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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

employment 1Or tfOrklnens
In discoursing upon the needs of
the Elk and Kanawha sections of
the country. the Clay County Star
takes a common sense view of the
situation:
One of the greatest financial diff
ficulties of this entire section, in
Guiding the Elk and Kanawha Riv-
er Valleys, is want of more diversi-
fed industries. While we buy so
large a per cent. of our manufactur-
ed goods in the East. and agricul-
tural products in the West, and
content ourselves with hewing
cross-ties and cutting saw-logs for
the markets of the world, we can
not expect great and lasting and
permanent prosperity. We need
to build factories and mills for the
production of the mnltifarious ar
ticles of every day use. We might
thus furnish employment for hum
dreds of idle people. They would
make their homes here, work here,
be paid off here, and bless the
country with industry and pros
perity.
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MASON city.


Correspondence Oct. 3d.
Mrs. Joseph Boice. OF Logan, Ohio,
IS visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Bettinger
Mr. Ulysses Carriens, of Parlxers-
burg, is the guest of his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. John Carriens.
Mrs. Hogg. Of Ripley Landing, was
the pleasant guest of Miss Hattie
veith. Saturday.
Misses Helen and Gertrude Adams
entertained the Cecilia Music Club
last week, in very charming man
ner.
Nj Paul Schwartz has returned
from business trip to Wheeling, W.
Misses Nell Clifton and Elizabeth
Cooper are learning the millinery
trade with Miss Mae Blazer of Pom
eroy
Quite a number attended the show
at AIiddleport. Monday.
Mr.. Walter Burns. who has been en-
ployed at Mt. Athos, Va, returned
home. Monday.
Miss Sue Lehew returned home
Monday evening from Hanley. w.
Va, after an extended visit with rela-
tives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Afees are rejoic-
ing over the arrival of little son at
their home, Sunday evening.
Mrs. Louise Lett, after pleasant
visit with relatives and friends, re-
turned to Chicago. Sunday.
Miss Ora Reed, of Wildwood, w. Va,
was the guest of friends here this
week.
mrs. James Hanna is the guest of
Hartford friends this week.
Mrs. Jacob Roush was called to
Buffalo by the death of her brother,
Capt. VIM Birthisel.
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Resulting In the Death OF CnaS-
Asbury-
A lamentable accident occurred
at Lock III Wednesdays morning,
resulting Ia the death Of Charles
Asbury, resident of the lower
side Of Kanawha The govern
ment dredge boat employees were
engaged in blasting rock. using
dynamite. from the channel Of the
river, just below the lock we'll.
A blast was set off by a battery.
and the rocks flying in every di-
reotion, largo piece descended
striking Mr.. Asbury on the top Of
head, crushing his skull and al
most mashing his head into a Jelly.
His associates rushed to him and
found him IN most pitiable CON
dition, and did what they could to
relieve his sufferings until ply
sicians arrived. The doctors re-
moved large portion of the skull,
and II doing SO the brain pro
tru5ed The physiciane gave It as
their opinion that he could not re-
cover After lingering about five
hours, death relieved him of his
snfserings
Drs. McElfresh. Neale and Eng
fish attended him
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Second West Virginia Regiment
VIM be on Exhibition To Day
Several Sick Men Brought to
Camp.
CAMP MEADE, Pa, Oct. B.
Chaplain Kelly returned from Get
tysburg to-dey with thirty men Of
the West Virginia Regiment who
were taken to the Second division
hospital -Four of the soldiers are
suffering from typhoid fever and
others from rheumatism This
morning the Yirginians start
ed on a march to York, where the
regiment viii be big feature at
the county fair They win resume
the march to Camp Meade on Fri
day. reaching the camp on Mon
day.
Private Joseph Cover, Go. A.
Tenth Ohio, bfed to death this
afternoon at the Raymond and
Campbell works, MiddIetown. Gov
or called at the works to sharpen
mis- pocket-knife on felt wheel.
He was refused. and after the fore
man turned his back Cover placed
the knife ON the wheel The knife
was scarcely on the wheel until ii
caught. flew off and struck the
soldier in the right leg, between
the knee and thigh. serving an ar
terry. A physician was summoned
but arrived too late, as the soldier
died within twenty minutes after
the accident occurred.
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THE PEOPLE PLEASED.
Great outpourings in Writ to
Hear Geo. i. Neal.

