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The Coconino sun., 1898-10-22
Cladstone's Memory.

Gladstone had wonderful memory, and. like men 50 gifted, was rather testy with those who had not. At d dinner on one occasion he asked Lord Granville if his lordship had taken part in certain division in the house of commons. Granville said he did not remember. whereupOn Gladstone said, in an amazed tone: Not remem- Der! Why. it's only forty-eight years agO!'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
CornstalIx Band.

Everybody almost, around here,
remembers the Cornstalk Band,
ia existence when Joe Holloway
and many of its members were
boys Recently am old photo
graph of the band in its wagon,
with Perry Gabbert as driver, was
resurrected, and taken to Mr.. j.
w Ish. the photographer, who en-
larged it. The members of the
band now grown to be men, and
some in business and others in the
war. can be readily recognized. 1t
is a splendid reproduction of the
original and reflects great credit
pom the artistic skill of Mr.. Ish.
The photograph. as enlarged,
hangs in handsome frame in the
how window of Tippett's Furni-
nre store, and it viii interest all
Eho knew the boys as members of
the Cornstaik Band, to take a look
at it. Duplicate copies can be
furnished by Mr.. Ish.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Against tie Peon1e.

The committee of taxpayers
demonstrated by figures that 40
cents on the S1OO valuation of
property, would have raised suffici-
ent revenue to pay all the honest
and fair expenses of the county,
for the fiscal year 1898, and would
have left surplus of several thous-
and dollars to be applied on out
standing orders, but the Ringsters
and feecers of the people rallied
in force and declared it would not
do to make SO low levy. The result
is that the levy was put at 55 cents
on the 500 for county purposes,
and the Ringsters left the scene
feeling that they had one more
chance to fleece and rob the tax
payers of Mason county. The
Court and the Ringsters refused to
listen to the petition of the tax
payers.
Mason county has been system
atically robbed for years, by the
| the engineering of jobs, and the
result finds the county hundred
thousand dollars in debt, including
the road indebtedness of the sever.
al districts; and the roads is where
the taxpayers have been mostly
robbed. How long will the tax.
payers of the county submit tc
having its affairs administered II
this manner?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Old Town.
His Teaoher

Correspondence. July II.
The hum OF the thresher is
heard in the land.
w. E. White and sister Miss
Lolita, of Ten-mile, we're visiting
their brother Mr.. w. w. White, of
this place last week.
Miss Matilda Hawkins, of Nor
gantown, was visiting friends at
Bethel, Sunday.
Mr.. j @. Knopp. of Heights.
was visiting his brother Mr.. g. w.
Knopp, last week
Miss Iva Love. of Flat Rock,
who has been visiting the Misses
Donnie and Ora Carpenter, return
ed home last week.
Mr.. James Rayburn, of Sasse-
fras, paid a visit recently to Mrs.
Martha Rifle and daughter Olivia.
PATsy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Sad Death of a Bride.

Mrs. Mollie Grapes, formerly
Miss Kendall, of back of Ashland,
KY, married here on the 4th of
July, died at Mr.. Arthur Boat
mans Sunday evening. She had
made her home there before mar
riage, and was taken i'll the next
day. Her husband was with her.
He is a son of James Grapes. of
Langsville, Meigs county. She
was buried at the Rutherford grave
yard yesterday, (Tuesday) at 10 a.
m.-GallipoIis Tribune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
FuneraI of IsIain Gibson.


The funeral of little Blain Glib
SON Tuesday afternoon at Hender-
son. was unusually sad. and attend
ed by a large concourse of sympa-
thizing friends. The services at
the residence, were conducted by
Rev. Donahoe. Deceased was en-
cased in ha ldsome casket and
laid to rest in the Henderson Gem
etery, The floral tributes were
elegant. a wreath of lovely flow
ers were contributed by his Sum
day School class marked in silver
letters. "Blain's Glass"
Silently the shades of evening,
Gather round ourlonely door.
Silently they bring before us,
One sweet face we shall see no more,
o, the lost, the unforgotten,
Though the world be oft forgot,
o, the shrouded and the lonely,
In our hearts they perish not
How such memories cluster,
Like the stars when storms are;past
Pointing up to that fair haven
Where we shall meet at last.
Mrs. N. r. REcK,
His Teacher.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
The Right Spirit.

