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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

erty rights. powers and privileges
of married women.
No. 40, concerning who is liable
to serve and who is exempt as jur-
ors, the jurors, to be drawn by jury
commissioners appointed by the
Circuit Courts, exceptthat for Grim
inal Courts, and the Judge thereof
shall appoint the commissioners.
No. 112, which provides that a
special term of the Circuit Court
may be held in any county, although
term of the Circuit Court is be-
ing held in another county at the
time, the special term may be held
by another judge or special judge
elected by the attorneys practicing
in said court.
Quite an excitement was raised
in the House, the other day, When
Hon. e. B. Dyer, a delegate from
Kanawha county, arose in his seat,
and told the story of Low Geo. A.
Howard, of the American Book
Company, had attempted to bride
him. Mr.. Dyer found roll OF
money in his pocket, which he pro-
duced, and sent tho roll to the
Speakers desk. A warrant from
the House was procured for Howard,
and hcwas arrested by the Sergeant
alarms. A committee of five was
appointed to investigate tho case.
Mr.. Dyer seems to be q delegate
made out of the right kind of stuff,
and Mr.. Howard seems to have
struck the wrong man. The school
book fight is on in the House.
Lobbyists, with their various little
winning ways, are swarming.
When lobbyists swarm, skin game
on the people is invariably on foot.
What the investigation will result
in, we probably can inform you in
our next and last letter, unless the
Legislative session Is extended.
In short time the Board of Pub
lie Works will be called upon to Sc
lect a man for every assessment dis
trict in the State to re-value the
property. In making these appoint
ments political influence should be
ignored and the very best men Sc
lected; men of good business quail
fications, men of sound Judgment
and men who are posted on prop.
erty values.
Lands should be assessed accord
ing to actual value and profits. All
land similarly situated is not of the
samo value. In this county on the
south side the increase is not SO great
as on the north.
No doubt there has been a large
increase in the value of lands, and
to do justice to all the people, all
lands should have something near
its value, in fixing the assessment
for taxes. The land appraisement
in this county is unjust and unfair.
Some lands are assessed too high, and
others not enough. There is no
equality about it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25
An Invention for ocean rrope,I.r..


A bridgeport Conn mechanic has
Invented new method of adjusting
propellers for ocean steamers. 1t con-
sists of three great horizontal shafts
lying parallel to each other. aud ex-
tending outward from the stern OF the
vessel. To each shaft a. tliree-blade
screw propeller Is attached. tho central
or middle one Icing. in area, just twice
that OF the other two propcllers- With
In the vessel the three shafts are Joined
transversely with strong rods. and have
clamps attacked so that one or all can
be instantly detached If necessary. A
triple expansion engine of great power
is to run each shaft. Tho inventor
claims his system will give more uni
form motion. and with the same horse
power exerted by the engines will give
far greater results.
Another important point with the in
vention is the many resources it pos
sesses in the case of a breakdown.
When ut sea the breaking of a shaft or
part of an engine is often n serious mat
ter. In this device there are nine COM
binations which can be made to run
the ship. This may be better under
stood by saying that the three engines
and the three shafts must each be brok-
en- or disabled TO put the chip in help
less condition. fono or even two Shafts
should break the combined horse pow
er of the three engines can be thrown
upon or applied to the remaining shaft,
and the speed be not greatly diminish
ed. Should one or two engines break
down the remaining engine can still
run one. two or three propeilers. -Bos-
ton Transcript
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

When shopping take as much small
change with you 80 possible Take
also supply of cards. with name and
address plainly engraved or written
When purchasing variety of small mr.
ticies. which are to be sent home, give
the clerk, when purchase isln;,de. the
exact change and n card and move
on. You can do two or three more
errands in the time you would have to
wait for change, and at the same time
clear the mind of the clerk and the space
Mt the counter for the next conner, and
so help "oil the wheels" of the big shop
ping machine. York Evening
Sun.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

