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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15
Postal Matters.


Postal Matters.
William [. Myers has been COM
missioned postmaster at Raven
Rock, w. Va, and William ii.
jackson has been commissioned
postmaster at Ronda, w. Va
New postofioes have been estab-
lished in West Virginia as follows:
Katy, Marion county, Amanda
e. Poundstone, postmistress, and
Alvaro, Kanawha county, Emma
r. Elswiok, postmistress. The
sites of the postoiices at Ellison,
Summers county, and Bald Knob,
Boone county, have been changed;
the former about one mile south
east, and the latter one-half mile
north.
The following changes have been
ordered, affecting star service in
West Virginia: Route, 16,436, Ege-
ria to Barn; increase service to
three times week, Tuesday, Thurs
day and. Saturday, hours as at pres
ent. Route 16,2O5, Statler Run to
Holman; from May 6, 1901, in
crease service to six times a week,
schedule to be daily except Sun
day, hours as at present.
Refused to Give up the Books.
Morpentown, MAY 7.-After ex-
listing for 1l5 years as independ.
ent municipalities, the boroughs
of Morgantown, South Morgan
town, Greenmont and Senaca, were
organized into one government to.
night under the provisions of the
new city charter. The councils of
South Morgantown and Green
mont refuse to turn over the books
of their towns, and notified the
new city officials that an attempt
to take them by force would be
met with forceful resistance, and
legal proceedings will begin at
once for them.
How dear to our heart is the sill
yer dollar, when some kind sub
scriber presents it to view; the lib
erty head without necktie or col
lar, and all the strange things
which to us seems SO new; the
wide-spreading eagle, the arrows
below it, the stars and the words
with the strange things they tell,
tho coin of our fathers, we're glad
that we know it, for some time or
other twill como in right we'll; the
spread eagle dollar, the star-span-
gle1 dollar we all love so we'll
Charles Powers, of Kelley's
Creek, Kanawha county, has been
arrested charged with wreoking
the K. & M. train January 9th,
last, when both engine and tender
were turned upside down. Engin-
eer VIM. O'Brien and fireman o.
car Hern were badly hurt at the
time, and the fact that they saved
their lives at all seems miraculous.
The West Virginian, Parkers-
burg, in changing its name to The
Southern Manufacturer and Miner,
asks GLOW do you lik our name?"
The trouble is, Mr.. Editor, when
an exchange copies two line item
it is compelled to use three lines
to give credit.
A recent ruling of the Postofhoe
Department requires fourth. class
postmasters to give their offices
their personal attention and disap-
proves of farming them out" as it
is termed, as is now too frequent
ly the case.
Americans shudder with horror
when they think of how Arnold
sold his countrymen. But thous-
ands of Americans are now rejoic-
ing because g lot of Filipinos sold
ono of their countrymen. The
spirit of imperialism manifests it.
self on the slightest tcoasion.-
Commoner.
Hartford City is having trouble
over the saloon business.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

Tho State Educational Assooia.
tion will meet at Mountain Lake
Park July 2, 3 and A.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

If the Texas oil wells turn out
to be rs valuable as expected the
cowboys may become rich enough
to make the sombrero quite as ar
istooratio as the silk hat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

May has brought its buds and
blooms, and June will bring it's
roses.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

Circuses have been compelled to
kip several big West Virginia
towns on account of smallpox.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

A Pennsylvania man paid ST for
an old safe which was considered
worthless. He found in it Sd 800,
and he now considers it pretty
safe Investment
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

Mr.. L. @. Somerville, upon re-
quest of Prosecuting Attorney j..
L. Whitten, was appointed and
sworn in yesterday as assistant
Prosecuting Attorney.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

Mr.. w, j. Baxter, of North Brook,
n. G says he suffered with piles for
fifteen years. He tried many RENE
dies with no results until he used De.
Wits Witch Hazel Salve and that
quickly cured him. Hoon.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

The fret trip of car on the new
electric road between Huntington
and Kenova, was made Tuesday,
and speed of 40 miles an hour
was easily attained.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

The new vestibuled through
trains are now running on the
Ohio River road. They are splen-
didly equipped throughout and a
great improvement on the old
trains.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

