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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-23

RECORD OF THE YEAR-A reference
Scrap Book, edited by Frank Moore.
New York; &. w. Carleton u Coy
w. p. McKelvey has laid upon our
table, vel. lst, No. of this new maya
zine, which is now for sale in the book
stores. Its frontispiece is beautiful
steele en- craving of the noted millionaire,
William b. Astor.
Its first article is dawn of the Cen
tennial Year" from the New York
Herald. None of the articles in this
number are of any great length; but it
seems to contain everything worth pre-
serving, that transpired in the world last
year.
The first article bears date Of January
/, and so in chronological order we come
to Henry Wilson," January q, where
the address of Senator Dawes on the
death of the Vice-President is given in
full. The last article, January 81, is en-
titled "Wealth's Aristocracy," lecture
delivered by 7. w. Higginsop, copied
from the New York Tribune.
Nearly every body, at some time or
other, has begun to keep scrap-book OF
good things and events that they desire
to preserve record of; but, finding it
too troublesome, they have soon given it
up. The Record Of the Year does this
very thing for all.
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with a spoon" is the happiest man in
Washington. He has paid of an old
scoN. HEN willing no~ in bis ecststic
Joy to erase the name of r. II. D. Jr.
from his memoir andum book. In the ex-
uberance Of his joy. he is even
wiling to .rsturn one spoon
to its original owner. There is only one
BEN BUTLER in this country and in this
age. There are few such characters IN
history. His gigantic intellect is only
surpassed by bis restitution of honor
He is as omniscient and irrepressibls IS
old Nick himself, and like his illustrious
prototype, us going to and fro in the
earth, and walking up and down in 1t,
for the purpose Of accomplishing mis-
chief. BUTLER holds the cards on the
Washington politicians, and he rump'
wherever it suits him. He has been en-
gagged in all the rascaily jobs at the Cap
ital, and he knows the part that every
man has played in each one, and they
are all afraid of him. That was one
cause of the SUCCESS of his leadership
while in Congress.
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WE never knew before that the
prophet DANIEL was Democrat, yet he
was, and our attention has been called
to the fact by the Pittsburgh Commercial.
That paper says that under DARIUS he
was Secretary of State, Secretary of War,
Secretary of the Treasury, Chief Justice
Of the Supreme Court and general eI-
ecutive officer of the entire empire of
Cbaldea. Efforts were made to corrupt
him the which failing, some of his enc
mics instituted secret inquest Of his
adninistration-the result being his
triumphant vndication, inasmuch as the
committee were compelled to report that
"they could find none occasion nor fault,
forasmuch Ms he was faithful, neither
was there any error or fault found in
him.
Had he been a Radical he would have
been almost certainly found guilty, re.
moved from Office and probably sent to
the penitentiary, provided always, of
course that there had been Democratic
majority in the Lower House TO have in
vestlgsted him.
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to accept the nomination with Judge
Davis or anybody else. Let him stay
where he is; he is good officer IS we'll
gobd Democrt. l say TO the Statesman
and all other editors who profess to be
democrats, not at this juncture, ever
again to be guilty of httering such stuff
a. this editorial against such men IS
Thurman, Hendricks and Pendleton, for
they are just such Democrats as the
Democracy delight to honor. These are
the sentiments, Mr.. Editor of dyed IN
| the wool DEMOCRAT.
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BENJAMIN BUTLER.

