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Year: 1877




Mrs. Joseph Simon, and her
daughter Rachel, the victims of the
terrible kerosene accident at Troy,
few days ago, were members of
the extreme Orthodox sect of the
Polish Jews. In accordance with


the rules of that body, in the alb
sence of q rabbi, the nearest relative
of the deceased is authorized to
officiate, and the husband and father
accordingly conducted the ceremo-
nies at the funeral. At the house
the bodies were laid upon the floor
and shrouds were wrapped around
them. A large number of candles
were placed around the bodies and
lighted. After chanting and read
ing prayers the bodies were placed
in two rough boxes, two tea cups
were broken and fragments were
placed over the eyes of the depart
ed. The exact meaning of this act
does notsee to be generally under
stood, bat the opinion of the best
Hebrew authority is that it is in
accordance with an ancient custom
when vessels of different kinds
were broken and placed in the cof.
fins. Others say that the pieces are
placed over the eyes to prevent the
dust from getting in. The un-
fortunate deceased were then con-
veyed to the burial ground and
on arriving at the grave the lids
were removed from the cofiins. A
serious obstacle at this juncture
caused temporary delay but one
grave having been dug, and
according to an old Jewish doc
trine each corpse must repose in
a separate grave. Superintendent
Kelly soon prepared another grave
and the ceremonies proceeded. Two |
bags about twelve inches deep were |
filled with sand, and one was placed |
in each coffin. This action corre-
spends to the sprinkling of dust
over the graves of the Christians.
In ancient times the Jews did not
use cofiins, but simply covered the
dead with a shroud and placed
them in the ground so that they
might decompose as soon as pos
sible, Two padlocks were then
produced, one being placed in each
coffin, locked aud the keys thrown
away, This action is supposed to
lock up the fate of the family so
that no misfortune may happen to
the relatives. The clothing Of the
deceased was then kept in accord
ance with q custom dating back to
the days of the patriarchs. 1t is a
sign of mourning, as it is recorded
that Jacob on hearing Of the death
Of his son Joseph tore his garments,
The lids were then replaced, and
when tho cofiins had been lowered
into the grayas, the clothing worn
by the deceased at the time Of death
was gathered together and placed in
the respective graves. This action
is also a pursnanee Of very an
cient custom, which ordered that
in the event of any sudden death
all the articles found on or near the
body at the time Of death should !
Year: 1877

John Brown, of Ossawatomie,
once wrote out for little friend a
quaint fragment of autobiography.
In this, he relates how, when he was
four years old, he "was tempted by
three large brass pins belonging to
a girl who lived in the family, and
stole them;" and how, being detect
ed by his good mother, the baby
was given a whole day to reflect
upon the enormity of his offense,
and then he was thoroughly
whipped. When he was in his
sixth year, an Indian boy gave him
a yellow marble, the first he had
ever seen," which marble, after
treasuring it for a long time, he
lost. cit took years to heal the
wound, and l think he cried at
times about it, wrote the old John
of the little John. "He loved the
toughest plays, and was not a very
good scholar ; but after fifteen he
acquired, in spite of weak eyes, a
moderate mathematical knowledge.
One point of his character as a boy
the man also showed. He followed
up with tenacity whatever he set
about, so long as it answered his
general purpose, and hence he
rarely failed, in some good degree,
to effect the things he undertook"
Year: 1877

be buried with the body, SO that in
case they should be needed at any
future time as evidence the judicial
officers would know where to find
them. Many of those present then
pushed three handfuls of dirt each
INTO the grave, and after reciting
a prayer started on their return
home.
Year: 1877

Twenty Thousand People
old and young. every week. 1t is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class Of
community.


we desire our business men to make note
of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.


We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free Of all irregular and irresponsible adyer
tising; for many good people seeing an ad-
vertisement in paper, especially their
church paper. take it as a guarantee of 70.
sponsibility. Such confidence should not be
abused Wnen II can DO helped. We want,
therefore,
The Advertising Patronage
of such business men and firms as We can
recommend to our friends and the. public
without compromising the character of tho
paper.


Our Terms Shall DO In Harmon


with the Business ounoOE.


