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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-07-19
The County Court is to be

The County Court is to be COM
mended for one thing, 1t will
stick to it's party paper in the
matter of official patronage. 1t is
more than a Democratic County
Court ever did by the Register,
Whenever n piece of work of any
magnitude was to be done, they al
ways sought for the lowest bidder,
and the Register generally got left.
We are not finding fault because
the present Court sticks to it's
organ. It will be precedent for
Democrats to follow when the
County comes again into their
hands, as it will soon.
The big coal sales that have
been made in neighboring coun-
ties are in the nature of notice to
us that we are not the only people
who can have big coal sales
There is wonderful development
ahead of this section in the way of
opening coal mines. When they
all get opened up and find a mark
ct for their product it will be a
blessed day for all the dwellers in
this favored region.
At meeting of the Ladies
Missionary Society of Point Pleas
ant, held in the Presbyterian
church, on the 5th inst, vote OF
thanks was rendered Mr.. j. e.
Dana, of Charleston, and Capt
Burnside, of Henderson, for the
use of the steamer Andrews for an
excursion on June 29th.
The resolution further stated
that especial thanks were due the
officers and crew of the steamer
Andrews for their courteous treat.
ment of exoursionists.
Mrs. John MCCULLoCH, Pres,
N. e. HALE, Sec.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-07-19

from Thursdays Daily.
Mr.. r. II. Saul, of Mason, was a
business visitor in town, yesterday.
Mr.. Russell Schools, near town,
will leave tomorrow for Hartford,
to visit his sisters.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Smith, of Henderson, this morn
ing, daughter.
MIR. S. j. Shindle who has been
confined to his home on account
of sickness, WAS able to be down
town this morning.
Mr.. Will Williamson, of Logan
county, and son of Capt. Aaron
Williamson, of this city, and who
has been in very bad health for
somo time, has gono to Los An
gels, Cal to try and regain his
health.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-07-19
Died.

A throe-year-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Waugh, who live on Ma
sons Longs farm, at Beech Hill,
died Thursday, July 18th, 1899.
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$4,000 REWARD J

T WILL pay $4,000 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, ns follows: $50 for tho in
Formations, $50 upon an arrest being
made on such Information, and 800
upon conviction of party or parties,
making in all 500.
JOHN S. HANLY,
InnyI0tf Apple Grove, w. Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-07-19

The purposes of trusts gener-
ally are well illustrated in the no.
tice of the proposed pottery trust
which says:
"The small plants which line
the banks of the Ohio river are to
be bought up and many of them
closed"
The closing of the "small plants
means the ruin of business, the
discharge of working men, the de.
cay of prosperous villages and
towns, the wreck of values and the
overthrow and bankruptcy of op-
position. 1t was never, perhaps
intended that this paragraph of in
formation should be made public, as
trusts consider the truth and pub.
lioity more venomous than snakes
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-07-19
Died,

Mr.. Benjamin Abbott. living on
Kauawha Five Mile, died Thurs
day night, aged about 10 years.
He will be buried this afternoon at
A O'Clock, at Concord Church bury
ing ground.
Marriage license issued July
18th: Allen Spurlook and Rosa
Davis; John Wolford and Nora
Powell.
We are going to have splended
Fair, in August, and don't you for
got it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-07-19
a HANDSOME GtIsL
From West Virginia Receives a
BOX of Poisoned Candy.


A press special from San Fran.
cisco says that Miss Florence nj.
Campbell, received box of oan-
died cherries containing arsenic
Friday, from eating which several
people, including herself, We're
poisoned. The police say that the
address on the box is in the hand
writing of woman who was sep
arated from her huakand on acs
count of his alleged attentions to
Miss Campbell. The latter is a
girl of beauty and good breeding.
Her unole is prominent judge in
West Virginia, from which state
Miss Campbell came here. She
was ono of the party who crossed
the continent to witness the
launching of the gunboSt Wheel
ing at the Union Works.
Commenting on this the Park
ersburg News says;
"Miss Campbelps home is in
New Cumberland. She went to
California on the Christian En-
deavor excureion two years ago,
and not with the gun boat party,
as the dispatch states. She joined
the gun boat party at San Fran
cisco, however, and went as far as
Ell Paso. She was quite favor
ite with all who met her and they
will greatly regret the occurrences
the dispatch relates. The imputa-
ton against her character made in
some sensational dispatches will
be resented by her friends, who
know her to be most excellent
young woman, with strong relig-
ious trait of character The fact
that the poisoned fruit sent her
was addressed in Mrs, Rathom's
haud, from an old letter which
would certainly be recognized is
proof positive. Her friends claim
that the Rathoms had nothing to
do with the case ut ALL"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-07-19

