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Sharp County record., 1879-02-27
Hans and MishapS.


AT Lake Crystal, Mimi, German
named Miske fell upon circular saw in
motion and was absolutely torn in
pieces.
Lewis Collins, an old citizen of
Keokuk, Iowa, attempted to lift hog
at a butchering, in doing which he rup-
tured 81 blood-vessel and died.
Marion Fitch, prominent grain
and stock dealer, of Colfax, Ind, while
assisting in loading cattle was gored by
ferocious steer, receiving probably
mortal injuries.
Maggie Eder and Katie Mitchell,
young ladies, while skating in the Rari-
tan River at Snyderville, N. j., went
down in a hole in the ice made by some
fishermen, and both were drowned.
John Baumeier, young farmer,
who lived near Davenport, Iowa, was
smothered tV death by sled load of
rolled straw overturning upon him,
burying him completely.
In Franklin Township, Appanoose
County, Iowa, little 3-year-old daugh-
ter of S. McCann lost her life, being
shot by her little brother of years, who
was fooling with loaded gun.
George King, druggist of West
Middlesex, Mercer County, Penn, while
filling a prescription, mistook tincture
of aconite for whisky, and drank about
an ounce, which caused his death in
three-quarters of an hour.
AT Olin, Jackson County, Iowa, S.
johnson, an old resident, took down a
barbed- wire fence 20 make d short cut
home, when his team started suddenly,
pulling him against wire with such
force that an artery in his leg was sew
cred and he bled to death.
Jules l.. Denninger, of Cincinnati,
broke in two cake, giving half of it to
his two year-old child and eating the
remainder himself The cake had been
poisoned for the purpose of killing rats
and carelessly left lying around. The
child died, but the father recovered.
Sharp County record., 1879-02-27
Tooth Pulling Extraordinary.

At about II O'Clock on Saturday
evening, an aged woman, thinly clad,
waited at the Grove Street crossing OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad in Jersey
City, and as the train approached and
the gate was lowered, she drew close up
to the gate, and as the gate was thrown
up she gave sharp shrek and plucked
something from the gate. Then she
hurried up Newark Avenue toward the
Heights. When asked for an explana-
ton of her behavior, she reluctantly
said that she had tied a string around
an ulcerating tooth and attached the
string to the gate, so that when iC was
raised it might extract the tooth. She
had not 80 cents to pay for its pulling
NeW York Sun.
Sharp County record., 1879-02-27
Science and Industry.

Up to the present time over 10000
silver mines have been located in Ari-
zOna.
"A South Bend Qnd.) factory pro-
poses to manufacture 10000 croquet
sets before spring.
The Atlantic cable is being "du-
plexed," a process which increases its
working capacity 70 per cent.
New York has 13 sugar refneries,
Boston 4, Philadelphia 3, New Orleans
2, and Baltimore and St. Louis 1 each.
Two locomotives recently ordered
from Nicaragua, Central America, will
be the first ever seen in that country.
"A vacuum automatic brake lately
tested in England will stop in 300 yards
train running at 60 miles an hour.
Shipments of English peas to the
Northern and Western cities from Flor
ida will commence the latter part of
February.
The new Washburn Mill at Mime
apolis will have AZ run of stone, and will
make 1850 barrels or u carloads of
flour day.
The Hecla and Calumet copper
mines of Lake Superior, since they began
to work, have paid to the stockholders
S14,350,0OO.
American street cars are now run
ming in nearly every large city in the
world, and horses continue to be ex-
ported from this country to Europe.
"A New Jersey man is credited with
having discovered a process by which
the skin of bullocks, calves and sheep
are tanned in from 20 to 40 minutes.
The manufacture of jewelry from
pure blood of the OK is fourishing in
Germany. The blood is dried, reduced
to apowder and then nodded and pol
ished. The ornaments thus produced
are capable of high polish.
Sharp County record., 1879-02-27

