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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04

mon practice in the coffee belt. Friends
exchange these gifts and compare re-
suits. When one cannot afford to give
a sack of coffee it frequently is the
case that ten pounds of the best green
is packed in fancy case and bestow-
ed on newly born child, with direc-
lions that it must not be opened until
the wedding day."-New York Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
FARM LANDS FLOODED.
Many Acres Inundated Because of
Rains-Further Rise Feared.

The Lemonweir river has been swelled
by recent rains until it has burst its
banks to the east and west of Mansion
and flooded the farms on both sides, doing
immense damage TO growing crops. All
Of the sloughs and creek beds are full
and further rise is feared as the con-
tinued rains will probably cause another
flood of water to be poured into the
stream from the big drainage bitches in
the north part of the county and if such
Is the case it looks as if the Mansion and
Lemonweir dams are doomed. The outlook
Tor the farmers is gloomy as repetition
OF last years wetness means ruin for
many.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
EVIDENCE POINTS TO MURDER.

Charles Abrams, Business Man, Re-
manded to Jail without Bail.
Circumstances have been revealed that
in the opinion of officers lend support to
the theory that Mrs. Carrie Shaw.
wealthy young widow of Hortonville, was
murdered there on a recent night. 1t was
discovered that a gold front tooth had
been knocked out, her lips were cut on
the inside, and the fingers of her left
hand were severely lacerated and bruised
Charles Abrams. a New London business
man, who is charged with knowledge of
the death of Mrs. Shaw. was arraigned
in Appleton and remanded to Jail without
bail
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04

Coroner Hill is investigating case of
infanticide eleven miles south of Wan
kesha in the town Of Muskego where the
body of female infant was found float
ing in creek. The body had been care
fully sewed up in wc.lans knit under
garment and, with a heavy stone as a
weight, cast into the stream.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
MANAWA MAN DISAPPEARS.
Julius ToeHIbach Lost Mysterious1y
While Visiting Appleton.

Julius Toehlbach. aged Go. of Manawa,
mysteriously disappeared while on visit
to Appleton, and all search for him has
failed to reveal his whereabouts. He had
500 when he came to the city with his
nephew, Charles Hubener, and together,
they entered a saloon. Hubener stepped
out to purchase a package of tobacco and
when he returned he found his uncle gone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Wisconsin
State News
WEST WING NEARS COMPLETION
Legislature Will BE Housed in New
Quarters Next Session.


The work on the new capitol building
in Madison has progressed as far as had
been previously anticipated according to
Lew t. Porter, secretary of the capitol
building commission. The west wing will
be ready for occupancy Jan. 1, and the
laying of stone on the east wing has been
started. 1t is anticipated that the east
wing will be ready for occupancy by July
i, next, and then the work of tearing
down another wing will be started. 1t is
quite probable that the south wing and
the dome will be the next portions of the
old building to be torn down. The west
wing IS about ready for pIastering. The
rooms have practically all been partition
ed off and this work will be started at
once. The west wing will be used to
house the Legislature, which will convene
In Madison next January. A temporary
connection will be made by wooden stairs
with the rotunda of the old building.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Father of Tyyenty-One Dies.

Leonard Bertrand. father of twenty
one children, died in the farm house at
the Day Settlement. Brown county, from
Bright's disease. He was GS years old.
All of the children were born of the same
mother and eighteen are living.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Sun Stroke Sermons

Erving Federwitz. a young farmer re-
siding five miles from Marshfield. while
standing on a scaffold painting. was over
come by the heat. He fell 10 the ground
fracturing both arms at the wrists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Only wanted n Chance.

She-I see where fellow married a
girl ON his deathbed just so she could
have his millions when he was gone.
Could you love girl like that?
He-Sure l could love a girl like
that. Where does she live?-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Lightning Strikes Barn.

