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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05
Armnment of Europe.

The following is the present arma
ment of the principal European forces
The guard, line, reserve, and, since
June last, the entire landwehr Of the
Federal army of North Germany are
supplied with the ncedle-gun; in the
South of Fatherland the infantry OF
Hesse- Darmstadt, Baden and Wurtem
burg have also got the Prussian wea
pom. Bavaria has within few mouths
only begun to arm its troops with the
Werner musket which it has adopted
Austria had at the close of July 100000
Wmngel rifles. The whole of the French
army was furnished with Chassepot'
toward the close of last spring. On
the first of October the entire Belgian
forces received the Albini mus
kct in exchange for that Of
the former pattern. In lmly, al
the beginning of last July, four regl
mcnts of Bersaglieri out of tive-equa
TO ffty-twO hattalliOns-were armed
with the Prussiau =uud Radet-gelrchr
slightly modified Since the commence
ment of the present year the Eng ISL
army has been supplied with the Snidel
rifle, The armament of the DaniSt
troops with the Remington may also bt
considered as completed. Finally
Russia is making great efforts to place
the Clarke musket in the hands OF hel
soldiers. The other European States
are either just beginning to convcr
their armament-and this is the cast
with Holland, Sweden, Roumania and
Servia-or, for want of resources. the!
preserve their present weapons. Thi
is what may be observed IN Turkey
Spain and Portugal.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05
A Curiou. Divorce Eeiairci.aemenr

u
A curious matrimonial affair has just
transpired in Brooklyn; the parties are
not in high life nor known to fame, but
their history is nevertheless interesting
Ten years ago couple, recently mar
ried, moved from Boston to the City OF
Churches, where the husband set up in
business and prospered. His business at
his Office was better than at home, fol
his married life waS unhappy, and
about five years ago, the parties man
aged to secure a divorce. They grad
ually lost traces of each other, and dur.
! ing the past year each of them married
aud to u person who had been divorced
! The two husbands were thrown togeth'
er, and q few weeks ago the one who
| had married the divorced woman, III
vited the other home to dinner. lmag
inc the embarrassment when the happy
! husband introduced his wife 10 hls
| friend. Both were too well bred to have
a scene, and so tho dinner passed of
somewhat frigidly, but with no actual
Iunpleasantness.
The recipient of the dining courtesy
invited the other to go home with HIN
soon after and partake of family din
uer, little thinking, as it happened, thai
he was to return the compliment IL
every particular. 1t turned out tha
each had married the divorced spOus'
of the other, and it was more satistacto
ry to them to know that each was en-
tirely pleased with the arrangement
So much for the intricacies of matri
mony.
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Cnugh, in His Own Trnp.
lFrom the Quincy Herald.


Mr.. Philip Thomas, the proprietor OF
the beer saloon on State and Eighteenth
streets, some distance beyond Mr.. John
Woods residence, has for some time
back been missing money and little ar
ticles of various kinds. The goods and
money have all disappeared in rather
a curious manner, much to the lissatis.
faction as well as wonder of Mr.. 1aomas.
Becoming tired of such TRANSACTIONS,
and wishing to put a stop to furAer
trespasses on him, Mr.. Thomas, o,
Wednesday evening, loaded a shotgun
with q charge of small bird-shot, and
placed it in his store in such position
as to cover the entrance of his door. A
string was attached to the trigger, and
then to the door, so that as soon as the
door opened the gun would be fired and
the charge would catch the trespasser
in the stomach and legs. Mr.. Thomas
awaited patiently the coming of the
purloiner. Tine sped rapidly away,
but the man for whom the trap was set
failed to make his appearance, and the
anxious Mr.. Thomas becoming tired OF
waiting, concluded to go around to the
door and take "bird's eye view" of
the trap. He did so, and while gazing
upon his "infernal machine" thought
occurred to him that the trap might
fall, i'll which case the gun, as well as
the other property, would be At the
mercy Of the thieves; therefore, to be
sure of the matter, he concluded TO try
the door, and be perfectly certain. He
acted upon the suggestion. In short
order the door swung creaking upon its
hinges, and then followed the report
slap, baug, boom, and Mr. Thomas stood
in his own doorway, caught in his own
trap, with his stomach filled with bird
shot DR.. Zimmerman was called in and
mlnistered to the wants OF the wound.
ell mad. Mr.. Thomas was not seriously
hurt.
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the family deserve the practical re-
c0gnition of their virtues which
this appointment would carry with it
Furthermore, the paper which
he edits, being the organ Of
'loyalty" in the State, and having
ceased under his management obe self
sustaining, must have its ratlons OF
Post-office pap, to maintain it's precious
existence. His valued personal labors,
our cotemporafy bashfully declines to
obtrude. This is generous, as ais com
petitors all agree that if his ethinence
as slime Singer and thuuder-pumper
is to be considered in the contest, why
they, having no pretensions as mounte-
banks and slaDder-mongers, must simply
retire from the field.
Thus stood the situation at last re-
ports. Not feeling any special interest
in these delightful rivalries, we view
their progress with the calmest satisfac-
ton. and in common with the public,
will feel neither pity nor regret if the
fight shall reproduce the result of the
famous Kilkenny cat controversy.
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FIENDISH OUTRAGE.
Inh u nam Treatment of n Little Or
phan Girl. r...

