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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08
A GREAT WAR MEMORIAL.
Good Prospects OF Erecting One at Cum
berland Gan.

berland Gap.
MrDDLEsBoRo. KY, March 4.-The
prospect Of erecting the pcequment on
the pinnacle of Cumberland tap seems
quite good. Work Will begin in the
early spring A park will be made on
the summit Of this noted moutain. and
in this park viii be erected the monu-
ment which is TO look down on the three
great states of Kentucky, Tennessee and
Virginia. and commemorate the peace
long since made between the sections
north and south. Through the influence
of the Sixteenth Ohio volunteer in
fantry, the Ohio legislature has appro-
priated 81 800 to this enterprise. Sena-
tors Brice and Sherman are working in
the interest of the movement. This
scheme originated during the soldiers
reunion held in Middlesboro last Sep
TENDER At that meeting it was decided
TO raise $40. 900 for this work, and trus-
tees and committees were appointed TO
carry out. the plans. Elk Confederates
and federals are working earnestly to-
gether to carry forward this great move
ment. Those who are IN position to
know say that it viii be a great success.
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There is a case in the Circuit
Court of Wood county involving
the partition of an estate in which
the situation is as follows. Mr.. S.
died owning go acres of land, leav-
ing widow, who of conrse, was en-
titled to dover interest of the 60
acres, to-wit one-third or 20 acres.
MIR. G. purchased the 60 acres SUBJ
ject to the widows dover. After
ward G. married widow s., and
after living together few years G.
died. How should Mrs. C's dover
be assigned, she being entitled to
dover in all of her husbands real
estate.
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To the Democrats Of Mason County.

The Democrats of the various Dis
tricts OF Mason County are requested
to meet at their usual places of meet.
ing on Saturday, April sOth, 1892, at l
O'Clock P. NJ. and select 10 delegates
TO represent their respective Districts in
The Democratic County Convention to
be held en- Saturday, the 9TH day Of
May, 1892, at the Court House. Said
County Convention is to be held for the
purpose OF selecting delegates to repre-
sent Mason County in the Democratic
State. Congressional and Senatorial con-
ventions. BY order of the Elk. Com.
W. G. WHALEY, Sec'y.
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4th Dav Of AnriI. Iso9

Qhat being a court day,) in front OF the court
house of said Mason county, beginning al /
to the highest and best bidder, the property
In said trust conveyed, or so much thereof as
deed OF trust as follows, to-Wft. Two tracts
wha river, on southwest side thereof, about
six miles above the mouth OF said river, and
for many years tenanted by W. H Pufiing-
T. and j. ii. Goshorn on two sides and 'front.'
ing on said Great Kanawha river. The first
containing some 2t5tS ncres and being the
same two tracts of land conveyed 10 said B. ].
wife, by deed bearing date ON the 18th day OF
january, 1881, and which deed is or record in
the clerks Office of Mason County Court, in
deed book No. ~, folio l43, &C., aud In which
deed of conveyance John Hall, referred 10 I'm
said deed, Joined therein as u party to said
deed. The said first tract of land was forrl-
erly owned by Lawrence Lewis, and convey
ed by said Lewis and wife 70 Edward G.. IL.
sundry mesne conveyances recorded I'm Ma
son county, became the property OF the said
the same TO u. j. Redmond aforesaid And
the said last tract OF land + part OF tract OF
OF Henry Banks, and by divers and mesne
conyeyances became the properly Of said r.
recorded in said Mason and reftref,e
may be had thereto for more full descrif-
ton of the land herein granted"
TERMS or SALE: For cash I'm hand on day
of sale for so much money as may be neceS-
sary to pay on the principal OF said debt ($Iu,-
000), with the accrued interest thereon Since
Nov. 30th, 1883, subject TO Si20750 credItl aud
the costs of executing this trust, and as to
any residue, on n credit OF two equal INSTALL
ments of one and two years from day OF sale,
taking from the purchaser his notes. bearing
Interest, with good security for the sieferred
payments, and retaining the legal title as
BENZ. d. WILLIAMS,
Z. W. BROWN.
Trustees. !,
I hereby certify that bond and security. has
j. II. X. Il. SMITH.
Clerk County Court of Mason County, W. Va.
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Trust Sale
Of a Valuable Farm.