Every man has right to his
own views on politics OF religion.
but it is always best to keep them
out of your business. If you hap
pen to be Methodist and a Re-
publican it is not necessary to
make the fact SO prominent as to
offend some Presbyterian and
Democrat who would otherwise do
business with you.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-07-19
SELECTIONS MADE.
Howard Atkinson. VIII B. Mon.
roe and Zan COllet to be
Officers in the New
Volunteers.

PARKERsBURG, w. VA, July II.
DIR. w. w. Monroe is in receipt
of a letter from Senator Stephen
B. Elkins, informing him of the
selection of Major Howard Atkin-
son, of Charleston, as a CAPTAIN,
and Capt. Will 81. Moore and Zan
Collet, of Parkersburg, as lieuten-
ants to accompany the ten regi-
ments which will leave for the
Philippines to reinforce Gen. Otis,
The County Court in the inter
est of it's party organ, directed the
financial statement to be published
in the State Gazette at the price
fixed by law, which means between
$3.50 and $4OO to the Gazette. A
bid was fled with the Court, offer
ing to do this same work for $95
1t takes nefve, under the oircum-
stances, to ignore such bid. and
award il at higher price, but the
Court had it's nerve with it, and
favored it's own paper.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-07-19
ArroRNnxs.
PHxsIo1ANs.

A. II. BARBEE, Nj. D.,
Northwest Cor. 9th and Main Sts.,)
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA.
Office hours from a. m. to p. m. and
TO 10p. m. may d 1882
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-07-19
New Form OF Money order.

The postofice department is con-
templating the introduction of a
new form of postal money order.
1t will be made to conform to the
size of an ordinary bank check,
and the marginal figures heretofore
printed on the money order will
no longer be used. A receipt will
also be given the remitter at the
time of the purchase for the order
The new form will be much more
convenient for handling by the
people and the banks, and will be
introduced about Sept. 10, 1899.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-07-19

Teachers Institute at Mason
July 24th, 1899.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
WAR WILL BE ACTIVE.
Campaign in the Philippines to Open

lan1 Da1En IN the " opCh
Don on All Lines.
Sc rotary Root hopes the campaign in
the Philippines may be opened all along
the line M:thin the next three or four
weeks. Although there have been some
military operations recently, he says the
campaign is moi fairly on yet. Gen.
Lawton has been sent north to occupy
San Isidro beca Use OF its strategic I'M
p~ortance, but this is only preliminary to
the regular campaign. Secretary Root
has been informed that the rainy season
is about over, but the country is still
suffering from its saturation. There are
many inundatieAs. and the soil generally
is so soft as to make military movements
exceedingly difficult. Army officers vary
from three to six weeks in their esti-
mates of the length of time it viii take
for the country to dry sufficiently for
the American forces to move with rea-
sonable facility.
The plans of the War Department are
matured for active work as soon as it is
possible to advance with ease and the
American lines will be pushed in all di-
r~ections against the Filipinos. 1t will be
possible to maintain this movement. be-
u OF the steady stream of volunteers
to be poured into Manila as reinforce
ments.
Much attention has been given to max
ing provisions for the sick and wounded.
The present hospitals have aecommoda-
tons for about 1000 patients. and Col.
Woodruff reports only 1,S4I beds occu-
pied by patients, including convalescents.
The War Department is making arrange
ments to have accommodations for 5000
patients, which is believed to be more
than ample even for the enlarged army
in an active campaign.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
fsinsSRSHtztT
V,hE DTlpAs&c
lJNRrS3a5

