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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
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was very laeonic and read thus:
Monsieur love your daughter and
she loves me. You would not give
her to mel have carried her off.
These lines We're signed with a
vulgar name which had been pro-
nounced so humbIy the day before.
The domestic who had been directed
to inform his daughter that the ma
bob was awaiting her, returned with
the Information that Mademoiselle
was not in her apartment, that she
had left that, morning in a carriage,
as if for a journey, for she had
taken with her her trunks and band
boxes.
The nabob remained an instant
motionless; then, all at once, he ut,
tered sort of terrible roar, and
springing from his easy chair, with
one kick of his foot he overturned
the breakfast table. The domestics
rushed in at tho noise, he threw
himself upon them, beating and
striking them right and left then,
left alone he smashed all the furnit-
ure in the apartment, and never
stopped until exhausted; with rage
and fatigue he fell senseless upon
the carpet of the devastated room.
When he came to himself the
most healthy reaction had taken
place in his system; the crisis had
produced an instantaneous and :im-
mense result.
1t was the emotion so long pray
ed for which had como at last to
save him.
A messenger arrived from his
daughter to open negotiations for
a reconciliation.
"Let her comel Let her como,
and Ill marry her to the man she
lovesl"
The couple were not far off, and
soon made their appearance.
"Monsieur," said the nabob to tho
young man, "you have neither for
tune, rank, nor title; but yesterday
you caused me astonishment, and
TO day you have given me an emo
ton; in other words you have saved
my life, and that is a favor which
well deserves one return. Thanks
to you. My heart is so kindled
within me that ], who was but
now indifferent to every earthly
thing, experience delight at the
thought of procuring my daughters
happiness by giving her the hus-
band of her choice. Thanks, my
dear son, and it is L who am still
your debtor"
If this story has an air of romance
it is not our fault; it is none the less
true as whole and in all it's details.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

Der mills at Cleveland, Tenn, and
Poplarville, S. C.; saw mills at
Pickens, S. c., Rovobel, N. c., and
Clinton, Tenn; stave factory at
Dresden, Tenn, and shingle mill at
Freeport, Fla.
A belt railway will be construct-
ed at Augusta. Ga, and charters for
railroads have been asked for at
Birmingham, Ala, Calhoun, Ga,
Denison. Texas. Florence Ala,
Montgomery. Ala, Victoria, Texas,
Hartman, Tenn, and Henrietta
Texas.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
Show Yonr Hands.

Entering an Austin watchmaker's
establishment, country negro pro-
duced the hands of clock aud OBJ
served TO the astonished watch
maker:
BosssI wants yer ter fix up
desc hans. Dey jess don't keep no
kere't time for noah den six munfs. !"
"vere has you got de glociS9r in
terrogated the German proprietor of
the establishment.
"Out at de house on Injun Creek"
"Ycn you brings him in2''
"Whaffor you want de clock?"
al wants to fix dot clock nit der
hands"
"of course yer fixes it wild yer
hans Who said yer was gwine ter
fix it wild your toes?"
81 must hab the CLOCK"
"Didn't tole yer dar was muffin
de matter wild de clock 'ceptin' de
hans and have dun brung 'em ter
yer2 You jess wants de clock so
you kin tinker wild it and charge
me like de debble. Glib me back
dem hans" and taking them away
from the designing German he went
out to hunt up another establish
mcnt.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

The Huntington papers tell a re-
markable story about Oliver Dea-
con, who has been courting extern
sively in the Toms creek section of
Cabcll. He was without the shad-
ow of a doubt the most numerously
engaged man in all that region.
There have been eighteen girls who
have stated that they were engaged
to be married to him, and that the
wedding day fixed in each case was
the 10th of April. The most dis
tressing part of the whole affair is
that the eighteen maidens spoken
of are all likely to have living re-
minders of Deacon, whose names
will not now be Deacon, but take
the name of the respective unfort-
innate mother. Hanging is proba-
bly, too good for Deacon, but he
seems safe, as he has written from
CatIcttsburg that "they don't hang
gentlemen in kentucky"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
Ruci.len,s Aru,c, SaIye.