RY virtue of the authority vested In me by
- a certain deed OF trust, executed by Jacob
Messlcl1 TO the undersigned trustee, the
nth day OF October, 1870. and recorded In the
Clerks office of the County Court, of Mason
County, West Virginia, In Trust Deed Book.
NO. p folio oil, 70 secure the payment or a
certain promisory note for the sum of sew
enty-nye dollars and payable one year after
date which note was executed by the said
Jacob MessiclS. and payable to the order Of
w IL Tomltnson, and Is fully described in
said trust decd, and default having been
made IN the ayn1cnt of said note, and being
requested by the owner and holder OF said
note TO make sale OF the real estate In said
trust deed conveyed. i. Rankin Wiley. r.,
trustee as aforesaid. viii sell by way OF pub
lie auction, In Point Pleasant, at the front
door of the Court House of Mason county, on
Wednesday. the 23rd day of March,
lsa2, the following real estate, to-yFIt: Thirty
two acres, more or less, except four acres sold
TO Nelson Hope, and the same tract OF land
purchased by the said Jacob Messichr of H r.
Howard. Special Commissioner, ON the lst
day OF June, 1857, by deed OF that date and OF
in deed book No -, foiios 437 and s3S, 10
which deed reference Is given FOR more full
and complete description Of said land said
land has a good dwelling house thereon. and
the same where the said Afessick now resides
and is wen improved and contains = acres,
more orless.
Terms OF sale, one-thfrd cash in hand on
day OF sale. and the residue In one and Two
years nom day OF SALE taking from the pur-
chaser notes In equal payments with good
security bearing interest from day OF sale,
and retaining the title further security
RANKIN WILEY, JR-,
feb25-4w Trustee-
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Commissioners Sale
REAL ESTATE.

c. w. Maupin,
George Peterborough, Administrator OF Peter
Tillis, deceased, and Others
In chaneery.
by virtue of the authority vested in me-
ID the undersigned Special Commissioner
by decree OF the Circuit Court, or Mason
county, West Virginia, entered I'm the above
entitled cause on the 10Th day OF December,
1891, / shall on
Thursday, March 24th. 1892,
at the front door OF the Court House, OF said
Mason county, proceed to sell by way OF pub
lie auction 10 the highest bidder the follow
ing described real estate situate In Union
district, of said county, bounded and deserib-
ed as follows to-wit: Beginning at a stake
in line oflands OF @. w. Maupin and corner
to dover; thence ;. 39s T.. I82 poles to a stone
pile; thence ". SIC T.. IS poles 10 a blacIS-oaI<
thence =. aJ' w. 142 poles 10 where a small
black oak formerly stood; thence s. 73o w.
Y poles TO the place or beginning, estimated
to contain thirty two-ncres-
Terms OF SALE.-One-third OF the pur-
chase money cash In hand on the day of sale
and the residue In two equal installmenfs
payable in six and twelve months from day
OF sale, taking bond with approved security
from the purchaser for the deferred INSTALL
mcntS OF the purchase money. and retaining
the title TO said land as a further security
until the purchase money Is fully paid.
Special Commissioners.
i r. f. Mitchell, Clerk or the Circuit Court
Of Mason county, West Virginia. do certify
that bond With approved security Iins been
given by the above named Special Commits
stoner, as required by law.
,o,.oa.. X. f. MITCHELL, CLERK
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DETROIT. March TX George f. Logan.
merchant tailor. and Frank May, both
of Sombria, Ont. have been arrested by
a customs officer while they We're in tl,a
act of smuggling clothing across the
river. 1t is claimed that these men have
been IN business between the countries
for long time, and that they had
worked up large and growing trade,
having for customers some of the lead
ing business and professional men both
In this and neighboring cities. Twenty
or thirty citizens are implicated. it be-
ing charged that they knew they were
dealing with smuggiers.
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a PECULIAR CASE.
A Dying Man Requests the Doctor who
shot Hin, to Treat Him.

Dying Man Requests the Doctor Who
shot Hin, to Treat Him.
COLUMBUS, Ga. March 7.-Dr. NJ. w.
Peek, of Chattahoochee county. is in Jail
charged with the murder of NJ. A.
Thomas, a neighbor. The men quar-
reled on Tuesday of last week about a
fence which separated their properties,
Thomas finally started toward the doc
tor with an open knife, but Peek was
too quick for him, drew pistol and
fhot him il the right side.
While av :iting the arrival of physi-
clans DR.. Peek gave Thomas medical at
tendance. When Thomas was removed
to his home: he refused the aid of other
physicians that had been summoned. ex-
pressing more confidence in the skill IF
his assailant. DIR. Peek worked hard to
save Thoras' life, but failed, and the
latter died Sunday.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

Jay Gould gave ten thousand
dollars TO the Presbyterian mission
airy board, and Immediately took
alarmingly ill. No doubt such gen
erosity is very fatal to a poor man
like Jay.
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A Blow at the standard OH Company.

