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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-10
City Sergeant.


of Wheeling thot am n candidate for the
Office of City Sergeant at the ensuing city
election, and oblige
jan7-i SMITH MCDONALD.
Editors Of the Register:
Please announce my name as a candi-
date Tor the office Of city Scrgeant, at the
ensuing city election, and oUlige
jane FRANK STANLEY.
We are authorized to announce tha;
CHARLLS A. FXLF.Y will he q candidate
tor he Office Of city Sergeant at the Guar
Ter Election to be held on thursday, jan
uary ed. CetSl
/ herebr offer myself rs a candidate for
reelection TO the office Of city Sergeant.
dec3l HENRY CUNANT.
Editors Of the Register
p ease announce ED NJ. DAVIS as Citi-
Zans' candidate for the office Of city Ser
geant at the coming municipal election,
and Ohige
decS0-h MANY VOTERS.
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The Legislature re-assembles a
Charleston to day.
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atheeling 2eoister.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1873.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
New Advertisement

Theatre-Fanny B. Price.
Offal-List, Davenport i Parks.
Wanted-Cook and Chsmbermsid.
Piano Tuning.
For Sale-Hannibal Forbes
Charter Election-George Q. Black
For Cincinnati - Steamer R. h
H dson steamboat column.
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LADIES Gold Leaf aud White Kid
and Gentlemsn's E nbroidsred Slipper
ju,t received at L. Y. BlondA
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THE New Colonnade Hotel, Philadel.
phis, Pa, is perfect in every point Of
comfort.
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Tickets to all principal points in the East
and west can be procured at the Unioi
Ticket ONCE, in Mcclure House, and at the
station at Bridgeport.
FIR MYERS,
noyl Gent Passenger and Ticket Agent.
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ELECTION day is only two weeks of
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SHEET Music and Music Books OF al
kinds at Sheib's Music Store.
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CALL ard see the Stereoscope Views
AT the Partridge Gallery
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ca .. The Partridge Gallery to-day
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Editors Of the Register:
Editors OF the Register :
Councilman - Second Ward.

Editors OF The Register:
Please announce ISAAC Pr HFR as 4
candidate for the Second Branch Of COuu-
Gil from the Secon Ward, aud Oblige
Iano MANY FhIkSES.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHuRcH.-Ths

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH.-The
First Presbyterian Church Of this city
held their annual congregational meet
ing on Tuesday evening, after the ser
vices connected with the week Of prayer.
We have been kindly furnished with
the following condensed exhibit Of the
reports for the last year:
Total expenditures for current ex.
penSeS........... W
The amounts received Ior other OBJ
jects were as follows:
Woman's Missionary Soclety......-.... t8I "
sewing society. ioS "
For furnishing Children's Home ISs ~
Deacons Fund. lo' IL
'1 tons seno 1880. 800 90
Subscriptions for New Library ......... Aux W
Contribu ions to the Boards, &C.: -
Foreign Missions. Hoo ~
Home Missions OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Al %
Edncstion INinisteriaD. ....,............ l54 90
Snstentation Emo. .,......... IS 80
pnhIicaIion IS 90
| Chnr, h rrectiOn 5l3 81
Freedmen's Fund....................... % ~
Relief OF District Min sters, 8c......- % ~
Bible Society (estinated). ...........-... ~ w
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EVERYBODY wanting pictures before
Christmas, can sit to-day at the Part
ridge Gallery
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JUST received, a full line OF Gloves o
all kinds, at 80 Monroe street.
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A book Of l2s pages, showing how, when
and where to advertise, aud containing a
list OF nearly 300 newspapers, with
much other Information Of Interest to
advertisers Address GEO. P. ROWELL &
CO., Publishers, Al Park Row, New York.
ia2-b
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TRANSPORTATION.
Cleveland & Pittsburgh B. B.

* q ON AND AFTER OCTO-
Der "a, 1871, Trains. viii
run rs follows:
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~ IPASSENGER TRAIN,
e will be run by the NOllowin,
schedule on and after November 4, 1877
Wheeling time:
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08
For the Bird Killers.