Send in Your Favor..
Year: 1877

CE following paragraph got into the
the REGIsTER yesterday morning, as ed
itorisl without having met the eye OF
the editor:


"As Wheeling crbbei the Capital
from Charleston, and the State through
her representatives has Signlted her IN
tention not TO let Wheeling keep the
purloined goods that the next best thing
Tor this city to do Is To- return the stolen
property to the rightiul owner"


We reprint the paragraph Tor the
purpose OF d,nouncing both the language
and the sentiment contained in It. 1t Is
30 insult in IT, language and intent to
the good people of Wheeling, and We do
not propose 10 let it pass without Just
rebuke Wheeling "cribbed nothlngi
La no "purIoined goods mas no "stolen
property" and Charleston Is entitled TO
nothing a. our hands How the item
ever got snugged INTO the REGlsTEE Is
more than the writer OF this can tell, but
st is safe to say that similar occurrence
will hardly take place sgaiu while We
have editorial charge


Oar position upon this Capital question
Is well understood: We favored retain
ing the Capital at Wheeling when 1t was
drst located here, and contributed our
mite against lis removal But we were
beaten and Charleston was the winner OF
shs prize. We thought the removal was
mistake and sgitated for q return of it
70 Wheeling. The Legislature after q
mature consideration of the case con-
Cluded to return il TO Wheelin y-not tor
the purpose, as the InteLhgenceT suggests,
Ot then carrying it to Clsrksburg, tor
tner, was no such bargain. 1t came to
Wheeling fairly and honestly, and there
We propose 10 keep it ss long as possible.
When We can no longer keep i! We then
favor its return to Charleston, whence
I! came, for the many good reasons We
Laws heretofore given.
Year: 1877

VIVA perfectly delicious weather this
;. temperature ranging between sixty
and seighty, pleasant breeze stirring
.nd the air ss pure Us the breath Of
lowers. No use in going to the noun
tslns or to the seaside while such charm
NO weather lasts.
Year: 1877

sHAYHs would divorce politics from
the highest OF public offices by keeping
his intermeddling hand out OF the Ohio
campaign, he might thus lend shadow
OF sincerity to his high sounding pro-
t-ssiOQs
Year: 1877

On Friday, in the House, the conference
report on the deficiency appropriation was
adopted.


The army appropriation bill was reported.
IL contains clause that no portion of the
appropriation can be used to support any
State government by the army. 1t removes
distinction on account of color. A special
clause that neither the government of South
Carolina or Louisiana shall be supported
until organized by Congress. A motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill was
agreed to. 1t goes to the Senate


The river and hsrbor bill was reported
and failed of two-thiIds vote, and must
take it's regular course.


In the Senate the conference report on
the deficiency appropriation was adopted.


Mr.. West reported that the conference
committee on the postoffice appropl iation
we're unable to agree. A new conference
has been ordered. Mr.. West stated that
the conference had agreed upon all but the
railroad Brazil and China sub sides.


The Senate committee was willing to re-
duce the Brazil subsidy to S600,OO0; the
House was unwilling.


The conference committee on naval ap.
prOpriations were unable to agree. new
conference has been ordered.
Year: 1877

Elsewhere in this issue will be found an
assuring and hopeful letter from our Rep
resentatives in Congress to President
Wheelock, of the New Orleans Pacific rail-
way directory. Under the adverse circum-
stances of financial depression and political
excitement, work on the New Orleans
branch of the great Texas Pacific railway
has yet made rapid progress, and the diree-
tory is determined that it shall be continued
and completed. Fortunately our railroad
connection with the growing region of
Texas does not depend upon the bounty of
Congress or upon the completion of the
grand trunk line to the Pacific coast. The
New Orleans branch to Texas will be com.
plste in itsel it can be finished with South
ern capital, run for the benefit of our own
people, and it will pay.
Year: 1877

