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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

President Geo. T. Angel, OF the
American Humane Society, has
sent the following to the Governor
OF every State: ''It is well known to
the American press that many per-
sons-and how many no one can
tell-have been buried alive. The
father ofthe undersigned came very
near being buried alive, being de.
clared by his physician dead, and
all Preparations made for his iuner
al before he could give visible signs
of life. The object of this petition,
which | hope you will cause to be
properly presented, is to call public
attention throughout our entire
country to this important subject,
and / take pleasure IN sending a
marked copy of it to the editors Of
every American newspaper and
magazine north of Mexico, asking
their assistance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

The printers of Huntington are
demanding an advance IN wages,
and if it is not granted them they
will so out on strike. They re-
Gently organized a Typographiea al
Union, and adopted a scale of prices,
to which the publishers object.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15
Bubbles from Biz Six1een.

Mayday was properly observed at
this place, but fish were scarce.
Corn planting and house cleaning
is the order of the day.
MISS Annie Williams left Friday
for Cincinnati,
Geo. Adams has returned from
Huntington, where he has been
visiting his cousin, W. B. Waugh.
John Livcsey, of Pliny, was seen
on our streets Saturday.
Jno. Williams has been visiting
relatives at Gallipolis.
Wilson Priddy is on the sick list.
Miss Fannie Watt was called to
Huntington by the illness of rela.
tives last week.
Miss Edna Wallace and brother,
Bern, were. at Buffalo Tuesday.
Miss Maggie Priddy has been ap.
pointed postmistress at Sloan.
Childrens' Day will be observed
at Sloan church in the near future.
w. j. Davis was at Buffalo, Mon
day on business.
Jas. Lemasters has been suffering
from an attack of grippe.
J. E. Markham was at Point
Pleasant Monday.
Some of our young ladies have
knit counterpanes ready for the
blue ribbon at the next Fair.
Dick Meadows has greatly i'm
proved his section of road. ~
The Kline House under the man
agemont of Capt. Nelson Park, is
becoming one of the most popular
Hotels along the river. He is now
making some decided improvements
about the house, and among them is
putting in electric lights.
At the close of the service Sun
lay, at Beech Hill, the best collec-
4 fon ever raised at that place for
| general collection was taken.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

Don't let the monument question
die out. Keep agitating it. Perse-
vercnce will see it built within a
few years. 1t should have been
bniIt years ago.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

The public schools close this
week, and the graduating exercises
take place in Hoaff $ new opera
house next Friday night. a splen-
did program is prepared for the oc-
casion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15
PRESCRIPTION.

Sulphate of zinc, one grain; Fox
glove (diyitalis) one grain; half tea
spoonful of-sugar Mix thoroughly
with two teaspoons of water, add
four ounces of water. Dose, tea
poonful every hour. Disease will
disappear in IL hours.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

Rev. Sam Small w be at Hunt
ington this weel-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

Point Pleasant has a most miser-
able wharf, probably the worst on
the Ohio river. The town council
ought to do something to put it in
better shape than it is. Pride in
the town ought to induce them to
build a good wharf.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

a telegram received here yester-
day announced the death of sister
of Capt. Ii. Heatherington, at
Bellair, Ohio, and also stated that
the Captains mother was not ex-
pected to live. Mrs. Chris. SeIbe,
who is a daughter of Capt. Heather
ington, left last mint for Bellair.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

The fibre of the coarsest wool is
about the five hundredth part Of an
inch-in diameter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

At the close of the service Sun
Hay, at Beech Hill, the best collec-
bon ever raised at that place for
General collection was taken.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

Miss Honeybus, West Virginia
school teacher, had big boy pupil
chastised for kissing her without her
consent. The boy probably wanted
to learn whether kiss by any other
name would taste as sweet.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

Cut worms and potato bugs are
destroying corn aud potatoes pretty
rapidly. a farmer told US yester-
day that the cut worm was so bad
on his place that he would have to
replant whole fields of corn.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

Excuse me, said a clerk in a
large store TO q customer, "but our
rules do not permit us TO accept
coins with holes in them" "Well,
l received that very coin at this
store in change only yesterday, +"
protested the customer. "That may
be. There is no rule against Civ
ing punched c, ins to customers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15
State Educational Association.

