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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26
DEATH OF MR.. BROWN.

Nj RICHARD . BRowN, sheriff Of
Va'o county, iatter protracted illness
O''a IN this city yesterday afternoon. He
SH nFst elected sheriff in 1870, and bis
~'m having been cut short by the sdop-
"0n VI the new Constitution, he was NOM
mated BY the Republicans in 1872, for re-.
''ev'lon, and being exceedingly popular
'no having the advantage of his official
p"'lon, was successful over his Demo.
cratic competitor.
NJ BROWN was gentleman univer.
"! esteemed BY our citizens, irrespec.
"e " party. and his death is deeply re-
gretted.
Inc vacancy for the unexpired term
"Su'ing by Mr.. BRowN's death Is to be
-''' oy appointment. The appointing
power being in the hands of the Presi-
vent OF the Board of County Commis-
0ue''' We feel assured that the power
III 0e used with due discretion in select
gentleman Of known qualifications,
N0ne entirely acceptable to the peo.
pc and We may safely add that the an.
r''n'ee will be staunch Democrat
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26

THE Emperor of Brazil has created
quite a favorable impression by his
modest bearing. He avoids displays Of
every kird.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26

h.. me House Committee on Territories
sen,,ss' s'veo t.n TO report favorsbly on the
Es,; Ee OIL for the admission of New
men, The only important amend.
Aon,ippNo provides that the elecuon for the
not ps0o OF the State constitution shall
sse..vss ~ earlier than Jurs, 1877. The
than provided that It should not b later
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26

lr BLAINE lost $4,000 in his bonds
Investment, there Is no telling how much
OAKS AMEs lost in his Credit Mobilier
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26

PHILprLraI., April @.-Wool-
Quie. bu, frm; sspply very small; Ono,
Pennsy lvsnia ard 6et tIrg'nA "A
and above 44Ia45e; Y 44ts46e; neaiam
Is,a isc; cosrse 46e4zc; Se~ York,
Michigan and Indiana Sesisfa hne s's
G.4oe: medium 45a47 lei coarse 4Ssi4z';
entpbing washed 5st962c; nnyAhed
t2ic; Capsda conbSng e3ei ane IN
x..s,S zslq 27e; coarse and medium ub-
washed i2ta,45c; Tub v.aed fSSssoe:
sItr. ana nerino pulled S6<SS7e; No !
AID sapefsas palled ssE9Sse-
PrrunrrsH, April 2o.-Petroisum--
ouist: crude steady, sAls 81 81 80 u
fsrker'.; reanei dull st lsitsiJsr 'oF
Philsdelphia delivery.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26

THE coming man" as successor OF
Mr. BkowN was discussed throughout the
eiiy last night.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26
R.r~ey WILLIAMS Decd.

5 Nxw YoRK, April 2s.-Bsraes Vii
liams. the well known Irish character
actor, died this forenoon.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26
Ice.

BUFFALO, April 24.-Tbere are no in
d!cations that the Ice embargo at this
port will be removed for several days.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26

IN. weather to-day UaA be partly
,Ioudv pih south 10 east ,oinds and to'oer
tsmDsrdtre.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26
Masel Rasnea.

Lore BsAyca, April 2S-The Net
ropolitan Hotel vss burned tonight
Los $4,000; Insurance So. 200.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26

BARNEY WILLIAMs, the great actor,
died on yesterday.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

NEW YORK, April 25.-MoNEr-Closed
easy at S@4 per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 42@6 per cent. Customs receipts
S457, 900. The Assistant Treasurer dis
bursed $4,000. Clesrings $2s,OO0.OO0.
Sterling quiet at 4s7@48st.
GoLD-Opened at ll24 and closed at
ll2s. Carrying rates l@3. Loans also
made fat.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26
At'hesling 2egister.

gold closed yesterday at 1929.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE
WHEELING REGISTER.