The Best Sdlre in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe,
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
plains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions
ind positively cures Piles, or no pay re.
lnired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
% cts. per box. For sale by A. G. VAN.
GLIDER, Druggist. Iian4-ly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

Tramps attempted to wreck the
bound passenger train on the
Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad, near Plymouth, Pa,
by piling IL lot of old ties on the
track. Their object was plumber
The obstruction was seen and re
moved in time. The tramps es-
capped.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
Now 10 The tina

when a good medicine should be taken
TO cleanse the system of impurities. Be.
fore consulting physician or purchas-
ing higher priced blood purifier ask
A. G. Van Glider for bottle of ScorcH
SArsArArrLLA and try it. so cents per
bottle, 30 doses. Scotch Little Liver
Pills, 25 cents.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
Epoch.

The transition from long, lingering
and painful sickness to robust health
marks an epoch in the life of an individ-
ual. Such remarkableev is treasur-
ed in the memory and the agency where
by the good health has been attained
is greatfully blessed. Hence it is that
so much is heard in praise of Electric
Bitters. So many feel they owe their
restoration to healt, to the use of the
Great Alternative and Tonic. II You are
troubled with any disease of Kidneys,
Liver or Stomach, of long or short stand
ing you will surely find relief by use of
Electric Bitters. Sold at SOC. and 81
per bottle at, Van Gilder's Drugstore.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

The heirs of the late Abner II.
Bowen of Indiana, who was worth
s5,000,000 have moved out of that
State to avoid paying taxes. 1t is
said they took with them in the
ncighborhood of 50, 100000.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
DAVID cRoCkETT.
How He Was Killed at the
Alamo Ffffy-fiye Years Ago.

"Remember the Alamol'' was one
of the battle cries in the Mexican
war that never failed to rouse Texans
.tothe highest pitch of martial ardor
And well it might, for it reminded
them of a massacre, almost un-
cqualed in artrocity, in which 40
of their fellow citizens were slain by
Mexicans. Alamo was a fort in
Bexar county, Texas 1t covered
about an acre of ground and wasob-
long in shape. The walls were eight
or ten feet high and three feet thick.
1t was called Alamo, which in Span
ish. means poplar, from the fact that
a grove of these trees stood near it.
February 23rd 1886, Mexican forces.
numbering about 1000, commanded
by SantasAnna and four generals,
appeared.
The Texans were under the COM
mand of Colonel Travis, Colonel
David Crockett, the fame us hunter,
and Colonel Bowie. They saw that
it was useless to fight the enemy out
in the open field aYd retired within
the Alamo, where they raised the ma
tional flag formed of thirteen red
and white stripes on a blue ground,
with large white star in the con-
tire.
The Mexicans took possession of
the town and established batteries on
both sides of the San Antonio river.
A summons to surrender was re-
jected by the Texans, and then the
bombardment began. 1t lasted for
twenty. four hours without cessation,
and no less than 200 shells fell within
the fort, but not man was hurt
Neither were the walls injured to
any extent by the furious fire. The
Texans, who were nearly all experts
in the use of the rifle, stood on the
ramparts and picked off scores of
men of the enemy. The Mexicans
made assault after assault, but with
out success.
On March the Bird the intrepid
Texans were nearly out of provis-
ions and their health had been un.
derminded by the constant strain,
but in response to an appeal by Col
oncl Travis they resolved to fight
to the death. On the morning of
March 9th combined and deter
mined attack on the fort was made
by the Mexicans. Twice they were
driven back with heavy loss, but.
their superiority in numbers proved
too much for the heroes of the fort.
The Texans, not having time to load.
dubbed their rifles and fought until
only six of them remained alive.
These, including Crockett, sur
rendered, but by Santa Annals or
ders they were cut to pieces.
Crockett was pierced through the
breast by u dozen swords; Colonel
Bowie, who was i'll in bed, was shot
after he had killed several of his
assailanls, and Major Evans was
riddled with bullets while in the
act of firing the powder magazine.
All the bodies of the slain Texans
were gathered together in the cen
tire of the fort, horribly mutilated,
and then burned. This was the
act which not long after led to the
defeat of the whole Mexican army
by the outraged Texans and the
final independence of the lone Star
Stntn GLinnnn Mn,ra
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