Hon. Virgil A. Lewis, State Su-
perintendent of Schools, is making
preparations for the meeting of the
State Educational Association which
will will convene in Shepherdstown
on the first day of July. This
meeting will be one of more than
ordinary interest. a reunion and
reception will be held Monday eve
ming in the hall of Shepherd College
and the following two days will be
devoted to the work of the associ-
alton. The members of the associ-
alton will set out in body Thurs
day morning, July 1, TO visit places
of historic interest in the Valley of
Virginia, including the battle fields
of South Mountain, old Fort Fred
erick, Winchester, Luray Cavern
and other places. Two days will be
devoted entirely to these visits and
pleasure seeking.
A dispatch from Clarksburg, da-
ted May 9Th, says: "Gov. MacCorkle
was here this morning accompany
ing the Conference Committee to
Sutton and from there to Elk River,
to induce them to locate the Chau-
tauqua grounds in that portion of
the State. Hon. c. w. Lynch drove
some of the committee out to the
Hoff farm, where Judge Goff and
others have offered great induce
ments for its location. 1t is gener-
ally believed Clarksburg will be the
choice"
The New York World prints a
sensational story to the effect that
the Standard Oil Company is be-
hind the insurrectionists in Cuba,
and is furnishing money to carry
on the var with. The story is
probably based upon desire to sell
papers father than upon tangible
evidence.
An oil well, said to be splendid
producer was drilled in early last
week in Putnam county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

1t is not often that our merchants
sell goods to Gallipolis people, but
on yesterday Tippett's Furniture
Store sold and delivered two wagon
loads of furniture to Gallipolis par
ties, which shows that furniture is
sold much cheaper here than it is
in Gallipolis.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

a commission has been issued to
Col. Il. B. Thomas, as postmaster at
this place, vice. F. D. Hoy, resigned
The Colonel will soon take charge
of the Office, and we believe he will
prove to be a popular postmaster.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

4 re hearing in the Income Tax
eases have commenced in the u s.
Supreme Court The rich man dies
hard when he is called upon to con
tribute to the support Of The govern
ment.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

According TO the Atlanta Consti
tuition crimes against lie Insurance
companies have become so frequent
IN late years that even when the
companies have the afidavits OF
reputable witnesses they sometimes
have very serious doubts about an
alleged death when the policy is in
favor of person in sore need OF
money or when he is of questional
character. This new risk will
greatly increase the trouble and ex
pense of life insurance companies.
The rubber slings in the hands Of
the small boy is most destructive
instrument to property. We hear
of several windows that have been
broken by their use, and we are re
quested TO call the attention of the
authorities to the practice, and re
quest that the boys be forbidden tc
use these sings in the town. They
are also very destructive to the
birds, as they are being killed by
wholesale by the boy with his rub.
Der sling.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

A fine quality of marble has been
discovered in Pocahontas county.
1t varies in color from black to red
and is susceptible of very bright
polish.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

The Florida Legislature has
passed a law forbidding prize fight.
ing in the State, as well as all sorts
of glove contests. What is to be-
come of the poor pugilists, if the
States continue to treat him in this
cruel manner?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15
QUARAsrINE.

The law ofthe State gives tho 10.
cal board of health power TO declare
quarantine until the State board Of
health can be heard from. and in
some cases 1t may be necessary 10
resort to this extreme power but as
a general rule quarantine against
other towns causes hardship, inter-
teres with business, and travel.
gives rise to panic aud fright.
without any corresponding good
result.
vaccination, sanitation and care
full watchfulness on the part Of the
people and the local health officers.
will in most cases promptly subdue
any outbreak TO control and in
many cases viii prevent the an.
pearance Of the disease at all
The State Board asks the people
to cooperate with the local health
officers as cordially as possible, and
each citizen to have a due regard
for the public safety, in combating
smallpox by vaccination, isolation
and sanitation.
By order of the Board:
=. D. BAKER, Il. D Sec'y.
Martfuahnrrr " Va
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

1t is estimated that G,OOO sheep
arc killed annually in West Virginia
by dogs. That number of sheep is
worth more than all the dogs in the
United States.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

An oil well, said to be a splendid
producer was drilled in early last
week in Putnam county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

HURT.-R. r. Mcclure, from Mil
wood, a member of the bridge force
of the Ohio River Railroad, while
at work on the Crooked Creek
trestle, near the electric light plant,
was badly hurt in the back yestcr-
day by piece of timber falling
upon him. DR.. Barbee dressed
the injury, and upon his advice he
was taken to his home at Milwood.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

TRAINS LEAVES ATHENS, OHIO, As
FOLLOWS:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15


Two weeks ago Hoy Walker
while taking a cat fish from a hook
was seriously wounded by one of
its fms penetrating finger of the
right hand, and bas been laid up
ever since, and part ofthe time con-
fined to his bed. This morning he
was able to be out on the street, but
still his band is very much swollen
and is very painful to him.
Pilots are notified that light No.
2O4, at Brush Creek Island, on the
Ohio, which has always shone from
post, has been removed to a tall
tree about 40 yards below its former
position.
The prettiest dress nature wears
is her spring suit OF green, trimmed
with bud ard blossom, sprig and
spray, and fragrant with the odor
of many flowers, then the melody of
the birds, the hum of the bees and
all the charms of the season. How
enchanting.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

Gov MacCorkle reused to allow
the Virginia troops to enter the soil
of West Virginia, and he did right
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-15

a. W. Wood is in Ripley on
business.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-14
An Animated Visit.

