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TsiE NEW BOY.
She Ideal Bad Boy ofSunday School
Rocks as Portrayed by n. Quad.

From the y. Y. Graphic.
lie made his appearance at one of the
Union schools the other morning. and ar
irving ahead of time, he prevented any
feeling OF loneliness from selling him by
lickin. :hree boys and riding the gate off
IL hinges. He III with the crowd
when the bell rang, AVID finding no empty
sea; he perchcd himself on the wood-5oX.
When the children repeated the Lords
PRAYER in concert, the new boy kept time
with his heel, and when they came 10 sing
he argued that variety WAS the spice OF
song, and attempted 10 sing one OF his
uwn-one about gentleman named
Daniel Tucker, who dreamed that he WAS
dead. etc. The teacher warned him to
keep still. and he replied he wouldn't
come to that school If his musical quallf
cations were 20 DC overlooked. When
the school finally opened the teacher
secured his name ard began asking him
questions IN order 10 find out how he
should be graded.
Can YOU spell she asked.
What Kind OF spelling he cautious
" replied
spell house, If You please.
Frame ~ BRICK" he asked.
ANY Kind 81 a house.
"Wlih mortgage on itt'
You may spell man if you will, she
said. giving him severe look.
Man
.les.'
IL don't care much shout spelling
man this morning, but | will this after
noon. I've spelled it with my eyes
shut
DO you know your alphabet? she
asked changing the subject.
"Never had any! was the prompt re-
"Do you know anything about read
ng.2'
She handed him reader, and said:
"Let me hear YOU resd''
"Read right out loud
"Yes."
am afraid it would disturb the chill
dren." he whispered.
"Go on, let me hear You read"
GHe looked carefully at the page,
scowled his brow, and read;
III was lame boy and didn't get
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4 Remarkable Lawsuit.

From the Boston Post.
The Providence Press describes a rath-
or Interesting lawsuit that was on trial in
Tat city Y, ste day. II seen hat travs
cling company OF players gave show
there some time ago, and shortly alter all
the goods and chattels We're seized on a
writ against one Pongee for failure to- pay
his board. The rest OF the company de-
lnoralized and as the property WAS theirs,
not Poutee's, they sued for damages. The
Nv hite Nor of Madagascar WAS one OF
the plaintiffs, and ittranspired that he
was not the only survivor of family
captured by captain Adrian on the coast
OF Madagascar, as the play-bills announ-
ccd, but plain Austin Graham, of Boston,
whose white hair and beard and pink
eyes had made him quite noticeable. All
ef Austin'S goods had been seized, and
he had thereby lost his salary, 81 30 a
day, and had to pay his own board. The
little Female Esau," rs protocnced in
the bills, was the daugter OF Pougee, and
was II nice little girl when her beard was
taken of Al this was interesting, of
course, but the agony was reached when
"Signor Forrestille," the great sword
swallower, WAS put upon the stand. Sig
nor carried hi; sword with him and the
lawyer wanted to see him swallow it, and
so asked if he ha: any objections to
shwowinS his performance. He had
none. and down went twentv-seven inch
cS of steel, to the qualification of the law
yers, Signor handed his sword toadmiring
legal gentlemen, asking them to examine
and see that there was no fraud. be had
n very husiness-like air, and when asked
what other branches his business took in
he remarked that it was MS habit TO eat
marbles. Every body wanted to see him
eat marbles, and down went four good
sized allies He remarked that the
great trick was in putting the sword
down also and hearing 1t chlnk against
the marbles, and down went the sword,
and the chlnk was heard. Signor's per-
Torrance was immense and had jury
witnessed this novel exposition ofa legal
point his fortune would have been made.
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FOR SALE.
Valuable Farm for Sale.

