The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-17

The plan of the East River Bridge,
proposed by Mr.. Roebling, steel WIRE WIRE
cable suspension bridge, Is 10 De iooV
feet betweea the towers, l35 feet above
the water.
An immense harvest of chignons was
gathered from the scene OF the most vio-
lent Paris riot the next morning. They
were advertised to be returned on ap-
plication to police headquarters, but
few were claimed. ..r.. .r r
San Francisco is extending out to sea.
The sale of lots that are entlrely COW
cred by water, and over many OF which
steamers daily pass, amounted at last
accounts to $4,000.
Some of the pioneers of the great cities
of Minnesota cannot endure the ouste
and crowds which have followed them
thither, and are pushing "out West
where they can enjoy nature in soli-
tude.
An Englishman recently died in Lon
don, possessed of handsome fortune
which he had amassed by fees for dining
out as the fourteenth guest when the
unlucky number of thirteen had been
assembled.
The town of Berditcheff, in the Gov
ernment of Yolhynia, celebrated for its
fairs and pilgrimages in honor OF the
Blessed Virgin, and which contains
twenty thousand inhabitants, has just
been partly destroyed by fire.
1t may surprise many of our readers
to learn that cotton mill in Huntsville
Ala, received a medal al the Paris Ex-
position for the excellence of its pro-
ducts, tickings, stripes, drills, etc. 1t is
known the Bell factory.
Richard Realf, cold John Browns"
right hand man at HarpePs Ferry and
the youngest of his band, was recently
appointed an Assistant Assessor of the
Internal Revenue in the District of
Edgefeld, South Carolina.
The Radicals are preparing to "break
their fall" in New York by pretending
to sanction boiling from the Irregular"
nominations. 1t will not do. Radical
ism is dead and buried, so far as the
State of New York is concerned.
San Francisco proposed to have pro.
cesson of boys on the Fourth, but when
the meeting for organization was held
the youngsters put out the gas, smashed
the seats, aud wouldn't let the Presi-
dent, who was General, say word.
An intelligent pioneer of ~ took the
cars at Ogden for an eastern visit, the
other day, who had never seen rail-
road, who has, nevertheless, been
through fifteen States, four territories,
and Mexico, always keeping ahead of
civilization.
Gen. Franklin Smith, the new Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Maine,
was formerly extensively engaged in
numbering operations on the Kennebec
river. He is a wealthy and respectable
citizen of Waterville, of the old stamp
of the Democracy.
A Milwaukee servant girl went to a
gipsy to have her fortune told, and it
was done with such truth that She act
ually discarded an honest lover to run
off with a young man with black hair,
who plundered her of her earning, and
deserted her the next day.
Rev. II. D. Wingfeld, Petersburg, Va,
who delivered the annual sermon at the |
Dunbar Female Institute in Winchester, |
Va, is the Identical man who, by the
order of General Butler, was sentenced |
to drag the ball and chain through the
streets of Norfolk.
In the cities and towns of California
4 I,,.nu for Cnoll families ran |
be procured at from SO to $50 per |
lodgings for single men at 81
and upward per month, and unmarrlea |
women can obtain board and lodging at
the rate of about s. per week.
The friends of murderer on trial in
Sacramento got the District Attorney |
out of the way on the opening day by |
forging dispatches to him over his wife's
name, informing him that his child was
dying at San Jose. lie left in great
anguish Of mind, only to find it 4 frand. |
How many hands are represented by |
steam in Parisf There are 1900 engines
in the capital employed in a variety of
trades, and forming an aggregate of
10000 horse power. Now, as one of the |
latter is equivalent to the working pow
er of seven hands, it follows that to the
4lG,Sll working people above stated,
We must add 10000 hands, or $4,000 in
dividuals more Hence, if the steam
engines were suppressed there to.mor-
row, it would require an influx of 3d.
600 workmen to keep the daily produc-
tiOn at its present rate.