The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-02-06
CURRENT ITEMS.

A Mrs. Harper is lecturiug in North
Carolina. The theme OF her harpiDg Is
"The colorcd man a. i moral and pOliti-
cal force
Beecher has been overwhelmed with
offerings Of infants for adoption since he
wrote that letter saying that he 'covet
ed his DeIghGOrs babies"
A letter Of the late John A. Andrew is
published, in which he stated that lie
had never been able TO satisfy himself Of
the expectancy Of secret societies IN a
free republic.
One hundred Germans have settled in
South Carolina, about twenty .uGI miles
from Columbia, ard are astonishing the
old fashioned planters with the energy
with which they 20 10 work.
The Boston Transcript says: Two
deacous in Charleston are divided upon
the subiec; Df annexation, and each is
beseeching the Almighty "to show his
brother the error Of his ways
The Eastern Provinces of Prussia are
threatened with famine from the fail
ure the last harvest, and typhus fever
Is also becoming epidemic there. Tie
Prussiau journals are full of appeals for
relief
BenninghoG, the "poor old man, who
was recently robbed at Oil Creek, Of
$3.50, 900, is said to be worth s. 100000 in
cash, and has an income of over 81 900
day. He boards every dollar as parsi
mUniogsly as If he expected never To nee
another.
A "hsuse on runners" passed through
Grand Rapids, Mich, a few day since,
In which was a stove, a table, bed, and
other necessary articles Of furniture, the
house aiiordiug accommodations TO a
family, who were bound for point 100
miles north in the pine woods.
A few days ago a man was buried in
Albany, who it was said had died from
q wound accidentally inflicted upon his
face while in the act Of shaving. II is
now stated that the man came TO viO-
lent death, having besn shot while en-
gagged in the commission Of burglary.
In Chicago, George Warren, cele-
brated party in the GroeHdyke divorce
case, has been doing fine business dis
tilling in house placarded Small Pox!
Beware! :" Friday morning he was
arrested, disguised az darkey, while
removing his product from his distille-
~.
Vermont raised fifty.nine thousand
pounds of tobacco,in 1866. Wool il now
worth so httlo that many farmers are
disgnsted with sheep-raising, and are
now going into the dairy business.
. Twenty new cheese factories are con-
templated in the State The coming sea-
= son.
The Gainesville (Florida) Nelc Era says
the winter in that section has been un-
usually mild, there having been but
two slight frosts yet. Cotton blooms are
still abundant, aud squash and cucumber
vines in flower, and ripe Tomatoes in
mauy gaidens. Peach trees are begin
Mug TO bloom.
Blaque Bey, the Turkish Minister, is
In q middle. He says the men who put
down the rebellion in the South seem
determined to produce rebellion in the
North, aud he does not wonder that
Turkish four per cent. bonds sell higher
than United States six per cent. bonds
in the London market.
The Frankfort, KY, KeomdH tells of
man in Greece County, in that State, 81
years old, aud the father Of Ii children,
who has no ears. He has not even q
hole in his head, save his mouth and
nose. Where his ears ought to be his
head is perfectly smooth and bare ex.
cent a small excresence. He hears 10
s.ine extent through his mouth, which
flies open when he wishes distinctly TO
catch u sound.