The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-13
CURRENT ITEMS.

New York has q policeman namet
coward. W as Aa2 ~
"stove pipe" hats are not tolerated il
Colorado.
Chignons are now stuffed with shaw
ings-dyed.
Z Gambling is said to be terribly prev
alent in London. ar.s
The Russian budget this year is 443,
sOO, 900 roubles.
Brides now hire their diamonds fol
weddings in New York.
Miss Geraldine Hooper is the --latest
sensation preacher in London.
The Mayor of Chicago states that the
city debt amounts to S5,392,OOO.
The American legation in Madrid i:
accused of smuggling goods and selling
them.
They charge sl4 day for board in
Colorado town and SEQ for board and
lodgings.
Lewiston, Maine, manufactured s:s3,'
1885, 900 worth of cotton and wooleu
goods in six years.
Good Democratic English-the mes
sage of the Governor Of Connecticut
.Ner York Leader.
The Queen of Spain has exiled her
dressmaker on account of the latter's
politics.
In 1S42 Milwaukee had 1900 iuhab-
itants, now her population is about
10000. -
A lady in Naples has been safely de-
livered Of four girls at a birth. All
we'll.
A prominent citizen of Cincinnati has
been "black mailed" to the amount of
S20,000.
An omnibus company in Cincinnati is
required to pay $4,000 for the loss of a
lady's trunk. f.
An Australia paper records that in
eight years the progeny Of fourteen rab'
hits was 14.25;'.
Rossini described the Steinway piano
at the Exposition as nightingale in a
thunder storm.
Income returns for this year at Gin
cinnati will not, it is believed, much
exceed 25 per cent. of last years return
The Pri1ce Of Wales subscribed EN-
los u the Peabody monument. The
Rothsohilds came down handsomely.
Two tarantulas found their way out
of a b,x in the Virginia City postoiiice
to the great astonishment of the clerks
When Mr.. Booth wears his golden
crown in Richard ILL.,, which the pa
pers ,ay is being made for him, he will
have q valuable head.
Atthe municipal election i'll New Al
ban,, Indiana, the entire Democratic
tick,t was elected by large majority
Th,young Marquis of Bute, who will
bc o,e of the wealthiest .mcn III the
three Kingdoms, has become a convert
to tie Roman Catholic faith.
Itis stated that tho celebrated Colo
radoI Jewett has recently married one
of tie wealthiest American residents in
frankfort, Germany.
Tie debt of the city of st. Louis has
increased about million dollars in two
ycaB, and now amounts to S5,67l 500.
Tie subscription at PIttsburg, Penn
sylyania, in aid of the destitute of the
Souh amounts to S5sl3. One lady do
nat,d her ring and ear-drops to the
fund.
Major General Hooker, who is still i'll
pooY Health, has been granted leave OF
abs,nce from the 1st Of June, with per.
mission to sc abroad.
Tie everlasting question whether
Freshmen may wear tall hats and carry
cans has been settled at last at Am
her,s College. The faculty sustained
the freshmen in their rights, and the
sophomores yielded to the decision
witLout cringing or loss Of self-respect.
Willie, son of Alexander Reed, while
playing with a horse, in Toledo, on
Saturday, was kicked in the forehead,
the :ork of the horses shoe making a
gha,tly wound, and causing a COM
pould fracture of the skull. Although
thepli is great danger of Inflammation,
SOM hopes of the boys recovery are
entertained.