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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-03
GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL,

CHICAGO. ILL.
Having purchased the entire furniture
and taken Il lease of this magnificent hotel
| have admitted Mr.. Samuel VI. Turner
formerly of the old fremont House and
late of the Palmer House, Chicago, and
Mr.. Tyler Il. GaSkill, formerly of the
Revere House, Boston, to an interest in the
business, which will conducted under the
name of JOHN Il. DRAKE Il co.
THE HOUSE covers one entire block
having a frontage south and east OF over
inO feet Is admirably located for the con-
vcnicncc of guests; is thoroughly built i'm
the best manner, with all modern i'm
pruvcmcntS. Every floor from basement
io root, cnClOScS Il four inch layar ofcemcnt
which, with other safeguards render il
practically fIEE-rROOF. The ventilation
is perfect. and the whole is being retittrd
with the addition of new and elegant
furniture aS required.
The service, table and other accommodate
tiOnS being the same To all guests, will be
maintained fully up To the high standard
of their predecessors, and equal to any
house in this OF any other country, but the
proprirtors have decided to meet the lust
expectation of the public III these times of
financial depression by graduating prices
at from $500 10 $50 per day, according To
the location OF the rooms occupied.
f.bl5 JOHN u. DRAKE.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-03
no,FRNom's OFFICE, RICHMOND, July

II affords IN" pleasure TO say that am
well acquainted with "A large majority OF
the officers OF the Montpelier Female HUI
name Association, who reside III the vi
cIniiy OF my home, and ! attest their in
tcIIiGcnCc and their worth and high repu-
tation as gentlemen, as well rs the pub
lie confidence, influence and substantial!
means literally represented among them.
JAMES l.. KEMPER, Coy. Virginia.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, JulyS, 1871 "
commend them ~ gents Of honor and in
trcrity. and fully entitled to the confidence
of the public ,,.,.,,,.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-03
BOY WANTED.

nNE WHO HAS HAD SOME EXPER-
IENCE with Dry Goods preferred.
Recommendations required. Enquire at
mr9u lli0 MAIN STREET.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-03

UNHE UNDERSIGNED HAS OPENED
| an Office at No. l521 Main street, Tor
the purpose Of posting and adjusting
books. collecting bills, copying, ana "iH.I
Office work. Parties who do n"t WIS., l."
cary n bonk-krcpcr can have their books
posted up weekly. or oftcnrr II desired
and the bills made out aud c0Lcg,ir,IH,,,
tcbl7 W VI. ~ fN'i'''.'''
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-03
PROPOSALS.

r,.,y,,r.prrrrr RoAEpoF COMNIsSGuN's
''''' WmEELING, February >, $50.
S,o1.,l rr,ros.,ls Will bee received al this
,t,Ica rufiI Saturday, February 9TH, al
noon. for furnishing coal 10 TIA" county
,Inil and Infirmary FOR on" year nom
APRIL list. Bidders will give tn" price 81
clean. mixed and uu' coal, delivered. All
clean coal To- pass through screens.
any OF all bids. ,.,.,,,,.,... 80,
1-LI 30 p IL l--l.,-ll
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-03
FOR SALE.
COMMISSIONERS SALE
OF
VALUABLE LAND
AND
C AL PROPER Y
IN OHIO COUNTY.

of ohio county, West Virginia, entered on
December Goth, 1874, in chancery cause
now pending in said Court, wherein
Francis Morris is complainant and Oscar
u. Thompson, Susan +. Thompson, his
wife. James :. Wheat, Franklin e. Jones,
administrator OF Frederick Klett, dcceas
ed. Joseph Il. Whitaker, Edward II FitZ-
hugh, Samuel II. +. Carter, Jacob Snyder,
Moses i. Cox, Charles j. Thomas, trustee
of l.. G. Carr, wife of " m. Hart Carr, are
defendants, we Will, on
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02
Farm Paragraphs.