A Massachusetts Mayor only
gets 800 year, but he delivered
an inaugural address of twelve ool-
umns in tho newspaper,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

The least in quantity the most in
describes DeWitt's Little
EARLY Risers, the famous pills for con-
situation and liver complaints. Hooff
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

The telephone wires which CROSS
the river at this place and connect
the Gallipolis and Point Pleasant
exchanges, have been replaced
having been broken during the
last high water-and are now in
working order. Those wishing
to talk to parties in Gallipolis can
do so from their residence or busi-
ness phonos.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

A mail saok WAS stolen from the
@. & o. railroad platform at Char
lesion on Sunday and the contents
we're rihed. Just how much booty
was secured is not known, but the
postal officials are now at work and
are hot on the trail of the thief OF
thieves.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

f. b. Tippett, Real Estate
Agent, (notice ads in this paper)
has lots of good farms for sale. Ii
you are thinking of buying farm
write him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

Carefully consolidated reports
from the agrioulturist districts
made May Let, warrant the predio-
ton of good wheat crop.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15
DuttY,s Pensions.

John Crawford, deceased, Leon,
raised from $14 to $50 per month
Aug. 7, 1900, to Sept. 8, 1900, date
of his death.
Lucinda Crawford, widow of
John Crawford, Leon, So per
month from Sept. 8, 1900.
Adam j. Brannan, Beech Hill,
raised from SO to SO per month
from October 10, 1900.
William Ohse, Pleasant View,
w. Va, raised from $40 to $12,
from Sept. 5, 1900
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

On Kee, Chinese laundryman,
was robbed the other night of $50
and two valuable watches Hop
Lee also lost a watch. All of Park
ersburg.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

The Clarksburg Daily Post will
soon be enlarged to a 5-column
quarto, 8-page paper.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

The greatest bores on earth are
those who know nothing and those
who think they know everything.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

The vote on the proposition to
issue $4,000 school bonds was
voted on at Benwood and McMech-
en- yesterday. Bonds carried by a
vote of 1859 for and 134 against.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

A little girl at Williamson, while
chewing fifty dollar bill, swallow
ed all but one corner of it, which
the Washington authorities re-
fused to redeem
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15
prohibition state Convention at
Akron. Ohio.

Excursion rates TO Akron, o., and return
via the Ohio Central Lines from oil points IN
Ohio, account Prohibition State Convention.
Excursion tickets on sale May 18th and l5tht
good returning until May 18th.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

Moundsyille is supposed to ba a
dry town, but the knowing ones
say you can get any kind of a
drink you want Some of the pro-
prietors of the closed up saloons
now pretend to rattle off lamps.
You are invited in to take chance
"a nickle chance-on lamp.
If you take one ticket you are ask
ed to have beer on the house; if
you take two chances you are in
vited to liquor up. Dry town. that.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15
/. o. o. f. Grand Lodge at
SDrfngfieId, %.

Excursion rates to Spripgdeld va o..
Lines. One fare for the round trip. TieketIii
ON sale May 2Ist to 24th, inclusive, from All
points in Ohio Tickets good returning nn-
I'll May 25th.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

In the upper end of the State
they have an M. & K. railroad, and
down here we have K. & M.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

Work on the capitol annex at
Charleston is being pushed rapidly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

Kansas farmers say it will take
10000 extra men to harvest their
crop.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

The West Virginia News at
Ronoeyert, has been changed from
an SODIUM, 4.page patent outside
to a 5.column, 8-page, all home
print. The News is splendid
paper.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15
Trce Burned for Four Months

Trcc Burned for Four NIOnths.
Keyser, w, Va, May IA tree
struck by lightning at Philippi on
January 23, when suoh an unusual
storm occurred, firing q number of
trees in that section, is still burn
ing. The tree is q hickory and be-
gan burning at the top when
struck nearly four months ago.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

eau anti flirting law in Virginia
reads: "Thou shalt not rubber nor
stretch thy neck, neither shalt
make goo-goo eyes, when in the
vicinity of female woman" This
will leave the flirting business all
in the hands of the new mannish
woman.-Denver Post.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

