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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07
IN PURSUIT.
Didn't Have Timeto Stop to Get
Married.

=
Married.
GALLIPoL1s, o, Nov. &c. NJ.
Leroy, president of tue Ohio Lum-
Der and Manufacturing Co., who
left Columbus Nov. Ia. saying he
was coming to Gallipolis to marry
a highly respected young lady of
this city, changed his mind and
continued his journey. The com
pany which Leroy represented was
incorporated under the laws of
West Virginia. w. T. Blair, of this
city, superintendent of the compa-
NY, has received letter from Le-
roy, which was mailed on a railroad
train, saying that he twas in pur.
suit of his brother. who, he claims,
owes him several thousand dollars
The following from the Clarks-
burg Mail, shows a new scheme
for swindling the unsuspecting. It
would be well to keep an eye open
for such fellows:
The latest scheme to pull anoth-
er's leg has been Instituted here by
stranger. He called upon GER
tain well known firm and placed
sixty dollars in their safe for safe
keeping. The money was neatly
rolled and enclosed in an envelope
with the amount written on the
outside. In day or SO the firm
received an order from the fellow
for SIS on account and, of course,
he got the money. A day or two
afterwards another order came for
So. This time another one of the
firm happened to get hold of the
order and concluded he would see
how much money the fellow really
had in their safe. He opened the
envelope, unrolled the bills and as
certained that it consisted of fifty
dollar counterfeit bill and also
ten dollar bill of the same bogus
money. 1t is needless to add that
the fellows order was not honored
nor has he been heard of since.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07
The Republican NIachine.

As we'll organized political ma
chine for grinding out the spoils of
power to its managers the republi-
can party is an institution, of rare
perfection. For more than a quar-
ter of century the ideals that gave
such devoted champions of human
rights as Greeley, Phillips, CARR
son, Lincoln and Sumner their
great mastery over the conscience
of the nation have been yielding to
the lower ambition of partisan
greed, until now there remains but
little in the republican organiza-
ton to remind the student of his
tory of its early mission. That this
party should have lost it's sympa-
thy for the people. become practi-
cally alienated from the heart of
thelaboring classes, is it not strange
when one considers the effect of
that protective policy which first
won to the support of republican
ism the organized wealth of the
country. Whatever thought of
benefitting the wage-enrner may
have inspired the efforts of the
early tariff advocates, one fact
stands out most distinctly through
all the history of that class of leg
islation, the capitalist was the first
party to seek the protection of the
custom house and always the most
liberal and prompt in rewarding
the agents of the system.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07
ToWARD a MoNARonY.
The United states Being Moved
in That Direction by
ISI1tocratic tSoldbues

The United states Being Moved
in That Direction by
Plutocratic Goldbugs
The Republican party has been
committed to the single gold stan
dsrd by the plutocrats that control
it, and is now being committed to
the advocacy of Imperialism. EN-
boldened by their seeming ability
todeceive or corrupt voters and
win success, the next move of the
pIntocratic BOSSES of modern Re-
publicanism will be in the direc-
ton of establishing a monarchy
and hereditary titles. But before
this portion of their scheme is an
nounced a large standing army
must be provided, and that the
congress just elected will be ap-
plaled to, furnish. The State
Register is not an alarmist, but
any citizen who will take the time
to study the trend of the moulders
of the policies of the Republican
party will find ample evidence that
there is a deliberate scheme being
engineered through the party to
"Englishize" the United States.
A Democratic governments. g.,
a government of the people-for
the people and by the peoples
not in favor with the plutocrats,
trusts and monopolies. They not
only want ga stable and sound cur
rency'' like that of Great Britain;
but they want ga stable and sound
government" Ike that of Great
Britain. And they are work ng
things to accomplish that end
Illinois State Register.
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Henderson.

correspondence NOV. u
Mr.. Howard Gassage and Miss
Nellie McNaughton, of Wolfpen,
Ohio. who have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs N. p Hope. of Red Mud,
have returned home.
Prof Louis Caldwell, of Old
Town, is teaching the Plain View
school this winter. Success to
you Louis
Mr.. Wn, Milford of this place
was visiting in Gallipolis last week.
Miss Amy milford we are sorry
to announce, is on the sick list.
ROSEBUD.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

VanW yck, the defeated candi-
date for governor of New York,
swears to having only spent S469. so
as election expenses. No wonder
he was defeated. These are times
"a sad fact, too-that man must
get down into his pocket if he gets
an office.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07
sweeplngs.

