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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-04
FROM MONONGALIA COUNTY.
a Correct Description of BIacksviIIe
Its Temperate ard Literary Ten
dencies-Aurest of Dangerous
Characteristic Capital.
BLACKsyILLE, w. Va,
March lst, 1875.

Editors of the Register:
A short time since | noticed IL letter
which appeared in your paper giving a
description of our town, which deScrip-
tion is false one, therefore we will en-
dcavor to rectify the false impressions
now prevalent concerning Blacksmith and
hope that you will give them an insertion
IN Your columns.
Blacksmith is situated on Dunkard
creek, in Monongalia county. Our town
is suall though we have very pleasant
place to live. But instead OF twenty
one manageable girls we claim but ff-
teen. Three blacksmith shops, two doc
tors, one preacher, one carriage shop
one saddler and harness shop, one tan
yard, one photograph gallery,
one hotel. one school house one church,
and one ice house, and as for apple jack,
we do not deem that all appropriate title
as there is not any intoxicating liquor
sold in Blacksmith, nor have we any in
temperate people. Our citizens are COM
posed of class who do not tolerate such
customs. Our people are generally in
dustrious and educated. As tOthc natural
curiosity in human shape, We do not
know what construction to put upon it.;
unless it i applicable to the writer ofthe
former article.
We have literary society in our town
known as the Blacksmith Union Literary
Society, and this institution reflects credit
upon the young ladies and gentlemen of
our town and vicinity, who compose this
. hoS ,rirar W, ,,nll /,
/ entertainments this winter, which were
duly appreciated by the audience who at
/ tended them.
The weather during the winter has
been very cold; in fact some of our oldest
! inhabitants inform us that they never
before experienced so severe Il winter in
this section of the country.
\ man by the name of Field Hillbury,
residing about three miles from Blacks
Vile, was arrested and brought before
Il Justice of the Peace upon II charge Of
threatened incendiarism, and also for
threatening to kill William Kent, Esq.
Not being able TO give bail for his APP
peurancc at court he WAS sentenced to
iail until the April term of court, at
which time his trial will take place.
We are glad that the legislature has
at last, removed the Capital to Il more
convenient place, and located it where the
people can the more readily visit ii, and
with less inconvenience. And though
Wheeling is in one corner of the State,
We do not know of more suitable place
for the location of the Capital as she has
the ccnveniences of railroads, and We
have been informed that she purposes to
keep up the buildingsat her own expense.
SEALASDER.
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who Wrote Shak espeare.

Hamlet overheard Julius Caesar tel
King Lear. on the Twelfth Night after
the Tempest, that Antony aud Cleopatra
had told Coriolanus that Two Gentlemen
Of Verona were the authors of Shake
spoarcs PLAYS. Lear said : You may
take it As You Like 1t, but | don't be-
lieve it-for | heard Romeo and Juliet
say Loves Labor was Lost when Trolius
and Crc>sida stole the Comedy of Errors
and sold it to the Merchant OF Venice Tor
forty bottles of old Bourbon and package
of poker checks. Timon of Athens and
Cvmbeline were parties to the theft; ana
after drinking Measure for Measure with
the Merry Wives of Windsor, told hing
John all about it, Richard III "a COM
pctant critic, said Bacon couldn't write
even Winters Tale and Henry VIII
SAYS that settles it. So, why make 50
Much Ado About Nothing? Otheilo
was busy dealing five cent game of faro
to the ", V and VI Henrvs; and the
only remark made by them was an occa-
Sional "Prinkle, dou'. turn! hold on land
a few other remaks of cursoy nature;
andas Richard II WAS absent, Tanning the
Shrsw | could get no futher evidence rs
who to wrote Shakespeare. But Ais Well
that Ends Well. Don't ii.
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AproltabIc re ,iseltiary.

