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

ledl OidlllJ anu W IL has SohiA'N "
favor his election, by editorial utter
ances, interviews with Grant men, and
other sorts Of testimony TO his fitness
for the Presidency.
The prediction that a considerable
proportion of the women who registered
in Boston would not vote seems partial
" verified by the statement in the dis
patches that majority OF them voted
Tuesday. 1t is stated, also, that the
polling-places were never so orderly.
THE increased activity in the glass
trade has made such demand for pots
used in the furnaces that some Pitts
burgh capitalists and glass men have
concluded to establish an extensive pot
factory. All the glass houses in this
part OF the country are hard pushed to
fill their orders.
GOV. Il. NJ. BIsHor has been in Wash
ington explaining to the reporters the
cause Of the Democratic defeat in Ohio
last October. He says the party lost
the State because it failed to renOminate
"a faithful and efficient Executive" for
a second term. The /. and e. Executive
is understood to be Mr.. Bishop himself.
The party might atone nationally for Its
neglect of Mr.. Bishop by nominating
him for President.
IT is said by Washington correspon-
dent that Blaine is in mourning over
the loss of a valued supporter. Mr..
Mcpherson, formerly the Clerk OF the
House of Representatives, when Blaine
was Speaker, and elected President OF
the Cincinnati Convention by the
Blaine men, now booms for Sherman
through his paper, the Philadelphia
rreSs. Mr.. Blaine's language in regard
to this detection, rs reported by his
friends, is hardly Of fit character for
Sunday reading.
PHILIP SIDNEY PoSr, United States
Consul at Vienna, is in Washington.
He states that the crops tins season in
Europe have been almost entire failures.
Hungary, which is usually large ex-
porter of cereals, will hardly have
enough for its own consumption. Rus
sia is making more progress in the in
PRODUCTION of improved agricultural ma
chinery than any other country in east
ern Europe. The prospect for good
market in Europe for American cereals
and provisions is bright. France alone
of European countries, Mr.. Post thinks,
is apparently enjoying a season OF ma
terial prosperity. -..l
THE California prejudice against OH
entails does not extend to the japanese
apparently, for the San Francisco Cdron-
icie says yesterday was the 2.5lOth
year of the Japanese dynasty. This
nation, which traces its history further
back into the slumbering past than any
other nation on the face Of the globe, is
one of the foremost of modern countries,
its inhabitants intelligent and progress
i've, and advancing rapidly in art, sci
ence, commerce and literature. The
members OF the Japanese Consulate in
our city, thoughtful, earnest men, with
bright, intellectual faces, are regarded
with the highest esteem by our people. "
IL a thoughtful article in the inmates
dc rErtrimc Orient it is boldly predicted
that before many years the Chinese
question will become as urgent in Eu-
rope as it is now in America. The isO-
lation OF China is a thing of the past,
and in century, il not sooner, we are
told. the Chinese will become the prin
cipal workman element not only in
America, but in Europe. In fifty years
steam navigation will transport the
Chinese at iabuiously low prices to all
parts Of the world. We shall see arise
in the cities of Europe Chinese quarters
which will cause discomfort among our
working classes, with whom they will
have seriously to reckon, and the Chin
csc element will end by fixing itself
among us like the Jews.
ALoNG submarine cables a message
can at present be sent over only 100
miles, but it is said that this defect in
ocean telegraphy has been overcome by
Professor Bell, and that before many
weeks a person in New York will be
able to communite by telephone with a
person in London. The capital stock of
the Bell Telephone Company will be in
creased from $3.50, 600 to SS,OO0,0O0. 1t
is estimated that there are 100000 tele-
phones in use in the United States, and
the Bell Company has already intro
duced 1000 telephones in London. The
telephone is patented in the United
States, Canada, England, France, Aus
tria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Aus
traIa, and protection has been asked
for in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and
Russia. q.
Two new morning penny papers have
Just made their appearance in New
York City. Starting a daily paper is
quite an undertaking in these days, and
even with large capital behind them dis
aster has overtaken more than one ven
ture of the kind since the panic OF 1878,
notably in the case of the ambitions and
really excellently conducted Republic.
The Postal Card is the title of one of the