The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-16
CURRENT ITEMS.

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We have had eleven, tariffs in FIVE
years. go .'',
/ Queen Victoria is getting to be forty
eight and very fat. "L "a
I The Second Adventists are numerous
and active in Bangor, Me. '' "''i' o."
The annual production of diamonds
is estimated at "a 100000. yt,reiI
ncTbe total gold yield OF Nevatls last
yeat was Sl5sS2l t379.rsYm sCn0Tb :!
California can send wheat to New
Yorkand compete with the West, ,a
i,tIA new attempt is being made to es-
taBlish reciprocity y treaty with Can
| ada. OH g.: ~ - ,ar} nd ElupIg f., Nv
oThe cost of lighting the public lamps
in New York Last year was Ssl,t5o ID.
b The inhabitants of Troy are suffer-
ing from house hunting and high rents.
I Anignorant duack doctor said that
the could cure convalescence in twenty
four hours. YS3 h. zJM1a a.s '.s.T.
iuosone books are like certain trees--s
great many leaves and no fruit. laa
"A sense Of duty" is often another
term for meannessand cruelty.
The, Susquehanna river is swarming
with Wild duck, aud sportsmen are
shooting large numbers ......,-,
Dr.. Vim. B. Little, American Consul
at Panama, died on the Goth ult Of vel
low fever, ,,....,...s ,.,. ........... r.,i,, "
Radical Senators express the opinion
that the veto of the Colorado admission
bill will be sustained. -.,,r ......
, Five factories in Waterbury, Conn,
turn ont nearly half the brass used in
the United States. ,. .......,-
In. Cincinnati thirty7two insurance
offices have a., capital of 5000, 900,
risks of Sl35, 900 900, and 1900, 900 pre-
lmium.
Recruiting for. the. regular army. in
New York is very brisk, owing to the
number of men out of femployment.
Rev. Mrs. Mcfarland, a Scotchwoman,
! is preaching in London, and some ut
the papers praise her efforts.
Application has been made for new
trial in the case of the convicted Fe-
mans, McGrath and Kennedy.
A fire in Ottawa, Illinois, Sunday
night, destroyed nine buildings, mostly
stores. The loss was about $4,000.
In Jersey City, Saturday, three men
were severely injured at q fire by the
explosion of can of kerosene oil.
A woman has been brought into court
in Northampton, Pa, on the charge of
being Common scold."
A fifteen year old youth has been ar
rested in Providence, Il. l., for forging
orders on tailors and tradesmen.
Mr.. Jones. of Troy, n. Y, on hearing
that his wife had presented him with
three boys, was heard to exclaim "2
much-2 much"
Elder Smith estimates the number OF
Lat tter-day Saints in Iowa ut 10000. lie
repudiates the doctrines and polygamy
of Brigham Young.
1t was rumored few days since that
Edward Ketchum, the forger, had been
killed Ly an explosion at Sing Sing
Prison. 1t is now authoritatively de-
MED.
! The Shakers in Lewiston, Maine, are
composed of two families. the upper"
and the lower and have fifteen hun
dred acres of land reasonably divided
for farming purposes.
The Executive Mansion in Washing
ton has been thoroughly renovated, at
a cost of forty thousand dollars. The
new carpets and cnrtains were specially
imported from England.
The quinquennial census Of the pop
ulation of France, just completed, gives
y, ,O64 ,G94 rs the number Of inhabitants,
exclusive of 125.000 employed abroad
| i'm Algeria, Mexico, &c. This is an in-
crease of 6s0,933 over the census of
.ls6l. 30. ...r. ....-..,
Two Partisan women fought duel
recently with small swords, in the Bo's
dc Boulogne. One of them was slightly
wounded, and the other tainted at the
sight of her adversary's blood. They
afterwards kissed, and resolved to die
for each other.
Frederick Trostle, a German gun-
smith, Of Lansing, Mich, has become
insane on account of religious excite
ment. A few days since he swallowed
a silver watch chain about foot long
and three -eighths of an inch across the
links, under the impression tlfat he was
commanded to do so by the Savior.
The following is q list of'the dona,
tions recently made by Mr. Peabody
To the poor of London, s., ,25o, 900; town
of Danyers, $50, ,OOC; Grinnell Arctic tx
petition, $4,000; city of Baltimore
81, ,O00, 900; Phillips Academy, $4,000
Massachusetts, Historical Society, S2l,
600; Harvard College, Sl50,00O; Yale
College, $3.50, 900; TO the South, 81 500,
600. Total, S., ,165,O 900.
We are in receipt Of Judge w. ID
Kelley's speech on the extinguishment
Of the national debt, delivered in the
House of Representatives. Kelley il
on the right track. If anything will
eItinguish it it is one Of Kelley's
speeches. Let him keep at it.-St. LOAF,
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