The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-31
GENERAL NOTES

GENERAL NoIES
BgEADsrUrrs in England are dcclin-
ing.
7 CHIEF CLERK AVERY, says that he is
poor mun. Well, if he Is, It is not his
fault.
7 STOREY, of the Chicago Times, Is vim
dicatcd at last. In one of his libel suits
! lately decided, the plaintiff received u
verdict of one cent damages.
WALT WHITMAN says: In my
poems. all revolves around, concentrates
in, radiates from myself That account,
for their immense stu-pendousneS>.
GEORGIA claims that the first steam
boat was foated on the Savannah river,
near Augusta \ model will be exhibited
ut the Centennial.
THE National hard money convention
will be held nj Cincinnati, Ohio, October
18th, lust seventeen days after Hon. Will
liam Allen will have been elected Cover
nor OF the State.
RuUnARp leaves freshly gathered from
the garden and placed near the creyicc,
where cockroaches are found are said TO
be invaluable for exterminating these
troublesome insects.
"Purs" and "calls' may be properly
defined thus: You put your money in
the hands of broker for the purpose of
speculation, and call for the profits in
yuin.--Plttsblrgh Post.
THE Sultan of Turkey has 500 wives,
and to their and his own support he
devote, $lO,OOOOOO out of the $&5,000,-
7 900. which constitutes the revenue of the
Turkish Empire.
The San Francisco Call says that our
trade dollar, after reaching China, Is sent
thence to India for the purchase Of
opium. where it Is recoined into rupees,
and that the amount of American silver
that zoe. TO India from China To pa!' for
this drug is immense.
SANTA MONICA is the name OF a Won
deriul city in Embryo, which is owned in
California by Senator Jones Of Nevada.
Its harbor is said to be superior to that OF
San Francisco, and its opulent proprietor
intends to open it to the world by means
Of railways and make it tie city OF the
Pacific slope.
THAT was lucky early bird which
caught the worm from the sleeping
Roth,childs, IN Paris, the other day. He
went to their banking house and drew
h, money on letter Of credit from Dun
can, Sherman " Co, before the rlch
Jews had heard of the failure. They
tried TO make him dlsgorge but he
wuuldn't and Minister Wushburnc sus-
tanned him in not doing SO. That indi-
vidual will rival the sun in rising for the
remainder Of his life.
JUDGE UNDERWOOD, OF Georgia, on
one occasion gave some very sensible
advice to certain young legal graduates,
us follows: "Ioung gentlemen, said he
"you have passed II fair examination but
YOU don't know anything. Like these
fresh college graduates, you think YOU
know Il great deal. Its IL mistake. If
you ever get To- be OF any account, you
wl., be surprised Mt your present igno-
rance. Don't be- too BIZ for your b.Vrch-
r- This /, solid common scnsc.
NoruING like going away from home
to hear the news: \ Paris nc,puper in
form, its readers that there is Il panic in
New York regarding the scarcity Of
women and that on this account the male
population are beginning to leave; that
Congress Is disturbed ub>ut il; and there
i n proposition to give brilliant ictes
there To- draw women from all parts of
the country, who will then be kept there,
a. the Romans kept the Sablnes. W on
der where 1t got this information!
The Philadelphia Times is solicitous
about the success of the Centennial. 1t
saws it wants to tell the public that this is
really TO he great exhibition; that the
products and manufactures of the world
will be represented, aud that American
producers and inventors cannot afford TO
be absent. Il SAYS: ave want to get
them stirred up by appeals to their sell
fshnesS, if patriotism Will not do it, TO II
direct. person Al interest in the matter, and
the time to dothis is right away
The Jackass, who whipped the honess
in Cincinnati mas died. lie made II
noble fight and gained immortal renown;
but in the contest he received severe
wounds. Though furnished with the
best of medical attention, the poor brute
languished until death ensued and put
an end to his sutierings. The Chicago
Tunes says there is great grief over his
demise among the Cincinnati editors for
he was the greatest donkey of them all.
The following obituary after the manner
Of tho Philadelphia Ledger has been pre-
pared:
"lay his waNen hOots together,
Fold his large and spreading ears ;
lie has gone 10 blend his gee-haw
With the music Ot the spheres"