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w month, GverywiJpTc, male aud fc;iISia. in-
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Price only SIS. Folly warranted for five years.
we will pay s 1850 Tor any machine that will sew.
a stronger more beautiful, or elastic than
ours. II makes the "Elastic Lock SIitrb." Every
second stitch be cut mud su II tn" cloth
be pulled apart without tearing it. We pay Agents
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Is better than our regular shaped Axes for these
reasons: FIrst-It cuts deeper. Sseond-h, don't
stick in the wood. Thhd-lf does not in the ha no
FotTtT-Nn time is wasted in taking the Aa0.aaat of
the cut Fylh-wiIh the samc labor you will de-
third more work than with regular Axes, Red
this Axe, for all oar Scs painted red II your
hardware store does not Keep our goods, we. will
or give you the name Of the nearest dealer y no
keeps our Azcs. - 4
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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-23
DISSOLUTION.

rI,HE CO.PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE
Bachman, in the Millinery business, has been
dissolved by mutual consent, Louis Blond re-
firing. =.
The business will be continued ct the old
stand, one door south of ID. Nicsn & Bro, on
Main street, by William Bachman, who wlli
also settle all claims against the late firm:
Persons having claims will present them, and
those knowing themselves indebted will please
call and settle at once.
LOUIS BLOND.
WILLIAM BACuMAN.
WHEELING. August 20, 1869. aug2l
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-23
Painless Digestion.

NO man." says Sir Ashley Cooper, ought to
know by his sensations that he has stomach
In other words, when digestion is perfect there
is neither pain nor uneasiness in the region
where it takes place. Nausea, want of appetite,
fatulcncy, oppression after eating, shooting
pains in the epigastrium, a flushing OF the face
at meal tunes, and a furrea tongue in he morn.
ing are among the direct symptoms of indiges-
ton. Constipation, biliousness, headache, ner.
vOus irritabihty, physical weakness, and low
spirits, are its almost invariable accompani.
ments. All these Indications of DYSPEPSIA,
whether immediate or secondary, are usually
aggravated by hot weather.
The close of summer is therefore the season
when the victim of dyspepsia most urgently
needs a tonic and regulating medicine. Of
course every invalid has many advisers. One
friend recommends one drug, ar other another;
but in multitude of counsellors there Is not
always safety. The STANDARD REMEDY OF THE
PRESENT AGE FOR INDIGESTION, i'll all its stages
is HOSTETrER'S STOMACH BlTTERS
Time that proves all things, has established its
reputation on an lmpTegnable foundatlon,-the
spontaneous testimony of millions of intelligent
witnesses No acrid oil or acid detiles its slim
ulating principles its tonic constituents are the
finest that botanical research has yet discovered;
il combines the properties of gentle evaeuant,
a blood depurent, and an anti-bilious medicine,
with invigoratng qualities of the highest order
and is admitted both by the public and the pro:
fessiOn to be the surest protection against all
diseases that are produced or propagated by
pestiferous air OF unwholeseme water, that has
ever been used either in the United States or
Tropical America.
In cases of constipation resulting from want
of muscular tone in the intestines the effect OF
the BITTERS is perfectly mary ellous; and
without the dangerous sequences Of mercury,
il restores the disordeyed liver to normal
condition.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-23

dred head of the culls of last season,
the most of which are now good beef.
There are now about five hundred
head of hogs of all ages, besides one
hundred shipped the day of my visit.
A hundred acres of rye were grown FOR
their summer feed. 1t is drawn in from
the field, from the shocks, and thrown
into the feed lots, of which there are
three. A small amount of corn and an
occasional load of oats in the sheaf are
added. The breed is mixture of Berk-
shire and Chester White, the former
predominating. The corn is mostly cut
and put into shock and fed to the fat.
tening cattle in open field, and the hogs
run among them, picking mp all that is
shelled or trampled into the soil. A
wasteful way of feeding, and one that
the management of this farm intends
to dispense with as soon as possible.
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4. q. q. f,