IL Was thought two years ago when
this individual was defeated for Congress
in Massachusetts, that he was completely
souelched" and would never appear
prominently in pnblic life agein. But
"Old Cockeye" knew thing or two and
had no idea of being shuflled of the stage
in such summary manner. If he could
not fill public position himself he was
at least determined that some other par
ties should not and to day he turns up in
Washington as full of deyiltry and
with apparently as much influence
AS he enjoyed in his palmy days.
There was no man in Massachusetts who
contributed more TO the political defeat
of Gen. BUTLER than RICHARD II. DANA,
Jr., who, by the way, is one OF the few
genteel Republican leaders in the Old
Bav State Mr.. BUTLER took Mr.. DANAs
name down in his memorandum book for
future reference. 1t might come in his
wav some day to do the gentleman q
favor. and he didn't want To forget him,
An opportunity at last arrives. The emf
nent American poker player Gen.
ScHENCK, who had represented this
country at the Court of st. James for
some years past, becomes the figure head
in one Ct our common scandals,
and for fear of an investigation,
resigns. The President, for once
in his life, impressed with
the idea of making decent appointment
or II may be to afford BUTLER an oppor-
tunity 10 have n shot at him-sends in
the name of Mr.. DANA to the Senate as
the successor of Gen. SCHENCK Before
the Senate has time to act on the ap-
pointment old Spooney is there, charg-
ing Massachusetts favorito with liter
ary piracy, and his confirmation hangs
fire. If Mr.. DANA had stolen little
.ilverware, or robbed church or two of
its communion plate, or yanked few
bales OF cotton, or lnsulted I'M
protected females, it would not
have been MISTER of sufficient con-
sequence to have arrested the
attention of the hero of Bethel. But he
was guilty of grave offence. He had
copied from somebody else IN his writings
without giving credit, just as newspapers
do sometimes, and the result is The Sem
ate Committee report adversely on his
nomination. DANA is mad and writes
insulting letters to senators, but the
man "who lives in q bottle and is fed |
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Cneaner production Is Higher Price.

~
liza bushel OF wheat or a pair o! SHOES
can be produced by one day s Dor, ana
sold for one dollar, the dollar IS the value
of the. davis labor. If we can, by i'm
proved methods of working, or greater
skill or activity, produce two bushels OF
wheat, or two pairs of shoes, by days
labor. and still sell them for a dollar
each, the value of the labor is two dol
lars. We have then doubled the value
Of our labor, without increasing the cost
of it; consequentlyif the cost of living re-
mains the same our profit is doub ed. The
shoemaker and many other mechanics
have succeeded, by the exercise ii IN
creased skill in their work, IN thus doub-
ling their product, without correspond
ing decrease in the price of their goods
The farmer has not succeeded in dom
so much as this, although by the use OF
drills, harvesters and threshing machines,
it costs him less in labor to produce 8
bushel OF wheat, Than formerly. But the
most laborious part of his work is moi
cheapened, nor is there any probability
that it soon will be. Flowing and har,
rowing can not cost less for some years to
come, than they now do. But the WORE
NAV be made to cost less, practically, If
We can make it more effective. II we
plow an acre of barren soil, we lose
our labor altogether, and the cost !:
exactly equal to the value of the labor
expended, because there is no return
If We piow an acre of ground which
produces crop worth exactly the
cost of the labor, the labor !:
paid for, but there is no profit.
II the ground is rich enough tc
prodace crop double the vaiue of the
labor expended, the profit is equal to lOC
per cent upon the expenditure. The
way to better profits very clearly lies in
the direction OF enriching the soil. This
is the whole secret. What we then pro-
duce will cost but half what it formerly
did, and we therefore get double price
for our crop. which merely represents SO
much labor. There is no fear that this
method will be worked out, nor danger
that the yield of grain will be doubled
in a very short time. There Is every
certainty that those few farmers who
will succeed in making their farms pro.
duce double the former crops, will not be
forced to receive less price for what
they have to sell. They have every OPP
portunity then to double their income in
] the course of few years, il they will
only take the right methods. How can
this be done? 1t can not be done with
out working it with brains as well as
with hands, and becoming more skillfuI
and panstaking in the use of what means
may be available, and exercising some
patience for it cannot be done at ence.
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a ON ESEp.

rCO ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROJ
the errors and iuuiscretionS of youth,
nervous weakness, early decay, loss Of
manhood, &C., | will send q rccip" that
will cure you, FREFOF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by Il missionary
IN South America. Send n scit-addresSed
envelope TO the Rev. JOSEPH r. lNMAN,
Station ID, Bible House, New York city.
fabOqpOi -puub
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-23

OUR thar ks are due Hon. JOHN T
HOFFMAN for a copy of his address de-
livered before the New York Association
for the advancement of Science and Art,
on the 18th of February. Governor HoFF-
MANS subject was Liberty and Order"
and is handled in mastery manner.
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The Steubenville Gazette saws:

