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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-14
NEW YORK.
Mass Meeting Of workingmen.

New York, September l3.-A great
mass meeting OF workingmen in behalf
of the enforcement Of the eight hour
law was held at Cooper Institute this
afternoon. About three thousand per-
sons were inside and about two thousand
outside, addressed by outside speakers.
The leaders OF the various trades unions
made addresses, all demanding the en-
forcement OF the eight hour law and
threatening to defeat the party in power
if it does not be done. Resolutions
we're adopted censuring the conduct OF
the Commissioner and others having
charge of the erection Of public build
ings in the city and county OF New
York for exacting more than eight hours
for days work in direct violation OF
the New York State law; condemnlng
the Commissioners OF the State CAPITAL
for plundering the State funds by al
lowing the Superintendent OF the Cap
itol, John Bridgeford, to credit men on
the pay rolls while employed by him in
private buildings and demanding his
punishment; protesting against the
further delay Of the passage of bill
abolishing convict labor, and finally de.
termining that the eight hour Law shall
be enforced.
The Defaulting superintendent oil
Money Orders.
ia. Norton, the defaulting Supe:lnten.
dent Of Money Orders, has left the city
with his wife. They have both voluntair-
ly given up their property at Plalnfeld,
n. j., valued at $l75, 900, which has
been placed in the hands Of his general
bondsmen, who are obliged to make
good the deficiency. The bondslnen
are Horace Greeley and Samuel S.
Sinclair, of the Tribune, and Sheldon
Shocks. The Government will not
suffer by the defacation. Morton will
be the only loser. He has not yet been
arrested, nor criminal proceeding COM
menced against him.
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Pittsburgh Female College.
Rev. l. G. Pershing, DID,, Pres't.

One OF the leading schools for young Ia
dies In the United states. Excellent build
ings, I4S feet In length. Every private room
and hail and schooi-room caTpeted. Well
selected course of study. TWenty.TWo
Teachers Special departments and Teach
ers for all the Ornamental Branches. -Four
Music Teachers. Native Teachers OF French
ana German. Charges iess than any ScIuooi
dGordinD equal ddrunidOcs and otcou'mosta-
tOns. rail- Term commences September D.
send To President Pershing, Pittsburgh, Pa I.
or a Catalogue. aug7.dAw
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MISS BETsEY'S CONDITION,

Miss Betsey's wounds were dressed,
aud she returned TO consciousness yes
terday morning. She appears perfectly
rational in all except one thing. She
was unaware that anything bad hap.
pened. Upon being asked who had
been in the house during the night, she
replied nobody. Who struck her no
body. Who killed Jake; nobody. She
was conscious to everything except the
terrible deed which had been so fatal TO
her. Physicians say that she may live
for eight or ten days yet, but that shc is
so old and feeble that she can hardly
recover. Her skull is broken and
crushed in upon the brain in several
places II was rumorei ia Lexington
last night that she had died. but it is
unlik kelly.
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WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE.

pe-For Catalogues containing the Course
OF Study, Terms, &C, address the President.
nnRS
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-14
HEARD SOMETHING FALL.

A boy named William, who was
raised by Mr.. Harper. and who is about
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-14

twenty-five years of age, is also suspect
ed. His mother testified before the
Coroner's jury that he slept in the up
stairs of her cabin, and that he could
not get out without coming through her
room, unless he climbed out the win
dow and over a shed at the side OF the
cabin. Sometime during the night she
SAYS she heard log or something at
the side OF the cabin fall. Upon ex-
animation Yesterday it was found that
one of the rafters, or long poles, which
laid upon the shed to hold the boards
to their places had rolled of the shed
to the ground. The roof gave unmis.
taxable evidence of some one having
passed over it. Several other negroes
are missing, and are suspected Of hav-
ing a hand in the affair. Three in all
had been arrested at last accounts.
Blood was found on the clothes OF the
negro whom Mr.. Harper met coming
from Lexington, and he failed utterly
before the Coroner's jury TO account
for it.
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THE INVESTIGATION.

