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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-05-27
An Architectural WONDER.

In addition to the tallest mountain in
the world, India boasts of the most
beautiful building, the finest echo, the
taliest column, and the largest church
IN the world. or course, the all absorb
ing object of interest to tourists is that
marvellous building, the Tai MalIal, at
Agra. The Tai is undeniably the great
est architectural wonder in the world
to-day. In regard to color and design,
the interior ranks first in the world foI
purely decorative Workmanship, while
the perfect symmetry of the exterior
can never he forgotten by the beholder,
nor the aerial grace of its domes, rising
like marble bubbles into the clear sky.
or it Bayard Taylor said: If there were
nothing else III India, this alone would
repay the journey. The distant view of
this matchless edifice satisfied me that
its fame is well deserved. So pure. So
Gloriously perfect did it appear to me
that almost feared to approach it,
lest the charm should be broken. Tie
main quadrangle, 1000 by 1, 760 feet. Is
OF red sandstone, finely carved and
trimmed with marble. Upon entering
the quadrangle by the entrance from
the preliminary court without the
visitor finds himself in a charming gar
den laid out with trees, shrubs, flowers.
fountains. etc, all in keeping with ths
memorial nature of the place. Looking
down on avenues of dark, beautiful
expresses, lie sees that miracle of beauty,
the Tai, with its pure white walls. in.
laid with every kind of oriental gem,
and its great marble dome towering to
supernal heights. 1t rests upon a mar.
bic platform 313 feet square and about
20 feet high, which in turn rests upon a
red sandstone platform, 964 feet by $40
feet in dimensions. At each end of the
sandstone platform are mosques. them
selves rare works of art The Tai was
built by the Shah Jehan as a tomb for
his favorite begum-Mumtaz Mahal.
This woman was evidently a great In-
dian beauty, if one may judge from her
picture. Her name, Mumtaz, was alb
breviated into Taz, and this has become
corrupted into the present form, Tai.
The work of construction was begun in
1880, and continued for % years, during
which time 10000 laborers were con.
stantly employed. Its cost in Qua money
would be several millions
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-05-27

Through Tickets and Baggage Checked to
all points. For rates or Information, address
W. j. ROBINSON, q. T.. ~, Parkersburs
a. j. DANDY. A. q. p. ~, ParkcrSburg.
w. II. OSBORN. :. II. A. Pomeroy. Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-05-27


4 ne waves that now. with suiien roar
~ esk upon this lonely shore.
Ill my heart with sa.lness.
Thinking OF the giadness
mat seems gone Tor everm re;
Thinking OF the laughter cav
vi the children. blith. as Nav.
Whose rosy feet Were glancfnr.
Der the wet sands dancing
: 10 meet the gentle rippIet's play.
sad and silent are the sands.
hhefe the merry groups joined hands.
Naught 10 heard except the moaning.
AS OF fettered spirits groanin..
Bound by Winters icy bands.
Yet though. beneath the sky OF lead.
JOY seems crushed and welI-nigl dead
And the spirit weary,
Desolate and dreary,
reels as il all hope were fed;
over this tempcstuous main
summer suns win shine again.
Shildren's happy voices singing.
Ger the laughing ocean ringing.
Aflnging peace 20 weary heart and brain.
-lAlfred w. Bennett. in The Academy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-05-27
Ohio River Railroad.
Time Card.

taking effect, August y, $500. Passenger trains
will run as follows. Central Time
VI trains daily except those marked thus 4, which
do not run on Sunday.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-05-27
MARSHALL COLLEGE,
The State Normal School.
HUNTINGDON. WEST va.
EAevLEE:

SPECIAL ADP4ET1GES:
Free tuifion To Normal PaI,il~.
Cheap Boarding; Beautiful, Iiealthful
Location.
Large Commodious Buildings.
Complete Outfit of Apparatus, and
Educational Helps.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-05-27

Mrs. Anna C. Fall and her husband
are lawyers in Boston. It's pleasant to
see folks keep up their counting after
marriage
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
Dashed to Death.