Two big barns and 80 feet of stabling
were destroyed by a fire resulting from
lightning at the Sutherland farm in the
town of Pittsburg The loss was $500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Banker Accidentally K;,,ea

North Freedom bank, accidentally shot
and killed himself while crawling through
a barb wire fence. He was carrying a
side-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Quite So.

'New thought will beartify the plain
est girl"
THAT may be, but very few girls are
going TO give up lotions for notions."-
Pittsburg Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Rightly Named.

"Say, paw" queried little Tommy
Toddles, what is the bone of conten-
ton"
"The jawbone, my son." answered
the old man, with side glance at his
wife.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
COFFEE AS WEDDING GIFT.
Peculiar Custom Which Is General
in Coffee-Raising Countries.

1--WE have a custom in the coffee
raising countries" said Senior Joaquin
Nabucco, the Brazilian ambassador to
the United States, (which is unknown
in other parts of the world. When
a child is born in the coffee country,
a sack of the best grain is set aside
as part of the inheritance. to be re-
ceived on attaining its majority. Usu-
ally the sack is the gift from some
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04

Old people who whisper sre as i'm
polite as young people who gisgle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04

Nobody is so mucn aIiSe as the dead
seat
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29
Man Travels a Rocky
Road.

Poor man! This is what one of
them thinks his trials amount to.
Mans life is full of crosses and
temptations. lie comes into the
world without his consent and
goes out of 1T against his will,
and the trip between is exceed
ingly rocky. The rule of con
trariness is one of the important
features of the trip. When he is
little the grown girls kiss him,
and when he is grown the little
girls kiss him. If he raises a
large family he is called a must
ard; but if he raises a small check
he is a thief and fraud and
Stunned like Chinaman with
the seven-year itch if he is poor
he is bad manger; if he is rich
he is dishonest; if he is in politics
he is for pie; if he is out OF poll
tics you can't tell where to place
him and he is no good to his
country; if he does an act of char
ity it is for policy; if lie doesn't
give to charity he is an old cur
mudgeon, a stingy cuss and lives
for himself; if he dies young there
was great future before him; if
he lives to and old age he has
missed his calling. He is intro
duced into this world by doctor
and to the next by the same pro-
cess, and the little niche that he
has filled in life is closed, and the
world that once knew him will
know him no more forever. Yer
lIy the road is rocky, but man has
to travel it
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29
Mercer,s Bottom, Aprll I.

Mercer DOtCOn, hpTIl u
Editor Register:-This section
ofcountry is now passing through
one ofthe greatest religious revi-
walls known in it's history. The
meetings are being held in the
Millstone Presbyterian church.
A number of our leading citizens
have been converted. Selid, sub
stantial people have come out on
the L rd's side.
She attendance is large and the
people come to the church early
in order to get teat.
The revival is conducted by
Evangelist Syndicate Wilson.
The Evangelist was brought
here by the Brown brothers, some
of them having been converted
at the Wilson meetings.
In some respects the revival is
equal to the great revival held
at Huntington.
The people are making up a
donation for Rev. Wilson's family
which will be sent to them.
The Evangelist is in good
health and the people are stand
ing by him. w. L. E.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29
DOING THEIR DUTY

Scores of Point Pleasant Readers
Are Learning the Duty of the
Kidneys.
To filter the blood is the kidneys
duty.
When they fail to do this the
kidneys are siok.
, Baokaohe and many kidney ilIs
follow;
Urinary trouble, diabetes.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure them
all.
For sale by all dealers. Price
so cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29
"Bix is Dead"

