The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-01-11
CURRENT ITEMS.

ly for So,iUV.
Philadelphia used 1904, ,465 gallons
of water last year.
1t is reported that the Emperor of
Austria has been ,quarrelling with his
brother.
The fire bells in Montreal gave no
tice of the new year by striking lo57.
A crusty bachelor objects to chamber
maids because they use more hair oil
than any SIX men.
Postage stamps, in all twice the length |
of the Mississippi river, were sold last
year.
A Mrs. Ladd, living at Old Lyme, los |
years old, is claimed to be the Oldest |
person in the State.
A marketman in Harrisburg has man |
ufactured sausage fifty feet nine
inches in length.
The present population Of Wisconsin
is estimated by the State Treasurer at
one million.
The joint stock gambling company
at the Spa last year made q profit of
. 200, ,O00fr.
A negro in New York bitoff and ate
white woman's nose on New Years
day.
The French government cxpecqto have
45O. 900 needle guns by the middle of
next May.
London was visited on the Doth nit,
by dense fog. At noon it was as dark
as midnight.
The New York and New Haven steam
boat lines are doing a great winter
business on low fares.
A Bostonian has been choked 10 death
from eating too fast. A piece of meat
stuck in his throat.
Thad. Stevens refused TO make any
pledges in regard to the Senatorship-I
not even Temperance pledge.
The oldest female graduate of any in
stitution in this country is Mrs. Elliott,
of Philadelphia. Her diploma bears
date 1894.
A Dacotah fellow says the Indians and
half-breeds ont there, cant tell one
greenback from another, so all our ones
are tens"
Five garroters were flogged with the
cato -nine-tails in the Stafford county
prison, England, recently.
There is an enforced exodus of Cen
tiles from Salt Lake City. Young has
bought them and their property out at
75 cents on the dollar.
A young man in Michigan having
been detected in theft, poured three
ounces Of strychnine down his throat,
and speedily became no more.
A New York Judge has decided that
an officer of the United States Army
may not treat with contempt, writ of
habeas corpus issued by State Court.
The round trip from the United States
to Paris and back, during the ExpOsi-
ton, will be at the rate Of $3.50 to
$50 in gold-on board the great East
ern.
A market basket, containing twin ba-
bies, ten days old, was found on the
steps Of house in Cleveland, on New
Years evening. Both infants were Sc
verely frost-bitten.
At Archangel, in Russia, this season Of
the year, people get along with only !
four hours of daylight. Archangel is !
situated near the Gjth parallel of North
ern latitude.
Thaddeus Stevens and John ". For
ney have had rooms secured for them at
one of the principal hotels in Harris
burg, Pa, for the purpose of being there
during the Republican caucus for United
States Senator.
During the past year nearly three
hundred thousand emigrants from Eu-
rope have landed on our shores. AT a
moderate estimate the aggregate sum of
hard cash brought by them to this coun-
try is not much less than twenty mil
lion dollars.
A Cincinnati speculator bought six
teen car loads Of cattle and shipped
them 20 New York, and in about four
weeks time sold them and went on his
way home, pocketing three cents as the I
entire profits Of his work.
Mark Twain proposed TO an audience
to illustrate the cannibal propensities Of
the ancient islanders by devouring
child in the presence Of the audience, il
some lady would furnish him one for the
occasion.
4 son of Z. S. Huntington, of Norwich,
CT, was recently very badly bitten by 4
ferocious dog beloning TO Oliver L. John
son, and a jury have jusareturned ver-
dict against Mr.. johnson for S5O0-prob-
ably the most severe verdict ever re-
turned by a jury in that State for such I
injury.
The Episcopal Church in the United
States is said to be divided into 2,3o6
parishes, having $3.50 elergymen aud
l6I ,2l5 lay members. During 1856 the !
members of this church contributed I
SIS Coz Tor charitable purposes.
A returned Californian named Whit
ing. who has been absent for three
years, found his wife living with anOth- 7
er man in Philadelphia, and the mother I
of q child He threw the child ,out Of
the window, stabbed the woman and
fed.
Professor Blackie, of EdiRburg, re-
Gently excused himself from having
made silly statement by attempting !
to make the "blundering reports re-
sponsible. The reporters held meet
ing, compared notes, and addressed
note TO the Professor, who was obliged /
to retract. II is true that reporters I
sometimes make nonsense of speeches, /
but it oftener happens that they make
speeches Of nonsense.