CHATTANOOGA, Nov. 20.--Tne city was
startled tonight by a rumor that soon
took definite shape that dreadful ecciN
dent, perhaps without parallel in the
history of the South, had happened a
few miles away; that passenger train
on the Cincinnati Southern had gone
into the Tennessee river a short dis
t9nce above Boyce. When the excite
ment had reached high pitch the truth
was learned. The train had Jumped the
track on curve only few rods south
of. the bridge, the engine had been
wrecked, the baggage, express, maitland
smoking cars derailed, Fireman Wolf
killed, the engineer, two postal clerks
and a tramp badly hurt. 1t is beyond
a doubt that the accident was the work
of train wreclers, The fishplate was
unscrewed, spikes drawn, and the right
rail moved about six inches. After the
rail had been moved it was securely
fastened to preXent the possibility of
its returning toNits original place, thus
making the work complete. Railroad
detectives are at work to discover the
perpetrators of the outrage, but as yet
no clue has been gotten. The motive
seemed to be the death of Fireman
Wolf, who was the only man killed. A
few weeks since an attempt to assassin
ate him was made in the car yards here,
and he was left bleeding and apparently
dying from several stabs.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
PRESIDENT PEIxOTTO.

The Acting Executive of Brazil Will Take
Steps to Hold - New Election for Presi-
dent-He May be the Choice of the PeO-
ple-Congress Will Deal with Foescca.
Rio DE JANEIRo, Nov. 2s.-President
Peixotto will, it is stated, take steps to
call new election for president imme-
diately upon the re assembling of con-
gress The resignation of Fonseca
leaves a vacancy which, under the
Brazilian constitution, must be filed
by another election, without waiting
until the end of Fonseca's term. The
vice-president is not intended as per-
manent substitute for president who
has deceased or resigned, but only as a
temporary occupant of the executive
chair pending the choice of another
president. Peixotto is gaining in popu-
larity, and it is thought not improb-
able that he VIII be elected president.
He is taking vigorous steps to enforce
order in Rio de Janeiro, and the mill
tary are assisting the police in guard
ing against crime.
During the riot that attended tho
overthrow of Fonseca a party of ruff
fans from the part of the city fre-
quented by the floating element, took
advantage of the excitement to rob the
houses of several wealth people who
had no connection with politics.
Several of the ruffians have been
hunted down and arrested.
President Peixotto will leave to con-
gress the initiation of. any measures
against the late dictator and his min
listers. There is a strong feeling that
Fonseca should be held responsible for
usurpation, although, as he has re-
signed, there may be difficulty in TAX
ing impeachment proceedings. The
subject of the impeachment and re-
moval of a president was under con-
sideration of congress at the time of its
dissolution, and this was one of
the grounds upon which Fonseca
based his action in forcibly
dispensing its members. There is
no doubt that congress will enact
legislation to deal with Fonseca and
also to restrain the power of future
presidents. Fonseca's resignation as
commander-in-chief of the army was a
matter of form.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS.
Fne virginia Boiid Question.

The Virginia bondh tiaers' eotaffiis-
tee have submitted theic report to their
advisory board; comp ssed of Grover
Cleveland, chairman: Th6rhas F. Bay
ard. Edward j. Phelps. George T..
Williams and George S. Coe. The lat
ter Immediately took the matter under
consideration and rendered an opinion
approving and recommending the plan
of settlement of the Virginia debt as
embodied in the report of the bond
holders committee, az fellows
The state Of Virginia, in settlement and can
collation. of S28OO0,OG0 of such indebtedness,
shall execute and deliver its bonds for the sum
of S19,000,000, or in that proportion, for the
sfaeunt az ilideIitsdis6ea Which shall be. sur
rendered. Said bonds shall be payable III 100
years after their date, and draw interest from
the 1st day Of July, 1891, at the rate of per
cent for the first ten years after that date, and
at the tete of per eent. for the remaining nine
ty years and until the maturity of said bonds.
The advisory board says it is decided
In fits Judgment, that If the terms Of
settlement now presented are rejected,
the prospect of an advantageous agree
fa6nt Is far from eneouraFifi4,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
The States Convlet,.