/
From the Memphis Avalanche, October %
A shocking case of brutality, whicl
could scarcely be credited were not tb,
proof positive, was revealed yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pepper, of Chelsea
have had for couple of years in thei
employ little white girl, named Mary
Ann Smith. whose task was cooking
washing and ironing for the family
and doing drudgery generally. Accord
ing to her story she has been almost
daily subjected to the most severe un
natural punishment. Besides the beat
ings with whips and clubs which fell to
her lot on ordinary occasions, she was
not unfrequently punished by being
tied to beam Of the house with her
feet barely touching the floor, till the
blood issued in jets from her mouth and
nose. Then her torturers, fearing for
her life, would cut her down.
But the most shocking portion of her
sufferings remains to be told. Last Sat-
urday week Mary was accused by the
Peppers of having plucked and eaten
some vegetables in the garden, and, by
denting, injuring an article of tin ware.
She acknowledged having pulled and
eaten turnip, but denied the latter
charge. Pepper and his wife became
furious, dragged her in room to pun
ish her, locked the door and hid the
key. Then revslting, and seemingly
incredible as is the statement, Mrs. Pep
per held the poor girl, while Pepper,
who had heated an iron poker, shock
ingly burned her on the face, neck and
arms A gentleman who saw her yes
terday informs US that her face and
neck alone contain no less than nine
CHASTITY looking sores, each from tlco
to three inches in length, the
result of this worse than barbarous
treatment. Several places on her shoul-
ders and arms were burned in like man.
ner. The poker was in every instance
held firmly until the flesh crackled and
shriveled, when the brute was compelled
to seek a new spot for continuing his
diabolism. The sores on the girls face
are the most unsightly, and it is said
she is disfgurCd for life.
The circumstances narrated above re-
lative to the outrages of which this girl
was the victim are in substance her own
statements, but form mere outline of
tho real facts. Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs.
Pepper were arrested on a warrant.
Mary testified before the Grand Jury
and a true bill, it is supposed, was found
against the accused"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05

In a suit recently Fought in the
Adams County Court, aSatchez, Miss,
against man named sget, who was
Confederate Provost Ashal in 1862,
for $4,000, the value Oiertain cotton
destroyed by his ordeio prevent its
falling into the handsf the Union
forces, the jury, after Sng delibera.
ton, brought in a verdict the defend.
ant. As the question inlved in this
suit is one of the most imrtant grow.
ing out of the late war, e plai1titFs
counsel have given noticf an appeaI
to the High Court of Mssippi, and
intend to carry the case tthe listed
States Supreme Court, if ntssary.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05

An official statement has been recent
ly published, giving the average num-
Der of messages sent every day over the
Atlantic cable and the average daily re-
eeipts during the existence of the differ
ent rates of charges. When the com
munication was first opened between
Ireland and Newfoundland $50 was
charged for message of twenty words
of five letters, but this rate has now
been reduced to f3, and in future the
restriction as to the length of the words
will be removed. Under the original
tariff, % messages, paying E5O5, were
on an average transmitted every day,
and under the present tariff, l65 mes
sages paying e50l. Although the pro-
notion between the reduction of the
rate and the increase of the business is
not exactly the same, yet there is sutfi
cieut encouragement to still further dl-
minish the cost of transmitting mes
sages. The American Managers believe
that the price should be decreased nntil
the point is reached when both cables
will be fully employed.
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Too Old TO suit the Taste of Ncr'
chant Prince.
IRON the Savannah News, Oct. 80.

