The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-12-24
CURRENT ITEMS.

Iron ore is found in Jersey.
The Italians are greater frog-eaters
than the French.
Every British steamer built now is on
the American model with Scotch en-
gines.
Over four hundred vessels of all de-
scriptions are laid up for the winter at
Chicago.
One-fortieth of the whole population
of Belgium are engaged in the manufac-
ture of lace.
Pure salt can be shoveled mp by cart
loads in Southwestern Kansas.
A German writer says good word for
Judas Iscariot as much misconceived
gentleman.
The Union Depot in Indianapolis
has been opened for the use of the pub
lie.
Governor Swami, of Maryland, has
resigned the Presidency of the First Ma
tional Bank of Baltimore.
Six youthful Japanese (no relation to
the gallant Tommy are students at the
Monson (Mass.) Academy.
A child was poisoned to death, in Par
is, by the application to it's head of to-
bacco juice, mixed with lard.
The yiceroy suppressed street row
in Nankin by taking off the heads of
As Chinese soldiers in about as many
minutes.
The Connecticut Democratic State
Committee have issued general
call for State Convention, to meet at
New Haven on the 9Th of January
next.
Roberts, the Fenian President, has
written to Colonel Lynch :: 81 regret to
tell you that do not believe you are to
be hanged"
Richard E. Suowden died in New York
on Sunday from the effects of chloroform,
which he had inhaled to allay the pain
from neuralgia.
A company, to have two millions cap
ital, has been formed to dam the ST..
Lawrence river at LaChine Rapids,
Canada, for the purpose of obtaining
hydraulic power.
Recorder Hackett, of New York, has
sentenced John Sinnott to the State
prison for twenty years for an outrage
on little girl. The recorder said he
was sorry he could not sentence him to
death.
An embarago was laid upon Rosa
Bonheur's large picture of Highland
cattle by the French officers on suspi-
cion that dun colored bull in the pic
ture had the rinderpest.
An Austrian lieutenant was recently
shot near Vienna for cowardiee in bat
tie, though he had just been promoted
for bravery in another engagement.
A man named Hartman accidentally
hung himself near Bellevue, Iowa, a few
days since, by being caught by his "com-
forter" while descending from a tree.
When taken down life was extinct.
Theodore Tilton, in letter from the
West, says that Iowa will be the first
State in the Union to acknowledge the
political equality of men and women as
citizens entitled each alike to the citi-
zen's franchise.
There were 60, 100000 gallons of whis-
ky distilled last iyear. Uncle Sam find
ing it impossible to collect the revenue
upon the liquor, proposes to sweep away
all stills and monOpolize the whiskey
manufacture himself.
1t is'stated that the American institu-
ton of horse railway has been intro
duced with great success in Hamburg,
and that the efforts to secure street rail-
ways in Liverpool are to be renewed at
the approaching season Of the British
Parliament, when acts authorizing them
will be introduced.
A Philadelphia paper complains Of
the close proximity, in that city, of the
State powder magazine and several
large caal oil refineries. 1t thinks that
meteoric shower of large stones
would fall upon the city in case of an
explosion.
A travelling correspondent of the
Portland Argus says that firm at Sko-
egan own 100000 acres of land on the
Kennebec river, which is equal to four
townships. This firm will cut $4,000
logs this winter-employing 225 oxen,
153 horses and s62 men.
A large manufacturing company in
Chicago employs young lady only
thirteen years of age as paymaster. She
has paid out since last May a quarter of
a million of dollars, keeping the time
sheets, payroll, and private account
book with and for each of three to four
hundred men employed.
The GAINESVILLE (Ohio) Courier says:
"a young lady, while promenading the
streets some days ago, suddenly tainted,
was picked up and carried into dwell
ing house near at hand, where physi
clan was summoned, who removed only
elerea pairs of stocking legs and one
pair of hose before he succeeded in re-
storing circulation through her cdlres
and bringing them back to a state Of
scnsibility."
A correspondent of San Francisco
paper, writing from Georgetown, Ell
Dorado County, California, gives the
following glowing account of some re-
cent gold discoveries there: The gold
is so thick in the rock that it has to be
pried out with the crowbar, and it is
not an uncommon thing to drive spade
eight inches long, its full length into
almost solid good. 1 have seen many
pieces of rock that would be worth $500,
which were more gold than rock.
Mr.. Jacob Loucks, a respected citizen
of Mancbastar toupship York county