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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-03-18
DOM ESTIC.

"Owney," the world renowned post
Office dog, landed in Albany, N. Y, his
native city, after tour of the world.
A special investigating committee
that had been looking into the books
of Mercer county, O., reported short
ages of over $4,000, with more in sight.
The paint works of the Atkins COM
pany at Indianapolis were burned by
an incendiary fire, the loss being $780,
600.
It was announced from Washington
that settlement of the Venezuelan
question had been reached.
John j. Ruoppaa, missionary, and
Abram Heitunen, pastor of the Finnish
lutheran church, both residents OF
Calumet, Mich, were suffocated by gas
in hotel in Boston. Mass.
Rothschild, baum & Stern, one of the
largest clothing manufacturing con-
Germs in Rochester, N. Y, failed for
100000.
Cotton valued at 100000 was burned
on a wharf at Mobile. Ala.
j. +. Crandall, who wrecked the First
national bank at johnson City, Tenn,
was sentenced to eight years in prison.
Fire destroyed the Masonic block and
it's contents ut Westfield, Mass, involv-
ing loss of 100000.
Bert Shepard, of Bronson, Mich, be-
came SO crazed by the use of choral
that he cut his wife fatally with razor
and then killed himself.
John Chambers, Frank O'Donnell,
Michael Boyle and Jonas Stewart were
killed by the explosion of an engine
boiler at Gum Run. Pa.
James j. Corbett signed articles OF
agreement forwarded by the National
Sporting club of London to fight Robert
j. Fitzsimmons before that organiza-
ton next June for a purse of $4,000.
The Union Clothing company at
Columbus, o.. Solomon M. Levy, pro.
prietor, made an assignment with liza
bilities of $125,OOO.
Jacob Marty, aged SO. resident of
Mcpherson county, S. D., in a state Of
dependency killed his wife and then
took his own life.
While DR.. Henry B. Berghill was ex-
perimenting with some chemicals in
Chicago an explosion occurred, blow
ing off both the doctors hands and de-
stroyins the sight of his eyes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-03-18

Compiled From Late Dispatches.
The Proceedings OF the First Session
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Proceedings OF the First Session.
In the United States senate on the 10th
the action of the Spanish minister in cor
recting or qualifying through the public
press statements made In the senate on the
subject of war in Cuba, and particularly
on the subject of Gen. Weyler's purpose
and character. was taken exception to by
Senator Lodge (Mass.) as violation or
diplomatic usage, but no definite action
was taken in the matter. A bill was favor
ably reported for the establishment OF q
national university at Washington. In
the house the time was occupied in discuss
ing the post Office appropriation bill
In the United States senate on the 18th
the time was occupied in discussing the
Cuban belligerency resolutions. Senator
Hoar spoke at length against their adop-
ton, and Senator Allen (Neb) offered a
Joint resolution authorizing and request
ing the president to make thorough and
rigid investigation into the present state
Of war in Cuba. In the house the post
office appropriation bill was passed.
In the United States senate on the 18th
Senators Sherman and Hill were the con-
sricuous figures in the Cuban debate, the
New York senator forcibly urging the
mercenary character of the pending reso-
buttons, while Senator Sherman upheld
item with another graphic arraignment
Of Spain and Gen. Weyler. In the house
the committee on territories reported ia
VOrdDly the Dill 1Or a delegate ITOIn AlaShd
The contested election case of Aldrich vs.
Robbins, from the Fourth Alabama dis
trict. in which the republicans recommend
ed the seating of Aldrich, occupied the
greater part OF the session. but no action
was taken.
The excitement of the Cuban debate gave
way in the senate on the 18th to Mr.. Cock
rell's elaborate speech favoring the free
coinage of silver. A bill was introduced
appropriating $4,000 for the erection of a
statue of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg,
and favorable reports were made upon the
bill for the admission of New Mexico as a
state and upon the joint resolution propos-
ing an amendment to the constitution of
the United States providing for the cleo
ton of United States senators by e. direct
vote of the people. Senator PETER pre-
scnted petition asking congress to make
the 9Th day of April Resurrection day. a
national holiday. After two days debate
the house by vote of 173 to SO unseated
Caster A. Robbins from the Fourth Ala
bama district, and decided that his repub-
lican opponent, w. F. Aldrich, was elected
and entitled to the seat. Bills were intro
duced requiring the officers of American
steamers to be citizens of the United
States and repeating the laws exempting
from tonnage duties vessels from countries
which extend similar exemptions to our
vessels.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-03-18
FOREIGN.