From the Savannah News Oct. 3Ol
Books written and printed long year:
ago by the famous writers OF the past
aud of which there are but few copies
extant, are generally highly priced and
considered of great value, not only Dy
persons of literary tastes and predellc-
tions. but by men of sense and lntelli
gence everywhere, and we sometimes
hear of ancient and rare volumes being
sold for fabulous prices.
1t is a fact well known in Savannah
that the late Mr. Smcts devoted almost
his whole lifetime t. the collection oi
valuable works of antiquity, as we'll
as books of more modern, origin. Last
winter the famous Smets library was
taken to New York and sold for SIC, 900
sum far less than it would have
brought in Savannah. We heard lit
tie incident regarding A. 7. Stewart
the so-Galled Merchant Prince, of New
York, in connection with this library
which will do to be made public
When it was offered for sale iD New
York, the parties interested wrote to
well known wealthy men there, calling
their attention to the fact, thinking
that they would probably be desirous
of procuring some of the rarest of the
works, for tfeir private libraries
Among others A. I. Stewart was mott
ti0d aud catalogue sent to him. The
great leader of the party which claims
to have all the brains and intelligence
of the country centered in 1t, returned
answer that he had carefully examined
the catalogue, and that tho books were
too old to suit him!
If Stewart has library it is probably
constructed upon the same style as that
of Mr. Potiphar, which was made by a
first class carpenter who made the
books of wood, with fancy backs, and
finished them so aItstically that they
looked very genuine. When a guest
wished to look at volume, the key of
the library was always lost.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05

DEACON JOHN HTTCuCoCK, who lived
in Springfield, Massachusetts,, was a
truly muscular Christian. A biograph-
ical sketch says of him: "He would
lift cart load of hay, by getting his
shoulder under the axle, in stopping
posture, and throw an empty cart over
with one hand, by taking hold of the
end of the axletree. When loading
grain into cart, he would take bag
by the teeth, and with a swing and by
the aid of push from the knee, throw
it into the cart. He had double teeth
in frent and would hold a,teppepny nail
by them and break it Off with his fin-
gers. He used 10 say he did not know
a man he could not whip or run away
from. The day he was seventy years
old, he remarked to his wife, that when
they were first married, he was wont to
amuse her by taking down his hat with
his toes, and added, II wonder if |
could do it now 7" Thereupon he
jumped from the floor, took of the hat
with his toes, came down on his feet
like q cat, hung up the hat on nail,
turned to the table, asked blessing,
and ate of the repast then ready"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05