NASHVILLE, Nov. 26.-There are at
present $50 convicts confined in the
main prison, but there is only employ
ment for from 100 to 120. The 466 who
are kept in idleness spend the time
in eating and sleeping, reading and
writing, and such various amusements
as are available inside the walls. Forty
Of the most robust prisoners. were taken
to Tracy City yesterday, and will be
placed at work in the mines.
In reply to question as to what
would be the final outcome of the recent
troubles in East Tennessee, Warden
Blevins said it was impossible to tell.
1t was utterly useless to return the con-
victs without strong guard, and a
guard sufficiently large to protect the
prisoners would entail an expense
largely in excess of what could be af-
forded by the lessees.
Another thing that adds to the en-
barrassment of the situation is the
declaration of the inspectors that the
convicts would rever be sent back until
stockades were rebuilt and other ar
rangements made for their protection.
The lersees are equally firm in their
position not to rebuild the stockades
unless it can be done with convict labor,
and thus the matter stands, with little
show of either side giving in. or the
461 convicts liberated 265 are still at
large. -Four of these are known to have
been killed by Kentucky authorities in
their efforts to escape. Their names
are not known and their identity will
probably ever remain a mystery. Be-
side these three or four have died, it Is
claimed, s
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
To Be Seen at Augusta.

In the Augusta (Ga.) exposition there
were twenty-four states represented by
their agricultural, mechanical, artistic
and other products. Among the things
run by electricity in the electric depart
ment were dental instruments, ice
makers, automatic tank filters, pumps,
fans, drills. clocks. bells and an ele-
vator 106 feet high. Many of the people
living in the mountains and other back
districts were among the visitors to the
expOsitiOn
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
Bradstreet's sued for Libel.

In the civil district court at New Or.
leans John G. Grant, a furniture deal
er, has entered suit against the Brad
streets company, proprietors of 1.-THE
Bradstreet's Mercantile Agency, for
$35, 900, for using and publishing libel,
Gus, slanderous, false, malicious and
defamatory statement concerning him,
as follows:
Is unfavorably regarded by the local trade, who
do not think it advisable to grant the extension
asked for. His methods have been criticised
ever since ne has been here, and those consulted
now claim to never have had any confidence II
him, There was an article published in a loca
paper on the 18th inst, which charged him with
hypocrisy, dishonesty and immortality. Up tc
this time the charges have not been refuted
.Tu1v Il 1891
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
THE Yorktown at Valparaiso.

VALPARAISO. Nov. 28.-Thc arrival
of the United States steamship York
town is received with great satisfac-
ton by American residents, as calcu-
lated to inspire new respect on the part
of the Chilians for the United States.
The time is regarded as specially fortu-
nate for strengthening of the Ameri-
can naval force, because likely to ex-
ercise wholesome action in the matter
of the proceedings before the judge of
crimes. The Chilians are evidently inn
pressed and regard the Yorktown as
the avaunt courier of the feet now said
to be on the Pacific
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
Miscellaneous.

THE authorities of jackson are deter
mined to break up so much gambling in
that city.
THE Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the Manufacturers Bank of
Hartman to begin business with capi-
tai of $4,000.
Gov. BUCHANAN has pardoned Robert
Roland and Van McEwen, recently con-
victed of gaming and sentenced to jail
by Judge Ridley of Davidson county.
AT Nashville last week the case
against Conductor Rucker, Of the Nash
Vile, Chattanooga & st. Louis railway,
was nolle pressed, on payment of costs,
in the Criminal Court. Conductor
Rucker was indicted for allowing white
men to ride in the coach set apart for
colored people. This was the first case
brought under the new State law.
CHANcELLoR ALLISON, of Nashville,
last week decided the case of w. J..
Wade VS.. the Mayor and City Council of
Nashville This was bill filed to re-
cover money paid the city as drummer
license five years ago under an ordi-
nance of the city levying tax on all
drummers who sold by sample. The or
dlnance was declared Unconstitutional
because OF it's interference with the in
terstate commerce law, and therefore
the city has no right to collect such a
license.
GEN. WILDER's brigade OF mounted
infantry, famous in the Army of the
Cumberland, will be one of the first to
mark it's position on the battlefield of
Chickamauga. The Park Commission
have granted permission to the brigade
to place its mark at the side Of IL Q
Widow Glenn's house, the advance posi-
tion gained by Wilder after Sheridan
was driven from his position in the
right wing of the Federal forces A
suitable tablet will cost 81, coo, o. which
amount Gen. Wilder will give $4,000,
and the executive committee Of his
brigade are now asking for designs in
marble. granite and sbronza.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS.
A Case for medical study.

