The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-04

1t Is reported that Ben. W ade is q
candidate for Congress from Garfield s
District
Hon Gustavus A. Henry, of Ten
neSsee, is dying from cancer of the
stomach
John Hughes, of Fayette, has sold
to S. D Bruce, of New York, pair of
bay horses, for $500 cash.
The estate of the late Hon. F. T..
Backus, of Cleveland, is estimated as
worth from 100000 to S250000
Rev. Father A. J. Ryan has preach
ell his farewell sermon in Augusta
He will visit Europe daring the sum
mer.
Hon. Jas. s. Collins is said to have
the largest young hearing orchard in
Northern Indiana He has fifty acres
of fruit trees.
An estimate shows that it costs the
government more money to watch the
Radical officials than to pay their lcgi-
| innate salaries.
The American and English residents
of Pmis have forwarded their cOngratu-
lations to the Emperor on his escape
from the recent plot.
The "colonizing' of colored men, in
Washington, to he used at the approach
ing municipal election in that city, Is
SAID to he going on actively
1t appears that the Commissioners Of
Emigration in New York city have
determined to reduce the communication
fee Of cmigrants from - 80 to 81 30.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has made several decisions recently
affirming the right of the State to tax
railroad corporations within its limits.
The Matrimonial Ners is four cent
weekly Just started in London which is
said to contain over two hundred an
nounccments from candidates for mar
riagc.
1t is stated that General f. Kirby
Smith and Bushrod Johnson have leased
the Nashville University building for
fifteen Years, to establish a military
academy.
! 1t is believed that the Internal Rev
cnue receipts for the current fiscal year,
cndin. at the close of next month, will
reach SlT5, 100000, a. heretofore cstl-
mated by the Commissioner.
D. +. Alcon has been appointed
/ Sheriff of Coahoma county, MissiS,
sippi. The Clarion says Mississippi
regrets that there are not a few more
/ Alcorns to fill a few more offices.
The oldest person in New Brunswick,
y. j., is woman aged los years.
She enjoys excellent health, stands
erect. can thread a needle with ease,
and is regular attendant at church.
The father OF a hopeful youth in
Nashville has compelled the faro
banks there to disgorgc the losses OF
his boy. From one of them he re
covered $50 and another refunded
$50.
General r. L. Lee has returned to
mis- home at Lexington, Virginia, from
q visit South, improved in health. But
many of his friends wish very much
that he may take trip to Europe thl>
| summer.
In the House of Representatives on
Saturday bill to grant pensions to
soldiers of 1912 was passed, with a
proviso that no pension shall be paid &c
aiders or sympathizers in the late re
bcllion
The East Tennessee, Virginia and
/ Georgia Railroad Company commenced
on Wednesday last, laying one mile anG
a halt of their track on their new road
commencing three miles and a half be
low the depot at Knoxville.
There is a doubtful rumor that Gen
eral Sickles will succeed Mr.: GrlnneiI
as Collector at New York. That there
is to be a change at all events, is gen
orally understood, and Sickles has no.
vet been confirmed as Minister to
Spain
\ Miss Buckley, Of st. Louis, hav
ING sued an editor there for SANDER, anC
recovered $1,000, her sister has nov
sued the same editor for $25, 900 for TIT
same kind of Islander. The edito
wants to know how many there are o
those Buckley girls, and if each one i
worth $50, 900 more than the precedin!
one. He thinks he will lump off
the whole family, and it will b.
cheaper.