AT given hour every afternoon Will
liam B. Astor comes out of his little den
on Prince street, turns the corner at
Broadway, and with heavy step
moves up on foot toward Lafayette
place to dinner. He is u heavy nodded,
large sized, German looking man, eyes
small, hair sandy, and a face utterly
devoid of expression. At given hour
his two sons, side by side, for they are
seldom separate, can be seen walking
from Wall street to Fifth avenue, plain
" dressed, putting on no airs, shrewd,
industrious and constantly at their
business; few would recognize in them
the wealrhicst young men in New York.
In q modest coupe, drawn by single
horse, sits gentleman apparently not
fifty, yet in reality over seventy-sllm,
wiry, agile, sandy hair, with a face OF
unusual hardness. The plate glass In
his carriage gives you a good view OF
him. He sits up as erect In his carriage
asa Mohawk warrior. His quick, rest
less eyes see everybody and everything
he passes. That is A. t. Stewart. Here
comes a man who just this moment has
made his mark in the city. He has
beer a judge, and is now ene of cur
ablest lawyers. About fifty, a little
under sized, but thick set, he walks with
great deliberation, dresses plainly, and
would be taken anywhere for a college
professor or a Presby tcrian minister
lie is one of the sachems of Tammany
Hall
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'"l''"' service IN IAc I"'e campaign
"I'N"ui attempting 4 detailed Sketch
W 'n' SITUATION, VIC may say that ION
hL'iEN failure to dlStranchISe a suih-
Uyht number OF Democratic voters to
nNe '"' co"H'y 10 the ha"'cais' WILL IL
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S''"S "'S ONO orSaae TO time on Iues-
"'N XIV" "'ill i oacNse' so tuaI MS
U"'! '"an'' oW Is to compete with ola
III. \ N"Ai'No'A 'or the Janitorship OF the
NN>'o'.'ho"-'' some MI HUBBARD
honestly snppreSseS has claims in view
VI certain patcrnal reaches Tor the next
Se'atorshlp. CLAYToE, of "tho bully
''u''"' On 'he score OF actual and
'1'o"H services, has the inside track for
we Co1i'ctorShip, and Chief Justice
SCHULTZ, Of Ritchietown, points to a
'oI.'lFnned registration list with one
hand and grabs for tho Assessorship
with the other. SEYBoLD didn't bring
those ~ German Democrats to a
proper state of discipline, and must
therefore stand aside to make room for
sose applicant for the Marshalsbip of
m'rc satisfactory efficiency.
The chief irrorest csntres nm tho
Pos,.oilfcc , Gozen needy and greedy
Patriots s,-..., - a.. - "a
.a.y fingers for ,bs nrize. but three dis.
inguished public servants hid fair to
distance their c,mnetitors First OF
these We name Captain RAWLINGS,
Present incumbent, whose noted zeal
IN behalf of the cause" was all the
more iaudaGle in that it had no refer
'lee 10 recompense or reward the de-
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05
Freaks of n Whirlwind.

From the Nashville Press and Times Nov g.
Yesterday morning, about o'clock, a
little brick church on the Hardin pike,
about eleven miles from the city, and
situated OIL a point where the road runs
between two lofty hills, was literally
blown away, only about four feet OF the
walls being left standing The wind
had been pretty stormy all the morn
ing, and many trees had been blown
down on the surrounding hills, but at
the hour above named a gust of wind
swept along the road, catching up in its
sweeping progress every detached OBJ
iect in the way, and whirllng them
round as if they were horizontal cyl,
inder: fence rails, branches of trees
hunks of earth, and even stones were
whirled around by aerial anger as it
came along with irresistible force and
inconceivable rapidity. 1t struck the
church about four feet from the ground
ripped off the bricks and mortar, and
swept away the whole upper part quite
clean. A few bricks were dropped along
the road for two or three hundred
wards, but the main portion was taken
nearly half mile, to where the road
opened out on wide stretch of com
paratively fiat country, and there
dropped in the bed of creek, with the
roof still firmly attached to the walls
Two COWS that had been to leeward oi
the building while it was yet standing
were knocked about twenty yards
away into hollow. They seemed con-
siderably stupefed, but otherwise sus
tanned no damage.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05
Every Pair of Shears Warranted
WILLIAM KRYTER,

M2nuf4cturer O
Sheep Shears, PraEiHg Shear, IsiI0r'
Shears, Family Shedrs, BaHkerf SAsG''.
Shears Of any description made 70 order.
'I'HE ATTENTION OF SHEEP Gk9WEks
i and sheArers is called 20 ny ssSep oneSs
and Pruning shear. for trimgisg sheep toes.
every pair Of which v warranted.
Dealer in Hardware, Guns Pistols. sporting
TacLIe Table and Pocket catlsfy, &c, &c.
Ie3 NARKET sT. Wheeling. w. Va
Repairing sf Cans, Pistds. Knives, Scissors,
Small Machinery, &C. dSns IN tae Dest nznnes'
and at reasonable prieea- nAsU
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05

A new line of railway to form link
between Europe and Asia has been re
Gently organized under grant from the
Sultan of Turkey. The route of this
line will be from Constantinople, by
way of Adrianople and Nissa, to Bel
grade, on the one side, and on the other
from Constantinople to Varna, joining
the projected trunk line from Bucharest
and Jassy and Suczawa TO the Lemberg-
Czernowitz Railway. The Austrian
Government, it is said. regards the con-
struction of this new line, both from a
political and commercial point of view,
with great favor. Count Zichy, an Aus
trian Privy Councillor, is President OF
the company.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05