Melville E. ingalls, was born on a farm
nd began work as a lawyer.
Frank III. Burford, a 15-year-old boy,
has been admitted to the bar in Guthrie,
o. Il.
atives have been Governors of South Car
DINA.
Ephraim Dougherty Of Rochester, Ind,
although 80 years OF age, still supports
himself by manual labor.
Hiram CronR of New York is the only
surviving pensioned soldier of the war of
1912. He is 80 years old.
Congressman Bingham Of Pennsylvania
is said to be the handsomest man in the
House of Representatives.
A movement has been started to buy
the Daniel Webster estate at MarshhelG,
Mass, including the tomb in which he
is buried.
William Badge has resigned his posi-
ton as conductor on the Maine Central
Railroad after fifty years service as a
railroad man.
Joel Chandler Harris has never seen a
play acted. The only time he has visited
q theater has peer to hear a reading b.
James Whitcomb Riley.
Two of James J. Hills sons are vice
presidents of railroads.
Chaplain Reaney of the Olympia was
born on the English steamer ironsides. of
which his father was commander.
Lieut.. y. w. Hourigan of the Olympia
is TO be received in his native TOW : OF
Albany, y. Y, with a process. ~ ard the
presentation of a sword.
Joel Chandler Harris works mostly a.
night. He rarely takes pen in hand be
fore 10 p. m, and daylight frequently
finds him still at his d ssK.
Addison Cammack, The Wall street
bear. knows the hignest and owest
nriees every listed stock has reached In
every month for ten years past.
Clarence E. Ward of Dayton, Ohio, has
painted 533 steeples.
Five candidates have appeared for the
Democratic nomination in Thomas B.
| Reeds congressional district.
Alma-Tadema, the artist, chose for
himself the first portion of his a
to soften the sound of Tadema and TO
get an early place in the art catalogues.
Daniel Frohman, the theatrical man
ager. was a newspaper man when, IN
1871. he was employed TO manage z
walking match. The receipts from this
undertaking we're more than $4,000, and
| this success started Mr.. Frohman in the
atricals. Mr.. Frohman has amassed a
fortune since then.
Gen. Funston gets d larger mail than
any other man in the Philippines. Lieut..
Hobson at Hong Kong still receives re
onests for locks Of his hair.
Whether or not William Goebei drinks
is q matter Of dispute. Some newspa-
ners saw t. candidate for Governor Of
kentucky dra.4ks whisky and others way
he never touches il.
Dwight l.. Moody. the evangelist,
brides himself gu the fact that there i
not one expert shorthand reporter out Of
fifty who can make 4 verbatim report Of
his sermons. He talks nearly as rapidly
as Secretary Blaine and Bishop Phillips
Brooks did. Those men were the bans
Of the reporters Of their day.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
IOWA TROOPS ARRIVE.
Transport Senator, Bearing the Regi-
I.-

transport Senator, Bearing the Regi.
ment, Reaches Port.
The transport Senator, bearing the
Fifty-frst Iowa volunteers, came creep
ing through the heavy mist of the Golden
Gate, San Francisco, just at noon Sun
day, and in a moment the cheers of thou
sands OF people, the s%ereeching of whis-
ties and booming of cannon rent the fog
and cloud banks, and the gallant soldiers
steamed into the ofing.
The arrival of the Senator Is the cause
for double joy. Iowa and the nation are
glad to welcome home the men who made
such a splendid record in the Luzon
swamps, and there is great relief in the
knowledge that the boat escaped the
great typhoon out of Yokohama, which
so nearly wrecked the Canadian liner
Empress of India. Doubts as to the fate
of the transport had been aroused by re-
ports brought by the Empress of India,
which arrived at Victoria after a thrilling
experience In one of those typhoons which
are the terror of seamen in the East In
dia seas at this time of the yer. The
Empress reported that the Senator was
right behind her leaving Yokohama and
probably felt the full force of the storm.
The Senator delayed sailing two days
on account of the great storm at sea. The
Iowans were given a great reception as
they steamed in through the Golden
Gate.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
WIN AT GREAT COST.
British Killed and Wounded at Glands
lnn~fn Nn..IA-I 20


laagte Number 100.
Official and unofficial dispatches show
that the capture of Elandslaagte by the
British Saturday was a brilliant feat Of
arms, although accomplished only with
great loss. The British killed and wound
ed numbered about $50, according to the
report sent to the war office in London
by Gen. Sir George Stewart White. That
of the Beers is placed at a much higher
figure, while many were captured. The
force of the Beers Appropriated 1000,
while the British had a much larger NUM-
Der. The burghers were strongly in
trenched and in many respects the battle
was like that at Dundee Hill. Remark
able bravery was shown by the Beers,
specially in repeatedly returning to their
guns after they had been silenced by the
British artillery.
Gen Viljoen, second in command of
the Beers, is among the killed. Gen.
Koch, who led them, was seriously
wounded and is a prisoner. His son, Pet,
is among the killed. An important pris-
one taken by the British is Schiel, a
former German army officer. So closely
were the Beers pressed that they Were
forced to abandon a number of standards,
which fell into the hands of the ~victors.
The eastern and western Boer columns
are entirely dispersed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01

