Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-29
TIMELY TOPICS

VASsER has three japanese ladies
among It's students.
OrRAY, the tie chicitain, speaks
Spanish, but not English.
TuE mother and sister oi Michael
Davltt. one Of the arrested Irish agita-
tors, live in Philadelphia.
IL London an eminent law firm has
telephone communication with some ot
it's most important clients.
Ir il fttin. that the last day before
the opening Of Congress is 4 day Of rest.
The country should make good Use OF 1t.
MooDy and Sankey, since striking st.
Louis, have begun To share in the bust
ness boom. They have more trade than
they can attend to.
The Rochester E,prss encourages
Miss Dickinson to 90 on writing plays,
probably because when she is doing that
she isn't acting them.
THERE is danger that the Presidents
message will be 4 sleepy old document.
Mr.. Hayes might enliycn it with some
remarks on civil service rrioun-what-
ever that il.
TuIRrY-EIGur thousand five hundred
and iorty-onc persons 10y the name OF
smith draw pensions from the Govern
ment. Statistics are silent as 10 how
many are Johns.
TuE fever for gathering old coins is
becoming epidemic again in the east.
Strangeno onccver thought 6forgauizing
corporation to % into the manutac-
ture of old coins.
The New York >,m emphatically lie
clarcs that "therc is no earthly power
that can induce Mr., Seymour to accept
the nomination. Propositions to make
him a candidatea are accordingly entirely
out ui order
Tue news found in our Geographic
columns this morning that the Elk
River Company, near Charleston, has
struck oil in paying quantities, is mo-
mentous announcement Tor that sec
ton Of the state.
TuE Southern members Of Congress,
coming fresh from home, are surprised
upon reaching Washington to lee told
that the whole South is booming Tor
Grant. They hadn't heard oi such
thing when they were in the south.
THE Misses Mcckcr, who were cap
tured 10y Indians at the time uithcir' faith
cr's death, probably sworc to have a
terrible revenge; anil, not being able To
secure it on the Utcs, they are taking it
ont of the public Both OF them are
lccturing
Tnr southern prejudice against man
ual labor on the part of women has been
illustrated at Atlanta, TIA, where the
new cotton factory IA, vainly adyer-
tised for POO women and girls TO run a
night gang, and talks OF importing New
England mill hands.
ExTRAvAGANCE in Language Is one Of
the peculiarities Of people in southern
countries. CASTELAR,, on hearing the
long winded tendency Of his country
men commented upon rather severely,
replied. you are perfectly right, gen
temen, but you do not know how diff
cult it is to hold ones tongue in
Spanish"
IL view OF the prevalence OF diphthe-
ria, il may be we'll to restate the fact
that prominent English physician tes-
titles that he has always found that tea
spoonful OF powdered sulphur mixed
in a tumbler of water, the mixture be-
ing used as gargle, will invariably cure
the most malignant form of the disease
i'm question.
FORTY-FoUR and iour-tenths per cent.
of the whole people who took the yell
low fever during the late epidemic in
Memphis are said to have died; OF the
black people 10 6-l0 per cent. died. !