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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-19

The class graduatlng today IS pro-
0ounccd the finest by far ever turned out
by the West Virginia University, and
the unusual order ofits merit is accepted
as satisfactory proof of gcnuineunivcrsity
Tie speeches were all well
written, well spoken and sensibIe-not
much gilt and a great deal Of good. The
Latin orator is to bc congratulated cspcc-
tally upon his accurate accent and dis
tinGt cnunciation; the English speakers
upon the presentation Of good thought in
gooI style, without wearying the audi
eucr with 'NYords, words, wordsl, After
the comforting of degrees by the Precsi-
dent came somewhat unexpected, but
highly interesting
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10
The Late William G. Ralston.

A San Francisco dispatch to the Chi
caco Tribune gives the following inter-
esting sketch of the late President O! the
suspended Bank of California:
The news of Ralston's self-destruc-
ton spread like wildfire throughout the
city, and was the occasion of universal
comment. Ralston. personally and So
cially, was extremely popular, and, al
though the act is characteristic Of the
man, his suicide has created general
sorrow. He was lavish Of his money,
a liberal patron Of talent of whatever
sort, and entertained like European
potentate. Next To the Bank of Cali
fornia, the City of san Francisco was
his dearest pride, and the pains he took
10 do the honors to visitors from the
Eastern States will not soon be 'orgot-
ten, either by the recipients Of his
splendid hospitality or the city of his
residence.
where several thousand guests have been
entertained during the past ten years,
was about % miles south of san Fran
cisco, in the San Aiateo region. The
house has the appearance Of great
baronial hall. II stands back in the
small valley called ''Belmont, I" within
few minutes walk Of the San Jose
Railway. a grove of live oaks sur
rounds IL, and the rece>>es and hills
hide il from the winds. The grass and
neighboring meadows are irrigated by
means of wells, windmills, and force
pumps. In the stables are stalls for
forty horses, and about twenty driving
vehicles. Ii was the habit Of the pro-
prietor to drive 10 the city and back, n
matter Of y miles, nearly every day in
the year, holding the reins himself.
His mansion is tastefully ornamented
with pictures, marbles, and furniture
from California woods, and il contains
about forty bed-chambers.
Ralston's leisure was chiefly given TO
impressing strangers with the re-
sources, comforts, and climate of Cali
fornia, and he never appeared TO he so
happy as when showing foreigners or
Eastern men of influence the road and
the scenery. His hand was in every
improvement and institution Of the me
tropolis, and vet he had dislike Of
general publicity, and could in no way
be sooner offended than by newspaper
adulation.. People who lived for them
selves looked with establishment upon
the spectacle Of his flying team, carry
ing to his private hospitality travellers
from all nations: but rs To himself, his
possessions, or his "reminiscences, he
was uniformly reticent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10

some evil-disposed person 10 destroy
the mill and papers also, proceeded
10 some farm-houses in Virginia and
procured wagons, in which the books
and papers We're deposited, and | pro-
cecded with them To the town Of Lees
burg, a distance Of thirty-fiye miles, at
which place an empty house was pro
cured, in which the papers were safely
placed, the doors lockyl, and the keys
given to the Rev. Mr.. Littlejohn, who
was then, or had been, one Of the col
lectors Of internal revenue.
''Being fatigued with the ride, and
securing the papers, retired early 10
bed, and was informed next morning
by the people of the hotel where
stayed that they had seen, the
preceding night being the oath Of Au-
gust, large fire i'm the direction Of
Washington, which proved to be light
from the public bindings which the
enemy had set on fire and burned 10 the
ground.
''OL the 26th Of August returned to
Washington, and found the Presidents
house and public offices still burning.
and learned that the British army had
evacuated the city the preceding even
ing, in the belief that our forces were
again assembling in their rear for the
purpose of cutting OFF their
retreat. However this may be,
they made forced march,
and left, it was reported, "A considera-
BILE Number of their men on the road,
who We're captured by troop of horse
from Frederick, in Maryland.
'.As part of the British fleet soon
afterwards assembled the Potomac and
plundered Alexandria Of large guam
tity OF -four and tobacco, threatening
Washington at the same time with z
second invasion, it was not considered
safe to bring the papers of the State
Department back for some weeks; not,
indeed, until the British fleet generally
had left the waters of the Chesapeake.
In the meantime il was found necessa-
~ for me TO proceed to Leesburg occa-
sionally for particular papers to which
the Secretary of State had occasion To
refer in the course of his correspond
ence.
81 have the honor to be, very re-
spectfullty, sir,
"Your obedient servant,
"s. PLEASONTON.v
--ScribHer's for September.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10
Odds and Ends.
FROM The Detroit Free Press.