1.-THE Wheeling papers are now en-
gagged in controversy as to the merits
and dement's of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, viewed from political stand
point This is the natural result OF the
dsbbing in politics SO freely INDUCED in
by the bishops OF that church."
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DEED:

SUTTER-March q, 1876, at . A. NJ, JOHN
SUFFER-, aged thirty. seven years.
Funeral from his late residence, No
$50 Wood street, TO day Thursday
afternoon, at o'clock. Friends OF the
family are invited to attend. Members OF
King William Lodge No. 2, \. p. A., are
respectfully invited to attend.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-23

THE Phiiad lphia Times has completed
one year ofits existence Tho Times is
one OF the ablest and most fearless indie
pendent journals of the country.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-23

j. HAMPDEN CHAMBgRLAINE, the
talented editor OF the Norfolk Tirginian,
has gone to Richmond to take charge Of
the EUenmg Journal.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-23
THE WEEKLY REGISTER

Is the largest and altogether the most
complete news and family paper printed in
West Virginia. 1t will be sent to any ad-
dress one year for $500. Valuable premi-
ums TO cluu agents and 10 subscribers.
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DISSOLUTION,

TTNHE FIRM OF LEWIS BAKER & CO.,
l. r,litors and proprietors OF the REGIs-
TER has been this day dissolved by mutual
consent, Mr.. Baker retiring. All liabin-
les OF whatever nature of the old firm,
will be settled by the new and all debts
Tue to the office are payable to the new
nrm. LEWIS BAKER,
JAMES Ii. TANKY,
WIN. j. JoHNsToNl.
WIN. II. TANEY.
WHEELING, January |, 1876
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-23

GENERAL Tom EWING seems to be the
successor of Mr.. PEYDLEroN in the a1ec
tions of tho Ohio Greenbsck Democrats
General EWING is good and true man.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-23

BISHOP JOHNS, of the Episcopal
Church, has been paralyzed, but is i'm
proving.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-23

THE lower house of the Maryland
Legislature has passed the bill taxing the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
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NoTICI.

BOUT NEW YEARS LAST A MAN
n about 45 years old, bald headed, dark
COMPLEXION, about feet inches high,
stopped shouldered, three fingers on his
ri hit hand, passing himself by the name
OF Thomson at one place, at another
Homes, and at another Scott, came on the
waters OF Lynn Camp tributary TO Fish
creek, in Wttzel county, To the house or
George Ferniers, and sold TO said Ferniers
a horse, color serrel, star in forehead, about
eight years old, weight l.OoO, supposed 10
be worth one hundred dollars (s!0J0 for
thiTty-hve dollars, giving In saddle and
bride supposed to be worth seven or eight
dollars. About four weeks after the same
man came. through the same neighbor-
hood with O mare about years old, color
sorrel, height about 10 hands, with small
star in aer forehead, weighing about $50
pounds, stating that he was offered in Mid
dlebourne, Tyler county, West Va, one
hundred dollars and then offered her here
for sixty-fve dollars. Then suspicion
arose Immediately that tue horses were
stolen, and the man was followed and he
fied TO the woods leaving the mare. Said
mare can be found now on Joshua Yoho
farm, Marshall county, Liberty district,
w. Va, where the owner can get her by
proving property and paying charges;
JOSHUA YOHO.
MARCH 18th, 1876. mr23egq
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-23

The undersigned having become sole
owners OF the REGISTER, have this day as
ISOLATED themselves together for the pur-
pose OF carrying on the Newspaper and
General Job Printing and Book Binding
business, under the Arm name and style
Of THE REGISTER COMPANY. The business
OF the late firm will be closed by the sub
scribeTs, who alone ale authorized TO make
such settlement.
Gro. II. Mo FRTT,
JAMES Il. TANEY,
WIN. j. JOHSSToN,
WIN. ii. TANEY.
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DY VIRTUE OF 4 DEED OF TRUST,
ID made by the Wheeling Centripetal
Power Company, corporation existing
under the laws OF the STATE OF West Nir-
ginia to me as trustee, dated the 10th day
of March, 4. D., 1874, and OF record in the
Office OF the Clerk of the County Court OF
Ohio county. West Virginia, In deed Of
5gS, | Will, on
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WHEELING, January ], 1876. jaa5sb
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COPARTNERSHlP.