COLUMBUS, o., March GIN the quo
warranto suit instituted by ATTORNEY
General Watson, of this state, nearly
two years ago, to test the charter of the
monopoly known as the Standard on
company, the Ohio supreme court rem
dered its decision Tuesday. 1t is against
the company. The Incorporation of the
original company is not annulled. but
the trust agreement between it and
other oil concerns forming the trust ia
declared to be illegal. 1t is regarded as
one of the most important decisions
ever rendered by this courts
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08
CONDENSED NEWS.
A Collection OF Interesting Items on vari-
Gus Subjects, Especially Prepared for
the Hasty Reader.

A co,.ect,or ,rr,..~..t,.,
s-.,--.- %
ee' -sPee'niiJ Prepared Tor
the nasty Reader
Senator Sherman says he Will not re-
sign, and never contemplated such a
thing
A commercial treaty between France
and the United States has been arranged
by Minister Reid and the French minister
of commerce
Workmen at Muncie claim to have
found natural gas frozen solid in pipe.
They slipped out section Of it, touched
match and claim it burned beautifully.
A new industry.
The indianapolis street car strike Is
practically over. The company has been
placed In the hands Of receiver, who says
he will soon have all the cars running to
the entire satisfaction of all the parties
concerned.
1t is said the Wheeling puddlers and
rollers, now members of the Amalgamated
Association Of Iron and Steel Workers,
will withdraw from the order and reor-
ganize the Order of Vulcans, to which
they belonged in 1876. The men in Pitts
burg and Cincinnati are dissatisfied, and
may join the movement About 10000
men Will be affected
Mills, Hoar and Springer are sick in
Work on the Tchuantcpec railroad will
be begun Immediately.
The decrease OF the public debt--tl,.Ifnr
February was Ss495. 1z9
The Probibitionists are s,nabblfl,o
among themselves about holding their
national convention in St. .o,,is. and the
chances are Cincinnati viii get il,
There is nm exodus of NEGROES f,5,.s Ar
kansas into the Cherokee striD.
Pennsvlvanian,s secretarv az state de-
clares his belief that his ssa,e Is soiid for
Cleveland.
The state denartn,ent fails 10 confirm
the report that Mr.. Ecan. our minister
10 chill IL about ~, return, hor,e
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

The Democrats of the counties
below viii present the name of
Hon. John 81. Russell, of Hunting
ton, as a Delegate to the Democratic
National Convention. Mr.. Russell
has many friends up here in Mason
who would be delighted to-have
him selected as enc of the delegates
to g!liicn the 4th district is entitled.
He is one of the best men in the
district, and sound and outspoken
Democrat, and the Ravenswood Dis
triet Convention in honoring him
with nomination as delegate will
honor itself.
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Crime anna CasualtIes.

At Memphis, Gus Price shot and fatally
wounded his son RUDE during a quarrel
At Savannah stationary boiler ex-
ploded, killing two men and probably
fatally injuring another.
For laughing ut Zeb Nolen, Memphis
gambler, who was knocking of the hats
of colored men, Henry Moore, colored
porter. received two bullets in his body.
Serious.
George Stewart. of Butte, is accused
of criminally assaulting his little daugh-
tiers, one of whom has become mother
AT Columbia, S. c., five-year-old Bud
Harris, picSaninny, beat neighbours
baby to death with sharp piece of iron
AT Blue Ash, near Cincinnati, John
johnson shot Pelham Ellis dog. Ellis
retaliated by shooting johnson dead
Both colored.
Bob Currie, near Brownsville, Tenn,
shot and probably fatally wounded Sarah
Washington and John Butler, Thursday
night. Currie and Butler were rivals for
the young lady's hand.
Near Ducktown, Tenn, Deputy United
States Marshal G. X Stewart Jr., and
guard We're overpowered by friends of
United States prisoners they had in
charge. Stewart was shot dead and his
guard fatally wounded.
At Camden. N. J., Howard Mason
found a strange man in bed with his wife
After emptying his revolver at the
stranger without effect Mason cut his
wife's throat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

