mm
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Sign of the Gold Hand, Public Square, Gallipolis, 0.,
Occupies Two Large Booms 100 feet (leap W $0 feet wjdc, containing 1600 square feet rtlore floor surface
than any other rptail.establishment in tliis rifj; nijd excelled by fow in large cities. A largo sky-light bright
ly illuminates the whole interior. . . .
The iirst floor is devoted exclusively to 1}RY GOODS aud'NOTIONS, comprising the largest and most
varied assortment oi Dre3S Goods-And Trimmings ever exhibited in this City, consiHtiygof
<' AND coloked dress silks, .
Summer ;f?ilks; Henrietta Cloths, plA&Und COLORED CASHMERES, Mornie Cloths, Buntings, Brwo
jled Woj?ted?, Black.and Colored Lustref, Wash l'oplins, l'lqin and Figured Lawns, French and Dojneatic
Corded and Weeklies, Jacoucttft and-Swwsej. w.a many ijlu* olnps*. of^rsss Gfilt'Ja,.44^13?'
iis +o mention. Also liroSWM Silks andHatiHi", dnd TSovelty Silks and Worsteds and plainBatms ana
Silks.for Trimmings. ALSO HOUSE FURBISHING GOODS, consisting of Turkey Red Table Damask,
lilcuchod aud Unbleached Table Linen, Sheetings, Towels, Crashes, Napkins, Crochet and Marsaillcs Quilts,
Blenched and Unbleached Muslins, Bed Ticking, &c. Also Shirting Cheviots and Checks, Denins, Drilling,
Cottonades, Shirtiug and Pants Linen, White aud Colored Flannels, Jeans, Kerseys, &c.
ALSO GOODS FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR,
Consisting of French Suitings,Casslmeres and Cloths,Marsailles Vesting and a great variety of Pant Patterns.
OTTFPU A TY17 rPf\ nUTMTU I in ^'test Styles anrt.bcst and most substantial manner anil FIT GUAR
OUlllJ MAJJill 1U UllDPjlX! ANTEED. Also a full line of GENTLKMEN'8 FURNISHING GOODS,
?consisting of line and common grades of hosiery, kid gloves, silk and Berlin gloves, in great variety. Silk,
linen aim cambric handkerchiefs, corsets, silk and lace tics, ruchings, Hamburg edgings, ribbons in plain and
brocaded silk and satin, and many goods in that line too numerous to montion. Special attention is directed
to our double-breast 51 unlaudried Shirt and ?1 gilt edge corset.
THE SECOND FLOOR
is devoted exclusively to Carpets, Oil Cloths, Window Blinds, Curtains and Curtain Material. This spacious
room affords facilities for the display and examination of this immense stock of Carpets rarely ottered to
purchasers, enabling them to select with comfort and satisfaction. Taken altogether the stock of Dry Goods
and Carpets ottered is the most extensive and varied ever exhibited at retail by any one establishment in
Southern Ohio, outside of large cities, and the unchangeable ONE CASH PRICE enables everyone to buy
good# at the lowest market prices regardless of the judgment of the purchaser. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all, feeling assured it is to the advantago of all purchasers to see antl know our prices aud manner
of doing business before purchasing.
S. BROSIUS.
March 81,1880-ly.
The Weekly Register,
Published Hrery Wednesday Morning, by
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l'..1. .? ""JUiJ-h J?!!"?IL'-iSJUJ!'.S.1
A TTORNEYS.
V. n TOUUNSOX. I). W. rOLSLBV.
tOMLINSON & POL8LKY,
AtlornoVn rtnd CounHolorn nt Law, Point Ploa
saut, West Virginia, practice in the County of Ma
So'u; th? United States District Court for West Virginia
and in the Supreme Court Of Appeals of West Virginia.
iWTPrompt attention given to the collcctiun of claims
entrusted to them. Address, Point Pleasant, W. Va.
Jan 8,1879-ty:
w. k? om
K HoMty At l.aw, Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
H. Practices in the Courts of Mason county, the
Court of Appeals of West Virginia and the United (
States District Court for this State. Prompt attention |
eiven to the collection of claims. Office near the Court1
Ilousc. Jan. a8,i83o-iy.
RANKIN WILEY, Jr.]
