The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-03-09
GENERAL ITEMS.

MAYOR 11ALL trlal Is progressing III
New York. Itpromises 10 be unusually
protracted.
BosroN is still ahead. She has the
Youngest mother chronicled in history
"a girl eight years old.
THE Chicago Opera House, which is
about 10 Phoenix, will cost 800, OOO,
and be one OF the most magnificent
buildings of the kind in the country.
CALIFORNIA. BRED horses, it is claimed,
are proving superior in speed, endurance
and general good qualities to the best
raised in the Atlantic States or Europe.
WINTER is very ungallaut in Kansas
City. The Journal says: Departing,
angry Winter threw a handful Of snow
in the face of blushing young Spring
night before last"
A WESTERN girl, who has been well
brought up, knocks down every man
who kisses her, and she is so pretty
that halt the married and all the single
men in town have black eyes.
IsAAcs, the New York hangman,
charges $50 a moose. He accumulates
more money now than he did when he
wrote humorous paragraphs for the
Pittsburgh Commercial.
The constantly improving appearance
of Stokes, who killed Fisk, is conclusive
that murder is healthiul exercise, and
can be INDUCED in by persons who have
invalid regulations 10 restore.
A German family-tather, mother
and two chiljren-resding in Reynolds
township, Lee county, Illinois. have all
died of trichina spiralis. They have
been in the habit of eating raw pork.
A society for the prevention OF cruelty
to children, in the shape Of exposure
from the bare arms, shoulders and
legs. which the vanity Of mothers de-
lights in, is soon to be established IN
Boston.
BILLY, a California teamster, says o.
the swearing powers of fellow team
ster: I've known ten mule team to
renounce the flesh and haul thirty-one
thousand through a foot OF clay mud
under one OF his outpodripgs."
A YOUNG lady in a Massachusetts
town has taken up dentistry for a living.
All the gentlemen patronize her. One
young man has become hopeIessly in.
fatuated with her, consequently he
hasn't tooth in his head.
An absent minded minister in La
porte, Indiana, forgot his engagement
to marry couple until about twenty
three hours after the time appointed.
There was some swearing at that
wedding party.
The free importation OF wool is now
asked for by the New England capital
lists. They must have free importation
of what the farmer produces, but
tariff on what they produce. Generous
people, these New England capitalists
A COMMITTEE Of ladies has been ap-
pointed in Lawrence, Kansas, to visit
saloons and invite the keepers to
attend the revival meetings. One COM
mittee, consisting of five ladies, has
been holding prayer meetings in the
saloons.
THE Camden (Arkansas) Journal
saws: A venerable hen Of our acquaint-
ance, after six weeks arduous and un-
RENTING effort, Matched fourteen
turkeys and two ducks from one egg
plant and four onion sets. The mother
is doing as well as could be expected.
The acknowledgement gnadige fraulein
Fedora, Duchess OF SAKE Meiningen-
Hildberghausen, is dead, and the local
undertakers are distressed because the
mere inscription Of her name precludes
the customary tribute to her virtues on
any ordinary sized tombstone World.
The Chicago Times prints the follow,
ing fling: Louisville was buried in
snow on Thursday, the 29th ult., while
Chicago was bssking in balmy, spring
like sunshine. And yet Louisville
never fails to improve the slightest
opportunity to al!ule to herself in con-
nection with the sunny south
WHILE rather affected young lady
was confdiug TO her lover how ETHEREAL
her appetite was, and the sensitive deli
ca,eness OF her organization, the too
matter-of.fact help bawled out, Say
will We have yer tiled pork and beans
now or wait till yer fellers gone? The
teller has been gone ever since.
A CASE OF shocking cruelty to child
eight years old has been developed in
Jersey City. The child lived with a
Methodist minister, who almost starved
her to death, and turned her into an
clubhouse without clothing or anv pro-
lection from the cold The child had
also been terribly beaten and was COW
erei with bruises
THE exorbitant rates at which panta.
looms are held has brought about
stern protest from the St. Louis judiciary.
Judge Primm has already appeared in
a black gown, and the entire bar OF the
city is 10 follow his example, On windy
days the police will keep the corner
clear o; ogling losfers.
THERE is farm for sale in Con-
necticu', the advertisement OF which
contains the remarkable statement that
no deed was ever given for a portion
OF the land, it having remained in the
same family Tor two hundred and
thirty.two years. The possession has
been continuous from the original pur-
chase OF the Indians
Mr. A. B. Caprou, purchasing agent
Of the japanese, purchased last week