People who are beginning to protest
that r~ougnness and brutality in football
"a should be prohibited. by legal en-
actment If necessary, can find plenty OF
encouragement in English history. As
far back as the sixteenth century King
James issued a royal mandate f~orbidding
all trough and violent exercise-such as
football, meeter for laming than making
able the users of it." Football in Eng
land Is now in as bad a condition as base
ball in this country.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
ANDREE's PLAN TO SEND WORD.
Had Ruoys for Degrees of Latitude,3ne

to BE Dropped Pissing the Pole.
There is no doubt that the buoy re-
Gently picked up by a Swedish vessel was
that carried along in Andree's balloon to
be dropped when he passed over the pole.
He tool carrier pigeons, and arranged TO
drop a cork buoy bearing the Swedish flag
at every degree of latitude and one when
he crossed the North Pole. These. he
believed, drifting either on the ice or in
tn. ocean currents. would bring the news
of whatever discoveries he might make
to civilization. Each buoy consisted of a
hollow bulb of cork encased for protec-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01

ton in a copper netting and painted in
blue and yellow, the Swedish colors. Ex-
.periments were made at first with buoys
made Of wood, but it was found that
cork best stood the tremendous concus-
sion resulting from being dropped out OF
a balloon. The cork was found to resist
a pressure of thirty tons without crush
ing. In the upper end there was screw
ed a small flagstaff made of German ST.
yer wire and surmounted at the top by
a Swedish flag made of sheet metal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
BUSINESS SITUATION.
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SnicaGo correspondence:
Nothing calculated to disturb the pr
emit favorable underlying conditions of
trade and manufacture has occurred dur
Ing h last week. Activity along nearly
all lines is Increasing rather han .amin-
ishing and the signs are pointing u Inc
transaction OF an enormous volume OF fail
and winter business. Money continues
to show IN easing tendency, and while
the sterling exchange market at the mo-
ment seems to ~foreshadow an outward
movement of gold in the next few weeks
the opinion of the best authorities is that
such shipments, il they occur, are not
likely to have any serious effect ON the
situation In this country. Although gem
eral business is enormously swollen by
reason of the heavy domestic consump-
ton OF commodities, the export trade is
increasing all the time. The statement
for September showed the largest exports
of merchandise for any corresponding
month on record.
The stock markets have been affected
somewhat by the decision of the Supreme
Court of Illinois in the glucose case, but
the disturbance caused DS this has been
confined mostly to what is known as the
industrial department. Price Of wheat
has tended lower this week, while corn
rather favored some impre cement. Hold
ers of the former yielded reluctantly for
a time to the influences that threatened
the value of their property, but those
became too obviously powerful toward
the end of the week, and Saturday saw
what had the appearance 81 a general
surrender by the bulls. The final quo
tations Saturday showed a loss of Tx
cents a bnshel for the December delivery
and rs cents for May, the discount Of
December under May widening to the
extent of the difference. The inference
is that holders of wheat are so tenacious
of their belief in ultimately higher prices
to have the wheat carried for them until
next spring. They are not unmindful of
the most unsatisfactory yield Of last sea
sons winter wheat crop OF the heavy ne
q~uirepsents of Europe. The weeks ex-
ports of wheat and -four from all Ameri-
can Dorts Were over 1900, 600 bushels.
and the week previous they were in ex-
cess of 100000 bushels.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01


aIge Free State without a seaport, but
they cannot send a word by telegraph
outside of their own little territories
without the permission of the English
Government. The cables which encircle
both the east and west coasts Of Africa,
as shown on the map, are owned by the
Eastern and South African Telegraph
Company, which is, of course, under the
control of the British Government.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
" OF SCIENCE.
Telegraph Machines Capacity 10 1850
Mnrds mn Hour.

