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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
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The war drum is not half so inspiring
as Fourth ward rum,
THERE exists popular superstition
that hotel walters must be well fed be-
fore they can be induced TO feed we'll
Ptcayune.
a HOPEFUL minister says that be has
no doubt that the time will come when
the members of church choir will be.
have Just rs well as other folks.
SUCCESS should never serve as an In
terpreter TO duty, for 8 streak of luck Is
as tit for future guide MS q sott-shel
crab to ,esd of in German waltz. ".
Y. Ne,CS
THE color of girls hair is regulated
by the size of her fathers pocketboJk
Il the latter be plethoric, the girls tresses
are golden or auburn. Ii the old mans
wallet is lean, we hear the daughter
spoken OF Ms only that red -headed gal.
You never saw rich girl with red hsir.
ST. Lo,as Journal.
oSE thoussrd shingles, says news
paper paragraph, will cover Que hun.
dred square ieet of surface. One, shingle
BY the way, will cover six squsre inches
OF bad boy, and, II properly applied. will
more ncice than the one thousand shin.
giles on one hundred square feet OF sur
fsce. Figures won't lie.-Norristo,SH
Herald.
GnAa . E,pa-al co,taya ra- making IL
way along the crowded streets the other
day bootblsck called 10 companion
"lley, Jack, what big gun is dasd nowT
"Tsin't no rich folks" replied Jack, as be
looked down the street. "Tsin't hey
Well. just look at tbem twenty-eighl
| hscksr Thst's what / was looking at
that's how know is some common
man. Rich folks don't keer Whs: folk
ssy, but poor folks hez big funeral pro
cess ions 10 deceive the public by h'
| Derrick aud HOisted.
OLD Proverbs Better u
| have dog iswn on you than TO blt'
you,r bu! we would rather have 3 dee
lawn. Constant dropping wears tb'
milestone" whether it becomes its com
pieIion or rot. Counsel in wine sci
dom prospers," but little sagsr II
brandy is oil upon the troubled water
Of lie, and don't you forget it. al
empty sack won't stand upright" bat I
grip sack will, unless it's carpet bag
Creditors have better memories thai
,debtors," and ' ye! they keep 8 slate snt
! wont trust even their excellent memor
lea Confusion seize the whole tribe o
thsml Crooked logs make straight fires,
and be is 8 drivellng idiot who wooii
deny it
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
NJ. Clairsyille.
wARoF TIE RECORD COURT
AND TIE sALooSIsTs-ToBAcco IN

wAROF TIE REcoRDEksHIP-THEc COURT
AND TIE sALooSIsTs-ToBAcco IN
sPECToR AT BELLAIBE.
Correspondence OF the Register.
The fight over the pOssessIoD OF !he
Office Of County Recorder is settled, for
the present, aod Mr.. Wright, the Demo
crstic clsimAnt is in Possesslon ot the
office, AS / predicted be would do,
Judge 0key promptly dissolved the TEN.
porary injunction which bad been grant
ed ry Probate Judge Carroll, and dis
missed the Applicstioo for permanent
Injunction. The case was argued IN the
Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, 81.
Clair Kelly and General g. w. Hogs
speaking for MI. Barnes and Capt Peter
fsUman ard o. J. Swsney tor M.
Wright. The Court took the matter
under consideration until Wsdnes-
day. when Judge Okey delivered
an able and exhaustive decision, tue sub
s,srce OF which Was that Mr.. Wright,
having msjority OF the votes aS return
ed by the judges and Clerks OF election.
and having been regularly declsred
elected. comn issIoned AID authorized 70
take charge ofthe Office and perform ~
duties, he Is now entitled 70 the ories
and mus. be considered the Recorder OF
the eounty-si lesst, until bis election !.
set aside by order Of The Court Th'
question involved 10 this decision WA A.
70 which elaimsnt hAs the rIgot 20 bold
the ohee while the contest pendlog
The trial Of the contest proper Is hKec
for The l2th, Of February. After in'
rendering of the above decision oy Jndg'
oksy, M. Barnes cooIly snd insolentiy
refused TO obey the decitiOn, eiAiminl
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19

WE had II pleasant call, day before
Yesterday, from Capt. GEO. HARRISON,
fermer citizen of Wheeling, but at this
time Mayor of Piedmont The genial
Csp.sin would not he3itste coming back
10 the home of his boyhood and becom
ipg "one Of us" again, if the authorities
of the p. w. Il X. Railroad will give
him the agency OF that Company at this
,,,;,, We believe our merchants and
business men would be pleased to see
him placed in that position.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
SEIZURE OF Ii. q d. PROPERTY
FOR TAXES.

