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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-10
WHEELING, July 9, 1872.

HEELlSti ouly u iO'-'
Nessrs. Boyd, Coisgrovs, Hayden and
others
GENTLEMEN-Your favor OF the Sd
inst. notifying me of my nomination by
q Convention OF the teachers Of West
Virginia to the Office OF State Superin.
tenbent OF Free Schools, is received and
contents carefully considered.
If there were no other reasons why |
should decline the nomination rendered
by you, there is one which, 80 far as l
can see at present, could not possibly
be overcome, and that is, the necessity
of my being much at home, growing
out of recent domestic Affections.
No one could feel insensible to the
honor conferred ny a nomination COM
ing from such q source as that Of the
highly intelligent and rlght.minded
body OF men whom you represent.
Not, indeed, that | could suppose that
such partially related exclusively to
any personal or professional merit o.
my own, but simply that | would rep
resent the important principle an
nouuced in the resolution quoted in
your letter, as adopted by unanimous
vote OF the recent State Teachers Asso-
citation held at Fairmont.
am free to say that | heartily en-
dorse that principle. You propose 10
fill the Office Of State Superintendent
with q practical, experienced, and
otherwise suitably qualified teacher.
This is wise, for many reasons that
cannot now be offered,
You are kind enough to say that you
would not desire your candidate to run
as q partisan This is right. You
would not ask him to renounce old
affiliations, or to embrace new ones.
In other words, you would not expect
him TO renounce his proper manhood
80 that it elected, he could enter upon
the duties of his Office untrammelled,
and discharge the same without fear,
favor or affection. In a word, you
would remove the subject from the
arena Of party politics, and leave it to
the free and unbiased choice OF the
people. Surel Y no one could object to
this.
If the agitation Of this subject should
produce no other result, at present, it
will at least admonish politicians Of all
parties, to be more true to the public
welfare, and to deal more justly with a
class of men whom they have hitherto
been too much inclined to ignore, il not
to trample under foot. They should
understand that the teachers Of West
Virginia are rapidly becoming a power
IN the State, which can and will make
itself felt; that their party is the party
of the Commonwealth, and that on the
subject Of this correspondence they are
unit, and justly resolved.
am, gentlemen, yours truly,
JAS. II. MCMECHEN.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-10

regulation Of their own internal govern.
ment and police and it is the high and
solemn duty OF the several departments
of government, created by the lConsti
tuition, to guard and protect the people
of this State, from all encroachments
upon the rights 30 reserved"
Sd. Aud oil those who believe that
"Grantism" ought to be, must be, and
shall be overthrow.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-10
uu,,d,np Lots For Sale.

OFFER THE FOLLOWING ElT Ia ~
al wholesale or retail: Lots NO: ~ IN n
Square 9; No. in Square the soG.m na ~:
VI VI, Ii In Sauare II; No. 2 in Square yg No. ~
in Square IL; No. IA in Square II; no. . ID Ia
I,nsrs "A: 10. u in square 10, and No. u IN
Division F.. .o On. No ,sin
Also, Lots No. | In Squate, ~. mo 20 i l
No. n square I; No. Is In Square II; No. l., II
In SQUARE IL. No. IL in Square 10; NO. IL In In
sapare no: No II In square y, and NO: 10 IN
square "a. All situated In the SuoolViions
VI TIC l.. g. HUGHES,
,o,s Real Estate Agent.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-10
We find the following drifting about

which is entirely to good to be lost:
"A misquota ion from Hamlet is just
now going the rounds of the Grant Or
gaus. 1t runs thus: "A tanner will
last you eight years Itiscurious that
none Of them has b d the enterprise to
give the immediate context. Hamlet's
next question is, Why he more than
suothers' And the grave digger makes
answer: WHY, sir, his hide 10 90 tan
ned with his trade that he will keep oss
,uateT. . good while. -"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-10
For Rent.

