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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09
ELECTION OF POsTMASTERS.

A bill has been introduced in Con-
grsss to provide for the election Of
Postmasters by the people, and should
il become law, which it is not prob
able however, as it would cut down
Federal patronage considerably, Il
would no doubt meet with general ap
probation by the people.
1t provides that on or before the first
of September next the PostmasterIGen~
eral shall cause TO be laid off, surround
ing and adjacent to each postoffice, dis
,ricts which shall include within their
territorial limits, so far as is practica-
bic, all persons who receive or forward
mailsble matter through such offices.
In each district so laid off there shall
be an election for Postmaster held on
the first Tuesday in October, 1872
(which shall be conducted under the
laws and by the officers as prescribed
by the statutes of the several State
regulating and governing the election o
President aad Vice President Of the
United States, and qualified electors
being entitled to vote at each election
The person receiving the highest num-
Der of votes shall be declared elected,
and, upon giving the necessary bond,
and complying with all the require
ments OF the postal laws Of the United
States, shall be commissioned by the
Postmaster General as Postmaster, the
tenure of his office to continue for two
wears, and until his successor is elected
and qualified.
Every two years from the first Tues,
day Of October, 1872, an election shall
be held to elect Postmasters for the diff
ferent districts. In case Of a vacancy.
the Postmaster-Gen is empowered
to FIJI it by temporary appointment, and
call An election which snail be held
within sixty days and after at least ten
days notice. Where new postofhce
is established, the Postmaster General
shall have power to appoint tempo
rary Postmaster pending an election
Should this bill become law, there
would no doubt be q decided improve,
ment in the postal service throughout
the country, so far as Postmasters are
concerned.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

The New York Custom House in
vestigation is now going on in Washing
ton. But the later testimony has not
been OF a very important character.
What the public are most DESTROYS to
obtain now is some additional light upon
the rogueries which were practced upon
the New York merchants under the
General Order business by the Wash
ington military "Ring." TO that end
the New York Express asks why the
committee does not bring before them
ex-Collector GRINNELL. That gentle
man, as we have heretofore intimated,
must be cognizant Of many facts direct
" bearing on the subject, and it is OF
the first importance to have them out
before the investigation is concluded.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09
Why IL It?

If the evidence against Secretary
Robson is not Of the most damaging
character, why is it that the Admins
tration papers deem it necessary con
stantly to misrepresent and falsify thai
evidence? -.
The truth is that before the invest
eating committee convicts Robson, and
the Washington correspondents know
it; therefore they seek to conceal ths
force of the proofs by emitting most o
the testimony and misstating what little
they do print.-N. Y. Sun.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

We desire to call the attention ofthe trade
generally, and of housekeepers and hote!
proprietors particularly, to the above Drano
OF Baking Powder. The articles used In the
manufacture of THIS POWDER we GUARAN-
TEE to be STRICTLY PURE and of the BEST
QUALITY. To families and consumers, we
give the assurance that the "ENTERPRIsE
BAKING POWDER" will prove fully equal, II
not superior, to any Baking Powder thai
they have heretofore used.
than any other Baking Powder now in the
market.
WINGED that 1t is the best and cheapest
baking Powder sold anywhere.
The money refunded In all cases, when
the "Enterprise Baking Powder" does not
give entire satisfaction.
Sold by grocers and druggists everywhere
McCABE, KRAFT no, Proprtetors,
fel9-Sb wheeling, W. va.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

The Charleston Ns'cs says: 1.-The
delegates from South Carolina to the
Philadelphia Convention are to visit
Washington and demand the removal o.
several Government officers. This
arrangement was made when the del
egates were chosen. Their plan is to
offer President GRANT the solid vote OF
the delegation, if he will remove all the
respectable Federal officials in South
Carolina, and appoint the creatures o.
the SCOTT Ring" We have no doubt
such an arrangement will be consum
mated. The morality Of the Admins
tration will not forbid it.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

The Committee appointed by the
Corporators of the Bridge Company to
visit Pittsburgh and confer with Super
iptendent M'CULLoUaH, in regard to
subscribing to the Stock Of this Com
pany, &c, consist of DR.. G. BAIRD, JOHN
II. HOBBS, and A. WILSON.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09
A Home Medicine.
A Home Medicine.
Tried for 40 Years.
Tried for 40 Years.
Trtad for An YoQr1