A ttorory nt tu\r, Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
?L Practices in the County of Mason; the United
States District Court for West Virginia, and in the Su
preme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. IW Prompt
attention given to the collection of claims. jan 14-iy
CIIAS. IS. HOGGi
A ttorney nt Law, (officc in Court House,) Point
xx Pleasant, West Virginia. Practices in the coun
ties of Mason, Jackson and Koane, in the Supreme
Court of Appeals of West Virginia and in the Federal |
"Courts. [nov. ?9-*79
?0OAN IS. TIMM8,
A ttorney at Law and Notary Public, Point I
Q. Pleasant. West Virginia. Will practice in the
?Courts of Masdu and Putnam counties, and attend I
(promptly to all business entrusted to him.
dec. 3 '79-ty.
KNIGHT & COUCH,
A ttornoya nt Law, will practice in the counties of
?1 MA so n and Putnam. Address E. D. Knight, at
Charleston, Vteit Virginia, or James H. Couch, Jr., at
Point Pleasant* Weat Virginia. WTMr. Couch is a No
tary Public for Mason county. I jan 8,1879-iy
JOUN W, J'NtJMSH,
A ttornoy at Law, will practice in the Courtsof Ma
il son, Putnam and Jackson, and in the Court of Ap
peals of West Virginia. Address Point Pleasant, Mason
county, West Virginia. Ijan 8,1879-iy
O. p. SIMPSON. U. U. HOWARD.
SIMPSON & HOWAKI),
A ttoineyaat Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia,
A Practice in the United Suites District Court, Su
preme Court of Appeals, and circuit courts of the( 7th
Judicial District. Office in court house, [jan 8, 79
lutffiTW. HoiiE. James B. Mbnaoeb.
HOOK & '.WENAGKK,
A ttoruev* and Oounsolori at Law, practice in
A the Circuit and County Courts of Mason county,
?c?t Virginia. Address James VV. Ilogo, \\inheld,
Putnam county, West Virginia, or James B. Meqager,
Point Pleasant, Mason county, West VirgtRMf.
jan 8,1879-iy
ruVsiciAXS.
ANDHRW K. RAKHRR. RD. H, PHAVR1..
DUS. IIAUnKB & TRAVEL,
Northwest cor. 6th and Main Streets, Point Pleasant.
West Virginia. Office hours from < to 10 a. m. and
1 to 10 p.m. (june 11'79-1 y.
I>K. L. P. CAMJMIELL,
pilVSICIAN AND SURGEON, tenders his pro
JT fessional services to tho people of Mason county.?
All calls promptly attended to whether day or night.
Office in Hess building, next door to Arlington House,
oct. 39 1879-iy.
VT. 1\ NEALE, M. D.
OFFICE Main street, between ad and 3d; residence,
Main street, between 6th and 7th. Attends prompt
y to all calls, whether day or night. When not pro
essionally engaged can always be found at his officc.
jan 8,1879-iy.
"dttstohiw;
LHVSJCIAN AND SURGEON, lender, hi. pro
i fcviQiu] service. to ihe public. Cull. promptly lit
J ended to. Office, cor. Mam and 3d streets, opposite
/the old Presbyterian church. [upril 5,1879-1 y
lior day nt home. Samples
yrrirtli if'i frn?. Address
tn 1 > Stivmov A ('u., I'o'rt l:tn?l, M>'?
?5s)
Martin Uiuiiu. Chas. F. Stockiioff.
Uhrig & Stockiioff,
DBALBKS IS??
Dry Goods, Groceries,
BOOTS, SHOES, HITS, CAPS,
THE CHEAPEST PLACE
TO BUY YOUR
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
HATS AND CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES,
GROCERIES;,
QUEENS-WARE, GLASS-WARE,
HARDWARE, PLOWS, NAILS, &C
IS AT
SETSZER, SEHON & McCULLOCH'S,
The above immense stock coriip'leto in every department, was bought
expressly to meet the wants of tho peoplo, and will bo sold at ASTON
ISHINGLY LOW PRICES. In fine DRESS GOODS we cannot be
surpassed or UNDERSOLD. In white goods our stock is complete. In
House Furnishing Goods wo offer great inducements to the purchased
In Hosiery we have tho largest stock ever offered in the town. In the
matter of Roots, Shoes attd Hats, wo hate an extraordinary large stock.
