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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-03

Mayor Peden, of Mason City, who
arrested the mail carrier from Pom
eroy, while on his way to the Ohio
River train, for driving on the side
walk, and who was arrested and
brought before Commissioner 81.
r. Howard and held to answer an
indictment by the U. S Court, was
tried at Parkersbug last week, and
was fined 500 and costs. 1t don't
pay to monkey with uncle Samuel.
Grain maker" Melbourne admits
that the alleged rain making, for
which he has been paid large sums
by gullible farmers of the West, was
all humbug. Science has been
saying SO all along, but some people
SO persistently hold on to what they
want to believe that even Mel
bourne's confession will scarcely
undeceive them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-03

The Merchants National Bank
will be closed on next Thursday,
that being the Fourth of July.
Those who have paper maturing on
that day will have to attend to it on
the day before.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-03

may 3O.6nn
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-03
SITlTl0NS LIVER
REGULATOR

II does its work well, and tones up tbs
whole system. It's Better than Pills,
and can be had in liquid or powder.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-03

The Low Priced Furniture Dealers,
Point Pleasant West va.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-14

they entered the barn. but not q sound
came to their ears, save the dull mur-
muir of the sea and the distant barking
OF dog Pericord journeyed backward
and forward with all that they might
need, while Brown filled long narrow
sack with bricks.
When all was ready, the door Of the
barn was closed and the lamp balanced
upon an empty packing case. The bag
Of bricks was laid upon two trestles,
and the broad steel girdle was buckled
round 1t. Then the great phlanges, the
wires and the metal box containing the
motor were in turn attached to the CIR
die. Last Of all fat steel rudder shap-
cd like fish's tail was secured to the
bottom Of the sack.
"We must make it go round in a
small circle" said Pericord, glancing
round at the bare, high walls.
"Tie the rudder down at one side, +"
suggested Brown. "Now it is ready.
Press the connection. and off she goes +"
Perioord leaned forward, his long,
sallow face quivering with excitement
His white, nervous hands darted here
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-14
How the Heavens Move.

According to the elder Struve, the
movement Of the sun through space is
at about the rate of five miles per sec-
ond, but that calculation was made on
the supposition that the brightest of the
fixed stars were between two and three
times nearer US than they have been
since proved to be. The best astronomers
Of more modern times are Of the opinion
that the actual speed of the solar system
in its wild fight through space can
scarcely fall short of 12 or exceed 20
miles per second. By moderate esti-
mate, then, our position in the great
sea of space is changing at the rate of
500, 900, 900 miles annually. The above
figures, wonderful as they may seem,
are counterbalanced by the enormous
distances which separate the fixed stars
from the planets Of our solar system as
well as by the unthinkable and meas
ureless space which intervenes between
those distant orbs. Let us suppose that
our sun and his train of planets and
satellites are getting ready to make a
trip to Sirius, the dog star, and that that
body is anchored perfectly stationary in
space. Suppose that we begin our trip
on Jan. l, 1895, when will we come il
collision with the ruler of dogdays? Not
until after lapse Of 30, 900 years! And
we are travelling 500, 900, 900 of miles
annually too!-St. Louis Republic.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-14
REAL ESTATE
For Sale, Rent s'Ey.!s.gs

FOR SALE.
Dwelling Houses,
Business House and offices,
2Small farms within mile of corpo-
ration line,
Building Lots, all prices.
New house, & rooms. Pleasant street,
New house IL rooms.
6.0. DAWSON.
Agent for Sale, Rent or Exchange of
Real Estate.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-14
Boiling Springs.