The Rev. Mr.. McCosh, the newly
elected President of Princeton College,
in his inaugural address, few days
ago, said it was desirable to add gym
nasium to the Collegs. Mr.. Robert Bon
ner, of the New York Ledger, reading
the sentence in the newspapers, was
impressed with its truth, and turning tc
his check book drew a check for $4,000
which he rcmitted TO Rev. Mr.. McCosh to
aid in the erection of suitable gymna'
sinm.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05

Some three weeks ago negro made q
speech in Gretna, Louisiana, in which
be said the only way for the Radicals to
carry the election was to apply the
torch. Within two weeks a singularly
destructive confagration broke out in
Gretna. aud the negroes refused to as
sist in saving the property. Queer CO.
incidence, wasn't it I ~
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05
ROANOKE COLLEGE.
THIS INSTITUTION WILL BEGIN ITS
i Fifteenth Annual Session, Sept }, 1851.
ANTITT.

Rev. D. ?. Bittle, d. D., President and Prof
Nor. and Int. Science.
s. c. Wells A. N, Prof. MAth. and Nat. Phi
losOphy.
Rev. W B: Yonee, A. u. Prof Ancient Ian
guages aud Literature
Rsy: j. B. Davis, A. NJ, Prof Agncultur,
and Mining.
j. ]. Norman, ". D., Lecturer On Anatomy
and Physiology.
l. r Holland, A. N, Asst Pref. Language.
and Prtn. Prep. Dept,
H. T. Klingsr, A. NJ Prof Modern Languages
j. z. Hudson, a NJ, Asst Prep. Dept.
TERAS-EIpenses in all departmental IN;
eluding boarding, tuition room-rent fuel ano
hghts, and incidenials, t215.60. For IIrf2er IN
formation, address REV. ID. i. 81 LIZ;
iuly3l salem va
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05

Great Republican gaixs" exclaimed
an industrious pickpocket the other day
as he transferred the contents of the
pocket ofa Democrat to his own.
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Paris Exposition, 1867.

THE QUALITIES WHICH RECOMMENL
i the Wheeler and Wilson are :
|. Beauty and excellence of stitches alike
on both sides of the article sewcd.
.. Strength, frmness and durability of seam
that will not rip or ravol.
3. Economy of thread.
& It's attachments and wide range of applica
tlonl3 purposes and materials.
.. CVnpactness and elegance of model anC
finish.
b. Simph ity and thoroughness Of coustruc
I; speed eaAs of operation and man lgement
and quietness ofmovement.
Every one is invred to call and examine thes,
Machines at eur salesroom. gg Main Street.
Machines for rent, with the privilege Of an
plying the rents to purchase.
sep26 WM SUMNER & co.
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The Name Iowu.

1t is said that the Indians, who made
the word and alone knew its definition,
pronounce Iowa as if spelled E-O-Wah
putting heavy stress On the ending
syllable; and they say it does not mean
beautiful land" as has been generally
and POLITICALLY imagined, but has a
meaning equally rs poetical and far
more substantial; "An Always Home y
That is, home pretty much forever
or as long as you desire it. We accept
the amendment, and pass it over to the
public for third reading.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05
a War Relic.

We have seen copy of Gen. Beaure'
CARDS private correspondence, from the
time he took command at Corinth to
his occupation of Chattanooga, just be-
fore Bragg entered Kentucky. 1t con-
tains the secret history of that army
during the period named. 1t is now the
private property of q gentleman in this
city, By the way, il fact not gener-
ally known, that the United States Gov
ernment never succeeded in capturing
the records of the Confederate War
Department. They were last seen at q
point in North Carolina, not long be-
fore the surrender of Gsneral Johnston.
We suspect they were destroyed, but
they may be in existence yet.-MacOR
(Gd } Journal and Messenger.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-05

A very ludicrous tdur pas happened
in the performance of "La Belle Hell
ene," at the Alhambra, San Francisco
September %. One of the stately dam
sells who appear in long clothes in the
train of the naughty Orestes, met with
a mishap. In fact, her skirts were enly
prevented falling from her person by
digit arrest. AS the discomtitedi fair
was retreating, the unsympathetic au'
dience excited her ire by chuckling;
whereupon she stayed in her headlong
career, and Indignantly facing the IT.
reverent scoffers, exclaimed: "You
needn't laugh; such thing might hap
pen to your