Ever drunk, ever dry.
For the rose the thorn is often
plucked.
False folks should have many
witnesses.
Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock
together.
Forbid a fool a thing and that
thing he'll do.
Fetters of gold are still letters,
and silken cords pinch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07
TO Havana.

The Second West Virginia Reg
iment, now at Greenville. South.
Carolina, has been ordered to Ha-
vana, and the First West Virginia
to Mantanza.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07
GA sToR
Bears the n The Kind You HaVs Always BSsght
s g.: :: ms lMIz25!zz=z5:z;5zz@=l 4.

Clarksburg reports half a dozen
business failures in about as many
days. And yet we have a Repub-
lican President and Congress, war
ranted to cure all busineis ills, and
the gold standard in full blast--All
the elements, in fact, of Mckinley
prosperity.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

A Mr.. Roush is trying to negcr
tiate for the purchase of the James
Hogg farm back of Clifton. 1t is
one of the best farms in the county,
rich. well located and watered.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

A Hartford City man has found
out that you can't judge what
another man will do in a horse
trade by the length of the prayers
he makes in the church.
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Died.

Capt. Geo. Wright, of Poca, an
aged man, and father of Capt.
Brady Wright, of this place, died
last night. His funeral will take
place Saturday, at IL a, M; inter
ment at Scary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07
Whnt Shortchangtng Is.

"Shortchanging" is an old game
of crooks and thieves. A person
not acquainted with it is very apt
to be gulled. Here is an example
of it. A and B are pals, and @ is a
storekeeper. A enters the store,
buys 5 cents worth of cigars and
hands @ a dollar and receives SO
cents in change. B then steps up
and says to G, 81 also want five
cents worth of cigars, you give A
back his dollar and take the ten
cents pay for both of Us out of
this and so saying puts down his
dollar. The unthinking store
keeper counts out the go cents
change and the thieves have made
80 cents.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07
AN Accident to a CONDUCTOR.

Conductor w. w. Wickham, of
the Ohio River road, lost the end
of his right fore finger, Tuesday.
It happened by heavy door at the
depot closing on his hand and
catching the finger, cutting it off
as completely and neatly as if it had
been done by a knife.-Parkers-
burg Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Lieut.. Hobson has refused an
offer of $4,000 for series of lee
lures this season, declaring that
previous to the sinking of the Mer-
rimac his lectures would not have
been worth fifty cents, and that
what he did at Santiago was a per-
formance of duty. Verify, Hobson
is still proving his eligibility to the
title OF hero.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

The Sliding Hill road between
Hartford City and New Haven, is
in an awful bad condition. This
is in the corporate limits of Hart
ford and should be looked after.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Before the recent war our popu-
lation was in round numbers 49,
100000. Now it is in the neigh
borhood of s5,OOO,0oo-the addi-
tions composed of several million
assorted negroes, Malays and Ash
atics, with all the kinds of nalf-
breeds, a few unknowns and a hand
f,,l of whites. A motely mob, for
sooth, to gather around Uncle
SANS Christmas board!
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

a glance over the roll of the
next Congress reveals the signifi-
can't fact that Congressman Walker,
az Massachusetts,, goldbug. and
,ehairman of the House Banking
and Currency Committee has been
sucoeeded by free coinage Demo
Graf
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

The long, high trestle across
Broad run, on the o. R. r above
New Haven, has been practically
built anew.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

A tabulated statement now pub
lished gives the democrats 40 and
the republicans 81 in the next
House of Delegates, which would
indicate democratic majority on
Joint ballot.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Despite the Republican MAORI
ty in the Senate the Spanish treaty
which includes annexation of the
Philippines with their millions of
savages, at cost to the American
people of 100000, will not have
such easy shedding in that body.
The debate on the question will be
lively and instructive. 1t will be a
struggle, on the side of the people
for and, ON the side of the admins
tration and Wall street against the
maintenance of American institu-
tions.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07
S73.

Judge Freer's majority in the
Fourth District, for Congress is
1878. These are the official figures.
The highest point in Mason
county is Finley's Peak, back of
Letart, near the Morgan school
house. The highest in Meigs
county, Ohio, is Coy's Hill, back
of Cheshire some eight or ten miles,
and from the top of which on a
clear day Point Pleasant and the
railroads and bridges are plainly
visible with the aid of glass.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

The escaping, burning gas from
the Sehon oil we'll at Valley City,
liahts up the entire surroundings
at nights. and can be seen many
miles.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07
robbed ofTwo Hundred Dollars.

