The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-02

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Milk is twenty cents per quart it New
'llsaiun oriean'' "a s 81 s,a ts-ss'%
Virginia is troubled with worms-ar
nv worms-that strip the trees.
McCoole and Aaron Jones are training
near st. Louis. Dublin Tricks is witt
them; q 80 ~ SE
Florida has the credit of raising th'
first boil of new cotton that has ap
peared in the Savannah market.
The damages to railroads by the lat'
heavy rains in North Carolina, have
been repaired, and trains are running
regularly.
Fifteen bricklayers left Norfolk Tues
day for Washington, where they will be
employed by the Government at . 81
per day. --.ye. --..-.-..
John Mcintosh, lawyer, shot and
killed George Hemm, Recorder of Jack
son county, Kansas, on Wednesday, at
the county seat.
The registration in Norfolk, Va, is
completed. There are of negroes 2OOO,
and of whites 1876 voters registered,
The utmost good feeling prevails.
The registration in Petersburg, Va,
thus far stands s3l whites, and la27
blacks.
A, little chap, says, the Winch ester
Tintsss, in the Loudoun Street Sunday
School, was asked "who was the meek
est man ~ The urchin answered, his
eyes fairly dancing, "MOsby."
Gen. j. B. Hood is about to remove to
Galveston, Texas, and become n mem
ber of mercantile house in that city.
He will still retain his connection with
the New Orleans house.
One of the oldest merchants of New
Orleans has been refused the privilege
of registration, because he was mem
Der of the City Council in 1858. This
action was approved by the Little DeS'
pot.
A negro made bold effort to commit
suicide in New Orleans, the other day,
by drawing razor across his throat,
and bringing to light few spoonsful
of colored blood. The sight terrified
him, and he broke for his mothers
house and had the wound dressed. Who
ever heard before of negro trying to
commit suicide
Peddlers are perambulating the State
of Georgia selling what they style Gland
scrip" to the colored people. They in
form the latter that the Government
will in a few days confiscate the lands
of the whites and give them to the re-
cent slaves. Certificates of land to be
entered upon are sold at prices ranging
from one to three dollars each.
The Charleston Savings Bank has been
seized by the military authorities for
failure to pay fall principal and inter
est to certain United States soldiers OF
the Fort Moultrio garrison, who were
depositOrs when the war commenced.
The bank is inSOlvent, and in liqnida-
tion, and its directors refused to con-
slider these depositors rs preferred cred
itors.
A curiously-wrought water jar and
part of human skeleton have been
taken from an ancient grave about nine
miles from Nashville. There are some
hundred of similar graves in the vicini-
ty, of which the Indians informed the
early settlers they knew nothing. The
lar closely resembles similar utensils
now used by the Indians of Central
America.
The Alexandria Gazette says that
horse stealing in that vicinity is now
quite prevalent, and the police officers
are on the constant look out, at the in
stance of the sufferers, for the thieves
and their stock. The terror impaired
to horse-theives by Judge ThOmas's
sentence of year or so ago, seems to
have been entirely dissipated and their
operations now are almost as frequent
as they were Immediately upOn the
close of the war.
An intelligent friend writes us from
Rockbridge, giving most cheering ac-
counts of the crops in that county. He
says the harvest has commencedJ ard
the wheat is better than it has been for
many years, and, with rare exceptions,
is uninjured from any cause whatever.
The corn is growing finely, tobacco is
doing well, and the crops of grass were
never hner.-LyRchbHrg Ners.
The food crisis has nearly passed in
the South. The cry Of distress that re-
Gently came up from nearly all of the
Southern States is now alleviated by
the gathering Of the early crops. The
absolute necessaries are within the
reach of all, although the poorer classes
of the population have experienced ter
rible hardship in the last few mODts,
and there are yet many thousands Of
helpless woman and children dependent
upon the charity Of more fortunate
neighbors. .
! Tho alumni of Washington College,
Lexington, Va, on Thursday night Of
last weak, had an elegant supper in
honor of their Alma Mater, at which
General EchoIs presided, assisted by
Colonel Bolivar Christian. Around him
were clustered General r. L. Lee, Rev.
DR.. Plumer, Rev. DIR. NJ. ID. Hoge, Rev.
DR.. (General) Pendleton, Rev. DIR. B. VI.
Smith, General z. H. Smith, Rev. DIR.
Kirkpatrick, the Trustees Of the College,
the Eacnlty of the College and Of the
Virginia Military Institute, ex-Goyer-
nor Letcher, and many other distiu-
guished guests. A number Of speeches
were made, and the evening passed of
most delightfnlly.
THE wHEAT.-Accounts from the up.
per counties, where the wheat has not
been harvested or is not sufficiently
ripe to be cut, represent that much
damage has been sustained by the very