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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12
nORGANTOwN FOR CHARLESTON

The Morgsntown Post, May 18th,
comes out clearly and squsrely in favor
of locating the Capital at Charleston
rather than Clarksburg. We make two
short extracts from its column article on
the subject:
"In locating the State capital, We
should not br,ng into the count the cen
tre of population a. this time but the
centre of population hall century hence
We should also, take into consideration
the point that will be the most access BILE
after the railroad system OF the State Is
developed-the poiut tha, will be most
convenient to the people OF all sections OF
the State. I'VE have three projected lines
of railroad through our State, ali oi which
will, i, our opinion, be built within the
next ten or fifteen years, VIZ: 9Th
Northern and Southern West Virginia,
the Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charles
ton" and the washington and Ohio. "
When these roads are completed. 1t
seems to us that Charleston will be the
most accessible place for the Capital OF
the State.
The legislature hiss insugurstei the
policy of scattering the public buildings
over the State. The first district has
the Penitentisry and the Insane Hos
pitsl; the Second district has the Deaf,
Dunno and Blind Asylum ard the State
University, while the Third district has
nothing but the Normal School ~ Guy
andoite. AS the Third district is rich
and growing part OF our little State, We
think it has some right to recognition.
The people OF this State sre, pecunis-
rily. poor. Their mineral resources are
set "hidden in the womb OF mother
earth" and until they are developed the
State should not spread her wings too
wide for the purpose of erecting puol'c
buildings of costly style ior future
generations. We believe it was "foor
| Richard" who SAID:
I've sells large may venture more,
But little boals should keep near shore.
That will apply ~ states and Natlohs ss
we'll ss individuals and boats; therefore,
West Virgins should not attempt,in her
present financial condition, TO initiate
New York, OHIO and ILLINOIS, by erecting
= Capitol at great cost, only for the pur,
pose of attracting the attention and
prsise of her neighbors, and still further
impoverish her citizens with taxes, VINO
already have their noses chained u
the grindstone by the taxation
with which they are already burdened.
Better 90 SLOW for season. Char es'
ton has blilding that will be amply
sufficient for Capitol ior forty years ,c
come, and the people of that city have
rendered it to the State, Tree OF cost, until
such time as the tax payers think they
will be able to erect Capitol OF lager
proportions. 1t will cost ut lesst million
dollars to build State House-suct
as our "Swi,zerland OF Americs" will
need fifty years hence-and our people
are no, nov in Q financial conditon 70
put up such structure. Better wait un
til our railroad system Is developed-tii
our people recov, ,r from tho late war
till our permanent school fund reaches
such an amount rs will enable Us to Car
~ on our schools without the present
heavy taxation. And thea talk aoou
building State House.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12

NEW YORK, Msy ll.-This is the last
day OF the great dog show in Giluore's 5
Garden and the attendance Of visitors is
even greater than Oh any preceding
dsy of the exhibition. The receipts for
the f5st three days were sufficiently
large not only TO cove, the expenses OF
the entire show, but TO leave very large
surplus for the prizes of the next exhibi
tion. The proceeds o! to-dsy's exhibition
will be given to the Society for the Preven.
tion OF Cruelty to Animals and will be
donated to the institution Of home
Tor dogs.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12
Sale OF short Horns.

CHICAGO, May ll.-Some selections
from the Oakland short born herd of s,
Meredith Il Son, of Cambridge City
Indiana, were sold here to-day. The
most remarkable sales were the Twentieth
Duke OF Adree for So .975 to Archer
Hamilton, OF Mount Sterling, Ky; Rose
of Racine, 1915, to Mayer Gree. OF Rome
Park, Canada; Minnie of Elk Hill,
SLIGO, to K. 5. Cunningham Of Win
chester, Ky Some cattle from the herds
OF Miller & Ketchum and OF W, W,
Slater were also sold at interior prices
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12
Increase of Population In the Third
District.
kanaWhR Gazette.

1t is estimated by our State officials
that since tie census OF 1870, there has
been an increase in the population OF
this State to the extent of 10000, and
that of this increase nearly half is
found in the counties along the Chess.
peake and Ohio railroad. The slgniti-
cance of this Is seen when the form OF
the statement is changed. Itmeans that
the increase durlng the period referred
10 along the line of that rallrosd is equal
to the increase IN ali the balance OF The
State combined. In view o. this fact
there can he but little doubt that IN 4 few
wears Charleston will be in the centre Of
the most populous part OF the State.
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Base Ball.

