The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-04
OUR PIrrsBURGH LETTER.
The Sliding Scale DiscussiOn-A Pas
mcnts-A sunday Religious Picnic
The Oil Companies - National
Banks and Usury. &c, &c.
PITTsBURGH, June 3.

Correspondence Of the Register.
PITTSBURGH, June 3.
The discussion about the sladng scale
monopolizes attention now. Some Of thr
manufacturer. are keeping up !usilad,
OF argument sgaiRst it, but the boiler!
have so far the best of the case Inss
, much IS Lautimsn Il Co, D. Painter
Sons, Lindsay i McCutcheOn, Lewis
Oliver " Phillips, and no doubt sevcra
other firms, have signed the contract the
rest must also take the same scton. a
failure to do so would be construed as &
confession cf weakness on their part. A
few mills viii stop anyhow, the sliding
scale furnishing a good pretext. As tc
the merits of the question, depcuen,
saith not. But il a number Of maauisc.
turers can afford certain rate OF wages
1t Is certsiniy 10 the interest of society L
have that rate maintained, and as high
as possible. For when everything wa:
run on the high pressure principle, every.
body made money, and little high
pressure at the present time wouldn't b.
hard to take.
a PASTOR on A STRIKE.
Religious circles are much exercised
about the sudden withdrawal OF Rev
Leonard w Bacon, of the Third PresDy-
terisn Church, where the General Assem-
bly, held its sessions. Mr.. Bacon quietly
folded his tent and silently returned last
week TO his home in New Haven, Conn.
He has always been CongregatIonalist,
but as there Is only difference in the
form Of church discipline ana intensity OF
opinion between CongregaLionalism and
Presbyterianism, Mr.. B aeon was secured
for u term DISK months on probation, with
the understanding that he was to be
"Cslled if be proved satisfactory. From
time to time the reverend gentleman
heard from the aged of his congregation
that his orthodoxy was not of the bluest
stripe. This grieved him very much, as
he never prOtessed to be PresbyterIan
Criticism grew strong during the As
sembly meeting when the objectors fell
to making comparisons, so Mr.. Bacon Sc.
cured o pastor to fill the pulpit yester-
day and meanwhile went home. He said
to friend that the congregation had no
doubt mistaken their man f they sup
| posed he would quietly swallow
al their nonsense. Outside Of the con-
gregatlon affected, Mr. Bacon's action Is
endorsed.
KILLED BY IMPROVEMENTS.
The Jones ferry has succumbed.
Every resident Of Pittsburgh knows of
the Jones ferry. The family of that de-
ightlully rare name has held ferrying
privileges from the last century, and
they do say that Tie original Jones poled
Col George Washington over the Mon.
ongshea river from the foot OF the hill
known rs Mount Washington to
Fort Du4uesne, now styled the Point.
1t behe.d bridge after bridge go up and
itself 90 down, until the last straw, the
Point bridge, broke its financial tack.
Thus disappears an old landmark or
wstermark.
RELIGIOUS SUNDAY PICNICS.
The German Evangelical Lutheran
Churches of this city shocked the bigotry
Of other denominations, yesterday, by
holding a "missionstest" bush meeting.
The people took the cars for grove up
the Allegheny Valley road, and carried
with them lunch. After religious SER
vices, table cloths were spread on the
green swsrd and the visnds consumed
with arelsh. Now the elect are bowling
about Sunday picnIcs being held under
the guise OF religious meetings. These
folks apparently do not agree with Bry-
art, that the groves were Gods first tenn
piles" and as to reflections, they must sup
pose thu, pennance by sbstention ls nee.
essary in religious bodies. This might do
for dyspeptic Presbyterian, or bilious
Baptist, but it isn't just the thing for
active German stomachs.
IMPORTANT, II TRUE.
The lion and the lamb, respectively
represented by the Standard Oh Com
psny aHd the oil producers, are talking
of lying down together The former
proposes that the amount oi crude oil
now in tank, estimated at 100000 gal
Ions, be allowed ~ simmer, aud that Tor
six months 1t will purchase all the oil
produced by existing wells ESTIMATED at
10000 barrels per day. at q rate to be
agreed upon. No rev wells are TO be
drilled. At the end of that timeI the
Standard argues, the lesscned production
will enhance the value Of oil, and then
allow Of working of the stock in tank
The producers are thinking isvorably Of
the matter and their councils are discuss-
Jog the details
NATIONAL BANKS AND UsUKY.
Justice Strong, of the United States
supreme Court, lied an opinion in the
United States Circuit Court. this morn
Ing, which is Interesting to national
banks. Wi,hou. going INTO the legal
bearing Of the case, the decision amounts
TO this: That a national bank can charge
~ nigh rate Of interest rs any bank Of
issue in the State. Thus, some banks are
allowed TO charge nine and even ten per
cent by their charters. The legal rate in
Pennsylvania /: SIX per cent SO a ration.
al bank can eXsct nine or ten per cent, as
It deems proper this being within the
meaning Of the law.
boss Dob"
dob Msckey, the iFrepressibIe, Is in
the city, erdeavor.Ug to patch up pesce
between the belIigeTcnt f4c.ion5 10 the lo-
ca Republican fight. So far he nis:ion
is 3 failure. Tle boilers refuse - be
switched OF the trsck, and Will pitch 10
sgain to morrow, harder tran ever.
BAYARD.
Train Robbers Captured.
SALT LAKE, June a party OF