FROM the Detroit Free Press
There is no such word n "liar' in
the Chinese language, and the Chinese
get along about as well rs any other
nation.
A Texan who goes into Mexico with
two revolyers in his belt is respected
just rs mach again as Texan with one
revolver in his belt.
School vacation is almost over,
and the good boy may be seen seated
on the fence rubbing rosin on his
hands 10 tougher them against the fer
rule.
Treasurer New can't write half so
much like Chinese schoolmaSter a
Spinner used to, and it j. question if
the greenbacks won't depreciate.
The old negresses who nursed An
drew johnson and the men that en-
couraged him are now coming forward
and making their bows To the admiring
public.
The Pail Mall Gascnc defends tile
practice of men kissing each other :
wives. 1t NAV do for England, but the
practice has fallen into decay on this
side Of the ocean.
Would YOU think that Gideon
Welles, when YOU stand and look ut
him. ever carried candy notices in his
pocket or ever sat on the stile with his
girl at twilight and chcwed gun2
The woman who can sit on the
fence and read dime novel while a
saw-log Is chasing her husband down
hill lives in this State and doesn't care
a copper cent for newspaper criticisms
A professional bank burglar living
in Philadelphia is said to contribute to
the support of two orphan asylums !.
When he makes failure the orphans
have 10 fall back on water and turnips
That's the checker Less all unite
and advise Sergeant Bates to get mar
ried. If his wife can't keep him at
home she'll travel with him, and IL she
goes along he won't carry many flags.
-Grocers and butchers shouldn't
push a man tn the wall because he owes
them 80 cents. The failure of Duncan,
Sherman X Co. has sort % Knocked
5O-cent pieces over the ridge where they
can't be got at.
Since the King of the Sandwich
Islands returned home great improve
ment is seen in most of his subjects
They now cut their plug tobacco instead
Of biting il of, and su>penders are com
ing into general use.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10
Haps and yIfshaps.

A child of W. l.. Smith, Of kala-
mazoo, Mich. choked TO death with n
kernel of corn.
kitty Fox, Of Milwaukee, was
burned to death by her clothes taking
fire from Il stove.
-Carclcss handling Of shotgun by
one Subtle, resulted in fatally shooting
George lIauck, at Buena Vista, Ind
Daniel Weichert, of East Saginaw,
Mich. lost his life by the careless ham
ding Of shotgun while in "A boat.
Mrs. Adelaide Dorshcimer, a Phil
adelphia lady, got bottle of carbolc
acid mixed up with her medicine bot
ties, took u wine gla>Sful, and in less
than an hour was corpse.
Jessie York, servant-grl i'm n
Pittsburgh family, attempted to kindle
the fire with kerosene She was burned
10 death and the house was burned TO
the ground.
Emma Myers, Of indianapolis, =
beautiful young woman, - years Of
age, while attempting TO draw some
water from the cistern, was seized with
dizziness and fell in and was drowned.
Lewis Macintosh, youth about l6
years Of age, son of Judge Macintosh,
of the Creek Nation, while ont hunting
turkeys near Honey Springs, had his
head blown of by the accidental dis
charge of a heavily loaded gun.
"A farmer named Thos. Nitte, liv-
ing near Lafayette, Ind, took gun
and went ant IN lnok after spmp hons
The next day he was found near
fence. dead, with charge of shot in
his head II j. supposed that, in get
ting over the fence, the gun struck on
the rail and was discharged.
Miss Fanny Cakes, Of Patchoguc,
Long Island, had been troubled dread
fully with her teeth. but dreaded TO
have them pulled out. She finally
mustered up courage and went To the
village dentist To Get relief, and, after
administering ether, he pulled several
teeth. The operation over, he made
an effort 20 rouse her, but could not,
and hour after hour passed and She still
remained inscnsiblc. Doctors were
called in and every thing done to revive
her. but all to no purpose. Shelingcr-
cd in state If total mconsciousness
for five DAYS and then died
james Il. McNcal, well known
planter, living ismilc~ below Memphis,
ON the Arkansas side, was assassinatcd
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10
Sand