GROCERY AND DWELLING COM
a biued, corner First and Market siree S
centre Wheeling, formerly called tne
"Sixth Ward Grocery" II Is excelienty
located a I'D in one OF the most deslraDle
narfs OF the city. Possession given al once.
For in rorm alton inquire or oo>x,s
tyQ-a nol SoA'''
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-10
KEEP COOL
AND HOW TO DO II.

GopBY. cALDwELLYA NDoHpKR
" one OF his Arctic OF lee Kins Reffig0a-
tors and Jon can do Il perfectly. They are
the best In the market for NESTS, vegetA-
table1 and indeed for AL Gxttcl0 thstooght
70 be Kept cool In warm weather theT ays
me thing. Gail and sxamfne and, leave
also has large a8oftm6nfof Waisr Cool-
eIs all sises, and Q great vanety 81 House
Furutahfng Goods al at low ntce& All
the celebssted Cook Stoves are 70 Be found
at his place. go
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FOR r EMIT.
For Rent.

LARGE ROOM, WITH SPLENDID
y light and power for machinery. Also
liner Small rooms with or without power,
aud one large wareronm. rosses.on EN ,n
rirst Of April. Apply al once Oh u Stst rHen
Try. oH''
Tnlr'O.b
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ForRent.

belmont GRO cry STAND, STORE
= ROOM and Dwelling, corner Marker
and Division streets. Possession given I'm
n.diately. inquire OF ,n,~ro>
w VI. DnlN
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-10

Tickets to all principal points in the East
and west can be procured at the Union
Ticket Once, in Mcclure House, and at the
Station at Bridgeport. -
FIR. MYERS,
jel2 Gen1 Passenger and Ticket Agen t..
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-10

IN barrels Flour.
y barrels Rye Flour.
5Il halfbarrels Lake Herring.
% half barrels White Fish.
20 half barrels Mackerel.
50qnarter barrels MackereI.
100 kits Mackerei.
210 barrels choice n. o. Molasses.
Is barrels choice Golden Syrups.
10 hogsheads choice ". o Sugar.
10 hOgsheads choice 2. K. Sugar.
5hogsheafs choice Demar1ra Sugar.
Nsarrels Refined Sugar.
OO pounds Peaches, rs and N.
81 Kegs choice Lard. &c.
10 tierces chotce Lard.
100 bags choice Coffee, &c. &C.,
Arriving and for s1ien at lowest cash
prices, to which Wa invite fne aftanticn oi
eayers before purchasing. nnAl6
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FOR SALE.
For Sale.

For Sale.
u,Wo FINEHILL FARMS IN WETHsG!Ld
;ounty, W. Va one of $40 acres, ~
.,rres under fence aud in cultivation, resi-.
NE ia valuable timber, house, stables, &c;
the other of iOG acres one mp PAYMENTS
nu. ,. py Wv. HU9E q BRO,
- Railey's Block, 100 Market 81.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-10
IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF
i Wheeling.
{. NJ. Bidsood,

IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT VI
{. NJ. Bldsood,
vS.
n n Rocker and ]. w. Bidgood, late part
ners doing business as G. H. Becker q 70.
Attachment IN Assumpsit.
The object of this suit ia to recover from
the defendants the sum of two hundred and
ten u o. dollars, with interest thereon nom
The iOth day OF April, III, until payment
and costs Of suit and TO subject the property
and effects attached to the payment thereof.
And the attachment in this case having
been returned executed, and neither OF the
Ssfendants having been served with copy
thereof nor with process in this suit /; and
IL appearing from an AFFIDAVIT filed In this
cause that neither OF said defendants Is
resident Of this State, the said defendants
are hereby required TO appear within one
month after the date of the f1rst publica-
ton of this order and do what is necessary
to protect their interests
A copy: Teste. r,n.o
The defendants in the above entitled
cause will take notice that the deposition
OF q. VI. RidgOod and ]. W. Bidgood viii be
taken at the office Of Barbour Lewis, at, 20
second street, IN the city OF memphis, In
the state OF Tennessee, on the 2th day OF
August, 1872, betw cen the hours OF O'Clock
A. N. and O'Clock r. n, 10 be read In evil.
Of said plaintiff. And II, Tom any cause,
the taking of the same shall not be COM
mepced, or being commenced shall not be
com uleted on that day, the takinx thereof
will be adj, urned from time 70 time until
the same shall be completed.
'Ne ''''''> ' TAYLOR q BARR,
je25-Tu Ats for Plaintiff.
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BALTIMORE & OHIO B. B. 60.