No time was 10 be lost, however, and
the investigation was Immediately un.
dertaken. The coroner arrived abOnt
eleven o'clock and proceeded to hold an
inquest. A number oi negro's upon
the place were examined, and, though
the evidence had not all been heIrI at
last accounts, there was enough Tn
fasten the guilt upon several Of the col.
ored employees.
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Gold closed in New York yesterday
at ia.
The firm of J. C Welsh d Co., prom
inent book dealers of Cincinnati, made
an assignment Tuesday. Liabilities
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16
"coms ye disoonsolats. =

The following We clip from the
Davenport Democrat, and on seeing il
we were induced to, look into Prot,
Whites Report, and thers found
quite poor encouragement to warrant
the belief thst salt might be discov-
cred IN this State. sl8a
Z A citizen, however, Of this city,
9 claims Aa. TO have, in Davis county, some
twelve miles senth Of here, salt
springs distinctly marked ~ suoh.--
He has, however, mover had . chem.
ioai analysis Of the water. and does
not know whether this spring water
contains sslt In sslloisnt 4aastity TO
be'of practical value for salt: ss
"a gentleman writing from New
Jersey TO the Governor inquiries
whether any, reward or bounty has
ever been offered by the state Of
lows for the discovery Of salt Or 60
line water in the State, as he il un-
der the impression that salt can be
produced here equal to the salt Of
New York, both il quality and guam
tity." -al-f
Tho State did own some 10000
acres Of saline lands which, wero
placed at the disposal of the State
University. We are informed that
no reward has ever been offered for
the discovery Or production Of salt
in the State. It u : subject that
might pay we'll for investigation,
and we should like TO hear of pro.
specting in that direction, O. il
would add greatly to the resources
and revenue of the State"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16
What Women Really want.

"A0ti WO00A 0k00A4y w mt
In an article under the above
news, in the New York Independent,
Gail Hamilton says:
Judging from what ws hear. one
would suppose that the great and
trying want of woman is work or.
as it is sometimes put, . fair day's
wages for q fair days work; or,
again, freedom to do whatever she 10
capable ofdoing. This 10 not so.
What women want is not work, but
the wages Of work; not freedom TO
work, but freedom 70 receive money
without working. There is plenty
to do now; but they will not do It.
They wish to live like women and be
paid like mon. -
1t has been dinned and dinned into
the ears Of women that the places
whore they are wanted is the kitchen.
Butinto the kitchen they will not
90. They are sorely wanted in the
sewing room, but the sewing room ID
10 them an abomination.
Sick nursing Is an occupation the
most honorable, important and re-
numerativc. The demand for nurses
is constant and urgent.
| an amazed, l am indignant
TO hear this outcry for q wider
sphere and greater opportunities for
woman, while her sphere is already q
thousand times wider than she spans
and her opportunities . thousand
fold greater than she has ever at.
tempted to measure. Every sphere
under the sun is open to her but the
do.nothirg sphere.
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The Alabama Claims.

The Alabama Claims.
Appearances indicate strongly that
- Government and that Of Great
Britain are soon to make an amica.
BILE and satisfactory settlement Of the
Alabama Claims, and that this set.
tlement will be made ct Wsshin gton
through tho British Minister Thorn
ton.
Evidently current events have
awakened the English nation TO q
proper sense Of their situation and
its rulers see how much it is to
their interest 70 keep on the most
friendly terms with the American
Republic, and acting upon this view
they are determined to 60 20 We
think to the extreme length which
they can and maintain their honor,
in settlement Of all matters Of diff.
ference between the two nations. -
observation-disclosures the aristocrscy
Of England laughed at our calamity
when in the midst Of the awful throes
Of the rebellion, still the masses Of the
English nariol, were our friends, and
We are glad to see that the British
nobility feel constrained to respect
not only the American nation bat
also the voices of the hundreds Of
sivSsss>a.. .sc ta..i~ asxa hhAral .rAo.
n1a
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