Though very fond of stories, and an
excellent raconteur himself, Rubin
stein was rather taciturn. Once, 1t is
reported, Scotch friend Of his, whom
he liked very much, went home with
him one night after concert at Glas-
Cow. Both gentlemen sat down to tea
and cigarettes, and as midnight struck
they had not yet exchanged n word.
Finally the guest risked bold and
novel query: do you like Beet
hoven?' Rubinstein emptied his cup
and said, softly: Beethoven good"
Half an hour later came another ques-
ton: "And how do you like Wagner?'
To which Rubinstein, throwing away
cigarette: "Wagner-not good"
Having exhausted his stock Of inquis-
itiveness, the Scotch friend of the
Russian pianist got up to bid his host a
pleasant rest. "Stay yet, my friend
said Rubinstein; II like your CONVEX
sation very much" And both remain
ed still drinking tea and smoking Gig
arettes In profound silence until q
a. m. struck, when they wished one
another goodnight and parted.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-14

ais. This system obviates the necessity
exchanging the works of the timepeices.
The person who uses one Of these
watches or clocks is supposed to know
which half of the day he Is in. Both
watches and clocks are being prepared,
however, which are provided with dials
divided into twenty-four equal parts,
and works adapted to this system.
Although this system in Italy marks
an official change, it Is by no means a
new system In that country. but rather
q return to an old one. 1t was the
custom jim Italy, up to a period about
one hundred years ago, to divide the
day into twenty-fOur successive hours.
In many parts of the country the peas
ants tell the traveller that they sup at
eighteen nineteen or twenty o'clock. as
the case may be. Italian letters of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
always speak of fourteen o'clock" for
two in the afternoon, or twenty four
and half" for half-past twelve I'm the
morning. A familiar Italian proyerb
speaks of him who Is Cooking for
noon at fourteen o'clock" and by this
is meant the person who is always be-
hind time-the hopelessly lazy one.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-14

made of the most neatly finished concrete.
OF course, steam drills are used in blast
ing, and on the sections which are doing
the most profitable work these are worked
from central power station by compress
ed air. The channeling machines cut the
sides down vertically to depth of ten
feet ut each cut. This layer or "stope"
is blasted out, and then the machine cuts
to further depth of ten feet, leaving only
six inches of Offset to show where the
new stope begins. The rock is thus ex.
cavated in three slopes or layers. The
top layer is removed by carts and tram
cars, the traction for which is usually sup
piled by steam hosting engines. The
lower lifts are taken out by the use of
cableways, high power derricks, and can.
tilever conveyors.
The cross section of the earth excava.
tons shows width of 202 feet on the bot
HON, with the sides sloping out, so as to
make an extreme width of 300 feet at the
top of the prism. This wide portion of
the canal-twenty miles in all-extends
for some distance, and then reduces to ITO
feet on the bottom, preserving the same
side slopes. In the rock sections the sides
are vertical, and the width of the channel
is uniformly 16O feet.
The methods of working on the earth
sections present some novelties. Cars.
specially constructed, are loaded by steam
shovels and drawn by steam hoists up a
steep incline to a proper height, where
they are run upon tipple and automati-
cally dumped. The contractors have
erected great iron bridges, spanning the
spoil bank high in the air, their support
ing piers being carried on trucks. which
travel on tracks parallel with the channel.
From the channel end of the bridge an in
clined track runs down into the cut, and
on this two cars, with a capacity of eight
cubic yards each, are kept running up and
down, being successfully loaded by steam
shovels, drawn swiftly up the incline by
steam hoist and automatically dumped
over the spoil area. By this combination
of devices an output Of 100 cubic yards OF
earth per hour can be maintained all day
The material is taken from the steam
shovels by cars fitted with pneumatic
dumping apparatus, the power for which
is supplied from the locomotive. The en-
gineer operates these dumps just as he
would apply the air brakes.
Up to the beginning of last November
there had been expended by the district
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-14

but others find it much more profitable to
make n contract with a commissary, who
furnishes bedding and provisions at a
stipulated price.
1t Is stated that the prices being paid
for this work are far lower than those
paid for any similar work ever carried on
in the world, and that this is particularly
true of the rock sections. The prices
paid for the removal of the rock mostly
range from 73 cents to So cents per cubic
yard, and it is said that the lowest previ-
Gus prices on record for similar work have
ranged from $1.25 to $1.50. Prices paid
for glacial drift generally run from 10
cents to q cents per cubic yard.
The pictures accompanying this article
show very clearly the nature of the work
now going on in Illinois, and some of the
novel and expensive machinery that Is
being employed. By its use at least one.
third more work is accomplished in pro-
portion to the amount of money expended
and the number of men employed than
could have been twenty years ago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-14
A Stone Shin.