We were glad to see the business
houses in town closed up last night
at 8 o'clock. and the clerks out on
the streets enjoying themselves
after hard days labor. The pro-
prietors of the stores, by this act
show their progressiveness and dis
position to deal fairly with their
employees. It may cause little
inconvenience to buyers at first,
but they will become educated and
join heartily in the early closing
movement. We regret to say, how
ever, that several business houses
did not sign the agreement and
kept open as usual.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Am Appeal.

Our employers at the solicitation
of the clerks of this place having
granted us little respite from our
labors by consenting to close their
places of business at 8 p. m, we
the clerks of Point Pleasant earn
estly request those who have pur-
chases to make, to do so before the
above hour. Respectfully,
The CLERKS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Valuation Increased.

Special to Register.
CHAR1EsroN, July 1s, 1885,
The Board of Public Works was
still in session yesterday and fixed
the valuation and re-assessment of
the various railroads in the State.
The Secretary has not prepared a
report for publication but it was
given out semi-officially that the
Board had increased the assess
ment of the Ohio River Railroad
over $35O,0O0 more than it was
previously assessed. This will be
received with surprise no doubt,
by the officials of the road.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

One important result of the
American-Spanish war, is that the
crowned heads have had their re.
spect for the United States govern
ment SO increased that it will be
no condescension for a member of
a royal family to marry an Ameri-
can girl, if he can Heretofore
these alliances have been restrict
ed to the inferior nobility.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Anerfcan Guild.

At the o. U. A. NJ. Hall last
night, Mr.. Thos. E. Parsons, as
sisted by Mr.. D. s. Henkle, Of
Richmond, instituted a Chapter of
the American Guild, with the fol-
lowing officers:
w. R. Tippett, Supreme Repre-
sentative,
F.M. Whaley. Governor,
@. E. Hogg, Vice Governor,
G. A. Rawson, Warden,
@. G. Tippett, Guard,
o. f. Williams, Secretary.
DR.. W. P. Neale, Medical Ex-
aminer,
E. H. Armstrong, @. e. Hogg
and DIR. w. p Neale. Trustees.
Next week there will be special
meeting held to install these Off
GERS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

Itmay have been 'good politics, .
but bad policy on the part of the
County Court to award the print
ing of the financial statement to
the State Gazette at $3.50, when
two other papers put in bids to do
the work, one at SITS and the other
at 800 It costs the taxpayers
something to keep up the Republi-
can county organ.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Road Fund.

The County Court fixed the
levy for road purposes in the dis
tricts below Kanawha as follows:
Arbuckle 80 cents. Clendenin 35
cents, Hannah So cents, on the
500 valuation of real and personal
property. The taxpayers recon-
mended to the court 20 cents.
which they declared was sufficient
for all purposes but the court re-
fused to listen to their appeal
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
PHYsIcIAMs.
SlOO,OO ward !!

T WILL. pay 800. 90 reward for any
information that will lead to the
arrest of the party or parties who
broke into and robbed my store at
Apple Grove, on several different oc-
casions, as follows: $50 for the in
formation, $50 upon an arrest being
made on such Information, and $50
upon conviction of party or parties,
making in all 500.
JOHN S. HANLY,
may19tf Apple Grove, w. Va.
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HerTears.
orettv maiden.

/ met pretty maiden,
Whose eyes were wet and reds
And has some dear one fallen
On the battlefields'' said.
'Perchance it is your father
Or your brother, or alackl
a nearer and a dearer
One who never viii come back
ssNo, my father hasn't fallen,
And my brother is all right:
1 have no near OF dear one
Who has gone away to fight.
It's just the old hay, fever
That's around again, y she said,
And then she got TO sneezins
Till ! thought she'd lose her head
Jim Robinson, in GallipoIis Tribune
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

The sympathies of the newspa-
per brethren of this State, will go
out to editor R. E. Horner, of the
Parkersbug Sentinel, in his troub-
le and solicitude for his estimable
wife now lying in the shadow of
death. The Register prays that
this good woman may be spared to
her husband and family.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Gold standard party.