In fact we have the LARGEST and CHEAPEST General Stock of tho
above Goods ever brought to POINT PLEASANT.
Remember the place, SETSZER, SEIION & McCULLOCII, Point
Pleasant, AVest Va. fuov. 12-ly.
johngTstortz^
MERCHANT TAILOR,
AND DEALER IN
CLOTHING, HATS,
CAPS, BOOT'S, SHOES,
GENTS'FURNISHING GOODS, &c.,
POINT PLEASANT, W. "Va,.
April I), lS*6-1y.
ALT. M. THOMPSON,
??wrrn?
ROBERT HOWE,
SUCCESSOR TO
Howe & Hubbell,
Wholesale Liquor Dealers
91 Sycamore SI reel,
CINCINN ATI, 0.
July 3,-tSTS-din.
CHAS. R. WOOD,
?WIT1I?
Smaltz, Monroe Sc. Co.,
Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in
Boots and Shoes,
- 817 Market Street,
nnv 12-fim. PHILADELPHIA.
l t.r, <?omln now mill Fresh trnm Pjuitorn
1 Markets, lit TIlTtfiTH.
9 lips of a
Leadville,
e elegant,
woimands
erturbable
y, figured
ijfie. coast,
' rapognie
the
The ConfRHHloii of*it (formed
fflfgfjjflpg*
"I never dealt ag_
Tba words fell jfrt,
gentleman well kno?
yet few recognized L
easy-going man who|
the deep respect of liisi
the^once cop) hoaded,J
gambler, who, in
prominently along I
and was almost uai>
ed as the shrewdest t
West.-. | *
"IdealUhal
bat I've quit i
nor lofit aiiy't])
gambler still/ Hertby hangs a Ulb:
Let me tell it:
"Some three years ago I ran a high
toned game at a certain place you
probably know, for it strikes me I
sawyou there. It wasasquaregame,
as I will leave any one to say?a
thriving garao; for I dealt for half
the bloods in town, and often I had
as many as five lay-outs at a time,
with too much business on hand to
even get time to rest. , On6 evening
a young man strolled in, with a sort
of curious stare on his face, and I
concluded right there that ho was
green. Ho was fair-haired and had
a pair of blue eyes and clear-cut fea
tures an innocontlooking young
fellow, if ever I saw one. It only re
quired a glance to convince you that
he was a stranger in the gambling
room. He soon was at home, though,
for I saw in his blue eyes the love of
play, and after that evening ho was
a constant visitor. He played his
pile right up and never growled if
his luck was hard, and on every sec
ond card he'd stack tffb limits up in
blue. Take it altogether, his luck
was bard?sometimes the hardest, I
think, I ever saw. I've known him
to loso at a single deal seven double
shots.
"Husincss fot me, of course, but
somehow it almost seemed, too bad.
I couldn't Bay a word, though, and
yet I likei^the boy. He had lots of
?IB
>egan boWSlliTve flroflJWf11 A*"cT&r
8100,000 on the game, and lie ncvW
growled.
"We botli quit gambling the same
night?hei poor lad, for sufiieient
reasons, and I, because I loathed the
gume. it was in this wise:
His coin gave out in a deal or
two, and ho put up a diamond ring,
just to see his ill luck out,you know.
The chips soon ,vent. He had a pin,
a fiamihg stone in massive metal
lic passed that in without a word
and drew 8500 cold. So help mo
heaven! I wished him luck as heart
ily as any player there; but no, his
last stack went my way on a losing
aco. He drew SHOO more, I think,
on his watch and chain, and tried
bis lino of bots again, but his luck
was goue. I'll never forget the pale,
haggard look that crossed his face,
but he was game. He never uttered
a word, and kept his chair liko a
pillar of stone. For a moment he
seemed dazed at his reverses, but
suddenly his eye caught tho thin,
worn circlet of dull gold on his little
finger. Ho looked at it a little while,
and a dark wave of hot crimson blood
passed over his face, for this circlet
seemed to cling even faster than the
Hashing gem he' had passed in be
fore. He at last stripped it off his
finger and handed it tome. It came
reluctantly this worn, old ring.