GALLATIN, Nov. 2A-Shcriff Terry
yesterday arrested James Keal and
Ernest McNichols at Hunters Point,
Williamson County, who were suspected
of the attempted murder Of man
named Griffin, November Is, near Cas-
lillian Springs, crushing his head with
a bludgeon. Nearly half OF his skull
was broken and handful Of pieces were
taken out. He could not speak or hear
for over week. He was taken to his
home in Macon County. and, strange to
say, he has recovered his speech and
may live. The would-be assassins are
very young, one about 20 and the other
l.. Their character is bad, but they say
they can prove an alibi. 1t is claimed
that the evidence against them Will be
complete. The doctors are all puzzled
at man living, with so much of his
skull and brain exposed, and walking
abOu 4.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
Death of a Noted Horse Man.

George Brownfield, the widely-kno own
trotting-horse man and driver, died at
the home of his brother Wiley, in Lex
ington, KY, aged about 45 years. He
had been suffering with heart disease
for years, and for the past eighteen
months had been unable to attend to
business.
time He owned and developed Director, 2:17l2,
sir of the sensational Direct, 2O6, and developed
such great performers as Lula, 2:15; May Queen,
2:20, and Roslyn, 2:21, besides many other good
ones He was unmarried, and his property con-
sists of mining shares in Colorado, having quit
the horse business five years ago on account of
ill-healthl
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
Shot His Baby Brother.

A deplorable accident occurred at
Shreveport, La, the other day at the
residence of John N. Hicks, a prominent
lawyer His son Conway. 8 years old,
was accidentally shot in the head with
a rife ball. The wound is fatal. His
eldest brother, aged 16 years, was
handling the rife when it went off.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
Retaining Indian Names.

More than any other state of the
Union Georgia has retained the Indian
names of its rivers, and most of them
have musical sound, as, for example,
the Ocmulgee, the Ohopee, the Ogee-
chez, the Cannouchee, the Oconee. the
Chattahoochee, the Saltilla, the Alta
maha and others. Florida is another
state that has retained many of the In
dian names of it's rivers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
The Legal Heirs in a Ouandafy.

In 1854 George Alwell, one of Clarks-
ville's (Tehn.) eldest eitizens, was APP
pointed trustee over the property of
VIM. Reynolds. Mr.. Reynolds was in
financial difficulty, and named Mr.. AL
we'll to hold his property for his chill
dren. A few months ago VIM. Rey-
nolds died. His widow died only a few
weeks ago. The children of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Reynolds, who live in differ
ent states, desired to divide the prop
erty which their aged parents left them.
Upon investigation it was found that
they could hot touch the property, for
it was held in trust by George Alwell.
It turned out further that Mr.. Alwell
did not know that he had control of the
property as trustee
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
Want Their Money.

Myra Clark-Gaines' heirs in New Or
leans are trying tc collect the judgment
affirmed by the United States supreme
court for 5000, ,O09.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
Electric Cars in Little Rock.

Little Rock, Ark, now has electric
motor cars. They are proving sue
cess, and the people are delighted The
horse car will never be reinstated there.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
What the South Needs.

President Hickman of the Southern
Manufacturers association says that in
addition to reciprocity the south needs
more steamship lines to the West indies
and South America and banking facili-
ties in She latter country.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
Want a CreditabIe Exhibit.

The Virginia association of the
Worlds fair met at Norfolk and adopt
ed a resolution requesting the general
assembly to appropriate not less than
500, COO for the purpose of making an
exhibit for Eifginia at the Worlds fair.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
Death of an Honorable Man.