The mystery of the strange bark that
three ship captains have reported
stranded on reef fifteen miles west OF
the Straits of lie Marie. with all masts
and rigging standing, seems to be solv-
ed. A few days ago, says the San Fran
cisco Call, a vessel reached London and
reported having passed within q short
distance of the deserted bark, and in
terest was renewed in the thrice-report-
ed stranded vessel. All agreed in say
ing It was an iron ship, and most like
ly Of German construction. 1t was bark
rugged, and had black painted port
holes. Shipping and insurance men
have been trying to determine the
name of the wrecked bark, but without
success. No vessel Of it's description
should be anywhere In the vicinity Of
the Horn, and none is overdue at any
port that would pass within thousands
of miles of the spot.
1t Is not likely that 1t could be taken
for the Crown of Italy, which ran on a
reef in the Straits of lie Marie about
two and n half years ago. 1t was a
lulI-rlSReu sup, anu Wneu IL stEuCh
most of her masts went by the board.
A few days afterward the sea was
strewn with wreckage, and nothing was
again seen of the wreck. A few days
ago the British ship. Cedric the Saxon,
arrived in port from Swansea, and 1t
passed close to the spot where the mys-
terious bark was seen. Captain Rees
tells story which further complexities
the matter. He says the so-called bark
is nothing but rock, although its re-
semblance to ship is so striking that
he made an entry In his log to the ef-
feet that a ship was stranded, with all
the rigging intact. He says that he was
out fifteen miles when he first saw 1t,
and was sure Ii was wreck.
AS he approached 1t he found 1t was
huge rock sticking out Of the water.
1t was only about half mile away,
but even then its resemblance to bark
with painted ports was so striking that
all hands had to be called for an opin-
ion. The puzzle to the sea captains who
have rounded the Horn dozens of times
is that the strange rock has never been
seen before.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-14
victoria's Private Secretary.

Sir Fleetwood Isham Edwards is the
only member Of the higher encourage
Of the Queen who is a bourgeois pure
and simple. AS n rule, her Majesty's
confidential advisers are of aristocratic
or distinguished military connections.
Sir Fleetwood was the son of q stock
broker, who lived and died and was
buried at Harrow, where some five
and-thirty years ago he had three sons
in the school belonging to the then
somewhat sighted body of Home
Boarders. He entered under DIR.
Vaughan, and left under DR.. Vaughan
in 1858, and obtained a commission in
the Engineers in 1863. 1t was ut the
Berlin congress-he was attached TO
the special embassy-that he gained the
favor of that best of judges of men, the
Earl of Beaconsfleld. Through him he
was brought to the Queens notice, and
in the year Of the congress, 1878, he be-
came assistant private secretary and
keeper of the privy purse. Since then
he has gone on from honor to honor.
The pink of perfection, always well
dressed and well demeanored, he has
about him something Of the martinez,
which seems almost inseparable from
the successful sapper and is not unwel-
come to the highest quarters of the
realm. He has a brother, also q SOL
dier-secretary, Col. G. G. Edwards, pri-
vate secretary to Earl Fitzwilliam.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-14
rwENTv-FouR-HouR DIALs.
Move to Substitute II for the One at
Present I'm Use.

Move to Substitute 1t for the One ut
Present I'm Use.
A movement was staI led In this coun-
try several years ago to substitute q
twenty -four-bour dial for the one at
present In use--that U.s. a dial I'm which
the hours should run from one up to TO
twenty -four, instead of from midnight
up to twelve noon, aud then, beginning
again, up to twelve midnight The Idea
did not meet with much favor. Few
clocks We're made on this plan, but
they were regarded merely as curiosi-
ties In the Dominion of Canada they
were taken up by one or two railways,
and are still used
In Italy this dial has been adopted
by law OF Parliament as the official
way OF marking time In that kingdom,
says the Youths Companion. A ses-
sion Of Parliament is reported to have
opened In Rome, on the twenty-third
of December, at 1880, and closed at
17:40. That Is to say, In terms or the
ordinary dial, the session opened Mt ten
minutes before four In the afternoon,
or $3.50 p. m, and closed ut twenty
minutes Of six, or $40 p. IN. The rail
way train indicators now mark the ar
rival and departure of trains from 0
o'clock to "a o'clock. A train starts
from Rome for instance, at $40, passes
Genoa at 1S:4S. Vintimiglia 1885, and
reaches Nice at 0:52-that is to say, at
$40 a. M, GAS p. m, and 1852 a. IN.
The watchmakers and jewelers. are
everywhere selling clocks and watches,
and refitting old timepieces, with dials
which mark the hours for the first half
of the day with the old Roman numer-
ais from l. to NIL, and the second half
Of the day with the figures from 13 to
"a, directly under the Roman numer.