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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-13
An Enierprisiug Agent.

An agent with satchel under his arm
entered one of our banking houses the
other day, and presenting himself before
the bookkeeper, he thus began .
Pardon me, sir, for intruding, but l
wish to show YOU my world-renowned
>alve which has attracted much attention
from the crowned heads of Europe for the
marvellous manner in which it cures corns
warts. sore eyes, boils, and will make
the beard grow in forty-eight hoUrs-try
box. sir
Bookkeeper-"No, sir; have beard,
and none of the other complaints
Agent-"But, dear sir, it makes a fine
grease for carriage"
B-"I can't afford to keep a carriage, so
get cut
A--"Only one word now; this salve
can De used as a substitute for butter, be-
in. harmless, warranted not to injure the
most delicate constitution. How many
boxes, sir?'
Exit agent in = very rapld-transit man
ncr. closely followed by paper weight
and several words of comfort from his
friend the keeper of books.
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Gure for DIscoutent,

An English country gentleman became
tired of his house and determined to sell
it. He instructed an auctioneer, famous
for his descriptive powers, to advertise
it IN the papres for private sale. but to
conceal the location telling persons to APP
ply at his office. In few DAYS the gen
tlemaE happened to see the advertise
ment, was pleased with the account of
the place, showed it to his wife, and the
two concluded it was just what they
wanted, and that they would secure il
at once. SO he went to the Office of the
auctioneer and told him the place he had
advertised was such one as he desired,
and he would purchase. The suctioneer
burst into laugh, and told him that
that was the description Of his own place,
where he was then living. He read the
advertisement again, pondered over the
grassy slopes "beautitu! vlstas, -
smooth lawns" etc. and broke out. as
il possible? Well make out my bill for
advertising and expenses, for | would
not sell the place now for three times
what it cost me "-BGidiRg NsIoS.
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The PnstnI Contract Fraud.

II was announced in our Washington
dispatches of Tuesday that four or five
clerks in the Postottice Department and
several persons outside have secured u
number of contracts for mail service in
the Southwestern States by means of Il
counterfeit Of the stamp containing the
initials of the First and Second Post
master General. Since then the follow
inc particulars have been obtained from
official sources: The stamp used by the
Po,totfice Department when bids for car
rving the mails are opened contains the
initials of the FIRST and Second Post
masters General. Kettle, who has large
contracts for Texas, obtained, through II
clerk named Channel and Il messenger
named RothcOOk, fac-simile OF the
genuine stamp. Channel obtained for
his services $500 and RothCock $50. ket-
tie next obtained, through II clerk named
Col;. memorandum of the lowest bids
on number Of routes in Texas at the last
REGULAR letting. He then made up fraud
ulent bids at less figure, with the im-
pres, of the fraudulent stamp, aud en-
ployed Channel to slip them among the
boaa fiq bids. Kettle formed a partner
ship with jerome J. Hynes lately APP
pointed United States Marshal for Ala
bama, the terms of which were that each
should pay half the expenses of getting
these bids in by corrupting the clerks.
Kettle fraudulently bid in the name OF
Patrick Laughlin. a resident Of Michigan,
and Hyncs bid principally in the name OF
William c. Iddings There have thus
far been found seven fraudulent bids in
the name of Laughln, twoin the name OF
Hvnes. and from twenty-five to thirty in
the name of Iddings, with Hynes as
security. After the above facts had
been discovered, Kettle made full
confession, on condition that he
should not be prosecuted. 1t further APP
pears that many genuine bids were abb
{ stractcd from the rooms of the depart
mcnt ly means of false key which Ket-
tie himself procured. Before the Texas
bids were opened Kettle arranged with a
clerk named Floyd, who had charge OF
| the Texas desk for information to enable
! him TO commit the frauds, and for the
services to be thus rendered, paid him
81 500, of which $1,000 was atterward
returned on ascertaining that Floyd
would not have charge of the Texas bids
A clerk in the Sixth Auditors office,
named Won Fleck, was also used by het-
tie in reaching the clerk Colt, and was
paid sundry sums amounting to SllO.
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What TiIton Tn InIts of Beecher's EF-
IIence.