BALTIMORE & OHIO &. &. 20.
E@HPAssENGER TRAINS
~ <f4gwill he run by the following
schedule onand after June IL, ls'2-Wheel-
ST. LOUIS EXPRESS.
EAsT-LEAvEs wEsT-LKAvEs.
Wheeling Wheeling
daily at. $50 A. N. daily at...-ll:lO A. n
ARRIVES AT ARRIVES AT
Cumberland. 2l5 p. n. Columbus.-.b25P p. n.
Baltimore....-S:25 3andusky -.lo5Q
Washington Cincinnau...l0:l5
ID. Commonwealth Il" Chicago. .-.....S:O A. NJ
Philadelphia.3:O I'M st. Louis-.-...l:OO p. NJ
New York.--64O
FAST LINE.
EAsT-LEAvEs wEsT-LEAvEs
sWheeiing sWheeling
daily at. $40 p. H. daily at. 6C5 A. N
ARRIVES AT ARRIVES AT
Cumberland. 2:O A. N. Columbus....-2 NJ.
Baltimore ...S: Sandusky.-...55O
New York....440P. NJ. Cincinnati..-
Philadelphia ~ Chicago. .-..-.&0A A. NJ.
Washington ct, Louis......-
D.C.-..-...-lGOo A. II. sSundays excepted
sundays exceptedI
MALI TRAIN.
EAsT-LEAvEs wEsT-LIAvBs
daily at. .ll:51 P. M. daily at...-ll:55 p. N.
Cumberland.S:20 A. N. columbus. 8l5 An.
Baltimore. p. n Sandusky.... 650P. NJ.
washington Cincin nati-. 2ij
ID. C.........-6:2j p. II chicago 800 .l2:I5
PHILADELPHIA ll3O IT. LOUISE. q % A. n.
New York. sSaturdays excepted.
saturdays excepted
CUMBERLAND ACCOMMODATION.
EAsT-LrAvB wEsT-LEAvEs
sWheeling Wheeling
daily at.....l0:55 A. n daily at....-5 IS P. n.
ARRIVES AT ARRIVES At
Cumberland. $50 Columbus.. 1850 A. Il.
Sundays excepted CINCINNATI 6'i5
St Louis...... 6:25 p. ".
lChic8gO-...-G:l6 "
Sundays excepted.
WHEELING, PlTTS'G 4 BAIT. DIV.
Leaves Wheeling at 7.l6 q. m. and 40
D. IN, Sundays excepted.
East bound trains make connections
at Baltimore with trains fer Philadei.
phia, New York and Boston. At Relay
House, via Washington City, for all pointf
South.
West bound trains make direct oonnec-
ton at Columbus for all points West and
Northwest.
Tickets TO all principal points can be pro-
cured at the office.
JOHN L. WILSON,
Master OF Transportation, Baltimore.
r. T. DEVRIES,
jel2 General Agent. Wheeiiro.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-10

Having ooe1ned extrA machinery for
nuch gaicier and bstt9 fSsn ca . DOE
By hand. r. y. CALDWELL.
apr1l-h
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TRANSFORMATION.
Cleveland & Pittsburgh B. B.

ON AND AFTER JUNE
~ AkAg 2, 1872, Trains will run ss
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11

AIDES Dry Goods and Hosie-y-a com
IL plete assortment, and new styles, Just 70
ceived at ROTHCHILD / Coz
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11
Sherins Sale.

