The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-21

a Museum In Brooklyn-About the
CoIIeciion-A Description of the
Building.
The burning of Barnum's Museum,the
boiling of the whale and melting up OF
the wax figgers," the other day, was
catastrophe to be mourned in Peoria.
When the young man from the coun-
try comes to town, where can he go
n0wl
What is to become of the Fat Woman.
Between grief over the conflagration
and hot weather, understand she has
lost six hundred pounds during the past
three days.
The Board of Education, understand,
intend to adopt the Lightning Calculator
10 assist the members in computing the
lowest possible amount of salary the fe-
male teachers can live on.
The Giantess has been taken apart and
packed away in sections until Barnum
starts again.
1t is enough TO bring tears to the
eyes of member Of the Historical Socie-
ty to think of the destruction of relics
curiosities and antiques.
This leaves IN opening in the Museum
line, and propose to so into it, and have
u piw show over here.
have rot my Charleston collection of
curiosities to start with.
Also Adams fig leaf apron, the first at
ticle of attire ever worn by man, the club
which killed Captain Cook, and splin-
ter from the North pole.
Pocahontas' sewing machine. wheeler
Il WilsOn's.)
Cleopatra's clothes wringer
piece Of Rock of Ages
King SolDmOns tobacco box.
Nrhachadnezzar's tooth-pick
have employed several sign painters
t. get up series of paintings of rev"lu-
tiOnary sires.
Also put several carpenters, stnuesut.
tiers, tailOrs and cabinet-makers 1T work
Oh curiosities from all parts of the world.
Barnum has sent man to Europe to
buy new set of relics
This is slight tn native geniuS We
can manufacture as good articles III this
line as any people in the world, from
mastodOn to mermaid.
Barnum's curiosities were most of them
old, and some of them shabby. Mine
will he an entirely new collection.
shall have many local relies quite as
interesting
The War Fund Committee will grace
the collection of fossils, with wax tiSares
of member of the Board of Education
and the Committee on naming streets.
Philadelphia has secured the log house
where General Grant rnt up while engag-
ru in the military business i'll Virginia,
bat | bought the site of the Battle of
Ball RIM, and intend Ia bring II TO
l,rGuklyn.
The building will be located in ii c"l,-
trail locality, and will he a gorgeous piece
IF architecture.
Tie architect, Mr.. l. O'Nic, =, gentle
man of deep designs, has drawn ont the
plan of the editice Oh shingir, from
which Am a,,., 20 give you II brief de-
seription
The architecture OF the main building
will bp of the Celtic order, modified at-
ter the three-s:ory browu-stnnc i:.'nr
improvements, which re tainS Ill he
beautiful simplicity of the original CelIc,
as seen in the rural mansions of the orig
inal squatters at Red Hook; combined
with the elegance of Columbia street.
The basement will he in the Tcutonic
style, the columns forming the graceful
outlines of q Bologna sausage, resting Oil
II lager beer keg for pedestal, aud SUI
mounted by scroll work in form ola pref
eel
Tie interior of the building will be fit
red up in equal taste. The ceilings,
which will be plastered throughout, Will
10 beautifully whitewashed.
The walls, which will also be plastered,
will be papcred in suburb style.
Gas and water will be introduced.
The building will be divided into sto-
ries, which will be arranged one above
another
They will be connected by staircases.
running up and down.
Numerous windows will likewise be
employed to light the building,
These windows will be- made so thai
they can be open and shut, making the
coolest place of amusement i'll the
world"
The windows will also be handy to
Jump ont of in case of FIRE, affording au
opportunity for the exercise of taste to
those who prefer breaking their necks to
being roasted
The Museum will be arranged into de-
rartments.
THE NATINoNAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT.
will be at the top of the building. to be
convenient for the Elephant
The collection will embrace wild ami
mails of every variety to be found in
Kings county, Besides the elephant I
have got stuffed owl, two canaries, a
rat-and-tan terrier and a City Railroad
car horse
The Indian Department will be very
rich / shall have Pohawtan's boot jack,
Red Jackets suspenders, and Tccumseh's
neck-tie.
Also "live Indian" the renowned
brave ta-kruz-saucer, of the great
Gin-an-suga tribe, will be in attendance,
execute war-dance, and scalp visitors
for an extra charge of ten cents,
LIVING CcRIoSTTIES.
am raising giantess down in Yer
mont, who is sixteen feet high now, and
is growing at the rate of ten inches
week. If she should be too large to he
seen all at once she will be exhibited in
setisns
A farmer on Long Island has agreed
to raise me q pig with two heads, and a
calf with six legs and two tails,
A portion Of the building fvih be fitted