Matt Quay is going to sue the
New York World for ono million
dollars for libel. Whewl But we
can't see why he don't make it two
million, SO as to have enough TO re.
tire on. 1t is altogether wrong
and a very hard thing to do, to libel
a man like Mr.. Quay. A better
way is 70 send him to the pcniten-
tiary at once.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

The WcIlsburg Ne,rs says: at
has been discovered that about one
third of the retired army and navy
officers who fought in the rebellion
are holding fat Offices in the depart
-ments at Washington, to the exclu-
sion of disabled soldiers and sailors,
while at the same time they are
drawing pay as retired officers.
Holy Moses, what Herculean howl
Republican henchmen would have
raised had this been under Demo
cratic intead of Harrison Hoar
Force bill administration.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25
TRUST SALE.

by virtue of n certain deed OF trust execu.
ted by William Giles and Martha Ellen Giles
his wife, to me as Trustee, bearing date on
the 18th day of April, 1886, and recorded in
the Clerks Office of the County Court OF Ma
son county, West Virginia, in trust deed
book No. Q, page l97, will sell for CASH by
way OF public auction, ut the front door oi
the Court House, of said county, ON the
2lst day of March 1891, at 2 p. M,
the following real estate situate In said conn.
" and state, containing sOlS acres, and loca.
District of Cooper, and being same land CON
veyed tn said William Giles by Iohn IT. Hogs
record In said County Court Clerks Office in
decd book, No. 50, page 81, to which reference
Us hereby made for a more complete descrip-
ton of said land. Said land is improved and
there ts good dwelling house situate there
ON, ana is % desirable tract OF land for farm
ing purposes. CHAS. T. HOGG3, =
ieDSo-3w. TrnSiss..
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25
Nothing to ne Gained,

Little Son What was you and Mr..
De Bate talkin' so loud about
Father-We were having an argu.
mert about tho duty ON copper. He
thinks 1t ought to be removed, and I
think it ought not.
Would removing it make pennies
any cheaper3"
NO. my SON."
Then don't see the use of bother
ing with it."-Good News
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25
Amusing 10 Rcnd.

1t is amusing to read the com.
ments of the late tariff organs on
the reciprocity treaty with Brazil
and probably similar treaties with
other South American nations.
They all agree that it is just the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

Buffalo Bills cattle ranch In Ne
braska embraces 5000 acres lying with
in three miles of the town of North
Platte. On one of the larger buildings
are painted in big. white letters the
words Scouts Rest Ranch" Alto
gethsr. there are said to be $1,000 cat
tie on the grounds.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

A carpenters right shoulder is almost
invariably higher than his left, in con-
sequence of his having to use iis right
arm all the time in planning and ham
mering. With every shaving his
shoulder rises with jerk. and it finally
becomes natural to him to hold liiI,l-
self in that way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

Astronomers agree in fixing the dis
lance of the nearest fixed star at 22.-
600, OG0. 900, 600 miles, and it is certain
that the distance of Sirius is more than
three and less than six times that of
Alpha Centauri, most likely about five
tunes, so that we are probably not far
from the truth If we set the distance of
Sirius at about loo. 600, Coo, oOo. COO
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

The head of a bricklayer's laborer is
held aloft with naughty. self reliant
air, from his habit of carrying hod on
his shoulder and looking above linn as
he climbs up to the scafoIding.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

DR.. HELLER. the eminent authority on
small arms, says that the concentric
tube which incloses the firing barrel of
the Mannlicher rifle is the cause of in
oreaslng temperatures, and by no
means answers the purpose for which
1t was intended, guarding the hands. of
the soldier from being burned.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25
thing that the people Of the United

thing that the people of the United
States want.
Precisely. But what is reciproci-
ty?
Either free trade pure and simple,
or trade with but tho minimum of
restrictions. And yet these same
apostles in the very next breath
teaches us that free trade is certain
death to the interests of the United
States.
The American farmer has been
complaining for long time that he
has to sell in free trade market
and buy in a protected one, while
exactly the reverse is the situation
with the manufacturers.
What does reciprocity do for the
farmer?
1t opens up free trade with agri-
cultural nations and gives him sew
cral new competitors in the home
market. But there is no reciprocity
with manufacturing nations. This
still restricts the market of the un-
protected American farmer, while
at the same time it exactly pleascs
the American manufacturer.
Reciprocity doesn't seem to have
been designed in the interest of the
Farmers Alliance. Enquirer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