At a regular meeting of vi ginius Lodge,
No 9 held on the evening OF August 18th, 1869
the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted
WHEREAS 1t has pleased Almighty God in
the dispensation of His Divine Providence by
death to call from our midst our well beloved
brother GEORGE STEUBER, in the prime OF life
and usefulness; be ii, therefore,
Resolred, That while we bow in humble sub,
mission TO the divine will of our Heavenly
Father, we feel that in the death OF our peiovsa
brother. GEORGE STEUBER, whose remains we
have deposited in their last resting place, that
we have lost worthy brother of our Fraternity,
one who always upheld the principles of our
Order, both in the Lodge Room and in his inter.
csurse with the world at large; that society has
lost good citizen, his craftsmen worthy fel.
low.craft, his church an honored member, and
his family kind and affectionate husband and
indulgent father.
ReSClred, That we tender TIE heartfelt and
sincere sympathy of the members of this Lodge
to the widow and relatives of our deceased
brother in their bereavement and would ask
our Heavenly Father, who has seen fit in His
divine wisdom to afflict them by depriviDg them
of their nearest and dearest earthly friend, in
his benevolent kindness. to be pleased to Con.
sole and comfort them in this their sad hour OF
bereavement, and in resigning themselves to
the will OF Him who win even be Father to the
fatherless and Husband to the widow.
Resolved, That the charter and embcms of
this Lodge be draped in mourning and the
members wear the usual hadge for the space OF
thirty days.
RsSelVsd That we transmit copy of these
resolutions to the widow Of our deceased brother,
and also cause the same to be inserted in the
daily papers of the city and the odd FeuO,rS'
Companion.
/. S. SEAMAN,
TH0S. MARSH,
n. II. VANCLEVE,
Committee.
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DIED

On Saturday. August 81, 1863. at Z o'clock !,
A. NJ, Miss SUE P. HAYBURN, daughter .
w. w. and III. G.. Hayburn, aged le years,
months and 90 days, of Pulmonary consump
ton.
On Sunday morning August p, iocy, Mt =,
her age.
The funeral will take place from her resi-
depce on Main street, near Washington street
Nortb wheeling, this afternool at 4 o'clock.
The friends of the family are Respectfully In
x,;tad IN attend
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-23
SPECIAL NOTICES.
An EmpOrtamt Fact.

The liver and kidneys are, next to the heart
the most important organs of the human frame
and require more attention and care than all
the other organs of the body put together.
Three fourtbs of the diseases that afIiict hu.
mainly arise from some dcleterious influence
upon those two great organs. 1t is absolutely
essential to health that these most sensitive
! arts should be strengthened and saarded.
" IRISIN acts directly like charm upon
them and should be kept in every well regu.
lated household. Try the greatest and safest
remedy OF the age. augl2.lmdGw
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d, .cADEMJcAI. coURsE.


The student selects his own course of study
under the advice Of his Parents or OF. the Fac
ulty. The several schools are 30 arranged az
70 auaiis y; o'ui'0 VI ''N' - 'D@
ioiiomins u .s. -, o., which Ia ottocbod
a., n Depaf' oF sc VI on NV ~ aTs
'no D 1 VI na| 20 $780,
pePA . E VI ~ .cx,v, IN op sc,vxcv
, n Nh SnU nf Phiio.onhv
Dc D'P"i I,.'oo -, d ,Cr,of o1 or puu osopuv
Deslee " Ia. o., IT,, r. &C.,
tne Ies.e0 bo o haze comnIetaa the conrse n
On ~ ma Of tbe schools and have taken
S Stu.;s IT,, 80 iu Sven Of these
uiS'i"' 'iono - o,-,,s,.
2. PROFESSIONAL COuhSEs.
|. Department of Civil Engineering
with the Diploma of CIVIL ENGINEER.
Q Departnent of Mining Engineering
with the Diploma of MINING ENGINEER
Department of Law and Equity
with the Degree of BACHELOR OF LAW
II is proposed TO still further extend the
Practical and Scientific Departments in the
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-23