One Of the odd industries, the nature
and extent of which are comparatively
little known, is the manufacture of
sand-paper, the amount If which aIti-
Gle annually produced in the United
States j. estimated M not less than two
hundred thousand rcams, including the
various grades and qualities. Former
" il was made Of ordinary brown paper,
glue and sand. At present, for the
most part, the paper j. made of old
rope, the best quality Of glue Is used /,
and instead Of sand, pulverizcd quartz
or flint. BY this means superior fab
rio is produced, of a constantly uniform
grade, and at so low price that the
use of il has become greatly extended i,
large quantities being exported 10 Eu-
rope, South America, the Pacific Is
Lands, and elsewhere. For emery pa
per and emery cloth, large demand
has been created by the finished iron
work in steam engine shops, the sewing
machine factories, aud other similar IN
dustrie- which require them for polish
ing purposes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10

on the 9th ult. lie had just left III,
field where his hands were at work, and
rode ont into the road where they heard
n shot fired, and saw his horse, rider
less, running up the road and following
"A man on horseback. When they
reached the road, they found McNeal
lying dead, the whole charge Of buck.
shot having entered his breast. There
was no clew To the assassin.
Following is partial list Of the
suicides reported for the week ending
Aug. %: AT Marion, Ohio, German,
named thinner, poisoned himself, on
account Of domestic difficulties. AT
Deshler, Ohio, Frank Barnhart, aged
ID, hanged himself, it is supposed on
account Of the i'll treatment Of his step
father. Near Crestline, Ohio, George
Walters, a wealthy farmer, aged ~,
threw himself under a locomotive and
was instantly killed. Domestic difficult
ties. In the town of Franklin, Wis !,
August Bauman, "A saloon-kecper, kill
ed himself, after having, as j. sup
posed, killed a farmer named Me
Carly, whose dead body was found in
sNibpH. ~ hllN sihhtt .
Wis, Mrs. Theresa Chessell, while
temporarily insane, cut her throat. At
Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph Eldridge,
aged "a, poisoned himself. At Mem
phis, Tenn. +. A. Schreiger poisoned
himself on account Of quarrel with his
wife. AT Monroeyille, Ind, George
Reynolds, a farmer, shot himself while
temporarily insane. Near Newport,
Ind. Albert Campbell, aged 80, shot
himself. Near Onion City, Ind. +,
Jackson Reyes, a farmer, hang
ed himself. At indianapolis,
John Decker drowned himself.
At Louisville, Ky, w. II. Morris,
brother Of the Rev. j. C.. Morris, \
prominent Methodist clergyman, poi
soned himself At Denver, Col. Ma
jor John ii White, prominent citizen
of Boonvillc, Mo. shot himself. The
deceased left home some time since for
the Black Hills, but was turned back by
the military. And in the same city,
Eben Magall, bankrupt merchant,
also shot himself. In Belchertown,
Mass, Miss Nettie Barrett, and Miss
Frances :. Bridgman, each about Is
years old, took morphine. The former
died, but the latter was likely TO re-
cover.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10

The girls nj Mount Holyoke Semi
nary are to be regularly instructed in
swimming.
-Bowdoin College alumni are en-
deayoring to raise so 600, whercwith
to endow a Longfellow professorship.
The money appropriated for public
Instruction in France does not reach the
level Of Massachusetts budget for the
same purpose.
The School Commissioners of Mem
phis, Tenn, have succeeded in placing
AL the colored schools under the charge
Of cOlored teachers.
One of the largest dioceses in the
world is that Of Brisbane, in Western
Australia. Ii covers 97s 900 square
miles Of area The Rev. DIR. Mathew
b. Hale, now Bishop Of Perth, Nest
ern Australia, will, il is expected, be
appointed to il.
A correspondent Of the Lutheran
Observer announces rs nearly ready for
publication Bibliotheca Luiherana, or
a Complete List Of all the Writings OF
Lutheran Ministers in the United
States. =" 1t viii appear about Christ
mas Of this year.
"A novelty in the exercises nj the
Ohio Methodist Conference Camp-Mect-
ING, near Carroll, was the narration Of
religious experience by deaf mute
IL was expressed in sign language, in
the presence Of the congregation, and
then explained by one Of the ministers.
Ex-Gov. English, of Conn, has
presented the library of Yale College
with 81 900, TO be used for the pur-
chase of a collection of the Parliament
airy papers of Great Britain for a certain
number of years, ending in 1873.
There are az volumes in the collection,
bound in half parchment, mostly of TO
Ito size.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10

