The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-11-04
GENERAL NOTES.

PNAAsINS ~ SNoN'
The tobacco crop of Massachusetts Is
considered failure this year.
ANYBODY can see now where Jim Fisk
inherited his genius. His father has just
Invented patent harness, containing
very ingenious arrangement wherebyth
pulling of q string instantly frees the
horse from the vehicle.
SToNEwALL JACKsoNs daughter in
another four years is determined to take
a husband out of the old S.onewall Brig
ade even if he shall be its only surviving
member, with both arms gone and no
legs to stand upon.
THE Oxford University Press has just
published the smallest Bible in tho world.
1t measures 4Ix2Ix! inches, and weighs,
when bound in limp morocco, less than
three and one-half ounces. 1t must re
quIre Il microscope to read it.
SENATOR BAYARD, of Delaware, tells
an Augusta, Ga, editor that the people
of the South have but faint conceptions
of the distress at the North; that, in his
opinion, where one Southern man is suf-
fering from poverty ten Northern men
are suffering much more.
A POOR woman who had deposited her
earnings in the suspended Townsend
Savings Bank ut New Haven, Co n.
walked last Tuesday from Waterbury to
/ New Haven, distance of tweuty-three
| miles, to obtain dividend which the re-
| ceivers of the bank had declared.
INDIANA girls are positive, if not ele-
CANT in their modes of expression. For
instance when one Of them gets tired Of
a lover and wishes to dismiss him she
quietly remarks. Guess you can pull
OIL now, Sam, is her Icy remark, "Lhls
egg won't hatch.
grant has appointed one Coles Bash
ford Secretary for the Territory of Arl-
IONA. 1t is charged against this last
specimen of Executive favor that some
years ago he accepted Il bribe of $4,000
in railroad bonds for signing the Lacrosse
Land Grant Bill. The administration
must be falling back into its old time 'set-
tied policy.
A MAN and wife with seven children
ina covered wagon, t-ied to drive through
lows short time ago, but the author
itir- have detained them just because the
eldest Of the children WAS onlv nine
years old. They compel such men to re-
main in that State, because they want
the sparSely inhabited counties settled up.
The marriage laws of Utah Territory
are convenient il not highly moral. For
instance, when couple wants to get
married, they stand Ep and say, yves
pardners. Divorce Is accomplished by
publicly announcing, "rhis partnership
is busted" The custom fits the people
like all old glove.
Now who can say that We have not
an abundance of specie in this country
with which to resume. On Sunday,
w. A. Allen, of Sunbury,
Pennsylvania, killed n chicket for din
ner, and on opening the gizzard found
two silver ten cent and TWO five cent
pieces which were worn smooth.
The penalty imposed by law upon let
ter carriers for not promptly mailing
letters entrusted to them, i. $500 fine or
one years imprisonment, or both. This
was the decision Of the United States
Commissioner at Washington, recently in
the case of carrier named Whiteslde,
who forgot TO mail letter given him for
tine purpose.
The Heather Chinee has invaded the
arena of Religious discussion. Wong
Ching Foo, learned Chinese lecturer, is
to hold public discussion at Terre Hautc
soon, with Baptist clergyman, on the
relative merits of the religions of Christ
and Confucius. Mr.. Foo has appeared
in similar discussions before, and has ac-
Quilted himself with some credit to his
side, they say.
COMMENTING on the appointment of
Mr.. Tyson, as receiver Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, the Richmond DiSpatch
exp rcsses the hope "thst as Mr.. Tyson
is the receiver during the settlement OF
the affairs of the railroad, he will dis
charge his duties ut least with fair re-
gard for the interests of II people who
have invested 30 much in the road, and
who depend 20 much upon it
The late Republican successes have
already made corrupt Radicals insolent
and impudent. A Washington dispatch
saws: William 5. King, Of Pacific Mail
subsidy fame, has announced his inten-
tion to appear and be sworn in on the
first day ot the session Of Congress. AT
one time he was inclined to wait the re-
suit ofthc proceedings against him. lie
now saws he will be on hand with the IN
tentiOn of starting even with the rest.
Thus far, during recess, he has drawn
his pay regularly.
Tug election seems TO have muddled
the brains of the paragraphist Of the
Chicago L.tsr Ocean. lie says: ltap-
pears after a.l tnut Loader is to be tried.
We are not entirely clear as to this case
but We believe Loader was n member of
the Institute Canadien, and he refused
upon oath to crimnatc Cardinal Me.
Cio>key ~ au accessory before the fact.
Theodore TiIton is mixed up with it
somehow, because it is dirty; and per-
son named Guibord is displayed to very
bad advantage. But if the funeral is to
proceed, it ought to proceed at once.
THE St. ouis'Republiean notices Boil
" Lewis as a shining example to his