WASHINGTON TERRITORY.-ss.
lathe District Court for the Second Judicial
District, holding terms at Olympia, for the
counties of Lewis, Thurston, Chehalis and
Mason, W. T. 1Ef g9f{
DY virtue Of daily certified copy of tho
I'D decree and order Of sale made by the Dis
trict Court for Second Judicial District, hold
ing terms at Olympia, W. t., in the case Of
Jno. L. Clark (assignee off. D. Mabie) against
James l.. Wiley aud r. X. Wiley, his wife, and
Robert Wiley, defendants, and to me directed,
there will be exposed at public sale, at the
Courthouse door at Claquato, in Lewis coun-
ty, W. T., on rsq se7esa. rav
saturday, the sth Day Of June, A. d. 1879,
at lo'cloek ?. ~, Of said day, the following
described property; to.wit All the right, title
and interest Of the defendsnts in and to GER
tain tract of land stuate 10 Lewis county, w.
r., and described and bounded as follows !;
Beginning at point on line between Section
three and four in Township thirteen (l3),
North Range two west 8 8-l0O chains south Of
the Quarter-section corner, and running thence
west AZ 35-l00 chains to post in mound at
the southwest corner Of the claim, thence
north % 36-l00 chains to stake and mound,
thence west ll-l06 chains, to A. 8. Wilson 8
claim, thence north 40 chains to north west
corner, thence east ;04 2O-lO0 chains, thence
south 81 b0-l00 Chains, thence west SO 37-lOO
chains, to the place Of beginning, containing
$40 acres, more or less, the same being known
IS the the donation claim Of Elkapah Mills and
wife, and adjoining lands Of Sylvanus Philips
and others. Hff' '4es,5g
Also the following described parcel of land
.adjoining ths foregoing, being lot two ~,
quarter OF section No. 4, in Township No.
thirteen (l3), eight and sixty-two hundreth
"a 62-l00) acres.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11

trict,- sfr.-W. g. Dodge. Of Clsvts ssssty,
vas oouinated BY the delegates from said
district. ~ y
A motion vas carried directing the
proceedings Of this Convention to be pub.
jished 10 the WAsHin8r0N STANDARD,
Walla Walia Statesmas, aud that other
papers Of this Territory DO requested to
copy. 80.
On motion, adjourned siss die, with
three cheers for the nominee. .--.- a.
tai@ aYl, E. s. FOWLER, Chm.
STEPHEN JuDsoN, Sec'y. .-eoH 10
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11

HoLLowAy's PILLs.-The estimation in which
these medicines are held by the public, steadily
increases their demand. They act directly on
the system, removing all obstruction, renovat-
ing the springs of life, purifying the blood, and
totally Graduating liver complaints, indiges.
ton, pain in the side and general debility.
Sold everywhere. rs cents per box or pot.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11

! ~ A splendid stock Of General Groceries,
consisting Of over 500 packages, just received
by the ship Widowed, which will sell lovsa
for CASE than any other house on the Sound.
10 ~ ~ r. K. LoufaAH.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11

"a A large assortment Of the choicest
brands of Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco,
at San Francisco prices for cash,at
FIX. LOuTHAN's.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11
5000 Reward !.

ANE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD
" will be paid to any person or persons for
the apprehension and delivery to me Of one
William Riley, Territorial convict, who made
HE escape from the Territorial prison at Steil-
accom-, Pierce county, W. T., on the night Of
April Both, 1872. Description About FIVE
feet eight or nine inches in hight, light COM
plection and light curly hair, has the goddess
of Liberty and other designs tatooed upon
each Of his arms, and 70 q native Of Ireland (;
wore when last seen light, checkered wooden
overshirt, dark pants, and wore coarse shoes
and high light-brown felt hat.
Also fifty dollars ($59) reward for the appre-
hension and delivery to me Of the following
named Territorial convicts, who made their
escape on the above mentioned night and from
the same pl,ce-Thomas Coleman and Mat
thew Hurley. Description OF Thomas Cole
man: An Irishman, five feet ten inches in
hight, with dark hair and light completion,
wore when last seeu light, checkered wooden
overshirt and canvas pants and coarse shoes,
black felt hat Matthew Hurley, an Irishman,
dark complexion, dark curly hair, and nose
appeared as If IL had been broke. about five
feet eleven inches in hight, with feminine
voice, wore light colored plaid pants and coat
and fne pair OF boots.
d. W. c. DAWSON,
Sheath CT ri .rce comfy, W. T.
Lated steilacoom, May 1872.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11

a. Call and try some of the very choicest
brands Of Wines aud Liquors, just received
per Clara Light, by F.. K. LourHAx's.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11