q PREPARE FOR SPRING.--At this
season much can be- done toward
helping on the labor that will food
the farmer and gardener in spring
Many pleasant days will shire out
through the face Of old winter, and
during such times fences can be re-
paired, buildings altered and fixed
up the manure and compost heap
added to; stakes tor vines and rasp-
berries got out and hauled and paint
ed and put under shelter. In fact,
the farmer and gardener need hardly
be idle . single day; and the long
nights are sufficient for reading and
recreation. Every farmor and gar
dener should have Workshop with
. stove in it, and sloft overhead
where he can put timber to season,
which is suitable to make swivel and
double trees, hoe, rake, spade, and
fork handles, axle-trees, holsters.
sliders, tongues, etc. He should hav e
. tool-chest with the ordinary tool.
for such work, such as drawing-knife
hatchet, chisels, augers, brace au6
bits, saws, mallet, etc, and have q
supply ofbolts and taps, nails and
other things whiuh may b. needed
from time to time on farm. Such
. workshop would afford . comfort
able and inviting retreat for the far
mer and gardener and their boys
and no matter how cold or vet, no
matter how 6ercely the storm RACES
without, all would be snug and safe,
and much could bo done toward
hclping on the press Of work when
active operations come OH inthe busy
days Of fspring. Cor. Co..n.ry Gen
Ne,pan.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

How TO TAKE A CENsus.--The
census Of England is to bs taken on
the night OF The 2nd of April, Palm
Sunday. An English census is
very different thing from an Amor
ican. There are no deputy-marshals
to 60 about at their leisure any
time during the two or three months
occupied in the enumeration, and
there ID no quarreling with The re-
suits. During the week preceding
the taking of the census, = blank il
distributed to every separate occupi-
or Of q house or lodgings in the Uni
ted Kingdom. The receiver 10
bound, under : penalty of twenty
shillings, to fill up tho blank with
the name, sex, age, rank, condition,
relation to head Of family, and birth
place Of every person abiding with
him on the night Of Sunday, April
2nd, stating also whether any are
blind, deaf, dumb, imbecile or luna
tic. On the following day tho army
of ofcnumerators collect all these forms,
and any errors arc then corrected.
The work of copying, tabulating and
arranging the returns will be begun
Immediately, and by tho first Of
juno summary Of the whole
will be ready for Publication
In other words, two monthe after
the British census il taken there will
be nearly as much information Access
siblo in regard to England rs there
will DO in regard to the United States
twelve months after our enuniera-
| ton.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16
The Cabinet.

Ssnsationalists let not week pass
and have not during the winter with.
ont announcing to the country that
great changes are soon 60 be made
10 the cabinet q late ara sweeping
report says that oil are to walk the
plank but Dslano. Now we have
the best Of reasons for believing that
the prsssnt Cabinet is wy L......--
Aious il sentiment, and fully in 40
cord with tho President at least a.
nearly 70 as Cabinets usually are
with the executive. There may be
perhaps, sometime in the near
future, . change 10 one or two OF
the Offices on account Of i'll health OF
parties, or some reason akin thereto
in character, but to say that there
will b : sweeping change in the
Cabinet unless some future and un.
torseon difference shall yet arise to
CAUSE it, is to mouth the folly Of the
tool, or "a, wantonly mislead the nm
sophisticated public. There are ut
least four men in that Cabinet with
whom the President would be very
sorry to part as his advisers, and
whose place in his Cabinet will not
be vacated BY them in the present
state of their intimate and harmoni-
ous relationship unless we are very
greatly deceived.
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How 70 MAKE MoLAssrs CAunv,

How 70 MAKE MoLAssEs CANDY.
This is the season of evening 90.
.cials, and . sscandy pulling" is often
an element of the happy entertain.
mont. An exchange suggests the
following mode of making the "taffG, u
which is . decided Improvement on
the old process, that requires from
one to three hours TO complete it.
For small number, say four persona,
the following quantities will answer;
for . larger increase proportionally
One teacupfhl of molasses, half . tea,
cupfhl of any kind Of sugar, tea.
spoonful Of vinegar, piece of butter
half the size of . nutmeg. Put the
whole in q skillet, on . hot FIRE, and
boil exactly ten minutes, stirring il
al Of the time, then set it off to cool
Pull it a. soon as it 10 hard enough
Il you want some NICE candy to eat
add . teacupfal OF hickory nut ker.
nels to the above compound and sti,
while hot. Let it cool, and it wall
be ready tor use,
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= complete NTH new
TYPES AND PRESSES.
ORDERS SOLICITED.
For the CoURIEE.
He Won't Propose!

