The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-28
GENERAL NOTES
A MOVEMENT is on foot in St. Louis to
erect a monument to General Blair.

NINETEEN iron furnaces IN the LeulSu
valley are in blast, while thirty-three are
cold.
FLORIDA killed 10000 slligators for
their hides last year. A new branch Of
industry.
PRoF. WASHINGTON II. DONALDSON
leaves two interesting children, in
Rochester, New York to mourn the un-
timely taking of Of their adventurous pa
II is reported that General Benjamin
Harrison, grandson of eHPrcsident Har-
rison, will head the Republican ticket for
Governor of Indiana.
The population of the good State of
Rhode Island, is according to the last
census, 25S, 1872. About enough in all to
make decently populated county.
OUT Of 255 900 headstones to mark the
graves of soldiers in the service Of the
United States during the late war, l93,-
900 are for graves of the unknown. Such
is fame.
LOWELL, Massachusetts, presents an un-
usual exhibit of industry just now
Nearly every mill is running and if not
to the full capacity, almost up to the
usual standard.
REPUBLICAN papers affect the SatiricsI
by calling Governor Allen, OF Ohio, "Old
Fog Horn" A fog horn is used to warn
msriners of impending danger, Might IL
not also bc warning of danger that
menuces the ship of State?-No" York
Heraid.
TuE Pendleton Ne1cs is responsible for
the following snake story: Solomon
Movers and son, living about three miles
from Franklin, killed one day last week,
seven black snakes, whose average length
was seven feet. An eye witness reports
that there was at least bushel OF rep
tiles eggs found. The snakes were lying
in hollow log, over which Mr.. Meyers
son was playing, when they were dis
covered.
SOME people understand how to make
birthday presents. For instance, the
Staunton VA ymiicator publishes the
following: United States Senator Rob
er,.on. of South Carolina, is at the Warm
Springs with his family, including son
who has been ut Georgetown College.
Monday was the young mans twenty
/ first birthday, and on raising his plate at
breakfast he found check from his
father for $4,000.
SENATOR Jones, of Nevada; y. 7.
Stewart, of New York, and J. ID. Cough
lin and George Brown, of California,
have bought u piece Of land at Delord
and Aunuciation streets, New Orleans,
whereon they intcudto build All artificial
ice factory, $50 feet long, ll6 feet wide,
ana more than 80 feet high, 10 cost sl2o,-
600. They have an ice factory in Cali
fornia one in Chattanooga, one nearly
/ finished in Galveston, and are about to
build one in Atlanta.
The report of the census-taker Of Buff
lalo shows what the people there die of.
Cases Of "typod fever "rumatis,' "col-
larv." chart disease, "parralises,
"tentLins,' 'crrcsiplus, 'cansor, and
"boIl complaint have been quite com
mon. and the city seems not to have been
wholly free from sewing ears each, but
no fatal cases are reported. 1t lsn eve
rv doctor, bv any means, who can handle
the orthography of medicine as shl!tuliy
us the census taker does. .-Courter-J0
nat
A LIGHTNING rod man put up a rod
over the barn of q New jersey farmer,
promising to wait three months for his
pay. Before the time came, however,
the barn was strlei by lightning and
consumed. But, nothing daunted, the
lightning road man came around for his
money, and with characteristic modesty,
requested permission to erect " road over
the new building. His reply wasa load
Of bird shot injected into his cutcle,
which sent him Oft bowling. He haNn
presented his bill since, strange to say.
THE latest Maine murder Is one OF the
most singular reported tor many " day.
William Pangborn, of Midway, an old
gentleman of eighty two is under arrest
ior having killed his wife, SiXty-onc years
old, on Saturday night. and admits hAv-
lag committed the act, but claims tina! he
did it while dreaming that he was
lighting bear --Er. Any eXcuS" Is
better than none; but that is almost too
thin. The most charitable excuse that
can be given tor the Old man Is that he
chad 'em" badly.
WONDERING what becomes of all the
lead pencil, is in order. In one week of
last month a firm near New York re-
ccivcd orders for 44j miles of lead pen
ellis. 10 make these only 5000 feet Of
cedar lumber are required, and after they
are made they will load >iN freight cars.
This immense consumption OF lead pen
c:I. j. doubles, caused by the attempts OF
women to sharpen them with par OF
,,..,ors cor n dull case knife. Persons
who have witnessed these efforts need no
,ol,rr wo rder at the demand.
ANOTHER method Of preserving
peaches has Just been promulgated, As fol-
lows: Take the head from k"g, fill 1t
with the handsome, ripe peaches, put in
all the whisky it will hold, then head 1t
up again. In winter they will he found
beautifully preserved, with The bloom MI
ON. and with slight soaking and sc"Id'
iug IN syrup. they are delicious accom-
panimenl 10 the cream, far superior to
brandied peaches The peach whisky
which remains will be- found excellent IN
mince pies and pudding sauces. The
rreat advar tagc Of this Is that nothing Is
lost