The city tax collector out at Cumoer-
land, the other, day seized upon three
locomotives which are used as yard en-
rines at that place, for taxes claimed to
be due to the city by the company. The
smoqnt claimed is about $4,000, and
the attachment was made to make up q
test case for the courts.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
Distressing Accident.

HUNTINGTON, January ia most
distressing accident occurred this after
noon short distance ap Symmes creek,
opposite this city. A party of nine
young lads took sklti and rowed up the
creek, approaching a mill dam. Curl.
osity prompted them to test the power OF
the waterfall, and, going too far, the
skifi upset, precipitsting the whole party
into the creek, now very much swollen,
and four of the party were drowned.
The lost are Washington Russell Spencer
Mitchell, Walter Goodsll and Jesse Ing
ham. The body Of the latter has been
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19

Col. BEN. WILSON shed coplous
shower of tears, yesterday, over the ios0
to the country of late Senator MORTON
Col. BEN. has the ability to make bad
cause look like a very good one, some
t;mcs and IN this instance he has exerted
this rare power To some purp. SO.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
u. y. Senator Elected.

ANNAPOLIS, MD, January lS.-The
Legislature in joint convention to-day
elected Ex-Governor J. B. Groome U. 5
Senator to succeed Geo. K. Dennis, whose
term expires March 4, 1879. The vote
was: Groome 10, Sterner (Rep.) Il, scat
terlng %
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
weather Indications,

WASHINGTON, January l9, l A. NJ
For the Tennessee and OHIO Valleys,
increasing cloudiness, followed by rain,
warmer, southwest winds, and stationary
or lower pressure.
For the Lakes, warmer and partly
cloudy weather, possibly rain areas,
winds mostly from the southwest, snd
stationary or lower pressure.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
Marine.

NEW YoRK, January ls.-ArriTsd-
Steamers City OF Richmond from Liver
pool. State Of Virginia from GlAsgov
ard Daniel Steinmsnn from AotEerp.
BUsToS. January IL. - Arrived -
Steamer Bohemian from Liverpool.
LoNDoB, January l5-Tbe steStnet'
Elyris snd NsPslIs, from New York,
haye arrived out.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19

WE give in this days issue an article
from Credo, under the heading OF "God,
Evolution, Msterialism, Pantheism." 1t
will make good Sunday reading, and we
think that on that day it will receive
careful perusal.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
Folly OF Judsi ing by Appearances.
Raltin,nra Sun

his wife caught him with his arms
around the hired girls neck, but his
courage even in this trying extremity
never forsook him, Il suspected some
one of stealing the whiskey on the pre-.
serves, Jane, for some time, and OF course
you know her breath would have told il
she was the guilty party"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19

The short letter which we print from
Rome, is bright and newsy, and will! De
Rad with much interest. We hope the
charming author will let our readers
rssd more of her productions IN the lu-
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19

The State Superintendent OF Free
Schools, President w. X. PESDLEroS'
has courteously furnished us with ac'rcu-
lar csil for a convention Of tie suPerin-
tendsnts of the schools of the Southern
States, TO be held At Atlanta, Ga, on the
6:h OF Februsr;, with view OF urging
upon Congress the exPed'ency OF Great
ing n general school fund to be distriout-
ed among the states upon the basis oil
illiteracy. This plan WAS discussed at the
Convention OF SupsrinLeDdcnts ut Wash
ington City, recently, Of which President
PsNpLEToS ruI superintendent HER
yeY we're men bers, al d it met the hearty
concurrence of the superintendent IRON
the most extreme sections of the North
This was regarded as a strong snd gra'i-
fyine evidence of the genuinness and
university OF the "ers OF gooC feeling
which is abroad in the land. We regard
the scheme with great favor, AMI wish 1t
sll possible success.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
Magic Of the Nouth.

