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The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
Forfeiture Notice,

To David Thurman. J. H. Locl1ling ind ". F. Benge, their heirs and legal representa- tives:
 You are hereby notified that the under signed who is aco-owner with you in the Copper Bloom mining claim, has expended One Hundred Dollars .S10C.c0) in labor and improvements for the year 1900 upon said mining claim, in order to hold said mining claim under the provisions and requirements of Section 232i of the revised statutes
 The said mining claim is situated in the Picacho mining district. Pinals County. Arizona Territory, and is duly recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Pinal l County. Arizona, as follows: Copper Bloom, Book IS, Page 5i5. Record of Mines, and you are further notified shat if. atthe expira- tion of ninety days from the last publica- ] ton of this notice. ycp fall or refuse to pay your portion of the said expenditure to- | gether with the cost of the publication of this notice, your interest in thesaid mining claim will be forfeited and become the { property of the undersigned in accordance ] with the law.
 SPARKS SURDAM. ! Florence, A. T., Feb. le, 1901. fls-sn:
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
WILL BUILD TO FL PAso.
The South Western to Make Fl Paso 9
 Terminus.

The Bisbee Review says: Superin- teudent Walter Dauglas returned Tues day night from Fl Paso, where he had been on business connected with the South Western Railroad of Arizona, which will make Fl Pasoits terminus, provided the proper arrangements can be made for right-of-way and terminal grounds. FL Paso has suddenly grown cold on the railroad question and are unwilling to grant the right-of-way asked for by the South Western rail- road. Superintendent Douglas slys South Western railroad will eater Fl Paso along the same reute the south ern Pacific enters the city and that th+, company do not intend to change their plans. It is up to Et Paso now.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
svo.xc tn Ht. windptpe.

Sponges which are used in surgical operations once in awhile are left in the body, and then deathis bopndtoen- sue sooner or later. A young English collier named Finney had Il teeth ex- tracted under ether by Dr. Griffiths and when efforts were being made to restore him to consciousness hesprsng from the chair, fell back and died. Sponges had been placed in his mouth to absorb blood from the gums and one of them. which was left in his mouth by inadvertence after the extractions had been made, entered the windpipe and caused suffocation.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
Inor. assa lntarss. In lrrlnation.

It is surprising to note the interest metropolitan papers take in irrigation in the West and the conservation of the flood waters which run unchecked to the sea. This should lead to an ed ucation of the people on correct lines, and result in beneficial and needed leg islAtion. That it is more and more the subject of editorial comment in the city journals is cause of congratula- tion. The time should not be far dis tant when every irrigation possibility will be utilized to the utmost capacity An ancient civilization has recorded in our Southwest its beliee in irrigation and if any one doubts it's value let him read the lesson taught by the ruins of great cities and mighty peo- ples, once living where now deser1 reigns supreme. Until we equal tho record of the past, an education. ]: needed in irrigation matters.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
Big Cattle Deal.
From the Bisbes Review.l

B. A. Packards returned on yester. days train from Los Angeles. A Re- view reporter called on him at his office in Anguis shortly afterwards and in.an- swer to query for a statement in; re- gard to reported cattle sale, Mir. Packard said: "I have just returned from Los Angeles where I purchased the interest of J. V. Viekers in the Packard Cattle company. The Pack ard Cattle company will be no more. The ranch on the river which belonged to the company has been sold to w. C.. Green, also the stock cattle"
 Mir. Packard and W. c. Greene are associated together in several big cat tie deals and their pastures will ex. tend from Cochise county across. the border and miles into Mexico.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18

A. E. English met with painful accident last evening which will cause him to cary his arm iu splints for several weeks. While comfortably lying Tn hammock at his home the fastening suddenly gave away. pre- cipitating it's occupant to the ground. He received the full weight os the fall on his right elbow and it was found that the bone was fractured. Dr. Bacon dressed the injary and has set the arm in spgints.-i Tombstone Prospector.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
Net Guilty.

Now boys" said the Sunday school teacher, surely some one of you can tell me who carried of the gates of Gaza. Speak up, William"
 "I never touched 'eml" said the in- dignant William. with suspicion of tears in his youthful voice. '.I don't see why folks always think when things get carried of that I've had something to do with it"
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
FOUND AT CLUB PARTIES.
Card shsrps Who Make Living by Winning Prizes and Pawn
 ing Them.