The Swiss naturalist, Baron Won Tshudi,
has this to say in behalf Of birds, the
efficient, but too seldom appreciated allies
Of the husbandman Without birds,
successful agriculture is impossible. They
annihilate in few months greater num-
Der ofdestructive insects that human hands
could accomplish in the same number Of
years. Among the most useful may be
classed the swallow, wren, robin redbreast,
sparrow and finch. Tschudi tested tit
mouse upon rosebush of his neighbor,
which rid the same in few hours of innu-
merable lice. A robin redbreast killed in
the neighborhood of 800 flies in an hour.
A pair of night swallows destroyed in fif-
teen minutes an immense swarm of gnats.
A pair Of wrens few thirty-six times an
hour, with insects in their bills to their
nests. He considers the sparrow very i'm
portant; pair of these, in single day,
carry 300 worms or caterpillers to their
nests-certainly good compensation for
the few cherries which they puck from
the trees. The generality of small birds
carry to their young ones during the feed
ing period nothing but insects, worms,
snails, spiders, etc. A farmer Indignantly
destroys a robin because he has caught him
eating cherry, and thinks he has done
mankind service; but let him take a
moment to open the crop of the bird, and
he will find it full Of worms. In some in
stances, 200 worms and grubs have been
found in the gizzlrd of single bird. An
oriole shot in field Of wheat had 800
weevils in its crop. A pair of orioles
(parent birds) destroy 1000 caterpillers a
day. The commissioners appointed by the
French government have reported with an
accuracy characteristic of French legisla-
tion. 1t has been decided that by no
agency save that Of little birds, can the
ravages Of insects be kept down. A Ger.
tain insect was found to lay 1000 eggs,
but certain titmouse was found to eat
100000 Of these eggs in year. A swal.
low devours about $50 insects in day,
eggs and all. A house sparrow's nest ia
tho citv of Paris uaa found o., ,o,t.;., -0n
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08
European Republics.

There are now five republics in Europe,
three large ones and two small ones.
France, Spain and Switzerland every one
is familiar with but two small democracies
are but little known. The first is San
Marino in Italy, which has existed us a
republic for fourteen centuries: ut is a
city on rock, in the centre of territory
whose area Is only twenty-one square miles;
it has population of 1850; an army Of
1889 warriors; public revenue of s., 900
per annum; public debt of 81 200; a
senate consisting Of ninety members, cho.
sen from the mobiles, citizens and peasants;
an executive council Of three members ;
two presidents chosen every six months;
two secretaries Of state, minister Of
finance, a commandcr.in-chief aud Judge,
who must be foreigner, elected every three
years, and eligible for recollection only
once The other is Andora, established
as republic in the eighth century by
Chhrlemagne. Il Is situated in pleasant
valley of the Pyrcnces on the frontiers Of
France and Spain, and is place twenty
four miles wide by forty miles long, con-
taiuing 5000 inhabitants
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08

MILK CELLAR.--A milk cellar win be
coolest when well sunk into the earth, and
not much above the surface. Eight
feet would be a good depth. The windows
near the top Of the walls should be protect
ed from the sun, either by trees or shrubs,
or with blinds or shades; and wire screens
inside should be made to exclude all in
sects. Covering the bottom with hydraulic
cement is not good conductor Of heat it
viii render the cellar warmer in summer
and cooler in winter, by preventing access
to the earth. Good stone tagging would
be better in this respect, and hard burned
brick would be better than common brick
There should be ventilating ilue run up
from the upper part Of the apartment, in
which the current Of air may be regulated
by means Of register. Country Cenfls.
man.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08