DR.. A.S. Todd's Liver Pills.
DIR. A. 8. Todd's Liver Pills.
DIR. A. y. Todd's Liver Pills.
FOR DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, LlY-
Err COMPLAINT, INDIGESTION,HE HEAD.
ACHE, BILIOUSNESS, &C.
BEALLsvILLE, PA, Sept. ii, 1911.
DIR, A. 8. Esteemed Sir: Thanks to
YOUR valuable Pill, l am now enjoying per:
feet health. have for many years suffered
from Dyspepsia and have tried many RENE
dies without any good effects. Some months
since, feeling exceedingly bad, got from
9 Koran. Druggist, a box of your Pills, and,
using them according to the directions.
now feel perfectly restored. 80 valuable
are they would not be without them for
any money, and deem them the most Won
derful remedy OF the day.
Yours, with respect,
P. H. NAGLE.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers every
"ne LAUGHLIN BROTHERS & CO.,
OCT Proprietors.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

TIE Boston Post says: After a
Southern State has been cheated, robbed
and oppressed until the carpet bag
scoundrels are obliged to run away
then their victims are called Ku-Klux'
and placed under martial law. Truth.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09
RatcheIOr's Hair DYE.

This superb HAIR DYE is the Bea IN tht
Uorlol-Perfectly harmless, reliable and in
Simultaneous. No disappointment; No III.
genuine w. A. BACHELORS HAIR DYE
produces Immediately a splendid BLACK
or NATURAL BROWN. Does not stain
the skin, but leaves the HAIR CLEAN
SOFT and BEAUTIFUL. The only Safe
and PERFECT Dye Sold by all druggists
Factory, Is BOND street, New York.
rar5.degc
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

Hon. CAssIUs NJ. CLAY, the pioneer
abolitionist of Kentucky, has been in
vited to speak at Sanford, on the 18th
inst. Mr.. CLAY says, in his letter OF
acceptance, that "as faction, another
name for the madness of party, has been
The ruin OF all republics, shall attempt
10 speak for the whole people, to revive
a national patriotism, and to rebuild the
temple of our liberties upon the solid
hardpan of the Constitution, sisterhood
of all the States. and the equality and
fraternity of all their citizens.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09
Beware Of COunterfeits.
LAUGHLIN'S INFANT CORDIAL.
The Child's Cure when Teething,

PAIN collie AND WAKEFULNESS.
Such is the popularity Of our remedy that
IL has induced some unprincipled persons
in our city to counterfeit 1t, copying our
for word, using the same colors, gliding and
style, requiring very close looking to dis,
cover the difference. An intelligent and
honest public will frown upon such at
tempts at deception and treat them as they
deserve. Hereafter we shall prosecute, 10
the full extent of the law, all parties who
by making, selling or buying such imita.
tions as shall infringe on our copyright.
The only genuine article Of The Chiids
Cure when Teething, Laughlln's Infant Cor
Frs q Go. Copyright entered and secured
according to act Of Congress.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09
Died.

STURGEON-On Monday morning. April
Sth, lS72, at tx o'clock, JERRY STUR0E0N,
aged IS years
The funeral will take place from the resi-.
dence of John Anrine, one mile west OF
bridgeport, on Wednesday afternoon at Q
O'Clock. Friends Of the family are invited
to attend.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

A COPENHAGEN letter says United
States Minister CRAMER, GRANTS
brother-in.law, and one Of the incompe-
tents whom Presidential nepotIsm has
isisted upon the country, was black
balled as a member Of the royal club OF
that city. The Danes understand the
character and worth ofthe man.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

A CORNER" in copper has been et
fected in New York, and it has risen ten
cents per pound during the past ten
DAYS. 1t is now quoted at forty-one
cents and thirty,fve cents for future de-
livery from June to October. In Eng
land the price is twenty cents per pound
The monopolists who have effected the
corner have found the philosopher s
stone and are rapidly turning their
Hecls and Calumet copper into gold.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09
ON MARRIAGE.

HAPPY RELIEF FOR YOUNG MEN
from the effects of Errors and Abuses In
early life. Manhood restored. Nervous de-
bility cured. Impediments to marriage re-
moved. New method Of treatment. New
and remarkable remedies. Books and cir
cuIars sent free, in sealed envelopes.
Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No
South Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa.
de22egsb
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

TEACHING mission school has become
such a rage in upper-ten-dom in
Gotham. that the schools attached to
some of the fashionable churches have
about two and half teachers to every
scholar.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

A GROCER recently had a pound Of
sugar returned with a note stating that
il contained too much sand for table
use and not enough for building pur'
poses.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

THE Bridge project, our citizens Will
he Glad to learn, is assuming a substan'
tisl form. Shoulders to the wheel now
gentlemen; a long pull, and it is a sue
cess
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

THE Constitutional Convention al
iourps this morning. We shall pub
li,b the full text of the New oonstltu'
ton in a few days.
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Lindsey Institute.