WHEELING, January /, 1876.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05
Masked Dinners in Paris.

A correspondent writes: Masked
balls are still q common amusement
in society,". and the masked dinner
flourishes where so many other insti-
tutions have fallen to decay. At the
masked dinners the guests are ex-
pected to do their best to make them
selves absolutely unrecognizable to
one another and to their host. 1t Is
no half-apd.half affair of concealment.
II your real individuality is detected,
you are considered to have failed to
observe the condition on which you
were invited-in fact, to have commit
ted q breach of good manners. ! hear
of one young Frenchman, a friend of
mine, who sat down to meat at one of
these entertainments In the character
of an aged sot. He wore head OF
pastebOard most hideously colored
with red about the nose to represent
the effect on that organ of rotations
bottle deep, and in all other respects,
even to the leer and gait, he was per-
fectly in character. What do you
think Of II? For my part could not
do such a thing in cold blood. To ex-
hibit these peculiartes rs consc-
quence of enjoyment is one thing; to
exhibit them az means of enjoyment
Is quite another. The wariest OF US
might he surprised by red nose In
the course of his search after happi-
ness; but why knowingly put the
thing on? The man capable OF that
extravaganza resembles those smokers
who think less of the flavor OF the to-
baeco than Of the coloripg of the pipe.
The worst has yet to be told. The mis-
guided person In question asked II he
did not look 'Just like an English
man. ~ Inter Ocean.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-05

SUNDAY, accompanied by u trensu
dous rain fall. The Warrior, Tombig.
bee and Alabama rivers are out OF
their banks and great damage IL an.
ticipated. A rise OF fifty feet is enron.
icled at Selma.
After an angry controversy over
claim In court In Havana, the Marquis
OF Argudin, as he was leaving the
room, struck Senator Sanchez Vagina,
when the latter pulled revolver and
shot the Marquis, who died soon after.
The parties are wealthy, and well
known.
A Berlin dispatch says the negotia-
tious for the paciilcation of Herzego-
VIVA are regarded as fallen through,
and the Powers seriously contemplate
armed intervention. II this should
prove unavoidable, they will give no.
tice OF their intention to maintain the
peace Of Europe.
A special to the Galveston News says
that General Toledo has accepted
service under Dlaz. The general opln-
ion is that Dlaz will continue to hold
Matamoras and the Rio Grande from
tier, as most Of the Government troops
In the viclrity have either joined or
surrendered to Diaz.
A New York Herald cable dispatch
from London says, Home Secretary
Cross has, at a private conference,
given the Home Rule members Of Par.
lament tacitly to understand that in
view Of their support Of the Royal IL
tie bill, all Fenian prisoners, including
the military ones condemned by court
martial, will be released. 0'Meagher
Condor, 1t is thought, will be released
in any event.
The programme of the Car of Rus
sia's journey is officially announced.
His Majesty goes to Ems at the end of
April, sojourning at Berlin q few days
on the way; from Ems he goes to GU
genheim, and afterwards return to
Russia in time for the military ma.
neuvers. During the summer he will
60 to Helsurgfot and next to Warsaw.
After reviewing the troops 10 these va
rious places, he will accompany the
Empress to Livadia, whence he will |
return to st. Petersburg late in the
autumn.
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Anipe Hunting.