Great Outpourings in Writ to
Hear Geo. i. Neal.
Elizabeth, w. Va. Oct. 81.
George I. Neal met with mag
nifcent reception in Writ county.
At Burning Springs, on Saturday.
he addressed the biggest political
meeting seen in the county for
years. At Elizabeth. yesterday
afternoon, he spoke in the court
house and the building Yas not
large enough to hold the people.
Tt was packed as closely as posi-
BILE, but many were turned away.
Last night he had good meeting
at Palestine, and great enthusiasm
was manifested for the gallant
young leader of the democracy.
His reception everywhere he went
in the county was most cordial,
and he pleased the people regard
less of their politics.
Judge Freer is following him up.
He spoke Monday afternoon at
Burning Springs, and had an open
date Monday night, but did not
attempt to meet Mr.. Neal in joint
debate.
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Married.

The following bit of interesting
news to the coIored circles of Point
Pleasant, is from the Charleston
Mail Tribune, of October Sd, 1898:
A very quiet wedding took
place at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles f. Male, on Lewis street.
The contracting parties were Mr..
John III. Erskine, who has been
for several years the popular and
efficient clerk in the s. W. Starks
grocery of this city, and Miss Kate
Jordan, very pretty and amiable
young lady of Point Pleasant. Mr.
Erskine is an ambitious young
man. of steady habits. Miss dor
dan is quite a popular young
woman with the young people both
in Point Pleasant and Charleston.
Miss Minnie Preston presided at
the organ. Mr.. and Mrs. Erskine
will reside in Charleston. They
have the best wishes of large cir
Gle of friends"
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IA New Corporatton.

The Ohio Lumber and Manu-
featuring Company has been char
tered with principal Office at Point
Pleasant, and a capital stock of
$50, 600, and the following moor
porators: w. T. Blair and j. M!
Priestly, of Gallipolis; Geo. Bowen,
of Richmond, Va; w. 81. Baker,
of Sea Flat, w. Va, and G. M. Lee
roy, of Boston, Mass
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A surprising discovery has been
made near Roncevert by a negro
named William Barber, who, while
walking through an isolated por-
ton of woods. discovered pro-
truding vein of coal from the hill
side, within fifty feet of the county
road, on the land of R. w. Nc
Dowell. Barber, without making
known his find, secured five year
lease upon the land and then thor
oughly investigated the discovery,
experts claiming that from the in
dications it is believed the entire
tract of heretofore useless land is
underlaid with a fine quality of
coal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

Two men, q boy, and three
women are now in Peasants county
Jail awaiting trial for robberies re-
Gently committed along the Ohio
river. A suspicious looking house
which had sheltered the guilty
parties enabled the officers to fin
ally locate the thieves. The par
ties are all from Wheeling and
Martin Ferry, and all have served
terms in the county jails or peni-
tertiary for similar offenses.
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Letter From Rev. w. II shaw.