ITV. " uTeek.
EDWARD S. JOYNES. A. NJ,
Prof. Modern Languages.
Prot. English.
REV. ]. L. KIRKPATRICK, D. D.,
Prot. Aor1l Philosophy.
VIM. PRESTON JOHNSTON, A. NJ,
Prof. History and English Literature.
ALEXANDER L. NELSON, A. NJ,
Prot. Mathematics.
WILLIAM ALLAN, A. NJ.
Prot. Applied Mathematics
RICHARD S. MCCULLOCH, A. NJ,
Prof. Natural Philosophy
JOHN L. CAMPBELL, A. NJ,
..' Pref Chemistry.
Prof. applied Chemistry.
HON. J. w. BROCKENBRoUGH, LID,
Frof Lac.
NJ. w. HUMPHREYS, A. NJ,
Asst Prof. Latin aud creek.
ROBES MASSIE, A. NJ,
Asst Prof. Modern Languages
DUNCAN C. LYLE, A. NJ,
Asst Prof Mathematics.
CHARLES A. GRAVES, A. NJ,
Asst Prot. English.
JOSEPH b. WALKER,
Asst Prof Chemistry, and
Principal Of Business School.
For the present, the instruction in English
is divided among the Professors OF Moral Phil.
osophy, Modern Languages and History, with
the aid of an Assistant Professor.
The duties Of this chair are discharged by
the Professors of Chemistry and Natural Phil.
osophy.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-23
nISSeIUTION.

,,r copARTNEESHIP HERETOFORE
s,st;ng between Louis Blond and William
Pacbman. Under the firm name Of Blond &
Psohman' in the Boot and Shoe business: has
bsen dissolved by mutual consent, William
Bachman retiring.
The business viii be continued at the old
s,anS No. I07 Main street, corner Sprigg alley,
bv Isnis Blond, who will settle all claims
sSainst the old firm. Persons having claims
will present them. and those knowing them.
selves indebted will please call and settle at
once LOUIS BLOND.
WILLIAM BACHMAN.
WHEELING, August 90, 1869. aug2l
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.III;uoi, Observation-Disclosures.

70 preserve and dress the Hair use
LYONS kathaiTOn.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
FOR SALE.

tt ACRES OF MAGNIFICENT LAED LAID.
To situated one.half mile west Of Wes I
wheeling. Belmont county Ohio well ella ad nssr
cultivation one acre Raspberries one AND annls
half acres Strawberries rs Ssarp b HReS
trees; also Currant and uooS &c &c ali in
~ nnJid condition, which will sell at private
sale on reasonable terms: t..-a IF West
- Fer particulars enquire on ooaro ,. ., "e''
wheeling Ferry Boat, or on the PREMISE p
aug23dGw
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Carolina Rice

IN TIERCES PRIME QUALITY list
lU received and for sale by
myl0 NJ REILLY
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Proposals for Furnish ing
Washington School House.

rJNHE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAVING
i rejected the bids received for Furnishing
Washington Township School House and re-
committed the matter TO The Committee on
Buildings TO invite new pr Jpossls therefore, in
pursuance of the action Of the Board, Sealed
Proposals will be received by the undersigned
Hp TO , o'clock p. NJ, Wednesday, August 25th,
ensuing, for furnishing eight rooms Of the new
school building in Washington township First
Ward Of the city, with sittings tseats and desks
for four hundred and eighty t4sO) pupils; also.
with twenty.four recitation seats and eight
Teachers desks. The bids must specify the
kinds or styles of seats and desks offered,
whether Combination Seats, or Chairs and
Desks, and whether single or double, the prices
seveyally of the different styles and sizes, and
the material of which they are to be made. Not
less than five sizes will be required.
The Board of Education viii make selec.
ton from the different styles offered, and award
the contract to the lowest and best bidder, the
successful competitor to deliver the furniture
in Wheeling on or before the 18th day Of Sep
TENDER ensuing.
The Board, however, reserve the right of re-
jectiug all propositions.
Chairman of Building Committee.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-23

PRETTY WOMEN.-A comparatively
few Ladies monopolize the Beauty as
well as the attention of Society. Ihis
ought not to be so, but it is; and will be
while men are foolish, and single out
pretty faces for companions.
This can all be changed by using
Hagan's Magnolia Balm, which gives the
Bloom of Youth and Refined sparkling
Beauty to the Con. ple-ion, pleasing,
powerful and natural.
Lady need complain of red, tan
ned, freckled or rustic Complexion who
will invest 10 cents in Hagan's Magno-
liza Balm. Its effects are truly wonder
full.
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TOWN TRIPLES,
Nrw ApvERr1sEMENT.-For Sale.

FULL LINE of Tooth, Hair and Nall
Brushes, Combs, Soaps, Pomades, Toilet
Sets, Perfumery, ETC., just received by
Edmund Booking and Booking q Car
Foil,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-23
A Japanese Belle.