next 10 years. The sum of .S325,OOO
has been subscribed for the purpose.
There are now in this country 10
Roman Catholic Archbishops and %
Bishops, against 6 of the former and q
of the latter in 1850. The number OF
priests was then l,SOO, and of churches
1,O73; while there are now 1854 priests
and 5,54S churches. The colleges have
increased from II to IA, and the Roman
Catholic population has doubled.
At present there are only about
6OO,O 900 ProtestantS in France. That re-
ligious enmity, however, has nearly al
together died out may be inferred from
the fact that no fewer than five minis
ters in the present Cabinet belong to the
Reformed faith. The Protestants are
not numerous enough to cause trouble,
and the general feeling in France is one
of indifference.
The Congregational ministers OF
Chicago have had discussion OF the
amusement question, and have gone into
details on cards, billiards and dancing.
They agree for the most part to pro-
nounce against these, not directly as
evil in themselves, but because of the
associations which are generally insepa-
rable from them. They did not 60 SO
far as thus to denOunce croquet, and
they do not consider the associations OF
that game as pernicious as those which
cluster around the billiard table.
In February next the French Gov
ernment will open school for instruc-
ton in matters relating to electricity
and telegraphy. This step has been
considered necessary in consequence OF
the union of the French telegraph and
postal service, the working of which IS
at present far from efficient. The course
of lessons will extend over period OF
five months, and each session will be
terminated in time for the examination
appointed by the authorities.
The Rev. DR.. Bartlett, of Dart
mouth College, urges in the COngreg0-
tionalist that the cause of religion is be-
coming deeply concerned in the question
of ministerial standing. "It has be-
come possible" he says, "for reckless
clerical adventures to range almost un-
hindered from place to place, corrupt
ing and harrassing the flock" He gives
the following as cases within his per-
sonal knowledge; A student was ex-
PEELED from Western theological semi
nary for vulgarity, obscenity, and false
hood; yet he went directly to New Eng
land, was ordained, and made a pastor.
A dissolute young pastor in New Eng
land was formally turned out of the
ministry; but within year he was in
charge of a church in distant State.
An Englishman came over with forged
credentials, and almost destroyed a Ver-
mont church that employed him; but as
often as exposed he found new pulpits
A Michigan preacher fled from Mich.
gan to escape trial, and was immedi,
ately engaged by Minnesota church,
where his "low-lived department " got
him again into trouble. A New England
church in a large city engaged a pastor
whose private life was so bad that
council had refused to settle him. DR.
Bartlett thinks that his own denomina
ton, the Congregational, ought to adopr
stricter methods of examining into the
characters of clerical candidates and o,
investigating charges.
Sharp County record., 1879-02-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Henry Vincent, the well known
English lecturer, is dead.
The oldest newspaper in the United
States is the Annapolis (Md.) Gazette.
Its first number was issued in January,
1745.
"A new opera by Offenbach, "Mad-
ame Favart," was produced on Dec. 20
in Paris, and bids fair to equal in popu-
larity any of his previous works
Senator Sargent's two daughters
have both studied medicine, and the
elder. having been graduated, is prac-
ticing her profession at the Freedmen's
Hospital, in Washington.
1t is rumored that NJ. Gustave Dore
will shortly visit America, and inspect
some of its wonders, such as the Mann
moth Cave of Kentucky, the Rocky
Mountains, the Yosemite Valley, and
Niagara.
-Turgeneff, the Russian novelist, is
81 years old, but very young in appear
ance. His crown of snow-white hair,
with his snow-white beard and mus
taches, seems to be a freak OF nature,
rather than the proper ornament OF old
age.
Miss Harriet Hosmer is compli-
mented by the World of London as the
greatest of the few female sculptors the
world has ever seen, and one of the very
few among those who have produced
strong work, and not mere prettinesses.
Won Bulow says that music can be
cultivated with success in those coun-
tries only where the sun shines and the
grape ripens; and Sir George Bowyer
saws that not more than two per cent.
of the inhabitants of Great Britain can
be taught to sing tune.
-"I am almost H." said Mrs. Myra
Clark Gaines to a Washington cor
respondent the other day, "and | expect
to live till [ am $50. came OF long
lived race. One Of my aunts lived to
115;" and seeing the correspondent
scrutinizing her hair, {" it isn't dyed, y
she said, "and it is very abundant,
falling below my waist
Mr.. Henry C. North, who wrote the
song "My Grandfather's Clock, is re-
ported as saying: 81 have written a
thousand or more songs, and one of the
worst of them all has made me famous
in a small way. Some of the best
things l have ever written have had
very limited sale, and a few songs on
which l have spent the most time have
never sold at ALL"
In the course of a recent lecture or
"The Abuse of Books" Mr.. Frederick
Harrison, the eminent essayist, said thai
he was inclined to think the most usefu
part of reading was to know what tc
avoid. The enormous multiplication o.
books is not favorable to the reading o.
the best. There never was a time dur
ing the last three hundred years wher
the difficulties in the way of making al
efficient use of books were greater than
todav
Sharp County record., 1879-02-27

