The weekly register. [volume], August 18, 1880, Image 1

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Sign of the
mid Unbleached Muslins, Bed Ticking, &c. Also Shirting Cheviots and Cheeks, Denins, Drilling*
t'ottoimdes, Shirting und I'ants Linen, White and Cdloi'ed FlnnneJW, Jeans, Kerseys, kct
ALSO GOODS FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR,.
consisting ot rine and common grimes 01 Hosiery, kiu gloves, suit ami isernn gloves, in great variety. Silk,
linen and cambric handkerchiefs, corsets, silk and Ittcu tl<Js, ftlchings, Hamburg edgings, ribbons in plain mid
brocaded silk and satin, and many goods in that line too numerous to iildiltldil. Special attention is directed
to our double-breast ?1 unlandricd Shirt and ?1 gilt edge corset.
THE SECOND FLOOR
is devoted exclusively to Carpets, Oil Cloths, Window Blinds, Curtains and Curtain Material. '1'ius spacious
room ntl'ords facilities for the display and examination of this immense stock of Carpets rarely ottered to
with comfort and satisfaction. Taken altogether the stock of Dry Goods
lisive and varied ever exhibited lit retail by tiny oiid establishment in
L, and the unchangeable ONE CASH PU1CE enables everyone ttf btty
Igardless of the judgment of the purchaser. A cordial invitatiun is ex
1 the advantage of all purchasers to see und kfiow our prices and manner
S. BROSIUS.
Martin Uuitm. CiiAs, Stockhoff.
Uhrig & Stockhoff,
DEALEItS IN
Dry Goods, Groceries,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS,
Pure Old Bourbon aad Rye W&akies,
COUKT STKE-ET, NEAR WI1AUF, \ J '
. Mnrrh 10, 1,SRO-ly. GALLIPOLIS, OHIO. j
I^Pruinpum ...w.
Iitrusted to them. Actdrewj PoiniH
?jhn'8, it^ ry:
Attorney tit Law and Notary Pill
*1 Pleasant, West Virginia. Will prac
Courts of Mason and Putnam counties.
vr. IK GUNS',
i tffornoy at bait* f'tfSnt Pleasant, West Virginia.
Ix Practices in tlfc* Courts of Mason county, the
Court of_ Appeals of West Virginia and the United
States district Courr fW this State. Prompt attention
tiven to the collection of cfohffi. Office near the Court
Hffusc. jan. *8, ?8?o^*y.
KAXKIN wiifcV/Jt./
A ftorWoy hi Law, PoHH ftVsnsant; West Virginia,
xl 1 rn<<ticc? in the County of Mason; the United
btatei District Court for West Virginia, and ih ibtf 3U
^rcme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; H&F P/ottipt
mention given to the collection of claims. jan; 14-iy
CHAM. k. lioobT :
A ttornoy at l,aw. /rfTJcc in &Wt tiatfatji P6ftk't
xl Pleasant, West Vfr'glnia. Practices m the Cfmti
hesuf Mason, Jackson and Roane, in tht Supreme
Court of Appeal! of West Virginia and in the Federal
Courts. tnov. 19-'79
JOI1N K. TIMMS,
Public, Point
practice ih the
Putnam counties, and attend
promptly to all business entrusted to him.
dec. 3*79-ty.
kNiOllT k COCCI!,
A tfornt yji at Caw, will pfaotlce in the counties of
Mason and Putnam. Address II; Knight, at
Charleston, West Virginia( tff James H. Couch, Jr.. at
Point Pleasant, Wasi vifjjlnin. IMTM r. Couch is a No
tary Public fof Mrttyft cWlftty. | jan 8,1879-iy
JOIIN W. KNtiLISH,
A ttoroey at Law, will practice in the Courts of Ma
il son, Putnam and Jackson, and in the Court of Ap
peal* of West Virginia. Address Point J'ltfisdhtf Mason
county, West Virginia. iJtfn 8, tify'ly
t?. P. SIMPSON. II. R. HOWARD.
SIMPSON & IIOWAHI),
A ttornoyM at Iaw, Point Pleasant, West Virginia,
JX Practice in the United States District Court, Su
J rente Court of Appeals, and circuit courts of the 7th
uJicial District. Office in court house, [jan 8, '79
j.\MK* W. IIook. Jamkh B. Mbnagrr.