'What can I have on this?' he asked.
'I don't know what it's value is, but
but I'll rodeom it first of all.' It
might have cost 85 new, but it was
worthless then.
"Still I passed out a fifty stack in
return, just to let him try again.?
He planked it down in tho pot and
then lost, upou tho table he laid his
face' on his folded amis. Well, for a
wonder, his luck changed and ho won
three times. He toftk no notice of
me as I told him when the limit bar
red, and so wo played 8250 on each
card. Would you believe it? In the
deal tho pot won out and nevor lost!
And still he lay with his faoo hid in
his arms. The deal was out and I
shook him up, but not a muscle
moved, and raising his faeo I started
back in horror at tho glassy express
ion of his oyes, for the boy was dead.
"I'vo often wondered to mysolf
since that night what thoughts went
flitting through his brain as he bow
ed his hoad and hid his face from our
sight, what pledges of a bettor life, re
grets for a fortune he had thrown
away with a lavish hand, and loath
ing of his irrevocable course. Who
can tell? Wo can but guess at thorn,
but may ne ver feci. His face showed
years of torture endured in thai brief,
game, but it was not.until the.cor
oner's jury sat that I learned all.?
Before them was developed tho fact
that the ring which had changed his
luck, as it did his existence, was one
giveu him by his dear dead radtber
years before. Poor boy! I never
dealt again."?Leadville (Col.) Chron
icle. C i
He wfts just from New York, whgrti
he had been on the police, but fad had
left that city, and the first thing ho
did was-to apply for a position on tho
(JalveeUui police. Ho was a deter
mined-teiiking man, with a bad eye,
"Do'y?u think you can make ar
rests and guard prisoners?" asked the
Galveston Chief ofPolice.
The applicant smiled a smile that
made everybody in tho offico feel
positively uncomfortable. It wasthe
kind of a smile that John McCul
lough, as "Othello," smiles when
toward the last, he begins to see
through "honest Iago."
"iyuppose you had six prisoners,
and oue of them was to run off?
would you leave the five and follow
up the fugitive?" asked the Chief of
Police.
"Why, no," responded the hard
faced applicant, "I'd Bhoot the fivo
who didn't try to escape, and would
know where to look for them when I
got back with tho body of tho other
one."
"That's all right in Now York, but
it is rough in Texas," replied the
Chief of Police.?Gcdmlon News.
A Lady'g Startling Adventure.
Mrs. Cannon, wifo of Mr. William
Cannon, of the Robinsville neighbor
hood, was on her way homo from
'church, on horseback, last Friday
evening, when she felt something
stick her iu the face, and supposing
it to be the limb of a tree threw up
her hand to ward it off. Whilo un
dressing for bed after her urrival at
home, she was horrified to find a rat
tle-snake in the sleeve of her dress.
Jjiw reotiifl rulkd -aiU on -the llaor
' . , , ,
and was killed. The lady had not
previously felt much inconvenience
friiin the slight abrasion in her face,
but it now commenced swelling and
became so painful that a physician
wascalled in to attend her. It is sup
posed the snake had taken refuge in
the tree and that it bit her and trans
ferred itself to her sleove as she rode
under it. When we last beard from
Mr6. Cannon she was still suffering
some pain, but it was hoped she will
soon recover.? Waco {Tex.) Examiner.
Words of Wisdom.
Show me a people whose trade is
dishonest, and I will show you a peo
ple whoso religion is a sham.
Childhood often holds a truth with
its feoble fingors, which the grasp of
manhood cannot retain,-which it is
the pride of utmost age to recover.
Many persons sigh for death when
it seems far off; but the inclination
vanishes when the boat ilpstts, or
the locomotive runs off the track, or
the measles set itl.
Mere bashfulness without merit is
awkward; and merit without modes
ty, insolent. But modesty with mer
it has a double claim to acceptance,
and generally meets with as many
patrons as beholders.
To feel tnach for others iitid little
for ourselves, to restrain our selfish
and to indulge our benevolent affec
tions, constitute tho perfection of
human naturo.
The utmost excellenco at which
humauity can arrive, is a constant
and determined pursuit of virtue
without regard to present dangers
and advantages.