GUELPH, ONT, May ll--In the re.
turn game of the Allcghenys, OF Pitts
burgh, the score stood: AlIeghenys, s.;
Maple Lests, 0.
BosToN, May 1.-THE most remsrks-
BILE game of base ball was played here
to day. TIE Hsrvards rs Msnchesters
game was called at the end OF tie
twenty-tousth inning, neither side hsv.
ing scored run.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12
Suicide.

NEW YORK, Msy 1l.-Professor John
Barton, OF the College Of the City OF
New York. committed suicide st HAM
burg. Inssax county, New Jersey, Wed
nesday. More than year ago his mind
was in troubled condition from study
and sometime in 1873 he stepped from
the Brooklyn ferry boat, but was rescued
Professor Barton leaves q wife, son and
two daughters. He wss Clergyman nj
the Protestant Episcopal church, aRd
hsd been instructor 10 the College of the
CITY of New York for long time.
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DimcuItv Beta~ zen franee and Esg-
land

LONDON, MAY IA Paris dispatch
says, q slight difficulty has srnen bet wsen
France and E0gland relative 70 tho Nov
Poundl,nd fisheries. THIS IL An old sub d.
ject OF discord, bu, tho dispute has II.t
SOW reached 40 acute stage. II appsan
that the action Of the government N for
bidding the French 10 f,h for herring,
hss been q subject Of complaint by tie
Ministry for Foreign Afsir,, but the
English government support, the gov
ernment, hence the interchange Of vn-
satisfactory diplomatic notes.
The Earl Of Shrewsbury and Talbot 10
dead.
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Death of ~ AHchhiShan.

PANAMA, MAY 1.-THE S ar and Her
ala ssys the Arch bishop of Quito, very
gentle and ino1ensive prelste, died very
suddenly on March 30th, and it was be-
lIeved some person had administered
poison in the wine used for celebrating z
mass ON Good F-idsy. We learn 40
autopsy showed death had been caused
by q suftusion OF blood on the brain.
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Prenium Iotton.

MEMPHIS, May 1.-The henPE s
Cotton E1bhsngsto-dsy received ornciai
information thsi gold medal had oeen
awarded their bale OF cotton a. the In
,erust,onsl Horticultural Exhibition st
Amsterdam. Memphis cotton aook ine
frat premiums at the wOric'' IAN, a
Sew York, London. Vienna and LAST
year ss Pnilsdslphis.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12

Of the Ogden Junction, and one or two
other papers that are under Mormon
control and devoted 10 the interests oi
the poly gsmous church.
In the Ness there is q defense of the
practice of polygamy, the tone of which
is positive and defiant. Replying to the
Omaha Herald which said Utah woul
have been . State if it had "put In obey
snee> the obnoxious, iun-O Christian and
un-Amerlcan institution" the Neps
boldly says:
ave do not see why polygsmous mar
rage should be considered obnoxious to
boporable people. Nobody is compelled
to take eve- one wife. Nobody is con-
PEELED to take even one. II is a matter
of individual choice of conscience, re-
ligious scruples, and the religious scruples
OF polygsmist should be held as sacred
as those of q monogsmist or q eeiibate
Why not2 Some of the best men that
ever lived have been, in their time, cell
bstes, monogamists and polygsmlsts-
have lived in all three conditlons-and
all with the express favor of heaven.
Then why obnoxious TO msn?'
what matters it." the Ne,os proceeds
70 say, "if polygsmous marriage is un-
American 1t says, "tnere are good
many things which are not American,
which ought to be and will be before
Americans become perfect models for the
imitation and emulation of the rest Of
mankind" Besides, it holds polygamy
is essentially American. 1t originated
here, and could perhaps have originated
nowhere else, certainly is not prscticed
in Europe.
AS to its being un. Christian, the NeWs
says:
"Polygsmy certainly Is not un-Chris.
tisn. It came to the "Mormons" rs an
Integral portion of the Gospel of Christ
There is no record that Jesus Christ ever
said one word in condemnation of it. He
was OF polygamsus lineage. He was
born in a polygamous nation, whose
polygamy WAS established by divine reve.
lstion through their ancieht prophets
and the founders of their nation and
tribes. Their very tribe names were
those of polygamous family. Their
great prototypal father was n polygamist.
The idea that polygamy Is uu-Cnristisn
is an egreglous mistake. On the con-
trsry, it is u preeminently Christian and
Scriptural kind OF marriage"
The article concludes rs follows:
"It the 'Mormons' were to abolish
polygsmy, the probability is that they
would be less respected than they now
are. Who would consider people entl-
tied to respect If they gave up one OF
the principles Of their religion, and vio-
lated the convictions OF their own crn-
SC ences, for the earthly homer Of having
n State government? WHAT is there IN
State form OF government worthy to
be put IN the scale against q conscience
void OF otfense against God and man?
The people of Utah are ut peace with
all the word. Peace on earth, good
will to man, Is their special mission. Ii
all the world is not at peace with them,
then let all the world SEQ to u, and seek
the wsys Of peace more diligently, pur-
sue them more assiduouSly, and learn
to practice them more perfectly.
The ".Mormons' ,0iH not quarrel 'cih tie
rorLd, # the worh does not quarrel ruth
them"
This article has not an spologetic
appearance. Its aggresslveness Is quite
marked
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12