We are soliciting Agents for Messrs.
JAMES E. McELRoY & CO., of Chic.
ago, the largest Real Estate firm in the
West. Parties having land for sale; and
particularly Mineral and Timber lands,
viii do well to call on or address u.s.
We have also for sale valuable improv-
ee and unimproved Chicago property
Lots for investors, on monthly pay
ments. Respectfully,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

A 600 ACRES of Brown Stone land
4,UUO in Summers County, West
Virginia; 2 miles west of Hinton. and
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad;
the finest grade of Brown Stone yet quar-
ed on board cars from quarry; three der
ricks; superior for paving and building
purposes to any other stone; can be
quarried any size desired; an excellent
investment for capitalists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

900 ACRES; half mile from Kerr's sta.
SSO ton, GaIlia county, Ohio. Price,
fl,OOJ; Onc-haif cash; balance 1 and years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

O07 Acres lying on the Ranawha
OOt River, 6 miles above Point Pleas
ant, and close to K. & o. Railroad. One
Of the best farms in the Great Kanawha
Valley. Very easy terms.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-02-25

TX ACRES; 10 acres cleared and In grass
= n. vein of coal; on county rOad: IIl
miles from Kanawhn River.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-12
Cstephorio Medication.

The question of the absorption into!
the skin Of solutions by means of cleo.
trio currents has been, says DR.. 8.
Ehrmann, of Vienna, the subject Of
many experiments with me since Prof.
Wagner first started the discussion by
his researches on tho cataphoresis of
cocaine; and have ut last hit on a very
simple experiment. Take two similar
glass vessels, with zine electrodes ct
the bottom, and fill with very weak
solution of mcthyl blue; and If m indi-
vidual places one Of his hands In each
vessel. then when n constant current Of
10 to 20 milliamperes is allowed to pass
for five or ten minutes, the hand in the
mode vessel becomes covered with blue
spots, while the other is not marked
The spots appear most on the back Of
the hand, where the hair and fatty
glands are situated. In the palm and
round the nails they do not occur.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-12
RICHARD f. BEIRNE.

BY the death OF Col. Richard F.
Beirre, Virginia loses q virginian of
the virginians, and the press one OF its
ablest representatives. Col. Beirne was
.. man of intense individuality. His
friends-and they were many-loved
him, and he never abused their friend
ship.
AS an editor, Col. Beirno was bold
and original; as Democrat he was un-
swerving; as q patriot he was true, and
his love of liberty led hin to sympa-
thize with Ireland struggling for homo
rule; as business man he was success
full, and as man he was honored and
respected by all who knew him.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-12
A BOLD ROBBERY
On Railroad Avenue and IL Fine Piece of
Detective Work.

On Railroad Avenue and Fine Piece of
Detective Work.
A bold robbery was committed on
Railroad avenue Tuesday night about s
o'clock
A white man named James Mcclure
became intoxicated, and while walking
along the street near NIoten's barroom,
was suddenly seized by three negroes
and dragged back into an alley.
McGuire was too drunk to mako an
outcry, and consequently the negroes
robbed him with but little trouble and
left him lying in the mud. a colored
woman found McGuire shortly afterward
and reported the matter to the police.
Chief Morris put two good officers on
the case yesterday morning, and before
4 o'clock all three negroes were locked
up at police headquarters. They arc
George Johnson, Doug. Howard, and
jackson Rivcs and belong to a gang of
CLUSTERS that hang out around Rail-
road avenue,
Mcclure was taken in charge by an
officer, who took him to the Palace Hotel,
but having no money, he was refused
lodgings, and went away. He has not
been found since, although valuable
silver watch Is awaiting him in tho
hands of an officer who recovered il.
The plan by which the robbers were
captured and which was adopted by the
policeman as the only successful way
to work the case, was through the clever
work Of confederate.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-12
ANOTHER NEW CHURCH.
Tho Prcsbyterians VIII Build on GiImeg
Street ut an Early Day.