To do an ovil action is base; to do
a good action without incurring dan
ger is common enough; but it is the
part of a good man to do great and no
ble deeds, though he risks everything;
*
A yotoiig lady who read that it was
lucky to pick up a horse-shoe, hap
pened in a blacksmith shop the other
day, and picked up one just made.
The surprising suddenness and
piercing shriek with which she
dropped it showed that it waB more
than simply lucky.
'How came tlieso holes in your el
bow?' said a widowed mothor to ber
only son. 'Oh, mother, I hid behind
the sofa whon Colonel Gobler was
saying to Maria that he'd take hor,
j even if you had to be thrown in ;
and ho didn't know I was thore; and
I so I hold my tongue and laughed in
my sleeves till I bust 'eiu.
The Country'* Wealth.
At the office of the Superintend
ent of the Census, at Washington;
D. C., an army of clerks id just now
busily at work preparing tabulated
statements of the value of real es
tate and personal property io all tho
States and totritbries and the amount
of tax paid annually by each. These
statements are compiled from figures
furnished by the Stste and Territo
rial Officers, entail a vast amount of
labor. Thoy are being prepared in
alphabetical order, and when com
pleted will be among the most inter
esting features of the' great census
work. The handsomest showing
Uvu^fa^irrt'lf is bv California,
few years, that any se'ctio'ii of tho
country will be able lo compete in
point of wealth, with that famous
and Still undeveloped region. Thii
wealth, he says, is not in its gold
and silver mines, but the vast agri
cultural productions and Other facil
ities which ttrti developing wonder
ful resources yearly. Superintend
ent Walker will devote considerable
space in his report to Congress upon
California.
"The enthusiasm with which the
Union soldiers are rallying to the
support of Garfield is evinced by the
long list of signatures to the appeal
sent out by General Graham. The
word is to be passed from rdnk to file
of tjio Boys in Blue: 'A new figure
head, but the same old Detaocratic
hulk.' "?New York Tribune.
Yet the great majority of these
Union soldiers will vote in Novem
ber for the "new figure-beiid and the
same old Democratic hulk." It is a
good old hulk, with ribs of indes
tructible oak, and she has her masts
erect and the American flag flying
merrily in tho breeze. Match her,
if you can!?New Dominion.
The New York Herald, which is
outspoken and strictly independent
in its course towards parties, and its
expressions about men, has this
commont upon the letter of Goneral
Hancock to General Sherman:
It is a letter which displays some
thing more than common Sense. "It
testifies to tho possession of qualifi
cations of statesmanship much more
satisfactorily than the letter of ac
ceptance of the Cincinnati nomina
tion. There is a ring in some of its
passages which sounds like an echo
of the spirit of the constitutional
era of tho Republic, the era of Wash
ington and Jeflerson. All of Gener
al Hancock's published papers so far
?and this especially?show that
whatever may be his deficiencies
there is no tendency to demagogue
ism in his disposition, but that he
is a sincere, patriotic and straight
forward man, and if <this favorable
impression continues unabated till
November he certainly will have a
good chanco of success on election
day.- .
temper at Uouic.
I have peeped into quiet "parlors''
where tho carpet is tlertri and not
old, and the furniture polished and
bright; into "rooms" where the
chairs are deal Snd tfie floor carpet
less; into "kitchens" where the fam
ily live, and the meals u're cooked
and eaten, and tho boys and girls
aro as blithe as tho sparrows in the
hatch over head ; and I see that it is
not so much wealth, nor learning,
nor clothing, nor servahW, nor toil,
nor Btation?as tone and temper that
make life joyous or miserable, that
renders homo wrotched. And I see,
too, that in town or country; gckx!
sense and God's griice mako lifo of
what no teachers, or accotfiplish
1 ments, or means or society, can
| make it, the opening stave of an
everlasting psalm, tho fair begin
ning of an endloss existence, the
goodly, modest, well-proportioned
that shall never decay, wax old; or
vanish away.?John Hall, D. D
Over-Work.