The New York correspondent of the
Utica Observer has been visiting lheo
dore Tilton in his literary workshop IN
Brooklyn. After describing the con-
fused appearance of the room, the inter
of manuscripts, books and papers OF rel
, erence TO be seen on all hands, the writer
tolls shout his interview with Tilton. DE
asked him what he thought of Beecher
testimony. "This is not an interview
he inquired.
On not exactly; ! suppose l am at
liberty to state, generally, how you re-
gard Mr.. Beecher's version OF the case. "
"Well, hardly know myself" replied
Tilton. The mans GOODNESS is audaci-
BUSINESS to me; and as for Moulton, he is
so thunderstruck at the testimony that l
cant get him to reason on the subject.
He keeps soliloquizing, The perjurer,
the perjurer, my God! how can the man
lie so2'
"But he tells plausible story" 1 ven
tured.
Mr.. Beecher tells everything plsusi-
bly, was the sententious answer. "lf
his interest prompted, he could give a
dozen different coiorings to the same in
teryiew, and all would be plausible. His
plausible grief won me; it captivated
Elizabeth; it made Moulton his friend; it
rallied to him the generous sympathy OF
Mrs. Moulton; it called into play the in
yentive mind of Frank Carpenter, rs
noble a fellow as man will meet in II
DAYS Journey. Mr. Beecher is plausible
in everything. He was plausible to Mrs.
Woodruff in his free love theories. He
is plausible when he breaches orthodoxy
or Universalism; his anecdotes, his tears,
his tests are plausible;' and Tilton
paused after his hot, ironical outburst.
Presently he continued: "ltis likely that
he would have taken his pen and written,
i have trusted this in confidence with
Moulton. without informing himself
concerning its contents2 Is 1t like Mr..
Beechcr, or any sane man, to place the
written seal Of his approval on an I'M
portant document, knowing that it is vi
tally significant, and endorsing it with
out informing himself us to It's precise
nature? You know something Of the
man. Have YOU not always found him
cautious wary, and awake to the full
measure of the significance Of passing
eycnts?7 Long and earnestly Tilton
talked in this vein, going over much Of
the case, pointing out discrepancies in the
evidence of the great defendant and his
witnesses. indicating the weak points IN
the defence as it has been developed, and
promising an array of evidence in rebut-
tai that will surprise somebody, even ii
one-half the plaintiffs predictions are
verified. Martha Bradshaw will have II
story to tell, and Frank Carpenter and
Joseph II. Richards and Henry q. Bow
EN- and Rev. F. Storrs have some import
ant revelations to make. DIR. Storrs has
iournallzGd his entire connection withthc
case, and his evidence will so far towards
proving Tilton's consistency in much
/ that he did in the days when the scandal
carrion commenced to hover over Brook
( lvn.
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The Worm in the II uscIes.

Although the dreaded trichina is sup
posed to find its most favored home in
the muscles ofthe admirers of pork diet
the impression is not entirely correct.
The disagreeable microscopic worm may
find Judgement in the human system
through the instrumentality Of other
meats if they are not
properly cooked. Several cases
have occurred recently In the Southwest,
and the afflicted persons aver that they
have not tasted pork. The physicians
profess to be increduious, but the patients
insist that they baye not eaten any of the
dangerous flesh. Nearly all the sufferers
appear to be attacked in the same man
ner us those who were Enthusiastically al
fected by the use of pork, although the
symptoms are not so dangerous, and have
not as yet proved fatal in many In.
stances.
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AMiaister's Wife takes the Stage.