Lovers of dogs-and who, in
deed, is not the lover of dog?-
will be interested in the lines
written by Edgar Howard, editor
of the Columbus (Neb) Telegram
in tribute to a faithful animal.
Mr.. Howard is one of Nebraska's
best known Democrats. When
The Register readers have finish
cd Mr.. Howard's tribute to his
dog they will not need to be told
that he is master of the Ian
guage Of words, even as he is a
master of the language of love:
"Bix is dead. Blk was dog
in the animal kingdom, but tall
man in the attributes of kindness
and loyalty. He never spoke
about his own virtues, but he
showed them in his every day
life. 1 wish I might know the
man who gave the deadly poison
to my dog. 1 have no desire to
carry physical injury to that man,
but only desire to make him a
better and gentler man by
painting for him picture ofpoor
Blk and his sutterings. For many
days, under skillful treatment of
veterinary and the nursing of
those who loved him, Blk fought
against the effects of the drug,
never complaining, never show
ing resentment, rewarding every
effort in his behalf with wag of
his tail or with an expression of
thanks from his kindly eye.
In the last effort of his life he
dragged himself to my feet, rails
ed his dropping muzzle and laid
it in my hand, as oft I've seen a
child repose q weary head on
mothers knee. Thus he died,
and in the death-glaze upon his
brown eyes 1 thought 1 read a
message of pardon for the whip
ping Igsve him one day, when
anger had driven from my head
that fair sense of reason which
should direct the movements OF
men, fnot of dogs.
L have never been able to ac-
| cept the teaching of those anci-
ents who held that at death-time
the souls of men and women
sometimes are transferred to the
bodies of birds and dogs, but if |
could accept that view 1 should
then believe that one day there
lived upon the earth rare and
radiant soul within the body OF
the gentlest woman that ever
came to brighten and to bless the
earth with her good presence,a land
that when she died the death of
the body the gods transferred her
soul to the body of poor Blk, 80
gracious and good he was. But
1 can't believe such things, and
all that is left for me now is to
give to Blk in my memory-gar-
den a place among the roses,
with promise and a pledge to
strive to make my own life among
men reflect somewhat the lessons
in loyalty and kindness acquired
by contact with my dog. And
SO, good Blk, good bye"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29

VHESsIL KEEP TE1E LITvTLE
FAESM.

Well, jane guess we'll keep the place,
We've lived here, you and /,
Upon this little farm so long,
Let's stay here till we die.
You know thought I'd sell it once,
To Jones, Deacon Brown,
And take the money we had saved
And buy a house in town.
But when the buds began to swell,
And grass begins to grow,
Somehow it doesn't seem to
ought to let it go.
/ love the crimson clover,
And the fields of waving corn;
The quiet, bslmy evening
And the fragrant dewy morn;
The pink and snowy blossoms 3
Hanging onth .appletree
The chirping of the crickets,
And the humming of the bees.
1 love the summers honey breath,
The bushing buds of May;
The teeming autumn, rich with fruit,
The scent of new-mown hays
The noisy babble of the brook.
And laughter of the ril,
The lowing herds upon the heath,
And hocks upon the hill.
And when think of leaving all,
1t fills with alarm;
SO, after all, guess it's best
To keep the little farm.
Young Peoples Weekly
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29
Order Of Publication.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.;
COUNTY OF MASON, IS:
Al Rules held in tho Clerks Office OF the
the 9th day OF April. 1908, the following order
was entered: 49,.
OF John Rickard, deceased,
Henry Rickard, Jonas Rlcknrd, VIM. Rick
ard, Jake Rlckard, +: Rlck9rd, camp
bell RiekGrd, Gro. 81; Riskard. SInu.6 S"rSh e =.
MeFSfi. Louisa Rickard 4. S. Pickens,
Web BrInker and Geo. AdkinS
In Chancery.
The object of the above entitled suit is TO
settle the accounts OF Louisa Rick9rd, Al
nlinIHtratrix OF the estate OF John klckhrd,
deceased, and to sell the real estate OF which
John RlCkRrd died seized and possessed To
HntiRIy the accounts, claims and demands
due and owing from the said John Rlckard
at the time OF his death .,,
And IL appearing by nfiidRyit hled In this
cause that Jonas Rickaru, VIM. Rickhrd
Jake Rickard, p. f. Ricknrd, Campbell
iiicEafd aud g b. Ihle are eRcn and all non
reGident ofthe state OF West Virginia, IL is
ordered that they. and each of them, do APP
pear here wIthin'one month after the date
or the frAt publication hereof aud do what is
necessnry to protect their respective inter-
eBtE In the said suit ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,.,
Bonneville 4 SomerVille, Soils.
April S-4wks
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29
FARM
Farm work has been greatly re.
tarded by the recent wet weather