Annotated Press Report. by Western
Union Line, oface Northwest cor.
of Main and l2th Sta
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26
RAILROAD BoNDs-Steady.

oTATE SkCURlTlEs - Qultt.
STOCKS Strong and higher with
much better feeling. The chief features
were Lake Shore, Pacific Mail,
Western Union, the Granger stocks
and Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph,
the latter advancing q per cent The
improvement in Pacific Mail was due
to the understanding that the trouble
with the Panama Company would soon
be satisfactorialiy settled. Coal stocks
were hrmer with small transactions.
Among the sales to-day were $1,000
Pacific Mail, 2S,0UV Western Union,
$4,000 St. Paul, 1000 Erie, SO 600 Lake
Shore and 600 Michigan Central.
Western Union.- go Rock. Island. ..i05;s
Pacific Mall......- 2l9 ~. Paul.. -. 81
Adams Express-lUS ~. Paul prefer d.. "a
Wells, FargoSCo 49, Toledo!s abashlG2i4
Amer. Union .......6 y I. Il W. prefer'd-lUS
United States. 67hg Fort Wayi e......-l0 81
\. y. .Central......ll214 Ierre Haui" .....-l 1851
Erie........ ............ l5lsT. III prefeired..ll
Erie preferred. 20 Chicago 6Alton. vs.
harlein- ............loi ,C.S A. PREFER u.lW
Harlem preier'd lSl Ohio& NJ Missisippi los
Michigan CentI. 5214 ID. & Lacka,gana. .ll6;s
Union Pacific. 6S14 A.&P. Telegraph 1917
Lake Shore e......... 56l4 l05Is
Illinois Central. " B. & z Q........ ......... u
e. and P.......... S3 ". & 81. JoP.....-. lJ5.
Northwestern &. ~ Z, Pacific bonds-lOGL
Northwest'n pid. SO U. Pacific bonds.lbh
y. ]. Central ...... g6
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-18
The Pay OF Army Officers.


General Banning, Chairman of the
House Military committee, has introduc-
ed bill for regulating the pay of officers
of the army, which, if passed, will make
practicable saving of from S560,000 to
$500, 900 per annum, by providing, First,
the officers not on active duty shall re-
ceive only their pay proper, all allow
ances being cut off. Second, that they
shall receive quarters, fuel and forage
only in kind. e., they shall not receive
in money commutation for these allow
ances when they do not actually need
them, and this whether they are on act
i've duty or not. Third, officers detailed
from regiments to staff duty shall receive
the pay belonging to their actual rank,
not that of their staff rank. Under this
provision Lieutenant Fred. Grant. whose
staff rank is that of Lieutenant Colonel,
would only receive pay as First Lieu
tenant. The bill is very comprehensive
and applies to General officers as we'll as
those of lower grades. THUS General
Sherman's pay would be reduced from
$4,000 to $4,000. Sheridan's from
SIS, 600 to $I1. 900. Major Generals
from S9, 800 to 81 500, Brigadier G ener-
ais from 81, 500 to S5 500.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-18
A Cats Encounter With a Turtle.

An indianapolis Maltese cat got to
playing with turtle, and tnmbled and
tortured the poor thing in the most cruel
manner; but at length pussy met with a
decided reverse. The News SAYS: "The
turtle, bs lucky snap of its jaws, clos
ed upon the tail of the cat, and ching
there with the tenacity of bull pup,
while the Maltese, with horrid yowl
and arched spine, danced the liveliest
kind of minuet. The tail swelled to
abnormal size, the turtle couldn't let go
if he wanted TO, and fora few seconds
there was revolution of cat and turtle,
turtle and cat, with cows and
spitz-spitz-fitz-ftz,' until the spectators
were fain to believe that instead of one
tnrtle and one cat, there were 6,000 or
5000 cats. Finally the Maltese was re-
leased, and some hours later was seen
gravely examining her candal extremity
and evidently wondering How tins was,
anyhow and it was noticeable that
when the turtle retraced his steps to the
aquarium he had exclusive right of-way
80 far rs the cat was concerned"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-18

What are Laws Made For!


