Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-11-15

than the 25l grains that II takes n -,
one gold dollar. 1t was the same Va, ~Its
tens AZ that time; they contsipsS M st
grains to the twenty. It eyider,I, Nv
the secretary of the treasury thin, .cof
years to get on to this leakage. for olss
net until 1884 that the weight Of Svs. w
reduced to l29 grains, and that Of ,s,' !.
25s grains. There is q premium e ~ !! .
on fives sntedating 1884, and il ,hss VI
not too badly worn they are worth !, =
extra bullion" u
The subject of bank robberies w., l..
resumed at the point where it had Let
broken of by the teller's mstbsr,.:'e,
problem on the rotation of FIVE TO ,vs.,;a
He expressed the belief that the pse:s
Cost banks were more freed from ~; ss
than their Eastern contreres, on acc,rs.
Of she prevalence of coin here in me-.
ence to paper money. There a c.
sneak could toss q million dollars int ' =:
hat and still have room to get il or. ON - =.
here if he stole $4,000 be could no, c, ~
it without its being seen, and the S,t
toned bankthief will not take such as.s.
rate chances as he would be coupelIsS.
run with coin in his possession. IT,
are very few notes in circulation 49,.
now"
WHAT WILL $4,000 IN cory wEIcBv
"You can easily figure that for yOu,,.v
There are our trays that are built 10 bo1
$4,000 in twenties. They weigh IG.s
ounces each, or rather the coin does vh;,S
equals 67S pounds. Ten thousand A.
lars weighs just halt that, and even SSS
pounds Of coin would be pretty eood IT,;
for man to stow out Of sight on h;, ~,
son. l always had q great admiration e,
Bret Harte, until | read one OF his VAR.
where ! was able to contradict him. On.
chapter in ii was devoted to the robbsry -
the stage to Red Dog and the drive, ~,
the hero. When the robbers brouch, hio
to halt he fred the coach lamps a, ,b,r
and then jumped on to one Of the slA,.
horses with the treasure box, and ats,
race OF six miles beat them into the p.,,
est station. The treasure box. 80 B,s
Hsrte said, contained $50, 900 in gold dpr
Now if you can find man that can nd.
q horse bareback over q mountain road
and hold box weighing les pound. sDS
thus Handicapped, beat two well.uoun,ej
men fully equipped, I'll back him TO vhip
Sullivan. I'm afraid that Bret didn, g.
ure the weight Of the coin down very fp.
when he made the horse and driver do such
q trying feat"
IF gold is so heavy, silver must 10 tn.
ing to handle"
I'VE don't handle it. We wouldnt A.
cept deposit of 1000 silver dollars from
and We never take silver iron
strangers. OF course, a customer ma,
bring in roll or two to make good round
'um, but we never break it, and pay it on,
IN the same packages in which we receive
/. Every depositor is required TO write hi,
name on such roll, and il the par,yvs
yive it to finds it is stuffed with lead pipe
,r short piece, all he has to DO i. to
,ripg it back with the wrapper, and the
lepositors signature holds him good iot
y. VIC Cdu tciuec tilNcI ~ lHlt uetk De
,suse we make no charge for deposits. Ia
act, the bank Just keeps me Tor ornament
and accommodation; for unless depo.i,
'emains here for o sufficient length Of tine
o put out at interest, it never gets cen,
or my work"
Are you worried much with counter
eitsY
"Not large ones. There used TO Be O.
immense amount Of bad silver sAoat, and
when was at the exchange desk three
7esrs ago used to find S to $50 in eour
erfeits every day. ! have been the recei
ng teller for two years now, and hsvet
zen in on an average Of 500 600 per d.,
N checks coins an bills, and in tba, tine
have never stumbled across but six cOan.
erfeits, two in gold coins and four b.as
and was lucky enough 10 catch them oil
The hands Of the clock pointed 10 Bat
his junc,ure, and as the bank door closed
he reporter took bis departure leaving The
eller engaged in q still hunt for the aua
ps dollar that refused to permit his shtti
n balance with his cash