D@ Goods constantly arriving per sail ant
steam, and will be sold At San Francisc,
price: for cash, by r.. X LOTHIAN.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11

~ Extra Family Flour, Corn, Dat and
Buckwheat Meal and Homiuy Low SoR CASE,
at FIX. LoufaAx's.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11

A GENCYof the United Anaheim Wine
IA Growers Association is at Rothschild
Co.'S, where . full stock of their different
wines can always be found.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11

MISSION Wooden Goods and Blankets ;
wi Oregon Wooden Goods, and Pacific
Wooden Underwear, at Agents rates.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11
Special Notice.

Sp9CIHI 1NOIIC6s
INDUCTION 10 the cause Of nine tenths Of all
diseases the living machins 10 subjsct 70! Give
will save moro than half u your doctors bilis.
De. 0ealey's CeseerassA AK. oseesss are recon-.
msnded By all physicians 10 DYsrxvTICs end for
ALL OoMYlArNTs Of the 1IvEa AND Dl0EsI1vD
OaoANa, 6ee advertisement In anotheR column.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11

Hero we Are Again:
SPRlbGsAlD SUMMERsGOODs!
Lightner'& Rosenthals
WE have just received, per bark Norta-,
w west q very large and elegant stock Of
Spring and Summer Goods, consisting Of
DRYvGOODS. s
OF which We have the latest styles Of Poplins.
Deiaines, Moire Antiques, Lawns, &c.
CLOTH,IN0- fA
Custom-made, cut after the latest style, and
the incest and best goods in the market. Il
which we have very large aasortment.
Boots, SHOES 0MA A0ss,
for ladies as well a. for gentlemen, W have :
large and varied assortment, enough for all he
surrounding country.
Besides this, We keep constantly On hand
large stock Of choice $50
~
Ea.NZxr G10CRRxxA.
New Goods, always On thu, way, hy ever
| vessel from San Francisco.
Strangers or newcomers will nnd Il % their
advantage to purchase stocks and outfits u -.
The demand for goods having incrsassd, ~
have enlarged our stock accordingly. deter
mined to sell goods for cash or country pro-
duce at very small profit, in large or small
| quantities.
Our goods are selected and bought ~ one 81
the most experienced and best educated buai-
ness meO ON the Pacific Coast; AID having IL
| every respect better facilities for obtainine
goods than most any other house on the Sound.
we can guarantee satisfaction 70 avery one
who deals with Us.
Gratefully acknowledging our thanks % our
friends and the public generally, fog past -
tronage, We respectfully request cortinpaacs
Of the Same. We offer our stock OF choice
Liquors At cost price, TO make room for other
goods In their place.
We wish to buy al the Wool In the country,
for which We will pay cash or goods. w
have orders for all the Wool We can purchase,
and will pay the highest bankruptcies thsrsfcf.
Butter, Eggs and Furs received in trads -
the best terms to producers.
We unhesitatingIy challenge competition
with any and all merchaats on Pugst Sound.
LrGHrNER RosENrHAL,
Nearest store to the Steamboat handbags. /
Olympia, Jan. 1871. ~.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-11

rLOTHING and Furnishing Goods, In lsrg,
u quantities and at reduced rates, At
ROTHSCHILD / co.,,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-11-16
Az irate Philadelphian father doesn't approx