They are made to protect the people
in their rights; 10 secr.re peace and order,
and to punish the wicked for their I'M
lawful conduct. IF they are made for
that purpose, why not use them to that
extent npon those who have hitherto
bid defiance to the authorities, and in
many cases gone unpunisheh, because
they had no money to pay the penalty?
Others who had money have been Sc
verely punished by imposing heavy fines
upon them for their unlawful and ugly
conduct. The law provides a way to
punish offenders who have no money or
refuse to pay their fines. and that ia to
con6ne them in the jail, or put them
to work in the workshops, where there
are such. long enough to satisfy the law.
of course, the people have to keep them
while they are there, and that il attend
ed with some expense, necessarily; and
because of that expense, some of our
citizens say, Let them GO: it is costing
too much to punish them. But those
who can pay their 6nes-put it to them
heavy" Is that right? viii we ever
have peace or quiet in our village in
that way? No! But by doing business in
that way. you say to those VINO have no
money with which to pay their fines,
VIC can't fine or punish you, because you
an1 fharahu
them TO go on and do just what their
ugly natures dictate to them to do. We
should aim to do right, and the only
way to do il, is 10 use all alike. Those
who have money, reach into their pock-
cts; and those who have none, put them
in Jail until the law is satisGed-there-
by correcting them, and doing away with
such wicked conduct, and at once es-
establish peace and order in our little
town.
II is expected that all good citizens
will uphold and support our officers
when they do their duty as officers Of
the peace. All Christian people must
uO IT. VI SuOW " tue WOEIu tHdt bncS uO
not believe what they profess. That is
what we elect them for, and they have
taken a solemn oath to faithfully and
honestly discharge their duties as Off
GERS of the peace. Will any honest man
or woman, Christisn or not, ask any Off
Ger to violate his oath, because it is cost
ing them a little, and thus have them
stand condemned before God as crimi-
nails, who, to CRAFTY the people (Or some
of them), have perjured themselves?
again say No.
But again-is il costing people any
thing? Have they not collected money
enough in fines from those who have
paid their fines, to pay all that it is cost
ing to keep those who have none? II
you will look at things "a they actually
exist, you will not be eternally finding
fault with our officers of the peace. II
they do not arrest offenders, you curse
them, and when they do arrest them, you
sympathise with the culprits, and find
fault with the Extraordinarily discour-
aging the parties you onght to encour-
age, and encouraging the parties you
ought to Discourage; and then talk OF
defeating the man at the polls who does
his duty. LAW AND ORDER.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-18

Many of the leading" papers Of this
country are addicted to a highly repre-
hensible habit, and one that is, in any
sense, inconsistent with high toned and
honorable journalism. We allude to
their habit of occasionally publishing
columns of matter bearing upon ques-
tions and transactions of general inter
est, land concerning which the public
desire correct information of the purest
fabrications. Often these fabrications
are given to the public in the shape of
"interviews" alleged to have taken
place between a reporter and some in
dividual whose acts or opinions in some
way greatly interest the people at large;
and, even after they have been discover
ed to be pure frauds, hatched out in the
editorial rooms of the paper publishing
them, the editors never pretend to make
any apology for the infamous imposi-
tion. To such a pass has this habit of
deception come, that in exciting cases,
the reader rarely ever places any reli-
ance upon the reports that are first pub
lished concerning them; and when the
publishers do give any correct infor-
nation it has become necessary for the
editor to make special mention to that
effect, in order to assure the reader that
it is not in the ordinary line of lies that
frequently appear in h; print. This
kind of business may te called "enter-
prise" but that does not alter the fact
that it is disgraceful, and reProach to
American journalism.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-18
Mysterious Deaih of ReVerdy john
son.

Reverdy johnson, the distinguished
statesman and juriSt, was found dead
Thursday evening February 10 NJ Sis.
in the grounds surrounding the Execu
tive Mansion at Annapolis, Nd, Mr..
johnson was the Ruest Of Governor Car
roll, and dined in the afternoon with
other gentlemen at the Executive Man
sion He had gone tn Annapolis to ar
que the case of Baker VS.. Frick
in the Court of Appeals. to-day. The
Governor invited Chief Justice Barton
of that State. and ser,-ral other gentle
men TO meet Mr.. JOHNSON at the man
sion. They dined about . P. NJ. AT
dinner Mr.. johnson appeared in excel
lent spirits and his usual health, and
entertained the company by his conver-
sation and relating anecdotes. At dinner
he took one glass of Madeira and refnS-
ed anv more. After dinner he suddenly
asked the Governor To take him into the
parlor. He took the Governors arm
and, walking in there, sat down an a
sofa. At the request Of Mr.. johnson.
the Governor rrjnined his guests at the
IN Bile. Shortly after. a servant appea red
at the door and, beckoning the Govern
or ont, toll him that Mr. johnson was
living in the yard on the stones Gov
Carroll went Immediately to the place
and found Mr.. Johnson lying on the
cobble stone carriage way that passed
under the porch Of the mansion, close
mp to the wall and near the door leading
into the basement. He had evidently
gone down the front steps and around TO
the side of the house and fallen where
he was found. This was about Sis P.
NJ, and the impression is that he had
been there at least half an hour. He was
then dead and was bleeding Profusely
from wounds on the right side of the
head and face. His body was at once
removed into the basement room and
physicians summoned. DIR. William e.
Tuck was the first to arrive. and, after
examining the body, pronounced life
extinct. There were large wounds in
the right side of the forehead, two frac-
lures of the skull from the upper por-
tion of the forehead to the eyebrow,
the dislocation of finger Of the left
hand, and cuts on the hands and legs
and bruises. The cause of death is as
yet unknown. Mr. johnson would have
been eighty years old next May.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-18
Almost a Robbery.