THE UNDERSIGNED EXECUTORS OF
i the last Will aud Testament OF Samuel
Mcconnell, deceased, will sell at private
sale, the tract OF land situated on the
delphia District, in Ohio County, West
Virginia, and on the Roney's Point and
West Union Turnpike, about three miles
from the National Road, known as the
Samuel Mcconnell farm, containing iUl
acres of good farming land, which lies
well, Is in good state OF cultivation, and
has on II a comfortable house, good stable
and other improvements.
/ will sell said farm at public auction on
the premises, at ~ o'clock A. M, on Satur-
day, the Sth day OF January, 1876.
Persons desiring further Information in
regard to said farm, are referred TO George
Mcconnell on the premises, or to l. F.
Jones, Attorney at Law, wheeling, West
Virginia. JAMES ROBINSON,
JOHN NJ. OLDHAM,
dec23eod Executors.
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any pea nuts in my stocking Christmas
dunn my eyes! but I'd make things jump
around that house next morning"
He handed the book back and the
teacher asked:
"Richard, how many are three and
three2"
"Three and three what?" he inquired
! Anything
"It's good deal according to what il
is" he replied, as he settled back. 81
know that three and three cats don't
make dog"
did you ever study geography, Rich.
ard"
"Yes, man,
"What is geography"
ats book"
"Is the world round or f1at?'
"Hills and hollers2" he replied!
"Richard can you writer"
"Write what?"
Gan you write your Nance
~ could, l suppose but I've got my
name without writing It,"
Can you write letter?'
"Who to-"
ITO any one
"Yes, could if l had the money to
pay the postage"
"Well, Richard" she said in despair
You'll have to go into the lower room
if you want to come to school here"
"rd ruther stay here
"But you can't"
an bet you this knife against ten
cents | can"
She took him by the arm to remove
him; he laid his own hand on her Shout
der, and said in a warning voice:
Don't get me mad, now, or I'll let my
self loose"
She called the principal down, and as
he approached the boy he commanded:
'"Boy, what are you doing there"
"Getting eddicashunl' replied Rich
ard
"You 90 right down stairs, now" re-
piled the principal
"Well, don't sass me for | never was
here betore" replied Richard, slowly
moving his legs as if he meant to get
down.
The principal took him by the collar,
jerked him around, got kicked on the
shin and bitten on the wrist, and finally
landed the young student on the walk.
Now, you go homer' he shouted as he
tried To recover his breath.
'Am educated?' inquired Richard.
'"You seem TO be"
Gimme diplomy, then
"You clear out or Ill have you ar
rested
"Hain't scholar in this school no
more?'
"No, sir"
"Who owns this school house, de-
manded the boy.
mo matter, you clear OUT
will you come out in the yard here,
where you can't hang to anythingT asked
the boy.
"Bcgone, say
Don't draw no derrlnger on me,
warned the boy, as he backed off; "nor
don't you think you can scare me with
any OF your bowie-knives."
The .pincipal walked in and shut the
door, and after the new boy had stood
there long enough to show that he wasn't
afraid. he turned AMI walked Oft growing
to himself:
IL Ii out the foreman of No u to pound
that irlcr aiore he's week older
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RATES OF ADVERTISING
THE DAILY REGISTER.

One Squares inch space.
One time .........S 20 One month....S g 90
Two times.......... / - Three months. II %
one week......... 2 30 One year,. % o.
One square changeable once week $50.
Special Notices % per cent additional.
Advertisements 90 occupy fixed places %
per cent additional.
Cuts Will be charged double for space
occupied.
Double column advertisements, 50 per
cent additional.
Local Notices Is cents per lipe-bmt no
Iocal notice aOiU be inserted (Or less than ONE
DOLLAR.
All advertisements, except for establish
ed business houses, must be paid for i'll ad-
vance.
All bills due on the first appearance OF
the advert ment.
Bills with regular advertisers rendered
quarterly.
Yearly advertisers will he confined to
their legitimate business, and all adver-
tisrmeutS not connected with IL Will be
charged Tor nj our regular rates.
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COURT OF THE

THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States, for the District of West
Virginia. in the matter OF Thomas L.
Sweeney, Bankrupt.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
CLERKS OFFICE, AT WHEELING, W. VA.
December I'D, ls75.
Notice is hereby given that a petition
has been, To- wit on the 18th day of Decem-
her, 1873, filed in said District Court by
Thomas {. Sweeney, OF Wheeling, in said
district who has been heretofore duly de-
clared bankrupt, for a discharge and certi-
ticate thereof. from ali his debts and other
claims prov able under the United states
bankrupt act, and that the 2Gh day OF
January, 1876, at IL O'Clock A. ", before
said Court, at the Office OF George r Boyd,
one OF the Registers in Bankruptcy, AT No.
81 Twelfth street, Wheeling, In said dis
trict. has been assigned as the time and
place for ali creditors who have proved
their debts, and ether persons in interest.
TO appear and show cause, If any they
havr, why the prayer Of the said petition
should not be granted.
Test:
JASPER Y. MOORE,
d.saraow Clerk II. c. L. !. l.. W. Va
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CurioSifieS Of Postage.