1IOGK& MKNAOKIt,
A ttornoya aiii' Cnumwloin at Caw, practice in
iX tfutfrctrfi and Cl?'inty Courts of Masoncounty,
West Virginia. Addre<? Ja"'" Hoge, Winfteld,
Putnam county, W?wi Vlrn'fli* ??" J^yn.es.,,: Menager,
P?jint Pleasant, county, \> C*1 ?lrgini*.
jan 8, >^79-1 y
J'JI VSI('I.i SS,
ANI^ew ? ftAimiUl, ??, H, NUVIL.
I>ItS. HA HI*KK A PRAVKL,
Northwest cor. fab afid Main Street*, Point Pleasant.
We!.t Virginia Ofllcc &/;urs from < to 10 a. m. and
I to 10 p.m. Ijiwe 11'7p-?y.
VR. C. V. CAHPHKCC,
Physician* and surgeon, itn<j?? his pro.
fesslonal services to the people of Mntou coil'ity.?
Ail calls promptly attended to whether day or night,
"ffite in Hc?h building, nc*t door to Arlington House.
"rt ?9i879-?y.
W. J'! XKALtt, M.l).
OFFICE Main street, between ad and 3d; residence,
Main street, between 1th and 7th. Attends prompt
y fV all calls, whether day or iiij^ht. When not pro
visionally engaged can always be found at his oflice.*
J? B, 1879-fy.
J)K. S. O. HIIAW;
1 IJYSICIAN AND SURGEON, landers his pre
fesional nrviias to the public. Calls promptly at
tfn.lrdt.,, office, cor. Main and 3d streets, opposite
tneoM Presbyterian church. (april 5,1879-1 y
- ftOAlHTdnv ut home. fr'amplc."
r- '[p/OlJ worth '$?"> fr(?t?. Address
'h'c, id iyt Ktinsos &Co? Port land, Me.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE
TO BUY YOUR
DEY GOODS, NOTIONS,
EATS AtfD CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES,
GROCERIES^
queens-Ware, glass-ware,
HARDWAHE, PLOWS, KAILS, AC
IS AT
SETSZER, SEHON & McCULLOCH'S,
The' iftiove immense stock complete 111 efefy deparfnWtfrt, was bought
expressly to meet the wrttft* <yf the people, mid will be sold at ASTON
ISHINGLY LOW I'KIOES. I11 tine DRESS GOODS wo emmtft 06
surpassed or UNDERSOLD. In white goods our stock iff CWnplete. In
House Furnishing Goods we otter great inducements to the purchaser.
In Hosiery we have the largest stock ever ottered in the town. Iti the
matter of Hoots, Shoe# rtiut ifatfl, wc hnVe an extraordinary large stock.
In faet we hnVe tlie LARGEST and pBEAPKST OefieM Stock of the
above Goods ever brought to POINT PLEASANT.
Remember the placc, SETSZER, SEIION & McCULLOCII, Point
Pleasant, West Va. [nov. 12-ly.
JOHN G. STORTZ,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
AND DEALElt IN
CLOTHING, HATS,
CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, &c.,
POINT PLEASANT, W. Ya.
April 11,187ft-!y.
A l?l'\ 31. THOMPSON,
?WITH?
ROBERT HOWE,
SUCOKWdR TO
Howe & Hubbell,
Wholesale Liquor Dealers
:tl Sycniiiorc Street,
CINCINNATI, 0. 1 A |,|, j? now Vrcsli Irom luwtwci
jnlylSTMm. jA MnrkWf.nl TllTlfl.TS. .
CHAS. R. WOOD,
?with?
Smaltz, Monroo & Co.,
Manufacturer* of nnd Wholesale Dealers 10
Boots and Shoes,
817 Market Nlrcel,
liov 12-Oin. rillliADKM'III A.
number^, movements, etc., to'.the
headquarter)) of^Fie English a'rmyv
They ljved in swamps, caves, or
deserted houses, and were clandes
tinely furnished supplies by Tory
families living in the vicinity.
Among the most noted of these
Tories was Bonnel Moody, of New
Jersey. He is supposed to have been
.a resident of Hunterdon county, but
his principal field of operation was
in the more northern county of Sus
sex.
Abont two miles-South of Newton,
the county-seat, is a liigh ridge of
limestone rock, at that.time thickly
shaded by a dense growth of trees,
and almost entirely surrounded by
ponds and lo\y, wet, impassable
swamps, making the gloomy- hauui's
within k secure hiding-place for the
Tory and his associates! and from
which they could issue forth at mid
night-like a pack of ravenous wolves
and wreak their vengeance upon
those who rallied around the stand
ard of liberty and bade defiance to
England's king and all his hired
minions. .. j ^
Here, tJxjJthe^1 were WjnvishW by
the political hy.pocrjtcs Wound th.eui
and Kept'advise!! of the sEring^f flic
friends of thevcolonists. "s.
