The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-10
stisee,Ianeous News.

The uniform Geographic rate between
France and Germany Is now four cents q
word.
Certain officials in chicsgo are called
"arcs Of the circle" instead ef members oil
the ring.
President BascOm of the University Of
Wisconsin, comes out emphatically 10
favor Of the mixing Of girls and boys In
schools.
In Berlin from 10000 to $4,000 apart
ments are to let, itissaid; at all events,
great many people have had to guilt the
capital for cheaper quarters.
All bat 500 Of a population Of s.
500 in Cortland, N. Y, have signed The
Murphy pledge, and the liquor business
Is ruined. But this thing is bound 70
blow over" said a dealer, as he sat In biz
deserted bar room, "aud folks will b'
thirs,ier than before"
The Bank Of France is giving up tb'
issue Of notes and insists on paying II
gold to the Disgust Of The public. The
reason Is that the directors find II doei
mot pay to issue notes on which a tax Of
u per cent Ia imposed, when they car
scarcely obtain more than This sum toi
discounts.
Only $4,000 immigrants arrived a
New York last year, ngainss 2eO.OOOin
1873.
California has built 800 miles Of
railroad during the past year, and gained
2 10000 10 population by immigration.
According to the London Trah, In
future no Roman Catholic ecclesiastics
will contribute to the London Contempt
ray Rspies, ever in defense Of their own
view; and their disappearance from
prin. will be due TO the strongly.express'
cd opinion Of superior authorities"
American canned beef is having an
enormous sale in Europe. Tho principal
point for the preparation OF this article Ia
Chicago, one irm alone exporting over
half a million dollars worth yearly to
England.
The Windsor, Buckingham; and other
fashionable uptown hotels in New York
have made The old Broadway establish
ments improbable. The St. Nicholas
will probably be converted into stores
after The lst Of May. The, Metropolitan
has passed into the hands Of Judge Hill
ton, who has refurnished it throughout
and will attempt TO make It profitable
under a manager.
The New York Times reports an i'm
portant religious event thus "Rising in
his pulpit, the clergyman said. with q
beamipg smile: Brethren, I have an i'm
portant announcement to make TO you
Mr.. Kimb,-at this moment the STAN.
pede began, and, though he rose at once
10 the Importance Of the occasion and
yelled-.isn not here!' be was too late to
arrest the flight Of several prominent
members, who were already out in The
open air and aging for home like startled
lawns"
The Railupy Age says: "ohio is one Of
the wealthiest and most closely peopled
Of Western States, but the returns or
railway investments there for the pasi
year have been anything but encourag-
Ing. The State Commissioner reports
thst out Of f%ity.seven companies doing
business In the State but thirteen paid
any dividends, and Of these but four paid
on both common and preferred stock, and
three of these last were leased lines, which
probably hardly earned their expenses
These facts will doubtless be fairly con-
sideredl by the law makers OF the State in
future legislation"
A London correspondent says thai
turkey would willingly agree to the ces'
aion Of Batoum to Russia" But that Ii
iust what we fancy Great Britain would
be yery slow to sgree to. Russia now
holds Kars, and will never again yield II
10 an enemy from whom she has taken II,
with immense cust Of men and material,
for the third time. With Kars, she holds
command Of Armenia. 1t Is quite GER
,ain, too, that any terms Of peace to
which Russia may ascent will give her
navy a strength on the Black Sea at least
equalto that Of Turkey.