TIME UNDERSIGNED HAVE OPENED
a School in the city OF Wheeling, ID,
design OF which is 10 supplement the worn
OF the Public Schools, and TO give NIl
training TO boys wishing TO enter Colles.
Parents and guardians will readily percsy,
the additional expense incurred In bsyins
their sons or wards prepared for Coils.
away from home. A full course pursued n
Mathematics, Latin, Greek, French ana
German.
The next term opens April lst ls2
Terms for full course $500 rer quarter
X. c. DALZELL, AN.
Princeton, New Ier.y
+. l.. HOGE,
U. =. Naval Academy, Annapolis
marlg-geh
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new ADVERTISEMENTS
], Chambers Hervey & Go.

JTAyE ON CONSIGNMENT AT THEIR
ri Auction Room, No 100 Market square,
one lot of GOOD BUTTER packed In jars,
one lot of fresh MACKEREL in barrels ana
half barrels; also TWO WAGONS.
Tnot sold before Saturday, 18th, they will
then be sold at auction.
]. CHAMBERS HERVEY q 90.
WHEELING. April 8, 1872. apr9-sd
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

True EcoxoMY.-The country is at
present flooded with cheap and inferior
goods of every description, which are
heralded to the public in flaming ad-
vertisements and which find a market
among those who have yet to learn that
true economy" consists in buying a
first class article from an established
and first class house. For example,
pianos of various makers are offered at
about one,half the price Of those Of
really first class manufacture. Among
the latter none are more deserving OF
the encmoium really first class" than
those manufactured by Messrs. WIN
Kpabe IL Co., of Baltimore, firm
which dates over third of centur,.s
and whose pianos for excellency OF
workmanship, durability and sweetness
Of tone, stand absolutely unrivalled and
containing many valuable patented i'm.
movements, to be found in no other in
strument, made by the very best work.
men and of strictly first class and
seasoned material.
The so,called cheap piano may
present a fair external appearance, but
is made of inferior and often entirely
unseasoned material and soon becomes
a wreck which defes the art Of the
tuner. We make special mention Of
the piano, as the most forcible illustra-
ton of our remarks, which can be ap-
piled to almost every article We use in
our families.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09
Always Get the Best.

The most reliable preparation for
COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESs, BRON-
CHITIS, &c, is
REEDS COUGH SYRUP.
II has RAPIDLY grown in public favor, and Is
Endorsed by all who have used It as being
SUPERIOR to any other Cough Medicine,
Give 1t a trial. Sold by all druggists.
M'CABE, CRAFT 4 CO., Proprietors,
nol7-egtb Wheeling, West Va.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09
AN HEROIC ACT.
A Three Mile Run With a Burning
Oil Train-Brayery OF Conductor
Liggett.

A Three Mile Run With a Burning
Oil Train-Brayery Of Conductor
Liggett.
From the Pittsburgh Commercially
The Pennsylvania railroad, near
Illusions station, was the scene OF an
accident of rather peculiar nature on
last Friday. What in railroad parlance
is termed "an oil wreck" occurred near
the point named, by which an entire oil
train was more or less damaged. Mr..
Robert Liggett the conductor of the
train, fearing that the oil which was
leaking on the track might be set on
fire by some passing train, righted nine
cars on the rails and proceeded with
them in the direction of Ice Mountain
siding. He had gone but a short dis.
tence when he discovered that the third
car from the engine was on fire. At
great personal risk Mr.. Liggett made
his way, almost throug h the burning
oil, to the coupling and there took out
the pin and, leaving the other seven cars
on the track, made quick time with the
burning cars as far as the siding, three
miles distant, where he left them, thus
saving the main track from catching
fire. The run to this point is spoken OF
by railroad men as something in the
heroic line not often attempted. The
flames from the burning car, we are IN
formed, rolled up far above the tree tops,
and when an oil barrel would explode,
the burning contents shot in all direc-
tons, the cab OF the engine not being
allowed to escape the dangerous
element. When the siding was reached
and an attempt was made to back the
cars upon it the engine had to be run
over the burning oil which was on the
track. The siding was down a steep
grade. in the direction of the large lum-
Der mandatory of Mr.. R. II. Brown.
Mr.. Liggett knowing what terrible
loss would eusue were the burning cars
allowed to descend the grade with the
brakes off, bravely determined to board
the car and use his best endeavors to
check up. This he did, and amid the
smoke and flames be stood at the brake,
until the great heat caused the brake
rod to snap asunder. Fortunately. MIR:
Liggett, anticipating such an event, had
DISPATCHED one of the rain men ahead
OF the burning cars, with instructions TO
place heavy log upon the track.
This was accomplished just in time 10
prevent a great loss OF property. MIR,
Liggett is deserving OF all credit for his
heroism on the occasion, which certain
" was OF an unusual order OF merit.
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TObaccOs.
Pickles.

