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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13
THE BROKEN OAR.

Once upon Iceland's solitary strand
\ poet wandered with his book ard pen.
Seeking some final word, some sweet Amen,
Wherewith to close the volume in his hand.
The pillows rolled and plunged upon the sand,
The circing Sea-gulls swept beyond his ken,
And from the parting cloud rock now and then
Flashed the red sunset over sea and land.
Then bv the pillows at his feet was tossed
A broken oar. and carved thereon he read:
loft was weary when tOiled at thee,
Aud like man who hndeth what was lost,
he wrote the words. then lifted up his head
And flung his useless pen into the sea.
-LoHQtell0U in Mdrch atlantic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13

By means of a new telegraph appar-
atus tested at Vienna, from 100 to 100
messages may be sent over a single
wire in the space of an hour This
number may, under certain conditions,
be raised to 200, or even $50. The IN
ventor is Herr August Eduard Granfield,
an Austrian elegraph-ofhcial.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13

EVERY PACKAGE OF
SLOAN'S CoMDgT,OM PcWDE

Given TO your Horse, Cow or Hog,
return many times lis cost in the
provement of the flesh, and health
your stock.
The horse will show more life, and
complish more work The COW Y
produce more and richer milk. The /
viii take on flesh, and prove less liza
to disease SloAs's are the only CondH
Poaoders compounded upon scienti
principles. Your horse having work
hard for you during the past season,
is your duty to take good care OF
animal after the service he has perform
for you. Plenty of warm bedding, sc
feed, and a bran mash once week, W
some Of Sloan's Condition Poaoders, Y
cut him IN good order for next season
If your Druggist does not keep
'owder, send % or 80 cents, and you
.ceive a package by return mail
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13

An elegantly-dressed lady of Brooklyn
handed a car conductor dime, request
ed him to give her pennies. She was
on her way to a fashionable church, and
a collection was to be taken for paying
off the church debt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13

A NEW species of frog has been dis
covered in southwestern Texas. 1t lives
in the assures and crevices of the lime
stone rocks Of that region. The eggs
are Matched in the winter and the tad
poles live in the shallow pools Of rain
water held in the hollows in the rock.
The adults are very noisy at this season,
causing the rocks to ring with their
croaking The frog referred to is the
genus Lithodytes, and named by Prof
Cope l.. Latans
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
NO. l55
Ohio Legislature.

COLUMBUS, January SIN the Senate
Dill was introduced TO amend the State
banking laws 50 as 10 make it peniten-
iiary offence for banks 10 loan their paper
on credit in any manner. unless It has
sufficient money in its vaults to make
that paper or credit good.
In the House bills were introduced ~
increase the salaries Of the Supreme
Court Judges to $4,000 per year; to con-
stitute the Attorney General, Secretary
OF State and School Commissioners a
board TO purchase text books for use in
the public schools, aud providing for fur
nlshing such books to peor children y,
the expense OF the State; to permit wo-
men to bring suit in their own name 10
collect money due from wills or legscies:
TO compel corporations to pay wages Of
employees on the 25th of the month fol.
lowing that for which the wages
are due. Resolutions were presented
asking Congress to reduce the Presi-
dents salary 10 SIS, 900; to pay bounty to
sll soldiers, sailors and marines who par
ticipsted IN the late war, and to the sur.
vivors and widows of soldiers who psr.
ticipated in the Mexican war; also asking
Tor the repeal OF the resumption act All
the above resolutions were laid on the
table 10 print or discuss.
ln the Senate. a bill was introduced 10
make it unlawful for corporations 10 is
sue scrip, payable other than in money
In the House, bills were introduced Io
allow the State Board Of Equalization e.
increase, in any amount, the aggregate
of bank shares rs returned by
local boards, and to make il the duty o.
notsrles public ana justices of the peso
10 certify to pension papers without
char Q
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
BONDS FOR THE PEOPLE.
A POPULAR FINANCIAL SCHEME.
The Plan of Issuing Bonds of Small
Denominations Gaining Friends
Among Members OF Congress.