There seems to be a race out west as TO
which Of the two parties will be TIE first to
get on the silver platform. 1t is clear
now that the democrats will be the first
in the field, and are determined TO pre-
sent the silver issue as the controlling
one in the fall elections. 1t is notable,
however, that the leading republican
organs of the west, the Cincinnati Com
mercial and the Chicago Tribune, arc
strongly committed TO the old silver dol
lar, and it is an open secret that Presi-
dent Hayes is profoundly convinced Of
the unwisdom of paying the public debt
in dearer currency than that in which,.
was contracted. Senator Thurman, Of
Ohio, one of the most high-minded and
conservative democrats in the country,
has come out in a strong argument In
favor OF this old silver dollar" II is
as certain as any event Of the future,
that when congress meets, there will be
scarcely any effective opposition to silver
as well as gold, being recognized as a
legal tender for all debts, public as well
as Driyate.-N ~. GrGphie.
Year: 1877

A cotemporary thus strikes the key
note, and reaches the truth of this mat
ter in the following: Nothing presents
a sadder commentary upon the present
condition of society than the large num-
Der of families, both in town and coun-
try, but more especially the latter, that
subscribe to no paper of any kind.
Hundreds and thousands of families are
thus growing up utterly ignorant of what
is transpiring in the world around them
ignorant Of the mighty events Of the
day. But who can tell the vast amount
ofiniury that is being inflicted on the
rising generation-those who are to take
our place in the busy world at no distant
day. growing up without any knowledge
of the present, or any study of the past,
this ignorance, too, being imbued into
than by the sanction Of those who should,
and doubtless DO, know better, did they
only think of the injurious effect of their
insane course. Let the head Of every
family think of this, and place in tho
hands of those for whom he is responsi-
BILE the means of acquiring some knOwl-
edge of the moving panorama in which
we act our different parts.
Year: 1877

bosom. For several days the young
chieftain's life was despaired of During
this time the Lady Gromlaith made a
vow to bestow a silver lamp upon the
blessed st. Finan Lobhra if her son re-
covered fIom his present danger. She
also made gift to monastery to defray
the expense of keeping the lamp con-
stantly burning before the altar, both by
day and night. The Chief of the Glen
recovered, but the legend says he never
afterwards had the use of his right arm,
which was the cause of his having the ap


pellation of Scanlan the Scathed," and
that Elline fell victim to the dreadful
pestilence which ravaged this fair island.
Year: 1877

1t may interest some to know Just how
A late law enacted by the Virginia legis-
lature regulating the sale of liquor in
bar-roOms operates. What is called a
registering apparatus was provided for in
the act, and is described az follows by the
Lynchburg Virginian; "On one side is a
crank, and on another dials like those Of
a gas meter The bar-keeper turns the
crank round at every sale of drink,
bell strikes, aud the dial reg isters orc.
The object of the device is TO determine
the amount of tax to be collected, at tae
rate of one cent on every drink. AL
though heavy fine may be imposed for
neglect to use these machines properly,
or for tampering with them in any way
and there are officers whose duty II is
to detect such offenses-the belief is that
they will not answer the purpose, because
drinkers will generally connive at viola.
tions of the law.
Year: 1877

The great success Of the VEGETINE as cleanser
and purifier OF the blood is shown beyond doubt by
the great numbers who have taken 1t, and received
immediate relief with such remarkable cures.
Year: 1877

DR.. :BEArTIE yesterday exhibited at our
Office a lot of superb lettuce grown by him
in cold stand under glass, showing the
moderate nature of the winter of this lati-
tude. The display was very creditable to
the horticultural skill displayed upon the
Doctors farm fgsa g
Year: 1877

We desire to impress upon the Demo-
cratic voters of the city the very impor-
tsnt fact that candidates for City Coun-
ell arc to be nominated on to morrow
night. When we remember that it is
the members of the Council who levy all
the city taxes. and disburse them, and
that they build our streets, sewers, and
make all public Improvements, we at
once see the importance of e!eetlng gen.
tlemen TO that POSITION who are identified
with every possible interest of the city.
A good city government is something
that every man. be he rich or poor, has
an interest in. Our welfare and our
prosperity in the future depend upon the
character of the men whom We select to
be our city fathers. Wheeling has too
much at stake to permit the matter to be
treated with indifference, and every citi-
zen should make it his duty to give it
his personal attention.