Mr.. Gladstone, speaking at a gathering
of tenants in connection with the mar
rage festivities ut Hawatdcn, last month,
said:
In former times the postage OF an ordi-
nary-sized letter from London to Edin-
Lurrh cost halt crown, The postoffice
report for 1874 shows the advantages of
the penny and half penny post from the
fact that no less than 90, 100000 letters
and 10000 COS postcards were transmit
ted to the United Kingdom in that year.
1t Is not these figures, high though they
are, that astonish Us So much as few
items in the report, which more than
anything else, perhaps exposes the eccen.
tricities of large class OF human beings,
Twenty thousand letters were posted
without any address, and some OF these
blank envelopes contained bank notes TO
the value of 1000. The letters sent TO
the returned letter office, numbering H.
1901 900, contained, among other Curiosi-
ties, a living horned frog, living stag
beetle, living white mice, living snsils, sn
owl, kinghsher, a rat. carving knives
and forks, gun-cotton and cartridges.
The senders of unintellisI5le letters were
Irish to the number of l. TO /. With q
dash of bitter irony the report states one
letter, containing Turkish bonds, valued
AT $4,000. was LETT at a house by mistake.
When called for 1t was found that the
bonds had been banded over to the chill
drcn as toy, their parents considering
them of "nu value
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NEW DYING ANpCLEANyNG EsrAB-

NEW DYING ANDCLEANyNGE STAB-
y SISHMENT, 10y Mr.. Joseph Schmatz-
metz, No. l7S5 Market Street, north
end Of Market Street Bridge. In my
employment is Mr.. Louis pandelir, ana
lytic chemist from Paris. France. All
Kinds OF Shawls.H)rcSses, Ribbons, and all
kinds OF SILK aud WOODEN goods Cleaned
or dyed en- short notice and prices 10 give
satisfaction. Black wooden goods trans
formed in color, viz: Drab, Dark Green,
Maroon, Dark Rubis, California, Bis
marck, without injury to fibres or fabric.
Colorins, Cleaning and Repairing Gentle
mems Clothing In the best of style.
samples OF work can he seen at any time
in my establishments Patronage solicited.
nov5tbS&T
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FOR SALE.

THREE HGNbREo ACRES vALUA-
BILE Coal Land, with river front, lying
south and adjoining the Benwood Iron
Works property. Also, 50 acres surface,
running from the river to the top of the
hill, and known as the David B. McMech-
en- tract. There is on the property one
brick and two frame dwelling houses,
with outbuildings. For particulars and
terms, apply to
ANDERSON & PAUL.,
noyl Real Estate Agents,
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Accommodations tram leaves Ecllairc n
4:;O =. ~, and arrives AT ~tcubcnvllle at
6:ni 4. ".
Special Arc0mu cd alton trains leave
Brilairr at 800 a. m. and l2:ja y M;
Bridegroom, 1000 "a. III. and / 20 y. IN; arriN"
nj Martins Ferry at lu:lI u. m. and I:I5 y.
m. Returning leave Martins Ferry at
IL ~ a. M, and $40 T.. m: Bridgeport II no
a. HI., aud S.2u y. m; arrive at h"iialr" at
II - "a. IA, and 30 p. IN.
Tickets 10 all principal points In the
EasI and West can be- procured az the
Union Ticket Oticc in Mcclure House, and
ri the station at Bridgeport.
+. X. MYERS,
onVH- General Pa SSrugrr x Ticket Agent
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TNTHE DISTRICT COURT OF THE

TNTHE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
| United States for the District OF West
Virginia, in the matter of Andrew j..
Sweeney, Bankrupt.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
CLERKS OFFICE, AT WHEELING, w. VA.
December I'd, 1875.
Notice Is hereby given that petition
has been, TO wit on the I'd day OF Decem-
Der, 1875. filed in said District Court by
Andrew J. Jweeney, OF Wheeling, in said
district, who has been heretofore duly
declared baukrupt,ior a discharge and GER
tificate thereof,irom all his debts and other
claims provable under the United states
bankrupt act, and that the 10Th day Of
January, 1870. AT IN O'Clock 4. NJ, before
said Court, al the Office OF George T.. Boyd,
one of the Registers III BANKRUPTCY, at No.
81 Twelfth street, Wheeling. in said d!'.
trict, has been assigned as the time ard
place for all creditors who have proved
their debts, and other persons in interest,
10 appear and show cause, If any they
have, why the prayer OF the said petition
should not he granted.
Test:
JASPER y. MOORE,
dssoraow Clerk u. [. L. >. II. W. Vas
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STEAM BOATS.
Par erSburs and
Cincinnati transportation
COmpany's Packets.

