The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-14
CURRENT ITEMS.

Morrissey Won about $4,000 betting
on the Hoffman majority in New Yorl:
city.
The Chinese burnt fifty million dol
lars worth of incense last year.
A tape worm $50 inches long was re-
moved from man i'll Hartford.
Kossuth is now at Turin, where, it is
said, he intends to fix his permanent
residence.
A party of miners from Montana have
arrived at Omaha with $500, 900 in gold
dust. Another party reached st. Jo-
seph Thursday, with 100000.
"Nannie Craddock," a noted steeplc-
chaser, which broke Il leg recently at a
steeple-chase at Montreal, has been shot
as there was no hope of recovery.
The Prince of Wales birthday was
celebrated at Montreal Oh Friday by
tho Prince of Wales volunteers.
The Colored Convention, which has
been in session for number of days ut
indianapolis, adjourned on Friday.
a New York Judge has decided that
a father can claim child born out OF
wedlock if the parents have subsequent
ly married.
At Bridgeport, Connecticut, the Ro-
man Catholics are erecting a Cathedral
to seat 1000 people, at cost of 10000.
Business men would do well to re-
member that "cash" means 'spccie.'-
SO a Supreme Court Judge has recently
decided.
Ben. Butler is like monkey in 4
mcnagerie. Throw him in an apple and
he'll eat it. If it had been spoon he
woald have put it in his pocket
Col w. II. II. Taylor, the newly ap-
pointed Postmaster ut Cincinnati, is Il
son-in-law of eX-President Harrison.
Gen. John S. Williams, known in thc
old army as Cero Gordo Williams, and
since rs one of the most daring ans!
successful of the Confederate cavaiy, Is
in New Orleans.
The English papers report that the
receipts of the Atlantic Telegraph Com
pany now average $1,000 TO s, 900 daily.
Salt Lake City offered reward OF
$4,000 for the apprehension of the as
sassins of DR.. Robinson, who was re-
Gently murdered there. The citizens,
by private subscription, added 9J,oOo.
Brigham Young subscribed $500.
Reports from New Mexico state t,lat
the Indian war is subsiding.
4 dispatch from New Orleans says
There are fears in commercial circles oi
an approaching crash OH account of fab
ulous rents and failure of the cotton
croD, upon which estimates We're made,
the maturity OF notes and the scarcity OF
money.
The Ottowa field battery are sending
their guns and equipments to Quebec, to
be Immediately replaced by guns of
heavy calibre and new equipments.
A Tribune special says: The Fourth
Auditor has decided that after fifteen
days from November 10th, all claims
fled by the same claimant through diff
ferent claim agents, shall be settled ac-
cording to priority of date as hereto
fore. This is of special Importance i'll
claims for prize money.
Parties are at Cairo, H., with diving
bells, preparing to hunt for the safe of
the steamer II. B Carter. 1t contains
over Il million of dollars and was sunk
over six months ago. Should they sue
cccd in finding it they are to have one
half the contents.
In view of the anticipated impcach-
mcnt of the President and large num-
Der of the people, the boarding house
keepers of Washington have increased
their prices.
A young organist in Il fashionable
church at Chicago, received check
for $4,000 to collect for friend, got it
cashed, gambled away the money, and
has been arrested.
They had a Russian in the jury ia :
New York court recently. He paid .hc
greatest attention to evidence, hut it
was finally discovered that he under
stood no English and the Sheriff
marched him out.
The managers of the Chicago driving
park have advertised to sell all the fix
lures of the establishment, and that the
park will not again be used for II cling
purposes.
4 new hotel called the Wcstmi mister
has just been opened at the corner of
Irving Place and Sixteenth street. New
York. 1t is said To equal any of the
first class establishments in the city.
1t is announced that the papers OF
the late John j. Audubon, the natural
ist, are now in the hands OF Il compc-
tent person. who is preparing hem for
publication.
4 couple of open sail boats, about
twenty feet long, have recently made
the voyage from Newport to Annapolis,
Md. and return, eaah managed by lad
under Is years of age. The distance is
about 1000 miles, and was ac complished
without difficulty or accident.
GAN HUNDRED-FoLD.'-Il> Il field of
oats near Grantown, Scotland, it was
found the other day that three barley
grains which had been dropped on the
field had produced upwards of 500 re-
turns. From one grain there sprang
up nine stalks, Welding lS5 returns
while the other two had produced six
stalks each, and 1913 and los returns re-
spectively.
A delighted father in South Bend,
Ohio, rushed into the Mayors, the 9th
er morning, and announced that during
the previous night fellow came stalk
ing into his house stark naked, and
romained there. Three policemen start