WASHINGTON, January 8-A member
OF Congress states to night that he has
been IN conference with Senators and
Representatives for some DAYS relative to
legislation looking TO popular loan,
somewhat like the loan OF France, which
was taken by the people of that country
themselves. Thus tar he reports Con.
gressmen in accord with him in the gen
eral idea, the belief being that If bonds
OF the denomition of five dollars and up.
ward, drawing from 4 to per cent. in
terest were issued, so that persons of small
means could parchase them, our entire
debt could be put into this form OF bonds,
and be taken up i'll this country. By
making our own government officers
agents for the sale OF these bonds, we
could place them without additional cost
and the interest paid would remain at
home. This idea is not new. Years ago,
when the government was paying mil
lions 10 Jay Cooke and others tor adver-
Using aud selling cur bonds, the propo-
sitIon above named found advocates in
such men as General Spinner, United
States Treasurer; President Lincoln,
President johnson, and some members of
has Cabinet, and at one time Mr.. John
son determined to prepare message TO
Congress recommending the plan, but for
some reason not accounted for, did not
send II in.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
New Jersey Legislature.

TRENTON, January s.-The Legisls.
ture organized by elec!iug G {. Ludlow
President of the senate and joan Esgsn
Speaker OF the House The Governor
message shows tnst the State finances sre
in Il good state aud says: | anticipate Do
embarrassment: in conforming 20 TIE
ordinary State tax OF one mill that rate
will produce $780, 200, which wiz De the
only revenue raised directly rem the
people for ordinary expenditures. Inc
ne. earnings OF the Ststr prison LAST year
wss sl2lZg The whole expense OF the
State on account 81 riots wss $4,000.
TLe Governor recommends tbst the
stevens bst,pry oe rendered TO the United
States govern men;, provided the govern
men, vii reimburse the State FOR slI Ell
peDsee and complete it, or that It b.
I'd ~ public or private sale.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
Horrible nuiiBy OF - ChiIian CARR


WAsHIEGros, January a. Con- man.
der Rogers, commanding TIE nlted
States steamer Adams, wrses 70 the SeS'
retsry of the Navy iron Sandy Polnt,
Straiu of Magellan, giving the psrticu-
lar. of a revolt OF the garrison there.
Tho ars, murder committed seems 70
have heap tsst Of the captain OF COM
ns,y ., soldiers numbering about one
purgcod, who were regular artillery
,,oops. They mutilAtod the captain Ia a
mo-t horrible manner, and then opened
= ire with artillery upon the Governors
house The Governor, upon making bis
sppearAnce, was Knocked IN the head ADD
left lnsensible He, however, recovered
after Il time and made hs e,cspe.
Hn family also escaped, almost
naked, 20 the woods. The mutinesrs then
released the cOnyicts, numbering about
700 and armed with rifles The follow
ing day the muIineers committed the
most IncredI bic ezcesfes ia the way of
wAnton killing, burning and sAcEing.
The next day the mutInoeTs deserted toe
plsce, carrying Of all the public money
and much private property. The mutt
nesrs burned eli the public property and
y num bsr Of stores. IN tact the beet part
VI the town Is m sshes. The streets
wers strewn with desd bodies. Mot OF
the killed were soldier., Who hsd been
shooting esch other iudiscrimInstsly.
Il is estimated ihAt a. least bhy
persons were killed. Mary
Of the dead and wounded were burned in
the bu.,diags. The hospital burned with
five wounded msD N Il. Commander
ROdgetStsYS u was the intention Oi the
nutlnaers q cAp,ure toe steamer Mem.
pbis a. soob ~ sxpedienI, bat A. her
commandef hsd previous not GO Of tie
revolt, be seizsd the soldlsn sEd con-
vic,, and the captain Of the port roEed
out 70 him suggCstiDg snchOrsgs under
ths guns of ths fort. be then went 70
sen, and mestIng With the u. ). steamer
Adams, reported The oonditIOn Of Affairs.
COnmaI isr B9dger. took ihs musmesfs
on hoard Gle vessel ard hAStsnsd u
SANDY Point, NbsTe his presence VA
much appreciated bY the CsiiiAn author.
iLIeA
AZ to tbe cause 4 The revolt, there
seems - BE- 10 renAbls infJrmztiOH. Il
Is repor.sd and believed that the psdr,
or piiesi o. ihis colony har bad much Y
90 n ibsiigktiBg il, he being 81 enemy o.
the govern meLt, and Is DOW one OF th'
pris0nerE confined oa board the Chiiia1
STEAMER Magellan.
In ine destruction Oi property not ih'
Slightest regard Sn pad 70 any nation
aliiy. A twelve pound shO. sss erec
elesr through TIE Englab Consulsts, and
the Vses- C0o.ul himself WA pursued snt
hIsa a. = number OF time, He, hOvsy
81. ezaApszl 10 ha own boss.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09