Public progressive euchre parties for rather costly prizes have lately de- veloped a new sort of professional gambler, says the New York Evening Post. There are in the city several small bands of five or six each, mostly womens who go about to public euckre parties and almost always win prizes. The method of procedure adopted by these euchre "sharps" is simple. They watch closely the club and society" notes in the newspapers, prepare a schedule of dates each week, pay the subscription fee required and enter the games as guests. Their playing is so expert that they have little difficulty in carrying off the prizes. By these means these people make a comfort able living pawning their winnings. and so often turning between S2O and s25 week.
 The professionals, however, are be- coming known in some parts of town. At progressive euchre party held at one of the arInories of the city last week it became known before the play began that there were several of the ''sharps" in the room, and by strategy they were excluded, although they had paid the subscription. The six-two men and four women-were arranged so that they were placed in pairs at three tables in different parts of the room and then told that, the sets not being complete, they would have to wait. On leaving the room the six ''sharps" met each other and, compar- ing notes. saw what had been done. They reentered the room, but found that play had already begun. This time they were informed that the game could not be stopped.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
Leader of the World.

This country, with it's seventy-five millions, now leads the civilized world. But with so vast continent, the resources of which have merely been touched, it is certain that it has only passed the first great stage of it's dis tinction. The new century opens a vista of growth in material and politi- cal things that invites the highest ambition of scholars and statesmen, and the best energies of all the people. There will be larger opportunities tha T ever before, and the rewards will be greater than at any time in the worlds history
 Irrigation has already achieved miracles in the for West, and it is only in it's beginning. Millions and mil lions of people will find beautiful homes on what are now arid plains Water will make the deserts bloom like garden of Eden, just as it has at Riverside and other places in California. Thus there will be on the other side of the Mississippi, in the course of time, as great population as that which stretches eastward. Every year the centre of population moves westward. Every decade this rate of movemen, will grow sw ifter.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18

Wm. Lawrence was in from Drip- ping Springs yesterday, bnt had no news from the gold camp, os he has been on the round up for l. monsh with Ed Rankin, owner If the Drip ping Springs ranch nnd cattle Mr. Rankin intends selling egery-hins on hoof and restocking with n better grade of cattle. The Dripping Springs range is the best range in tii's Sec.ion, and feed there this season is better than for many ysars pasl.-[Slyer Belt.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
TO TIE DEAF.

A rich lady cured of her deafness and noises in the head by Dr. Nichol- sons Artificial Ear Drums, gave sl0,- 900 to his Institute, so that deaf people unable to procure the Ear Drums may have them free. Address No l90c The Nicholson Institute, 7S0 Eighth Avenue, New York. molly
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
To IrrIaats the Public Domain.

Chas. s. Saylor, special agent of the Department of Agriculture in charge of the best sugar investigation, has made an elaborate report to the De- pertinent embracing plan for the ir- rigation of the public domain. It sug. gests the government provided per-
 manent irrigation and charge 5000 sn acre above the price of the land. making total of $l1 25 an acre. the proceeds to be invested at three per cent to produce revenue for maintenance. Throughout the length and breadth of the arid region," he asserts, '1arge quantities of weter are running away to the sea, which if reservoired would greatly multiply the area which. might be cultivated and would change many desert into fertile garden spot 4 The great fruit region" :" he continues. (which would have been utterly worth less without irrigation. becomes worth more than $lOO an acre, some.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18

According to the ceneus the center of population during lhe decade be- tween 1890 and 1900 has on'y moved fourteen miles in a westerly direction and about two and one half lsiles in a southerly direction. The center of po- pulation is Ut point abont six miles south east of Columbus, Indiana. The movement of this center of population was the slightest in the last decade of any decade since 179o. At the latter period the center of popula ation was twenty three miles east of Baltimore, ard it has been moving westward ever since, the greatest movement being between l55o and 1860, whsn 1t moved from twenty-three miles southeast of Parkersbnrg, Virginia (now in West Virginial to twenty miles south of Chilicoth, Ohio, distance of sighty-one miles. The center of area of the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii and other recent accessions, is in northern Kansas, near the 10th par allel of latitute and a9th meridien of longitude.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18

The New York Herald of last San day published list Of the millioaaires of the United States, in which Ari- zona makes D good showing, consider ing the population. This territory is far from the bottom of the list. There are altogether S,s23. Arizona has five: Messrs. F. M. Murphy, E. B. Gage, E. ". Wells, ". c. Greene aud Dr.. J. NJ. Ford. leading New Mexico with four, Mississippi with three aud North Dakota with one. West Virginia and Arkansas have only six each, Wyom- ing has none, and Nevada is credited with none, for though both Senators from that state are many times mill lionaires one of them lives in Wash ing ton, D. .. aud the other in New 1 York.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18

affected with the Hassayampa habit have emigrated to other parts of the West, or else many citizens of other regions of the West have visited the locality and acquired the dangerous microbe, for the reputation of some of our journalistic brethren is not what it should be in ninipg matters. Some- thing should be done with the Hassay ampa. |. has become a menace to the nation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-07
from Thursdays Daily.
Fiddlers' COntest.