DR.. Tidd, of MurrayviIle, Jack
son county, was robbed of 5000 in
the lower end of the city last night.
He had been drinking and was
wandering among the saloons.
About IL o'clock man known as
Red Nichols was arrested on sus-
picion of having had something to
do with the theft. Whether he
had or not will be revealed, per-
haps, at the hearing. DR.. Tidd is a
man of means Parkersburg News.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

The original name of Ravens
wood was Ravensworth, named for
an English family, but a misprint
on the first map made it Ravens
wood News.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Taylor Robinson, formerly of
Mason City, is in the laundry bust
ness at Erie, n. Y.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Complaint is made that the com
pulsory school law is not being en-
forced in many places.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07
BAD Wreck.

Bad Wreck.
The Ohio River Railroad local
freight, Tuesday morning was en-
gagged in dropping cars onto their
transfer track at this place, for the
K. q M. R'y., and a brakeman
riding the cars failing to set the
brakes in time. they got away from
him and colliding with other cars
knocked nine off the track and
mashed four of them up quite
badly.
The Pittsburg & Cincinnati
Packet Co, has decided to place
the Hudson in the Pittsburg trade
again The boat has been in the
Memphis trade for some time, but
she will leave it this week. Friday
will be her day of departure from
here. Capt Henderson Will now
have four packets in his charge
the Keystone State. Queen City,
Hudson and the Virginia.
The improvement of the Kama
wha river will not be complete I'M
til lock and dam number one is put
in and slack water is extended to
Kanawha Falls. There is no good
reason why this work should stop
short of what was contemplated
when it was commenced. There is
plenty of coal above the present
terminus of slick water navigation,
which would be opened if the-facil-
tiles for shipping it by water we're
at hand AS it is, there are one or
two operators above the present
head of slack water and others in
prospect.-Charleston Gazette.
The matter of holding public
funerals where the deceased has
died from diphtheria has been dis
cussed by the Steubenville Board
of Health and the board is of the
unanimous opinion that such ac-
ton is dangerous and liable to
spread the disease. And what says
our own board of health?
Say good word for your town
whenever opportunity presents
itself. 1t don't cost you anything
and may benefit the place which
gives you support.
A special to the Wheeling Reg
lister from Spencer says: Henry
Golf, who killed Shedrick Freeland
at Milton in an election row and
escaped, has returned to Milton
and, armed with shot gun and a
large knife, is defying arrest.
The original name of Ravens
wood was Ravensworth, named for
an English family, but misprint
on the first map made it Ravens
wood-News.
Prof. Virgil A. Lewis has a
School history of the United States,
now in the hands of the publishers,
and hopes to have it ready for de-
Livery early in the coming year.
Marriage license issued by the
County Clerk, Tuesday: John G..
Kincade and Sarah F. Clendenin.
Some people use big words be-
cause they expect their hearers to
weigh them.
You can usually find trap to
walk into if you are industrious in
your search.
1t is just as easy to boast of a
towns good qualities as to growl
about its bad traits.
Several weddings are on the pro-
gram for the near future; along
about the holidays.
This town is full of chronic
GROWERS. who see no future for the
town
The season of preparation for
Christmas entertainments by the
Sunday schools is again at hand.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

The parties who were going to
put down SO many oil wells in
Mason county this fall, evidently
must have mistook their hats for
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

A special to the Wheeling Reg
lister from Spencer says: Henry
Golf, who killed Shedrick Freeland
at Milton in an election row and
escaped. has returned to Milton
and, armed with shot gun and a
large knife, is defying arrest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07
THE LABEL
Tells a Story of Interest to Sub
ScriDer.