On the premises of DR.. Lane, at Port
land, Or, is well that yields water
"a thousand times hotter than boiling" I"
At Pine Grove, Esmeralda county,
New, there is a well, drilled in 1888,
which furnished water for the miners
to do their cooking with. Potatoes plac-
ed in the stone basin at the we'll will
cook through and through in eight niin-
utes.
The water of one of the artesian wells
at Budapest has an average temperature
Of 200 degrees and flows at the rate of
$4,000 gallons every ~ hours.
At Ritzia, Australia, there is boil
ing spring which Professor Hidden AYERS
is Inhabited by millions of small red
fish. If these little hot water denizens
be scooped from their natural element
and placed in a pail Of common drink
ing water, they die instantly, and the
queer part of the story is that the scales
and skin slip off just as though they
had been scalded. Exchange.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-14
UkIO STATE NEWS.
MEDALS FOR VETERANS.


Addresses Wanted of Ex-Members Of the
Twelfth Ohio.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 4.-The adjutant-
general desires the addresses of the
following named members of the
Twelfth o. " l., or if they be deceased,
of their nearest surviving relatives, in
order that veteran medals may be for
warded them. The Twelfth was re-
cruited principally in the counties of
Morrow, Green, Clermont, Hamilton,
Montgomery, Licking, Champaign,
Franklin, Butler, Brown. Preble,
Meigs, Darke, Trumbull Washington,
Lucas, Warren, Clinton and Highland.
John Atkinson, Company B; Thomas
Accord, Company E; E. A. Adams Com
pany d; Reuben J. Butler, Company A;
VIM. Fl. Baker. Company A; j. Brechl-
man, Company B; Alexander Brown,
Company b; John w. Brown, Company
B; James M. Berry, Company B; John
w. Boyce, Company F; Abner Horm-
stein, Company G; John Bissell, Com
pany G.; Anthony Black, Company L;
F. ]. Bryan, Company X; D. c. Bur-
nett Company X: P. d. Curran, Com
pany B; Sam'l w. Crawford, Company
E; Jas. d. Counsel. Company d, killed
June z, 1884, William X. Cessna,
Company d; T. Callahan, Company F.;
Patrick Collins, Company F: A. N.
Develbiss, Company X: VIM. Dean,
Company X; John w. Edgington, Com
pany X; James Farren, Company A;
John w. Fenner, Company B; Geo. w.
Fiscus, Company X; Lewis Gauger,
Company c; n. Hubbell, Company B;
Thomas Hays Company D; VIM. How
son, Company A; VIM. Hickey, Com
pany E; Perry Hurt, Company F;
VIM. D. Kline. Company h; John
Kline, Company E; Francis Kitson,
Company l; Ed. A. Kloosterman, Com
pany K; Geo. E. Lighthiser, Company
B; Morris Luce, Company E; j. Miller,
Company A: VIM. Markwell, Company
B; Frederick Musser, Company b; Da-
vid McCarter, Company c: John Nc
Neilage, Company d; John Melhim,
Company G.; A. w. Murphy, Company
K; George Mann, Company X; Irwin C.
Moon, Company K; c. F. Nixon, Com
pany K; Jas. Peers, Company F; A. j.
Parker. Company l; w. II. Richards,
Company B; j. w. Routledge, Company
D; James Redding, Company d; c. A.
Roberts, Company E; Thomas Roberts,
Company K; Joseph S. Stoop, Company
D; James R. Smith, Company D; John
A. Snyder, Company K; P. Trister,
Company b; L. E. Vance, Company K:
Jasper N. Wilkinson, Company F;
Wesley j. Wiles, Company G; John A.
WELDON, Company G.; Mort w. Wood,
Company X; F. NJ. Wood, Company X,
R. o. Wood, Company X; George Well
ington, Company X.
Original discharge papers: John w.
Brown, Company b; Henry Neiman,
! Company b.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-14
Omens of the Mirror.

