Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-06
TIMELY TOPICS

1T. DELAxE, the Editor-in-chici OF
the London Tjp,,s, is dead. llrwas one
Of the most prominent newspaper cdl-
tors Of tins generation and made the
Tm>s one Of tine leading journals OF the
world. lie has been connected with
that journal since 1889.
SHEFFIELD, England, sends large guam
titles Of steel blanks to Connecticut To
be- struck oil into scissors. They are
then sent back to England, where the
fine finishing Is done, and they take
final tripto America as Sheffield ware
NOT To be outdone by the boys at Ann
Arbor, Princeton, Middlebury or Mead
vile. u few ofthe Morgantown Uniycr-
sity students kicked up 4 row with
some Of the fast town boys last Saturday
night. II didn't amount to much, but
it showed that the boys out there are
actuated by the same spirit rs those
Of the "iirSt institutions in the land,
that is, supposing the fastest always
to be first.
PRoBABLY the most singular accident
bywhich man cverlost hisliie occurred
recently at Paris, Ky. 4 man tied the
feet together OF freshly dressed hog
that he proposed 10 steal, aud putting
his mead between the legs, carried the
hog on his shoulders. I'm climbing
fence the hog fell on one side and hc
ON the other, and he was found in the
morning deal The weight of the
animal had pressed his throat tight
against the fence and his feet could not
touch the ground. lie chokcd To death.
The rapidlty with which the bison is
disappearing from the Western plains
may be- Inferred nom statistics collected
nj Fort Macleod i'm British North Amer
lea. and Fort Walsh, both places being
important centres ior the collection Of
buffalo robes. Thcmoney value OF each
robe to the Indian hunter may be rough
~ estimated at a.. In 1877 some 10000
robes were gathered at Fort Macleod,
and larger number at Fort Walsh. In
1873 the number was 1921 at the
former, and hi. N91 al the latter place;
while this wear only 5,7Gi have come
into Fort Macleod and S,271 Ia Fort
Walsh.
A New YoRE paper, commenting on
the annoying practice thoushtless per-
SONS have Of coming into theatres dur
ing the performance and getting {" their
seats as noisily as possible, makes the
following good suggestion: ASitiS man
ii,stly useless 10 expect from these per
sons any consideration for the feelings
of others. the managers of theatres should
Tor the benefit of their patrons possessed
oi more sense and better manners, take
the cure of the matter IN their own
hands, and refuse o. allow any one who
arrives after the first act has begun To-
pass 10 his seat until the act l. ended.
Az Illinois man who la been study
ing the census with reference 10 the dis
tribution of the countrv's resources,
writes 10 the Nation a. follows. with
the exception OF New York AMI nela-
ware. each State east of Indiana had lew
or cattle i'm actual numbers IN 1870 than
i'm 1860. while every state except Name
had gained in population. New York,
Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin are the only states east
of the Mississippi in which the actual
number of cattle increased, and OF
these Wisconsin alone shows an
increase in proportion to increase OF
population. Hogs increased only IN
Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. Sheep
only in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, east
of the Mississippi. The food animals IN
the total States east OF the Mississippi
are in actual decrease. West Of the
Mississippi cattle diminished in number
in Missouri, Oregon. California and even
Texas. Sheep also diminished IN Texas.
Hogs diminished in Missouri, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas. Between 1860
and 1870 Illinois gained 1920 cattle,
22l, 900 hogs, POI, O3j sheep, but thegainln
population was 500, 900, or more than the
gain in food animals. New York gained
10000 cattle and $4,000 people IN the
same decade. The value OF these COM
parsons was greatly modified by the oc-
currence Of the war in that decade, and
the census Of next year will not conform
10 it altogether, but in a general way the
country east of the Mississippi will be a
large consumer of the surplus raised to
the west of that river" This need not
alarm the people of the East, however,
as they still seem to have money enough
10 pay for all they get and keep increas-
inn the demand