In. thii.riclge are several caverns,
formed by "the projecting cliffs, the
largest being about fifteen feet i^eep
fron^froUjLto rear, and probably fif
^y^engUi,
J Ujit-'bfypnd tlito, at upSHH^ffl
inaccessible,, I's? a;-, large (fat ? rock,
standing* uV,edgej/ise, aboift ten-feet
lougwsi*Hj'gh three awl a half
feet thick, jVitS a'passage between it
and,the,tocky Vh-U." about -Jhrce feet
inwidtH, , ' ? " S
Sheared behind' th'iV; Moody
might' liav'cr defied ;tho bttjlets of his
enemies,.thoughjfirlling around him
thick as hail, andi here, trio, twenty
brave men could hive efle$ually re-'
sisted an armyof assailants.
Many exciting stories'are told
about Moody and his associates, sotno
of which no doubt will interest tire
readers of this paper.
? -Ouo cold night in winte^, he and
a few of his band suddenly entered
the house of a gentlertfaniiamed Og
den, who had recently mbved from
the lower part of the State and set
tled a fe\V miles froru!Nc\Vton.
They robbed him of a lafge amount
of valuable' jSVatC, but did.not find as
much money as thoy supposed he
had in- possession. .
They took him out back of the
house and forced him to tako an
oath rttst to rittike their visit known
until they had sufficient time to es
cape. j.
A couple of hiTcd men wfof had
been secreted in the upper part of
the log house, and who had not been
bound by Mr. Ogden's oath, immed
iately gave the alarm, rallied a Small
party of neighbors and softn started
in pursuit.
They came very neat overtaking
them the next morning, having
tracked them-through* the snow to
where they had lain in their blank
ets over night, and where their camp
fires were still burning.
They followed thettt about thirty
miles to She viWnge of Goshen, in
the State of New York, whero they
rocoverad some of tlvS stolen articles,
but did not sufieeed'in capturing the
I robbers.
| The Whigs became so fticeftsed at
Moody's daring depredations that
they laid various plans fof'his arrest
and would frequently spend days in
pivatching and trying to capture him
either alive err .dead. Those excurs
ions wore termed "Moody'hunting."
On one of the hunts they thought
j they had him '"holed" in the house
of an individual feuraewhaftinctured
I with Toryism. Thqj; searched every
nook and corner, stuck gitchforks
; into the hay apd straw heaps, but no
Moody was to be lmihd.. ,
I'" l^)wcy4'r,^toi'-.t|icy halite par ted,
procJjumed*nJg,cuer:il jail delivery in
the' name of KJjng George the Third,
aiTd ordered three prolonged cheers
1 to he given: . ^
One of thd prisoners, riot being ac
quainted with the geography of the
country, wandered all night in the
vicinity of the village and the next
morning concealed himself iti a hol
low tyg, 'where he was found by some
raccoon hunters atid taken back to
hi3 old quarters.
A few miles southwest of Newton
lies a large tract of low marsh land,
known as the Great Meadows, bound
ed on the northwest by Jenny Jump
Mouiitain. Between this marsh and
the thountain wound a narrow serp
entino path, which was frequently
'travelled by Moody and his compan
ions.
At one point it descended a sftiall
ledge by u flight 6f rude, narrow
step?) formed by the hand of nature
from tllfa lough, bioken granite.
? One night, \ihen Jl was supposed
that Mpblly would pass that way, a
couple of the nearest neighbors pro
cured a vbry large bettf-trap find set
it at flip fotitof these steps, securing
it to a tr^t b'y a strong chain fasten
ed "by a huge padlock. When Moody
reached the Jojfc.st r'Ock, instead of
alejrping^efidlessly down into the
?trap, as his adversaries (jonfidently
oxpected, he, with h'is.characteristic
cauti'on^eacJitvUlown with life cane
to find su}id foftfnig, and, Inching
the crime hardened "heart.of thisdar
iig Tory. _ ?'',?? ?
Getting down and finding the pad
lock, lie broke it to- pieces with' a
"stone,. shouldered trap and:* chain,
and carried- them along to some
place of secure concealment.
When the two neighbors returned
to-the'pliice the next morning to
'Vhag their game," imagine theft cha
grin when, instead of finding Moody
they.found themselves minud trap
anil chain, and wore forced to flc
knoivlecge that they had again lieen
outwitted by the wary, artful Tory
leader.