The Swedish girl who looks into her
glass by candle light risks the loss of her
lover. A universal superstition, which
has found its way even to our own pro-
saio times and country, forbids bride
to see herself in mirror after her toilet
is completed. In Warwickshire and 9TH
er parts Of rural England it was long
the custom to cover all the looking
glasses in house Of death, lest some
affrighted mortal should behold in one
the pale. shrouded corpse standing by
his side. Superstitions of less ghostly
character cluster around the mirror and
are familiar to us all. To break one is
everywhere an evil omen. "Seven years.
trouble, but no want, I" follow fast upon
such mishap in Yorkshire. and in Scot
land the cracking Of q looking glass, like
the falling Of tho doomed man 8 picture
from the wall. is I'resage Of approach
ing death.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-14
Diphtheria Scourge Spreading.

ALLIANCE, o., Feb. s.-Four more
cases of diphtheria are reported from
the country just east of this city
Thursday morning, showing that the
scourge is spreading rapidly. Mrs.
died Wednesday, and her eldest daugh-
ter, Jane, were taken down with the
disease Wednesday evening. Local
physicians are trying to get the anti
toxine remedy from Cleveland or Pitts
burgh. Residents of the eastern part
of the city are much alarmed.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-14
Supreme Court Adjourns. %

COLUMBUS. O., Feb. 9.-The supreme
court Friday adjourned until the 18th
instant. Judge Shauck will be sworn
in Saturday, and assume his duties as
a member of the court, Judge Min
shall becoming chief justice. Judge
Shauck's successor on the circuit bench
was commissioned Friday. Judge ALL
read was appointed some weeks ago,
but not commissioned until Friday be-
cause of provision of the law which
is to the effect that after judge re-
ceives his commission he can transact
no professional business. Judges
Shauck, Summers and Allread We're
banqueted by the Franklin county bar
Friday night.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-14

sring like one with the ague, while the
Great Brown Pericord motor doomed
and hurtled above him. How long he
sat there can never be known. It might
have been minutes, or it might have
been hours. A thousand mad schemes
flashed through his dazed brain. It was
true that he had been only the indirect
cause. But who would believe that?
He glanced down at his blood spattered
clothing. Everything was against him.
It would be better to fly than TO give
himself up relying upon his innocence.
No one in London knew where they
were. If he could dispose Of the body,
he might have few days clear before
any suspicion would be aroused.
Suddenly loud crash recalled him
10 himself. The flying sack had grad
ually risen with each successive circle
until 1t had struck against the rafters.
The blow displaced the connecting gear,
and the machine fell heavily to the
ground. Pericord undid the girdle. The
motor was uninjured. A sudden strange
thought flashed upon him as he looked
at it. The machine had become hateful
to him. He might dispose both of it and
the body in way that would battle all
human search.
He threw open the barndoor and car
ried his companion out into the moon.
light. There was a hillock outside, and
on the summit Of this he laid him rev.
erently down. Then he brought from
the barn the motor, the girdle and the
phlanges. With trembling fingers he
fastened the broad steel belt round the
dead mans waist. Then he screwed the
wings into the sockets. Beneath he
slung the motor box, fastened the wires
and switched ON the connection. For a
minute Or two the huge yellow fans
tapped and fiickered. Then the body
began to move in little jumps down the
side Of the hillock, gathering gradual
momentum until at last it heaved up
into the air and scared heavily off in
the moonlight. He had not used the
rudder, but had turned the head for the
south. Gradually the weird thing rose
higher and sped faster until it had
passed over the line of cliff and was
sweeping over the silent sea. Pericord
watched it with a white, drawn face
until it looked like black bird with
golden wings half shrouded in the mist
which lay over the waters.
In the New York state lunatic asy-
luA there is wild eyed man whose
name and birthplace are alike unknown.
His reason has been unseated by some
sudden shock, the doctors say, though
Of what nature they are unable to de-
termine. 1T is the most delicate ma
chine which is most readily put out of
gear, they remark and point in proof
Of their axiom to the complicated cleo
trio engines and remarkable aeronautio
machines which the patient is fond of
devising in his more lucid moments.
THE END.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-14
Cleveland schools Closed.

