The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-05
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A girl employed in the family OF Mr
Lowry, in Dayton, after lighting the
gas in 8 patent cooking range, on Sat
0rdsy morning, attempted to FIJI thu
reservoir with The glycsrine from which
| the gas is manufactured, but spilled
some of the fluid on the flame, prodnc
ing an explosion which set fire to tine
house. The cir! was not injured, but
Mr.. Lowry was severely burned in en-
deavoriHg to extinguish the fire.
Considerable excitement has been
awakened in Dutchess county, New
York, by reports of gold discoveries ip
the town Of Northeast, near Armenia
The gold exists in small particles in
heavy bodies of rock, mingled with
quartz and other grosser matter. Some
of the specimens found have e'been
tested in New York city, and found to
yield at the rate Of Sl20 in gold to the
ton of rock. A firm in, Poughkeepsie
are testing the value of these deposits,
and have sunk o shaft some. eight feet,
and the Developments so far have been
quite satisfactory. ~ ss .ss.s .. IL.
A few yearsago Count .Raousset Boul-
lon purcha sed a large tract Of land in
Sonora, Mexico, and planted a French
colony upon it. In difficulty with
one of the colonists, the Count was shot,
and the settlement was threupon broken
up. Now q report comes from France
that one of his cousins is organizing an
expedition with the double object OF
revenging him and recovering the pro-
perty. He is said to have succeeded III
obtaining 1900 recruits, whom he has
armed with Winchester carbines.
=, A terrible case of crime has just come
ito light in Nevada, Montana. A broth
er and sister named Smith have been
living together as man and wife, and
the woman has NO less than two chill
dren, who were probably murdered and
buried under the house. Their remains
were found and the parties confessed
their guilt. The Post says; Her con-
fession reveals the astounding fact that
she was even more culpable than her
brother. They pleaded guilty to the
charge Of incest, and were sentenced to
ten yeers' imprisonment. &
A YOKOHAMA letter says the Japanese
are excessively polite people, and at the
same time extremely inquisitivc. They
salute one upon the slightest pretext, by
placing the hands upon the knees, shut
ting half up like a we'll oiled jack-knife,
delivering the word "Ohio," in their
most seductive tones. They will mount
your porch and peer steadfastly through
your parler windows until they are dis
covered, when, instead of being abash-
ed, they smile with singular sweetness
and look again.
A couple of New Lebanon Shakers got
married recently, in open violation Of
all law and order as propounded by that
sect. Both the parties were young and
had carried on correspondence for
some time. although they had never
spoken to one another. The CORES
pondence was discovered, however, and
the young man was expelled, whereup-
on the young lady He'd, retained her
true love, and they were married ac-
cording to the rites of the outer world.
Considerable indignation and excite
ment exists in consequence among the
family"
The English papers fear that this year
will witness the dire shadow Of last
years commercial eclipse. There is in
England . perfect dearth of credit which
is already painfully and pinchingly felt,
and much of it is ascribed to the insol-
vency of the railroads upon which many
families have depended for small incomes
in the shape Of dividends. Money that
was borrowed when money was easy to
obtain, has now to be repaid whenit is
all but impossible to borrow and many
families of moderate means are casting
their hundred year into an abyss from
which not q particle of it can ever re-
turn; and there is no help for it; while
pride, the, dread Of losing caste, and the
dread of losing situations prevent
many struggling man from taking a
step which would put an end to a life
long burden.