The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-25
GENERAL NOTES.

abused, but now he is gong W Oe So0u
boy. He has abandoned billiards ana
cards.
OUR worthy President spends his time
ouite freely divided between the delights
of Long Branch, and the charms Of the
New York Fifth Avenue Hotel,
JUDGE WALLACE, III Chicago, has de-
cided that sp!rtualistic marriage, where
the parties live together publicly after
wards, is valid in the eyes Of the law,
MEBIDEN, Connecticut, must be rather
healthy place for residence. They
killed rattlesnake four and u half feet
long, and owning six rattles, on It's prln-
cipal street few days ago.
SOME people do get things terribly
mixed up. Here it is asserted that ex-
Governor Weston, of New Hampshire is
in receipt of numerous letters from per-
sons seeking to engage his services aS a
pedestrian.
NOBODY would suppose that ribbons
enough could be got into watch case to
make it pay to smuggle them in that way'
but by the aid of pressing machine,
forty yards, worth about sixty dollars,
can be put in An ordinary case.
/ SOME one has suggested that seats be
/ placed in the vestibules of churches tor
the benefit of the young men, who come
/ for the purpose OF accompanying the
| 'adies home, aud who have no desire to
attend divine service themselves.
A REPORT has been in extensive circu-
lation that Senator Jones, of Nevada, had
lost 100000 in stock speculations in New
York, recently. He denies it, and says
that so far from losing anything he made
trifle of 100000 or so.
Iris estimated that the bonded indebt-
edness of the railroads of this country is
81, 7O00OO,0O0, and default has been
made in the payment of interest upon
$3.50, 900 900, or more than one-third of
the whole amount.
A MONTPELIER farmer found in his
cornfeld, the other day, cent bearing
the date of 1888. On one side was an
Indian with bow and quiver of arrows,
and on the other an American eagle with
the inscription: Massachusetts Com
monwealth.' Across the eagle were the
words 'One Cent"
Bessie TURNER'S bedstead broke down
last Sunday night with crash, and
when the folks rushed up stairs they
found her still slumbering sweetly, with
her head piiIowed on the floor and her
feet hung up on the bedpost. We shall
have to believe her story about Tilton if
she keeps OH in this way.-Mlleaukee
Nei0S.
The new system Of prepayment OF
postage on newspapers by means OF
stamps, it is stated, is bringing the post
Offices very satisfactory revenues. The
postage collected on this class of matter
during the first quarter of the present
wear amounted to So, 1853. At this rate
New York will pay during the year about
one.fourth of the entire receipts through
out the country from this source.
A REPORT comes from Kansas City,
Missouri, that, after a terrific storm of
hail, wind and rain, which did great
damage to the crops, there was left be-
hind, tremendous crop OF toads. The
toad Is pronounced by entomologists as
the destroyer of every class of insect,
even such mail-clad ones rs the potato
bug. He may be visitation from Prov
idence direct. Who knows?
The trouble that the King of Burmah
has become involved in with the British
government, has been the means Of
bringing him prominently into notice.
among other things, he has shown him
self true friend of the press by recently
issuing proclamation that he desired to
start newspaper in his dOminions, and
all who refused to subscribe to it, should
be- beheaded.
FIVE European steamers sailed from
New York last Saturday, carrying three
million dollars in specie, and several
hundred wealthy tourists. A great many
people think that these people should be
patriotic enough to spend their money at
home instead of taking 1t out of the
country for the benefit OF foreigners.
But it's no use talking, they will do as
they please, and really its nobody's busi-
ness but their own.
THE men who fought for the Union on
the one side, ana the men who fought
for the Confederate cause on the other
side. are after all the truest and safest
reconstructors. Fitz Lee, in Boston,
bearing Virginia's offering of national
patronism and Southern goodwill to the
North to be laid on the altar ofthe Union
nj Bunker Hill, and received with shouts
OF JOY as he has been, is truly typical of
genuine reconciliation of the best and
braveSt of both sections. - Richmond
Wig.
The reduction Of taxation is pleasant
to hear of in these days of extravaganza.
In the State of New York the State tax
has been reduced one and quarter mill,
making an aggregate reduction for the
present year of $2,4ll $50. This sur
passes the hopes expressed by Gov. Til
den. The New York Tribune says tnis
saving is effected by no false economy,
but is largely in consequence of cutting
down extravagant salaries, looping off
useless expenses, and checking unncces-
>ary outlays.
SOME correspondent or other has been
very irreverently crilicizing three of the
money magnates of New York. He says:
Daniel Drew looks like broken
down, hollow-chested Harpagon; Jay
Gould like squaint Moorish pawnbroker;
while Vanderbilt mas about him absolute