CLEVELAND, o., Feb, 9.-The blizzard
ragged with unabated fury throughout
Friday, causing more or less delay to
railroad traffic and Decentralization of
street car service A heavy gale from
the west, with the thermometer slight
ly below zero, prevailed throughout
the day. All the schools in the city
closed at noon, owing to the extreme
cold
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-14

"It dctsr' he CRIED 1.-THE BroaDn-P PERT
cord motor acts"
the machine, which was shivering and
rocking with each swing Of its arms as
though q very little more would send
1t skimming from the table.
''Is it not splendid?'' cried Perioord.
"It is satisfactory. said the more
phleglnatic Anglo-Saxon.
There's immortality in itr'
There's money in iti''
''Our names will 60 down with
Montgolher's.
with Rothsohild's. hope."
'sNo, no, Brown. You take too ma
trial : view. Z" cried the inventor, rails
inG ~ slsaming sysa fsom the machins
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-14

A Marietta paper is responsible for
the following: "a married woman and
her daughter reside at the same house
at Fort Howard, Washington County.
One day recently each gave birth to q
baby boy of about the same complexion,
size and weight. Some neighbors called
shortly after, and in passing they be-
came slightly mixed and their mothers
were unable to tell them apart The
children will never know which lie the
grandson Of the grandfather.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21
PREPARED FOR TRIAL.
The Prosecution Has Made All
Arrangements for To-
Morrow Morning.

The police have made every preparation
for Durrant's preliminary examination,
which will commence tomorrow morning
at IL o'clock before Police Judge Con-
Ion. All the witnesses have been
subpenaed to be in attendance at that hour
and Chief Crowley said yesterday that he
was ready to proceed. Durrant will be de-
Tended by Eugene Deuprey. District At
torney Barnes will assist Prosecuting At
torney Wax eman in conducting the case
for the people.
Arrangements were made yesterday by
the officers of the court for the accommo-
dation of the press and the witnesses, and
when the hearing commences everything
will be in readiness to proceed.
Chief Crowley and District Attorney
Barnes are daily in receipt of numerous
letters about the murders. A specimen
was one received yesterday. Tt was from a
spiritualist and purported to be signed by
the two murdered girls. 1t began by as
sorting that Durrant was their murderer
and said: "He betrayed us by telling US
we were towards and did not trust the
Lord, and that in the house of God no
harm could come to US. May the fate that
has befallen us be a warning to all young
ladies to beware of pastors of churches. u
The communication said that if Durrant
confessed his soul would have peace, but if
he did not their spirits would forever tor
ment him in his dreams. 1t was not the
first and only crimes he had committed
but he had been guilty of others.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21
CRITICIZES CROWLEY.
Dickinson Disapproves Talk About
Manufactured Evidence-He
Shuts Mouths.

General Dickinson of Durrant's counsel
sharply criticized Chief Crowley yesterday
for his reported statements that he had a
only manufactured testimony.
eff Crowley said that" remarked Dick
inson, che is fool. He is not prosecut-
ing officer, and it is his province only to
collect all evidence obtainable against and
concerning every one who was in any way
connected with either tragedy. 1t is not
his business to judge of that evidence, but
to submit it to the District Attorney, and
he has no more right to usurp the func-
tions of prosecuting officer than L have
$50 far as our case is concerned we have
not made any of its points public, nor
shall we till at the trial the case for the peo-
pie has been closed. l, to-day, secured
control of the case and have shut up sew
eral people who were talking too much.
1.-The reasons for our reticence? Well, l
have never yet tried case in the news
papers, and yet have had a few important
ones. | am not going to begin it now.
Then, too, you know with what facility
witnesses to prove anything are found in
San Francisco, and | have not the utmost
confidence in certain persons connected
with the prosecution.
"Crowley's remarks are apparently in
tended to throw discredit upon whatever
testimony the defendant may be able to
secure in his favor, and they are not only
ill-advised but unfair in man in his posi-
ton.
81 have not read all the newspaper re-
ports of the crime, but have confined my
self to the sworn testimony given at the
Coroner's inquest. OF that there is little
of any Importance, and if at the trial the
prosecution should not secure more L
think / should move for nonsuit. In
any case, Durrant is not the guilty man,
because he was not there. 1t is physically
impossible that he should have done what
they claim he did, unless, indeed, he were
an old time magician who could take that
church in his hands and roll 1T into ball
and then restore it.
'Those horse hairs? 1 do not attach
any importance to them, for if one walks
block anywhere in this city he is liable
to have hairs blown on his clothes"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21
A BLOODY SHOE.
Crimson Stains on One of
GibSOn'S Articles of
Footwear.