The explosion of a boiler in steel
foundry at Athus, in southern Belgium,
killed ~ persons and hurt many others.
Turkeys relations, as far as the
Balkans and Egypt are concerned. will
in the future be entirely controlled by
Russia. In return Russia engages to
support Turkey and to keep the peace
in Armenia.
A fire at Royalm, Cuba, destroyed the
sugar refinery of the American firm of
Crabb, TRAY & Co. Loss, $23O,O0O.
Two hundred fishermen belonging
to Reval, on the Gulf of Finland, with
their horses and carts, were blown out
to sea on a piece of floating ice and
lost.
The total number of deaths on board
the Italian cruiser Lombardia from yell
low fever was 1O4. Seventy-siX of the
crew were still iii.
The railroad trains crossing the from
tier from Italy were crowded with Ital-
ians who were leaving that country
to escape military service in Africa.
The insurgents were again in the
central portion of Havana province in
force and were marching westward to
the neighborhood of the city of Havana.
President Caro-. of Colombia, has re-
signed his Office, leaving Vice President
Quintero Calderon the acting chief
magistrate of the republic.
Knights of Labor in session at Ottawa,
Ont, decided to form a Canadian fed
GRAFTON, having no connection with the
United States labor organizations.
The parliament of Norway adopted a
bill providing for the recognition of a
separate Norwegian flag.
Advices received at Havana from the
province of Santa Clara say that the
insurgents forbid the country families
from going into the towns in accord
ance with the orders of Gen. Weyler.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-03-18
LATER.

Gen. l. M. Walker, commander-in-
chief of the G. A. R., was in st. Paul
Tuesday and expressed himself highly
pleased with the situation there. The
encampment work will be pushed Wig
orously. Headquarters have been
opened in the Endicott building, with
j. S. Pinney general secretary and c.
P. Slime assistant.
That British-Egyptian advance on
the Nile from Wady-Helfa on Dongola
has been determined upon is no longer
in doubt. All the British officers of
the Egyptian army who have been alb
sent on leave, have been ordered to re-
turn to their posts Immediately. A
dispatch from Cairo announces that
the Connaught Rangers have already
been ordered to Wady-Halfa.
Two Italians, father and son were
burned to death the night of the 18th,
on the shore of Geneva Lake, Wis.
The little house in which they lived
caught fire and they had no time to
escape.
1t was announced the 10th that Ball
ington Booth had named his new Sal
vation Army. Goods American Volun-
teers."
John Francis, pauper in the Cleve-
land, O., poor house has fallen heir to
fortune of So, 5000 in England.
Frank Mapes. postmaster at Kansas
City, Mo-, committed suicide the 18th
by blowing his brains out. An inves
tigation of his accounts showed short
age of nearly $4,000
The students of the college at Allen
town, Pa. INDUCED in an anti-Spanish
demonstration the 14th, burning a
Spanish flag and hanging Gen. Weyler
in effigy.
Albert Wallace was hanged at Pekin,
ILL.,, for the murder of his sister, Mrs.
Bowlby. Dissatisfaction of the dispo-
sition of their fathers estate was the
cause of the murder.
In an attempt the 14th to evict Farm
err o. II. Normen, near Morris, ILL.,.
battle ensued and Normen was killed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
.SWcepingS.