that they will best serve Their own inter.
ests by SO doing. Ii they can get forty
miles of railroad through their territory
for SO small sum, they will be deaf
dumb and blind to their best interests
and idiotlc in the bargain, II
they don't embrace the opportunity
The opening up of such large territory
to the markets of the world, and the
bringing its inhabitants into close connec.
ton with the two great thoroughtarea
of the country, would, in the first year
after the completion of the road, add
more than. $4,000 10 the value of the
property of the county. Under all the
circumstances, we cannot doubt for q
moment what the people of jackson will
do; but will Wood and hsnawha do
their shares?
We learn from Mr.. ARMSTRONG that
the people OF Rosne county are IN
dead earnest in advocating the
building of this road up through that
county, taking Writ IN the route. This
Is a rival route TO the other, and, al
though we believe it has not yet been
surveyed, it is thought to be some fifteen
miles longer. The people of Rosne will
show their faith by their works and vote
county subscription of 100000, pro-
vited the road comes that way. If Writ
county could aid with as much more, the
rivalry would doubtless become sharp;
but it seems to be understood that Writ
already has her hands full taking care Of
her investment in the Little ksnswhs
Slack Water Improvement.
MIR. ARMSTRONG says the people of
that region feel an interest in the ex-
tension of our 2. w. & KY. Railroad
down to Parkersburg. This would no!
only be great thing for their rosd when
built, but good thing for the people of
that section, who would be glad to trade
IN this city. Of course the merchants
and manufacturers of Wheeling would
reap rich benefits IT return.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
River news
By Telegraph.

NASHVILLE, January s.-RIver falling
slowly, vita feet on ihe shoals. De
parted -AndcrsJn, Csiro.
SHREVEPORT. January o.-DsParted-
D.u1ts sid Ta,,oH. We lher cloudy
and warm. Tug river ros" inlbes.
LITTLy RaJK. JsEgsry s-We.;her
cloudy mi snow zraduaily disappearing
River u fes. aud falling. A-riye1-
Hattie Now isHd, Memphis.
CAIRO. JsnuA-y s.-Arrivsd-J. ".
Garrett, New Orleans The Capital CITY
Is lsid up here OF s.ccunI o! ice. River
% feet inches srd isiijng. WeatEeF
closdy; m,rsury 30.
NEw ORLEANS, January s--Arrived
-ThomPs,n Dea2, Memphis; Tensss,
Bayou Mscon. Departed r. I. Lee,
yicksburg Robert Mitchell. CInc.nnA.'i
Future City and bsrges, st. Lruis.
Weather, raining slowly ali cay mer-
curry As deg
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
COUNTY COURTS vs.. COUNTY
ROADS.
A Structure.
of the Register.

/ CORRESPONDENCE of the Register.
Our County Court and Board of Com
missioners are intended TO take the place
of the County Court system adopted
Throughout the State. For this, II for
no other reason, there should be harmony
/ in the two sbove-nsmed branches Of our
county government, else they can scarce
" be expected TO snswer the ends for
which thev were established.
There sre certain cIass OF cases
which come upon our County Court tbst
NAV De termed .'rosd cases" They sre
dissgreesble and troublesome 10 court,
LAWYERS and jury. it is natural to blame
some one for this trouble. The court lays
the hlsme on the Bosrd of Commission
ers At a recent trisi-Denlison et 81
VS. Henderson-the Judge remarked in
open court, during the examination Of a
witness, who probably was not teSiityIng
TO suit one side OF the csse-exIrsordi-
nsry ia s witness, you know-thst "sll
these troubles sruse from errors commit
ted bv the Board OF Commissioners
This. st first glance, seems Isther grsve
charge for one branch Of the county
government to make sgsinSt smother
and might cover ground for impesch-
ment o. the said Board.
Is the seton OF the Board of c. minis.
sioners promotive OF litigation, snd does
it sdd trouble and cost to It's coordinate
branch OF govern meri2 These sre ques
tiops which tsx PAYERS and lsw abiding
citizens should consider. On the other
hand, the Judge At the conclusion Of ore
of these cases, remarked that be had
doubts whether the BoarG of Commis-
sioners hsd any right TO condemn land
for rosd purposes hike the negro IN the
Dred Scott decision, no rights which we,
the court, are bound 10 respect This
cour. hsd previously decided adverse to
the Board in s case where the public hsd
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
New Four Per Cent Loan.