Az irate Philadelphian father doesn't approve
Of the present system of school-teaching. He de-
cares that it far below that in vogue thirty years
ago. and that it il making candidates for the insane
asylum, ana piing up heap OF misery In many
forms. He desires that thers should be reasonable
logging in schools-beginning With the tsachers.
One thing which especially rouses his wrath is the
way IN which tired parents are forced to teach
their sleepy children, during the evening" the les
sons which they 60 to school the next day merely
to recite. He deinurs, and with reason, at doing
the mental drudgery for which he literally pays
others who are purposely fitted tor it. tits not
alone from Philadelphia that this remonstrance
comes In all our cities. parents are complaing
bitterly Of the studying at home to which their
children are forced on PAIN OF falling below their
classes. No father wants to teach school during
all his leisure bours. aad no child should be COM
PEELED TO spend so much OF the day in brain-work.
Fewer studies and strct discipiine In the schools
would make sufficient time Tor the inemorizing Of
lessons at the desk. 1t is the grsst fault Of our
school system that it demands that children should
occupy themselves with more studies ut one time
than they areabie intelligently to MASTERY y.
Tribune,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-11-16
Manoard Roofs.
From the New York Journal of Commerce.

From the New York Journal Of Commerce.
Any city, with narrow streets, which tolerates
the Manssrd roofs, il inevitably doomed. Staving
tor of good luck. What 10 the use Of two rivers
at our doors, and thousand fire engines, if water
cannot be thrown ON those towering abomnationsp
First, then, We say, abolish the Mansard roofs
Not another one should be permitted to 60 up in
this city. No architect has right to indulge his
absurd caprices, and no owner OF property right
10 build structures at the expense Of the lives and
fortunes of all about HIM. The Mansard roof is q
public peril and nuisance, - much 50, rightly re-
Rarded, - . powder-house or q nitro-glycerine
factory. We arraign it, in plain words, an ene-
my to the safety Of cities and their peoples
Twenty correspondents of the press. writing from
Boston without conference, all agree that the
Mansard roof was the prime cause and ever-active
feeder Of the great fire. They stood on tall build.
ings and saw the flames leaping from one Mansard
roof 70 another, and huge embers swept by the fn-
rieus blast over whole blocks, igniting everything
in their derry course. The effect was precisely the
same a. if some 6end high in q steeple had scat
tered balls, OF burning tow saturated with turpen-
tine and pitchpne knots on the sea of roofs below
him. The belfry Of our TriLity Church is prac-
tically as much within reach of the stream from q
fire engine a. the Mansard roofs are. 1t is the
pie, sober truth, that Mansard roof. once ablaze
is greater danger to surrounding buildings than
if men, at the same elevation, were hnging fire
brands far and wide. For no man, whatever his
strength Of arm, could hurl brand as tar as the
heated winds in the upper Dir could carry.t. The
Mansard roof, it exists in American citiess u on
incendiary. Its real mission, NO matter what 1t
was built for, Is to furnish secluded channel for
the passage of the flames, to shower tire upon
lower roofe, and scatter destruction as from a
watch-tower.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-11-16
indian Oueenu,ty.

The ingenuity of the iudians of Alaska, has OF.
ten been remarked by travelers and in nothing dc
they appear to be more handy than in providing
themselves with "stills," which, however primitive
and rude in construction. answerthe main purpose
quite satisfactory. A gentlema9 who has lately
made cruise along the coast tells OF case where
duty and gratitude conAicted IN q manner which
must have been extremely embarrassing An Of
6cer OF . government vessel was pressntsd With q
bottle of hume distilled liquor BY an Indian. Al
tor tie officer and his friends had tasted the arti-
Gle and had pronounced it very good. it was deem.
ed incumbent to destroy the source Of supply
Accordinsly ON the following day the hospitable
old fellows ranch was hunted up. He was found
perfectly happy, helplessly so-in the possession
Of still Of his own manufacture, little dreaming
that he had brought upon himself q sudden and
voluntary return to sobriety. The distilIery was
according to Law. and the stock on hand
confscated. '