Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-16

take the bill up under a suspension OF the
rules in the House, and pass it within O
few days. There would be no difficulty in
securing its passage through the SSete,
and thus, what has seemed likely to prove
an annoying and yexatiOus delay may be
ayerted.
Our Local War.
There are no new developments in the
cruel war between the Surveyor of the Port
and the Postoffice Of your city. A special
agent will examine and report on all mat
tiers in dispute between the two offices and
such report will probably influence action
hereafter on both Gilchrlst's and Sterling's
re-applications for re-appointment The
formers term runs out next month. The
latter has about year before his commits
sion expires. Meantime the snow storm of
letters and petitions continues and several
parties in interest have promised to thresh
your correspondent on sight for too active
an interest manifested in getting the main
points of the controversy before the public.
Peculiar Experience Of n West Virginia
Solon.
One OF the members of the West Virginia
lower House, who passed through last
week, had an amusing experience in the
Capitol building. lie struck the basement
floor first, which usually looks like the cat
acombs with the gas turned of, and wan
dered around in cheerful but indeter-
inmate sort Of way most st the afternoon.
every time ! opened door, he said, lit
let me out on the outside. There was a
man in my county once that found one of
his hogs in the corntield every day, and
couldn't tell how it got in. Finally he
discovered that the fence was built on a
hollow log, and the hog came in through
the log. SO he turned the log under the
fence corner, and when the porker went
through it came out again on the
outside. 1t went through again and came
out the same way. and was the worst aston
ished hog you ever saw. Well, when kept
coming out where went in, | felt worse
than that pig. Finally some young fellow
showed me how TO get upstairs to the SEN
ate, and started to go in. You cant 80
in here says the man at the door. "Iou
II had enough trouble to get up this high"
well. you see the rules" says he, and he
handed me down big piece of pasteboard,
printed, that the President, Supreme Court
Justices, members of Congress, and lot of
other people might go in. Il don't seem
to come in under any of these says |,
"but Id like mighty well 10 see Jonce Cam
den.' "WhO's Jonce Camden says he.
We'll, I'll be damned" says |, don't you
know the Senator'S from West Virginia"
"Oh, you mean Senator Camden says he.
"Of course" says |. well, you go right in
there" says he, pintin' 10 parlor
and send in your card. had no card, but
! tore y leaf out of my book, and while |
was writing my name very polite man
came up. If you please, sir, says he, be
kind enough to take of your hat. All
right, SAYS |, you are u gentleman and you
mustn't mind us country fellers. When
we go to country court We never take OIL
our hats unless the court is actoOaly set
tin. That's all right says he. What kin
do for YOU? So gave him my card and
he found Joncc for me, and had pretty
good day after all.
Presidential Appointments
II is said the President will appoint
Southern man to the bench OF the Court OF
Claims, made vacant by the promotion of
J. Bancroft Davis.
All the first class missions now vacant
are to be filed this week. Lowell will stay
at London. Most OF the West Virginia APP
plicatiOnS were withdrawn when Garfield
died, except requests for small places That
of Parks, for Minister to Melbourne, Aus
tralia. and Judge Hoke for Minister at
NagaSake is still understood 10 be on hle.
Gen. d. II. Strother is likely to loose the
Consulate at the City OF Mexico, and Judge
Pitkin will probably get the Mexican mis-,
siCn. Judge Bingham will be transferred
from japan to China, and john Russell
Young will go to Japan.
Judge Hunt will probably 20 to Berlin,
and John c. New, of Indiana, to Russia.
1t is said Orth will renew his fight TO
change the method OF appointing the COM
mittecS. tomorrow, by Offering the meas
ure as an amendment TO RObinsOn's prop
osition to increase the size of the COM
mittees.
The President says he is so Overrun with
matters requiring immediate attention that
he cannot take up the consideration of the
appointments in cases where the commits
sion of those holding places have not eX-
pired.
General and Personal.
I'D, Whitman, delegate from West Vir-
sinia to the Agricultural Convention, here,
left for Philadelphia last night. He says
he will report through the REGIsTsR.
HeCk's promise that no will show the
last pension act 70 be u gigantic fraud in its
general operation has aroused good deal
of interest i'm his promised speech. He is
numbered aIAong the mCSt sensible Sena-
tors on the democratic side, aud aud has =
sledee hammer way in debate that makes
him formidable opponent.
Indications still point TO the failure OF
tho three per cent. funding bill. Ii It be
not killed by the amendments telegraphed
Won. n count OF Senators us they now stand
would defeat the bill rs whole. The rea-
sons given for this state of affairs is, that
An effort now to refund at the rate OF inter
est named, might have some injurious Ci-
feet on the business OF the country, and
that i. is generally better to let welLenough
alone.
From. recent visitors from the Eastern
Pan Handle | learn that Col. Charles James
Faulkner is huStling around vigorously IN
that section rs 4 Senatorial candidate, ana
proposes to make this canvass, as Mr.. COnk-
ling would say one OF the greatest eHorVS oil
his life.
Guiteau's insanity continues to be as
much a question as that of Hamlet. be-
tween whom and the Presidents murderer
an ingenious Shakesperean here under,
takes to run parallel, the principal
noints of which are the self-imposed delays
in carrying out their respective pro
srammes.
Congressman Kcnna and wife returned
from Kanawha last week. The former who
has been engaged in the defence OF mur
| der case, grounded on insanity, and which
resulted adversely TO his client, has a more
| Indifferent opinion than ever OF insanity
! experts.
Captain GeOrgeW. Harrison, oil Pleomont
! who has been absent Tor several days, |:
| back Mt his desk in the Sicaraugian Claims
] Committee room.
! Miss Annie Camden has very attrac
! tive visitor at the Arlington IN the perSoi
\ of Miss Knowles, OF Marietta, Ohio. anC
expects to entertain other friends ther'
| during the winter.
| Col. Henry J. Johnson, OF Cumberland
is here, looking after his friends, and Their
! is big delegation of Pittsburghers her
/ divided between iron and river interests.
! Ian.
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