PALArINE, w. VA, Oct. 4, 1898.
Nj. e. Conference closed its
session at Warrington Monday
evening at six p. M, and the preach
ers took their departure to the va
rious fields assigned them. Several
of the old veterans, and some of
the younger ones. because of brok-
en- health, were placed on the re-
tired list.
Warrington, since my last visit
eleven years ago, has grown from a
small village to city of consider
able dimensions, and presents many
evidences of business life. Street
paving is being pushed. and soon
all the principal streets will be
paved.
The Methodists are just COM
plotting one of the finest church
buildings in the State, and the
Baptists and Presbyterians each
have churches highly creditable to
the great denominations which
they represent.
Trinity church, of your city, is
to be congratulated upon having
the Rev. j. Sterling Miller as their
Pastor. Knowing him and his ex-
cellent wife as we do, we are sure
that he bears no misnomer.
The Pastor of the Palatine
church and his people are mutu-
ally happy over the prospect of
continuing their relations another
year.
After pleasant soJourn OF i've
weeks among hills and mountains,
after the 5th inst. will be at home
to our friends at 1211 Julian street.
Parkersburg, w Va. where We
hope to find the Daily as usual.
w. IA. SHAW
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save LOLL ltAOuGVs
One box Of Tutts Pills win save
many dollars in doctors bills
They wiIlsureIy cureall diseases
ofthe stomach. liver or bowels.
No Reckless Assertion
For sick headache, dyspepsia,
malaria constipation andbilio-
usness. amillion people endorse
TUFTS Liver PILLS
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Earl Payne, in the Raleigh
county jail for house breaking, es-
capped last week by cutting hole
through the ceiling, then getting
ont on the roof and jumping dis
lance of twenty feet to the ground.
He was pursued and captured
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A debt Of 100000 is good
thing for the county. Don't you
think SO taxpayers? 1t will keep
your nose on the grindstone for a
good many years to come.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

The new big sidewheeI steamer
City of Pittsburg will have 24-inch
cylinders and 10-foot stroke She
viii have more power than any
other packet plying the upper
Ohio, and she should be at least
one mile an hour faster than any
of the other passenger steamers.
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0AsToEEA.
Bears the Tha Kind You tIayg Always Bssght
''s5 E ls(a1szz@

Rev. Charles l.. White, who was
suspended from the ministry, is
preparing a statement for pnblica-
ton, which will be ready in a day
or two. He will give tosthe public
his side of the affair which ended
with the death of Miss Minnie
Holmes, and his suspension from
the ministry
A man, claiming his name to be
Golden, and who had been imper-
sonating special pension exami-
ner in this State, has been arrested
charged with violating the law.
and will be given hearing at
Parkersburg.
Jacob Cunningham. aged seven
teen years, fell from freight train
at Glover Gap Saturday, and had
his right leg SO badly crushed that
amputation was necessary
Two children of George Shinn.
of Ripley, while playing Knocked
the leg from under the cooking
stove and overturned boiler of
coffee, which scalded the boy so
badly he lived only few hours,
a shot gun exploded in the
hands of Chas. Emmons while
having good time at serenade
party near Red Hill, and badly IN.
jured the young man.
A business man always reads the
postscript of a woman's letter first
1t is rather late for such a recon-
mendation, but nevertheless it
would still save a good many lives
if the War Department would APP
point a few real doctors to look
after the health of the soldiers.
The Sheriff is now getting ready
to collect taxes. He has his days
advertised for different districts.
You save q per cent by paying on
advertised days.
by bending the head to the hoi-
low of the arm, the initial letter of
the name OF ones future spouse is
represented
Capt. Major Brown Of Gallipo-
lis, is in a serious condition, from
fever, and his friends are alarmed
about him.
The Second West Virginia Reg
iment viii sail during this month
for either Cuba or Porto Rico.
No man is ever so ffriendless that
he can't find some one to Jolly him
along
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West Virginia Conference APP

pointments.
The following ministers are APP
pointed to charges in Mason counf
ty;
Clifton and Mason-O. Q. Phil
lips; Hartford, @. Heley Mallory;
Leon, Delorane Lupton; Point
Pleasant, S. j. Miller. Rev. d. s..
Hammond is re-appointed Presid-
ing older of Parkersburg District.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

1t has been very plainly demon
strated that armies differed by
politicians cannot be of service and
that the men must suffer horribly
through the inefhciency of the
commanders. Even the peaceful
camps are full of horrors.
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"a
Bears tho Tho Kind You Have Always Bought
Hs' = &z11zzzSW

Hon. James B. Menager is billed
for several speeches in Richie,
Roane, Calhoun and Wood coun-
ties during this month.
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attacking absent soldiers may
be a pleasing diversion for Repub-
loan politicians now. but they
should remember that these sol-
diers viii be at home one of these
days, and they and their friends
viii muster quite large vote
which is not apt TO go exclusively
to their detractors.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