A blood-stained shoe belonging to Rev.
DR.. Gibson is in the possession of the
police. The shoe was found when the
search was begun q week ago, but the
police authorities have ever since kept the
matter quiet in an endeavor to learn the
true significance of their discovery.
The shoe is one which Gibson kept in his
study to wear when at work there to ease
his feet. The police ransaeked the pastors
study and found this shoe, which had
blood stains on the sole. They took the
shoe away for examination.
DR.. Gibson keeps in his study all the
time two old pairs of shoes and pair of
slippers. The slippers and three of the
shoes are still there. The fourth shoe is
the newly discovered link in the chain of
evidence.
Notwithstanding that the shoe belongs
to the pastor of the church the police do
not believe it connects him in any way
with the crime.
The murderer may have put it on so
that if he should accidentally step in pool
of blood the stain would not be on his own
shoe. On the other hand, the pastor may
have had it on when he was called by Mrs
Nolt to view the body of Minnie Williams
Again, the murderer, in order to throw
suspicion from himself, may have dipped
the shoe in blood and then put it back in
the pastors study.
Robert Lynch, the private secretary of
Rev. DR.. Gibson, said: eve can give little
information on the subject. The four
shoes were in the pastors study prior to
the murder of Miss Williams. When we
went there Thursday we found only three
shoes there. We really know nothing
more and have no theories in regard to its
disappearance"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21
HOW IT Is EXPLAINED.
The Pastor Offered to See
Durrant, but Was Not
Welcomed.
He Is STILL WILLING TO CO..
Important Information Received by
the Prisoners Mother-DiCk-
inson's View.

One week has passed since Emmanuel
Church received a baptism OF blood, and
the names of the unfortunate maidens who
were murdered within its walls were her
aided to the civilized world. Interest in the
case is almost as strong as ever. Curiosi-
ty seekers throng the sunny thoroughfare
5n front of the crime-haunted edifice, and
women vaInly appeal for admittance to
the policeman who guards the door. Not
one of these women would pass an hour
alone after dark in that church for Hunt
ington's fortune. The policeman, who is
supposed to be made of sterner stuff, passes
the hours of his vigil in room remote
from the CORY chamber in which Minnie
Williams was strangled and butchered.
The police are, metaphorically speaking,
turning the building upside down, hoping
that somewhere in its dusty recesses they
will find proof in the shape of a blood
stained garment that Will strengthen the
chain they are binding around Durrant or
forge letters for another. They have found
tan abandoned well under the church, and
are feeding fat their imaginations on what
may be concealed within it.
DR.. Gibson has engaged a private secre-
rotary who, it is said, is puissant scribe.
The secretary gave the press statement
from his employer last night that is inter-
esting reading. Mrs. Durrant has received
information to the effect that a
man and woman were seen entering
Emmanuel Church while her son was at
DR.. Vogel's. 1t is said that at the proper
time these persons will make themselves
known to the authorities. DR.. Samuels
has found hairs from the body of a bay
horse among those that were found on
Blanche Lamont's waist. Young Wolfe
rides bay horse and Durrant rode bay
horse on the day of Minnie Williams
death.
Late last night the police admitted that
they had found bloody shoe belonging to
Pastor Gibson in the church study.