hair, lust turning iron gray; regulation
military whiskers and mustache; small,
restless gray eyes; blunt features and
heavy lips, and he wears the light blue
uniform of a General. He speaks six
languages. ,
DIR. Abel, the Berlin correspondent
of the Lordon Times, has been lately
staving with Lord Beaconsfeld at
Huchenden Manor. DR.. Abel is known
to read and translate upward of 70 diff
ferent languages, and though a German
by birth, yet his Times and other En-
glish writing is clear in meaning, sim
ple in diction, and polished in style.
when Lord Beaconsfeld was introduced
to him at the Berlin Congress, he said :
"Dr. Abel, you are the author whom l
have most studied"
The late Karl Gutzkow, the dis
tinguished German writer, died from
the effects of an accident. On going to
rest one night a few weeks ago, he took
according to custom, a strong chloral
draught, as he suffered from sleepless-
ness. But he left lighted lamp too
near the sofa, which seems to have caught
fire during the night. 1t and some
cushions and chairs were burned. Ac-
cess of fresh air being cut off, a great
quantity of smoke filled the room. 1t
is supposed that Gutzkow awoke feeling
the suffocation of the smoke, and made
for the door to open it, but he was over
powered before he reached it, and fell
to the floor, where he was found In the
morning dead from sufOcatiOn.
Sharp County record., 1879-02-27
"Pa," said little Johnny, the othe

-"Pa," said little Johnny, the othe
evening, "where is the Icood Sea|
/" Why, really now, Johnny" his father
began, as he hastily ran over his geo.
graphical attainments; but it was OF no
use. 81 never heard of any such sea-"
he said finally. "Why, pa, you said to
mother at tea when you were telling
about the snow blockade, that freight
cars stretched along the track as far as
the Icood Sea-" Pa sees and explains,
though Johnny is not little disappoint-
ed-BOStOn TrnnSCriDt.
Sharp County record., 1879-02-27
Foreign Notes.

Before 1870 Germany had only seven
railway bridges over the Rhine; now
she has 16.
The mandate for general mourn
inc for Princess Alice has been largely
disregarded in England-a change from
the days when even the milkmaids in
the Park put on mourning for the death
of Stuart. . @
The Emperor of Austria, at his sum-
mer retreat at Ischl, is an inveterate
smoker, and has on the writing-table of
his bedroom number of long, coarse
Virginia cigars. The Emperor is tall
and spare, will. .close cropped sandy
Sharp County record., 1879-02-27
School and Church.

1t has been decided to erect the new
Agricultural and Military College of
Mississippi at Starkville.
The Girls Latin School, organized
in Boston last February, has now 78 pu-
pills, and is extremely successful in its
work.
-Indiana's school fund amounts to
100000, and S4,000,000 are given
every year by the people to keep up the
schools, while the school property is
valued at S12, 100000. .
The Wesleyans of England have de-
termined to build in various parts of the
country 100 chapels per year for the
Sharp County record., 1879-02-27

Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the poet,
has gone,in company with ex-Congress..
man Pierce, OF Boston, for a journey OF
a year or more in Greece, Turkey, and
Russia.
Sharp County record., 1879-02-27

"A youth of about 20 winters exhib-
tied the respect for age prevalent among
the youth Of this country by the follow
ING remark: "Theres my old father
now, he's most 70 years old, and knows
nearly as much as | do"
Sharp County record., 1879-02-27

Sherry is the name of much-re-
spected Lynn shoemaker. Probably the
original Sherry, cobbler.
Sharp County record., 1879-02-27

California has n profitable and
growing cheese trade with China, Aus
tralia, and South America.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07
FROM KINGWOOD.
The Fourth i'm Preston County.
Supposed Murder.
KINGwOoD, July ,.

kINGWOOD, July ,.
The Fourth passed very quietly all
over the county. Rain in the after
noon.
Hon. John Holt delivered an Grafton
at Albrightsville, and Mr.. Crcslcr eXhib-
tied working model of a flying ma
chine, a very ingenious and beautiful
piece OF workmanship, balloons were
sent up and several very good addresses
delivered.
4 large asScmblagc celebrated on the
Tunnelton camp ground, Judge Shaw
presiding and A. J. Bonatield, secretary.
An Grafton by II. G. Hye, Esq, former
editor of the lrqts, and addresses 10y
Rev. u. Cool and Samuel I. Wiley,
ESQ, were the order ot the day, inter-
sperScd with excellent music.
The TunneltoS CreScent Comedy Com
panv gave q festival and grand ball IN
the cvening0t their large hall, at Iun-
Melton, and il was largely attended from
different parts of the county, amt was 4
decided success. This company l. the
first of the kind ever organized in the
county. and under the leadership of \.
J. BonSfeld, W. :. Raymond, W. I.
Lavcllc and others, will unquestionably
become a success. Its dramatic enter
tainments so far have been very credit
able.
Considerable interest has been awak
cned by the finding OF the bones and re-
mains OF a pcddler, between kingwood
and Portland, a few yards from the pike
supposed To have been murdered-his
pack was by him, with the remnants OF
a small stock; his money gone; nothing
on or about him to identity him; only a
Baltimore paper, date of April 9th, 1879
OBSERVER.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07
DIED.