Be careful about that little cough.
Get something right away; some
good, reliable remedy that will
move the bowels, Kennedy's Lax
ative Cough Syrup aots gently yet
promptly on the bowels and allays
Inflammation at the same time
1t is pleasant to take and it is 90.
peoially recommended for children,
as it tastes nearly as good as good
as maple sugar. Sold by all drug.
gists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29

Your Unole Sam is considering
the advisability and feasibility Of
going into the banking business.
A bill has been introduced in Con
Rress providing for the establish
ment of postal savings banks, to
be under tho supervision of the
PoStmsster General. in money or
der postofioes. Tue bill providee
that 9 psr cent per annum is to b'
paid depositors. and that the funds
thus received are to be Deposited
by the Postm aster General in ma
tional banks at a rate of interest OF
interest of not less than 2 ! a per
cent per annum
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29
Notice of stockholders Meeting,

The regular annual meeting of the
stock ho ders of the Modern Building
h Loan Association will be held in
their office in ths Mutual Realty Com
nany building, in tn" town of Point
Pleasant, w. Va, Saturday, Ma 2,
1908, at 8 o'clock p m, for he pur-
pose OF eleciing u Board of Directors,
1nd the transaction of such ether
business as may properly come before
them. &. q. BOW bh,
z2, 2-wks. Secretary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29
Notice

Notice IS hereby given tnat 4, =. l.. , Ar,
Town or Point Pleasant. mason County. West
Virginia. on the 10Th day OF april %So ie0S, ~ n
W. w Brynn, at the Phoenix Hotel, IN the
town 4 Point Pleasant. Mason county Nest Vest
Offering for sale. exposing for sale, anu SO
IIcitIhg and receiving nroers for sriritnons
SIf ike nature, within ihe town OF Point
Pleasant Mason County, West virginia, tnr
said application to be acted upon by the
Council OF The Town nf Point. Pleasant, on
the 18th day OF May, liOS. .,,,,,,
X. Il. Il. ARTINGTOH.
HIven under my hand this 18th gay of
April. 1913. w. q. " "hAbch Cie'k'
may 22-Iw
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29
Fruit Prospect Good.
Farmers Think The Crop Will Be
Good.

Farmers Think The Crop Will Be
Good.
When the time comes for the
harvesting of domestic fruits this
year it is expected that there will
be a better showing along every
line than there has been for
years. A well-known farmer
from this county said to a repor-
ter of the Register Friday that he
did not believe that the small
amount of cold weather we have
had in this month and during the
latter part of last month, follow
ing as it did in the path of warm
wave, will have the least effect
on fruit. In fact, he said, 81
have made personal investiga-
ton, have examined buds and
gone into the question as far as
possible, and 1 firmly believe that
this will be one OF the best fruit
years in history"
Plums, pears and cherries, too,
will aboundin plenty wherever
there are trees, and all indications
are that this will be the best fruit
year in history. Grapes, black
berries and raspberries, as well as
other wild fruit, in all probability
will be more plentiful than ever.
The town council of Louisa, Ky /,
at late session, passed an ordi
nance requiring the owners of
chickens to keep them confined on
sheir own premises and penalizinR
all infraotions. Every town should
have suoh a law,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29
or FFIClAL CALL
FOR THE NATIONAL DEMO
CRATIC DELEGATE CONvEN-
TON.
fGRAFroN, w. Va, April 4, 1908.