One touch of nature makes tho
whole world kin.
Soizo then, the minutes as thoy
psss.
To all who come after me: hope
that no words of mino, written or
spoken in my life, will be found to
have done harm to any ono after l
am dead.-Cardinal Manning.
Mirth is like flash of lightning,
that breaks through gloom OF
clouds, and glittors for moment;
choorfulnoss keeps up kind of day
light in tho mind, and fills it with a
steady and perpetual serenity.
If rich, it is easy enough to con
ceal our wealth; but, if poor, it is
not quito so easy TO conceal our
poverty. We shall find that it is
less difficult to hide thousand
guinoas than ono hole in our coat.
Lost timo is novor found again;
and what we call time enough, al
ways proves littlo enough. Let us
then be up and doing to tho pur-
pose, SO by diligence we shall do
moro with less porploxity.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Colonel Davenport, city engineer
of Pomeroy, Ohio, furnishes the
following record of fast steamboats,:
In 1850, the Buckeye State, in COM
mand of Captain Baltzhooven, ran
from Cincinnati to Pittsburg, 500
miles, carried 200 passengers, mado
53 landings, in day and 10 hours,
A miles per hour adverse current.
Speed 1851 miles and 1,23 average
landings por hour. The average
depth of water in tho channel was
4 foot. In 1853, the Shotwoll, of
Louisville, on u trip from Now
Orleans to Louisville, 1880 miles,
made 8 landings and made the run
in days and 9 hours, with 4 to
81 miles per hour adverse current,
speed of 1881 miles per hour. In
1855 the Now Princess, of Now Or.
leans, ran from that place to Match
cs, $40 miles, in IL hours and 30
minutes, with an adverse current OF
from 81 to miles per hour, which
is speed of 2O.98 miles per hour,
running time. In 1890, the r. e.
Leo made tho run from New Or
leans to Matches in 16 hours, 3G
minutes and AZ seconds, speed of
over % miles per hour, running
time. She also made run against
the steamer Matches in 1870 from
New Orleans to st. Louis, 1880
miles, at an average speed of 184
miles per hour, running time. In
May, 1892, tho Telegraph ran from
Cincinnati to Syracuse at an aver
age speed of 21.11 miles per hour,
running the 225 miles in 20 hours
and IL minutes. She mado but one
landing, which was at Huntington,
whore she did not tie n line, but
barely touched tho wharf and lot a
man jump off, which caused tri.
fling loss of timo.
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.sYn.W

Tho limitations and expansive.
ness of tho editorial "we" have boon
illustrated by some unknown coun.
try editor, who evidently know
from experience what he was talk.
ing about. AS tho subject has boon
discussed to considerable length in
the deaf pross, we present tho un-
known authors examples in tho
hope that they may clcar up tho
foggcd condition Of our brethron's
minds He says that two" have n
variety Of meanings. For instance,
when you read that eve expect our
vito homo to-day" two refors to tho
editor; when it is "wo are little
late with our work." it includes tho
whole Office force, oven the doVil
and tho towel; in 1--WE are having a
boom" tho town is meant; 1--WE re
coivod over 100000 emigrants last
year" embraces tho nation; but tive
have hog cholera in our midst
means that tho man who takes the
paper and does not pay for it is very
i'll
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
DnrMln,s Exnerlence.

1t is remarkable that living ami.
mails should BIO carried about in the
air, but what shall we say when
confronted with tho facts showing
that minute fossils float about and
descend thousands of miles from
the localities from which theY are
Standardization ..!iy up. Whom Darwin,
tho distinguished 'naturGi!St?'S was was
sailing near the Cape of de Verde
Islands, he noticed that, though a
long distance from land, the air was
filled with fine impalpablc dust
that had an injurious effect upon
the fine instruments. Ho collected
some OF tho dust and, thinking that
it might contain something of in
terost, forwarded it to the German
naturalist, Ehromberg, who, aftcr
examining il through a powerful
miscroscope, made tho remarkable
announcement that it contained
infusorians, silicisms, shields and
tho silicons tissue of plants, in all,
the remains of sixty sevon different
organic forms. Two of these wore
from salt water, tho rest being fresh
wator forms, and from South Ameri
ca, as the naturalist showed, yet
hero they had driftod in tho air
several thousand miles from tho 10.
cality from which they originally
started.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
IN ILolLsehoLM Ih,os,Ll.o.

u. w. Fuller, OF Canajoharie, n. Y,
says that he always keeps DIR. Kings
New Discovery in the house and his
family has always found thevery best
results follow its use; that he would not
be without it, if procurable.. G. a..
Dykeman Druggist. Catski;l, N. Y, says
that DR.: Kings New Discovery is I'M
he has used it in his family for eight
years, and it has never failed TO do all
that is claimed for it. Why not try a
remedy so long tried and tested. Trial
bottles free at Hooff's drug store. Regn-
lar size SOC. and 81 90.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Created Excitement.
u L. Ih.-I.Aa..