One day, whits the Amerliiiii army
was encamped at Morristown, an
officer was drilling some raw recruits,
when a filtlll, very shabbily dressed,
and mounted 011 an old worn out
horse, was seen riding along careless
ly in front of the tines, lie looked
like a simple-hearted) softheaded
rustic, lacking in both worldly sense
and substance.
However, tliorc was something
about the suspicious Wii'vemtints of
that old animal and his awkward
but apparently inquisitive rider
that led sflrAc of the mc'rt' to believe
they meant much,more tfiW their
first appearance would indicate.
lOnc of the soldiers thought he had
seen that face before, and that it wrt6
some crafty spy in disguise, thus
dpenly recoiinoiterfng their ranks.
toon after he left the camp a horse
man was dispatched to bring him
back. Overtaking hifft just after en
tering a pieco of woods, and ordering
him to halt, Moody?for he it was?
drew a largo pistol from under his
coat, partly turned in his seat and
shot the horsoman dead, then dragged
him into the woods out of sight, and
once more made a narrow escape by
sccroting himself in a contiguoui
swamp.
It is said that ho and a companion
were afterward arrestod whilo cross
ing the riter to the British army, at
New York( brought back to Norris
I town, and bung as traitors and spies,
i This, howover, may or may not be
! true, for it has Hover been positively
ascertained whore, when, or how ho
I died.
|. .- ?:?.
A Vermont couple put off applying
; for a divorce ono term of court, so
that they could profit by their tin
?wedding. And yet they tell us the
pOuplu of this country are needlessly
uxlrav*gent and unthrifty.
milted. The.ofiicer agreed to if ho
would in.turn grant him the firefj
favor he should ask. j
j Mr. Morrison ngroed to this. In a
i day or two thu "officer demanded that
| the ceremony of baptism he perform
ed on a puppy. The dlorgy man agreed
to it; and a party of mnnj geutle
men assembled to witness thu novel
baptism. j
Mr. Morrison desired tho officer to
hold up the puppy, !ls was customnrJ
in the baptism of children, and said:,
"As I am a minister of the Church
of Scotland I must proceed accohling
to the ceremonies of the Church."
"Certainly," said the Major?"I
expect all tbo cereraofiy."
"Well, then, Major, 1 beglfilby the1
usual question: You dcfcnowlcdge;
yoiittclf the father of this puppy?"
A roar of laughter burst from the
fcrowd the officer threw the candi
date for baptism away; and thus the |
Witt.V Minister turned the'laugh I
against the infidel who intended U>
deride the sacred ordinance.
Til for Tut.
Wo naturally resent being paid;
back in our own cofft; especially if1
it has not quite tiie true ringi Wei
can easily excuse ourselves for cheat- i
inga neighbor, but for him to do the J
same thing to us is rtn act not to be
extenuated or condoned. To have;
the measures out of which wo sell ta
ken to sell to urt to very hard to bear.
an irate customer to a deafer in the
above-mentioned article, "and aril
surprised to find that it is short
weight just three ounces. If that is
your way of dealing I must buy my
butter somewher^lse.". The buttef
merchant looked up surprised, buti
without declaring his innocenco re
plied, "Well, that is very strangOj be
cause I put the two pounds ofraugitr
i bought of you in the scales, and
gave you the full weight in butter."
To do as you are done by and to do
as yoir would like to be done by seem
to be very di fie rent things.
"My daughter, never tell atiy one
your pnvrfte affairs," sliid a ra'ot&er,
in sending &er daughter away upon
herfirstjourney. "Monsieur, a'thlrd
class ticket, if you please," said the
daughter,-at the ticket offide. "Pol1
where?" asketf tfi'e employe. "Is
that any of your business?" answered
Mademoiselle, indignantfy, rememb
ering her toother's advice.
A droll fellow up in Connecticut
fished a rich ffian out of a mill pond
and received the offer of twenty-five
cents from the rescued miser. "Oh,
that's too much!" exclaimed he,
" 'taint' wiilh itl" and he handed back
twenty-one cents, saying, calmly, as
he pocketed four dents, "that's about
right."
i.
fin enterprising A'merica'n'shipped
sofne wheel-barrows to Itio dfe Janeiro;
and the natives Allecf them' with
stones an(f such" an# tarried them on
their heads. They sfcid it was a cap
ital contrivance, ancf wondered' how
they managed to get along so many
yetffs wi tho fit ft.
A Wisconsin theoriWC srty's that
hay will satisfy hunger. There may
be something fn this, for i couple of
straws will frequently satisfy thirst.