The defeat of the high license
and local option measures pending
in the State legislature of Iowa, by
a strict party vote, is an indication
that the Republicans of Iowa mean
to stand by the prohibition cause,
let it land them where it may. The
Democratic party of the State
stands for high license and local
option, and has succeeded in defeat
ing its opponents in two successive
contests. The State gave Harrison,
in 1888, LOCO plurality and in 1889
gave Democratic plurality, of g.
500, and in 1891 the Democratic
candidate for Governor was elected
by over 5000 plurality and the en-
tire State ticket was also carried to
victory. The Democracy of Iowa
enters the coming Presidential con-
test with fair chances of carrying
the State by good, safe plurality
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The following are the names of
the gentlemen who are now being
spoken of in connection with the
Democratic nomination of for Gov
ernor: Hon. P. c. Eastman, of
Mason; Judge Bennett, of Weston;
Col. White, of Wheeling; Col. Nc
Corkle. of Charleston; Hon. w. NJ.
Clements, of Jefferson; Hon. Ira
Post, of Harrison; Hon. W. N.
Chancellor, of Parkersburg; Col.
Dan. Johnson, of Tyler, and Col.
WOodford, of Lewis. These are all
good men and sound Democrats,
and from among them the conven-
ton ought to be able to choose a
candidate to lead them to victory.
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- "l|-f1@~- - N4+N A~--A q AIlaA 0un0 IN
Carroll County
DELPHI. Ind. March 7.-Lease hunt
ers are nov lowering around what is
supposed to be q rich zinc deposit along
Rock creek. in this county Several
weeks ago young man from the Rock
creek neighborhood went to Logans-
port, and in an Office there saw some
zinc ore from Joplin. No. Asking what
it was he was told. and replied that
there was lots of it along Rock creek,
pounds of the deposit TO I.oeansport.
The result was that several = pifalists,
headed by Senator A r. Shrover.
FASTENED to the place. and leased about
1000 acres before any one else knew
what WAS going OIL. Now that the secret
out. scores Of pcople are trying to ge. a
lease The Shroyer syndicate has ar
ranged to sink shaft. and work will be
commenced within a few days. The ez-
citenent in the neighborhood is MP to
fever heat. and there are many pros
pectiye lnillionaires.
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Wheeling Register: The other
day it was announced that the Buff
lalo Steam Forge Company had been
obliged to ask for the appointment
of receiver. This establishment
had existed for thirty-two years
and is said to have produced more
car axIes and with fewer "shut
downs" than any other in the conn
try.
Last week also the doors of the
Bessemer Steel Works at Troy, N.
Y, were closed for an indefinite
period, throwing many hundred
men out of employment. 1t is as
serted that this suspension involves
the continued idleness of the Rens-
selaer rail mill of the same city.
The latest issue of the Iron Age, a
Journal well known for its devotion
to the high tariff, contained the fol-
lowing statement:
"The wages of the puddlers in the
employ of the Chesapeake Nail
Works at Harrisburg, Pa, have
been reduced from 81 per day to
$3.50 per day, taking effect on the
18th inst. The management states
that this reduction is made necessa-
~ for a time on account of the ex-
IRENE dizziness in the iron business.
On the same day a reduction in
wages varying from to II per
cent. went into effect at the Central
Iron Works, Harrisburg, Pa.
A dispatch from Pittsburg printed
the other day said:
GAS a certain indication of de-
preston in the iron market, with
no indication of an early improve
ment, several of the manufacturers
in this city have largely reduced
their forces of employees. Painters
Sons & Co. have discharged 90 pud-
oilers; Jones & Laughlin have closed
81 pudding furnaces and discharg-
ed 200 workmen. Other manufac-
turers will also reduce their forces
at an early day."
Referring to the reduction of
wages in the iron and steel trade,
the Independent Republican Phila-
delphia Telegraph says that it did
not stand alone, but extended to all
industrial pursuits, adding: There
is nobody who knows anything at
all regarding the situation of labor
who does not know that during the
last year and half workingmen
have had the greatest difficulty in
maintaing their wage rates; that
whilc in some instances they have
done it by striking, or threatening
to strike, in very many other in
stances they have had,to submit to
reduction"
As the high tariff advocates have
proved their inability to increase
wages, they ought at least to do
what they can toward reducing the
artificialIy increased price of the
neeessaries of life by helping the
Democrats to remove the most
burdensome featnreso of the law for
whieh~the Republicans are respon-
sible.
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War ON spnrrons.