An Illinois doctor claims to have
discovered a sure remedy for drunk
enness. He agrees to mako pro-
hibitionist out of a topper by one in
lection of bi-chIoride of gold. He
calls it lymph cure. The posi-
bilities of this lymph business are
boundless, it seems. What's to pre-
vent lymph that will change a
mans politics or his religion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

Prof. Young says that the great
Lick telescope has revealed the fact
that there are 100000 suns Civ
ing light and heat to their planets.
This rather belittles our world and
is calculated to make several gen.
tlemen, who want to own it, some
what sick.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

Two boys named Nickerson and
Harget, of Prairie Du Chen, Wis,
died suddenly, Friday, from nieo-
tine poisoning after smoking cigar
cites In excess.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

West Virginia opens the spring
of 1891 with unusual vigor. There
never was so much going on in
West Virginia as there is TO-DAY.
and this is hardly a fair beginning.
West Virginia is coming out of the
woods,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

Mckinley is trying to force down
the throats of the American people
sugar-coated pill. The pill is not
hard to take because it is not strict
ly a Mckinley pill, but free trade
pill, and besides is calculated to
cure McKinIeyitcs of their halIuci-
nation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

Miss Grace Weston Fuller, daugh-
ter of Chief Justice Fuller, was
married in Washington recently to
Mr.. A. W. Brown, of Chicago.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

A 19-year-old colored boy died at
Charleston recently. He had been
suffering from the grip, but was
recovering. He pined for pickles,
and when they were brought to
him he ate an entire dozen. He
died soon afterward.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

Mrs. Erickson stepped on a par
lor match in her home in New
York the other day. As the match
exploded it set her skirts afire, and
she was burned to death.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

The Young Mems Christian As
sociation of Chicago will erect IA
story building in that city, at cost
of 100000.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
Scotch sarsanar:lla

80 cents per bottle, so doses, is the best
blood purifier, pleasant to take and
thorough in its action. For sale by A.
c. VanGilder.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

When Baby vas sick, we gave her castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for castoria-
When she became Miss, she chung to castoria-
When she had Children. she gave them Castoria
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

Miss Annie L. Kelly, a handsome
19-year-old girl, commanding pres
ence and rich mellow voice, is the
reading clerk in the Colorado SEN
ate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
A temnerance crusade is bo;n.

A temperance crusade is being
carried on in Bloomfield, o., and
the other day mob completely
wrecked saloon that had partic.
ularly hard reputation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

Ireland is entitled to 1Os seats in
the House of Commons, and at tho
beginning of the present parliament
the Home Rulers had a5 of these
seats, the Tories 16 and the Liberal
Unionists 2.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,

to be found outside of the larger cltes Great
taken that not many things allowed get out, and
then only for few days at time.
1t is the inon do only such business be
acted honestly and pleasantly To this end will be
allowed to misrepresent goods of any kind We shall tell
the defects of article where KNOWN well its
me-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
roR pyspEPs,.

Indigestion, and stomach disorders. use
RRowN'S IRON BITrERs.
All dealers keep Il. 81 per bottle. Genuine has
Trademark and crossed red lines On wrapper.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

Twenty-six hundred and six i'm
migrants were landed ut New York
from Rotterdam, SOB from Ham
burg and 667 from Naples, last
week.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
At Lima. OHIO. Miss Many Chris

mtn sneoz.d herself 10 death dur
ing IA attack OF the grip.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
VAN GILDERS
STORE.
POINT PLEASANT, w. VA.

