The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-12
GENERAL NOTES.

STATISTICS show that Ss,0O0,0OO was
lost in journalistic enterprises last year.
The american Manufacturer says that
in spite of the strike, Pittsburgh never
made more iron than she is doing to-day.
The members of the Y. Nj. g, A, who
recently visited Richmond to attend their
National Convention, are loud in praise
of Virginia hospitality.
The Connecticut Legislature settled a
womans suffrage proposition introduced
before it, in short order. They referred
it to the Committee on Insurance.
THE old men Of Minnesota must re-
tain their vigor long time, and are de-
vout believers in muscular Christianity.
Two Of them over 20 years old recently
had a prize fight in Chaska, that State
ANNA DICKENS is hard on the Radi-
Gals. She SAYS of them: Most Of the
peoples representa- 'ativcs are men whom
no one would trust with the key of his
office for an hour, or with the key Of his
safe for ten seconds.
AMERICAN genius Is iTrcpre,sible and
extends in all directions. Some Yankee
inventor has proposed to the French
Government to furnish them machine
ior.orly $1,000, which will make It man
an angel in second. The Tuillotin :
occupation is gone.
AN interesting incident is on the pro-
grammc of the coming commencement
exercises as Rutgers College, New Jer-
,ey. Haltori, japanese student, will
deliver an address in his native tongue.
No doubt the other students rs well as
the visitors will be greatly edited.
THE words oin God we tyust' have been
left of recent issues of new coin at the
Philadelphia Mint We infer from this
that the Grant party are pretty much III
the condition of the old lady, who, being
thrown from vehicle. was asked chow
she felt when the horse was running?
..Wcn." said she, 81 trusted in Provi-
dencc until the breeching broke, and
then | thought il about time to look out
for myself-Ne,o Harea Register.
The Wisconsin Grangers have organ
lied an Insurance Company on the co.
operative plan. Any member of Grange,
in good health and under sixty years of
age, is eligible to membership IN the
company. The fees of membership, when
admitted, are: Less thirty-tive years of
ave - 90; from thirty-tvc 10 torty-iive
wear, of are. inclusive s. OOi from forty
nyc To Hity wears Of ace, - %: from
fifty to ifty-tive years OF age, ST. %;
from ftty-tIyc to sixty years oi age,
SIS %. Two thousand dollars Is the
limit Of insurance allowed. At the death
Of member an assessment Of ) % per
member is made.
DR. LINDEEMAS, directore OF mints.
state, that the treasury has about six
million dollars Of silver coin on hand.
1t i, estimated that during the months
of july ami August, $@,0OO,0oO Of silver
fractional pieces will be coined, which
will require thirtv-seven and half tons
Of silver At the treasury department
It Is calculated that if the coming crops
should turn out well, ten million dollars
of silver fractional pieces will be rcquIr-
ed to supply the place of the present
fractional currency; If badly, fifteen mil
lions of coin will be necessary, From
the present out 'ook, however, it l.
thought that it will be perfectly feasible
10 substitute silver for fractional paper
currency during the fall, i'll accordance
with the act of Congress OF January
last
A CURIOUS trial is soon to take place
at Lyons in France. a gentleman had
his foot amputated, and though frequent
Is dunued, has n often declined to pay
the bill of the operating surgeon, alleg-
ing that he dissccted the severed foot at
lecture before the hospital students, in
stead Of burving the amputated member
in consrcratcd ground as agreed upon.
The patient, il is further stated, has even
taken Il crosS-action against the surgeon
for breach Of contract The latter states
that tn" foot was dealt with as is usual in
al. such cases. In Paris the d<jscia
m,u,brG Of the schools of anatomy are
buried in the "Polter's field Of Ivrv.
where are Inferred also the guiIotincd,
the idiots, lunatlcs, and the unclaimed of
the Morgue.
\ LONDON committee Interested in
the cause of temperance, recently ad-
dressed letters on the subject to GS,S19
househclders, and received replies from
5s.S93. The following were the qucs-
tons asked and the tenor of the answers
received: Aro you in favor of increased
vigilance on the part of inspectors?
Are You in favor of lessening
the number of houses, especially by with
drawal of licenses after conviction? Are
YOU in favor of shortening the hours Of
sale? Are you in favor of entire Sunday
closing? The answers to the questions
were as follows: To the first, ayes H.
079; mo, 1888. To the second, "Yes,
4G, ,797; NO, 4,OSI. To the third, yes
1897; "No," 1910 To the fourth "Ics.
4I.O6l; "No," S,542. These returns in
dicate substantial unanlmity of Scnti-
mrni, which the authorities can hardly
afford TO disregard.