-books. The visitor
tells whether he wishes a humorous,
pathetic, sentimental or religious en-
blem tattooed on his person, and ac-
cording to his answer, receives a
volume of humorous. pathetic, senti-
mental. or religious designs for exami-
nation. Most persons choose none of
these designs because they are too ex-
pensive. The tattooing with repre-
sensations of animals is the cheapest
and most popular. A butterfly costs
but 81; three butterflies, 1925; five
butterflies, S. A dragon, the most ex-
pensive animal, costs $25.
After the customer has chosen his
design the tattooer leads him to the
Operating-room over the door of which
while / am drunk The customer lies
on a couch and bares the limb on
which the design is to be done. The
operator then pricks in the skin with
fine needles the lines of the animal or
scene ordered. He applies little
colored powder and pinch of vaseline
to the spot he has pricked, and the job
is doze. He can pick three butterflies
in about forty minutes. The execution
of big dragon, however, occupies five
hours. A day or two after the opera
ton the skin about and above the de-
sign comes off and all the lines become
clear.
The masterpiece of the japanese tat
tooer is the representation of little fan
covered with human figures. This bit
of tattooing adorns the forearm Of
a young Englishwoman in Hong Kong.
The operator himself hasn't an un-
adorned square inch on his body.
Snakes. birds, cattle, women, picnics.
dinner parties, and steamships in wild
hodge-podge cover his back. chest,
legs, and arms. His income from his
business is about $4,000 year.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-18

leave my leafy home, and next turned
up in Washington Territory as a school
teacher Here l wrote in verse
sketch of Joaquin Marietta. In 1866,
when lawyer and County Judge of
Grant county, Ore, published this
poem in Portland, Ore, along with
some other verses and called the little
book joaquin ct al" At the same
time it was still vaguely limited that I
was the original Joaquin Marietta. My
horsemanship and knowledge of Span
ish gave color to this and even when u
candidate in the holly contested cleo
ton for Judge, this charge was brought
up. This poem is now called Cali
forniG" in Songs of the Sierras."
Third, was almost compelled to ac-
cept the name joaquin" after pub
lished joaquin ct al." To have tried
to deny or explain would have made
matters worse and so l at once. 1867,
took the name and tried to make it re-
spectacle. / can only add that am
not the robber Joaquin Marietta and
also should like to add that / should
count it no great reproach were it so,
for he was driven to his bloody deeds
and was not bad at heart.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-18
The Popular Woman.

Who is the popular woman of todaye
says the New York Star.
She is the one who wears well-fitting
clothes and never minds telling the
name of her dressmaker.
She is the one who sees the possibili,
ties of bashful young man and cul.
tivates him when everybody counts him
a bore.
She is the one who may believe in
Christian science OF mind cure, or a
special way % remove freckles, or the
Turkish bath. or in not wearing cor
sets. but who doesn't give dissertations
on these subjects and insist on convert.
ing you.
She is the one who never makes you
conscious of the amount of money she
has or her lack of it.
She is the one who, when you are q
guest in her house, makes you feel that
she has simply been waiting for this
opportunity to be happy, and that you
are the honored guest.
She is the one whose hair doesn't
come down, or whose frock doesn't tear
when she is some place where it is not
easy to fix it.
She is the one whose children are
seen but not heard.
She is the one who doesn't tell peo-
pie unpleasant things, and if she has
bad opinion of any body sums it all by
saying. II do not like her." and gives
no further explanation.
She is the one who is loyal to her
friends, ignores her enemies, and loves
her husband and children.
She is the best type of the American
woman.