The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-22
GENERAL NOTES.

carrying out this purpose was held, with
+ Mr.. Disraell presiding. Mrs. Stoves al
I tack didnt hurt him much after all In
fact she put her foot in ii that time badly.
On Sunday, New York reyelled in a
carnival of crime. A son shot his father
dead one negro WAS killed outright and
another fatally stabbed by third; and
one Italian carved another to death. Be-
sides these there were numerous smaller
offences. Sunday is not good day tor
murders either.
An editor wrote The first duty II
man owes his country is to stand by its
constitutional rights" Itappeared in his
paper thus The list putty man does
his courtlng Is to stride in continental
tights, 4 lynx-eyed proof reader and
an intelligent compositor are now dodg-
ing about town as best they can to avoid
frenzicd editor with double-barrclcd
shot gun.-Aibany A5ye>.
New YORK city is not coming up to
her expectations in the way Of popuIa-
lation by any means. She has been
boastiug Of million and half, but the
census takers can barely get over mil
lion. Still this does Rt detract from the
actual prosperity of the city, for hun
dreds of thousands OF her business men
live in the suburbs.
N view of the interest excited by
boat racing. and the effect of the various
centennial celebrations, the Herald ad-
vocates that as a means of promoting the
peace and harmony movement, Southern
oarsmen be invited North to wage
friendly warfare on the water with their
fellow patriots. Certainly. Let the work
go on.
The Kitchen Organ says: cone of
the greatest drawbacks to the prosperity
of the District resides in the fact thai
nearly all the wealthy men within its
limits are stugy and all the public spirit
cd men are poor That's hard hit Mt
Grant, Boss Shepherd and Ben Butler
Being wealthy, these writers must be
botn ,tingy and lacking in public spirit
TuE widow Of u passenger nomed krU-
ger. who was lost on the steamship At
hrtic, has recovered $4,000 damages
! from the White Star Company by suit
before the Court of the Queens Bench,
in London. Ii is estimated that if the
lives of all the passengers lost were valued
at that rate, the company would be liable
for Sl4.OjO.OO0. 1t would prove sure
prccuution against disaster il steamship
companies had to pay that much every
time, for carelessncss.
\ TEraIFIC wind storm passed over
Long Branch on the 18th inst. Bathing
I houses in which were occupants were
/ blown down, fences destroyed, ard many
bathcr. were saved only by retreating
hurriedly to shore The hotels were
shaken from centre to circumference and
| who knows but that the Executive Man
sion may have been rudely threatened.
The elements are no respectcrS OF per
sous; but this would be- treating his wou d
be- Ilighness with too much indlgnity.
However, possibly out Of regard for him,
it only lasted half III hour.
Is spite of Donaldsons fate, an enthu-
sis,tic German named Schroeder pro-
poses TO try trip across the ocean in
what ne calls patent air ship. He has
even made proposition to Postmaster
General Jewell to carry the mails and it
is said that the distinguished member Of
the Cabinet is nightly ticklcd at the
idea. The balloon can carry fourteen
persons, whereupon the Brooklyn T'"e>
suggests that all the Republican aSpirants
for the Presidency go over with him.
That Dsi1h' BE- an easy way To get rid oil
them, sure enough.
ONE Of the most brutal and horribI"
murder, which was ever pcrpetratcd was
committed in Philadelphia Il day or two
ago. A wretch named Brodrrick, crazed
with liquor, came 10 his home, and, aS
usual when in that condition, commenced
beating his wife terribly. She fled TAX
ing with her "a little child but leaving
asleep on the bed baby, only SIN
months old. The drunken father III his
rage deliberately took up the child and
threw her from Il two story window,
killing her and manglug her in hor-
rhlr manner. He Wa arrested md. 1t
., hoped, viii hc dealt with in the most
summary manuUrr.
WHILE Vice President Wilson, on
hi. late tour. was enjoying his morning
nap at a hotel in Hot Springs, Arkan-
,us. he was startled by the bang bang! of
a doublc charged double barrclcd gun
Rushing down stairs in stat" Of great
nervousness he met the landlord with
the .,rn It'll smoking everything >m"k-
g, in Arkansas. The Vice President in
ouircd. Whats mp? l. anybody killed?
II We only fired otfthr first bell for break
fast. Go back. you have plenty Of time
to dress Yourself before the next shot,
which will summon You to IL" table.
Don't br in hurry it will look greedy
like" responded the landlord.-N. L""'S
Republican.
As heretofore noted, the Baltimore
.Ancricaa has had three libel suits, dam
ages at $4,000 EACH brought against it
bv the Maryland Board OF Public Works,
consisting Of the Governor, State Treas
urcr and Comptroller. Hon. R"verdy
Johnson has rendered his professional
services 10 the paper in the following
words My motive for making this
offer was that from the ground on which
| understand the suits to have been
brought. l thought that the public in
tcrest was concerned, and that the free
dom and usefulness of the public press
were involved. This being my impress
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