Not for long time has Hooff's
Opera House been SO filled with
people as it was last night, there
being slated for them in the way
of amusement "An Old Time Fid-
dlors' Contest and to the best of
our knowledge, the first, if not the
only one ever given in this town.
There were dozen or more
contestants, both white and color
ed, and after the announcement
made by the manager, stating that
he was disappointed in the num-
ber of fiddlers around Point Pleas
ant, committee was selected, COM
posed of Messrs. John M, Burdett,
B. e. Gibbs and @. 81. Varian, who
acted as judges, and with the above
stated number of contestants the
fun began, and it was fun, too.
y The selections were ATkansaw
Traveller, Mocking Bird, Birdie,
Marching Through Georgia, Fish
er's Horn Pipe, aud many more
which we could mention, would
space permit, all of which were
greatly enjoyed as was evidenced
by the marked attention and the
rounds of applause by the audience.
Every one engaged in the contest
did splendid, some of them did
credit to professionals,
Especial praise is due Master
Willie Lewis, son of Mr.. Horace
Lewis, of Hartford, for tho splen.
did manner in which he mastered
his violin. He is but IL years old,
and was 80 unfortunate few
years ago, as to loose his right leg
above the knee at the Valley City
Salt Works. However, he plays
we'll, and will somo day be second
to none.
The music, singing, buck and
wing dancing and the cake. walk
ing by the colored folks was very
amusing, all of them doing fine.
After the program had been oar
ried out, the prizes we're awarded,
some of which we're valuable and
useful articles.
The entertainment then closed
and all left the house we'll pleased,
and will long remember the Fid-
dlers' Contest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-07
pond Lick.
,rrespondence, 8Oth.

Correspondence, 3Oth.
We had grand time at w. j
Grose's family reunion Saturday
night. There was host of rele-
tives and friends in attendenoe;
among the number were Mr.. EzEa
Tivner, of Yellowtown, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Pillows. of Gallipolis,
Ohio, Miss Mary Parkins, of Del
aware, Ohio, Miss Marier Boyer, OF
Wellston, Ohio. Delicious refresh
ments were served.
Rev. E F. Barton preached an
excellent sermon at White Chapel
Sunday.
Farmers at this place say their
crops look worse than they have
for several years.
Mrs. W. j. Grose has gone 70
Wellston, Ohio, to- spend the week
with relatives.
Miss Mary Parkins spent Sun
day with friends on Sixteen.
There will be an ice cream festi-
val at White Chapel, August 10th,
for the benefit of the church.
Quarterly meeting will commence
there on the same day and continue
over Sunday
We are sorry to hear that the
child of Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Here.
ford, of Mud Run, is very sick.
We are glad to know that Mr..
Geo. Mink, of Pleasant Ridge, is
having success with his black
smith shop.
Mr.. Isaac Wood and family, of
Sixteen, are going to move to his
farm in Iowa, We are sorry to see
them leave our neighborhood but
wish them good fortune.
Mrs. Lille Mink and Mrs. F. E.
Burris spent Sunday with Charles
Patterson and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt Chatman, of
Flat Foot, were visiting Mr.. w. r.
Wood and family, of Sixteen, Sun
day.
Mr.. VIM. Baird, returned home
from Columbus, Saturday, whore
he has been working all summer,
Success to the Register is the
wish of GABE.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-07
The Umpire,

That Connecticut Judge who
fined man brought before him for
assaulting an umpire at a baseball
game is to be commended. The
Yankee Daniel not only punished
the culprit severely, but promised
n still heavier sentence if he were
brought up again for the same Of
fense. The Judge had the best in
forests of base ball as we'll rs Of
law and order at heart whom he in
hicted the punishment Ho real.
lied that the great American game
needed decency and order as much
as anything else and he set an OK
cellent precedent for others to fol.
low Baseball has suffered much
from the disgraceful scenes caused
by riotous demonstrations over tho
umpire's decisions, and all true
friends of the gam Mould take a
strong stand against such things.
The umpire should be master of
the game, and when he is not
trouble is sure to follow,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-07
a Fine Earn, soId.