44ON'
GRAFTON, w. Va. April Z, 1908.
"A Democratic State Convention
is3hereby called to meet in the city
of Wheeling on the 28th of May,
1908. at IL o'clock, M for the pur.
pose of ,eIectipg four Delegates-at-
Large. and four alternates, t, rep.
resent the state at in the Demo-
cratic National Convention, which
convenes in the city of Denver, in
ths State of Colorado, on the 7th
day of July, 1908; and for the pur.
pose of nominating three candi-
dates for Judges of the Supreme
coprt of Appeals of West Virgin
ia to fill the Vacancies in said
court which will occur on the first
day of January, 1909.
Said convention shall consist of
legally elected delegates from the
several counties of the state, which
delegates shall be apportioned be-
tween the several counties of the
State, as follows: Each county to
.haye one delegate to said conven-
ton, and no more, for each one
hundred votes, or fractional part
thereof OF fifty or more votes cast
in the respective counties for the
Hon John j Cornwell, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor in
the general election of 1904
DELEGATE DISTRICTS
Delegate District Conventions
for the five Congressional Districts
of the State are hereby called to
nominate two Delegates from each
district and two a'ternates, who
shall, as such district delegates,
represent the Congressional Dis
trict from which they are selected,
in the convention to be held in the
city of Denver, in the State of Col
orado, on the 7th of July, 1908, as
follows:
For the First District:-At the
City of Fairmont, in the county of
Marion, in said State, on the goth
day of May, at l o'clock of that
date
For Second District:-At the
City of Grafton, in the county OF
Taylor, in said State, on the 10th
day of May, at l o'clock of that
date
For the Third District:--At the
'ity of Hinton, in the county of
Summers, in said st te. on the 20
day of May, at O'Clock of that
date.
For the Fourth Distriot:-At
the City of Par ersburg, in the
county of Wood, in said State, on
the 26th day of May, at l o'clock of
that date.
For the Fifth District: AT the
City of Point Pleasant,in the coun-
ty of Mason, in said State, on the
9th day of May, at L o'clock of
said date.
The said several conventions to
be called o order by the Chairman
of the Democratic Congressional
Committee, for each of the said
districts
The said Conventions shall con-
sist of delegates selected from the
several counties composing sid
congressional districts, and the ba-
sif of representation in said con
ventions, from earh of the said
counties, shall be one delegate, and
no more, for each one hundred
votes, or fractional part thereof OF
fifty or more votes,
The above call for said State
Convention, and said District Con
ventions, is made by authority of
a Resolution. unanimously adopt
ed by the Democratic State Exc
cutive Committee for the State of
Yves. Virginia, held in the city of
Park ersburg, on the second day of
April, 1908
By order of the committee
JOINT. M'GRAW,
Chairman
j. CARL VANCE, Secretary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29
THE WoMRN,s PAPER
Notice to Take Dispositions.

To Edgar Ewing,
April, a, D., zoos between the hours of o
O'Clock, a. NJ. and O'Clock p. NJ, at the law
of Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Vir-
gInia, Will take the Deposition OF George
to be read in evidence in my behalf In a GER
tain suit In chanCery now pending In the
Circuit Court OF the County OF Mason, and
Stnte OF West Virginia, In which am plain
tin AID you nre defendant.
II from any cause the taking of said dGpo-
sition shall not be completed on that day, or
II commenced shall not be con pleted on
the day aforesaid. the same shall be cOntin.
ued from day to day, or from time to time,
at the same place and between the same
hours, until the same shall have been COM
DAISY EWING,
BY Counsel.
SomervIlle 4 Somerville, Soils.
March lS-iw
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29

Tue season lie now upon us when
the house must be turned upside
down in order to show that it isso
desperately dirty that nothing but
return to chaos and complete re-
creation will relieve it. It is also
now that man is more than ever
ready to agree that dust thou art,
and unto dust shalt thou return
three times day until the carpets
are up and down again, and the
furniture resls from oastIgation
and order is restored.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-04-29

The farmer who hung his coat
on the names whom doing his
spring ploWing fearing a blizzard
before he could plow back to it,
was q wiSe msp,