New Bedford is proud of rope il
has just made, > 200 feet long.
The fish and oil crop of Newfound-
land i valued this year at a million OF
dollars.
BY the Besscmer process Of making
steel not less than 4 900 900 tons of coal
are saved annually in England.
The long closed mines of chihuahua
are about to be reopcned by a New York
company with capital Of 81, 900 200
Flour from the new crop of wheat
made in Charleston, has been shipped
70 The North---a new enterprise for that
city.
The London Lancct gives the de-
.ails of the late transmission of whoop-
ing-cough from a child 10 eat. and Of
smallpox from human victims To dogs
There were 742 900 900 cigars and
ioS ZOO 900 cigarettes smoked in France
last year---2O cigars and - cigarette.
per head.
Memphis proposes to build an cle-
'alor at the river, with the view OF
building up a trade with Georgia, Ala.
bulk.
The Adams Express Company ON.
P'oNN 5000 men, 800 horses, and
wv railway cars, and their special
day.
1.-The subject Of double stars has OF
wv considerably renewed its interest Il
','tonomcrs. Mr.. j. w. Burnham
~ chicago, using a telescope Of only
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Bret IIarte is down in Maine, hunt
ing, il is said, ideas for play.
Miss Mary T.. Pcchey has been
elected house surgeon in the Birming-
ham eng } Hospital for Women.
Miss Amloch (Mrs. Craik) is Irish +,
and self-educatcd. She taught her
brother as fast as she learned. Her
father was a curious literary character.
-Bayard Taylor is on tour through
the British Provinces. He will make II
book of what he sees and hears in those
portions Of North America.
--Bulwer, the novelist, left volum-
nous diary, from which his son, the
present Lord Lytton, of the diplomatic
corps, is making "A selection for speedy
publicatioon.
Prof. James Russell Lowell is now
at work upon the collection Of English
plays and poems, from Marlowe 10 Dry
den, which was announced for publica-
ton 10 years ago, when the first volume
was partly put in type.
VIM. Coulter, the oldest railway
conductor in the United States, having
REUSED I'D wear the uIllloTill anu tlcktl-
sachel recently ordered by the Pennsyl-
yania Railway Company, has been tenn
porarily retired, although not dis
charged from the road.
Lady Franklin sat for bust short
time before her last illness, and this will
doubtless be finished. She never had Il
portrait or photograph taken, but an
old friend of hers, niece Of Lady Nor
gan, is TO paint her from memory.
We learn from the Chicago Times
that Mr.. John Swinton, formerly man
aging editor Of the New York Times, is
the New York correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Commercial. and makes in the
newspaper field $500 week. lie is
bachelor. Alas,
Louisa Alcott has any number of
admirers in Holland, who have ex-
pressed their enjoyment Of her books in
letters TO her. One Of them writes to
her: ''We want 10 know whether YOU
are old or young, rich or poor, alone or
the center Of family circle. -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10
Foreign Notes.

line thllian Government ,Ontcl1-
plates the introduction Of salmon into
the rivers Of Chill.
French emigrants complain Of the
treatment they receive in Venezuela.
Nobody is so well off rs al home.
Three Scotch herd boys who worked
together in the Parish Of Bankfoot,
Perth, grew up to be Robert Nicoll the
poet, DIR. Dufi, the missionary, and
Mr.. Mackenzie, the present Premier Of
Canada.
The ex-Grand Duke Of Tuscany has
finally given up all hope Of ever return
ing TO his former dominions, and has
just ordered all his property in Tusca-
ny, amounting to 81 400, 900 in value,
TO be sold.
According to late advices the out
break Of cholera in Syria showed no
signs Of abatement. In the second
week Of July there were at Damascus
! ,lls cases with SOC deaths, and at An
tioch llj cases with 66 deaths.
Some interesting facts have been
given relating 10 the Peabody Fund for
the poor in London, which show the
advancement of that institution. Some
- 900, goo has been spent, and nearly
80 900, 900 Is still left in the treasury
a large number Of tenement houses
have been erected in the different towns
which will accommodate about 400
poor families.
The weavers Of Spitalfields, Eng
land, sing hymns and psalms while at
their looms This practice came with
their forefathers from the Low Coun-
tries, who, with other Protestanfs,
came over to England from Flanders.
Ii is 10 this custom Falstaff alludes in
Henry Nv. act ? scene 81 would
were weaver. | would sing psalms
and all manner of songs"
A queer civil funeral, that of Cloris
Pontonnel, the little son Of a wine mer-
chant, took place in Paris the other
day. Two persons carried the coffin
and about twenty friends followed. At
the grave the boys father delivered the
following address: ''Adieu, my son,
adieu. citizen, foryou We're citizen Of
the fuuure-not baptized Now, thou
hast returned to nothingness, for there
is no soul. Become manure; there is
need of il for good wine"
One Sunday evening not long since
a man was walking up and down in an
agitated manner under the first arch Of
the Pont Neuf in Paris. lie was Just
about To make the irrevocable plunge
into the Seine when suddenly he per
cciycd a woman only a few feet from
him rush forward and throw herself in
10 the water. He jumped in after her
and succeeded in reScuing the would-be
suicide. When Intercepted AT the sta
tion-house he admitted that he had come
10 the spot intending TO drown himself.
1t is now suggested that the two lives
thus saved must be designed for one
another.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10
As Mr.. Isaac Williams, Of Shad,

