The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-10
GENERAL NOTES.


the world where money plays a conspic-
uous part in politics. 1t cost Sir George
Elliott nearly $4,000 to secure his seat
in the British Parliament.
The Pittsburgh Post says that "since
Beecher's salary has been raised to double
that of the President, there is some fear
lest Grant may want to move to Brook
lyn and try the ragged edge business.
IT is reported that prominent English
merchants have chartered the steamer
Great Eastern" to run between Liver
pool and Philadelphia during the Cen
tennial
Ir is suggested that instead of giving
Mr.. Beecher 100000 they let him worry
along on $4,000 year, and give the
rest to Elizabeth. Now, that's really
sensible. She, poor thing, is the real
sufferer from the scandal, after all.
AMONG the Indians of the Red Cloud
tribe, who have just gone on the warpath
is one bearing the very peculiar name OF
Jump-up- and-run away and then sit
down-again. 1t must have taken some
time to perform the ceremony when that
Indian was christencd.
AND now here ia IA new word with
which to enrich the English language,
II. ma "a
gathering up and preserving old postage
and revenue stamps. 1t is very COM
mon species of insanity, though tortu-
nately harmless.
LONDON has another new industry.
A man advertises himself as "knocker-
up and window-t ticker, from three to
seven" He wakes heavy sleepers who
wish to get up early. Window tickling
is waking without ringing the bells, by
means of a long pole, with which he taps
on the window pane.
\ PHYSICIAN was called upon to At
tend a scumstrccs who felt indisposed
He inquired ms to her health, and she re-
piled very appropriately; "Wcll, it is
about sew sew, doctor but seams worse
/ to-day, and ! have frequent stitches in
the side The doctor hemmed a> he felt
/ her pulse, and said she would mend soon,
and left prescription,-E.rcha1We.
4 AFTER cx- Senator Zach Chandler left
/ hs house in Washington to withdraw
/ into the quiet OF home lite in Michigan,
/ an old Junk dealer purchased all the old
( stuff left lying around loose. Among
/ this WAS found five hundred dozen emp
( V whisky and champagne bottles, which
had accumulated during the last short
session OF the Senate. Suggestive. Very.
No WONDER the iron trade i depressed
when Secretary Robeson is constantly
Cutting the market. He is, at this time,
having three ironclads, the "Hero,' "Pis-
cataqua' and "Nipsc' pulled to pieces,
/ and will sell of the iron at public auc-
/ ton. There will be realized from it, at
! the outside, about one hundred dollars
| for every thousand dollars of the pcO-
/ pies money it cost TO construct them.
WHAT terribly considerable amount
of enterprise is displayed by tho Asso-
ciatcd Press in sending news. Here We
receive by telegraph an editorial from the
! Louisville Courier Journai, about Mrs.
, sherman, to be published the day after it
| comes out in that paper. lfthc press had
/ waited, it could have gotten almost as
soon for five cents what costs several dol
/ lars.
a LARGE meeting OF the citizens Of
| Albermarle county, Virginia, was held
at Charlottesville, on Monday to discuss
the question whether or not the debt of
Virginia should be repudiated. 1t was
resolved unanimously in the negative, on
| the ground that reputation would not
only be death blow TO the honor of the
State, but that it would be fatal TO her
credit, and therefore bad q. Il matter of
policy.
MAX ADLER, the humorist, Was mar
ried the other day to fair one Of la
pounds. The romance of the thing is
that. it is said Max thought she'was in in
digent circumstances till he woke up the
next morning and she told him she was
worth $4,000 That's all very pretty;
but Max is too wide awake for any thing
of that sort Most likely he had a suspi-
cion ol something Of the kind before the
wedding.
SEVERAL prominent ladies of New
York, Wcstchester and Kings counties
have inaugurated monument to the
memory Of Washington Irving. The
present intention is to have bust of
Irving of colossal proportions, placed
upon granite pedestal, which will be
ornamentcd with four bronze figures
placed in inches upon four sides of the
PEDESTAL. The figures are to be Rip Van
Wrinkle, an old Knickerbocker, and two
other. Of Mr.. Irving's creations. The
bust will be ready for exhibitio at the
Philadelphia Centennial, after which it
will be publicly erected nj Central Park,
New York
THE New Orleans P,cay,He an
nounces the death OF Mrs. Frances Parke
Butler, wife of Colonel +. g. w Butler
of Iberville parish, Louisiana. The de-
ceased was born ut Mount Vernon, Nir-
ginia, November -, l797, and was the
daughter Of Lawrence Lewis and Flea
nor Parke Gusts, OF Woodlawn, Fairfax
county, Va. Lawrence Lewis was the
son of Fielding Lewis and Elizabeth
Washington, only sister of General
Washington, and was one Of the cNecu-
tors of his uncle's estate. Eleanor Parke
Gusts was the youngest daughter
of John Parke CustIs, only
son of Mrs. Washington, by
L,- +rs, bu. hand Daniel parkp CuStls