The following is the financial
plank adopted by the Minnesota
Republicans:
'sWe believe the national homo
and the material interest of Tie
American people require the main
tenance of the present gold stand
ard. We declare our unalterable
opposition to the free coinage o1
silver and all schemes looking to
the debasement of coinage and re
pudiation of debts. We condemn
the continual agitationsof free sil-
yer as tending to debauch the pub
lie morals and jeopardi1e the pros
perity of the country, the highest
interests ssof which demand at all
times a sound and stable financial
system
1t will be seen that the above
resolution ignores the national re-
publican platform adopted at 81.
Louis. Phe Minnesota Repubii-
cans have gone it one better In CIV
ing themselves over completely to
the service of plutocracy. They do
not want international bimetallism
and will not be held by the nation
al promise of their party to pro-
mote it. They want the gold
standard made by money loaning
England in 1916, pure and simple.
now and forever.
But, after all, the Republican
party of Minnesota is only a little
more frank and bold than are the
Republicans of some other States.
1t properly interpreted the real in
tent of the financial plank in the
ST. Louis platform, which having
secured its vote-catching campaign
purpose, is now thrown aside as be-
ing of no further use.
The Minnesota Republicans
have done the country service in
entirely throwing off the mask
from the international bimettallic
farce. 1t shows to our thirteen or
fourteen millions of strategists,
nearly half of whom voted for ma
tional bimetallism and the remain
der for international bimetallism
in 1896, that the Republican party
is fully committed to the gold
standard. It is committed to a fl
nancial policy which lowers prices
of all commodities, but which
leaves debts, as Senator Chandler
declares, "an inexorable charge,
unreduced and calling for payment
in dollars whose purchasing power
will continue to increase.
This party favors a policy un-
der the baleful inf1uedce of which
hundreds of trusts have sprung up
which throttle competition and
seize control of outputs, markets,
and distribution. It favors poll
cy under which wealth has left the
mass of the people who created it,
and become segregated in colossal
fortunes held by mere handful
of the American people.
But it is good thing to get bet
ter acquainted with the Republican
party and its undisguised intent.
The late Minnesota convention of
has done its full share
in making known to the people the
stand which the
party of Briber Hanna henceforth
proposes to take as the party of
gold monometallism, the gold bond
syndicate, and trusts.-Charleston
Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
COL. O'BRIEN MooRE.
His sDemocrat1c Friends want to
Give Him n war Horse.

Charleston, w. Va, July IA
movement is on foot among the
Democratic friends Of Col. OsBrien
Moore to present him with fine
war horse. previous to his depart
ure to the front as a recognition of
his party services as his patriot
ism. Notwithstanding the hard
times, we understand that respec-
table sum has been subscribed and
whether the necessary amount is
raised or not, Col Moore will GER
tainly appreciate the efforts of his
friends in his behalf.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Admiral Cervera and some of his

Admiral Cervera and some of his
officers, who are prisoners of war,
are quartered at Annapolis in the
houses once occupied by Lieut.
Hobson, Cadet Powell, Fighting
Bob Evans, Sampson, Schley and
Clarke. 1t may truthfully be said
that these houseses have seen bet
ter days.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
EARNS For Sale.

have number of farms, both
improved ard unimproved, in Ar
Some of them are well timbered, and
all we'll watered, located i'll good neigh
borhoods and close to schools and
churches. These farms will be sold on
easy terms ana in quantities to suit
purchaser. For further information
call on or address
@. w. MAUPIN,
apr7tf Arbuckle P. o., w. Va
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Kanauga, ohio.

July ID.
Mr.. Mad. Ramsey. who has
been steamboating for the past
year is here on visit to his
family.
Mrs. Ridenour, of Cincinnati, is
here on visit to the Misses Frank
and Mary Bailey.
A baptizing was held here Sum
day, after preaching services, by
Rev. T. F. Garrett, at Mr.. Ed
wards landing
Miss Daisy Wright, of East
Liverpool, o., who has been here
on visit to Miss Media Edwards,
has returned home.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Heavy q. a. II. Business.