Dispatches from Springfield and Ur
bana, to the Cincinnati Gazette, under
date of February II, gives the particu-
lars of an attempt tn rob the Western
bound Express. Saturday night. between
Milford AMI UTbana. We give one Of
the dispatches:
Another bold and desperate but nn-
successful attempt to rob an express
train was made bv gang of burglars
late last night. on the Pan Handle Rail
road. While the train stopped at Brush
Lake, Conductor Jones was passing from
the baggage to the express car, when he
noticed man standing on the platform
of the Inter He asked his business
there and received no reply, and order
him off, when the thief made for the
official, slashing him with knife. AT
the same time the conductor noticed two
men trying to uncouple the express car.
and, drawing a revolver, began firing,
when the three men started to run, and
did escape without getting in their work.
There was considerable excitement on
the train, but the engineer pulled out as
soon as he found ont ali was right. Word
was received in this section Of the State
some days since that gang Of desperate
characters had started to work West
from Buffalo, N. Y, and it is supposed
that these thieves are part of the gang.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-18

The Indiana Greenback Convention
assembled at Indianapolis on the 10Th
inst, and nominated a State ticket,
adopted platform, etc. Their nominee
for Governor is one franklin Landers,
Member of Congress from the Indian
apolis district. and for Lieutenant Gov
ernnr. AnSon Waicott, of White County.
The platform demands the immediate
and unconditional repeal of the Specie
Resumption Act Of January IA, 1873
and asserts that ait is the ,Inty of the
Government to establish a monetary
system based upon the facts and re-
sources of the Nation. in harmony with
the gpnius of this Government, and
adaped 10 the demands of legitimate
business;
THAT the circulating notes of all Ma
tional and State banks, as well as all To-
cal currency, shnuld be Withdrawn from
circulation and paper money issued BY
the Government in payment of and ex-
change for its obligations directly TO the
people. without the intervention of any
system of banking corporations
That such money shall be a legal
tender in payment of all debts, public
and private. (duties on Imports inclnd-
ed except that portion of the interest
and principal Of the public debt that Is,
by the express terms of the law creating
it. made payable in metallic money,
shall so he paid; this money 10 he inter
chanseahle, at the option of the holders
with registered Government bonds hear
ing rate of interest not exceeding 3 IS
per cent. per annnm."
With regard to the School Fund ones
ton, the platform says:
"That while We regard the attempt to
drag the common school question into
the coming campaign as unnecessary,
vet we do not hesitate to declare it as
our well considered opinion that the fund
set apart by the State for educational
purposes should ever remain one and
undivided and that no part of it shonlh
ever he devoted 10 the maintenance of
any seetarian or Ienominational school
whatever"
A resolution was also adopted in
structing the delegates 10 the National
Convention to vote for Senator Booth. Of
California, as the choice of the Conven-
tion for Presidential candidate.
The Illinois Reform Convention met
at Deeator in that State on the same day
and adopted a platform similar, as re-
CARDS the currency question, to that of
their Indiana brethren.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-18

New ALBANY. IND, February 16.-
Between. 4 and ) o'clock. Sunday even
ing, terrific and destructive cyclone
passed over a portion of Washington
County, coming from the southwest and
going northeast. The following parti-
cnlars were received to-day:- About
three and half miles south of Salem,
it struck the farm of Lewis Smith. nm
rooted his barn and all ont buildings
and slightly damaged his dive Ling
Isaac Richardson's a barn was sdemolished;
VIM. Aliens house was unronfed and
wood-hon-e torn to pieces; Dawson Lv-
on-' house wrecked, Joseph Morris barn
nnronfed, Mr.. Gross honse unroofed,
Mr. MnndPn's house unroofed, Samnel
Knnwling's barn blown down. one mule
killed and other stock cripple; William
Johnson's large barn nnroofed. Joel
Denny, one thousand peach trees torn
M; Thomas Nicholson, house blow down
wife slightly hurt and two children
scaided by the stove turning over; Will
liam NichoIson's : barn blown down, ard
one horse killed; Wile- Jones' housr
partly DESTROYED, goods blown ont, scat
cred and partially burned; BENJAMIN F.
Nirhnlson's honsp demolished. large
barn nnroofed and almost completely
wrecked. horses and agricultural imple-
tnentz damaged and a large orchard
greatly damaged The loss will proi'a-
hly reach 81 800. All along its course
fences were DESTROYED, corn cribs demol-
i-hpd, poultry killed and scattered for
e-t-trees uprooted and twisted of. There
were many narrow escapes of persons
from death. The money value of prop
erty DESTROYED is large
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-18
ADARKEY TWO HuNDREDYEARS
OLD.
lie Owns the Original George Wash
ingtOn Hatchet.