Tells a Story of Interest to Sub
ScriDer.
Our subscribers do not need to
wait for written statements from
this office to know how their ac-
counts stand, or when it is time to re
nit on subscription. The colored
mailing label on the wrapper or
margin of your paper tells the whole
story. 1t is at once receipt and
statement of account, which we
send you every week. If we send
you written statement of account
we simply have to transoribe it
from the record of the label.
Therefore, if you will look at the
label occasionally you will see at a
glance just how your account
stands, whether you are ahead or
behind on account and how much,
and whether you have received
credit for payments made. Thus,
suppose the label reads, ''John
Smith 1jan98." This means that
Mr.. Smiths subscription is paid to
Jan. /, 1898. Now he comes in
and gladdens tie editorial heart by
the payment of 81, one years sub
scription. Next week, or at the
very farthest within two weeks,
this date on his lab. should be
changed to read '1jal."9 lit is
not he will know that :. mistake
has been made and that he has not
received credit with the payment.
Then he should call immediate at
tention to the error and have it rec
tilted while the circumstances are
yet fresh in mind, and not let it go
for year or two until everything
concerning it has been forgotten.
Council Meeting.
A special meeting of the Council
was held last night at the Council
Cham Der, His Honor, the Mayor
presiding, and Councilman j. S.
Wheaton acting as temporary
Clerk.
Application of Thos. Field for
privilege and franchise of brick
wharf, on Ohio river, for Eve years,
refused, the Councilmen voting
unanimously against the PROPOSE
ton. A substitute was offered,
granting privilege of keeping
wharf-boat at the foot of said wharf,
for five years, subject to the license
tax from year to year, but this
was declined by the party through
his attorney.
Application of DR.. E. j, Moss
man, to lay water-pipe from Rail
road lot adjoining Mrs. Jewett's
property, along north side of
Seventh street, across Main and
along the public alley from Seventh
to Main to his new hospital build
ing, to furnish water for same re-
ferred to City Solicitor and Com
mittee on Ordinance, to report at
next regular meeting of Council,
which will be the first Tuesday
night in December.
On motion Council adjourned.
The Council is disposed to be
fair and right with an people who
are asking favors at its hands, but
It is unwilling to vote away the
rights of the people, or to place
extra burdens upon them; hence it
is doubtful if they will take the
responsibility of granting water
works franchise that places an adj
ditional burden of $500 or $1,000
a year upon the people for the next
twenty years, without first getting
an expression from the taxpayers.
One never knows how empty
some men really are until they get
full.
Marriage may be failure, but
there is lot of evidence to the
contrary.
Girls, study how to get the most
happiness out of your holidays.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

There are more glass blowers in
Pomeroy, than in any town of its
size on the Ohio river. They only
work when the glass has foam on
it, however.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

There is plenty of gold in West
Virginia, but it is in her coal mines,
her timber and her fine grain and
grazing lands.
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o7EA.
Bears the N The Kind You HaTe Always Bought
Signature at LMzzzzZz@

Farmers are now making a fight
against broom sage" and will pre-
sent bill to the next Legislature
to compel farmers to keep their
lands clear of this pest" by cut
ting and destroying it, at least
twice year.
The bore spends his time in beat
ing other people out of theirs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

mans judgment is often
.zarped by the heat of his temper.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Never strike man when he is
down; it is cowardly. Nor strike
a man when he is up; it is dan
gerous.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Wheat is looking all right except
in places whore damaged by the
pesky grub.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

If your son expects you to regard
him as hero every time he tells
the truth. that only shows his re-
semblance to Washington.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Mr.. j. NJ. Kaufman has pur-
chased the American Steam Leun-
dry at Gallipolis, Ohio, and will
become proprietor of that enter
prise Monday. AR. Kaufman was
connected with the above laundry
when it was first started and sold
out to Mr.. j. G. Canady.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Prof. Virgil A. Lewis has a
School history of the United States,
now in the hands of the publishers,
and hopes to have it ready for de-
Livery early in the coming year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Marriage may be a failure, but
there is lot of evidence to the
contrary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

The city of Huntington is being
piped for natural gas. The gas
will be piped from up Big Sandy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

The meanest man about town
these days is he who passes between
a woman and a store front window.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Our farmers are now engaged in
an earnest effort to improve their
stock of all kinds, but more partic-
ularIy beef cattle.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Say a good word for your town
whenever opportunity presents
itself. 1t don't cost you anything
and may benefit the place which
gives you support
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

This State is badly in need of {
frst-class, rigid registration law.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Girls, study how to get the most
happiness out of your holidays.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

The Calhoun Chronicle man says
that he hasn't had drink for two
weeks and that he feels out of sight.
He should be fired from the pro-
fession.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

One never knows how empty
some men really are until they get
full.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Marriage license issued by the
County Clerk, Tuesday. John G..
Kincade and Sarah F. Clendenin.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

The matter of holding public
funerals where the deceased has
died from diphtheria has been dis
cussed by the Steubenville Board
of Health and the board is of the
unanimous opinion that such ac-
ton is dangerous and liable to
spread the disease. And what says
our own board of health?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Some people use big words be-
cause they expect their hearers to
weigh them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

Several weddings are on the pro-
gram for the near future; along
about the holidays
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

This town is full of chronic
GROWERS, who see no future for the
town.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

The season of preparation for
Christmas entertainments by the
Sunday schools is again at hand.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-12-07

You can usually find trap to
walk into if you are industrious in
your search.