The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-10-05
GENERAL NOTES.

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A BLACK HILLS ENGINEER reports
that gold in that country is worth 20
cents u cord, while bread is Sll.O0 u
! Crumb.
II is asserted on medical authority
that the madness of large proportion Of
| the patients received into Bethlehem
Hospital, London, is traced directly to
ovcrwork.
The police of New York have at
length succeeded in capturing q murder
er. lie ought to be exhibited rs spcci-
men of their zeal and efficiency; but
! perhaps, after all, he is innoccnt.-E
GEORGE X. Fox, the celebrated clown,
has had stroke of paralysis lately, but
has recovered sufficiently to play his part
in Humpty Dumpty. He Always has {"
substitute with him, however, to take his
place in case of an emergency.
The President of the French gets
| $4,000 per annum salary, and $4,000
for household and reception expenses
Oh. don't Ulysses wish he was President
of the French, instead of the mean,
stingy Yankees.
The richest woman in America is u
Miss Kitty Wolfe. He income is $1,000
per day. An exchange thinks that would
keep the "Wo from the door very well,
provided the family was small and Of
economical habits.
EVIL habits grow upon individuals and
nations Ut tremendous rate. For in
stance:
"Twenty cigars a head is the number
annually manufactured for every man,
woman, and child in the United States,
Forty years ago two was the allowance
A FRIEND called on the historian
Ranko in Berlin lately, and observed,
"Wcll, Professor suppose you work as
hard ~ ever in your old age "Ics,' ~
replied the veteran, tenderly, "my wife
is dead now, YOU see, and | have less an
noyance, and can accomplish more"
Ex-Governor WALKER, of Virginia,
recently delivered an address in Mary
land on the subject of hard times. He
argued that resumption should not be
forced, that the greenbacks should be re-
ccived in payment for duties, that taxa
tion should be reduced rs much rs prac-
ticublc, and that the public debt should
be funded ut lower rate of interest.
Cor. THOMAS JEFFERSON RANDOLPH
is seriously i'll at his residence, Edge
Hill, IN Albemarle county Virginia
near Monticello, the famous estate of his
grandfather, Thomas Jefferson. lie is
suffering with severe gangrene OF the foot,
and is not expected 10 live long. Col.
/ Randolph, who is now o3 years old, WAS
/ temporary Chairman of the National
/ Democratic Convention, which met at
Baltimore in 1872.
GRANTS long speech, which he had
prepared with great labor, and which 1t
took him fully five minutes to read at
Des Moines, few days ago, Is exciting
much comment. First it is considered
10 have been an astonishingly tremendous
effort for him to make; and second, 1t l.
regarded by many US simply another bid
| for third term, and that was the motive
power which impelled him to such ex-
| hausting exertions.
AMERICAN GIRL was valued al
$4,000. In fact her owner refused
$4,000 the very morning OF her death.
1t Is announced that her sudden demise
at Elmira, while trottIng race on Sat
urdav. was a source of great sorrow. The
band present played funeral dirge
when her death was announced, and the
agent of the Associated Press asserts that
as she brcathed her last, rainbow was
distinctly seen to form an aureola OF glory
around her head Her death creates q
loss to the turf il will be hard to supply.
Mr.. CHRISTIAN X. Ross, the father of
the missing boy, little Charley Ross, on
the Sd of September received letter
from a man calling himself Nelson
Boothe. stating that he was one of the
abductors OF the child, who is still living;
that he (Boothe's) conscience troubled
HIM greatly for his part OF the crime, ana
informing Mr.. Ross that his child was in
England, between Bradford and York,
in charge of strolling band of wander
crs. though not, strictly speaking, Gyp-
sizes. lie was referred to man named
Walter Baker, who would be able to re.
cover the boy. The father met Baker
and talked with him; but both Boothe
and himself have disappeared, and 1t Is
feared that this Is but another heartless
hoax.
THERE was meeting in Richmond,
Virginia. on Wednesday last, of the
Governor, Treasurer and Auditor OF Pup
lie Accounts of that State, who organized
themselves Us n board of commissioners
,o rrovide for the erection of an eques-
trian statue of Lee on the Capitol
grounds. Circular letters were ordered
to be addressed to the judges, clerks, &c.,
ana other details determined. The Gov
crnur was named as president, Hon. K.
NJ. T. Hunter treasurer of the common
wealth, was appointed treasurer, and
Colonel 5. Bassctt French was appointed
secretary to the board. In addition to
the ST., 600 which the Ladies Monument
Association have on hand, which can be
used for the statue enterprise, it is un-
derstood kindred associations in the South
have about 5000 more The cost of the
proposed statue is $4,000,
JnckfOun fair-HOrsc stolen.
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