The annual report of the penitentiary
of Ohio makes the most Satisfactory eX-
hibit of any similar institution in the
country.
The legislative act of 1867 provides for
the hiring or letting of convicts by the
Board ui Directors, the manner of letting
and making awards etc. The total num-
Der of ronvlcts hired to contractors for
the fiscal wear WAS 61S, at an average
price of IS cents per day, which yielded
$lG3.GliS3 income to the prison-leaving
a cash balance of 81, 2SG.51 over all ex-
pcuscs. The directory, in reporting the
wears work, state that since 1867, ut
which time Ohio abandoned working
her oouvIctS ON state account, the sum
of S5S 62&24 has been paid iuto the treas
urv as the balance of the earnings for
seven wears. and during that period $780,
SAL had been expended in charging
and improving the establishment, every
dollar of which had been made by letting
the labor to contractors in the shops.
In concluding their report they con-
graduate the State upon the success of
the present system, which has made the
penitentiary source revenue. at the same
time they have ondeavored to encourage
reformatory measures, in which they
have met with great encouragement ut
the hands of the officers, chaplain, and
contractors. The total number ct con-
victs now in the prison is SO. y very
small percentage of the cOnvictS are col
orcd, and those that are hired out are en-
gagged in the manufacture Of car and rail-
road castings, stoves, hollow-ware, car
riaSes brushes, and agricultural imp!o-
mcnt~.
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Some Chinese funeral customs are curl
Gus. We do not remember to have met
with this account before. and it may be
,,.,,. l.. ..,,r rnmNnr.
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Chinese Funerals.

Some Chinese funeral customs are curl
Gus. We do not remember to have met
with this account before. and it may be
new to our readers.
Immediately after the dcceasc Of a pa
rent. the children and other near relatives
communicate the urw,to the friends living
farther of by what is called an announce
ment of DEATH which merely states that
/ the father or mother, a the case may be,
/ ha. died. and that they, the survivors,
are entirely to blame With this is sent
a "-ad report. or in other words detail
/ ed account of dcccased's last Illness how
/ il originated, what medicine was prescrib-
ed and taken, and sundry other interest
ing particulars. These friends reply by
sending present Of money to help de-
fray funeral expenses, present OF food
or ioss-stick, or even detachment of
priests to read the prescribed liturgies
over the dead. Sometimes large scroll
is written and forwarded, inscribed with n
few such appropriate words as-"A hero
ha. gonel" When all these have been re-
clcved. the members of the bereavcd
family issue a printed form of thanks,
one copy being left at the house of each
contributor, and worded thus This
is to express thcthanlis Of, the orphan
son who wccps tears Of blood and bows
his head; Of, the mourning brother,
who wccps and bows his head; Of the
mourning nephew who wipes away his
tears and bows his head 1t is well
known that all old and even middle-aged
people in China like having thier collins
prepared ready for use. n dutiful son
/ will see that his parents are thus
provided, sometimes many years be-
fore their death, and the old people will
invite relatives or friends to examine and
admire both materials and workmanship,
as if it were some beautiful picture or
statue of which they had just cause to be
proud. Upon the coffin is carved an in
SCriptiOn with the name and titles of the
occ,Ipant-if woman, the name of her
husband. At the foot OF the coffin are
buried two stone tablets face to face;
one bears the name md titles of the de-
ceased. and the other a short account Of
his life what year he was born in what
were his achievements rs a scholar, and
how many children were born to him.
/ Periods of mourning are regulated by the
degrees of relationship to the dead. \
son wears his clothes white for three
years-actuallv for twcnty-eight months;
and a wife mourns her husband for the
anne period.
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FROM NICHOLAS.
Hon. AlIcnT. C-pertOn-The Capital
QuestiOu-Farm Matters. DC.
NICHOLAS COUNTY, W. VA,
February 26, 1879.