Has been of the the town for over 16
years During this time, the Proprietor has gone steadily
on adding little by little, till he has the
complete stocks of
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15
~ Youn nIcN IcHrs.

Or you are all worn out, really good for moth
ing, IL Is general debility Try
BKOWN'S IRON HITTERs.
II VIII cure you, cleanse your liver, and give
n GOOD appetite.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

DIR. Gentry, a Chicago physician,
claims to have discovered the mi
crobes of the grip. The air is full
of 'em.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-04-15

Rev. DIR. Howard Crosby, the en-
inent Presbyterian minister, died
a few days ago in New York.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-22

TIE Baker ballot bill, says the Phila-
delphia Times, should not be allowed to
remain another day in the Senate COM
mittce on elections. There is no excuse
for holding the bill longer on the plea of
perfecting it. The only way to perfect
Is TO strike out the Objectionable amend
ments made by the committee and this
can be done in five minutes if Il majority
seems probable, the committee have
pocketed the bill, some Senator should
move for their discharge from its further
consideration.
Complaint is made in quarters friend
ly to the passage of the measure that no
Republican Senator has been found TO
act the part of leader i'll pushing its pas
sage through the Senate. With so
prominent Republican as Representa-
tive Baker to assume charge of the bill
its passage through the House was
comparatively easy matter. If some
liNAbtlNdAi s'tIitNpL NOlllu seize lillS Ok-
portunity, he could make as much fame
and reputation for himself in this Com
monwealth as the courageous Represen-
tative from Delaware has already done
Why does not Senator Robbins,
who is said to be friendly to the bill,
make himself its champion in the SEN
ate? He is one of the younger mem
bers of that body, it is true, and per
hapS is disposed to modesty on that
account, but the people of Pennsylvania
who want an honest ballot law will ac-
cord all the more honor TO the young
Senator who steps TO the front in the
peoples interest now that the older and
more experienced members of the Senate
seem to have failed in their duty
What the people want is ballot reform,
and the Senator, young or old, who
champions the peoples cause will be
honored and preferred when the men
who failed in their duty will be forgotten
or only remembered to be execrated.
:" nm VI Nlliloul ltdutTs lle Dill
should be brought out Of the committee
at once and put upon its passage Ii
the committee does not strike out the
Objectionable amendments the Senate
can. This should be done and the bill
sent 10 the Governor not later than the
middle of next week. Let some Repub-
lcan Senator, if he will, move at once
IN this matter. Ii no Republican viii
take the initiative, then let Democrat
ic Senator do ii and put the Republicans
ON record. The people want to know
and should know the Senators who are
willing to deliberately repudiate the
pledges of both political parties on this
subject.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-22

\ wEECK train on the Hudson River
railroad carrying 1,20O pounds Of dyna-
mite, was blown 10 atoms near Tarry-
town, New York, on Tuesday About
so men including Italian laborers and
traiumen, were on board. OF these
about 20 were instantly killed. and
about the same number terribly torn and
wounded.
The train was torn to atoms. the
railroad tracks ripped from their bed and
great hole many feet deep dug out of
the earth and traffic on the railroad was
blocked for many hours. The force Of
the explosion was terrific. The grouud
trembled as though from an earthquake
the walls of several Tarrytown houses
were shaken and cracked, and In the
streets the window glass fell in showers
TO the sidewalk. Scores of clocks were
stopped at exactly ll:20 o'clock \
spark from passing engine is believed
to have caused the disaster. The bod
les of the victims, some of them torn
limb from limb, were hurled in every
direction. The track was torn up
for II distance of 600 feet, and the rails
were bent into all kinds of shapes.
Dead faces and mutilated bodies looked
up at one from all directions. Men
were found dead hundred yards away
from the truck
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-22