WAsHISGToE, January 8.-At the
Cabinet session to-day it was determined
that the Secretary OF the II essury should
soon rs practicable, invite further sub,
scrIp.ion to public loan of four per
cent bonds, and so conduct il that all
subscribers, in al parts OF the United
States, shall have tree and easy Oppor.
l1nity to subscribe to the bonds any
amount authorized by law through Ma
tiGual banks and bauKers of established
credit, and TO give every facility allowed
by Law 10 convert postal orders, certif.
Gates ol deposits and United States notes
into coin for the payment OF bonds, and,
where necessary, TO sell coin to facilitate
subscriptions and to favor any legislation
that Congress might see fit to adopt -
promote tho deposit OF savings for the
iundlng OF the National debt.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09

the use of land for road purposes for near
forty years. You have no road, said the
court.
In the midst of all this, and the tact
that we have road law, which lays down
certain duties to be performed by county
officers, which not being performed be-
come Unable offences, it really looks as IT
our honorable court was trying to force
the Board of Commissioners to literally
carry out the observation of Paul, who
has remarked that offences must come.
If the rulings and decisions of the County
Court are followed it is doubtful 1t we
have a road in the county, nor can
we ever acquire right TO one,
if any opposition manitests itself.
No attempt will be made to present ar
guments IN this communication, merely
TO present a statement OF facts and their
results. The road law lays down a
method by which to condemn land tor
road purposes The Board of Commis-
siOners, by the advice OF counsel, has
followed tnis method as near as it was
possible and customary, in cases where
the condemnation of land was necessary.
But it took only ruling from the conrt
below to brush all their work aside, and
thus place itself as bar TO public i'm
provement III the way of roads, concern
ing the necessity OF which so much has
been said and which all admit.
1t Is no matter that these rulings and
decisions were made amidst the knowing
smiles of attorneys, that they had led
the court into these things contrary TO
their own convictions of the law and ev-
idence. Ii this court is to be used to
neutraliz4 the work of the Board, it had
better be brushed aside at the next sit
ting of the Legislature, This, with 81
due deierence remember, to the hOnora-
bic gentlemen who have filled the posi-
tions a. the mead OF this court. As far Is
q slight acquaintance goes, they are very
much OF gentlemen IN the private walks
OF society.
The action of the court below has the
effect OF producing upon the mind of al
outsider tbe idea that the cour. below Is
trying to srrogate to itself bOtb branches
of The county government by setting IN
judgment upon the action OF the Board |
of Commissioner, and thus mentra!ize |
they may do in the matter. To |
make any action looking to the improve
ment of county roads almost impossible,
the court goes back of the action oI the |
Legislature, and decides as above inti
mated, that tho law fails to give any |
right 10 ground Tor road purposes. The |
law certainly was framed for that pur-
pose. Toe writer of this, has cOnverscd |
with those who framed and carried |
through the road law, as well as those
who were in at the making OF our pres
ent Couaty Court system, and their oplO-
IONS are adverse to those o. the court
above mentioned 1t is thought that c
BEST Interpreters OF law are those who
framed and enacted SAID law.
COUNTY ROADS.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09

AND now come the glass manu-
facturers, who declare that they can make
two gobets to where one is broken in this
country, and they sigh for other worlds
q conquer The capacity of the works
represented by the Association OF which
our Wheeling manufacturers are men,
bers, is Alps tons, but the product last
year wss only 24,4S0 tons, and yet there
was q surplus. This is an article in
which our. manufacturers can compete
with the world. The rapid advance that
they have made in pertecting their
work and improving the quail
ity of their products has al
ready closed up almost ali the eastern
factories. and such are the natural sdvan-
tsges in proximity both to coal and sand
that they can place the sams goods IN
sny market in the world at lower prices
than any competitors. Unless there are
new discoveries, OF which We now know
nothing, the concentration of the manu-
facture OF glass for the whole world in
the valley of the Ohio is only n question
of time.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
RAILROAD FROM WHEELING TO
CHARLESTON VIA PARkERs-
ri RI.