From the IrontOn NO. Register.
Almost ervhndy knows onr oldest
inhabitant, "OId Uncle Isaac" but how
oil he j.. nnhndy knows. We called
upon him The other day, and We are now
willing to swear an our faith in his
word that two hundred years Of '-arvin >
de Lo'd" will not more than fill the bill.
or course Uncle Isaac is pious; all dar-
kie- who live to the age Of a hundred
and fifts years are pious- One of the
things which enlisted our attention at
ter entering ISaac's house was a small
hatchet. hung above the ample fire
place, on two or three rusty nails; and
il. of course, became the subject of in
quirv. We were astonndpd at learning
that it was the identical hatchet with
which that mischIevous little George
Washington had hacked the favorite
cherrv-tree in his uncEg's garden. We
endeavored to make Isaac understand
that the garden WAS not the uncle's, bnt
the fathers Isaac's memory was good,
and our history at fault. He knew, be-
cause he was Thar" He had gone
''wid Mas Jawge for to see his uncle,
and his uncle took him into the garden,
and shaved hi~ de cherry tree. and tole
him dat was de fuSt cherry tree dat ever
come over to dis country, and dat in
about 30 many wears lie tree would bar
fruit, and dat he would send Mas Jawge
some, sho'.
MAS Jawge was a mighty indepen-
dem little cuss, and saws to me, after his
uncle had gwine in de house. says he,
Ike'-for ! was a yonngster den-'lke. /
isn't Rwine to wait on uncle for dem
cherries; Use gwine to cut dat tree right
down, and will take it 'long home wild
u.s. Says I, don't YOU do it, honey; for
if you does, yonr uncle, he'll skin you
1ive!' 'JIst as soon be skinned as not,
says Mas Jawge, 'Pse gwine to hab dat
AR tree So he goes and gifts dat 'ar
same identicle tool. and purity soon he
was a wackin' away at dat tree. And
don't think the chile had chopped
more'n several licks, before the ole gen
tleman-dat's his uncle-he come slip
pin out'n de gonseberrv bushes wild a
waffle, and de way he faxed dat chile
was a absolom sin. De chile flung dat
same little hatchet at his poor uncle
and jist more'n got out'n dat gardin':
and when cotched mp wild him, he was
a swearin' like a mate on "a steamboat.
"Now, sar, dat's de true story, sar.
"Dase little one-hoss school books,
dey don't know muffin bout it. Wv,
bless your soul, honey, I went home wild
him, Mas Jawge, and staid right wild
him, and | followed him to Bradduck :
feat, and 1 got lost dar. and / KEEP
a-comin' out West, cordin' to de device
of Mr.. Hoss Greely dat killed Mr. Bnrr,
and ! WAS 'mong de Iniuns for bout
seventy-five year fore dis country was
settled by the fust white woman"
We had given Uncle Isaac Snort
when we went in, and we gave him an
other and came away.
He's book ed for the Centennial.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-18

A telescope is nowin course of conStruc
ton in Dublin, says the Montagszeitnng
of Berlin, for the Observatory of Vienna.
1t to be thirty-two feet in length, have
All objective glass of twenty six inches
in diameter, and the large brass case,
weighing eight tons, is.to have cham
Der twelve feet in length, and four and
half feet in diameter. The tube is to be
entirely of steel, and all friction of the
axes will be avoided. The instrument
is to be finished in 1873, and will cost
about $438,O00.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-18
ThOrnviIIe.

Our meeting here is still in progress.
We have had four accessions to the
church and eight have been converted.
After resting a week, the church at New
Salem, began their meetings again, and
what I said Of the influence of our first
meeting there, is wonderfully true, for
in conducting the meeting themselves
twenty-five more have united with the
church and as many have been convert
ted. The older citizens say that that
community has not been under such a
deep religious influence for at least
twenty years. B. f. THOMAS.