After the excitement of the day, a
number OF young gentlemen determ-
ined to spend last evening In the pleas
ures of snipe hunt, and selecting
their victim from among the numer.
GUS clerks of popular Elm street es-
tablishmGnt, proceeded beyond the
Dallas branch, armed with the con-
ventional bag and all the necessary
paraphernalia. The victim was placed
in position, aud for two long weary
hours he waited, with the mouth of the
bag open, for the sDipe that never
come. Last night was bad night for
driving, and the young man had bet
ter try II again; but we're afraid he
won't. A two hours lonely watch and
a lonely two-mlle walk, will probably
cure him of nocturnal hunts In the
future--especially after snipe.
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Our esteemed contemporary, the Sher-
man Register, was very Factions over
the manner in which Rutherford, OF
the Clarksville Times, was taken in by
the Houston Telegraph's Tweed fasco,
and advised the metropolitan press
that thereafter their articles be headed
"a Joke" in order that the verdant
country journals might see the point
But alas, for credulous humanity, the
acute Register itself gravely epitomizes
as interesting news broad April
FOOLS joke from The HERALD of the
LIST instant, and never suspects for a
moment that huge sell was intended.
We think Rutherford as much entitled
to basket of champagne now, as we
are to our box of cigars. We are in
clined to think the Times can now ex-
claim, "Rira bien, qui rira le dernler."
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DRAWING TO AN END.
Meeting of the Council I,asI Night-A
short Session,

The Council met In regular session
last night full board PRESENT,
The minutes OF the last meeting
were read aud approved.
The Treasurer's report for March
was received and referred to the Com
mittee on Journals.
The Committee on Claims recon-
mended the payment OF the accounts
Of the officers, police and employees OF
the city for March, which was adopt.
ed.
The petition OF w. II. Beeman and
NJ. Il. Beeman was received and refer
red TO the Committee on Ways and
Means.
Accounts against the city for the
month Of March were referred to the
Committee on Claims.
A letter was received froiil +. 4.
Miller aud referred the Finance Com
On motion Of Alderman Obenchain,
the Council adjourned to meeting this
evenin & at half.past seven o'clock.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.
0.mocrat = Republican Confer
,nce on Financial Question.
,,,,,lcr OF the Indian bureau to the
War Department.
=. Appointments Of Post'TradsrS 20
=. made Except ON Recommends.
lion OF Post 0nicers.

WASHINGTON, April 4.---The Indian
Committee have concluded by unan-
,mous vote to report fovorably OH the
transfer Of the Indian Bureau to the
War Department, and the probabili'
,ies are that II will pass the House.
The work Of complying with the
Hose resolution adopted some three
months ago calling on the comptroller
Of the Treasury for the names OF the
stockholders In all the national banks
4 approaching completion. The in
Ebrmatlon required will cover several
Thousand pages of foolscap paper and
7 lhe entire cost OF compiling and print
4 linz Is estimated at $4,000. The pur-
nose In view is to find out how many
SCOpgessmen are interested in these
banks.
n Secretary Taft informed a Senator
\ who called the other day to recon-
mend person for a post-tradership,
hst no appointments would be made
Except on the recommendation of the
officers at the post applied for.
4 A private and informal conference
|pn the financial question was held at
|dInner at Mr.. Crittenden's home last
Monday. Among those present were
1)Iessrs. Morrison, Randall, Hewitt,
Willis and Ben Hill from the Demo-
tntic side, and Foster, Crittenden,
Easson and Seeiye from the Republi-
ban side. Speaker Kerr was too Ill to
|tuend, and Mr.. Blaine was absent
FROM the city. A bill coming, it is un-
asntood, from a prominent New York
CAPITALIST, was read to the company,
bod each person in turn expressed his
ssss briefly. There appears to have
leen no material diversity of opinion
'3n the main point-the funding Of
'geenbacks in a long bond at about
|bm per cent-but there were unmis-
IsSable evidences that this harmony
|gOuld not extend to matters of detail
|ld to certain auxiliary propositions
Pike the repeal Of the resumption act.
20 agreement of any kind was arrived
|, nor was such q result intended or
Expected; the sole purpose being to
Fbtain comparison Of views.
The Committee on Ways and Means
iiye completed its action in the claus
eMtbe Morrison tariff bill relating
iron and steel, the only amend-I
ients TO which are the following:
BE insertion after pig-iron of the
lords spiegei.eisen; but the committee
~ not fixed the duty. Squares OF
bon and steel, three cents per pound
hood screws less than two inches and
bore than one inch in length, six
tnts, and one inch or less in length,
tght cents a pound. The duty on
yood screws two inches or over in
hgth have been changed from five
ents to four cents o pound. No
mendments have been made in lead.
III committee will consider to-day
he copper provision.