Hon, j. r. Burdett, of Nc
Carbon, this State, and formerl
prominent coal operator at tht
place, has bought from Mr.. j. |
MoCullooh, what is known as ia
Sehon farm, near this oity. Mi
Burdett will take charge of Ia
farm on November let We al
glad to welcome suoh an entei
prising man to our county. Me
son county has fine grazing land
and we hope more will follow th
example of Mr., Burdett.
The sale was negotiated throug
Hon, James b. Menager, of thi
city.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-07
Council Proceedings .

AT a special meeting of the town
council held last night. July 31st,
1901, the following business was
transacted:
Permit to obtain State license
to sell spirituous liquors in brick
building near K. & M. depot, grant
ed to Joseph Varian.
Regular meeting night of town
council changed to Monday night.
E. j, Somerville chSsen clerk
pro tenn, during the absence of r
A. Stortz, Clerk.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-07
IIillcd on Inc d. be. It.

Parkersburg, July Both, 1901
This forenoon train No 8, the
Ohio Valley Express, on the o. r.
r., struck and killed man walk.
ing on their tracks about a mile
south of Franklin station.
The train which is the fastest on
the road, was running at a high
speed whom the man was seen
The engineer blowed his whistle
but naturally thought the man
would get out of the way. When
however, it was seen that he WEE
not going to step off the air brakes
were applied but it was too late
The locomotive struck him and
knocked him some distance, kill.
ing him instantly.
The trainmen picked up the
body and brought it on to Claring.
ton, and his friends were notified
His name was James MesserbecB
and he lived at Clarington, He
was SO years of age and very deaf
It WAS his deafness, of course, thai
caused his death. The train Grew
were blameless in the matter,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-07
Connected win Mason.

The Mason County Telephone
Co. completed its connection on
it's toll line with Mason City yes
terday. The toll station has been
established at the store of Mr.. w.
e. Ruttenoutter. Over this toll
line you can talk to Maggie, Spill
man, West Columbia, Clifton and
Mason City.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-07
THIRTY-NINTH YEAR.
a Thrllling I9xperIenee.


who WAS in the recent wreck on the
Ohio River Railroad, at Paden's
Valley, gives the following graphic
account, of his and Postal Clerk
P. L.. Roush's escape from instant
death;
"There were two of us in the
mail car when tho collision occur
red, Clerk p. L. Roush and my
self. Roush was engaged at the
letter case. Just at the outekirts
of Sistersville some kind hearted
citizen tossed three Wheeling per.
feotos in at the door where l was
standing. These stogies were
wrapped in postal card, which L
placed in the proper box, and 60
ing to the front end of the car L
put the stogies in my coat pocket,
which was hanging in the clcset
1 then started for the paper rack to
complete some work, and had
reached point between the side
doors when 1 felt shock as if the
air was being turned on. Almost
coinoident with this came the hor-
rible crash.
at threw me across the edge of
the iron paper rack bruisirg my
side terribly. [ grabbed the rack
with both hands, and then pande.
monium seemed to break loose.
The noise was terrific. A million
cannon crackers would have been
as the soothing tones of an Aoelian
harp Flying timbers from the
front end of the car and coal from
the tender fell all about me- Then
came rush of steam which was
followed by q deluge of cold water
from the tank This water in such
great quantities surely saved our
livos as it Condensed the hot steam
which filled the car"
"The Car heaYed and tossed with
the wreckage of tender and engine
With u shower of letters and pa
pers in my face and with splinters,
coal and water falling on my head
and back [ still managed TO retain
my hold on the rack, and when we
stopped l was by the side of Roush
who was penned in the corner by
the letter case badly bruised and
shaken. We could hardly see each
other for the steam, and the cries
of the wounded outside were heart
rendering. Roush broke a window
with his fist and climbed to the
roof I couldn't get through the
hole he made 80 [ stayed there un-
til some one helped me out The
mail car was demolished to the side
doors, and where l had stood but
Il moment before the stove weigh
ing 1000 pounds, now lay bruised
and battered"
"Our escape from instant death
was miraculous. [ may have been
near at some time in my life to
death in mild form, but l surely
shook hands with the real thing
this time. A hundred bruises and
a crippled side gently remind me
that [ had close shave"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-07
The Same Here.
Clarksburg Post.