Writes a tourist: And now let me
describe to you japanese lady, one
of those whose form our American
bellies have recently been copying
She has long, black hair, straight and
coarse, dressed with an enormous wa
terfall upon the crown of her head
They shave the eyebrows and then
pencil them, because they can make a
very much more elegant curve with a
bit of charcoal than nature can with
hair. They paint and powder the face;
they dye the teeth jet black, and then,
in order to have them fully seen, insert
some bits of wood or ivory between
the jaw and the lips, in order to keep
the latter separate. They wear the
Japanese bend;" their shoes are made
like mittens--that is, they have sep
arate apartment for the great toe, and
put the others into the same quarters;
and they wear French heels--that is,
they have two wooden supports to the
shoe, close together, about the middle
of the foot, which correspond to the
heel as worn in these days by Ameri-
can ladies. And they quite resemble
their American cousins in the grace
and ease with which they manage the
''bend" and the ''heel."
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-23
Local Newspapers.

The New York Tribune says
Nothing is more common than to hear
people talk of what they pay newspa-
pers for advertising. DC, as so much
given in charity. Newspapers, by en-
hancing the value of property in their
neighborhood. and giving the localities
in which they are published reputa-
ton abroad, benefit all such. particular
ly if they are merchants or real estate
owners, thrice the amount yearly of
the meagre sum they pay for their sup
port. Besides every public spirited
citizen has laudable pride in having
a paper of which he is not ashamed,
even though he should pick it up in
New York or Washington.
A good looking, thriving sheet helps
property, gives character to the locsli-
ty, and in many respects is desirable
public convenience. If from any
cause the local or editorial column
should not be to your standard, do not
cast it aside and pronounce it good for
nothing, until satisfied that there has
been no more labor bestowed upon
them than is paid for. If you want a
good readable sheet it must be support
ed. And it must not be supported in
a spirit of charity either, but because
you feel necessity to supportit. The
local press is the power that moves the
people.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-23

A DELIGHTFUL LEGEND.--There is
charming tradition connected with the
site on which the temple of Solomon
was erected. 1t is said to have been
occupied in common by two brothers,
one of whom had family; the other
had none. On this spot was sown a
field of wheat. On the evening sue
ceeding the harvest, the wheat having
been gathered into separate shocks,
the elder brother said to his wife,
"My younger brother is unable to bear
the burden and heat of the day; / viii
arise, take off my shocks, and place
with his without his knowledge" The
younger brother being actuated by the
same benevolent motives, said within
himself, "My elder brother has
family, and have none; will arise,
take off my shocks, and place with his
without his knowledge" Judge their
mutual astonishment, when, on the
following morning, they found their
respective shocks undiminished. This
course of events transpired for several
nights when each resolved in his mind
to stand guard and solve the mystery.
They did so; when, on the following
night, they met each other half way
between their respective fields with
their arms full. Upon the ground hal
lowed by such associations as this, was
the Temple of Solomon erected--so
spacious and magnificent, the wonder
and admiration of the world. Alas, in
these days, how many would sooner
steal their brothers. whole shock than
add to it single sheaf!
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-23

DEATH or MODERN SAMPSON.
tain John W. Russell died in Franklin
county, Kentucky, last week, aged
seventy-fve years. The Louisville
Courier journal says:
He was famous among Western pio-
neers for his strength and intrepidity.
He served in the war of 1919, was a
member of the State Senate and an in
innate, personal, and partisan friend of
Henry Clay. He was for many years
a Mississippi steamboat captain. The
incidents of his force of will and power
of command would fill volume. On
one occasion, in New Orleans, he had
personal rsncontre with the pirate La
titte, and, unarmed, whipped him and
elected him from the ball room.
On another, while landed at thatcher,
passenger of his boat was robbed by
the gang which then infested that por-
ton of the town bordering on the riv-
er, and known as ''Natchez under the
HILL" By surrounding with his crew
the house in which the robbers took
refuge, he passed cable around it,
and under threat of pulling it, with the
inmates, into the river, he compelled
restitution of the money, and made
himself terror to the thieves and
gamblers who then infested the river
towns. Of his great strength, persons
who knew him only in his later years,
when enfeebled by age, would have
but little conception, though when in
his prime it was known from Pitts
burgh to New Orleans that he had lift
ed shaft weighing 1,647 pounds, and
that he had carried entirely across the
deck of the boat an anchor of 1,249
pounds weight.