~ nm LBS. CHOICE JERSEY JUST
lO,UUU received aud for sale by
BOSLEY d FEENY.
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Millinery Notice.

TUsT RECEIVED, THE LATEST
STYLES OF Hats and Bonnets, Ribbons,
Wreaths, Fancy Goods, Notions, &C, &c.
Straw Hats and Bonnets Bleached and
Pressed on short notice, by
MRS. NJ. J. BRE1N1G,
Monroe street, between MeLure House
and E, Bookings drug store, Wheeling, W.
Va. ... ...... ... aPlo-q
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-09

m H'LF BBLs. CHOICE MED. FROM
CUthe Lakes.
% hlf bbls Choice Med. from the Lakes.
Just received and for sale by
BOSLEY & FEENY.
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p CASES HALF POUNDS JUST RE-
. ceived and for sale by
mari N. REFILL Y.
, 1872-10-10
An Awful Crash,

At two O'Clock to-day, the wharf gave
way under the large ware house of Stone
Il Burnett, plunging the house and all
its valuable contents into the Bay, n to-
tai wreck and almost total loss. The
ware house was filled nearly to its utmost
capacity, with valuable goods for tibet
fall and winter trade, having but just
completed the reception of the large car
go of the bark Edward James, which was
lying at the wharf.
Provldentially no lives were lost, the
men employed in the ware house not
having returned from their dinners.
William Kenworthy, the only person
upon the wharf at the time, had inst
driven under the shed team and large
truck belonging TO Robert Russell, and
at the moment of the fall, saved his life
by tremendous leap free from the fall
ing timbers. The horses We're knocke
down, but the truck sustained the fallen
roof of the shed until horses and truck
were rescued without material damage,
In the hustle and confusion attending
the catastrophe, it is impossible to ar
rive at an Approximate amount of the
damages. The principal sufferers by
this calamity are the euterprislng and
universally respected firm of Stone l.
Burnett, in whose loss every citizen of
the town feels himself a personal suf-
ferer. The results of the labor, enter
prise and intelligent thrift of years are
swept from them in n moment; but they
have the Inherent energy and well earn
ed credit which will make the calamity
of short duration. Immediately after
the fall, we saw Mr.. Stone actively en-
gagged in rescuin9 the horses from the
wreck, apparently unsubdued and un-
excited by his own far greater loss.-
Such pluck cannot be subjugated by re-
verses.-DaiiN, Sd.
, 1872-10-10

upon the lovely hillside overlooking the
coming and going of richly freighted
shlps--but it will be huge squaw broth
ell rocking with filth and crime, signal
ing the passing ship to death and dis
honor.
Oh, Civilization! Christianity! what
have you done Oh. poor heather
maidens, who are yearly brought from
northern homes to minister to this he'll
lish traffic, and to go down to death by
scores, hideous with disease.i it were bet
ter far for You that the White Orihamme
had never come over the sea, and the
Gospel of the Nazarine Child had never
been preached. Now under Christian
rule, your feet take hold of the path
which leads to Hell-then, you might
have gone to the happy hunting grounds
of your fathers. But what the fate of
those who bring you to be thus corrupt
ed, and the fate of these who counte-
nance it by word OR deed, or even stand
idly by and make no sign?
The masnates of the great Continen-
tai Railway are c'.ming now. Coming
to select the site for the last and best
born commercial city of the Continent.
Io! carriages for a drive over to the
lakes of crystal water-up to Tie Uni
versity hill, matchless prospect of land
and sea-evergreen hills and snow-cov-
cred mountains-up the bay where the
tide-lands wait. But first build screen
around the thing--a screen of smoke
and fire, lest they ask what it is. Or
else let them pass on.
Oct. l, 1872. J.L,B.
, 1872-10-10
Ordinance No. 80,