p. I. Barnum is the only gentleman,
in this land, at least, who ever made a
"farm hand" out of an elephant, 1t is
nearly twenty years ago that passengers
along the N. Y. 4 N. II. Railroad, were
surprised at seeing huge elephant busily
engaged in plowing up Mr.. Barnnm's va
cant lots in Bridgeport, while the driver,
in Oriental costume, was directing its
movements with apparent Inconsistencies
Of attracting attention. The enterprise
had the desired effect, aud the announce
mcnt of this new agent for agricultural
pursuits went the rounds Of the press al
ways associated, Of course, with the Pro-
prietor ofthe American Museum" Letters
from home and abroad poured in by every
mail, all anxiousy enquiring for any detail
as to cost, expense and keeping, average
longevity, amount of work full grown
elephant was able to preform per day,
etc, etc
Mr.. Barnum, in his most interesting
work, says:
Newspaper reporters came from far and
near, aud wrote glowing accounts of the
elephantine performances. One of them,
taking political view of the matter, sta
ted that the elephants sagacity showed
that he knew more than any laborer on
the farm, and yet, shameful to say he was
not allowed to vote. Another said that
Barnum's elephant built all the stone walls
on the farm, made all the rail fences, plan
ted corn with his trunk, and covered il
with his foot, washed windows and sprin.
kled the walks and lawns by taking water
from the fountain-basin with his trunk :;
carried all the children to school and put
them to bed at night: tucked them up
with his trunk fed the pigs; picked fruit
from branches that could not otherwise be
reached tnrned the tanning mill and corn
shelter; drew the moving machine, and
turned and cooked the hay with his trunk /;
carried and brought my letters to aud from
the post-office it was male elephant, 4,
and did all the chores, including milking
cows and bringing in eggs.
"Pictures of Barnum's plowing elephant
appeared in illustrated papers at home and
abroad, and as the cars passed the scene
ofthe performance, passengers heads were
out of every window, and, among the many
and varied exclamations, | heard of one
mans saying, "well, | declare That is
certainly real elephant and any man
who has so many elephants that he can
afford to work them on his farm, must
have lots Of wild animals and curious
"critters" in his museum, and | am bound
to 60 there the first thing after my ar
rival in New York"
"The six acres were plowed over at
least sixty times before | thought the ad-
vertisement sufficiently circulated, and
then sold the elephant to Van Amburgh's $
Menaoerie
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gnblit Aftairs.
Corruptions Of the Times.

|Iff N1a
At the Lexington-st Lutheran Church.
last evening, the Rev. ]. II. Barclay fol.
lowed up his recent discourses on the
Evils Of the Times" by one on the .Cre-
dit Mobilier" developments, taking as his
text the l4th and 10th verses Of the 2sth
chapter Of Isaiah. He began BY exhibit
ing both the legitimate aud abused mean.
ing Of the cant phrase asensationalisui.s
He then considered the national outlook
from a religious point Of view, and said
hat national power could not survive the
decay Of national virtue The pulpit was
Gods agent to expose wickedness, and Il
should give no uncertain sound. The
Credit MobiIier did not stand alone. It
was not new thing, only one more evil
dence Of the breaking down Of public
virtue.
The Credit Mobilicr is no worse than
npny other coruptions, only it reaches
more trusted men, and the worst feature
Of these, showing an utter lack Of manli-
ness and moral courage The speaker
here imaged vivid picture Of nations
growth in evil, and its fall We mightgo
on in bribery and buying Offices, CON-
promise with wrong, insanity lodges for
murderers, explosion Of Fixed sciences to
screen PRISONERS, gambling, stock jobbing
ind "corners." Sowing involves reaping.
Private honesty viii not save If we are
careless Of public dishonesty. What
mockery to-day are some of our courts of
Justice What siekening revelation in the
press, Of wrong, murder, theft, suicide and
other crimes. These are the morning
feasts Of our families. The speaker exhibi-
ted graphic picture Of our halls Of
Legislation. The press was also handled for
its caricatures and abuses, and a Just
compliment paid to that portion Of the
press which had maintained its dignity
and impartiality.
9 The reverend speaker asked, shave we
ceased to have government Of fthe people,
or are we nation governed by rings?"
Ring life reaches into political, financial,
railway and mercantile centres. The Crc-
dit Mobilier is but one tumor Of many.
Ring life must be put down, or It win put
US down. The remedy rested with the
family, the church, the press and the gov
ernment; and the duties Of cash were
explained. The speaker claimed the abso-
lutte necessity Of educating public sentiment
to higher standard, and Of demanding
high personal character for all officers in
every branch Of the government. If
minister does wrong he falls by public
sentiment; so should also every public Of.
heer who betrays his trust. - Baltimore
San, Monday, FEB. "a.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08