y hery large yields of wheat are often re-
ported from California;; but the average
i5 not greater than for New England or
Minnesota.
Massachusetts falls of over II million
pounds this year III the estimated amount
Of her tobacco product rs compared with
last year.
In Queen Annes county, Md, a disease
which has broken out among the cattle
with fatal effect, is pronounced q species
o diphtheria by a veterinary surgeon who
has made study of it.
Cattle should be led regularly. In the
opinion OF one Of our best farmers, "a
COW or an OK will worry off more fat in
waiting an hour tor their food beyond the
regular time than two feeds will put on. u
The latest crop reports from Europe
show that the wheat crop there will be
still poorer than was at first sunnosed
and as consequence, the demand for
American grain will bc considerably in.
creased
Grape vines may be pruned as soon rs
the leaves fall Cut out the old canes a.
much as possible, and leave the new and
thrifty ones for bearing. Severe pruning
is better adapted to the grape than any
other kind of fruit.
One OF our best farmers writes that HI
noticed an immediate increase in the quan
tity OF milk given by his cowsw when he be
gan, short time since to house then
nights The fact is as good as a sermon
Lowell Courier.
Highly manured lands resist the droutl
better than the same soil in a poorer state
OF cultivation A field which is well en-
riched will produce an abundant harvest
sometimes, when one less well mannret
will prove almost a failure.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02
Treatment OF Shyiug Horses.

Shying generally arises from timidity
but sometimes it is united with cunning
and induces the animal to assume q fear
OF some object for the sole purpose Of find
ing an excuse for turning aside. The
Usual cause OF shying j., doubtless, the
presence OF some object to which the horse
has not been accustomed. and II he has de
tectiye ewes. which render him Shortsioht-
ed, it win be difficult f. convince him Of
the innocent nature oi the novel Object
There are endless peculiarities in shying
horses, some being drra;!mlly alarmed by
one kind Of object, which to others is not
III all formidable The best plan of treat
ment, which can he adopted. is to take as
little notice as possible ui HE SHY me and
to be especially carelNl not to show any
lear of its recurrence when the ''alarm-
ing object appears in the distance. When
The horse begins 10 show alarm, but not
till then, the drive should speak cncoul-
aging 10 him. and, II necessary, with a Sc
we're tone, which may even be supported
by the Use of the whip ii his onward prog
ress cannot be otherwise maintained
The principle, which >ilould be carried
out is To adopt such measures AS will oct
the horse TO pass the object at which he
SHES. somehow or other and this should
be effected with Us little violence rs posi-
BILE. ALWAYS commending in an encourage
ing tone as soon as the purpose is gained.
Nothing has so great Il tendency To keep
up the habit rs the plan SO common among
ignorant grooms oi chastising the shNer
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02
The Champion of the Apple Girl.

"l'll GIVE so to have that train stop
ped" tXclaimc, Major ID. A. Carpenter
Yesterday to Mir. j. Il. iloXsic. Master of
TRANSPORTATION Of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad. The east
Ward-boUnd passenger train had pulled
ont of TIL depot and was rattling through
the yard, the bell ringing merrily. Major
Carpenter stood within the depot, and Mr.
iloXsie was watching the fast receding
train The request was sufficient for MIR.
lioN5ie to act upon, although ignorant of
the reason, and n freight engine standing
near by shrieked shrlly at the engineer
of the passenger train, and the alarm was
taken up by the other engines in the yard,
while the train was motioned down by
every employee of the Company in the vi
cnity. and in thirty seconds it had come
to q stop, to the wondcrment OF the pas
scngcrs and the curiosity Of the engineer.
1t happened in this wise: Just before
the train started a man standing on the
step ct one Of the cars had called to him a
little girl with a basket of apples on her
arm, and purchased dimes worth of the
fruit, lie placed the apples in his pocket,
and Just then the tram moved slowly off.
Taking q ten-cent note from his vest pock-
ct, he held it in his hand as the train
moved on. the little girl following implor-
ingly along, and finally he returned the
money to his pocket and went inside the
car The little apple-girl burst into tears,
Just then Major Carpenter crossed thro'
the depot on his way to dinner. He asked
the reason of her tears, and she told him.
I'm give $40 to have that train stopped"
shouted the Major. who, though small
man physically, has q heart as big as all
out of doors. The train was stepped and
backed into the depot, and with the Ma
jor's protection the little girl identified
the fellow, who was made to give her the
dime, and then to listen to an opinion
about himself expressed in very vigorous
English by the thoroughly-aroused Major.
Officers Madden and Cain were called,
and the fellow was taken off the train,
marched to the calaboose, and kept there
until evening. Then he was made to
solemnly promise that he wouldn't eat
another apple for twelve months and re-
leased, taking the evening freight train
for his home.
Somethino that will do the work of car,lamOn
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02