I've done all that mortal can!
I've performed well my task
In trying every scheming way
/ To make him THAT question ask:
rye acted gay. I've acted sad ~
5 I've told mournfil tale
About the future looking lone and dr. ear
II was all OF no avail:
I've titrtstitoo, with other mem
That 'green.eyed monster,' TO arouse
But, OF how calmly he lnoked on!
He csn r-or else he WON'T propose:
I've often Thought, when by his sids,
would almost give my life
II he would only speak these words:
Dearest: won't you benny wifs,"
He talks about such common things.
OF "railroads!. peoples "clothes!"
As II ns snever,.neyer Thought. gs
Or never heard the word-proposs!
Young man: perhaps my answer xcu would
rSs lsE gatsk s. a. sa kAoWf
Well, now. your heart and nerves compose :
For the only way to find IL out is--
! TO come afonnd, and just propose:
I've done all that mortal can; s<
At least SO I suppose:
In trying every seAemins way -
TO make that man propose:
And he won't .......... ....:
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spurgeon on sunday-schools.

/ think that to make good Sunday.
schoul teachsrs there must bs thor.
ough knowledge and appreciation in
your souls of the things you have TO
teach. I was in Italy LIST year, and
dressing the Alps with my wife, the
sun was 50 hot it scorched her face.
She asked me to get her some alder
flower water. ! started OF to .
chemist, and as I did not know .
word Of the Italian language, I
looked through the jars and bottles
IN his chop, butrcould not find any
thing Of the kind. tried to jabber
something in French, bat hs did not
undsrstand me, because it was no
language At al. went down to .
little brook that ran through the
town, and walking along the edge ]
came to an eider-dower tree. / got
& handful Of flowers, walked off to
the shop and held it up TO the man !;
and he knew in an instant what /
meant. I think it is not easy to
convey the Gospel to the heart by
mersly talking ofit; but il you can
say by your own lie, "This is the
life Of Christ, this is thejoy Of being
Christian" you will be much more
likely to make converts.
The teacher who goes to his class
thinking that he himself is always
competent, without preparation, is
making what l think is = gross mis-
take. II ii well to preach without
notes, no doubt, but = man who
should preach purely extsmporane-
ous.y, without thinking beforehand,
would probably be an exceedingly
duh and dry preacher.
"Would you believe it, Sandy" said
q divine, "thAt l never ehought Of
the sermon before l went TO the
pulpit"
20, that is exactly what Mr..
Macintosh and l have been saying,
while you were preaching"
Now, if Sunday school teachers
pridc themselves in their extsmpor-
sneous teaching, their pride is pscu-
liar to themselves, and the children
will not take much pride in them.-
SpuRaEoNs speech at Edinburgh.
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Count Moltks.

The most potential man in the
world just now, says the London
Lancet, is General Moltke, and the
days Of his years are thrss score and
ton. We will leave military critics
TO DO justice to the military genius
Of Moltko, and 70 say whore he il
to be placed 10 comparlson with
Grant, Wellington, and Napoleon,
and Marlborough, and tho, older
heroes of the world. What we de-
sign now, is much more simple, but
equally interesting. The astill
strong man, about whom one hears
90 little, who can be ''interviswsd"
only by Bismarck and by the royal
fAmily OF Prussia, and without whom
all Bismarck's grand designs might
hsvs been unavaihug, the man who
la renewing the art Of war, and con-
oentrating with, such terrible effi-
ciency the whole force and mapho
and discipline Of Germany, is seventy
years old. The King Of Prussis,
himself 10 sseventy-three, has made
him count in honor Of his seven.
tisth birth day; but TO us il 10 far
more Interesting to know that ho
has reached that age than to hear
that he has become Count Holtksl
Grant 10 not yet fifty years old
Marlborough was all done with war
by the time he was sixty. Napolson
died at the age of fifty-two. We'll
liHgton's military career was over
before the age at which Noltke bs.
gan to distinguish himself. Indeed,
before the war with Austria, Moltke
had kept his power and gsnias very
much to himself. Here, then, is q
point for Psychologists, that man OF
seventy may alter the complexion Of
the world, and the relation Of fnations,
and the history of civilization; that
he may at this ago have physical
power for going through arduous
bodily exertion, and mental power
for solving the most tremendous
problems. Meantime, lot
the example of Msltke cheer old
men, and make many young mon
more modest.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