Perhaps tho over-worked man does
not perform an immense amount of
labor, but be works after his strength
has been reduood. This is liko
keeping a mill going when the
stream is low or when the water in
the dam is nearly out. In the care
of the muscles avoid cold and rheu
matism. They make people stifi
and lame, they take away the natu
ral elacticity, which always gives so
much pleasuro, and substitutes a
worn-out, tired and exhausted feel
ing, which borders on pain, and is
'often more difficult to bearr~ How
very careful tho owner of a fine
horso is that it shall not takocold!
i lie knows that if it does it will foim
| der, and after this it will bo a poor
! stepper. This whole country is full
of foundofed men and women, whd
lire stiff, lame, rheumatic, old in fool
1 log, iuclastic. Most of thou might
have preserved their elasticity to'
old age if they had takon proper
: cure of themselves. As a rule furth
ers do not batho as much as they
i should. The daily bath is to theirt
quite its important as any Class. It
requires but a few raotiionta to take
it, and when followed by frictiou.it
fortifies (ho skin against colds.
! A Wonderful dock.
The most astonishing thing a con
1 temporary ever heard of in the way
jealously guarded as the' rarest trea
sure of his lufcurioiii palace. In
front of tho clock'# disk was a gong,
swung oil poles, and near it was u
pile of artificial human limbs. Tho
pile' was made up of the full number
of pttrts of twelve perfeot bodies, but
all lay housed togother in seoming
confusion. Whenever the hands of
the clock indicated the hour of 1, out
of (he pile crawled just the purl*
needed to form tho frame of one man;
part joining itself to ?tfri, with
quick motaliio click; and, thou
when completed, the figure sprang
up, seized a mallet and walk
ing op t6 the gong, struck
one blow that sent the sound
poaling through overy room and cor
ridor in the stately palace. This
done, he returned to tho pile and fell
to pieces again. When two o'clock
came, two men arose and did like
wise; and so throiigh all the hours,'
the number of figures being the same'
as the number of (fie' hour, till at
noon and midnight the entiro heap
sprang up and; marching to the gong,
struck ono after Another each his
blow, and thou fell to procos.
A Hint to Young IIuglittudM.
Love and appreciation are to a
woman what dew and sunshine are
t<J tho flower. They Refresh and
brighten her whole natural life.?
They make her strong-hearted and
keen-sighted in everything affecting
the welfare of her home. They en
able her to cheer her husband when
the cares of life pross heavoly upon
him, and to bo a providence to her
children. To know that her husband
loves her, and is proud of her; that
even her faults arc looked upon with
tonderness; that her face, to one at
least, is the fairest face in the world;
that the heart which to her is the
greatest and noblest, holds hdiSMei
in its utmost recessos above all other
women, give< strength, afid fcburajfo,
and sweetness, and vivacity which
all tho wealth of the worfd could not
bestow. Let a woman's life be per
vadeded with such fl!n influence, and
her heart and mind will blossom and
sweeten and brighten in perpetual
youth.
Takiug II(V Word for II.
A consumptive-looking man, lamo
and feeble, and carrying a ?int bot
tle full of sortfething, halted a pedes
trian on Bates street yesterday and
said:
"I found this bottlo on the corner
back there, and I wish you'd tell mo
what'S iri it."
Tho other took it, romoved the
cork and snuffed in a full broath. Tho
next instant he staggered against a
wall, clawing tho air and choking
and gasping, and it was a full min
uto before he blurted Wt:
"\Vhy, you infernal idiot that's
hartshorn."
"Well, I'm perfectly willing to
take your word for it without oxtra
insults," observed tho invalid in an
injured voice, and he took his bottlo
and walked off liko a man who had
been abused without tho least ex
cuse.? Free Prtts.
''Do you believe in long engago
j ments?" a West Hill girl asked tho
teller's assistant/ whom sho was tak
ing home ffota the ioap-ycar hop.
"Oh," ho said, absently, "ho didn't
kndwj sixty or ninety days, ho rocon
ed, was long enough with a chanco
for a renewal if thd fciiitn's paper was
good." And, after a moment's silence
she remarked that she thought thin
was tho stupidest party sho had at
tended this year, and ho wondorod
all the way home just what she
meant by it.
A Chicago man told a lie and then
j said: "I hope to be struck dead, if I
lrnvo not told the truthl" Ho had
scarcely ceasod speaking when he
fell to tho floor?a man having knock
] cd him down.