Tho Presbyterians VIII Build on Gilmer
Street ut an Early Day.
Roanoke will have another PresbYter-
ian Church. That fact was decided last
night at meeting of tho members of
the Presbyterian Church, which was
held in the church auditorium. City
Engineer VIM. M. Dunlap presided, and
Chas. E. Graves acted as secretary.
The meeting was fully attended and
much interest was evinced in the pro-
ceedings by those present.
The committee appointed to select a
site reported that after examining a
number of sites lots IL and 10, section
Q, Rogers, Fairfax & Houston's Addi-
ton were selected.
The lots are we'll situated on the
north side of Gilmer street, OF Fourth
avenue, between Third and Fourth
streets s. w. There is a frontage on
Gilmer street of 100 feet, with depth
of $50 feet. Colonel Thomas Lewis,
Joseph III. Earman, and w. S. McClana-
han composed the committee.
The report was adopted by the mem
bers, and building committee consist
ing of Colonel Lewis, chairman, W. S.
McClanahan, j. G. Kuykendall, William
WEIGH, Charles NJ. Stonesifer, j. C.
Cassell was appointed. This committee
will examine plans, receive bids, ETC.,
and will meet at the cali of the chair
man.
A TIMES reporter was assured last
night that the architects Of Roanoke
would be asked to submit plans for the
new edifce. The church will probably
have a capacity of 600 or 700, and will
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000.
The building committee intends to go
right ahead with the work, and the
church will be erected as soon as pos
sible.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-12

Mr.. Labouchere, the editor Of the
London Truth, when he recently heard
of this method Of finding tho points Of
the compass, asked Henry NJ. Stanley
If he was familiar with it; but the ia
nous African explorer had never heard
OF it before. The following is q lucid
explanation of the matter:
The sun at noon being always due
south, If the hour-hand is pointed towards
the sun at that time it, OF course, points
toward the south. Now, the sun zap
parently) makes n complete revolution
round the earth every twenty-four
hours. The hour-hand Of q twenty
four o'clock" watch also makes one
complete revolution in the twenty-four
hours; thus it is obvious that it keeps
pace with the angular movement of the
sun in the heavens, so that whatever
angular distance the Sun has moved
from the south, the hour-hand has
moved the same from the noon mark
Twelve o'clock, and therefore twelve
o'clock will give the direction Of the
south when the hour-hand is pointed
toward the sun. In an ordinary watch,
as the hour-hand makes two complete
revolutions while the sun makes only
one, its angular motion is twice as rapid
as that of the sun, hence the distance it
has Travelled from the noon mark (XII.)
must be halved in order to find the di-
rection of the south when the hour
hand is pointed toward the sun.
All the thirty-two points of the com
pass might be marked round the edge
of the dial of a ''twcnty-four o'clock
watcl, beginning with IS" over twelve,
''N" over twcnty-four, "E" over six,
and SO on. In the case of an ordinary
watch, this could not be done the same
way, since the southern point shifts
round the dial (as above dcscribed); but
there might be movable rim with all
the points of the compass marked on it,
then when the south was found on the
dial of the watch the rs" on the nova
BILE rim should be adjusted over that
point, and all the other points Of the
compass would then be correct.-Once
q Waelr
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-12
THE CASE DISMISSED.
A. j. Sugar Comes Out all Right in His
License Case.