The fellow who writes articles to
newspapers without sending his
name ie etill in evidence.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

The Commencement exercises of
the High School will be held May
21st. The following named pupils
will graduate: Misses Ina Fogle-
song, Lizzie Miller, Sadie Grover,
Messrs. Edwin Neale, VIM. Stone,
Lauren O'Roark and John Mo
Cullooh. DR.. Teford, of Lewis
burg, will address the GLASS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

The Lewis Monument Commit
tee promises to be heard from with
in a short time. They are not
sleeping on their oars.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

For your own amusement punct-
uate the following lines 30 that
they will road correctly:
There is lady in the land
Has twenty fingers on each hand
Five and twenty on hands and feet
And this is true without deceit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

Americans shudder with horror
when they think of how Arnold
sold his countrymen. But thous-
ands of Americans are now rejoic-
ing because 6 lot of FiIipinos sold
ono of their countrymen The
spirit of imperialism manifests it.
self on the slightest ecoasion.-
Commoner.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

There now $50 oonvicts. in the
penitentiary at Moundsyille.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

There will be seven free Pea
body scholarships available to
students of West Virginia this
year. These scholarships give the
holders $1OO year and car fare 10
and from Nashville and are good
for two years. The next oompeti-
tive examination will be held July
18 and 10.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

Hartford City is having trouble
over the saloon business.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

Now is the proper season cf the
year to put the roads of the county
in repair. The road surveyors of
other counties now have large
forces of mon at work, properly
taking advantage of the seas<n;
and the surveyors of this county
would do we'll to follow their ex-
ample
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

a recent ruling OF the Postofhoe
Department requires fourth, class
postmasters to give their Offices
their personal attention and disap-
proves of farming them out" as it
is termed, as is now too frequent
ly the case.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

The West Virginian, Parkers-
burg, in changing its name to The
Southern Manufacture and Miner,
asks GLOW do you lik our name?"
The trouble is, Mr.. Editor, when
an exchange copies two line item
it is compelled to use three lines
to give credit
A recent ruling of the Postofioe
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-15

Charles Powers, of Kelley's
Creek, Kanawha county, has been
arrested charged with wrecking
the K. & M. train January 9th,
last, when both engine and tender
were turned upside down. Engin-
eer VIM. O'Brien and fireman Os-
car Hern were badly hurt at the
time, and the fact that they saved
their lives at all seems miraculous,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
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P.sr, +ba y Tbs Kind Y0B HayB Always RsIJH
signature ~ LZG%--Z
Of LEo3zX E1zIE<In<
IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.
Commandant Scheepers Justifles His
Conduct in Court.

Giraffe Reinet Cape Colony, Dec. IS
Comman6ant Scheepers is probably the
most hated Of all the prisoners now in the
hands Of the British, and whose trial wac
recently suspended owing to his physical
collapse testified in his own behalf to-
day. He made a vigorous defense. and
denied six of the seven murders with
which he is charged. He declared that in
the seventh case the man killed was
native SPY and had been regularly tried
and convicted. Scheepers admitted hav-
ing whipped natives who had been found
guilty If conveying information TO tie
enemy. so-calied unarmed native scouts
being. IN his opinion. simply spies. lie
said that he had had them whipped FREE
ouentiy. and he justified their being shot.
lie declared that the IootinE and burning
of government buildings were reprissls
in accordance with De Vets proclama-
ton. scheepers asserted thar he always
Ted ara treated his prisoners as WEI Us
he was able
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29