At the Grand Opera house, Cincinnati,
this week, the attraction is appearance
upon the stage of Mrs. Ada Gaddis, whose
late husband was Rev. Max Z. Gaddis, u
clergyman well known in the East dur
ing his lifetime. A natural penchamt, she
saws, induced her to make the step, the
indulgence Of which while minister
wife she was of course debarred. He had
often permitted her to give readings IN
connection with his lectures, and the
success she met with as an elocutionst
convinced her that she possessed sufficient
dramatic talent, which given an oppor-
tunjty of development, would enable her
TO reach the position to which her mind
aspired. When thrown upon her own
resources for support, she placed herself
under the tutorage of competent lnstruc-
tors in New York and for ten years studied
the rudiments of her chosen profession
with the utmost assiduity. \ few months
AGO she made her debW at Mrs. Conway )
Thrater, in Brooklyn, and received from
the press the most tlsttering encomiums.
Since that time she has played brief en-
gagement in support of Mr.. +. j.. Daven-
port, and has been well received every
where. These assurances strengthen her
conviction thus she has not mistaken her
vocation, and she declares that she l.
terribly in earnest, remarking, | have
engaged in an honorable profession, with
honorable intentions, and, with God 5
help, will succeed A raPturous Ey-
g,arsr reporter called upon Mrs. Geddis
and found her glorious blonde OF
marvellous beauty. Slightly above the
medium height and size of women, she
has the graceand carriage of a queen, and,
if personal appearance alone was the sine
y,,a non of success, then would her sue
cess be assured beyond the cavil of a
doubt" Her acting i said to show an
uusual degree Of promising talent, and
the Commercials critic is OF the opinion
that she will become good actress If She
possesses genius for faithful and indomi'
/ able study.-CO1yjer Journal.
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timber-where the important railroad
town Of Crestline now stands, and returned
to Fort Hamilton, as he came, to ham
mer out his fortune on the anvil. Sub
sequently he removed to his land. The
junction Of the Cleveland, Columbus and
Cincinnati Railroad with the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, soon
caused the woods to give place to large
and prosperous village.
Strange mutations of fortune! That
German blacksmith became John Adam
Thoman the banker and owner of a large
part of Crest!ine; and that young Vir-
ginis Lieutenant, General Robert Z. Lee,
the celebrated military chieftain Of the
Southern Con federacy.-BHcyraS Forum.
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p. hoECHER:
DEALER IN
Books and School Materials.

A full assortment OF Toys, Base Balls,
Croouets, Guns, Revolvers and Ammuui-
ton, Pocket Cutlery, Scissors, RazorS, Cutie
ry, Mathematical instruments, largest ana
best assortment of Spectaclcs, Opera and
Field Glasses, Telescopes, Microscopes,
Thermometers, ChTonometers, Hydrome-
tiers, SaccharometerS, &c, Niolins, French
and German AccOrdiOnS, Harmonious,
Children's Carriages, Wagons, &C., &c.
Moved to ll0j Main street, known as +,
Cartwright's place. The public is respect
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apiece
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"rhc learning OF the treatise j. incouir,-
table The need OF this learning in I'M, Of
all counties, and more now than eyer M
fore, Is equally patent. And II l. positive
that the doctrines discussed will suryiy,.
and be- active as long ~ mankind. ~ mi.
dd,iphiu NOyth ADcricOH.
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600 A Q II H -
OF
VAL LIABLE LAND FOR SAIL!

DY THE UNDERSIGNED, LYING on
Is the Valley river and sugar creek
Barbour county, ". Va, near half way be-
tween Grafton, Taylor Co. and fhlliPpii,
Barbour county, about 200 acres OF Wnioi
is improved and mostly III grass. ~ ', 800
portion of the land abounds with the very
best OF timber OF all kinds, and Is only
short distance above the Boom al Grafton
there is no dificulty in floating timber rom
this land TO the Boom nj Grafton HheLe,
at any time, il can be sold for the heady
Cash, and at fair prices. Any person or
persons wishing TO purchase such proper
", call on VIM. McOLAohnEE
PhiIippi, Barbour county, W; va:
VINO will sell you good bargain UectNo
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All advertisements, except for establish
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vance.
All bills due on the first appearance OF
the advertisement.
Bills with regular advertisers rendered
quarterly.
Yearly advertisers will be confined TO
their legitimate business, and all adver-
tisementS not connected with IL Will be
charged for at our regular rates.
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Few words Of the sort hay
won higher praise from eminent nuthori-
ties than the late Prof Francis Iirhrrs
Manual of Political Ethics Story ana
Kent being among the number of tLoS..
who have given IL warm commentators. +"
". T. independent.
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This is the earliest of the three pIr:,r
works on political science which gave in
DIR. ll"bcr a foremost place among writer,
crypt.
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LATE PUBLICATIONS.
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LIFE OF FRANKLIN