Beware Of bad books They are tni.
tors in the household. They are "the en-
emy" who snatches away the wheat and
sows tares in its stead. They are poisoned
sweets, destroying the healthy appetite.
They have the scmblance Of knowledge,
but not the reality. Taey are blind guides
that lead to the ditch. Are We known by
the company we keepa Our books are
our company. In reading the works Of an
author, our minds come in direct contact
with his mind For good or for evil, We
are under his most direct influence.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08

Messs. wellby and Wise are men that
are bound to rise in the world, and bal
loon will be the instrumental their eleya-
tion. Mr. Wellby is an EngIishman aof
culture and ample means" Professor
Wise is the ''most successful living bal.
loonist.' Mr.. wellby has the idea Of q
balloon that win solve the problem Of nrial
navigation; a thing all screws and levers.
cranks, keels, and steering gear; a 1cop-
per steamship one hundred and fifty feet
long and fifty wide, wedge shaped, and
filed with gas. This arial ship is to be
built in Philadelphia, and to travel, when
completed, like some strange, huge bird,
from there to New York.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08
Fish Culture in the United States.

The report of Mr.. Spencer F. Baird
United States Commissioner of Fish and
Fisheries, has just been published. Aftel
a comprehensive review Of the work of the
past year, the commissioner says: "The
fund appropriated by Congress is not suf
tcient to meet all the expenses of the bust
ness especially that Of Matching out and
distributing the young fish and | have
therefore thought it best to limit my efforts
to obtaining the eggs in sufficient quaint.
ties and then to turn them over to the
State Commissioners, exercising the priv.
ilege of carrying the subject to its entire
conclusion in the waters of such States us
have not yet appointed commissioners.
The efforts Of the United States in refer.
ence to the introduction Of useful food
fishes, should not be limited to the salmon.
ide already mentioned TO which the
various species Of trout, salmon, white fish
and smelts belong and to the shad, Ms
many other kinds yet remain for consider.
alton. The land.locked salmon, the Euro
pean char, and the smelt, will be available
for all ponds or lakes of a certain extent
and temperature. In these they will pass
the greater part of their time, running up
into the tributaries or outlets to spawn
The great Danube salmon, which some.
times reaches the weight of one hundred
pounds, would find perfectly suitable
residence in the Mississippi river aud its
tributaries, feeding on the worthless ehubs,
suckers and catfish so abundant therein,
The alewife can be propagated to much
greater extent than at present The ster-
let, kind Of small sturgeon found in the
Volgi and in Russia, is esteemed far be.
yond the turbot, and will thrive in the Missis-
sippi valley and in the lakes. The gourami,
an East India fish, can be placed to great
advantage in the milldams, ponds, &C., of
the South, thriving, as it does, in very
warm water, and feeding entirely on vegeta.
bic matter. II attains weight of twenty
pounds or more, grows with great rapidity,
and is unsurpassed in the excellence of its
flesh, Other species could readily be
mentioned, but have stated enough TO
show the prospects before US in the way Of
increasing, to an almost unlimited degree,
the food resources Of our country, and In
rendering the productiveness of our waters,
in this respect, superior, acre to acre, to
that Of land OF course, time and expcn.
diture Of money will be required, but the
larger the scale Of operations the sooner
and more efiectually the result win be
accomplished, There is also something
still to be done by the United States, in |
the way Of extending the area Of cultiya.
tion Of Holsters, crabs, oysters, &C., if not
by actual planting on larger scale, yet,
by making the necessary experiments and
supplying detailed instruction for the
work. 1t is not impossible, indeed, that
the great Salt Lake, and other interior
bodies Of saline waters, may be made the
nurseries Of ofobjects such as those mentioned
above.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08

Young Lucus, the Connecticut youth
who sued Mrs Markham for breach Of
promise, has not only lost his cause through
an unsympathising and hard-hearted jury,
but has been ordered to pay the costs Of
the court beside. And yet, we have no
doubt that if the lady had been the plain
tiff in the case she would, under the same
circumstance, have been given all the
damages she claimed.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08
How 10 MAKE HAaNrss Br.cK,No

now 10 MAKE HARNESS bLAcKIN0.
"A good harness blacking is made Of four
ounces Of hogs lard, sixteen ounces Of
meats foot oil, four ounces Of wax, twenty
ounces Of ivory black, sixteen ounces Of
brown sugar, and ten ounces Of water.
Heat the whole to boiling, and stir until
it becomes cool enough to handle; then
roll il into about two inches in diameter.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08

To PRrvKsr FELoss HEADING. Take
black pepper in the kernel, and puIverize
we'll then soak the pepper with spirits Of
turpentine, and apply II to the felon as a
pOultice. If this remedy is used when the
felon first makes Its appearance, it is Ger.
tain cure in few applications.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08
Sfleft guetrg.
From the Nae York Erening Nail.
NICE.
BY JOINS nENnY nnocKl.rsnr.