Col C. A. Brougher, aged 65, died at
Jackson, Miss. He was secretary of
state just after the war, clerk of the
legislature several sessions and for a
number of years grand treasurer of the
KNIGHTS of Honor of Mississippi
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
YIrclnia Editors ln Texaq.

The Virginia Editorial association re.
Gently enjoyed an excursion to Texas
They were well received and enter
tanned by their Texas brethren.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-12-04
He Was playing "Annie Rooney.

Jack Cooper, a colored barber,
dropped dead at Memphis, Tenn, of
heart disease while picking his guitar.
He was playing ''Annie Rooney"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
SockIess Simpson.

Bill Simpson is assistant auditor of the
Fort Worth and Denver. He audits the
waste baskets. cuspidors, etc. and his
badge of Office is broom with tired look
He is a strong young darkey, and a Ineal
descendant of some Ethiopian prince who
was doubtless from "Afric's burning
sands a century ago, and laid down his
scepter and lion-skin al home to take up the
hoe and hickory shirt in the land of the
free. Bill is so black and shiny that, sub
tract his teeth and add pair of wings, he
would pass for blackbird. he is a
thoughtful coon. however, and astonished
the department last week by saying. I'm
gwine to de Confedrit union out AT River
side" When asked why he was going he
replied, They say there's barbecued meat
a-spilin' out thar and l want to keep some
of it from spilin'''
With regard to artificial integuments for
the pedal extremities. he holds the same
opinion as a Kansas statesman. so George
Rivers has named him 'Sockless Simpson, ;"
and thinks he ought to be sent to the col
ored encampment at Austin as q mascot for
some of the Black Watch of Texas, who
are about to have a midsummer wrestle
catch as catch cam with Adjt. Gen. Mabry.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
SUSPICIOUS OF THE SANTA FEE.
The Alton Inclined to Doubt the Sincerity
OF Its Rivals Virtue.

The Kansas City Star says: The Alton
accuse, the Santa F'e Of playing off in the
Jacksonville Southeastern matter. and
claims that the Santa Fe people are back
ing the 81. Louis line in its rate cutting.
General Passenger Agent Charlton delivers
the following opinion of the Santa E'e 10
Chairman Finley:
In testing the Grand Army tickets sold by
brokers between Chicago and st. Louis by
the Santa road We find that while these
tickets may he refused in every case for
passage from st. Louis to Chicago, the
Santa t'e conductors on the north end are
advising holders OF such tickets that
they can use them for the return passage
from Chicago 10 St. Louis. If the Santa
fe has any intention OF dealing honestly
with lis competitors instead of permitting
its conductors to do this it should instruct
them to take the numbers of such tickets
and have the tickets bulletined, so that they
cannot be used for return passage.
1t ischaracteristic with the Santa Fe that
II never discovers anything wrong on the
line of its road until the discovery has been
made by its competitors. 1t seems to do
just as little as possible in the direction of
doing right. Thus, finding that it must re-
fuse tickets in one direction, Its conductors
undertake to give information TO passeu-
gers so that these tickets can he honored in
the other direction. 1t is clear from all this
that the Santa t'e and its south end connec-
tons are in collision to violate the agree
ment Just as much as they can without be-
ing found out
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
An Interesting Device.

Among the mechanical devices that will
be brought before members at the annual
meeting next month of the RoadmaSters'
association of America. at ST. Paul. viii be
one called the ''automic mechanical locking
ofSnterlocking levers" l. is the invention
sofSEred A Gherber. engineer and superin-
tssident of the Allentown iron company.
ITS purpose Is TO protect railroad tracks
aiready controlled by the interlocking
tower system. It is claimed for the de-
vice that no matter how negligent a tower
operator may be in properly handling his
levers, 1t will correctly regulate the tricks
so that run-off accident is impossible
Roadmaster Robert Black of the Manhat-
tan elevated, who is on the track interlocking
switch committee. has been delegated to ex-
plain to the members the operation of the
EeVice.