The poverty of girls father
has caused many a man to remain
a bachelor.
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The Petersburg State Journal
thinks the troops are provided with
everything they need for comfort,
and in It's highly effective and sar-
castle manner remarks that the
soldiers are maintaining their
health despite the 'sabsence of pie
and ice cream Index.
This is a dirty fling at our sol
diers from a bitter partisan Re
publican paper, that will not go
unrebuked by the boys now at the
front
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Deshere politicians wants ter
take care O. deah healf, said uncle
Eben An one o de mos danjusest
symptoms 1 know OBJ is a sudden
rush O. voice to de mouth.
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The soldier boys home on fur
Iourh. do not all talk the same
way about their treatment IN
camp.
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1t is now thought, that the Adj
olson, Ohio. oil field, is going to
be good one. a little of the en-
ergy displayed like that Of the OPP
orators in the Addison field, on
this side of the river would, no
doubt, prove too, that Mason coun-
ty has some good oil territory,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

Election day is drawing nigh,
and there don't seem to be much
interest taken in politics by either
party. Maybe the storm will come
all of sudden.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

The profit from a single whale
that is captured is very large. One
about so feet long weighs 100000
pounds. and will give $4,000
pounds of blubber, from which 49,
600 pounds of train oil can be
made, and 5000 pounds of whale.
bone.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

Nearly every place Judge Freer
speaks his meetings are "frosts. .
The people are losing faith in
the gold, standard champion, it
seems.
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Takine Holiday.

a five million failure took place
in New York. the other day. 1t
was loan and trust company, and
its business was in the west, the
great wheat region. the very hot
bed of Mckinley prosperity. This
company held millions of mortga-
ges ON these prosperous farmers
lands.
Perhaps, however, this company
is only taking a mckinley Holt
day."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

The County Court is contem-
plating some changes about the
jail.
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Republican papers and Repub-
1ican politicians. do not believe
the complaints of the soldier boys
IA disease breeding camps. They
only believe that which comes
from the shoulder-strap gentry.
who got their commissions because
they had a political pull"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

Invitations received here yester-
day, announce the coming mar
rage, on October 10th, of Miss
Elizabeth Noyes, of Charleston.
w. Va, to MIR, Sam II. Adams. of
New York City. Miss Noyes will
be pleasantly remembered as the
charming guest on several occa-
ssions of Col. Smiths family, of
this city.
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e 0lSlIllfQn

AND IT'S curb
To THE EDITOR II have an absolute
remedy for Consumption. By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been already
permanently cured So proof-poSitiye am
of its power that consider It my duty to
sssld fro bottles free to those of your readers
who have Consumption, Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, # they win write me their
express and postofice address. Sincerely,
7. A. SLocUlG, ~. c., Is3 Pearl ST., Few York.
~ Tho Editorial aud Business Management %
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Robbers entered the geneaI store
of VIM. Prince, near Fayetteville
last week and stole over forty suits
of clothing and other things in
proportion. Tho plumber was re-
moved in wagons. A posse is in
pursuit.
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GA 9To7EA.
Bears the n The Kind You Have Always Bought
Sis5 !; ll11zzzSsl

Mrs. Chas. Smith, wife of our
policeman, went down to Gallipo-
lis yesterday to visit for several
days. taking with her her two boys
and little daughter Katie The
little Miss not liking the situation.
jumped onto the street cars and
came back home. arriving here
about dark, and hunting up her
father made known her presence.
She said she did not like it down
there.
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Reclkless Shooting.