The case of the city against A. j..
Sugar, charged with peddling goods
without license, was heard by Mayor
Evans yesterday evening
Tho defendant was represented by
Colonel Penn and the city by Roy b.
Smith. Several witnesses were OK
amined, but none had seen Sugar in the
direct act of selling goods, although
some testified to having gotten tho in
formation that he had been selling and
delivering goods at tho same time.
Sugar introduced several other wit
nesses to prove that he was merely soli-
citing orders and carried his pack with
samples only which no did not sell to
any one. He took orders and delivered
the goods afterward.
AS Sugar had license granting him
the right to sell goods at his place of
business no case could be made out
against him with the evidence at hand
and the mayor dismissed it at tho cost
OF the city.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-12
S COTT & RIVES
| BOOMING TOWN
WYTHEVILLE

Advances In tho race OF progress.
Called the Saratoga of the South. In
dustrles nearing completion and con-
templated. It's churches and schools.
Tho scenery surrounding magnificent.
Wythevillc's boom is attracting the
attention of tho country.
Wythe county is noted Tor it's blue
grass and fine herds and rich agricult-
ural area. 1t embodics the mountain
scenery and climate and fine mineral
waters of Asheville, N. c., with iron
and coal vastly superior to Birmingham,
in the midst of an agricultural soil uni
versally superior to either. Located
upon the Norfolk and Western railroad,
half way between Roanoke and Bristol,
the former of which is situated upon
the eastern border and tho latter the
western border of the great upland
mineral basin known as Southwest Vir-
ginla. The proposed Virginia and Ken
lucky railroad, on which work will be-
gin soon, crosses the Norfolk and West
ern at this point. The Parkersburg,
Little Kanawha and Virginia railway
has also decided to build the proposed
connecting link between the Black Dia-
mond system and the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley via Wytheville, making
Wytheville competing railway centre.
These lines will bring the Gossan ores
of Carroll, the mountain ores of Bland
and tho limonite ores of Cripple Creek
and New River and the coal fields of
Wythe, Bland and the Flat Top to-
gether at Wytheville, making it the
great iron and trade centre of Southwest
Virginia.
New factories and industries are be-
ing located every week, among which
are two hotels costing 100000 each
Steel Range and Stove Factory S125, 1000,
while applications for sites are con-
stantly coming in. The Wytheville
Manufacturing Company, organized with
dozen hands few months ago, engage
ing in the building business, has in
creased its force to rs hands, with
twelve months work ahead engaged,
and will now increase their force to $50
hands. Streets are being graded every
where, rail sidings for factories, while
every movement goes to indicate that
the place will be the growing Industrial
town of 1891. The Wytheville Develop
ment Company, the pioneer mover In
the good work, owing 778 acres of land,
had its first sale of lots from its choice
property, beginning September 3Oth,
when all the lots offered were soon
taken up, and to meet q growing demand
for purchasers 800 more lots will be Of
fered December 18th and 18th, intrin-
sicly considered as valuable perhaps as
that Of any company being offered in
Virginia, yet at prices extremely reason
able, which 1t is earnestly hoped viii.
encourage actual settlers rather than
lot speculation.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-12
SPOTS ON THE SUN.

they Provo That tho Great Orb Is Con.
tinually Losing Activity.
The surface Of the sun is often
strewed, says Iron, with black spots;
the smallest of which are as large as
the diameter of the earth, and the larg-
est of which are sometimes visible to
the naked eye. These spots, which arc
variable in number and position, mari.
regions in which the Luminous and
,alorifc activity of the SUE Is in state
Of temporary diminution. AS the great
radiant star is or 1ncandesccnt mass
i,372,000 times more bulky than the
earth-.which unremittingly distributes
the elements of life around it, it is con-
annually losing Though slowly, it is
true) the powerful energy that is stored
up in it. a day will come in the distant
ages when the spots that arc already
darkcning the sun will cover it's entire
surface. x solid crust will afterwards
form, rs one has formed upon the
earth, which also traversed these phases
Of the life of star, for our earth was n
sun that had the moon for planet, and
perhaps even according to Mr.. Stanis-
las Mennicr) q second satellite that is
now broken up. The sun will there
fore be extinguished some day for want
of fuel, but that fatal date will be for in
the distant future, for we can estimate
the time necessary for the extinction Of
the sun at more than 90, 0O0,0O of years,
and the time during which state of life
analogous to the present one will be
able to exist upon the earth may be
estimated at half that long period.