COURIER. Capt. JACK HARRISON.
=EXPR ESS. Capt. ASA BooTH.
IT, The COUR lER leaves Wheel
E&ET ing for Parkersburg every
TUESDAY, Thursday and Saturday AT lO:io
q. ~ Returning leaves parkerSburg every
Monday, Wednesday aud Friday at 40 ciocA
q. IN. - ~. o,
The EXPRESS leaves wheeling ana
every Monday, WEDNESDAY
aud Friday nj iUts O'Clock a. IN. Rttul',
Ing leavss ,Parkcrburg every lnesda! ""'
Saturday at q o'clock a. m.
SSFor fIaight or passage apply TO
49, L. ii. BOOTH 4 CO.,
Agents
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H.ESTROUND TRAINS.

.SnS. :. and $ daily, No. q. daily. ex-
crpt sunday.
East bound trains make connections at
Baltimore with trains Tor Pnilatclpilia,
N-y York and Boston. AT Washington
CIV tor al! points south.
Nest bound tCtins make direct conncc-
tinil. Tor all points West ana Northwest.
Pullman Palace Cars ON ull night trains.
- lIEELINhs TITySBCRG IND EAL-
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at'heeliug &egister.
Terms, by Mail, in Advance.
DAILY REGISTER.

one y4ar........,.SS on Three months...sZ "
six months. 4 % One month. 10
TRI-W EEKLY REGISTER.
Published every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
One copy. WIS., GOI One copy, 6 mos.S2 90
WEEKLY REGISTER.
one copy, ; yr..S2 90 Five copies, yrS 90
on, COPY, mos % Ten copies, yr. Is 90
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no zNoKE78

THAvE JUST RECEIVED AN IN
VOICE OF Imported and Key West
cigars, which am retailing al ,oooins
prices. Give me call, you VIII nnd my
HUGO l.. LOOS,
dacoi No. 20 Twelfth Street.
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H L S Al.
HOLIDAY FARE.

l,D boxes RaiSinS.
an pounds Citron.
10 - CuTrantS.
~ crates Cultivated CTaubcIyi,S.
j hhdS. Turkish PruuCS iV"rN Chvapl
2lonS Atmore'S Celebrated MiHCc Meal
tpbONcS Goshen Cheese.
IHhhlS. New York Sliced Apple.
= bbls. Sweet Cider.
\ Il nj the lowest prices.
X. !. SMITH.
decq Cor. Market 4 EOurte nth SITS
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EOrPittsbuTgil-The steamer
Market BOY.

.T-- WM PORTER ........ Master.
4 -iIi s. IL SCOTT, Clerk.
. VIII leave Wheeling for Pittsburgh
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, al
O'Clock A. VI. ,r,...
/ Leaves Pittsburgh on Tuesdays, Thurs
DAYS, and Saturdays, at I'm.
For freight or passage, apply 10 =. IL.
Booths boat store, or John Crockaru' Oh"
the wharf boat. noLy-n
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FOR r E N r.

COR RENT. PRIVATE BOARDING
T. House or Dwelling.
The large and elegant house on Chapline
street, No. 23i6, will be tor rent April LIST,
at reasonable terms. 1t possesses all con.
veniences and modern Improvements,
and Is most admirably adapted and locat-
ed for private boarding house. Also two
small tenement houses on Thirty-fourth
and Market SITS. +. LARklN,
Market Square Dry Good Store, No. 1912.
ianiu
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FOR RENT OR SALE !

TINE HOUSE AND LOTS SITUATED
corner Virginia and York streets,
Wheeling Island. House contains six
rooms. Possession given Immediately.
For particulars, enquire on the premises.
dec2S-a II. w. BICkEL.
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Bank of the Ohio Valley,
Successor to
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF WHEELING.

This Bank is orgrnized and prepared to
transact the business Of banking In all It's
details.
It succeeds the First National Bank OF
Wheeling; Is owned by the same share
holders, and Is under the same manage.
ment.
BY carefully regarding the interests OF Its
correspondents and depositors, and by
prompt and faithful execution OF their
wishes, 1t hopes 70 merit their esteem and
confidence.
Notes and Bills discounted.
Collections made on all points through
out the United States.
Deposit accounts subject to check al
sight, received from banks, bankers, firms,
corporations and individuals.
Certificates Of deposit issued payable on
demand or at fixed dates.
Interest allowed on special deposits.
DIRECTORS:
JOHN K. BorsFoRD WIN. B. SIMPSON.
JACOB y. RHODES, WIN. A. TURNER,
GEORGE ADAMS, JOHN l.. HOBBS,
GEO. w. FRANZHEIM, JOHN +. WILSON,
HENRY NJ. HARPER, myN
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TRAAS2 CREATION.
Baltimore & Ohio r. r. Co.