where he was bound out TO a tailor {,
learn the trade. He served seven year.
with the concern that being the tern
of his apprenticeship
lie remained with the firm as journey
man for many years afterwards. Amone
/ the customers were members Of the roval
family. and Mr.. Cavanaugh claims tc
have made garments for George II and
King George ".
The OLD man lived IN England 90 Ions
/ that Re became thoroughly English and
to this day he has never gotten over his
/ love for that country
To his mind. England IL the greatest
| country in the world. and the English
! people are the brightest and smartes,
on earth: in fact he loves England 50
I thoroughly that he never became a nat
uralizzed citizen Of this country.
! When IN n laxative mood. which +
not very often. the old man likes 20 tell
OF the great people he met Among the
notabIes he has seen are Queen Victoria
and Napoleon.
The former he first saw when she Wis
! tied Devonsbire castle. At that time
the queen was about Il years Of age. He
considered her the greatest woman that
ever lived. and al her death he was
deeply affected.
His first and only glimpse a. Napoleon
was after the battle OF Waterloo. The
great general was prisoner on beard
an English vessel called the Beiicrruhon-
The shin was NJ anchor IN the bay az
Torbay. Eng. IN company with several
other Iads he rosed out 10 where fhe
ship lay. and was rewarded ~ seeing
;he wonderful Napoleon walking back
and forth or the deck
re has never forgotten fhis incident
which ~ considers oDe 81 the greatant
Of his lie lie always Wa ~ a very
reticeat nat1re. and rover would 30 in-
d1eed 70 talk about himself 80 the oreg-
ence ~ strangers He newer relates en-
~ his experience EXCEPT - TIRE merisers
% hts family. and bst zeieom O. usefa
3ir. Caranaueh lived IN England u1fn
iSz7. when he emigrafe1 % America. go
VAS tnen -. EIe Teuainei in Sew YORK
awhile but sson care ~ Is9eian an1
mafe his home - are &orth E1zf for
many year,
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29

We were in Vienna on st. Leopold's
day. He is the patron saint of Austria.
and in the suburbs of Klosterburg mon
astery. which was founded by St. Leopold
himself in 1886 and in the Oldest and the
wealthiest community of the monks Of
St Augustine. thousands and thousands
of the common people made pilgrimages
and engaged in sports and ceremonies
that are old as tradition. IN one of the
store houses of the monastery is a wine
cask almost as large as the bin tun at
Heidelhurg, and. as Mark Twain said OF
that it holds either 2oG0 of 2300D.Oe9 gal
Ions-I was never good at figures.
Young married women are in the habit
Of going to Klosternberg on the 18th of
November and sliding down the big side OF
this cask. Stepladders are supplied by
the monks 70 assist them 70 climb up. AMI
then they slide down on the other side.
Just as il they We're small BOYS and the
c2sS were cellar door: and. rs a conse-
uence every one OF them he's n baby
before the enc OF the next year This
practice has Deer followed for several
centuries, ard the monks told me .hat II
never failed; which accounts Tor the large
natural increase in the population OF
Austria and q. birth rate higher than mat
CT any other C5untrv in thc world. The
average bi-th rate for all Europe t. g per
cent per 1850; Ter Austria * IS 3 per lela
At the me mortal services Tor President
Mckinley Minister McCcruiciz zecuref
the services Of a double quartet u Singers
from the Imperial Opera House, ana they
sang the late President s f2Ecrte nyuus
in most oeautsfui and impressive lnau-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29

one Of the greatest obstacles 10 the
utility and progress OF the Austro-Hun-
garisn Empire is the diversity Of the
races within it's limits and the tenacity
with which clings TO its native language
and custom. There are ten native na-
tionalities, each having its own tongue.
Such a variety does not exist under any
otner government. A perpetual reminder
OF this fact is before everybody. for the
denominations upon the national bank
bills are printed in ten different Ian
guases:
German. Bohemian.
Polak, Magyar.
Italian. SeFvlan.
Croatian. Slovak.
Romnauian. Ruthcnisn.
The Austrian influence in the Balkan
peninsular. however. b. not go great as
that o. Russia. excep, In Bosnia and
Herezeeovina. two II the old Turkish
provinces which were placed under the
protection Of Austria by the treaty o.
Berlin after tie Turko-Russian war IN
1878 Their progress and prosperity show
what can be made % tne Turkish popuia-
ton under just and honest govern
ment. and 81 Servia, Bulgaria. Macedonia.
and che other Balkan states could have
a similar opportunity * would be q their
everlasting peace and profit
The commercial enterprise of Austria
IS being fe,t - the mouth ~ the Danube.
The Russians do not seem 20 care for
commerce. bat control the politics q aii
the nuGer states THAI Sic between Turkey
and the rest - Europe.
WILLIA1f 2 CURTIS.