GREENLAND Docs. Two of these dogs
can drag as much as one man. Nothing
can be more exhilerating than dog sledg-
ing in the Arctic regions on fine day
The rattllng pace of the dogs; their intelli-
gence in choosing the road through the
broken ice; the strict obedience paid by
the team to one powerful dog whom they
elect as leader; the arbitrary exercise OF
authority by the master dog; the constant
use of the whip, and the running conver-
sation kept up by the driver with the dif-
ferent dogs who well know their names,
afford constant enjoyment. However use
ful they may be, these Arctic dogs seem
to be deficient in that affectionate DISPOSE
ton which endears their species so much
to man. A traveller once said that he
believed the Esquimaux dogs to be the
most ungrateful creatures in creation. lie
had travelled several hundred miles by
siedge; and tor six weeks it was his duty
to feed the dogs; but after only few
weeks absence, on the conclusion of the
journey, they would not recognize him in
the slightest degree. 1t is impossible tc
domesticate these creatures, as under ten.
der treatment they sicken and die.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02
Farm. Garden and Household.
The Vacations of Cranberry Culture.

The cranberry, like all other fruit. has
its enemies, the most destructive of which
is that popularity known AS the scald or
rot, though some separate these two
blghts. The vines begin bearing the
third or fourth wear after being set out.
the Weld increasing each season Tor dou-
hle That time. The cultivator finds his
whole field or bog, as it is ALWAYS called
down here. hlushing crimson OF about to
do so. and he rubs his hands AS he men
tally calculates his near profits. An acre
yields from one 10 tour hundred bushels,
which sell from two dollars a bushel to
three and tour dollars and during the
year the price obtained was three or four
times that amount But before picking
TIME the blight sweeps over the field A
lew berries turn a dirty yellow, and in Il
Week lHc whole BOG is badly OFT This
~caidmg has kept up 20 long that it is be-
coming m@Hutouuus, and NOT the least re-
malGahIe peculiarly is the TACT that no
oNc has been able to find out Il preyen-
tive for the plague. Finally, Professor
lalior. the United States Microscopst OF
the Agricultural Department at Washing
t0n. was ca0cd I'D and he visited the bogs
heIe and az Cape Cod. and spent weeks in
probing lor the causc His thorough in
NeNtl lgatons showed that the root of the
rNu lay M the root of the fruit, or rather
tn the ground. which in all cases 0l the
rol was louud TO BE- sour, causing fer
meut,tlou and decay in the berry. This
WAS established beyond Il doubt and the
apparently simple problem remained OF
determining how the soil should be sweet
enpd
The professor recommended lime, sand
and various tetiilers. and never did the
cranberry season open upon more hope
iul set ot men than were the growers a
irW months ago Professor TAYLOR came
loWn IN this county to hear the results OF
following his advice Lime has been used
norc than evel before. and the rot among
tae craubcrries this autumn is greater than
rtcr WAS known One grower recon-
ueuded sand. and hts mciuhhor ut bis el-
hoN announced that it was worthless; an
nti gentleman had trled plaster OF Paris
uDd hot q berry was tainted q red faced
c4.JratNr tried the same thing and de
"Dlred hS crop wasn't worth gathering
Iit most famous grower in the associa-
D0n informed the audience that somebody
tAd recommended salt and he had stabed
nui % portion OF his bog and sowed it with
tlu ~tyurY lertlliZeT Some time ago he
went out 10 see how the vines liked it, and
there WaS not II vine left. Another enthu-
~a~l soitmGl asserted that he had nlrscd
small bog for seven or eight Years, and
is mad uo. "a, ct gathered 4 sound berry
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02