Ta& C4.a.ogle Of West Virginia Uni
r,ig 'or the current year. SHOWS that
IL, - II s!I, nd.nce a. taat institu-
-. IS Students. The Senior class num-
,'.,, tie JaDior, 6; Sophomore, g;
:'"-m,a, l6; and Preparatory, Sc.
yT-' :0.r ' or this number h.ve come in
s.a.n :ae Isst txo months. The tuition
So; ..,.I.'un l. but $500 per term,
Sol '.r.-. rtn be had in the town,
;--!ns .,-.",aei roo d, fuel, hight, Sc +,
n%5Jto siGO Week. Morgantown
s|1ga.iuily situsted, and is Inhabited
'y a!r..jsen! and cultivated people. A.
'.:e.-e', the advantages of ,red the
!...a o: tie Stale ty this school are
G:es,.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12

about fourteen persons more or lss In.
jured. The loss TO the building will b
from $4,000 to s65,0O0. The entire
froRt must come dawn 70 the tresco. and
the plans will probably be changed.
Superintendent Lsthsms lays the blame
on the architect, Mr.. Gay, whose In
structions were followed implicitly.
Mr.. Richardson will not talk about the
matter. The papers tonight place the
blame on different shoulders. Digging
for the missing is still going on.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12

oxrof our exchanges says that "the
C,r,,sl building cost the city OF
,r.,.r;rc $4,000" Oh, 10. Only
.,., 10000 was appropriated for the
Sun, exclusive ofthe grounds. But
.ar ~, q. least s25O,OOO to put up as
.,,is building under State manage.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12
The Pope.

ROME, May 1.-THE Pope to-day re.
ceIved the pilgrims from Csnsds and
the pilgrims from Rhode Island, headed
BY the Bishop OF Sherbrooke and Vicar
General Bousque. The Bishop delivered
an address, and the Pope replied. The
pilgrims presented considerable sums ol
money.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12
Died,

FhRLEY-This morning al 30 o'clorh
o'scnrlst lever. 1Ho a., soD OF John dDd
Annie Farley, aged years and month,
The funeral will take pace fr1n q .
residence Of the parents, No. 25is Main
street, tomorrow Sunday afternoon ai
halt past 2 o'clock. Friends Of the family
are Invited 70 attend.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12
NUSICIPAL JUDGE.

:, Judge JOIN ". KESNEDr has
,..r strongly urged to become q CAN
...,s for Civ Judge, At the election on
.,...irs He is backed by an array
d: representative business houses, which
.,g,e complimentary TO the Judges
,.r;iag in the community.
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Tu, New York Herald recommend

THzyew York Herald recommends
,,p-s men Of the city to seek wives from
,ro,, tie country girls. l. says "the
,s,,ry girl Is generally Independent
..,,.relisnt, accustomed to work and
.,ppy, aud competent to take charge of
.s,..gh5ld. 4 glrI brought Up in habits
d. economy and simplicity Is likely to
~,ye bitter wife tor poor man than
- - whom the iuxuries of a city have
,-,saa slmo,t the necessities of life. ~
Tn. was written by city "poor man, y
,,l,:,e,..snd gives MS views OF the case;
~. val: until We hear from the bright
,,ibooming country girl.
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,,u,Rx nss ging bee mspis,
-. ,..b,on OF the late "spellipg {
,-,r bslluc.nsiion.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12

,i. the matter with beer? 1t
ts.reed 500 per barrel in Pitts
while III Wheeling it is going
cha threats OF the multitude.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12

sD,s CAMsaoN has been on
,.,in hunt" through Western Penn
,.,is He is supposed to have been
,po things" Tor the future.
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VOL. a.
ly'aeeling Geeister.
80 closed yessrrdGy at 1914.

