The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-04
CURRENT ITEMS.

Whisky is now made from coal smoke
in England. E4G2- - %
The cats as we'll as dogs are going
mad at Detroit.
The revolution in Guatemala has been
entirely suppressed.
Indianapolis is about to borrow $780,
00e to pay her debts with, "a Oh
Musical concerts are given in the
Massachusetts, State prison.
The National debt has been reduced
SIS, ,OO0, 900 during the month of March
The time for holding the Ohio State
Fair has been changed to September 70
A middle -aged man married girl OF
thirteen in Belmont, Nevada, recently
A new morning paper entitled "The
Latest Ne,cs" is about to appear in Lon
don
The British revenues for the last fiscal
year exceeded the expenditures abouf
f2, 100000. e. f ....
The GENITAL system has already been
abandoned in nearly every city where
it had been adopted.
Mankind shonld learn temperance
from the moon-the fuller she gets, the
shorter her horhs become.
The Hon. Michael Przybvlowize. OF
the Kansas Legislature, has had his
name changed to Murphy.
A German has hit upon an invention
by which hens and other poultry are
persuaded to 10y eggs Of thrice the or
dinary size.
No steamers have yet passed up the
Missouri above st. Joseph. Loaded
teams were crossing on the ice at Cedar
Rapids last Sunday.
A little girl, daughter Of w. Bank
shaw, died suddenly in Chicago on Sun
day night-said to have been whipped
to death by her father.
The projected strike of the spinners for
ten hours a day, in Manchester, New
Hampshire, has been abandoned, and
work proceeds as usual in the fac
tories.
The lobbymen at Harrisburg call q
bill that it will pay to push through the
Legislature "rooster." One intro
duced only to be defeated is styled a
"pincher."
The Fayette county, (Ohio) Herald
tells of a cat in that place that hatched
out q couple of chickens, by making her
bed in box in which some eggs were
kept.
A church, dedicated to St. Vincent de
Paul, is now being erected at Marseilles,
at the cost of $3,OOO,OOO. The stained
glass alone will be of the value of $780,
000f.
One of the members of whist club
in Western city died recently, and at
the next meeting Of the clubs the cards
had mourning border around them.
A young lady of Brownfeld, Me-, re-
Gently extracted grain of corn from
her ear, which had been there for nine
teen years-since she was five years old.
Letters received at Washington con-
firm the report of the capture of Fort
Buford, at the mouth of the Yellow
stone, by the Indians, and the massacre
of the entire garrison, numbering eighty
persons.
The Boston Transcript says: "Some
of our best Republicans favored General
Buffers election to Congress, on the
ground that during the first session he
would break his political neck"
During 1866 over 100000 pounds of
books were exported from Great Britain,
q large portion of which came to the
United States. The value of these books
was $3,O1O,sS5. in gold, An average of
60 cents pound.
At Murville, France, the other day,
while the interment Of an aged lady
was takingplace, a noise was heard to
proceed from the grave. Upon the body
being eIhumed, it was found to be warm,
without any other sign of life. a med
ical examination showed that death had
occurred at the time of exhumation.
The "first gentleman of Princeton
College who is to receive the Jerome
medal is soon to be selected. 1t is un-
derstood that the senior class and the
literary societies of the college will each
furnish one candidate. The collegians
will make the first choice, subject, how
ever, to the final decision ofthe faculty.
The trichine spiralis has not confined
itself to the Hall family, in Springfield,
Massachusetts,. A Mr.. Norton. and o
son of Joseph solace are afflicted with
it. Mrs. Hall is still in critical con-
dition. In aasmall piece Of muscle
taken from the deceased girl, the trich-
ipa were distributed at the rate of from
50, 900 to $4,000 to the square inch.
A Milwaukee paper tells story Of a
terrier which attacked Q rat at a grain
warehouse in that city, few days
since; the rat squealed, the alarm was
repeated by other rats near by, and in q
moment o large swarm of rats surround,
ed the unfortunate dog, gave him bat
tie, and, although he made terrible
havoc among them, ultimately killed
and nearly devoured him.
SOUTHERN NEWS.