The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-14
GENERAL NOTES.
IT is stated in Washington that Gen

SINCE Frank Blair's death, General
Sherman expresses great indignation that
the remarks in his book regarding Blair
generalship should have been SO untavor-
able.
Hon. REvERDY JOHNSON, aged eighty
one years, astonished the Baltimore bar
last week, by making speech,
standing during an entire day, ana AZ '"'
close exhibiting no signs Of distress
The old trigate Constitution is to be
hauled out of the water, and repaired
sufficiently to be placed on exhibition al at
,ba Centennial The British visitors Will
be delighted with the sight, no uouoI'
ANOTHER lady has attained the dig
pitv of college "professor." Miss Susan
NJ Hsllowell assumes the chair OF natural
history in Wellesey College, MasSach"'
setts, with a salary OF 81, SUI.
A WITTY Troy girl, having drank some
nauseous medicine by mistake, SAID to her
mother: ait is said that one swallow
doesn't make spring, but that swallow
made me spring six feet
SENATOR JESSE ID. BRIGHT is dead, and
NAV Heaven rest his soul. Nevertheless
correspondent of the New Iorl k Graphic
will insist upon resurrecting him, and
stating that he lives in Indiana, and Is
likely to prove thorn in the mesh OF
Morton and Hendricks in their Preslden-
tial aspirations.
CONNECTICUT is taking stringent
measures against tramps. BY recent
act of its legislature it is provided that
when tramp solicits charity, the per-
son bestowing it may demand certain
amount of work in return. If this Is re-
fused the authorities may be called upon
to commit the beggar to jail. Ohio has
also similar law.
JESSE Boss, n colored Methodist preach
er, caused considerable excitement IN
New Albany, Indiana, on Monday, by
solemnizing u marriage between Ger
man and a negro woman. Both Bass and
the German were arrested, charged with
violating State law prohibiting any
such marriage The former has been
/ released, however, and threatens to bring
suit for damages.
AHoruER trouble looms up before the
visions of the jurymen in the great scan
dial case The restaurant proprietor who
! furnished them their ueals has brought
! in bill of $1,000 The Auditor of Kings
| county has not audited the bill on the
ground that he would not be justified by
law in auditing any bill of this sort to be
| paid by the county, IN civil action. In
case each juror has opay his share, there
will only be left $40 to each man out of
his wages during the six months Of the
trial
A SLIGHT disturbance occurred in
Pittsburgh as the Orange procession was
| passing the corner OF 2Gth and Penn
streets in that city, on Monday. One ex-
cited individual tried to create Il row,
and declared the procession should not
move on unless over his dead body.
The Captain of the Orangemen quietly
stabbed him with his sword, placing him
horsdv combat, and the procession moved
on. The Telegraph asks the usually
superfuous question, "Whe1e was the
police?'
TALK of the Keely motor! Here Is
the Rev. James NJ. Henry, Of Clarksville,
Pike county Missouri who has invented
afiying machine which can move through
the air at the rate of one hundred miles
per hour. He has been working forty
years on the problem, and claims to have
| solved it. He deserves TO KAYE SlOo,OOO
n wear as well ss Beecher, but he Is so
poor he can't raise money enough TO
build large machine from his model.
1t is sad to think that no body is willing
to give this cd man chance.-C0nrler-
Journal.
SENATOR SARGENT, of California, who
re. ards himself as the special champion
I of the President and the administration
in u speech few days ago, stated that
during the whole time of Grants incum-
bency' by day and by night, on week
DAYS and on Sundays, $500 per second,
! or Sl20 per minute, has been paid upon
the national debt. Ii this is so, some idea
of the enormity of the debt, and the
tremendous taxation required to pay 1t,
NAV be formed, when il is remembered
that after ten years of peace, 1t still eX-
cccds $1,000 100000.
4 NEW YORK Journal makes the start
ling announcement that there are 100000
confirmed opium eaters in the United
States. In tracing the history of the
terrib habit the article states that it is
the result of two things: First, careless
prescriptions by physicians, who allow
patients to acquire the habit; and second,
the deliberate preference OF many Tor
opium-eating to dram-drinking. That an
immense amount OF opium Is consumed
in this country there can be no doubt.
There is probably no remedy for the
diseased appetite when once acquired, but
greater care in prescriptions and sale
could prevent the acquisition of the dead
ly habit in many cases.
COLONEL GILDERSLEEyE a$crlbeS the
success of the American rihemen quite us
much to discipline as to individual skill.
The reason is that severity Of discipline
causes every man to have confidence in
his companions. He feels himself sup
ported by his is,comrades, and is inspired to
do his best to contribute to the general
result. Colonel Gildersleevc assured Mr.
Hamilton that the members of the team
obey him in the minutest trihe, and this
spirit of loyalty to their captain and
their caus, no doubt had MS much to do
with the victory at Dollymount as the