,,,otbcr today ,otA 30 partly
~ ,,,tS northeast to ssntheast winds,
'" ,ta.o. Of oemOsra 'Hrs, and ram
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>IsANBlArHG, on the Ohio. at least,
would spp"sr from indications this
,,rrc TO he ravjving. Ms the number of
MrysIs sQt departures thus Tar al this
port eaca-ttno,a ofprevious years for
sometime back. Tais is healthy indica-
to in many vsys, and ought 20 be hsiled
bv 81 business men in the community
vi.h DEL. h.. There Is no doubt that
o- the hesIhy and prosperous conduct
our vsst manufacturing interests,
'Aer communication is II necessity, and
sssre s,d 10 fld the boating interests
:eyyrg, sud hope soon or some day at
EST, ,h,t they may equsl tn" glory OF
!.n,r days.
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The GllH 0G AKaaAa L..

NEW YoEK, May ia report 10 cir.
cuIsting here that . Dispatch has been
received Announcing the safe arrival out
Of the steamer City Of Brussels.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12

OlL1roRs1A, Nay 2l.-1n the rsces at
San Jose 0coident beat Bodlne three
straight hsata Time, 2:2o, 2:24, 2:Zlt.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12
LETTER LIST.

r IsT OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
Ia the Iostoflce at Wheeling, Ohio eoun-
", West Virginia, unclaimed, ratardsy,
May i2rh.
To obtain any of the following the appli-
cant will please call Tor adVeftisSd i"tbsrs,
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-03
Men and Women.

Mr.. j. W. Ferrier, who has just had novel
of Christopher North and the granddaughter of
Miss Ferrier, the author of Marriage" and
Inheritance"
1t may perhaps not be generally known,
says the London Truth, that Queen Victoria is
especially fond of Indian shaws. The stone
which is her specially is the sapphire. The
Empress of Russia has an unrivaled collection
of turquoses and pearls The ex-Queen Isa-
bella of Spain has the most valuable collection
of laces in the world, one of her shawls being
worth $4,000. The Grand Duchess of SAKE
Weimar is said to possess the finest set of
rubes, and the Empress of Austria the best
emeralds and opals in Europe.
Gen. Noyes, the new Minister to France is
a graduate of Dartmouth. Prof. Sanborn is
the oldland well known Latin professor at that
college. 1t has been his habit the Cincinnati
Gazette says, to make memoranda in his Jour-
nal of the impressions made upon him by the
members of the successive graduating classes.
He looked back the other day to see what he
thought twenty years ago of Gov. Noyes, and
found this entry: edward Follansbee Noyes
""o ~DAiSht3 oOtAEO mani CoAhOset piompei
fluent and eloquent. His rank as scholar
was high; his conduct irreproachable; his in
fiuence good; his popularity great. He gave
promise for uncommon usefulness"
Mr.. Bret Ha1te's name was recently attached
to a story which he did not write, and he sends
letter to the Nation of Washington, in which
he says sweetly and gently: SIT is small
matter, but as observe that the careless prac-
tice of signing other peoples names to cheques
and drawing the money therefrom appears to
be steadily growing into disfavor in CONNER
cial circles, it seems to me that the placing of
an authors name without his consent, to an
article not written by him, should be practiced
under some sort of restraint, and only with the
greatest delcacy. should, if were you, pro-
ceed cautiously in any comments you might
make; attributing my disinclination to part
with my name to that universal human weak
ness which extends to desirable control of
ones wardrobe and toilet articles, and even
cast-off clothing
On the strength of the following lines from
Mr.. Tennyson's "Merlin and Vivien:'
robe
OF samite without price, that more exprest
Than hid her, clung about her lissome limbs,
An English writer suggests that the "Vivien
Costume" would not be bad title for the
present fashionable dress of ladies. Only
"samite'' or satin is not much worn just now.
OF Leon Gambetta, the French Republican
Paris correspondent writes: The prime char
acteristic of his appearance and manner is ro-
business. With his burly build he is some
thing of Danton in frame; his voice is loud,
clear and decisive, and both its accents and the
substance of his talk give you the impression
always invigorating to those who are looking TO
another for their cue-that he is strong enough
to dsdain fnesSe. Yet it would perhaps be
more accurate to say that he is strong enough
to disdain the appearance of 1.-THE effect is
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-03