Ifyou stood on the sunny seashore,
With girl Of the modern school,
As the waves were dancing lightly,
With the breezes soft and cool,
And you asked her if the picture
Was not worth viewing twice,
She'd tell you, without reflection,
She certainly thought it was nice.
Ifyou met by chance of an evening,
Aud talked of the concert or play,
And ventured to hint in a careless
And slightly Indifferent way,
That "Lucca' at least was surprising,
That divorce" was a clever device,
She'd tell you with perfect composure,
She certainly thought they were nice.
Ifyou happened in conversation
To touch upon Trollope or Reade,
Or Tyndall, or Darwin, or Spencer
No matter what the creed
And you asked il for leisure moments
These authors would not suffice,
She'd tell you in words of the wises,,
She certainly thought they were nice.
Ifyou sat in vast cathedral,
While voices rich and rare,
In sweet, melodious accents
Chauted the evening prayer;
And you asked if it didn't impress her,
He answer would be concise,
She'd tell you in accents charming,
She certainly thought il was nice.
If art was one of your hobbies
That gave you the greatest delight;
II you were lover of beauty
Relieved in esthetical might;
II from her concerning these topics
Her opinion you tried to cntice,
She'd tell you in syllables sweetest
She certainly thought they were nice.
So it's nice to read novels and dance,
It's nice to be good-in Lent;
It's nice to have plenty of money,
It's nice not to care how It's spent.
It's nice to play Sunday school teacher,
It's nice to dabble with vice.
In short, with the girl of the period,
It's certain that eyerything's nice.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08

The purchase Of the island Of Manhat.
tan, two hundred and seventeen years
ago, BY The Dutch, from the indians, 1as
effected for the sum of sixty guildes, q
twenty. four dollars! The tsael conveyed
for this tsiding sum contains IS ,920 zefss'
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08

Nothing win SO thoroughly pulverize
stable manure, or other long coarse man.
ure, as feeding hogs upon il. They will
turn and overturn II until il Is fine enough
to apply like guano in the drill. The edi.
tore Of the DgMocRArIc ApvocArr have
seen this thoroughly tested.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08

*This should be three instead Of two rail.
roads, as the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line
Railroad crosses the upper portion Of the
county. Editors Adrocafe.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21
Mass Meeting Of the Citizens O,
Rochester Township.

EDITOR FREDERICKSBURG citi
Zens of this township met at Shank,
Hall, in the towno OF Rochester. for til,
purpose OF asserting aud enforcing
lh"ir ri%.:s. in regard to TOWNSHIP
Organization.
The meeting was well attended by
sncn of both political parties. anc
Has called TO order by W. Gilbert
". {. Maher wac elected President,
and I. i. Ryan Secretary. DIR. Sim
mons addressed the meeting, stating
the object. and was followed by Capt
Lewis, n. Ford and others. They al.
yised the people to take early and &C.
live measures to secure their rights
The following gentlemen were ap
pointed a Committee to draw up anG
post notices Of an election to be hcII
on the first Tuesday in April, in con
iornity with township organization
Jaw: Messrs. Gilbert, Stephens,
Booher and Ryan. On motion tn,
meeting unanimously adopted the fol,
lowing resolution;
ItesOlved, That we, the citizens o.
Rochester Township, do hereby heart.
iIy denounce the action of the Count,
Court and Clerk for failing TO call al
election. and refusing u the pol
books, thereby flor selfish motives
slsresarding their duties as publ
servants.
A motion was offered and adepter
20 furnish the andrew county papgs
with copy af the proceedings 70
publication.
On motion the meeting adjournet
TO meet on Saturday, The I'D, 10 max, J