The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-14
GENERAL NOTES.

The latest polite appellstion for a
burglar is moonlight mechanic"
The yexed question of Wilkes Booths
death is not settled yet He is reported
to have been lately seen in Paris.
The Cincinnati Commercial intlmateS
that the Republican leaders "are too
cowardly to make square fight on the
financial issue
A CANADIAN Agricultural Society has
taken step onward in favor Of mems
rights. 1t offers u prize for the best
bread made and baked by bachelors.
VINO would not be General Superir-
tendent for y. 7. Stewart? The old
fellow has Just presented the above
guardian of lis interests with hand
some mansion worth $4,000.
BEWARE of entrance into litigation,
The plaintiff in New Brunswick suit
about the right of way over n piece Of
land got verdict of one dollar, while the
costs of the Sult amounted to 81 800.
HERE is an instance ofmodcrn Radical
journalism: The Mississippi negroes are
slaughtered in such wholesale fashion
that there are none left who dare get in
the crops. A failure in the crops You
know, would be biz card for the Demo
cratic party.
The penalty TOR dueling in Illinois is
a long term in the pen,entiary. Cover
nor Beveridse is moving actively to pro-
cure the trial of the two St. Louis editors,
and in case of conviction, how would
I this look on the books at Joliet: "Foster
and Edwards-trn wears each They
| hanged man in Illinois once for killing
/ his antagonist IN duel.
The question whether or not William
( c. Ralston committed suicide has been
definitely answered, and in n manner
sufficient to satisfy anybody. His spirit
took control oi an unfortunate medium
the other night without any warning,
and after throwing the poor fellow down,
ana walIowiug him on the ground rs if
in AN clilcptic tit, finally told him that
he Ralston) was seized with apopcxy
while swimming, and WAS drowned.
HERE is a good hint for stump speak
crs of the Morton stripe. The Christian
Union, speaking Of the patience with
which We are accustomed to listen TO long
TRADES from our political ''leaders, says:
Nv hen political orators attempt to make
u- believe in general negro instructions,
or labor taking capital by the throat, or
the probability OF Democratic victory
resulting in the restoration of slavery,
the assumption of rebel debts, and the
pcnsiuuing of Confederate soldiers, the
/ oiiensc changes from the nature OF impo-
/ stion to that OF downright insult.
Don't let any one despair. Though
his efforts in this life may seem to be uu-
appreciated, he can have the gioriou, sat
i,tuction Of knowing that maybe after
he j. dead and dccaycd some one will
rise up aud call him blessed. 1t is Col
ton who has said: The drafts which
true gcniue draws upon prosperity, al.
though they may not always be honorcd
us soon aS they are due, are sure To be
/ paid with compound interest in the end.
/ There's consolation for some editors. AT
any rate that must be- the hope they
carry about with them or they would,
| long ago. have ceased TO write.
IT is sometimes dangerous to leave Il
boy a fortune Henry a. Henkcn, Of
I New York, a lad of sixteen, who lately
fell heir to some thirty thousand dollars
worth of property in this city, on the
death Of his parents, and who, having
| fallen into bad company, has become 80
| dIssipated that he cannot take care of his
property. has been taken charge OF by
the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
70 Children, and the Court has placed
! his property in the hands of the Surro-
| gate Tor protection. \ jury OF fifteen
citizens pronounced the boy habtuai
druukard.
The Brooklyn Eagle is in favor Of
erecting national mausoleum for the
purposeof interring thcreiR the remains OF
our Ex-Presidents. 1t says; "The centen-
nial time is an appropriate season to dis
cuss this subject, and nothing more
woI thy the grandeur OF the nation could
be made than tins home for the reception
OF the Republics dead rulers. Such
( temple would bc in accordance with the
| spirit of freedom, and it would be pow
/ rrtul expression Of nations gratitude
: Aside from its features as national
affair, and one which would reflect honor
upon the pcope Of America, it is but
! Justice to the memory Of the men who
served their country IN this highest posi-