New HAVEN, Jany. 10, 1896.
An item concerning the revival
of tho salt industry in this place in
Tuesdays Daily, caused little OK
element hero. Your correspondent
Investigated the matter and could
get no notification of tho report,
and is lead to beliovo that it is ru
NOR without any foundation. Tho
salt factory was discontinued in tho
year 1894, and since then overy
thing of any consequence has been
takon away. The buildings have
boon so badly damaged by fire un'
ill theY arc almost in ruins.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Charleston, w. Va.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

In submitting prices the public do not claim
quotations to be always the lowest have rven meet
All efforts have been the purchasing and SELL
ing of thoroughly satisfactory articles at the smallest at
which good good workmanship be united.
We leave results judgment of srewd buyers and welcome
comparison with goods offered elsewhere similar higher
prices.
We would also call the publc attention tho fact that
prices everything
carry in stock in newspaper advertisement, lines
too numerous in the many departments.
DO not hesitate to write us at any time should you desire to
it is pleasure for to do i'll fact MAIL ORDER DE
PAI&TMENr is growing feature of our business.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
An Acrostic.

inc tollowing A9fos1lc is from
inc pen Oh +" young i9uy iiVins a.
urinm . l1anulng, W. va" "uu 70
very cieVorlS mriV'on' ono 70 " ~.
''e moues'' anu u. nor fo4uo9O No
rolraln iron pupii , III n ,,,,d',
Having given a moment to Jest and song,
Ixamine these lines and you viii soe'
All enorts to read it have thus far been
balked.--
Little ,I nv VII iIttI 10" If ri YOU Snttry.
You may learn to read it by andpy
sgocIotr % oy aH HS" o% h ST9
Give a good word for everyone
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Trnstec,s Sale of TWO Saw nile.

DOILERS, ESGIEES AND FIXTURES.
} " :idCr ana by virtue of the authority
vested In me by IA CERTAIN deed OF trust exc
cutcd 10y George T.. Fadclcy, to the under
signed Trustee, bearing date ON the 18th day
Of November. 1888, and IL OF record In the
Office Of the County Court CLERK of Mason
County, West Virginia, In Trust Deed Book
ncnt Of four promlssory notes therein de-
scrIbcd, and having been requested by Henk-
ing BOYLE & Co, the owner and holder OF
said notes, TO mako sale Of the personal
property In said trust deed described, the
Undersigned Trustee, VIII sell at public nuct-
lon, at the fTnnt door Of the Court House of
said Mason Comfy, on
Wednesday, the 18th day of January,
1896,
commencing at ? O'Clock p. M, OF that day,
the following personal property. or much
thereof as VIII be necessary to pay or the
notes remaining due III snid trust deed de-
ScTibcd after paying the costs and cOmmlss-
ions OF sale md the amount due after the
credit made under and by virtue of n salo
made this day under IA former trust deed by
said Trustee; Two saw mills and fixtures
engines and two boilers and all the fixtures
ing, one of which engines, boiler and fXt-
ures was made by Eiiost Hill & CO., of CALL
polls, o., the other was made by owen, Lane,
Dyer x Co., of Hamilton, o., also sixty
thousand feet of sawed lumber. Said prop.
ertYi IS set forth I'm said trust deed and de-
scrlbed therein.
TERMS or SALEi-CaEh ON day of sale.
w. II. TOMLISSOS5 Trustee.
dec ls4-w.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Tho French engineer who has sue
ceeded in solidifying patroleum for
fuel claims that he can max it as
hard as anthracite coal and much
castor to handle, whilo B cubic feet
are equivalent to n ton of bitumin-
GUS coal. The invention is exciting
much interest in France and Eng
land.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
For Tired Mothers.

Get off your shoes and stockings
for a couple of hours each day and
"givo your toes chance to breathe"
AS Que woman expressed it-and
to exercise themselves. You will
find that delightful change is TAX
ing place in your dried and torpid
shetland do not our spirits re
spond with awful precision to the
physical statc2
The liberated feet will pay you in
ono or all the following ways: Tho
unfailipg ache that for long time
has each day takon possession of
your head will-unless other factors
than nervous" and depletion arc at
worIt-mako its final adieu, heat
beats will grow stronger and moro
regular, tho "sinking spells" will
gradually disappear. Lighter spirits,
improved digestion, clearer heads
and el2aFsT vision wiIi'w&aaii on on the
daily rest from shoes and stockings
Indeed, doctors now make special
point of the salutary effect of tho
bare feet on tho oycsight
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Creditor's NIotice.