Ten years ago = man named Richard
Hampton broke the shop window of 4
harmless Matchmaker in Woolwich, Eng
land. He was sent to prison for nine
months. and on the very day of his dis
charge returned to Woolwich and smash :
ed the same window This time the court
gave him eighteen months and once
more, on the day his sentence expired, he
returned and again broke the same win
dow His third sentence was for ten years
but the other day he was, for good con
duct, discharged on ticket of leave, hav-
ing served nearly eight years. Promptly,
for the fourth time, he went straight to
Woolwich, and once more smashed the
same window, and, being thereupon
brought into court for a fourth sentence,
he remarked that he would break that
window as often as he got the chance, tor
the rest of his life. He is now in tor an
other 10 years.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02

DEATH TO TIE ArrLE Tree }oRER.
| have waited for some one to invent an
easy way of killing the apple tree borer;
but the chiseI, mallet, knife, and wire are
only recommended, and in using them
have had TO cut six inch apple tree until
| could see daylight through it to Kill a
single borer. My way Of getting at this
miserable ''worm Of the dust" is an easier
one and more cllcctual. cut u sunlac or
alder one foot, more or less, long, punch
out the pith, cut one end with slope,
hunt the borer's hole, clean it ont at the
entrance with wlre. place the bcyclled
end of my tube against it, take some putty
like clay that get in our spring branch,
plaster it water tight around the end next
the tree, fill the tube with very strong
soap suds, and the thing is done. No mat
ter how crooked the hole is, or whether it
goes up OF down, the suds in the tube viii
force itself to the end. | have tried it two
years and have not failed once. OF course
any kind OF small hollow tube Will do
and anything that will make il water tight
will do to plaster it with. Cor. N. Y.
Tribune
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02

Barnums largest elephant " Betsy y
broke away from her quarters in Bridge
port, Conn, Friday night attacked a cage
containing a Bengal tiger, set HIM loose,
and tried to provoke a fight with him, but
he sought safety elsewhere. Then she
came upon locomotive at the depot and
after careful survey of its proportions
decided that she was enough for it, and
forthwith attacked it. She tried it on all
sides but could not make it bulge, and
after burning her probosis by bringing it
in close contact with the furnace doors,
gave it up and started for the village.
The keepers overlook her just before she
entered the village, and tried to persuade
her to return. After much trouble, and
after several persons had been tossed
about in rather careless manner, the ele-
phant was taken back to her quarters.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02

During the war a Georgian started to
Marietta with some chickens for sale. He
met a squad of soldiers, and they bought
all his chickens but one rooster He III
sisted they should take him. but they We're
out of money, and couldn't buy. The old
man said he hated to go to town with
only one chicken, and was greatly pu|
zled about it. At last one of the soldiers
said: "Old man. III play You game of
seven-up for him." agreed" said the
old man. They played long and spirited
game. At last the soldier won, The old
man wrung the ROSTERS neck and tossed
him at the soldiers feet, and mounted his
swab- tailed pony and started for home.
After getting some two hundred yards he
suddenly stopped. turned round and rode
back and said: You played n fair game
and won the rooster fairly, but II! like to
know what in the HI you put up agin
that rooster"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02
Death of VIM. B. Astor.