-. gr ssEe . - .. Z. !.
I'll Sx.s NJ. 5saai s=zza- lss1-- !. NJ rrs-.
.nN AND AFTER DECEMBER 2Ith,
" 1870, Passenger Trains Will ruu as ipl-
lows, Wheeling time:
EASYROUND TRAINS.
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STILTOy CHEESE.
N. Y. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR.

IHAVE JUST RECEIVED A FEW
l eases Crown Brand of this justly lannon's
cheese X. j. SMlTH.
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OOO0 POUNDS EXTRA HgLLED NEW
SUUU York Buckwheat Flonr. For
sale by X. J. SMITH.
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BANKS.
CAPITAL, s2oO,O0O

JOHN X. BOTSFORD, Restdent,
GEO. ADAMS, Vice President.
NJ. A, CHANDLER, Cashier.
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Of it's enactment, seven days after the dec

Of Its enactment, seven days after the dec
laration Of war against Prussia.
The history of local self government In
France opens it's last chapter with the AS
sembly Of 1871, which, imbued with the
ueccntralizing views Of PREvosT PARADoL
ana the Due de BRoGLIE, was disposed to
regard municipal liberties as a refuge
against anarchy. Accordingly the noini-
| nation of Mayors was once more lodged in
| the commune councils, NJ. THIEits having
scarcely been able by the threat of rcsig-
| nation TO save TO his Government
the right Of appointment for capitals
OF departments and cities of more
| than twenty thousand inhabitants How
reactiOnary was the Government OF
IMAGINATION until the overthrow of the
BUFFET Ministry, is demonstrated by the
fact that II instantly reverted to the ira
ditions OF the Empire on this subject, as
sorting the right to name the MAYOR for
every commune, and refusing TO be con-
fined in choice to the members OF the
communal board. At length France pro-
nouncing for n republic, and a new Assem-
bly, having been organized under the con-
troll of the Left, the present Ministry have
introduced % measure which revives in
substance the act in force under the Gov
crnmcnt OF THEIRS. There is little doubt
that the bill will be accountable to major
lily OF the Chamber of Deputies, and il is
almost equally certain thar il will be re-
jected by the Senate.
SO much Tor the history of that problem
OF Capitalization which is beyond compar-
ison the most difficult presented to the
legislators of France. Not that the solu-
ton would be long delssyed were the con-
fct narrowed to opposition between q
Chamber OF Deputies representing the will
of the nation, and a Senate which repre-
rents in the main nothing beyond the
prejudices and cabals of defunct Assem-
bly,. Public opinion is far more evenly
divided. Some of the most sagacious and
most liberal OF French statesmen affirm
that tue majority of small communes are
not qualified to regulate their own con-
Germs They even state us u matter OF fact
that under the Government OF THEIRS
competent person could hardly be found
to undertake the functions Of Mayor in the
rural parishes 60 long rs these betokened
nothing but the confidence and respect of
his fellow citizens, and were Invested OF
the preposterous prestige which attaches
to Government fuuctionary. If this be
true. then France is indeed gangreued with
the faint OF o slavish bureaucracy, and we
may scarcely hope for the permanent es-
adjustment of those republican institu-
tons Of which local independence is ut
once the foundation and the bulwark.
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approval Of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
ut such places as the necessities Of the SER
vice may require, and are each to consist
OF three freeholders of good standing, one
Of whom shall belong to different politi-
cal party from the other two"
Pretty well, for "non-partisan" civil
servicei Every member of the board
must "belong" to q political party. An
odd non-partisan beginning this Then
one party has two-thirds Of the members
of these boards, and the other party only
one Non-partisan again, with "a ven
geancel
They are to be Of good standing" who
lie to determine thatf Would II not seem
little hard to say that any man Of the
same personal habits and the same as
sociates as the President of the United
States Is not of good standing2 Yet, how
much of test would that amount tor
They must be freeholders-an aristo-
cratic, property qualification not even re-
CURED Of u President Of the United States !!
Above all, oppressed us the people are,
by the present Calling load of taxation,
this is d proposition TO create new swarm
of public officers TO eat out their sub
stance.
The reader may infer that, on the whole,
and after "a very careful consideration OF
the subject, our impressions are not favor
able to Senator GoRDoN's bill. We trust,
however, 1t may afford some satisfaction
to our civil service Republican friends to
find former rebel General substantially
agreeing with them IN their follies.