February 20, 1879. !
Editors of the Register:
Not seeing anything in your valuable
and useful paper from Nicholas, | will
try and give you some items, if you
think them worthy of space in your COL
umnS.
We are highly pleased with the selcc-
ton Of Allen T. Caperton to represent
our little State in the Senatorial chair.
lie will have It large amount Of work 10
do, but he i equal to the task.
We can safely say what a great many
States cannot, !. e., we send a Senator
without spot or hlcmish,' not a single
stain rests on his character; he will rep
resent Us with dignity and great person.
al ability; he knows when and where to
strike, and will do it.
The people of Nicholas don't much like
the idea of moving the Capital To Wheel
iug. but it NAV all be for the better how
ever. we calmly submit to our fate as the
majority must and will rule.
The wheat crop presents diScouraginG
appearance. and if9 there is not grea,
change, the yield will fall far short Of
the demand. Wheat i worth 81 30 per
bu,hel now. and still going up. Corn i
worth 81 90 and tending upward. Feed
is very scarce and those who are 50 I'M
fortunate as to have stock on hand, look
pale as the storm approaches. The price
OF cattle is very low, on account OF the
great scarcity oil food.
| don't know how We arc to get our
stock through, unless we do it by brows-
ing. We have an abundance OF good
browsing timber, which | presume, will
be scarcer by the first of May, if the
winter still continues to be SO hard.
will say nothing more at this time.
| will wait till | see this in print, and II
it reads well will try it again.
| am not writing to try to enlighten
anybody, but merely to show our appre-
citation of your valuable paper.
BEGINNER.
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All bills due on the first appearance OF
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Bills with regular advertisers rendered
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LETTER FROM OHIO.
the Small PON--StIaitsvil and it's
Coal Mines.
GORE, HOOKING COUNTY, /
March lst, 1875. !

Editors OF the Register:
Please find room in your valuable and
highly appreciated paper for few briefs
from.this place and surrounding country.
Gore is quiet little village of about
two hundred Inhabitants. 1t is situated
in the great mineral region of Eastern
Ohio, ON the Straitsville branch of the
Columbus and Hooking Valley Railroad,
nine miles northeast of Logan aud four
miles southeast of Straitsville This
place is noted for the vast amount of
mineral which abounds throughout the
mountainous part of this country There
has been vast amount Of coal and iron
ore shipped from this place in the last
four years.
But on account of the decrease in the
price of iron the operators refused to re-
ceive any more ore until the price in
creased again, so it would justify them to
run their furnaces.
The coal mines here are still running.
They have been leased to Davis, Nye Il
Co, OF this place; they will furnish coal
as cheap as the cheapest.
There are three stores and two saloons
here.
will leave "Gore" and call your at
tention to "LOgau' for short time.
This beautiful town numbers about tif-
teen hundred inhabitants. 1t has been Il
very prosperous town until the last four
weeks, but everything is. in sad con-
Il It At
the long dreaded disease, small pcX,
There are twcnty-siX cases Of the disease
at this writing, and four deaths. The
physicians think they can keep it from
,prcading any farther. The people Of
Logan were enjoying a glorious revival
at the NJ. +. Church, when the disease
made it, appearance, and they closed
with one hundred and sixty acccssions to
the church.
will now leave Logan and call your
attention To- Struitsvilc This village is
situated at the end of the Branch Of
the G. u II. V. railroad. 1t is situated IN
the greatest coal region of Eastern Ohio
Its inhabitants number about eighteen
hundred souls They have been shipping
large amount of coal i'll the four years
past. There was about four hundred
miners employed in the mines last sum
m"r, but on account of the panic they
have been reduced TO about one hundred,
therefore throwing about three hundred
oft of employment. We hope tina! they
will get employment soon so they can
support their families. No more at pres
cnt. | wish to hear from many friends
in West Virginia through the columns
of YOUR paper WILD JACK.
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as this new maple sugar. YES
sir Made this year. "Yes, sir
"Surc ofit?' Yes. sir.n You don't take
old sugar and warm il overi' "Do look
like man who would do such a thing as
that" exclaimed the grocer, putting
with dignity Answer my question:
continued the citizen. "Do you suppose
| would be as mean as that?' demanded
the grocer. Don't seek to evsde the
question Didn't You you warm your
old sugar" "Do You think did, Didn't
vou?" Sir" said the grocer, turning
away. I've lived in this .town twenty
nine years, and l was never insulted be-
fore" The citizen passed on, and the
grocer got down some more old cakes
for the boy to melt oyer-DstrOrt Free
Prs.
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Centre wheeling.