Clarksburg Post.
Did you ever see chicken
scratch and rake over a pile of re-
fuse in search of crumb or worm,
and then another chicken that
stood idly by grab and eat the
morsel? That illustrates the fell
low that sits around town, kicks
on improvements and then reapa
the benefits by having his proper
ty increased in value by reason of
the improvements made by others
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-07
Amtnmoh1lo Ifidc.

Some married ladies in the First
ward, concluded to convert baby
buggy into "horseless carriage"
and one of them got into the buggy
while tho other pushed her along
in the buggy from Decatur street
up First street, quito distance
and returned, attracting much at.
tention by the oddity of the affair,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-07
BOATS
THAT HAVE RUN THE I1A
NIAWHA

i
From 1920 to the Present Date.
Charleston Gazette.
The Gazette is indebted to the
veteran pilot and steamboat captain
w. f. Gregory, for the following
complete list of passenger steamers
that have navigated the Great Ka-
nawha river between the years
1920 and 1901, up to the fret Of
July, 1901:
Little Kanawha, by Captain Bill
Keese and Riley a. Finney, pilot;
Eliza, Andrew Donnally Kenawher
Paul Pry, Wasp, Hornet, Salem,
Wave, Daniel Webster, Emigrant,
Henry Logan, Leila, Martha, Da-
vid Crockett, Julia Gratiot. 10y,
Levi Welch, Virginia, TuckHhosi
Lynchburg, Yucatan, Osceola, Tus-
sawa, Triumph, Freedom, John
Golong, Jim, Greenwood, blew up
at Maiden; Catawba, Enterprise,
Skipper, Laurence, Laurel, Essex,
Ark, Lady Madison, Potomac,
Thames, Blue Ridge, Cumberland
Valley, Princeton. Medium, Effort,
Clipper, Justice, Freestone, Re-
turn, Hope, Baltimore, Jane Frank
lin, Olivia, A w. Quarrier, Collier
No. 2, Virginia Belle, Ellen Grey,
Allen Collier, Herman, K4nawha
Valley, Kanawha Valley No. 2,
Julia Moffit, Hurricane, William
Langley, Minor, Spray Harry
Tompkins, Nashville, Raleigh, w.
r. Curtis, Marmora, James Watson,
Cottage No. 2, blew up at johnson
Shoals, w. f. Gregory at tho wheel
at tie time; Rose Hamilton, Mol
lie Norton, Annie Laurie, r. W.
SkiIlinger, Kittie Hegler, Noun
tain Boy, Lida Norvell, Leclare,
Fawn, IIanawha Belle, Q p. Hunt
ington, Active, Julia, II. j. Pickett,
Market Boy, Elk, w, p. Thompson,
Clara Scott, West Virginia, Trout,
Fleetwing, Sallie Freeze, Malta,
Ike Bonham, Fannie Freeze, Tom
Hackney, j. Osborne, Silver Lake
Oil Hunter, Emma Graham, Vir-
ginia Home, Virgie Lee, Boone,
Little Boone, Telephone, Hibern-
10, w. N. Chancellor, Snake Hun
ter, Clara, Clara Belle, Victor No.
3, Katydid, Belle, Viola, Here's
Your Mule Kossimer, Resort, Ian
the, John e. Kenna, Modoo, Wild
Goose, Lame Duck, Ben Courson.
Winona, Caroline, Capitol City,
Mountaineer, Kanawha Belle, Hen
ry NJ. Stanley, Speedwell, Kama
wha, Fl. X. Bedford, Urania, Il. d.
Dale, Nettie Harteepe, Columbia,
Big Kanawha, Ida Smith, Licking
ton, Jennie, Nebraska, Mamie
Byers, j. j. Cadot, Greenwood,
Aid, Aurilla, Wood, Avalon, Ore
gon, Estola, w. f. Nesbit, Daniel
Boone, Dick Brown.
Captain Gregory is the second
oldest licensed pilot living. He has
been captain and pilot since 1866.
He was the fret pilot to take boat
to the Falls of Kanawha, the Yir-
ginia Homo, in 1853. he also
brought the biggest boat up here
in 1868, the Moses Mcclellan, q
sidewheel boat 300 feet long, with
twelve hundred ton for the govern
ment at Camp Piatt.