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1.-THE Hon. John Bigelow, we'll known In
diplomacy and Journalism, has conferred
a real service on American literature by
his new edition OF the Life OF Franklin
specimens OF book making we have seen"
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1--WE know Of no volumes which we
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A man 10 Avoid.

We like clear and simple explanations
of things. Here is part of the official re-
port OF the post mortem on Ortwcin, who
was lately hung for the murder of five
persons
"Thc left ala of TIE thyroid -hyoid car
,ilage WAS fractured longitudinally oae-
third ofthe way. from the median proieC-
ton. completely shutting of the rima,id
glottis The platysmo myoidr-, the S;cruo
cIeiodo-mastoid, the anterior belly of the
omo.hvo, the sterno-hyoid and the sterno-
,hyroid muscle were completely served
The trapezius muscle was not eHamin-
ed
Sbskspcarc saws. Avoid the man who
has no music in his soul, or words 10
that effect. We say avoid the man
whose plapsmo myoideS, sterno-cIeid"
mastoid, anterior celly of omo-hyeid steI-
no-hyoid and the sternothyroId are
served. He NAV possibly wish to serve
something important of Yours.-o'''Hhd
Republican.
FAYErrE County,. West Virginia, has
long enjoyed the reputation Of being the
banner county of this, or Of any other
State, in the line of producing the finest
TOBACCO. She now comes in for the prize
Tor the heaviest and best-looking men.
-Four OF them were selected from Il
small crowd and weighed on Thursday
last IN Capt. Ankroms store viz: Jas.
l. Carwille George w. Rempsey, VIM.
Riggs and VIM. y. Harvey. The gross
weight Of the four was-nine hundred
and nmety-six pounds, averaging two
hundred and forty-nine pounds. and it
was not very excellent day for weigh
ing either.--MoHros Comfy WatchniaH
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POLITICAL ETHICS,

BY Francis I.icbcr, LID. Author of,Civil
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"Tho editor has incorporated some note,
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verified IN" citations, and added SOM.
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THE GERMAN EMPERORS.

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land EXPLORING TICKETS

Sold at important stations on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy railroad, and cost
of same refunded when land is bought.
Half Fare 10 families of purchasers, and
Low Freights on household goods and
farm stock.
Twenty per cent premium for cultiva-
ton.
Large Discounts for Cash within one,
two and three years,
Products will pay for Land and Improve
ments long before the principal becomes
due.
"The So-called restitution in Nebraska,
lies in the far western region, beyond the
lands of the Il. & NJ. X. X. Co."
Eb-For circulars that Will describe fully
these lands, and the terms of sale, apply
10 or address LAND COMMISSIONER,
Burlington, Iowa, for Iowa lands, or Lin
coin, Neb., for Nebraska lands, or to
=. +. SHAW, Agent,
feb23gsb Parkersburg, West va.
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THE BEST
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IOWA AND NEBRASKA,
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The Soil is Rich and easily cultivated;
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naII
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FLO u r..

100 Barrels Pollock Indiana Fancy.
Washington Indiana Mills.
Gem Of the West, extra family
Just received and for sale by
mart d, REILLY.
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ROASTEDGOFFEE.

THE POPULARITY OF OUR ROASTED
Coffee is rapidly increasing. II may
now be had in all the first class grocery
steers which heretofore used Arbuckle's.
Be sure To inquire tor and get
TINGLE & ISHAM'S.