The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-07
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Pittsfeld, on Wednesday, charged Win
eloping and liyingin criminal 'connec-
ton with his stepmother. The matter
was compromised by sthe sons paying
the father $50 and silver watch, and
retaining the woman.SLA
Col. William Riddle. late of Gen
Meade's staff, died in Philadelphia, on
Sunday, from the effects of injuries re-
ceiyed at the hands of parties appar-
emily, as yet unknown, on the evening
of May 7th, at the assessors offce IN
that city, y <s-IaErf 81 -. - =
A large railway company of the East
has adopted a system in wages which
promises to do away with vexatious
strikes. The laborers employed are paid
the price of barrel of flour per week
as the most Just and satisfactory mode
of measuring the value of labor.
The New York State Lodge of Free
Masons met in New York City; l.OOO
voting delegates, and as many visiting
members were present. Fifty-three
new lodges were established in the
State during the rast year. Jotham
Post was appointed o delegate to the
Paris meeting of Masons. f. ~
The Troy IN. ~ )Whig says that the
manufacturers of straw wrapping paper,
from various parts of the country. held
a private meeting in Albany on Thurs.
day of last week, and that they passed
q resolution binding themselves to run
their several mills on half time only.
The Toronto Globe says: "We under
stand that q small and unpretending
tenement in the vicinity Of the Falls,
on the Canadian side of the river, has
been rented for the occupation OF Jeffer-
son Davis and his family during the en-,
suing summer. The house is about hall
way between Clifton and Queenston."
During the examination of witnesses
in divorce case in New York, counsel
for the defendant, in reply to a charge
by plaintiffs counsel of making signs
to the witness, said, 1T is lie, if you
say so. If you'll say that outside, Ill
take You out of your boots, you scoun-
drel." Order was restored by the Court
Indiana is governed to a large ex,
tent by mob law, under the Judge Lynch
system. Sixteen cases have been re-
corded where, within the past two
months, the citizens have, by taking the
law into their own hands, secured the
punishment of offenders. Congress
should by all means guarantee to lndi'
ana q Republican form of government
even if necessary to reduce the State to
a territory, eas "a Eavar
A blind man had been sitting one day
and pleasantly chatting with some Wis,
itors for an hour, when one of them
wished the company good morning and
left the room. "What white teeth that
lady has p said the sarcastic blind man.
"How do you possibly tell that ~ said
a friend, because" was the ready al
swer, "for the last half hour she has
done nothing but laugh"
The ball given on Sunday night, May
10, at the Tuileries, to the royal person
ages in Paris, was ofextraordinary mag
nifcence. The orchestra having played
"God Save the Queen" the First Cham
berlain, by the direction of the En-
press Eugenie, intimated that the ball
might commence. The Imperial qua
drille then took place, the Empress hav-
ing for partner the Prince of Wales.
Confession isgood for the soul. Olive
Borst lives in Fergusonville. Her hus-
bands name is Jacob. She is not noted
for any brilliancy of intellect. At a
protracted meeting, recently, she oc-
cupied the "anxious seat" several even-
ings. She finally complied with the re-
quest of the minister to rise and give
expression to her feelings. She said
that she chad undoubtedly tattled and
lied about her neighbors, but the rest
of her life she intended to live faithful
to Jacob and Jacob only"
A riot is reported to have occurred at
Oil City, Penna., on Sunday evening,
among a number of the employees of
the Farmers Railroad. The citizens, in
attempting to .quell the disturbance,
were severely handled. DR.. Arter, a
prominent citizen, who was called to
attend a wounded man, was set upon
by the rioters aid seriously injured.
The fire. bells were rung, calling the
citizens together, who ferreted out the
ringleaders, and with difficulty the ex-
cited crowd was restrained from lynch
ing them.
The Petersburg Inder says that we'd
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