Words am Hour.
The Guardian Trcst Company of Chi
cage has secured abs, lutte control in the
United States Of the patents of the Pol
lak-yirag automatic telegraph system.
The Importance of the invention lies in
its extraordinary speed performance. A
revolution in sending press and ordinary
business messages is expected to result
from the introduction of the system. The
maximum capacity Of the machine is said
to range from So.0ot to 10000 words an
haur
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
LANDS
ooUNTy oLrRK,s otr1oE

COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE. yrooUA, Wis, August 18th, 1899
Nodcef is hereby given hatu time of redemption ofne tacea md lso Of land the folowig
wing and being in the Cenryd Vernon and tate of wfcumIns sold byA 4 Fonns tMS
uerof said county, nthe1sh day of May, 1897, nr taxes dueo nthesamet forth year 1885, will expire
on the 18th lay of Nay, 1900 All of sad lands mott dnedb before the 1Sh day Of MAY NEXT whn
th@ yeasf from the date of said sale wtl exple will be conveyed, according o he statute in such
cases made and provided to the eroLs or topomNons holding the certificates of sale thrms
hedo on 1.-THE IN p oNel last lay ofredmphou tpwr. May 18th, 1900
DON SHERMAN. County kk, Vernon couny Wis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
HOW BoERs ARE ISOLATED.
Gut Off from the World Except at the
Pleasure of the :uclish.

Pleasure of the English.
One great disadvantage under which
President Kruger and his doughty burgh-
ers labor is the fact hat they are entire
ly isolated and cut off from communica-
ton with the outside world. except at
the pleasure of their enemy, the English.
Not only are the Transvaal and the Or
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
STAT UARY At p lLADELPHlA.
One of the Handsome Groups Shown at
the Exnnrt Exnnsifinu.

The accompanying illustration shows
one of the very handsome groups of stat
uary on exhibition at the National Ex-
port exposition which is now taking place
in the city of Philadelphia and will con
tinue there until Nov. 80. This group
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01

Consumption.
Its prevention and cure q speciality al
dowKLL's MEDICAL AND SURGICAL IssTi
eurH, La Crosse. Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01

the second bottIe he WNNNN@sF v M1"". =
began 70 improve. After twenty bottles had
been TAKEN, the Cancer disappeared entirely,
and he was cured. The cure was a pc fmanent
one, for he is now seventeen years old, and has
never had a sign Of the dreadful disease to re-
turn. J. N. MURDOCH,
279 Snodgrass St., Dallas, Texas.
Absolutely the only hope for Cancer
is SwiftIs Specific,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01

only nope. The oper-
alton was a severe
one, as it was neces-
sary to cut down to
the ia W bone a I'd
scra ps it. Before a
great while the Can
Ger returned, and be-
gan to grow rapidly.
We gave him many
remedies h re-
lief, and fl ally,
upon the advice of o
friend, decided to
try S. S. S. (Swift's
Speciic), and withf
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
The
Cruel Knife!

It is absolutely useless to expect a
surgical operation to cure cancer, or
any other blood disease. The cruelty
of such treatment is illustrated in the
alarming number of deaths which re-
suit from it. The disease is in the
blood, and hence can not be cut out.
Nine times out of ten the surgeons
knife only hastens death.
Ny son had a most malignant Cancer. for
which the doctors said an operation was the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01

Ed ID. Steeger. BonhaH. Texas. has a
contract with the British Government for
1,500 mules to be shipped TO South Az
riea,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
Township Ia. 81 East

Owners Name. Des. Sec. Amt.
W 81 H Cash. .sekswA ass 50
Elwood Stanly whswA 8 II 20
nwAnwA 20
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
Alley Peterson ehnwA . u B

Alley Peterson eNnwk % IL 50
II. c Andrews, Beginning 90 u.
east of the sw cor Of the neA
sec. IS, 7 IL X 8 W, running
theme W 1871 rods. u 80 'ods,
Q l6H rods, & SO rods to begin
ming S5-i2.3 4 80
II. O.. Andrews. A piece of land
commencing 80 feet east of
sw CIR neAse4 sec s5-ll-3 un-
ming thence a 80 rode, thence
e "a rds TO river thence Down
river Birds " lords TO place of
beginning 35-l2 3 IL so
H. G. Andrews, The following
described tract OF land towit
Beginning at the quarter
stake seA sec 35-12-5 ia the
highway running thence 8 81
rds. W to center of highway,
thence along center OF raid
highway 20 place OF begin
ming 35-l2-3 2 =