As Mr.. Isaac Williams, Of Shade
Vile, Ohio, was returning home from
Columbus in a carriage, accompanied
by his wife and young child, his horse
became frightened while crossing a
bridge, and plunged down an embank-
ment to the river, a distance If - feet
The waters swept the child from its
mothers arms down the stream SEINE
distance. where il was found dead sew
eral hours afterwards, lodged in the
limbs Of fallen tree.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10

SiGNoR NrNGmETTI, the Premier of
Italy. j. such . good talkcr that during
one Of the interyicwSwith Bismarck the
latter tapped him on the shoulder, say
ing .~top talking. Signor; yon speak
German 80 prc,tily that ! ann afrHid YOU
will be able 10 persuade me to do al
most any thing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10

MIR. Rcechcr announces positively
that he will not lecture next winter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-10

six inches aperture, has within the
last three years added several hundred
10 our lists.
lit has been discovered by farmers
mWisconsin that the rose-breasted gros-
bcak is deadly enemy Of the potato
bug. Much consideration, therefore,
has been shown these birds, and il Is
asserted that the abundance Of them last
spring eflectually checked the rayages
of the beetle, and saved the crop.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-04-09
X X AHSE~SMENr.

The Board of Directors Of the XIX
Consolidated Company has levied an
assessment OF 81 per share on the cap
ital stock of the company, payable i'm.
mediately, and delinquent May O. The
announcement OF this assessment, the
first ever levied by the company. has
led to many surmises and reports,
none Of which, however, seem to be re-
liable. In conversation with an officer
Of the company we learn that the as
sessment Is made to clear off "A debt of
the company AMI enable Il to resume
operatlons on al extended scale during
Tue present season. For several
months In 1874, and thus far during
the present year the furnace leased by
Inc co'iiEi ~ has been idle and the re-
turns OF the working result during
ule year 1874 were not sufficient to con-
U c the works this season In the "A
her proposed without the levyiny of
the assessment. During the stoppaye
Of the furnace the past Winter a force
OF ~ men has been kept at work in
the mire, prospecting and sinking the
snait with a result that bids fair 10
place the X X in the front rank OF
Eastern Nevada mines. A large body
OF ore has been struck, and the level
opnlents made strongly indicate that
similar boi:es of ore, such as are al
ready found in neighboring mines
Skylark.
Tue management has concluded 10
p8V tlA OtIfotat sJts.v .lt.-
the company and prosecute the work.
lug of the mine with the utmost viynr
u'ring the coming season, and hope 70
suppiant the assessment by dividends
~ tue course of the Summer. While
me assessment falls heavily on someo OF
.ne holders OF the stock, they express
une utmost confidence In the ultimate
SUCCESS OF the mine and intend To hold
cn,txps,ting TO realize q handsome re-.
urn IRON the result OF the Summer
rLn. :
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-04-09

The IRREPREssIBLE SwEENY;s LIv-
ERR STABLE NoTICE.-l have pur-
chased from the Walsh Brothers their
interest in the Nevada Livery Stable.
intend to run it in conjunction with
the Dexter Stable, and ut either place
the public can he accommodated with
the finest %turnouts in the State, also
saddle horses, all at reasonable rates.
Horses boarded by the day, week or
month. Attendants ready 1t all hours
OF the day or night. Money advanced
ON horses and vehicles. Any person
desiring to sell or purchase will al
ways find me ready for a trade.
mh5 VIM.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-04-09
TO THE PUBLIc.-In addition to on

To THE PUBLIC.-In addition to our
splen lid assortment of one hundred
different kinds of candies, we this day
offer the very best qualities of all
kinds Of nuts and Oregon apples to
the families of Eureka, and to The pub
lie in general. We shall endeavOr to
keep on hand a supply OF the finest
fruits, nuts, etc. Please give us n call,
and examine our stock, at the Indian
Queen Cigar and Stationery Store.
mh7-lm LEVIN * SIMON.