An Ordinance for tie punishment of
Migrants. The City of Seattle does
ordain as follows
That any person able to work and sup.
port himself in any honest or respecta-
ble calling, not having the wherewithal
to maintain himself, who shall be found
lettering or strolling about in any street,
alley, OF corner, or any public or private
place within the City, or who shall be
an idle or dissolute person, or shall 90
about begging in any part of the City,
not having any regular, lawful business,
or who shall occupy for the purpose of
lodging or any other purpose, any barn,
shed. shop, vessel, or place other than
such as is kept for that purpose without
permission from the owner or party en-
titled to the possession thereof, or who
shall lead an lille, immoral, or profigate
career of life, shall be deemed vagrant,
and upon conviction thereof before the
City Recorder, shall be fined in sum
of not less than i've dollars, nor over
one hundred dollars, and as part Of
said judgment, unless said fine be paid,
shall be committed to labor for the use
of the city at the city prison until such
fine be paid by due course of law.
This Ordinance to take effect from and
after its passage.
Passed Oct. 81 1872.
IL. s. c. P. STONE, Mayor,
G. N. McCoNAHA, Clerk.
, 1872-10-10

The WAREHOUSE CATAsTRopHE.-We
are happy to say that further examina-
ton of the wreck of Stone L. Burnett's
Warehouse, which fell into the Bay yes
terday, proves that the damage is not
nearly as great as was at first supposed.
The wreck Of the building formed raft
which supported above water the greater
amount of the goods in store, consisting
mostly of flour, grain, feed, liquors,
kerosine and the like, the greater por-
ton of which has been recovered but
slightly damaged.
, 1872-10-10

DEPARTMENT RULINGs.-The following
rulings of the Postofiee Department.
will be interesting to- many. Photo
graphs sent through the mail in q sealed
envelope, open at the cornsr. are subject
to letter postage. The initials or name
of the sender written on the wrapper of
q newspaper or other printed matter. ad-
ditiopal to the address, subjects the pack,
age to letter postage. Unsealed circu-
lars are permitted to PASS thrangh the
mails at the the rate OF one cent for each
two ounces or fraction thereof. regard
less of the number sent, PROVIDED tbs
package does not exceed four pounds in
weight.
, 1872-10-10
2u9et Sound 1ispatth.

Nj. Editor:-But that is not the worst
Of it. What I? Why the thing is adver-
tised in newspaper and in Directory.
Citizens know what the foul thing real
ly is, and can warn people against be-
ing canght in its tolls; but strangers
must be lured by false advertisements.
A newspaper claiming tue support ofre-
spectacle men AMI weekly laid before
our sous and daughters to be read, ad-
vertises its masquerade balls. The
"Puget Sound Business Directory and
Guide prints without blush the fol-
lowing advertisement
Restaurant, Saloon
and
Skating Rink.
, 1872-10-10
City Council Proceedings.
SEATTLE, Oct. 3, 1872

SEATTLE, Oct. 3, 1872.
Present, c. P. Stone, Mayor; L. v.
Wyckoff, Marshall; Councilmcn, L. d.
Andrews, B. Gatzert, j. L. Jordan, VI.
r. Maddocks and T. Matthias.
Minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved.
The Mayor reported that Mr.. Yesler
refused to leave the matter Of opening
Commercial street to arbitration.
Motion made and carried that the
Street Commissioner is hereby autho-
rized to build street crossing in COM
pliarce with the petition Of Frauenthal
Bros. and others, after the street is filed
with gravel
The proposition of c. C. Perkins, to
furnish the council with a room at tho
rate of six dollars per month was accep-
ted.
The Clerk was instructed to place the
city map in the Council Room.
Ordinance No. 30 for the punishment
Of vagrants was read and passed.
The report of the Recorder and Mar
shall was approved.
The following bills were ordered
paid:
r. II. Turrsbull - $4,000
L. Y. Nyekoff "a. .OOs
G.. N. McConaha. Al, 90.
Motion made and carried that tho,
Council adjourn to meet the first Thurs
day 5D November.
c. P. STONE, Mayor.
G. " McCoSAHA, Clerk.