The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-11
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

THE Bellaire Leader advocates Ross
j. Alexander for the. place OF Secretary OF
State. Ross would be good man for
that position.
a CHICAGO paper advises the man who
wishes to leave name to pOsterity to go
to St. Louis. His nGne will then appear
century after century in the directory.
THERE is no doubt of the existence of
retributive justice. The community a.
lowed the Beecher-Tilton matter to be
reopened and now the Fenisns are about
to invade Canada.
GEN. BUTLER thinks 1t "proper and
consistent enough" for tie democrats to
reopen the electoral question; "if l were
a democrat, 1 should want to 60 right on
with this thing"
THE maple sugar crop this year has
been very light in Garrett county, nd,
and very little of the article hiss been
brought into market. The season was
quite uniavorable:
THE Liverpool Consulate, which Pack
ard gets, though only rated as $4,000
place, is worth from $4,000 to $4,000 q
year, and, when the Incumbent used 10
keep all the fees, Melted him as high as
$4,000 q year.
A NEW railroad depot for the Pan
Handle road is to be put no at once at
Steubenville forthwith JVeJlS5~rg Her
AID.
The man who wrote that must have
been in a hurry.
Col. MULLIGAN, of Chicago, promi-
nent Fenisn, declares that 100000 men
armed with Remington rifles could be
raised to invade Canada in thirty hours.
The Baltimore Gazette comments upon
this by remarking that "this must be our
old friend Mulberry Sellers travelling
under an alias"
The Welsburg Ne10S says that A. D.
Kelley and Col Reynolds, of Wheeling
both of whom are connected with the
Panhandle Roilroad, have been inter
viewing the farmers along the ?. w. y
KY, in regard to starting diaries to sup
ply Wheeling with milk and many OF
them intend to 60 into the business.
IT is certainly remarkable how the
negroes eagerly grasp an opportunity 70
return to Africa. Just suggest the idea
to them and they wish to go at once.
Through tie untireing lsbors of the
African Colonization Society, in four
years time alone, two hundred and sixty
gentlemen OF color haYe gwen up their
chances OF going to Congress.
IT was at a large party IN Boston. One
of the leading bellies of that city, who had
been dancing with young Wheeling
lawyer, remarked, "Boston is famous for
its exclusive and rather selfish private
balls, you know, Mr.. b."
as it2" replied the gentleman stsmer-
ingly; a thought it was famous for its
Goldfish bslls!"
In speaking of the Nationals the
Springfield Republican says: at hardly
needs to be said that there is no danger
of such political organization as this
ever sweeping the country. The elements
which 60 to make it up are so diverse
that in some sections they are thus early
Quarreling and threatening splits. There
is a constant tendency to drift into the
hands of the worst and lowest leaders
and the very attraction of the most
dangerous elements OF society to the party
srouses the alarm and dsmpens the ardor
of the honest but careless masses who
must form the strength of any party
worthy to be dignifei with the name"
A GANG of colored politicians recently
met at Washington to discuss Southern
outrsges The greatest outrage at pre-
ent is the happy and prosperous condi-
tion OF colored people under Democratic
rule. That gals the radicals Of all COL
ors.-AHg1lsta (Ga) Chronicle and Con-
StitutionGliSt.
WHEN Senator Edmunds gets
through ratifying the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth amendments he would do
we'll to turn his attention to hell.
In view of The recent refusal of Col.
Robert g. Ingersoll to accept the situs-
ton as to That locality, there would seem
to be greater need of Senatorial reatfirm-
alton of hell than of the amendments
which are accepted by everybody
Washington Post.
AND now General George A. Sheridan,
Of Louisiana, has been tucked sway in
snug berth at Washington. II is snEoy-
ing to see these patriots provided for BY
piecemesl. Instead of doing out offices
to them at the rate of one or two week,
why not include TIE whole crowd in s.
new pension act. or place every one Of
them on the retired list with the raRk Of
Brigsdier General? 1t woul1 cost less
in the end.-PhiL1deLDhid Times
Gen. Harris for Congress.
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