We desire to see the city government
in the hands Of the Democratic party.
We feel confident that there are Demo-
Gratis in every ward in every respect
qualified for the position, and who will
take q deep interes. in whatever will
promote the welfare Of our city. There
fore we see 20 reason why these gentle
men should not be brought TO the front,
and make the sacrifice Tor the benefit OF
their constituency. There are no emoiu.
meu,s attached to the position OF council
man, but being one of great responsible
ity, it would be an expression OF conn
dence on the part OF the people to elect
sny one, and thus increase the honor.
We now appeal to every Democrat to be
out at the primary election tomorrow
night and elec. delegates to Mondays
convention who will give Us . ticket thai
will reflect credit upon the party and one
that will command the confidence OF tho
people, and then there Will be no trouble
about electing il.
Year: 1877

AFTER all the advertising of the nup-
tisls of JAMES GORDON BENNETT with
Mss IDA MAY. it turns out that they
were not married, and the engagement
has been broken off. Miss MAY found
out Just in time that JIMMY was q bad
boy. that there could be no happiness in
. union with HIM, and on the day pre-
ceding the one fixed for the marriage
she released him.
Year: 1877

So the telegraph announces this morn
ing. Thousands of others have passed
away within the last month, and no
mention made of their death. Why this
distinction2 Mr.. VANDERBILT was
rich man snd-that was all. He had &C
cumulated an immense fortune; his spec
ulations had been successful; he had
bought and built houses; he owned rail-
roads and controlled immense corpora
tions; he built a monument to himself
and erected his own statue in public
park in New York; he was clothed IN
linen and Jared sumptuously every
day, yet he may be to-day begging
drop of water from some poor Lazarus
who has been turned away from his
door. We hope that such is not his fate,
and would rather believe that he is one
of the few of his class who has been able
to pass through the eye of the needle.
But of the great fortune he had sccuuu-
lated, there is no information o. any por-
tion of it having been devoted to the re-
lief of such as deserve charity. "The
accruing interest is to be reinvested IN
his fayorite securities" That is the dis.
position to be made of it. Mankind is
not to be benefited by the pecuniary sue
cess of his life. Peabody used his talent
as faithful servant should.
STEWART expressed determination to
do likewise. though his good resolution
was never carried out. But WANDER
BlLT does nothing of the kind, except the
founding of University, which was in
tended to perpetuate his name. and was
the object of his selfish pride just as the
New York bronze statue was. Although
diving for months he continued to keep
absorbed in his speculations, and to finger
his ducats, until the last breath was
about to leave him, when ne sent for his
spiritual adviser to come and pray by
his bedside. Having burned the candle
out in the services of Mammon, he blows
the snuff into the face of his Maker, hop
ing thereby to purchase pardon. We
can afford to moralize and draw lessons
from the life Of any man, but it
is a dreary sort OF q moral to be
derived from the life Of the great
railroad king, when within sight of the
monument which he erected in his life
time to perpetuate his memory are des-
,itute men and starving women and
children whose hearts would have been
plsddened and whose darkened lives
would have been frightened by the con-
tribution of ever so small an amount from
the vast store which was his. They
still suffer and die from actual
want, while the accruing interest
is to be invested in favorite securities.
Yet the flags are lowered and the people
assume an air of mourning because
rich man has died. Oh what nation
of toadies and hunkeys we are! The
druggist clerk i'll Savannah who remain
ed at his post when the great plague had
fallen upon the city, and sacrificed his
life in his efforts to administer to the
wants of his fellow beings, hardly re-
ceived mention and his name is not
known to-day to one in a thousand. Al.
though sleeping in nameless grave he
is more the hero and should receive our
tribute, than the dead Vanderbilt and


his fortune of Eighty-fve millions.
Year: 1877

EUROPEAN medical journals report the
discovery of new cure for diphtheria.
1t consists OF the local use OF chloral and
glycerine and the internal administration
of chlorste al potash.
Year: 1877