HAVING PURCHASED ALL I'M.
III right, title and interest I'm and To- the
West Va Stencil and SEAL Works, / viii
continue the same al the old stand, NJ. IL
sixteenth street, and respectfully solicit u
continuation oI the patrOnug" Of All IN
need of anything In our line. Charles +.
Ell has charge of The works, ana viii rN-
ecutc all orders promptly and satiSlHc-
tOrily. We employ no agents or canvas
srrs, and all persons are hereby cautioned
against any one rrprcsc.tlns thcm>,ly Ives
aS such. JOHN II. IENELl, Proprietor
West Va. Stencil and seal Works. pcU
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Amid. aperient and gentle purga.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE..

hOHtlitlS iTl VII ~ w
UAVISG BEEN APPOINTED ADMIN
IL ISTRATOR Of the estate 81 caroline
R0dde, deceased, hereby notify all per-
sons knowing themselves indebted to the
said estate. 10 settle same accounts with
.I,f,ns ay,ainSr said estate 70 present them
tor scttiSmrnt. CHAS. FETTE.
WurHITSG. March /. 1876 mrlb
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21
&C We smiled 4 and had to 90 back

eve spilled it, and had to go back
and fill the bucket again, was the
prompt reply; but the bright, noble face
was shade less bright, less noble than
usual, and the eyes dropped beneath the
teacher gaze.
The teacher crossed the room and stood
by another, who had been Willie's COM
panion.
Freddy, were you not gone for the
water longer than was necessary"
For an instant Freddys eyes were
fixed on the floor, and his face wore a
troubled look. But it was only for an
instant the looked frankly up to his
teachers face.
Eyes, ma'am, he bravely answered;
g we met little Harry Braden and stopped
to play with him, and then we spilled the
water on purpose and had to go back. "
Little friends, what was the difference
In the answers Of the two boys9 Neither
of them told anything that was not
strictly true. Which one of them do
you think the teacher trusted most fully
after that? And which was the happier
of the two2
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

WmHoFT's FEWER AND AGUE Tonic -
This medicine is used by construction compa-
mics for the benefit of their employees, when en-
gagged in madarial districts. The highest testi-
monials have been given by contractors and by
the Presidents of some of the leading railroads
in the South and West. When men are con-
gregated in large numbers in the neighborhood
of swamps and rivers, Wilhofts Tonic will
prove valuaole addition to the stock of medi-
cines, and will amply reward the company in
the saving of time, labor and money. We rec
omnaend it to al. WHEEIocK, FNIAY & Co.,
Proprietors, New Orleans.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTs
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Truth and Falsehood.

Willie, why were you gone so long
for the waterg" asked the teacher of a
little boy.
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.

How're GEr HOME. See advertisement.
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Cabinet or parlor Organs.

These have become the most popular
of large musical instruments. There
are now about two hundred and fifty
makers of them in the United States,
who produce more than forty thousand
organs per annum. Most of these are
very poor instruments. This is naturally
so, because there are few articles in the
manufacture of which SO much saving
can be made by the use of inferior, i'm
properly prepared material, and inferior
workmanship, and yet which, when fin
ished, show SO little difference to the
average purchaser. The important parts
of an organ, made as well as they can
be, cost two or three times as much as
If made as low as possible. Yet, when
the organ is done, it is not easy from
casual hearings to tell the difference be-
tween the best nd very poor one. Els
pecially when shown by one VINO knows
how to cover up defects, to one who has
not special skill in such matters, tits not
difficult to make poor organ appear
good one.
The temptation to makers, then, to
produce, at a fraction of the cost, an or
gan which will sell almost as we'll as
good one, is almost irresistible. Hence
the fact that so few good organs are made
and SO many poor ones, and that the
country is flooded with peddlers and
dealers selling these poor organs, which
pay such large profits. The buyer of
the poor organ does not fail to find out
his mistake after while. The thin,
reedy tone Of his cheap organ soon be-
comes offensive; it works noisily and
roughly, is constantly out of order, and
becomes useless by the time a really
good instrument would have been get
ting into it's prime. A good organ ought
to last a generation, at least; poor one
may last five years, with considerable
tinkering, or may break down much
sooner.
There is one safe way. Get a genuine
production of one of the very best makers
and you cannot go astray. Among these
undoubtedly stands pre-eminent the
Mason & Hamlin Organ Co., whose
organs are so well known that other
makers are generally content to claim
that they can make as good an organ as
the Mason & Hamlin. They invented
and introduced the Cabinet or Parlor
Organ In it's improved form, started with
2UAAA A0SO oAW0JO OASoOtJ oSAlOAOtA w OA1O
policy of making only the best work,
have shown such skill as has given their
organs the highest reputation, not only
in this country but also in Europe. At
the Great Exposition at Vienna, in COM
petition with eighty of the best makers
in the world they obtained the highest
medals. 'enumerate the competitions
at which they have received similar
honors would be to give list of the
fairs at which they have exhibited; and
to mention the prominent musicians who
recommend their organs as unequaled
would really be to give a very good list
of the most illustrious musical names in
the country, with good representation
In Europe.
One who obtains Mason & Hamlin
Cabinet Organ need have no doubt that
he has the best instrument of its class
which can be made.-NeaO York hide
pendent.
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THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Naughty ssmebody.

