The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-13
VARIETIES.


keeps his daughter chained to log, in
order to prevent her marrying contrary
to his wishes.
In the stomach of crocodile captured
at Agra were found bracelets, anklets
and rings in considerable number, testi-
flying to the fonGness of the saurian for
Indian girls. ......
Meadow Lake, on the Pacific road,
which lately boasted two theatres snd
twelve hotels, has now a population of
thirty-five, and a building that cost
$1,000 sold the other day for SIS.
A fellow in Kansas, who was ducked
by parcel of boys for beating his wife,
sued them for damages. The magis-
trate promptly sentenced them to duck
him again.
An Italian lady, in Cincinnati, said to
be one hundred years old, went to ball
last week and danced eight hours. She
was indignant that dancing was stopped
SO early-five o'clock in the morning.
A teacher in Lawrence, Kansas, one
of that fierce variety known and well
remembered by every one who used to
go to district school years ago, lately
thrashed a pupil with a raw hide. He
paid SIS for the qualification OF his
brutal propensities.
Drunkenness has become fearfully
prevalent among the wine-growing dis
tricts of California. Even young girls
are sometimes seen reeling in the streets
under the influence of the "pure Cali
fornia."
Samuel Hess, of Lancaster, failed last
week with liabilities amounting to up
ward of 100000, and his father, who
was his principal endorser, died Of ap-
poplexy Immediately on hearing of his
sons failure.
At Bristol, K. l., recently, a man aged
ninety-two was married to lady of
thirty-four Both had previously been
twice married, and the groom has now
over three hundred and fifty children
and grandchildren living.
George Wood, of Wabash, Ind, who
was recently blown up on the Glide, has
been blown up twice before. His first
wife was killed a week after marriage
by a carriage runaway; his third wife
fell into a well and was not found for
two weeks. He is the only one living
of seven children.
J. w. Collins, a saddler, who worked
in Muscatine last winter, according to
the Courier, has at different times and
places married six wives, and tried to
get seventh at Davenport. He is
said TO be ''roving blade" and "mar-
rying man"
A newspaper in rival city thus
speaks of promising western town
"A Chicago paper concludes an account
of a marriage in that city with the
declaration that the parties were then
united for life.' If they were, it Was
certainly the first thing of the kind that
ever occurred there"
1t is fact too obvious that the pro-
fessions are oyerstocked, and that the
trades and agriculture need recruits. It
is as melancholy as true that we have a
good many lawyers who ought to be
hoeing corn; doctors who should
he shOveling dirt; aud able (bodied)
preachers who are really called TO cut
cord wood, or to enter upon some sort
of physical labor.
President Grant is the daily recipient
of all sorts of presents. The latest gift
to him is pair of patent-leather boots,
trinned at the top with gold fringe and
tassels, the American coat of arms on
the legs, and pair of solid gold spurs
attached, which are now on exhibition,
and will be presented TO the President
by Buffalo gentleman. The boots are
made of the finest quality of patent
leather and in the latest style, and
lined with yellow kid. They are valued
at $500.