The practice of shooting spar
rows with target gunson our streets
should be stopped by the police, at
once. 1t is Almost dangerous prac-
tice, and some one viii get hurt, if
it is persisted in. This morning
some one fred shot that entered
the upper window of this Office,
and the ball was imbedded in the
wall. Had anyone been working
at the window at the time, he would
have received the shot
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We note with regret that Rev.
s. j. Miller is not returned to this
charge, but goes to Point Pleasant.
He Is an earnest, devoted man,
and we commend him most COR
daily to to the people of Point
Pleasant. Rev. Ingels comes
highly recommended and we ex-
tend TO him a hearty welcome. We
hope his stay in Ravenswood viii
be pleasant and benefcial.-Ra-
vensyood News.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

Hon. George I. Neal, the Demo
cratic nominee for Congress. and
who will be the next Congressman
from the Fourth District. is up in
the upper end of the district doing
excellent work. All of his meet
ings are largely attended.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

Rev. w. j. Holt, formerly Pastor
of Trinity NJ. E. Church in this
place, has been sent by the West
Virginia Conference to Elkins.
The people of Elkins are to be
congratulated on having Rev.
Holt and his most estimable wife
stationed among them. During
their stay of two years in this
place they made many warm
friends, who had hoped Rev. Holt
would have been returned to this
charge for at least another year.
The Putnam County Bar, at the
recent session of the Circuit Court,
passed appropriate resolutions in
memory Of the late Hon w H.
Tomlinson, of this city.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

Jacob Cunningham. aged seven
teen years. fell from Freight train
at Glover Gap Saturday, and had
his right leg SO badly crushed that
amputation was necessary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

No amount of falsehoods or vltu-
perations of Boosting, of turgid
rhetoric on the part of Republican
organs and stump speakers can de-
stroy these two facts:
The Democrats forced the war.
The Republicans managed the
army
All the striving Of the party OF
false pretenses, all It's muddy ing Of
the water cannot obscure on alter
this cold. unvarnished truth The
Republicans cannot eyade 1t. The.
record is aeainst them.
The Democrats forced the war
They supported the war with sup
plies to conduct it and men to fight
It's battles. But they did not man
age it
They are notresponsible for put
ting corrupt politician with a
tainted military record IN charge
Of the war department; nor for the
appointment of shoals of inexpe
rienced and ignorant political
hangers-on. who could not take
care of themselves in private life,
to places IN the commissary. quar-
termaster and medical depart
ments, where the lives, health and
comfort of thousands Of the eoun-
trys bravest and best depended
upon their dministrations nor for
the insufFicIency of food, nedi7
cines, surgeons and ambulances on
the battlefelds; nor for crowding
troops on foul cattle ships; nor for
trans porting sick and wounded
soldiers In pest1lent hospital ships
without pure water, sufficient med
icines, attendance or proper food;
nor for the furnishing of the en-
listed men with shoddy blankets
and sleazy clothing and paper
soled shoes at extortionate prices;
nor for the fever camps; nor for all
the other blunders and horrors of
Algerism.
For these things the Democrats
are not to blame For these things
the people ask from the Republi-
cans an accounting &C Charleston
Gazette.
Tta ParlaTsl,,1ro State .Joi1rnal
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CoIored Circles

Correspondence Oct. 4th-
Messrs. Ira Holmes. VIM. Holmes
and Frank Smith, of Gallipolis, were
calling on friends here, Sunday.
Mrs, johnson, of Gailipolis, spent a
few days with her daughter. Mrs.
Henry Brown
Mrs. Matilda Barnett was shopping
in GallipoIis, Monday
Rev. B. A. Powell. past r of the NJ.
e. Church at Charleston. was the
guest of Prof a. w Fuller Monday
and Tuesday. He was enroute to
Conference
Mr.. Gus Bell left Tuesday for Char
lesion and other points. ii. s.
WIN Be a Great improvement.
The County Court has under
consideration the changing of the
Clarksburg road from the hill to
the bottom lands This change
will be of great adv' utage and viii
get rid of the steep hill .nd also
the dangerous railroad ros, ngs at
the junction. The road. if chang
ed, will run around by the big
spring, through Miller,s garden.
the Waggener lands, &c. We hope
the Court will make the contem-
plated change.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

Two children of George Shinn,
of Ripley, while playing knocked
the leg from under the cooking
stove and overturned boiler of
coffee, which scaIded the boy so
badly he lived only few hours.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-10-12

a shot gun exploded in the
hands of Chas. Emmons while
having a good time at seTenade
party near Red Hill, and badly IN
jured the young man