INJECTED We presume few people
viii regret to learn that enc of the wit
nesses who gave what ait tsrwarG appeared
to be false testimony before the Grover
investigating committee has since been
indict d by the United States grand jury
While no good citizen viii throw obstruc-
tions in the way of an investigation of
this nature, there is growing feeling
that the reputation of public men should
be protected from malicious attack In
this Grover matter the evidence is reason
ably conclusive that Stiles, the chief wit
ness against him, committed perjury. If
Stiles did not commit perjury, three or
four other witnesses did. 4 grand jury
thought there was evidence enough against
Stiles to warrant holding him for trial.
1t is to be desired that in this trial the
guilt of perjury will be fastened upon the
right parties, and that they will be pun
iShed, 1t is not a question of politics, one
way or another, All parties are interest
ed in driving peEjurers into the peniten-
tiary,
Year: 1877

RADICAL PITrsBURG. - Pittsburg has
always been radical city, continually
voting TO sustain the party that has made
the times so hard and taken away from
the honest workingmen Of the land the
means of making decent living. She
vcted for the party whose rule has caused
the suspension of the industries of the
country and taken the bread out of the
mouths of the laborer and his family. She
voted for the party which declared that
the money used by the poor was not good
enough for the bondhoiders. She voted
for the party that used up the hard earned
taxes OF the people to sustain an army in
the south 20 force fraudulently elected
officials upon the country, and nov she is
beginning TO realize the fruits of her folly.
Her people VIII have 10 pay for all the
damage done to property during the great
riot, caused by the hard times forced up
on the country by the radical party, which
they supported.
Year: 1877

PENNSYLVANIA STRIKES S-The strikes
lnger in Pennsylvania LONGER than in any
other part of the country, for the reason
that the miners, who are a rough crowd. .
have joined them On general principles
1t is probable that the MOilie Mcguire
element expects TO revenge itself in this
way upon the railroad management that
caused its exposure and punishment The
miners of that region are very peculiar
people They are in all respects hopeless
Iy and utterly untitled to participate in
the government under which they live,
being brutaily ignorant, lawless, ferocious,
disorderly and savage and uncivilized in
every respect. There is always more or
less trouble in the coal regions of Penn
sylvania with these men. They form a
community by themselves, and are prone
to resent unwelcome intrusion upon their
exclusiveness by numbering the INTRUDER
ofhand. 1t viii probably require several
rounds of ball cartridges TO bring these
riotersNto their senses, and all temporiz-
ing must be laid aside in dealing with
them, for they, Ike other savages, would
be sure TO mistake it for fear. OF course
they have really nothing in common WITH
the railroad men, who are d different or
der of beings, but they are always ripe for
a riot, and any excuse is good enough for
them.
Year: 1877

The SrHNx-The radical papers now
have it that Hayes is the modern sphinx,
We thought Grant was that. Or is the
sphinx like quality transferable from one
Radical official to another, just the same
as the property and other things stolen
by them Oh, that poor sphynx at the
base of the pyramids! 1t is a wonder
that for very shame and disgust it don't
bury its face forever in the burning sands
of the desert
Year: 1877

A Curious FACI-It is curious fact
that radical president, counted into his
office by radical managers in defiance Of
decency and right, should so soon ALLEVIATE
the party management from himself, aud
rely for his sole hope of endorsement and
support upon the party which was de-
frauded out Of the Office he holds The
transitory character of the issues of Amer
lean politics was never more strikingly il
lnstrated
Year: 1877

IT is said that Russia VIII not make
peace until she is in Constantinople
Shed better not push the matter too far,
hest the tables may turn and the Sultan
dictate terms at the gates Of St Peters
burg.
Year: 1877

The Citizens Railway Company claim
the exclusive right to build a horse rail-
road on Chaplne street, but 1t does not
nopose to use the right; and now 1t Is
\ aInounced that that company Will IN
janet nybody else who may propose TO
build railroad there. This is the dog
in.the-manger policy, which is as old as
the spirit OF selfshness in man.
But, possibly, the officers OF that
company have been misrepresented'


Their exclusive right, If indeed they
possess it, will not be theirs many years
longer. The city has dealt with this
company with marked liberality, never
having yet collected one cent OF lax from
il, although 1t is one OF the best paying
investments in this community. 1t may
be thought quite sufficient for the city to
permit II the free use of any stree. II
pIesses to occupy, and to possess over
100000 worth of property free from
taxation, without recognizing It's exclu-
slye control over the streets it cannot or
will not occupy. The right to use the
streets may be construed to mean the
right to use and not the right to prevent
the use OF them.