THE DEPARTMENT. of Michigan, q. a.
r.. has selected the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern-Ohio Central
Lines and Big 4, as the official route
to Cincinnati on the occasion of Ma
tionaI EncaInpment G.. A. r. in Sep
tember. In this, SO g. a. r. County
Posts have selested the same ronte-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

The West Virginia and Pitts
burg railroad will be extended from
Camden-on-Gauley to the mouth
of Cherry river, distance of about
20 miles, this summer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

The whip in the hands of the
Republican boss is a powerful wea-
pon, and when he cracks it. every
Republican cringes before him,
and does his bidding.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

They who think that territorial
extension beyond the sea line, once
begun, will stop with the Sand
wich Islands. deIude themselves
and are not wise.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Hunters, Ratcs.

The Ohio Central Lines are selling
Hunters tickets to points in Hunting
Territory. For rates, ETC., consult
Agents of Ohio Central Lines I'd.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

The Democrats, Populists and
silver Republicans of Michigan
have pooled their issues and form
ed a State ticket with three can
didates from each element. We
await with interest the result of
this combination.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
The South Penn Oil Company

The South Penn Oil Company
have struck the fluid. There is
oil. How much we do not pretend
to say, but there is no such well as
was reported at first, but the deep
sand contains the ''greasy stuff, :"
and there is no doubt about it.
Roane county is sin it, and if the
various companies now interested
can pool their interests for gen
eral development of the field, bust
ness will boom all along the line.
Next week we hope to speak with
more definite information. The
facts of the case are SO suppressed
that what information is afoat, is
not trustworthy, but there is oil
here in Roane county. Roane
County Record.
K. & NJ. engine No. 292 has been
recently overhauled in the Charles
ton shops, by the skilled mechan-
les employed there in and under
the watchful eye of thegenial Mas
ter Mechanic, Mr.. r. w. Harris.
This engine is frst-class and up to
date in every respect, and is in
charge of engineer w. g. ChilderE
and fireman Clark O'Brien, both
are worthy and competent men.
OF the 100000 population OF
Hawaii only 5000 are fit for Amer
lean citizenship, while $4,000 OF
them are Asiatics most of them
brought there under contract by
the sugar kings to labor on the
plantations. This is the kind OF
citizenship we have admitted. This
is the kind of labor we have
brought into direct competition
with American labor.
o. S. Fleming, of Pittsburg, has
been elected Superintendent of the
public schools of Parkersburg
Prof. Fleming is a native of West
Virginia, and one of the States
] 1l.,t 1.,,-,,--,, erl,1oofOra
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

The American eagle is little
hoarse but he is not asking for a
vacation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

Some persons must have been
greatly surprised when the annex.
alton of Hawaii was not followed
by a Volcanic eruption.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

The annual reunion at Crown
City, Ohio, of the old soldiers will
be held this year on August %,
"a, % and 26. The COMMITTEES
having the matter in charge viii
make elaborate preparations for the
event and it promises to surpass
anything of the kind ever held in
that vicinity.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

Commodore Watson will take
the war home to Spain. His feet
will leave to-day.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

The Spaniards have lost twenty
one war ships and twenty-one mer-
chant ships, while We have lost
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20
Personal.


