The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-05
GENERALlTiEs,

bride dropped dead IN lew minutes
after. He was single, married and
widowed, within an hour.
Bishop Simpson says Of President
Lincoln's religious views, that whatever
they might have been in his early
wears he experienced great change
later in life, and was doubtless an evan
gelical man.
The following lines were taken from
a young lady's hymn book, which she
thoughtIessly left in church:
~ look in vain-he does not come;
Dear, dear, what shall do?
i cannot listen rs / ought,
Unless he listens too.
He might have come as well rs not;
What plaques these fellows are!
I'll bet he's fast asleep nj home,
Or smoking a cigar"
J. w. Marshall, the discoverer Of gold
in California, who is now old and poor,
is to make lecturing tour Of that State
to tell the plain story Of his early life
and the circumstances of his important
discovery at Suffers Mill in 1913. The
California Legislature, last winter, ap-
propriated for his benefit 500 per
month, but the Governor failed to sign
the bill.
The gross receipts of the leading
places of amusement i'll New York city
during the month Of March were as
follows: Wallack's Thcater, $4,000;
Grand Opera House, SAC, 722; Booths
Theater, s37,226; Fifth Avenue, ST.
O73; Olympic, $20,454; Niblos Gar
den, SIS,SlS; Woods Museum, SIG, 900;
Stadt Theatcr $3.50; Theatcr Com
ique, $l4,670; Academy of Music, ST.
OIL.
\ cotemporary thinks ladies may not
have the steadincss to make good sur
geons, but yet may make good apothe-
carries, provided one Of their own sex in
a new bonnet did not happen to pass
the window just as they were on the
point of preparing IL prescription, in
which event the desire to see how that
bonnet was trimmed might he the cause
of somebody's being poisoned or over
doscd. This is scapdalous.
Among the passengers who sailed
from New York on Saturday for Eu-
rope, were Rose and Blanche, twin
daughters Of the late Nathaniel Niles,
of Connecticut, and known as the hero.
ines in Eugene Sues Wandering jew.
Miss Lizze goes TO Paris, where she is
to be married to NJ Cerrutc, late Italian
Minister in Washington. By their
fathers death they come into possession
of the "caSkct' OF diamonds, of which
q thrilling history is given ia thatnovcl.
The caskct was presented TO their
mother by the Empress Josephine, and
is actually only worth $1,000 although
represented 10y Sue a. being worth 81
GOO, 900
In view of the fact that several hun
drcd poor Russian Hebrews have ar
rived in New York, and hundreds more
are to follow in their wake, Il joint com
mittce of prominent Israelites has been
formed, consisting of members of the
Board of Delegates, Hebrew Benevolent
Society and New York synagOgues, to
collect funds for their relief On Sat
urdav, in the FOrty-fourth street syna-
goguc, the Rev. :. NJ. Isaacs alluded to
the Russians in his sermon, and about
$1,000 was collected from those present.
The Constitutional Convention of H.
linois has adopted the bill of rights.
One of It's provisions is that no person
shall be compelled to attend any minis
try or place of worship, or 10 contrib
ute to the support of the same, and
that the General Assembly shall pro-
vide some measure 10y which persons,
conscientiously observing the seventh
dav of the week, or the Sabbath, may
he exempted from answering any civil
process on that day. Another action
provides that an action for libel shall
not lie where the truth is published as
to fact or sentiment without bad mo-
tives. Another section provides that
Grand iuries shall not be empannelcd,
aud the Legislature is empowered to
abolish grand jurics in all the courts.
California papers give us some curious
facts IN regard to the gold production
In eight years it has fallen of from
$33,0O00OO to $50, 600, 900, and hasnow
become a legitimate business, yielding
no more average remuneration than any
other, if as much. The business has
fallen into the control of associated cap
ital, and the miners themselves receive
wages averaging about 81 day. No
large increase of production is antici-
pated for the next few years, although it
is thought that mining will become
steady and recognized American INDUS
try in the future, the same as manutac-
turing and agriculture Just at present
there is difficulty between the mining
companies and the laborers The for
mer assert that they are unableto make
dividends with wages as ut present,
while the men are strenuously resisting
any reduction The consequence is
that very many of the mines are not
being worked, and those that are do not
offer the proprietors any inducement for
doing so vigorously,