The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-05
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To explain, he is now having q large
leather eagle made in Builalo'
which is to be stuck full of feathers
and otherwise manipulated SO as 10 re
somble n live ono of monstrous proper
tions. This is to fit closely about DIS
body. and on walking the wire he VIII
balance himself by Tapping the artinci I'a
| wings. At the same time rope Is " 70
| suspended by him below the wlle ~, u
which his son, a boy eight yeais ,; o
will cling, and 60 through WIN Sa' "a
athletic performances as the Ia.n lie.
yances across the. Falls. De Law IN H..
wise proposes to walk on WIRE 9.ei 'no
Falls, carrying both his VIE anu SUI 'n
his back
There was a terrible accident on the
,rack of the Cleveland, Columbus and
Cincinnati railroad on Thursday last, by
which the passenger train from Toledo
was driven through the passenger train
from SandusBy. Several persons were
| killed and a number wounded
At the meeting last week of the New
England Abolition society, Wendell
Phillips proposed and sustained in pow
erful speech a series of resolutions EN-
bracing the following points: First. NO
settlement of national affairs except on
the basis of absolute and impartial JUS
tice. Second. The only essential ele-
ment of reconstruction is suffrage for the
negro; every other matter being sec0n
Diary and unimportant. Third. Inc
President on this point has wiltully
and deliberately betrayed the north, and
his Cabinet severa1ly sustain him and
as Congress has surrendered the point IN
issue, our only hope rests on the issue.
The fourth Iuturns special thanks to
Senator Sumner. Fifth. If Congress
admits each State as it ratifies the pro-
posed constitutional amendment, It's
plan is not only surrender, but worse
Still, an unworthy trick to mislead the
nation,
Memphis is getting to be rather an un
healthy place 10 live. Last Thursday
James Corwir, an eX-Federal officer,
most brutally murdered his wife at
Memphis. On the same day, near the
city, another 'urdor was committed on
Mr. J. L. Bealusley, a farmer living in
the vicinity OF Memphis, as he was on
his way home The murdered man was
robbed of ovel four thousand dollars
JAY Cooke, Nho is building house
worth half anlIliOn Of dollars, obtained
his wealth by advertising. During the
time Of the sa!" of the National bonds,
which would lave been umsold to this
day but for tn. newspapers, he was the
greatest adveI ser in the world
A large nu.ber of prominent mer-
cba,.ts and bu mess men Of New York
hay invited President Johnson to visit
tina city come time in June. No politic.
al s. niticance attaches TO the invitation,
and it is probable that it will be ac-
cepted.
From ALMOST every portion of the cot
ton-growing giou of the Southern
States we hav, now the most gloomy &C,
, courts of the prospects of the cotton
croi for the p:nsent year.
A tout but distinguished lady went
to ,aucy ball dressed AS a shepherdess
Hen mild husl. nd, on seeing her thus
atti d, said: Sarah, dear, you look
like shepher 'rss who has just dined on
her dock
The Boston Pogt says the Freedmen'>
But,tu is th. biggest cut-worm that
even afflicted - plantation and letter
from, the Souti says that sub-agency
of the Frecdn I,'s Bureau is worth more
than the Presidents salary
. IT, Govern rcut is taking measures
toprcveut inf 'ctions of the neutrality
law. On the n gthern frontier. General
Ora! postpOu > his proposed Western
tour. aud viii 1--WE the Feniaus his at
teut.nn.
May perSoi in the vicinity of Mid
diet. .,n. n Y have recently been tax
en- il aud som. died with disease re
semi ing pOis piug by lead For some
time the ply -cjans were completely
batti I in discovering the cause of the
diSea - until e. an examination of the
stuu,5 Of the mill where most of the
pcoris had t. ir grain ground, it was
disc cred th4 when cavities appeared
in Il stones, stead of being filled with
ccmr,sD gcuera : used for the purpose.
the, wcre fill with lead. The lead
gradually wee ne off mixed with the
-four. which h, ~ put through the pro
cess If baking "Juverted it into a dead
~ person.
Tn steamc. City of Memphis, fcom
| New Orleans f st Louis, exploded her
boilcrS about pirty miles below Mem
rhi> n Thur. 'ay morning last The
| forw" d cabin was torn away and the
boat set on f.r. About sixty persons
were nSt and iurcd.
Tn colored zee labOrcr5 at Memphis
struci, for hig ct wages recently and
nttorutei ia 3rade the streets The
Frecom"n's Bn.aau authorities prevent
ed H.
A iomp of =, i, taken from the North
Carolina COLO mines, weighing five
pounds. is on Nhibition at StlteSville,
n. c. Il is til, largest lump found in
the safe since 1913.
The PhiladeI MA Age denies the as.
serticn of the j. gilmore American that
Hester ClymeI las withdrawn his name
as candidate f. the gubernatorial chair
of Pruusylvar and adds. in relation
to the Radical candidate: Gen. Geary
would like no ing better than tn run
alone It was IS great feat in his mill
tary esreer. al his opponent would
have great c0u for apprehension as to
the result, Il II were not for the assn
rance iulnisheu lin upon good author
! ity. that the Tpre is not always TO the
! swift