CLARK-On saturday. July 3, 1872, al 6o'CloCk
e.. ". john A. CLARK, aged % years and six
months
Funeral this Monday afternoon & o'clock
fom his late residence No, Ga Market street
Friend, Of the amiy are respectfully invited to
attend. Iutcrmcnt at Peninsula cemetery.
OVER-Ou saturday afternoon, July 3, 1879, At
O'Clock. MARY l., infant daughter of {. IL. and
Ti,liy over aged one year and - days.
Funeral from the residence If her parents in
ReIairc. o.. this afternoon a; O'Clock. Friends
OF the family are invited.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07

TITS C'ark,bur, WIS refers en-
cpUra..u-,y 90 the crop prospect
throughout the State as follows:
W. have been informed 10y q gentle
man who knows whereof hr speaks
that thrcrou, WILDE Us lJr.raS last year.
ami hc thought the corn crop would
bg hr.rr. Th,pr1iurt.1n ofwhcat will
Not Dee up % the average, but will be- as
good a quality The gentleman We
refer tp saw, be- has couvyr-cd with men
through the different counties. whose
opinions are entitled o. considerable
weight. and who are OF the unanimous
opinion that tine crop, Of West Virginia
this year viii De- average ones. lie
sIvs mi, opinion haas been confirmed
bv personal observation, hc having
lately travelled through Harrison,
Lewis, Upshur, Barbour and Braxtou
counties.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07

THE New York directory for 1879 con-
tainS some 5000 more names than last
years This l. supposed to represent
an increase OF about 10000 in the popu-
lation. Ii the city keeps on at this rate
it won't take long to catch up with
Paris. In 1879 New York had total Of
nearly 100000. Next years census
will probably give fully 100000.
Counting Brooklyn and Jersey City as a
part of New York, as they really are,
the population now must be very close
on 100000.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07

BAD reports OF the southern Russian
wheat crop are always received with
sanity resignation here on the western
continent, and the announcement that
.ra,,hoppers have this year descended
upon what was left by drought and hail
q, not provocative Of murmuring, how
ever much we may approve OF Christian
sympathy for others losses. \ bOunti-
iu. harvest here will set all the machine
rs Of industry in motion, and the COM
mauI OF the markets of the world for our
cereal products viii assure a sound basis
iur prosperity.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07

AZ encouraging sign OF the times Is
the fact that during the first six months
of 1879, the commercial failures of New
York city have numbered 800, with liza
Lilitirs OF ST., IS, TOO, and assets OF
$500. $40, while, for the same period
Of last wear, the failures were 5l4, the
liabilities $1,000, 7g5, AMI the assets
Su9I2,CG2. The repeal OF the bankrupt
law has had much to do withthe change,
and yet it must be clear that the times
are gradually lettering. There IS more
confidence in the community, and in
ye-tmcuts are looked upon as safer than
they were even So short a time As year
ago.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07
DISSOLUTION.

vTHE FIRM OF KASLEY, BROOKS * co.
was dissolved 10y mutual consent on the I'd
day Of June $50 10 take effect from July !. Tsp
Mr.. Thomas > K8sicy retiring All persons
knowing themselves indebted g. said firm will
call and settle, and those having accounts
against the same will present them for settle
mont. ; II. KaSley and d. r. Brooks under
the firm name 81 Kasley & Brooks will con-
tinue the business and solicit continuance Of
the liberal patronage heretofore extended 10 the
old firm. Mr.. T. +. KGSley will continOe 20 sup
e-intend the mine of the Company as heretofore.
In withdrawing from the firm of Kasley,
Brooks x Co. desire 10 express my apprcia
ton OF the liberal patronage extended 70 Us, and
desire a continuance OF the same 70 the new firm,
iy4 TH0S, Z. kASLEY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07