IOWe cTedlIOTa OI SWs1n n. WWluMs, ue-
ccuscd.
In pursuance OF IA decree of the Circuit
Court OF tile County OF Mason, made In "a
cause therein pending, to subject the real es-
tate of the snid Susan Il. WiIlnmst 10 the
payment OF her debts, you are required 10
present your claims against the estate Of tho
said Susan E.Miliiuns, for adjudication to
John l.. Keller, Commissioners, at his office
in the said county, on or before the 3lHt day
of january. 1928.
Witnessi Robert Il. Mitchell. Clerk of said
Court, this the lIth day OfDeccmbcT, 1885.
dec is-Gw. II. r.. MITCIIEBL, Clerk.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Coroner Cramor, of Chlllicothe,
who has boon investigating as to
who was responsible for the two re-
cent wrecks on the b. & o. S. W.,
has adjudged Conductor Luman
Hondorshot and Engineor Val.
Greishoimor as guilty of gross neg
ligenco, and responsible for tho
wreck, whilo Matt Ryan and Con-
ductor Joseph Cook, will be hold as
guilty of carelossness and their &C
lions the cause of tho collision at
Roxabcl.
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LAND FOR SALE.

My farm, situated on the Ohio,
10 mile Creek, near West Colum-
bia, w. Va, consisting of over 200
acres, 1875 acres of which is cleared,
is offered for sale at price which
will make it go. Call on or write
to DIR. @. w. JAMESON,
33.2t Point Pleasant, w. Va.
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NOTICE.
The Leon Mill Company,

rial. II you want to save money you
can on short notice. Get your flooring
ceiling, Drop Siding, Beveled Weather
boarding, castings, and all kinds of frame
stuff. Rough and dressed pickets, To-
Gust posts, etc. You can save money if
you see us before you buy, sure.
LEON MILL CO.,
aprillC Leon, w. Va.
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Mason county only wants thor
ough test to demonstrate hor oil
producing properties. When oil is
struck the county will take on a
now lease of life and there will DO
such a rush of business rs only oil
fields can stimulate. It's only a
question of time.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Education should have purpose
in view. When you white mako
something.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Tho second torn of the West
Virginia University has opened
with an increase in attendance of
about 30 ovor tho first term. The
enrolment this year will nearly
reach 400, or 1875 moro than has
ever boon enrolled in ono year.
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NOTICE.

PoINT PLEASANT, w. Va, Dec. II, 1895
THE annual meeting of the Stockholders
OF The Merchants NntiOnp lnnk OF West
Virginia Mt Point Pleasant, Ill be held In
their banking house In Point Pleasant, Tues
OF 10 a. m. and p. m, for the election of q
hoard of five Directors, and the transaotion
Of such other business as may properly come
before them C. G. BOWYER, Cashier.
dec ls-td.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

The West Virginia University
has bought at public salc for the use
of the Agricultural Experiment
Station valuable farm near Nor
Rantown, consisting of 81 acres.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Tho steady decrease in the birth
rate in Franco is at ributed to cor.
set wearing.
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Creditors Notice.

To lie Creditors Of Henry WedDeF,
Deceased.
In pursuance OF a decree of the Circuit
Court of the County of Mason, made In a
cause therein pending, to subject the real
ment OF his debts, you are required to pre-
sent your claims against the estate OF the
John f. Beller, Commissioner at his ONCE
in the said County, on or before the 3Oth day
WITNESS: Rohert f. MIthell, Clerk of
said Court, this 18th day OF December. 1895.
:RoBERT f. MITCHELL, Clerk
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Trustees Sale of a House and
Lot in the Village of Leon,
West Virginia.

DY virtue of the authority vested in me by
d n certain deed OF trust executed by j. q.
Rrkcr and Eilenn NJ. Kirker, his wife, 10 the
OF septemberj, 1872, aud s,of rccotd In the
office OF the Clerk OF the County Court, of
Mason HdaI Nc county West VlTgInLGqs IN Trust Deed
payment OF pr9miSsory note therein dc;
eighty dollars with Interest from date, dated
questcd by j, ST. Brown, the owner and hold
or OF said note to make sale OF the property
In said trust deed described, the undersigned
Trustee will sell Mt public auction. nj the
front door of the Court House, OF Mason
County, w. Va. on
Saturday, the 25th day of January, 1896.
Mt 10 o'clock a. m, OF that day, tine following
real estate state for the purpose OF paying of said
estate e is described as follows; An Of q Ger.
in the village, OF Leon, county Of Mason,
8 es SI ois lrshini &9nhu@u OF ne
Brown, and ON the North by Main street,
and on the Fast by Thirteen Nile creek and
on the south by The pubic road, md the
land of Luther Rand, and is the South half
OF the same lands with dwelling house
thereon. Said property Is set forth In snid
trust deed and described therein.
TERMS OF SALE:-Cash I'm hand.
w. H.TOMLINSON, Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

We SEQ by Yesterdays Charles.
ton Gazette, that Tom Steenrod was
arrested for robbing drunken
man by the name of Manchor, of S68.