THE President has finished his Journey
of nearly 10000 miles, says the Phila-
delphia Herald, and is now back at the
White House. Although 1t was intima-
ted at the start that the journey was
really hunt for delegates and to create
n furore which might be useful to Mr..
Harrison in the next Republican con-
vention, il is very evident that il has
failed in both these efforts. True, the
greetings extended to the President were
cordial and sincere, and that at every
point he was the recipient of marked
attention, but it is also very evident that
the homage was paid To- the Office and
not To the man.
\ journey across this great continent
was happy thought, and, under the
skillful arrangement Of the Pennsylvan-
Ia Railroad, was carried out without a
single flaw or the slightest detention.
To the President il ought to bring a bet
ter conception of the needs of the en-
tire country and eradicate from his mind
the narrow partisan bigotry which was
so painfully evident during the session
of the last Congress. II il has had this
effect, the honors showcred upon Mr..
Harrison will not have been wasted.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-22
Twenty Blocks in Ashes.

MUsKECoN, Mich, May 17.-More
smouldering ruins. Fire broke ont yes
terday afternoon in the Launkowell
barns, and, famed by stiff breeze,
swept ten blocks up Pine street, main
thorouShfarc. Here a shift in the wind
drove the resistlesS flames across Terrace
avenue, a fine residence street, and from
there the fire swept a strip quite to the
city's edge.
The appeal for help 10 outside cities
was promptly responded to, and the fire
men fought heroically but almost use
leSsly. The German Lutheran and the
Terrace street Holland churches fell vic
Tins. The elegant mansions of II. NJ.
Baker, Wesley Wood, Peter Sansiff, Al
dcrman Fleming, James Hutchinson,
VIM. Owens and II. J. Hoyt were
burned. The 500, 900 court house was
Quilted, but its public documents We're
saved. \ large number of COWS and
horses were burned, and a little child
who was sleeping In the Launkowell
barns, where the fire started, Is missing.
Not less than 250 families are home
less, and last night the city thronged
with bewildered, houseiesS. destitute
sufferers. People whose homes were
saved stood in their doors and welcomed
rich and poor alike. Nearly all the
homeless ones were provided with
shelter. In a few cases homeless people
slept out of doors in tents. As yet there
is no general movement looking to the
raising of funds for the distressed In
surance men say the total loss will bc
S5OD ono and tho iDc,rrapco SknO 900
LATER-The latest estimates place the
loss at nearly $3.50, 900, with insurance
for only about one-third that amount.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-22
Welcome Rain In Kansas.

KANSAS CITY, May 1.-THE crop re-
ports from Kansas have been getting
worse day after day for weeks and there
are few among local grain dealers who
did not feel anxious over the outlook.
The temper of advices is completely
changed to-day. Soaking rains fell last
night and today through the wheat
belt. kilograms from Larne1, Hutchin-
son, Topeka, Ellsworth, Salina, Abilene,
Mcpherson, Great Bend, Delphos and
Independence state that good rains fell,
and at some of these places it Is still
raining. The rain is moving eastward
and it is probable that before tomorrow
morning the entire state of Kansas will
have had a good wetting down.
The rain will do an immense amount
of good, but there is some question still
as to whether, in some sections, the
rayages of insects have not gone too far
to be completely overcome by favorable
weather. At this rate it seems certain
that the state will raise from 10, 0o0. 900
to so, 900, 600 bushels of wheat
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-22
Brigade Emcampment OF n. 6. z.

The National Guard of Pennsylvania
will encamp by drigades this summer,
as the following extract from General
Orders No. 9, issued from the Adjutant
Generals office, indicates:
Under the provisions of the act of As
sembly, approved April Is, 1887, the
several brigades of the National Guard
viii encamp as follows: The First and
Third brigades from July 18th until
July 25th. inclusive; the Second brigade
from July 25th until August 1st, inclu-
sive. The place of encampment will be
designated by the Brigade Commander.
The inspection required will be made by
the Inspector General. The Quarter
master and Commissary Departments
Will furnish necessary transportation,
quartermaster stores, camp and garrison
equipage. and subsistence.