OdOrilerOus SoLoDosT renders ine
mouth spchAsting. Conposed OF rare
~ liseptic bsrbs, il imP.rS whIteress 70
tie Essih, . delicious hoSsr-iIke aroma
TO the breath; and preserves intact, IRON
youth 10 sgs, the teeth
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19

OUR correspondents have furnished US
with so much interesting matter this
morning. we have but little room Tor edi-
torisl comment.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19

WALL street was in a ferment yester-
a.v Particulars in orr financial column,
third page. -.-.---- .....
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
One ofthe Mysteries.
Burlington Hawk-Eye.

Burlington haWk-hSe'
The world may never know what un-
ut,ersble things hotel waiter thinks
when be folds his srms and, leans against
the wall TO gaze down upon you IN
mcurnful silence with dreamy eyes.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19

A GENTLEMAN from Marion county,
who sppesrs To be Couversant with the
facts in the case, writes us that, while II
NAV be true that the failure OF Col. Nay
WAS y needless affair, il is not clear that 1t
WAS not hedged about by considerable
crookedness. He makes several speciti
cations bearing out the latter idesi but,
with oar present light upon the subject,
va fail to see any good to arise from their
publication. At best but small per
cent. of he readers OF the REGISTER are
interested IN the matter.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
VOL. 10.
at'hssling 2eglster.
GOD closed yesterday at lolB.

Ar the REGISTER office, at o'clock
this morning, the Thermometer registered
., ascrees above zero. Clear.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
The Way Il Looks TO Man on the
FcECe.
Bellaire Leader.

The Wheeling REGISTER and iateSlt
geneer have lively fight on hand just
now, So fer, the editor of the REoIsTEE
mas the upper hand of the h'tstIIgeneeT
man,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19

TIE telegraph companies advanced
their tolls to points West from New
York Yesterday.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19
Go on Board the Steamer Hudson

md md sped, sg safety and Com. c
fort comDind.
YoT Pomeroy, Huntington, 0aIlipolis.
Big sandy, Ironton, Portsmouth, Mays
vile, Ripley and Clnrinnsu.
The fommodiOus steamer Hudson,
Vim. NJ. List, Msstar, T.. ID. List, Clerk, viii
leave tor the above on saturday, Jsnus
airy 18th, nj O'Clock y. n. sharp.
Freight received At the 90 Reliable Wharf
Boat until hour OF dspasnure, by
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-19

THx American Indian is not so bad IS
ne is painted when be paints himself
Pieaysse.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17
Fast Type Setting in Kansas.
breakfast Table /

You fellows around here don't fairly
appreciate the gait at which the march
OF improvement has been jogging along"
said a strapped printer in quest of a Job.
as he slowed away in his merciless
mouth the contents of tobacco-box
recklessly exposed by one of the "regu-
lars" Here you have all the latest
and best facilities for slashing out work
in a hurry, and never stop to think what
duece OF a time some of them poor
devils Of country editors out west have
In getting out paper in an Office that
might almost be carried in a good-sized
grip-sack. / remember a couple of years
ago was on atramp out through Kansas.
and coming into little one-horse town
that had printing Office, meandered
in and struck for Job. 1t was the
slckest looking concern you every saw.
boys-it was for a fact. The old man
promised me work for a couple of days.
but when | asked for case he said he
hadn't any but the one he was working
on himself. There's a pile of cigar
boxes over there in the corner, though ,
SAID he. You can range 'em out on the
moor and make yourself case, / reckon.
And so spread EN- out and commenced
work on fat piece of copy. / pulled
out strong fer three days, but hone IN
die dead-broke if / didn't wear ont a
bran new pair of nine dollar boots that
/ had made a raise of in the last town.
and only gotup two thousand, at twenty
cents thousand. You don't half an.
preciate your privileges, boys-you don't
that"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17
Delaware Democratic state Conyen.
fiOu