THE new tax law OF Pennsylvania
compcls railroads AMI transportation
companies, besides their dividend tax,
to pay u tax ON gross receipts, and COM
pauics mining coal % pay a special tax
ON that. Home insurance companies
are taxed on thcjrPrcmiumS, foreign in
surarcc companies, banks, and all cor
porltc and unincorporatcj fiscal agcn-
cIcs, on their net earnings, and a fixed
tax Of four mills on the dollar is levied
ON all evidence Of debt public or pri-
waite. Corporations in general are taxed
three mills on the dollar ON the par
value Of the stock, ii Is per cent.
dividend is declared, and less or more
as the dividends are larger
or smaller \ tax Of
three mills on the dollar on that yalua-
ton is levied ii no dividends are declar-
ell, an profits kept by the company be-
ing accepted a dividends. The tax on
transportation companies Is cight-tcaths
of one per cent. ON gross receipts. Tho
specifications under the tax OF tOurmills
ON the dollar on the evidences OF debts,
bonds. mortgages. and the like, cover
every form under which a debt is re-
corded. and are so drawn as to continue
the practice under which public corpo-
rations. cities, and towns deduct the
local tax from the coupons on their
bonds presented for payment by the
owners outside OF the State. Mortgages
given in the purchase of real estate are
exempted from all but State taxation,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07

THERE is an evident purpose on the
part of the organs to work up a public
sentiment in favor Of another extra 5es-
sion. They are shedding great many
tears over the fact that HAYES last veto
left the United States marshals without
money. Everybody will recover, how
ever, in time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07

MAESuAL VI. DENT, o. the Nclr DOmiH-
iop. has somewhat of the same propen-
sites and peculiarities OF the seventeen
vear-locusts. For seventeen years he
has been hiding himself away, and now
he emerges from his hole, 5uzzing and
booming and devouring everything in
his way.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07

IT appears upon investigation that
not only has CoNELING declined to 20
% Ohio 70 work for Foster, but BLAINE
is being advertised rs one of the
speakers there without any authority,
and that he has no intention OF going.
IL begins to look as though the Ohio
campaign would have to DE rented out
10 Col LEE CRANDALL AMI Secretary
SHERMAN.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07

Ara meeting OF the County Court OF
TAYLOR county on the LIST inst, the plans
and specifications by Pittsburgh arch
itect for the new court house to be built
az Grafton, were adopted, and LEVI
CAMPBELL. OF Parkersburg, was awarded
the contract for building at the sum Of
SI7,9255O. We hope that Grafton will
furnish a model court house for the
SIltc. Ii needs one.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07

JAMES GORDON BENEFITS steam yacht
Jeanette, which, we presume, he
named after his sister, Miss JEANETTE
BENNETT, is at San Francisco, from
which port she will soon take her de-
parture for the north pole.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07
.sIOKN" TOBACCO.

WOULD CALL THE ATTEN TloS
uf the tudu to the above justly eel.
chratct tobacco. which guarantee tp prs - q
more delicious chew than any other Navy iu.
bHrru ON the muTk,t.uuuv excepted. Having
thrrNrlIsiyc sale at th,s" good 300 tai, market,
ann now prepared a. deliver them ni low hE
ur,s iu On, following Style. 2uy. plug iu retail
Ia. o. plug. 90 retail pa. uz plug. tn retail
~. IGuz plug. 90 retail -p. ! have tl,m 900
small sample boxes of about ~ pounds each,
aud every dealer should Try one uud De- con
WINGED "a their mrr.' N BELLY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07
HOUCH HOUSE
FAIRMONT, ". VA.
TEIOS. HOUGH, Proprietor.
The WHEELING DAILY REGISTER is kept on file
at this house. for the benefit OF travellers. apl4
AMUSEMENT NOTICE.
CLERKS OFFICE.

7
Public notice is eby given 70 all persons in
tar>tgd that the assessors elected by the Council
Of the City II Wheeling, have completed their
assessment for he year and made return thereof
To my office. Any person wishing 10 appeal from
said assessment or desiring any corrections made,
will appears at the City Building before the Board
of Equalizstious and Appeals on the 18th day 0i
luIy atq O'Clock A. NJ a. the said Board will
meet al that time AZ the said City Building 10
hear all objections % said assessments and revise
and Correc, the same.
FyI Al IN. L PDFtrRAFE. civ CLERK.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07

ENGLAND is just entering intoastruggle
with four guns weighing one hundred
tons each. They are the work OF Sir
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG X Co, and cost
$4,000 each. They are thirty-two feet
In length, and are fired with charges
Of from 400 to $50 pounds OF gunPowder,
and projectiles ofabout 1000 pounds.
Two are 10 be sent to Malta and two to
Gibraltar.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-07

ATLANTA, Ga, has just started into
operation an extensive cOtton-eloth
mandatory, which win employ over
thousand persons. That is the sort oil
reconstruction the South needs most OF