An Illinois girl's toast: The young
riibn of America?their arm our sup
porters, our arms their reward, fall'
in men, fall in.
It was the man caught by a prairie
fire cm his own section of land who
ran through his property rapidly.
?
There is needed from the Republi
can Congressional committee a list
j of the Republicans who are really in
i favor of an honest election.
Tho Indiana Democracy are pre
paring for a vigorous campaign.?
The Republican repeaters Khve a
I tiresome task before them.
pany is dangerous. A very good
rule for boys wiio tiro ahoyt to start
oh the rough sea of life, in "Keopout of
bad company." Hoys should ask
tiioir parents or some responsible
(j'orson, to choose what is good or bail
j company for them. Be careful what
you read, be careful with whom yoil
go, ami keep, out of bad company;
ft is fnore infecting than yellow fe
ver, and it always leaves impressions
611* your charactor.,
Tlie Sfiranton Times, an indepen
dent paper, speak's Its ininil plainly
as follows? "The Tiliics is for Han
cock because I10 is Hancock, and not'
because lie is a democrat. This pa
per lifts favored h'q fcuuilidatu bu t
Hancock, and since helms been nom
inated we propose to show a little in*
dependence by speaking a word for
him in these columns. And right
here we want to say that we believe
otio pSrty is as bad as lt\u other?if
not, a great deal worse?and when'
the democrats put up a good man'
(see the New York Times find the Tri
bune, both' republican papers, of Feb
ruary 10,1878, concerning the Ames
Garfield credit tffofellfer aflaii), wo
ifro for tfi'e Democrat, although wo
never Voted for oi^e fri uur life; and
you win find all the independent vo
ters, il'nd two-third6of the grccuback
ers will bo for the same man next
November?GW. \V in field Scott Han
cock, ainau who has a bigger, nobler/
truer heart, than all tho wily politi
. So great is life i&iniaof out Auierk
can Shoddy, girls to niafry Hilled
Kuropcans, without rcgflrd to iiny^'
thing but their title*that a beauti
ful young irrarriod woman lately de
serted her husbtfnd itnd child to fol
low one of those worthless scoundrels
under promise of marriage "after it
divorce wrfs obtained." Jt is hardly
necessary to state tlYnt tfte poor
tfoYna'n experienced tEf'e fktc; tfoU al
ways follows sutfh"episodes, by being
abandoned by the man' who seduced"
her from the path of virtuo and hon
or. ft is but a pool' consolation to
know that the wretched woinan had'
pride enough fokill herself whon the
full extent of her shame wis realized;'
but her fate should serve as a whole
some warning to others to shun tho
fatal path that leads inevitably to
shd'm't, dM'onor a'nd' death'.?<$aicttc;
When Mrs. Garfield heard of the
nomination of her husband she sigh
ed and said, "I am inclined tobesor
r.f. It Will Be an end of qur homo
life." Whereupon t!\o Macon Her
ald says: "Now for the sake of Mrs.
Garfield's pijaco of mind, we take
ijtfcastffe in jnformipg,tlie good little
lady that she needn't give herself
any trouble dt all. Gen. Hancock
will havo no qse. for G'eii'. Garfield'
about the White House."
Senator Wallace (pel's, very confi
dent tnht PennsylvarrVa is 'Jail right."
The Democracy in that'. State were
ncvor.in better condition, aiid when
details of the canvass dVo fully coni
pietpd they willfidyc a fighting front
such as they hay e never mustered be
fore, officered by men who fuel the'
importance of the contest and arc ca
pable of conducting it.
Census returns from the S^uth aro'
lxff^nitlngto'doiflb in and/show that,
the population has increased1 iiistoad
of diminished in 'lie.last decade.?
This will be a; ((feat disappointment'
to tfi'e' (icfptiWcan1 politicians, who
nbped that the representation of the"
South in Congress wotrld be rcdueed:"
Contrast the position's of Wihfielcf
S. Hancock, the soUlier-statesm'iii,
and James A. Garfield, tft'p visiting'
statesman, u|(on the vital' question'
of December, 1876. The one* was
pledging himself to u'phofd tf/e law;
the other was plotting down'ih SfoW
Orleans to subvert the law.
Gen. Weaver, tho Greenback can
didate for President, has issued an'
address to his followers in which he
asks every riian who proposes to vote
for him send him'ohb dbllitt. Cheap'
j enough.
?- ' ? ' ? ;
The big fight will be in Indiana.
Tho Republicans are piling in the
negroes and th'o moony with reckIest
liberality, but it it, uscle.-s. The In
diana Democrats will carry the State.'