The Democratic State Convention Ar,,,,s,
., nominated John w. Hill. Of Ken, Cop5ty
Tor Governor, by acclamatiOn. r. l. Mar,
IN oil SUSSEX county, vas nominated for
congress. One resolution indorses Della.
ware Senators and Representatives in
congress, and concludes as follows: "In
accordance with the time honOred and CON.
sutuuonal faith n the Democratic partv
we hoId that the only honest and iawfyi
money OF the people Of the United States is
goi1 ana silver coin, or paper money con.
FefuDle into such coin AZ the will Of the
resolutions hold the Republican marty
responsible for the depressed condition ~
business and vigorously denouBce the con.
spracy which, through corruption and
fraud, gave the Electoral votes Of soptb
IaroIlna, Louisiana, and Florida 10 Eutbey.
ior1 D. Hayes for President. and William
a. wheeler Tor Vice President. agaipst The
clearly expressed will Of the voters Of tbose
oia.esi ana declare the firm conviction that
Me refusal of Republican members 81 tbc
Lieel0fm commission % investigate the
chafRes OF fraud, whereby certificate of
eiecuoh were gwen % the Hayes EIectors
ln saId states, WAS violation Of public
auiy and betrayal Of the trust reposed
DO themj and We hereby indorse and a..
prove De investigatiOn constituted b, ~
house OF Representatives for the puypose
OF exposing 70 the whole country the means
~ winch said frauds we're perpe rated. and
the VIII Of the American people defeated in
tne eiecuOn OIL their Chief Executive.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17
GIpsar fl.e vEnw

For the escape from the system of its waste
and debris, which, il retained, would yitiate
the bodily fluids and overthrow health. That
important channel of exit, the bowels, NAV
be kept permanently free from INSTRUCTIONS
by using the non-griping, gently acting and
agreeable cathartic Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which not only liberates impurities.
but invigorates the lining of the intestinal
canal when weakened by constipation or
the unwise use of violent purgatives. The
stomach, liver and urinary organs are like.
wise reinforced aud aroused to heathful
action by this benehcent tonic and correc.
tive, and every organ, fiber. muscle and
nerve experiences "A share its invigorating
influence. Unobjectionable in flavor, a
most genial and wholesome medicinal slim.
ulant, and owing its efficacy to botanic
sources exclusively, il is the remedy best
adopted to household use on account of its
safety, wide scope and speedy action.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17
RPH0NIA BAN SIZED.

THE DUNE SPENE Prompted by sympathy. n ~.
John DRUGGIST induced q daughter n joseph Arm,
strong, Efq., Of Greenfield. 60 substitute FeIIow-'
Hypophosphitcs in place Of using q blister which
hah been recommended to restore her power Of speak
ing. The surprise was as delightful so our apotho-
cary az 10 the patient when an hour after taking tho
hr't dose, the lady returning, aUdiby thauIed him
Tor having restored her voice
Inc UNIQUE strengthening fleet produced upon the
nerves and muscles explain tho vitalzing efficacy Of
Fellows Iiypophosphtcs in Wasting Diseases, Con-
sumption, Asthma, Bronchitis. Congestion Of the
Lungs, Cough, Difficulty Of Breathing. Debility from
ionR Illness such as Irlthcra, Fcvers, Excess In
Life, or Irregular Habits Prostraton from residence
in unhealthy localities orhot countries from, nervous
or mental depression. hypochondria etc
Fellows Hypophosphitcs is the most genial blood
and flesh producing agent known
The namo Of JAMES ]. FELLOWS. tho inventor
ts seen iu watcr-mark upon the yellow wrapper by
holding 1t before the light. To avoid disappointment
use mono but Fellows lIyporhosphitcs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17

WILHoFT'S FEVER AND AGUE Tonic
For all diseases caused by malarial poison.
ing OF the blood, "A warranted cure. No
poison, no arsenic, no mercury, no suinine
no bloated lace or glazing eyes, no bursting
head or breaking back, no weak knees or
paralysis dgitdnS from its usel It's safe i'm.
MIGRATING and leaves the patient renewed
In mind and body, and sound rs dollar. 1t
wipes out all sallOwness and gives bloom.
ing complexion in the place OF that sckly,
officiating color peculiar to Chills aid
Spleno-hepatic arrangements. WHEELoCK,
fINLAY " Co., Proprietors. New Orleans.
FOR SALE by AL DRUGGISTS
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17

GRACE's SALvE, manufactured by SETH
w. FowLE & Sons, Boston, is becoming
more and more popular every day, and its
sales are rapidly increasing. 1t cures Cuts,
Burns, Scalds, Felons, Salt Rheum, Scald
Head, Ulcers, Flesh Wounds, etc. 20 cents
a box. BY mail 80 cents.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17
Nufrifinu. 6nnI.nr.