Mrs. Hendricks, who has been
here on a visit to her sister, Mrs
w. R. Gum, left for her home al
Indianapolis, Ind, yesterday.
Mrs. o. II. P. Van Mater and
daughter, Miss Kate, left yester-
day for Millersport, Ohio, to visit
Mrs. Van Matters daughter, Mrs
E. F. Sayre.
City Solicitor g. B. Couch and
his family have gone down to
James II. Couch's, at Southside,
Mason county, to spend a week al
the old homestead. They antici-
pate a splendid time rusticating in
the country and recalling boyhood
pleasures on the old plantation
Charleston Tribune.
From Thursdays Daily.
Mr.. Geo. PulIin, of Debby, was
in town yesterday
Mr.. B. j. Lerner. of Hartford,
was a business visitor in town
yesterday.
Mr.. Geo. Nuckles, of Baden,
was pleasant caller at this Office
yesterday.
Mrs. VIM. vaught, who has been
visiting relatives at Sewell, will re-
turn home to-day.
DR.. John M. Moore, of Spencer,
was here last night, returning this
morning.
Messrs. Fred Petty, Rush Burn
side and Charles Bates, who have
been home on a short furlough,
returned yesterday to Camp At
kinson.
Capt. j. L, Charles returned yes
terday from a trip to Chicago.
He left little Miss Edith Baird
there who will remain all summer
with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hutch
inson.
Mr. Gus. Hale, member of the
Second Regiment West Virginia
Volunteer Infantry, came down
from Camp Atkinson last night to
visit his mother and sisters. He
will return Friday.
From Fridays Daily.
Mr.. Frank p. Miller, of Cape
hart, was in town yesterday.
Mrs. Berkeley, of Heights, is
seriously i'll.
Mrs. John E. BelIer and child
rem, are on visit to her sister, at
West Columbia.
Miss Mary L. Shackefford, of
Meridian, Miss, is here on a visit
to her uncle. Mr.. I. V Newman
Mrs. BENZ. White and Miss Lulu
Giddings. of Leesburg, Va, are
here on visit to Miss Kate Strib-
ling.
The many friends of Mrs. JasI
B. Menager, will regret to learn
that she is confined to her bed by
sickness.
Mrs. Geo. B. Grow and daughter
Miss Vilette. and Mrs. w. w.
Riley, of Ripley, will leave to-day
for their homes after short visit
to Mrs. Stephen Capehart and
Miss Julia Polsley.
Mr.. B. 81. Blagg. of Capehart, is
in town. He has been in the
upper end of the county looking
after his interests in his race for
nomination as the Republican
candidate for County Superinten-
dent of Free Schools.
Judge Romeo II. Freer, of
Ritchie county, was distinguish
ed visitor in our town yesterday,
en- route to Charleston. We ac-
knowledge a call from him. He
feels sanguine of receiving the Re-
publican nomination for Congress.
Mrs. w. ]. Keister and daught-
er-in-law, Mrs. Pearl Keister, of
Wyoming, who has been her guest.
were in the city Tuesday on their
way to Yinton to visit few days
with the formers daughter, Mrs
George Eagle-Gallipolis Journal,
Wednesday.
Mr.. w. B. Allen, brakeman or
the K. & NJ. R'y.. who severa.
weeks ago had his right hand bad
Iy mashed while coupling cars
rendering the amputation of two
fingers necessary, and who was
shortly after prostrated with fever
is now very much improved, anc
has been about for a week.
Lieut.. and Quarter-master of the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

While we are all proud of our
Company B, of the I'd Reg. w.
Va, Vol, Inf, and the boys in the
first Regiment, we will not forget
one lone Point Pleasant boy who
is in the 1st Ohio Cavalry, and
whose Regiment is ordered to
Cuba. We refer to Jimmie
Whaley, who has many warm
friends here at his old home.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

The Morgantown New Domin-
ion is Dragging about the "bottle
trade" in its neighborhood, where
they have no license. Down here
in Point Pleasant where we have
license, the "bottle trade" is good,
too.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

The war is estimated to cost
100000 day, but then the loss
of Cuban trade amounted to $780,
100000 a year to say nothing of
other expenses and troubles con-
nected with the endless insurrec-
tions ngainst Spanish misrule in
America.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

Why make so much fuss about
stamping bank checks9 Bring
along your checks properly signed
and there will be no trouble about
the stamps. Anyone can furnish
the stamps if the other fellow will
furnish the checks.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

A bicycle puts the person who
is trying to ride it in touch with
the whole earth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

Some people are disagreeable
because they can't attract attention
any other way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

1t is hardly necessary to remark
that the water melon is here. and
has been for number of days.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

Rumor is gossip's strong fort
ard truth is the dynamite gun that
reduces it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

The Episcopal Church at Ash
land, KY. was destroyed by fire
Monday night. It was valued az
5000. Insured.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-20

They say that matches are made
in heaven, but his Satanic majesty
seems to have a corner on the
birthstone market.