CHICAGO. March 7.-Last fall coun-
ty two-cent bounty law for English
sparrow heads was passed by the Illinois
legislature. 1t provided for the pay
ment by county clerks of two cents per
head during the months of December.
January and February of each year.
The returns are Just in for the last
term, and with the county reports
comes the naive information that ssEn-
glish sparrows are as plenty as ever. -
The law cost the state $12 1854 for its 1O1
counties, which meant that Ga, 700
sparrows were killed.
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TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE
RE Al Els STATE.

DY virtue OF the decd OF trust executed 10
d US, the undersigned trustees, by Beria-
min J. Redmond and +. j. Redmond, his
wife, bearing date on the Soth day OF Novem-
Der, lscs and recorded In the office OF the
Clerk OF the County Court. OF Mason county
West V lrginia, In trust deed book No. IL, ON
page lSe, &c-. executed to secure to r.. :.
Brown the payment of the note and obliga-
ton in said trust fully described, and said
note having become due and remaining un-
paid, and havlng been required so 10 do by
Anna II. Brown, the legal owner and holder
OF said note, obligations and trust, we shall
on the
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. The Republican newspapers of
this State do not like the new ballot
law under which they must vote at
the next election. They have every
thing to say about it except to ac-
knowledge that it will prevent
fraud and guarantee fair election.
And yet they endorsed the "Force
Bill" for the Southern States and
are mad as hornets because determ-
ined Democrats, with the help of a
few honest Republicans, prevented
its passage. 1t makes all the dit.
ference in the world whose OK is be-
ing gored, you Elkins Ne,cs.
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Ex-PRgsIoENT CLEVELAND.
Rumor That He win Soon Withdraw
from the Presidential Race.

Rumor That He VIII Soon Withdraw
from the Presidential Race.
NEW York, March A Washing
ton special says:
William G. Whitney put in an APP
pearance at the Capitol Wednesday
afternoon. He did not make himself
unduly conspicuous, but before he had
been on the ground ten minutes, he was
in consultation with Senator Carlisle.
A few minutes later Senator Hill was
called into the conference. A note was
then sent over to the house, and in
another fifteen minutes the three
politicians were vending their way, at
the invitation of Speaker Crisp, to the
speakers room, where Tom Murray had
been directed to serve one of his most
delectable lunches.
Messrs. Whitney, Hill, Carlisle and
Crisp remained in the speakers room
for an hour in strictly executive session,
and at the close of the conference the
ex-secretary departed from the Capitol
rs unobtrusively as he came. Demo
cratic leaders Were left TO conjecture
the significance of the conference.
1T means" said one who is very near
the throne, that we are going to have
harmony with a stuffed club. The
party leaders in New York are becom-
ing alarmed at the outlook, and the ex-
secretary is believed to have come down
to patch up truce if possible.
Mr.. Whitney is understood to have
been the bearer of a message from Mr..
Cleveland with reference to the ex-
presidents intentions, and there was an
apparent inspired report at the Capitol
Wednesday afternoon that in a short
time Mr.. Cleveland will publicly an
nounce his withdrawal from the race,
at the same time issuing manifesto de-
timing his attitude ON the silver and
tariff. Mr.. Cleveland is also expected
to repudiate the May convention.
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PRISON BURNED.
The Indiana Female ReforInatory Fired
by Young Inmates.

The Indiana Female ReforInatory Fired
by Young Inmates.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 3.-The Indiana
female reformatory, located in the
suburbs. was almost totally destroyed
by fire Tuesday night.
Smoothing irons had been heated to
redness and thrown into a closet filed
with infiammable material and the door
closed. The whole building was soon
IN flames and number of the prisoners,
some of whom We're life convicts for
murder, escaped All We're ordered out
OF the building, but told to keep within
certain bounds.
Three girls. Emma Jean Thompson,
Gertrude Owens and Julia Kerr, whose
ages range from twelve to fourteen
years, are suspected to be responsible
for the conhagration.
The. loss will be 800, 900, on which
there Is $4,000 insurance-theo only pub
lie institution in Indiana which has car
RED any insurance at all