The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-10-08
GENERAL NOTES.

Miss w ARNER, the authoress ol nc
Wide, Wide World" performed the ser
vices ut her fathers funeral,
G. WAsHISGToN CHTLDs, Esq, has
handsomely paid in the sum of 10000
for stock in the Philadelphia Centennial,
and now hc's-gone to get his certificates.
IT is reported that son of Hon. d.
W. VOORHEES, is studying the character
of al 4mlet" with the view Of portrayng
1t upon the stage.
VINO can say hereafter that Civil
Rights is not strictly observed in Georgia.
Next month white man and Il negro
are both to be hung on the same gallows.
CARRUTH, who carries according to bis
own account, lead mine in his head, is
said to be failing rapidly. His physical
strength is yielding, and the wound never
ceases TO discharge matter.
THE son of Mr.. Rice Of Digby, y
s, ageI eighteen months, nearly beat his
baby sister to death with u curlirg iron.
He is believed to be the youngest Jesse
Pomeroy in the world.
AT recent examination for members
of the bar in Ottawa, Illinois, young
lady and negro man were candidates.
The latter failed entirely, but the former
passed a brilliant examination.
THE census takers of Winchcndon,
Mass, have come across the case of Il
woman twenty-five years old, married at
twelve years of age, who has had ten
children, the oldest being now thirteen
years old.
SOUTHERN colonIsts who settled in
Venezuela after the war, are reported AZ
being IN desperate poverty, and almost
i'm "A starving condition. The United
States steamer Swatara, will shortly sail
for Para Brazil, and will take the sut-
farcrs Oh board and bring them back to
this country.
THE latest device for Guibord is
stone coffin. This has been substituted for
the explosive one in which it was origin
ally intended that the deceas'd ID should
be re.intrrred. The theory is that such
coffin would prove too heavy TO be re-
moved from the grave.
THE New York Times ULTRA Rudical)
of the 9TH inst evidently throws up the
sponge for Hayes in Ohio. In nm edito-
rial it SAYS: ave are by no means con-
tident that the truth will prcvail-Eoth-
ing would surprise US less than to see
Allen and Cary elected in Ohio
The largest rejecting telescope at the
Paris Observatory is completed, although
it will not be brought into use for two or
three months. The equilibrium of the
tube is perfect, and it can be directed
with the utmost facility on any part of
the heavens, although it weighs about
six tons.
THE natural result of an equal COM
mingling of the sexes in a Wyoming
Jury was recently cXcmpIiiicd in case
wherein five days and five nights of de-
liberation led-nOt to verdict, oil course
but to five elopements; and there would
undoubtedly have been six if the remain.
ing jury woman hadn't been a mature
mother in law.
TIE following allusion to the old time
fondncss of our worthy President for
making minute researches in the mud is
from loyal newspaper. Therefore it
canlot bc said to be tainted with treason:
"The Ca)iiprnians invite the President to
the Golden State. Among other things,
they say he "will be the first President OF
the United States who ever looked ut the
sun setting on the Pacific coast Beau
tiful sentiment. but Ulyssus WAS there
before he was President, and didn't find
the mud full of good fortune. Possibly
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