The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-06
GENERAL NOTES.

Charley Ross was stolen.
BUT thirteen out of forty OF the cadets
appointed to the Naval Academy could
spelf Il" competitiye' I'D DalJH Wg.t
HENRY w. BEECHERs paper, the
Christian U,,io,., has lost 10000 subscFib-
era Shearman has cause to weep again.
THE Fourth of July oration at Duluth
Flat, California, is TO be delivered by a
lady. Good business for ladies, but
ighty poor for men.'
THE Columbus Journal in describing
| u prominent politician says: "Hes an
honest man, and earns his bread by the
sweat of his jaw.
COVER three thousand persons will
celebrate the glorious fourth IN the
Philadelphia Aims House" A great
many IN ore wont celebrate it at all, be-
cause of trying to keep out OF the aims
/ house.
The Rochester Democrat, referring to
/ General Washington and the monument
/ to his memory, which has remained un-
completed for 20 wears, describes him as
First in war, first i'll peace, and last in
the pockets of his countrymen."
THERE is burden Of care IN getting
riches, fear IN keeping them, temptation
in using them, guilt in abusing them,
them, sorrow in losing them, and bur
den of account at last to be given up
concerning them MatheO Henry.
EVIDENCE in the trial of the Kellogg
Auditor of State, Clinton, of louisiana,
has developed the fact that Gen. Long.
street drew from the Treasury $4,000
which has not been accounted for. SO
much for evil communication. Long
street is in Canada.
A WRITER in the London BuiLdersug
gests that thick glass might easily be
cemented to the walls Of hospitals, thus
making u non-absorbcnt surface which
could at all times BE- kept clean with ease,
adding much to the sanitary condition
of the apartments.
AN Insurance Company recently
chartered in Connecticut has introduced
the novel feature Of insuring against dis
asters by wind. The losses by torua-
4 d ocs, whirlwinds, hurricanes, &C. which
have been quite frequent of late, Is what
suggested the idea.
4 MAN in. New York, the other day,
committed suicide from II singular mo-
tive. He had been laboring under the
hnllucination for some time that he was
threatened with death by apoplexy, and
to prevent this, he killed himself by
opening a vein in hi, ann.
ROBERT DALE OWEN, the distinguish
ed scientist and spiritualist, has become
insane, and has been taken to his home
under the charge OF his son. Mr.. Owen
has undoubtedly been insane for some
time only now it has become 50 pre-
nounced as to require that he should be
looked after. In him Spirituali,m loses
one of its brightest lights.
The marine disasters during June to
vessels belonging to or bound to o" from
American ports numbered twenty-three
the palue of the vessels lost, exclusive of
their cargocs, being estimated at S4OO,-
600 The vessels lost, were three ships,
among them the American ship Cham
plain, of Boston, on "A voyage to San
Francisco; three burkS, one brig and six
teen schoonerS. ....
TIE heathcn Chinee may be peculiar
but he is mighty cute. He has entered
successfully. into every branch o" Amer
lean industry, and shows that he has a
soul above soap and starch, and washing
dirty clothes. In San Francisco several
Chinese brokers have gone into business,
and are doing we'll. They deal extern
sivelv in the American trade dollar,
which is coming into general use in Ash
attic countries.
The University of Pennsylvania has
been bountifully blessed by generous be-
quests lately. The last one comes from
Mr.. Reese Wall Flower, who died re-
Gently ut Darby, Pennsylvania, and con-
slsts of an estate valued Mt 100000.
The proceeds of the estate are TO be ap-
piled to the erection and maintenance Of
an observatory, either in Fairmont Park
or on the farm Of the gircr at Darby.
1t will undoubtedly be erected in the
Park. ''' 49,
IT is understood that the New York
H,ralH proposes to enter suits against
the Baltimore A,asrica,i and Gazette, the
Philadelphia Times and the New York
Trib,,,,e for all infringement of patent
right, in the use by those newspapers of
diagrams illustrating the target shooting
at DOllymount between the American
and Irish teams. The process by which
these diagrams are made is the invention
Of Thomas B. Conery, managing editor
of the Herald, and which was duly pat
ented by him and resigned to James
Gordon Bennett. The HerGH served
notices on all these papers, forbidding
any one of them to use this patented pro-
crss, which they disregarded. Hence
the suits. .sa...
i LATER dispatches from the devastated
districts in the south of France add to the
magnitude of the food and to the calam-
itie. it has ocIasioned Detailed accounts
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