his residence in this city this morning ere
ated profound senation in mercantile ant
business circles. where he has long beer
so conspicuous 4 figure on account of hi!
enormous wealth His death was not en-
tirely unexpected by his family, as hi:
age-he was in his eighty-fourh year
had led to the belief that his taking of
might occur at any time, although he ap
| pearetl to be robust in health Mr. Aston
was the representative of one OF the great
money kings OF the country. and his name
| has long been associated with abundant
wealth. His father, John Jacob Aston
whose characteristics William inherited
| arose from n poor peasant boy to be the
most eminent Of New York merchants,
and probably, in his Time. the wealthiest
man in America At the age of 20 years,
possessing manly person and address,
he left Germany and sailed for Baltimore
taking with him a few musical instrl-
mentl t. dispose OF on commission. On
the voyage ne made the acquaintance OF a
shrewd old ltrrler. in accordance with
Wnose suggestions he exchanged his mu-
Steal Instruments in New York for turs.
with which he Immediately FASTENED back
IT, London, where he disposed of them to
great advantage. He prepared again to
cross The Atlantic and 10 devote himself
Systematically to the fur trade. In Lon
don hc studied the continental fur mar
ketS and made himself iamil ar with
every variety ot the article, and on his re
turn w America established himself in
this city. where hc built up an enormous
trade Ills business became extended
M N on, II, al
ter oi the globe. \ ct so exact was his
acquaintance with these markets. and so
wide Was his grasp Of mind, that ne was
able to guide the actions of his supercar-
goes and captains by the most minute in
structions At this time, when his COM
merce covered the seas, he worked early
and latte, and was accustomed to show his
WorNmcn that he could equal the best OF
them in asserting and beating fus. At
the beginning OF the century he was
worth large fortune. lie soon began to
make investments in real estate in this
city and some portions OF his property
ceHt,pIed in value on his hands His tor
tune, the largest ever accumulated in
America Ut that time, has been estimated
at not less than $50. 600 900.
William l.. A4tor learned to assist lis
father in his business, asserting furs and
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02

\ correspondent Of the Ohio farmer lhus
writes A good Southdown is described
Us follows The head small and hornless
the face speckled or gray, and neither toe
long nor too short; the lips thin, and the
space between the nose and eyes narrow
The under jaw, OF chop wide and thin; the
ears tolerably wide and well covered with
wool, and the forehead also, and the whole
space between the ears we'll protected by
it, as defense against the fly; eyes full
and bright; the legs neither too long nor
too short
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02

Don't WoRRY ABOUT YoURsELF. TIC
regain or recover health persons should
he relieved from all anxiety concerning
Diseases The mind has power over the
body For a person to think that he has
Il disease, will often produce that disease
This we see effected when the mind is in
tensely concentrated upon the disease OF
another IL is found in the hospital that
surgeons and physicians who make q
speciality Of certain diseases are liable to
die of them themselves and the mental
power is So great that sometimes people
die of diseases which they only have in
Imagination. We have seen persons
sick in anticipation Of voyage before
reaching the vessel. We have known g
person to die of a cancer in the stomach
when he had no cancer or any other NOR
tA. disease. A blindfolded man, slightly
prlcked IN the arm, has tainted and died
from believing that he was bleeding tc
death. Therefore, well persons, to remain
well, should be cheerful and happy; and
sick persons should haye their attention
drawn ~ much as possible from them
selves It is by their faith that men are
saved, and it is by their faith that they
die If he wills not to die he can often
live in spite OF disease; and If he has little
or no attachment to life he will slip away
us easily as 4 child will fall asleep. Men
live by their souls and not by their bodies
Their bodies have no life of themselves
they are only resources of life-tenements
oltheir souls The will has much to do in
continuing the physical occupancy or Civ
ing it up.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02

A man in Rockville, Conn, has sent the
following bill to neighbor:
To pasturing thirteen hens from April
to Nov. /. thirty weeks, at ten cents each
per week, $1,000 Please remit without
delay. A. b. c.