The indications are that A ustria will be
engaged in the Oriental muss before people
expect it. Mobilization has gone on rapidly,
and on much greater scale than outsiders
have been aware of, and it is reported that
the entire Austrian army is almost ready for
active service. The first movement will
doubtless be determined by the action of Ser
via. This Power appears not to have had
quite enough beating, and is eager for anoth-
er brush with the Turks. As the conflict
would take place almost on the borders of
Austria, Francis Joseph would be obliged, or
what is the same thing, would think himself
obliged, to interfere and occupy Bosnia, just
across the Danube, tor his own protection.
The Turks are said to be anxious for this
movement, and would interpose no objec-
tion, but would allow the occupation in the
hope that Austria might thereby become en-
broiled with Russia,
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-03

THE Chicago Tribune shows that 3O,OOO,-
900 of innocent people were directly and in
stantly injured by the strike; the entire East
suffering by the advance in the price of some
of the necessaries of life as well as in other
ways, and the West also suffering by the in
terruption of traffic. 1t figures the loss to
Chicago at fully million and quarter. The
value of live stock, grain, and other produce
kept out of Chicago by the strike approxi-
mates $2,3OO,000. The loss of trade to the
dealers in dry goods, groceries, boots and
shoes, clothing, drugs, and other wholesale
goods, is not far from $3,000,O00 more; and
the varied manufacturing industries would
have turned out $1,75O,oOO worth of pro.
ducts during the time they were kept in
forced idleness by the mob. Here is total,
in round numbers, of $7,OO0,OOO. Ten per
cent of this would be 100000, which is
rather an underestimate of the wages to
workers and the profits to the capitalists who
would have handled the property. Adding
the cost of calling out the military and the
special police, with the value of the property
that was owned in Chicago but burned in
Pittsburg, and there is total direct loss of
not less than $1,25O,O or an average of
S2.50 per head of the entire population of the
aitu
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-03
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

grand performances soon to come of, it is
certain that Odessa, Nicolaieff and the other
Russian ports of importance are all protected
so effectually by torpedos and by the indispo-
sition of the Turkish Admiras to run any
risk that the Russians have thus far been
able to mock the feet. So, excepting the
bombardment of Suchum Kaleh and the stir
ring up of an insurrection on the eastern
coast of the Black Sea, the Turkish fleet,
which was judged so formidable, has accom-
plshed nothing.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-03

THE singular inaction of the Turkish feet
at time when it might be of such vast inn
portance to the Ottoman Empire, is exciting
comment in all the capitals of Europe, and
numerous and various are the conjectures Of
fered 10 solve the doubtful question. Before
the war began the world was often enter
tanned by long accounts of the efficiency OF
the Ottoman fleet. 1t was declared to be
large and exceedingly effective, its armaments
well cared for, its defensive armor in the best
possible condition, the machinery of its huge
iron-clads always ready, and the general
efficiency of the vessels was matter of COM
mon notoriety. But in spite of numerous
occasions on which the fleet might have dis
tlngulshed itself, it has done almost nothing.
Ihe Russians laid torpedoes in the harbor OF
odessa and dared the fleet to enter, and in
spite of the promises of the Porte as to the
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-03

IT begins to look as if the real working
man would need all the money ne can earn,
and those who are getting living wages would
do well to turn the cold shoulder to dema-
gogues, agitaters, blatherskites and other Gre
formers" who find it easy to quit work be-
cause they never knew what it was to begin.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-03
CITY OF PORTLAND.

CEALED PROPOSALS for the purchase Of the
= following described parcels of Real Estate, be-
longing to the City of Portland will be received at
the City Clerks Office until FRIDAY, the Sd day of
August next, at o'clock P. M, viz:
"A vacant lot of land situated on the South
west side of Spring St., near Ceuter st. Said
lot is so feet front and 75deep.
Also va ant lot of land on Danforth st, near
Western Promenade, adjoining j. N. Stock
wells lot, containing about l2O77 square feet:
Also, the land corner of Spring and South Street
with the brick building on same known as the
"Engine House and Lot.'' Said lot contains
about 1890 square feet.
The Committee reserve the right to reject any or
all bids that may not be for the interest of the city,
Address proposals to
JAMES E. HASELTINE,
jy31dtd Chairman of Committee.