Naughty semen Ouys
Somebody's been in the pantry, somebody's been
in the PRESS
Somebody's been upsetting things all over the
:. Mavbe." pped roguish Willie, maybe it was a
mouse"
Somebody's little scissors under the clothes press
door;
somebody's little apron is on the pantry floor;
Somebody's little hnger-prints are in the custard
MAYBE, them WHISPERED Willie, "maybe it wasn't
L"
Somebody's naughty boy, then, or perhaps some
naughty girl;
For close by the little scissors Lay tangled golden
curl;
Rose-red grew Willie with shoutlng, " maInIna'
liant tell lie
Twas nobody's naughty somebody: no little mouse;
twas LIZ E#f
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CONSOMEI1ON GAN BE CUttEDs
ScHEScK's PULMoNIc SYRUP,
ScHENCK's SEA WEED TONIC,
SCHENcK's MANDRAKE PILLS,
Are the only medicines that will Pulmonary Con-
sumption.
Frequently medicines that viii stop cough will occa-
sion the death OF the patient they lock the liver stop
the circulation of the blood hemorrhage follows and in
fact they clog the action of the very that caused
the cough.
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia are the of two
thirds OF the cases of Consumption Many COM
plain of dull pain in the side, constipation, coated
tongue pain in the feelings of drowsness
and restessnes the food lying heavily the stomach,
accompanied with acidity and belching up of wind
These symptoms usually originate from disordered
condition OF the stomach torpid liver.
Persons so afected If they take two heavy colds
and If the cough In these be suddenly checked Will
find the stomach and liver clogged remaining torpid
and Inactive and almost before they the lungs
mass OF sores and liberated the result OF which IS
death.
Schenck's Pumonic Syrup is an expectorant which
does not contain opium anything calculated to check
q cough suddenly.
Schencks Sea Weed Tonic dissoves the food, mixes
with the gastric juices of the stomach aids digestion,
and creates ravenous appetite.
When the bowels costive, skin eallow, the syp
toms otherwise OF bilious tendency, Schencks Man.
drake Pills required
These medicines are prepared only by
j. ii. SCHENCK q Son,
N. E. corner Sixth and Arch Streets, Phila
And are for sale by all druggists and dealers.
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Read "FALsE AND TRUE

Send one letter-stampto RADWAY & CO., No.
80 Warren Street. New York. Information
worth thousands will be sent you.
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CRAMPS and pains in the stomach are
the result of imperfect indigestion, and may be
Immediately relieved by dose of Jobnson's
AraOdyHe Lirsirnent. A teaspoonful in little
sweeteRed water is adose.
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HEAVY oats are good for horses none
will deny that but oats can't make q horses
coat look smooth and glossy when he is out of
condition. Ster5ddn'S Cdudlr.y Condition
PosUders will do this when all else fails.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

THEODORE Triton lectures before
Baylie's Great Mercantile College, at Keokuk
Iowa, in November. Other eminent speakers
falIOw
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

VEGETINE is now acknowledged by our
best physicians to be the only sure and safe
remedy for all diseases arising from impure
blood, such as scrofula and scrofulous hui
v,oorc - Ona