Nothing is so well calculated to promote
good health and good humor as light, easily.
digested, nutritious cookery. With that
unrivaled article, DooLEY's YEAST Pow.
DER, IN the Kitchen, elegant, white, light
and wholesome bread, rolls, biscuits. cake
OF every kind, and corn-bread, waflles, muf
inns, buck wheat-cakes, etc, are always pos
sible in every household.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17

FOR upwards of thirty years Mrs. WIN.
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for
chi dren with neveT-failing success. IL cor.
reefs acidty of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowels cures dysentery
and diarrhea, whether arising from teethinp
or other causes. An old and well.tried
remedy. % cts q bottle
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17

MEDICAL STUDENTS will be pleased to learn
that the Faculty of the Louisville Medical
college louisville, Kyp) now give three
complete courses of lectures i'm seventeen
months, and so arrange their prices that a
student saves 1927 in his medical education.
and gains his third course of lectures; ali
other colleges give in this time only two
courses. Beneficiary privileges are limited
we see, to FIVE per cent. of the class. Next
session begins October /, 1878. students
should Mt once apply as above for catalogues
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17

ALTHouGH some Paris ladies walk out
Just az they are dressed at home, yet all
the elcgqntes adopt some kind Of either
scarf, mantle, jacket, or fchu; the new
est Is the lichu called the Sylphe, made
IN crepe dc chine, either plain or en-
broidered this is thrown negligently
over the shoulders, and fastens in front
at the waist
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17

CRAMPS and pains i'm the stomach and
bowels, dysentery and diarrhea are very
common just now and should be checked al
once. Johns0n's Anodyne Imminent will posi-
lively cure all such cases and should be KEPT
in every family.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17

THE most distressing case of scrofula or
blood poison that we ever heard Of was
cured by Parsons Purgotire Pils. These
pills make new rich blood, and taken one a
night for three months will change the
blood in the entire system.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17

A sHREwD old lady said her minister
never told q lie in the pulpit. Her ex-
periencc was different from that of lit
tie daughter Of known uptown clergy.
man. lie was recently telling a most
marvellous story, at which some Of his
hearers expressed their doubts. when
the little one said, Now, pop say. is
that really true, or is it only lust
preaching"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17

EVERYBODY KNOWS that so long as there
as proud flesh in sore or wound, twill not
heal. The obstacle is speedily removed and
the flesh reunited by HENRYs CARBoIIC
SAIvE, the finest embodiment in existence
OF that supreme purifier, carbolic acid It's
emoliient ingredients modify its pungent
acid basis, so that it never cauterizes. stings
or scarihes the diseased part Sores and
eruptions of all kinds are cured by it. All
DRUGGISTS sell il
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17
GRAGElS SALXE.

JoNEsVILLE, Mich, Dec q, ls75. Messrs. Powls: I
sent You 5cts for boxes Of Grace's SRlye. I have
had and have used them on AN ulcer my foot and
II IL almost well. Respectfully yours, q. Ivan MSS
Price % cts. box at all druggists sent by mail
on receipt OF % cents. Prepared 10y METH w.
EOM De a SON =. 81 IInrrisnn Y Rnstnr Mnsa
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-08-17

IMPORTANT NOTICE Farmers. Fou,I.
les and others can purchase Remedy equal 10 Dr
TOBIAS VENETIAN LINIMENT for tho eure Of
Cholera, DiurrhWa, Dysentery, Group. Collie and
seasickness taken internaly-tt is perfectly harm-
less. SEQ oath ACCOMPANYING each bottlc) and crtor
nlyIor Chronic Rlcumatism. Headache Touthachc,
Sore Throat, Cuts, Burns. Swelliugs, Bruises Mos,
quito Bites, Old Sorc-. Pains In Limbs Back and
Chest Tho VENETIAN L1N1MENT was intro.
duccd In 1871. aud no one who has used IL but con
tnues 60 go 20, many stating, II IL was Ten Dollars
Bottle they would not be without 10. Thousands az
wonderful curative properties. sold iy tho Drug-
gists at 4Ocents Depot ~ Murray ST. New YorE