The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-11-03
GENERAL NOTES,

A GREAT point has been settled. II
has been solemnly declared that in men
tsl vigor, girls are not superior to boys
CoNvERsATIoE between Cincinnati
young lsdies-"She's the most disagrees-
BILE girl 1 ever saw" "Yes, and the
proudest, though ber father packed only
= hundred hogs last year"
IT is stated that every dollar collected
to sustain the Fall River operatives dur
ing their recent strike, about ffty cents
were consumed in collection and expcn.
ditute.
a YcUSG lady asking q Williamsport
young man in music store, Have you
happy dresms7" was sstonished when he
replied, "No, ms'sm, | m mostly troubled
with the nightmare.
GENERAL B. FRANKLIN BUTLER has
purchased a gold mine in the neighbor-
hood of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Still he is in favor of green backs He is
determined 10 be OF both sides the ,ur-
rency fence.
DR EDWARD WARREN, Surgcon-iH
Chief OF the Egyptian army, has resigned
in consequence OF opthslmIs. contracted
in the KhedIves service. DR.. Warren
Is Bsltimorean, and VA, medical direc-
tor Of General Lees army.
THg New York Heral2 has wagered
ITS entire influence upon the hazard OF
Recorder Hacketts election over the
Tammsny candidate If he fails, the
/ Herald ss n manipulation of public SEN
timent must take back seat.
The Columbus Ga. En2n.rer.SUa
says, "Of all the probable candidates
named for the Presidential nomination
no one IS more popular 81 the South than
Governor Hendricks, of Indiana and
no one retains his popularity better"
TIE Mormon church has had fresh
accessions to its strength in the last
twelve years, to the number Of thirty
five thousand. Il is rather q mixed con-
greguuou, however. The last lot con
sisted Of l50 persons who represented the
German, English, Welsh, Scotch and
Swedish natIonalltie,.
Al Logsnsport, Indiana, an interest
ing hog case has JUS. been decided by.
the Circuit Court. The title TO two
hogs Wa, disputed by two neigh bors
Tn. Jury, after being thirty-siI hours
out, rendered u SerdIct Ia Ia'os " tue
original claimant. The costs Of the case
are already $1,000, or - pound for
the whole amount OF pork. The case
may yet be appealed.
TEE Allentown Chronicle says: seven
acres OF land are covered by the pig iron
owned By the Alent.wn Iron Company
and kept in stock at the compsny9
works in this city. This the largest
stock, numbering thousands OF tons,
ever collected at one time by any fur
mace company in the Lehigh Valley.
And vet trade is so brisk, and good times
are coming 50 rapidly.
SEVERAL fire. companies Of New
York, who have made specially Q; in
suring farm and all other buildings OF
like nature. have decided TO increase
their rates. They claim to have lost
more BY these fires during the past year
than during any previous one OF their
existence. The cause l. attributed TO
the numerous tramps who lntest the
country, and commit these incendiary
outrsges.
The modern world has had presented to
/; one of the most remarkable facts Of mod
ern history. The new City Hall Of
Baltimore, which was dedicated with im-
posing ceremonies few days ago, cost
S227l l35 81, and covers an area OF 30,
4JC feet Yet the BAltimoreans boast
that there was not a particle Of jobbery
or stealing during the entire period OF
construction. and that no scandal otany
kind IAN be breathed upon the building
committee.
EN-TREAsURER SPINNER i IN doubt
whether he ought to accept the present
Of clock, rendered MIN by the employees
of the Treasury Department. Ii this is
so, he must be- one OF the most rernarka-
bl. men in the world. Afte. the iliustri-
Gus example ~et under his very nose for
90 many wears when presents OF every