j. l.. ARMSTRONG, Esq, Of Jackson
county, was in the city, and made us
csl on Morday. Mr.. a. is one Of the
leadi citizens OF that county-being
one OF the Directors OF the Asylum tor
the Insane st Weston, Clerk OF the
Courts of the county, and generally 8
man Of intelligence and enterprise tie
expresses confidence in the final building
of the projected railroad rom Parkers-
burg to Charleston, competing the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad with
the Chesapeake and OHIO. This
rosd will be about eighty miles in length,
fortv miles of which will be in jackson
county. The people of jackson will be
called upon st sn early day 70 vote upon
the proposition of taking, IS county,
Sl4j, 900 in the stock of the road. ksns-
whs county will probably subscribe as
much as s250,OOO, and Wood ought 70
invest 70 the extent of 100000. With
good subscription of S6O0,OOO, it is not
doubted the road can be built. AT the
outside it ought not cost over
$500 900, or $1,000 a mile, to
built and equip the road; snd
with 5000 Of county bonds as bssis
there would be no difficulty in the com.
psny securing credit for the remaining
100000.
Mr.. ARMSTRONG is of opinion the Reo-
pie of Jackson will authorize the $780,
600 asked of them. And We are sure
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09

A C0RRE>P rNDsN makes some sensi'
bic suggestions, tAis morning, IN short
communication, entitled "Among me
Churches" He fsvors short abstracts
OF the Sunday sermons containing on y
the leading thoughts and presented in
blight, crisp sentences. Many readers
OF the REGISTER fully agree with our cor
respondent in the pleasure they receive
from reading these abstracts and IN the
value ot their Publication to the CON-
munity.
We here take occasion to extend cor
dial invitation to the pastors OF the vSrl-
Gus churches of the city TO use our
columns, either by way Of communica-
tions or the presentation of briet abstracts
OF sermons preached upon interesting
subjects. Our friends will all see the 40,
solute necessity OF making their tavors
suite brief and pointed Long articles
even upon the most exc ting questions
and from the sblest pens, are read by
but few in this nervous and electrical age.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
A FEARLESS EDITOR.

Col. A. X. MCCLURE has done Pnlla'
delphis two great services in the three
wears since he started the Times. lie
has given the second city in the country,
for the first time in its history, q news
paper worthy o. the name; and he has
yindicated the right and duty OF the
press to fearless criticism of sll wrong
doers-a right before hardly recognized
and q duty hardly ever discharged in
that city. Naturally, he has been Pelted
with libel suits, no less than seventeen IN
al, but he has come of ahead in every
case that was tried, and now NAT
MCKAY, the naval contractor, backs out
OF all his suits, end the docket is cleared.
Republican.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
Preparations for inauguration of
Governor Bishop.

COLUMBUS, January The srrsu ge-
menrs have been perfected for The In
sugurstion of Gov. Bishop next MOndsy.
TIE inaugural ceremonies w,li De
participated IN by number OF miIisry
snd ciyic organizations from the various
portions of the Stale In the evening
n general reception viii be held at the
State House, sitter which bsll and d
promenade concert, under the auspices
OF the Governors Guards, will be gIveu
81 the City hsll, which IS beng elegantly
decorated for the purpose Toe ball will
be grsnd stfsir snd invitstions hsye
been extended TO the leading citizens sni
military orgsnizsuons sn over ONO.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
Copyte,ed Of Conspiracy

NEW loEK, Jsnusry s.-Ihe Jury,
s.ter = halt hours celibers!lon, convlcied
Theoiore 2. Weinore, es-| ice-Presi-
dent Of the Security Lie lssurance
Company, o; conspiracy by making tai'e
reports 10 the insurance department.
Sentence deferred til tomorrow, Shen
bi. counsel will move Tor new trial.
wetmore ,hep gave baii IN slz-OO' hi'
fnIhNr hing bondsnAr.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
Change In Grades of Corn.

NEW YORK, January s.-The Com
mittee on Gram Of the Produce IL
change, to-day, directed the droppIng OF
the word "new" or sll grades Of corn
on and after February /, 1878, snt also
prefxing the word "oId" 70 sucn old corn
as shall grade No. 2, until further notice.
A.so ina; OF slI existing Contracts for
No. , corn maturing before tue Slss
irst. Old corn only snsll constitute De.
livery. ard during Jsnusry, 1873, Old
NJ. > corn shall be called stLDe morning
cal.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-09
sal. o, pi,mou,n cs.res Pew.

New YoEK, January s.-Tbs sale oi
Plymouth Church psws tor ths ensuing
year took plsce to-day. The reduction
IA the premium on psSs % greatss than
Wa expected. The tO.Al rscsipts for
premiums and rents lAsl year WA sf7,.
396. This year the receipts viii b. 49,
s03 Lat years premiums were ~. .CG3.
and iba yesrs S24,l7l. ,s