A well known Senator is noted for
taking two cocktails in succession
before breakfast. One i morning,
while the Senator was prac.ising at
the Mstropoliton bar, . friend put
TO him the pertinent question "5en-
ator, why do You take two cocktails
as custom; won't one tone you r.
The Senator drew himself up. II
will tell you why l take two cook
tails; When ! have taken one il
makes me fssl !ko aaother man.---
Well, you 500, am Lcund by oon
mon oOurtesy 10 treat that man !; %
I tAke 8 sscond.
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The New York Times says thar
while Fisk is driving eight.in-hand
on Harlem Lane, with one of the
Queens o. the the Opera Bouffe seat
I'd beside him. and while he has been
spending large sums in banquets at
the Eric Railroad office; and making
present of $4,000 houses to
ladies like Mrs. Lawler, and spend
ing half . million Of dollars
in electing tho New York Leg.
islature, doing many other
acts, that he could only do at the
cxpense Of the Eric stockholders,
the employees Of tho Erie Road have
not yet recieved their January pay
ment, and the largest share have
received no pay for December. -
Undsr hls management tho Erie ID
fast becoming baAlnupt.
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Dubuque having been sorely attic
ted with fires the last year-avsr.
aging ons . week. the Times i'm
ploringly asks: "Csnnot something
be done to arrest the giant evil that
ID undermining the commercial and
industrial prosperity Of our city"
Over insurance, it is suggested. is
the canse Of these fires, and the
Times asks for . dimunition Of greedy
insurance agents.
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The Abba Union, Of yesterc

The Abba Union, Of yesterday,
says that at the outcome, II. *.
Steele, Of Abba, refused to close the
settlement with his creditors, unless
they would ensure him exemption
from arrest on . war; ant now in the
hands of the SheRif, ~ this was Of
oourss, beyond their power to do, the
settlement failed, and matters stand
in statx quo with Steele in the hands
Of tho Sheriff. M
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

"A down.easter thought he drove
q sharp bargain, last summer, when
be induced poor Welshman to pay
s75 for six acres of worthless, stony
Hill land in Mnnson, Maine, bu' has
sinceregretted istrick, Tafiy having
opened upA slate quarry, which he
sold for SIC, 200.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

An unreasonable tyrsnt has lately
been arrested at Rochester, N. Y,
on complaint Of his wife, for not
supporting her. bis reply to the
charge that he was willing to support
his wife, bat he was not willing to
support the entire neighborhooe and
do his owa cooking, washing and
ironing.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

It was q very hard she'll Baptist Of
Tenn. who suggested, when he heard
Of the reformation of an ungodly
neighbor, that NO ordinary baptism
would do for that man-the only
surc way would be TO tic . grind.
stone to his feet, and "anchor him
over night in the middle Of tho riv,
q. 81
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A IRE ut Atlantic City. On the
night Of tho 9th, destroyed six frame
buildings, occupied BY $. r. -NcFad.
den, druggist; 2. Kirby, boot end
shoe store; Barbour, jewelsr; Stat
ford 3 Hawks, dry goods; AcGrew,
grocer; Miss Altman, photographer
G.F. Loot bourow, .sttornsy-at law,
The loss will not exceed $4,000.
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An Ohio man who had passed
around . plate at y religious .mee-
ting for contributions for the hea-
then, and then pocketcd the money
has been acquitted of stealing hy'
the jury Of vicinage, on the ground
that he was the a satest heathsn'
they knew, and therefore justly en-
titled 70 The money. a