The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-10
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

The Pacific railroad will be completed
in 1869. &Ft
The Aita California averages its libel
suits at one week.
Many salad in Paris is dressed with
horse oil. sE Tys.ts
The "WIite Fawn" lost the managers
SIC, 900 in Philadelphia.
Literary papers in Germany have cut
into the book trade fearfully.
The Boston Transcript says the Turk
ish bath is very effective in caring colds
in the head.
A statue of Queen Victoria, 10 cost
$4,000, is to be erected at Montreal.
In the Schuylkill (Penn) almshouse
is an Irish woman who has reached the
age of one hundred and nine years.
Tho attendance of children in the
public schools in Maine has decreased
five per cent. since 1883.
Fashionable ladies in Paris, it is said
now wear small gilt champagne bottles
for earrings. ---
A statistician says man stands sixteen
chances to be killed by lightning to one
of being worth million of money. :
1t is calculated that thirty five thou.
sand hats were bet ON the result of the
late elections.
A German philosopher predicts that
Europe and America will be submerged
in 100000, 600 years, and no one dares
contradict him. .
Young women now say their prayers
before going to a ball. 1t savos time,
and, besides, they haven't SO much to
repent of. ~.7Tt t....
An Illinois shopkeeper ingeniously
fixed a pistol in his money drawer to
guard against thieves, and the first man
he shot was himself.
1t is proposed in England to try the
of cheap fares OH the rail-
roads, passengers to be carried to their
destination at uniform rate irrespect-
i've of distance.
A Philadelphia reporter recently saw
the moon shining so brightly that he
could trace tie movements of base
ball club playing a match on the sur
face of that lovely satellite.
A plow turned up magnificent spec
linen of virgin copper, weighing eighty
seven and half pounds, on the farm
Of Charles Grunert, one mile north of
Steph ensville, Outagamie county, Wis
consin, recently.
1t is reckened that the emigrant wag-
ons between Columbus, Ohio, and Kan
,as City, Missouri, bound west, would
reach u hundred miles if placed in q
single line.
One of the Philadelphia engine com
panies puts clean paper collar and a
purple neck tie on the neck of It's pet
poodle every morning. The dog is
said to realize its aristocratic position.
Brigandago in Italy is growing worse
than ever. The bandits have excited
such fear of their vengeance that no
witnesses can be found against them.
The sons of ono of their victims dared
not recognize the assassins in court.
The big diamond in the end of Ole
Bulls violin bow was present from the
Duke of Devsnshire, deaf old gentle
man, for whose pleasure the violinist
played half an hour with string con-
Meeting the instrument and his hearers
teeth, whereby the latter heard the mu-
sic.
The "extenuating circumstances" in
the case Of Frenchman who murdered
another in railway carriage, were
that he had been discharged from his
and hadn't enough money to
get his dinner.
A Mr.. Merriman, of Nottingham,
has adopted an ingenious plan
for killing two birds with one stone.
This gentleman had the misfortune to
lose his oldest son; and in announcing
the fact to his friends through the news
papers, in the usual way, he adds that
he himself is Zone Of the candidates for
the representation of Nottingham"
A bill has been introduced into the
Oregon Legislature compelling China
men to pay license fee of SIS per
month before engaging in any employ
ment, employers to be responsible. The
bill also imposes upon vessels a tax of
$40 for every Chinaman brought to the
State, prohibits the employment of Chi
nese upon public works, and forever
disqualifies for holding Office any Off
Ger who shall administer the oath of
naturalization to Chinamau.