The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-05-31

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we regret tosay: "Doyou see that mani
You can blow his soul through nun null
ming birds quill into q mosques eS0,
and the mosquito wouldn't WINK. u
On Tuesday morning another destT TS :
tive fire occurred in Pittsburg., Inc
building long and we'll known as Latay-
ette Hail was entirely destroyed. LOSS
$4,000. yr.5.er.
A French chemist has discovered y
l;on;d which when applied to deau
bodies. will cause them to become p peo
ri6ed. He has in a private room vne
dead body of his wife. who Is sIa stan I;fs
on a pedestal, and is as naturai as irv,
III 9M ap"orei ; "a one which he has known
for twenty years.
, prisoner in the Mobile Jail named
poona who was one of the leaders IN the
rscent attempt of the prisoners of that
isiI ts escape, has performed some won
5Gsrful fsats in freeing himself. from the
IRONS that were placed upon him. He
has been heavily ironed five times, and
in from three to five minutes after he
was alone he would have himself entire
" Invested Of his shaokles.
+. A woman named Haviland, living in
Michigan, poisoned her three children,
confessing that she did it through fear
that when they were grown they would
be like their father, who was thief and
drunkard. She did not have any regrets
for the deed, claiming that II she haa
committed any sin, there was no one Dut
herself to answer forit.
The Richmond correspondent OF the
New York Ne,Os of the Oath inst. says:
Business here, of every character, is
very dull. Money, though scarce, was
little less stringent yesterday than on
anv day of the past week, and loans
we're readily effected at per cent on
call.
A FIGHT WITH A LIoNEss.-In Wom-
bells menagerie, in Stirling, England
recently, D'Avey, the lion hunter, en-
tered the den with the performing group
of lions. when one of the lionesses turn-
inc round upon him, seized him by the
left leo D'Avey seized his rifle and
| brought it down with full force upon
the lioness' heid, breaking the stock OF
his rife in two and freeing himself from
the grasp of he lioness. At the next
performance the lion hunter again
entered the den, when the lioness imme-
diately flew at him a second time.
D'Avey was a; med with heavy stick ;
a severe struggle ensued as to who was
TO be master, tie lioness repeatedly flying
at D'Ayey, and be meeting her at each
charge and d wing her back, until she
finally settled Gown in a corner complete.
" cowed and stbdued D'Avey escaped
with no further injury than slight
flesh wound a, d a torn dress.
Speaking o. fitting hoop skirts the
Louisville Journal valiantly says: Tilt
as much as ycn please, ladies; we can
stard it if you can"
The preliminary proceedings for the
ARA n cement &! the boat race between
Jan es Hamii. of Pittsburg, United
States, and Henry Kelley, the champion
of the Thames. were settled on the 18th.
1t is agreed thai the race shall take place
the second VT k in July. on some river
in England, t. be chosen by Hamill be-
fore that time The conditions are tn at
there shall be two races, one to be rowed
five miles stra sht III one day, and the
second race to be rowed on the following
day. two and - half miles out, round a
buoy. and twn and half miles back
aga The 81 axes are G250 side for
eacl race, mailing fl 900 in the aggre-
gate The Al ercan will receive E10O
for lis expen, in coming over to Eng
land He is ms staying at New Castle
upor Tyne, V here, it is believed, the
races will be I"ved.
A HOME THRUsT-W heard one OF
these defunct patriots who bowed so
hard during the war, make terrible
ensla nght on I'D Andy. He declared
that Andrew phnsOn was d'SS'"|o W
tba ,.nn..r,, ,.ud that he ought to be
impe ,ched. "And who are you 7" said
a s. ldier sta ling by who am /?
why Tam L., al man, and do not he.
lieve in anything that the sCopperheads
dose" "D'I you fight in this war ~
mo, whimpelrd The old reprobate Il
did t go bee lse could not leave my
bnsi IS, but oaned roy money to the
G.vc nment :"
~ =, we knr You did," said the sol
der; We unC rstand you now. You
are o of those loyal men who Missed on
the dogs of va" but were particular not
to 90 Yourself You shouted treason to
every one who id not agree with you
urged poor mer to go and leave their
families; you got exempted from the
dratt--and when the government went
begging for mc.fey you gave yours-and
charged usury interest, you did, yop
miserable old b pocrite Don't you talk
to me about J, hnson. Clear"-and old
100 Exemption went kiting down the
street as if he saw rebel raid in the
distan &c.
The fact is, Il people are finding out
the b, tom of he loyalty of those men.
1t don suit item. Usury, bonds and
exemj tion are at the bottom of the
whole thing.
How War in Europe would At
.ect Us,
The Philadelphia Commercial List OF
the 26'h, has a article on the manner
in which we uld be affected, should
the threatened var in Europe become a
fact Should ; war III Continental Eu-
rope actually Ge place, says the Com
mercial List, ait tight not be long one,
but il would be desperate, wide spread