Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-31
TIMELY TOPICS.

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TIMELY TOPICS.
THERE is a vacancy in the newly
elected Ohio Legislature already. Hon.
A. l.. Brown, elected to the Senate by
the Republicans of Ross and Highland
counties, died on Sunday night at Hills
| bOro.
OUR country exchanges are filled with
items about big sweet potatoes and big
Irish potatoes. We are surprised to see
so much attention given to the other
Irish 'tators, and so little to Parnell, the
agi-tator.
THE Chicago Inter Ocean says that
possibly the numberless committees
acting in behalf of the Grant reception
understand what they are about and
are working in perfect harmony and
unison. But it certainly looks very
confus ing to an observer simply. 1t
thinks the old adage that "too many
cooks spoil the broth applies in the
matter.
ALFRED BURNETT, editor OF the Home
Journal, Cincinnati, has written letter
to the Amcrican Traveller, London, loud
~ applauding the nomination OF Vic
toria Woodruff as President of the Uni
ted States. He says: "IOu people
have Victoria, you people love her;
so our people will love our Victoria, and
will do themselves an honor in placing
her in the White House at Washington"
Somebody at Cincinnati should tie the
gifted editors head in a wet rag.
EUGENE l.. DIDIER's new memoir OF
Edgar Allen Poe makes about one hun
bred pages in w. j. Widdleton's new
addition of "Poe's Life and Poems"
Several new points in Poe's life are
brought out, some of them being cor
rections of erroneous statements which
had been in print. One of these relates
to the death of Poe's parents. His
mother did not perish at the burning OF
the Richmond Theatre in 1911, but died
a natural death soon after that fire.
How his father died is still uncertain,
but the probabilities are that he, too,
did not perish in the theatre.
IT is said that an investigation OF the
New York elevated railroads revealed
that the stock has been "watered" to
the extent of six or seven million dol
lars. During the investigation some in
teresting statistics were given. The fiji
teen miles of track now in operation
cost twelve millions OF dollars, and
when the construction is thoroughly
completed it is thought that the ex-
pense will be fully a million dollars to
each mile of track. \ car costs s., 400;
an engine over $1,000 There is still
great Field CCyrus) for further investi-
CATION.
IRIS fact worthy of observation that
wherever silver mines have ever been
worked they are worked now, unless by
war or invasion the work has been stop
ped. There is no silver mining region
in the world that has gwen out. Next
can mines worked by the Aztecs before
the conquest by COrtez are still as pro-
ftable as ever. The old Spanish mines,
opened long before Hannibal's time, are
still worked with enormous profits. The
South American mines have constantly
Welded their wealth for more than three
hundred years, and are as productive as
ever. Mines in Hungary that were
worked by the Romans before the time
of Christ, still yield an abundance OF
ore.
THE dimensions which the conflict in
Central Asia is likely to assume are in
Dictated by the cable dispatches which
announce that Russia has ordered
division of forty thousand troops to the
seat of war, and that they will be follow
ell by number of officers of the general
staff at st. Petersburg. An army divi-
sion of that size, with picked officers to
lead 1t, signifies a very much more con-
siderable movement than would he pro-
ected against the natives Ii indicates
that one at least Of the actual combat
ants in the struggle for supremacy in
the Fast is making ready to drop the
work. and carry on hostilities direct, in
stead of under the guisc OF a campaign
against the natives.
GENERAL EwING can console himself
in his defeat with the thought that there
is mo use bucking against fate, and
fate itself seems to be favOring Calico
Foster. During the excitement OF his
canvass he received an offer OF 100000
for some railroad property. He had no
time to consider the offer, but concluded
he would accept. He had at the same
time 10 telegraph to his companion in
most of his tour, General Gibson, and,
being bothered at the time, he got the
addresses mixed. The acceptance of the
offer went off directed to General Glib
son, at Pine street, New York. Next
day came a reply that no General Glib
son could be found in Pine street. By