The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-06

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$50, 900 for the loss Of an eye.s
There is great deal Of mystery about
the illness of the French Imperial fam
lily.
Tho School Superintendent Of Ohio
objects to "cramming" pupils for exam
ination. I .-
A writer says that Spain retains less
of the real spirit of Christianity than
any other country. .a
Upwards of two millions of dollars of
tho Roman loan las been taken in this
country.
A lad in Portland in want of spend
ing money stole his mothers gold watch
and "shoved" it for $50.
The fashionable clubs of London are
80 full that candidates for admission
are almost uniformly black-balled.
Seventy-fve new buildings, twenty Of
them saw-mills, have been built in Pen
sacola, Florida, since the wars
The total number o barrels of flour
inspected in Richmond, Va, during the
quarter Just ended was $50.
An old Episcopal church, at Richmond,
Staten Island, was burned last Thurs
day. 1t was built by Queen Anne IN
l7l3.
Typographical-How does ! mother
obtain first impression Of her babyf
By setting it up in "small caps."-Lon-
don Paper.
The State Treasurer of New Hamp-
shire receives only 5000 salary, and is
obliged to give bonds to the amount OF
$780, 900.
The National Democratic Convention,
to meet in Louisville, has been post
poned until the 4th of July.
A young lady in Pharsalia, n. T.,
drank some cyanuret of potassium,
thinking it was wine. She lived but
twenty minutes.
Areverend in Hamlin, Ohio, was fined
for committing assault and battery on
his wife at the breakfast table on Sum
day morning.
The Legislature of Michigan passed
bills completely gridironing the State
with railroads to be built by local taxa
tion.
A gardener of Vienna discovered y
Roman tomb, containing the skeleton
of a Young lady and large amount Of
costly and curious jewelry.
By the best calculations made, it is
ascertained that the average duration
of human life is greater in the United
States than in any other nation.
The property known as the Gold
Ridge farm, in Prince William county
Virginia, was disposed of the other day,
to G. A. Wheelock, for $4,000, or 800
per acre.
The Detroit Free Press says of Brown
lows colored competitor for the Gov
ernorship. that, "unlike Brownlow, he
ia a negro from necessity, and not from
choice"
,,~."Itnstanding the discomfort and
uncertainty that prevail, the people in
almost every locality at the South are
applying themselves vigorously to ag-
ricnltural and industrial pursuits.
Hogs rooted up the body of murder
cd child, in Paducah, Kentucky, on
Sunday. The child's throat was cut.
No clue to the murderer has been found,
A young lady in Louisville attempted
to hang herself, but was foiled, and then
tried tho virtue of laudanum, but that
was pumped ont of her. She had mis-
placed her affections.
At Augusta, Arkansas, q few days
ago, Tilman Gregory and DR.. Dameron
ouarreled over o game Of cards, and
shot each other through the breast,
both falling dead together.
Two men were seriously injured, one
fatally, at Montpelier, Vermont, by the
premature discharge of gun, while
airing q salute in honor Of the Connecti-
cut election.
Letters from Constantinople represent
that while Russia is advancing strong
forces along her frontier, the Sultan Is
gathering all available troops around
his capital, and the impression is gem
eral that war for the possession OF Eu-
ropean Turkey is at hand.
A special agent of the Internal Rev
enue Bureau has been seat to PhiladsF
phia to institute measures looking to
tho immediate enforcement of the law
recurring the forfeiture of distilled
spirits offered for sale at less price
than the tax imposed by law thereon.
LYNCH LAw.-Two negroes named
Mackey, and another known as Van,
were hung by mob in Bourbon county,
Kansas, last week. They had been con-
fined in Jail charged with the murder of
Mr.. Hayfod last fall, but one Of the
Nackeys escaped. Some officers at
tempted to rearrest him, when he shot
and mortally wounded one Of them. A
nos,e of citizens subsequently effected
the arrest and Immediately hung the
nr;.oner 10 a tree. The mob then took
the other two from the Jail and hung
them, ss
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