Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-11

Gaseste, OF New York, and as a reward is
going over the world as "Dr. Heweter."
Such is fame.
The Boston newspapers are nominal
ing Ex-Governor Washburn for the
English mission. Perhaps it would be
as we'll to leave Mr.. Hayes make the
next nomination. Almost every prom
inent man in the country has now had
an offer of the position from somebody,
and the honor Of being named for the
place is becoming too thin for service.
The recent strike of oil on Elk river,
near Charleston, shows that there is oil
in paying quantities in that section. 1t
is probable that this we'll is near the
western edge of the oil deposit, and that
further explorations will reach wells OF
larger yield than any yet found. That
already produced is heavy lubricating
oil, worth from Sc to SO per barrel.
Four members OF the present Con-
gress have died since their election. The
first was Mr.. Ward, member-elect from
the Yonkers n. " district, who died
suddenly on the night OF his election.
Mr.. Schleicher, of Texas, died during
the extra session, and his death was
soon followed by that OF Mr.. Clark, OF
Iowa. The death of Mr.. Lay, OF Mis-
souri,, was noted in our kilograms on
Monday.
CANNON, the Mormon delegate in Con-
gress from Utah, is in a great state OF
mind over the paragraph in the Presi-
dents message referring to MOrmonism.
He thinks that a great deal more fuss is
made over this question than there is
any occasion for In his opinion wife
or two more or less makes no difference,
and is nobOdy's business any how; be-
sides, he declares that his cO-religionists
arc not marrying so much as they were,
and that for the future they intend re-
specting the law OF the land.
TIE Philadelphia Times cOngratulates
the country on the fact that the number
Of millionaires is being gradually lessen
eel bv death. 1t says: "The poorest and
wretchedest and most miserable Of the
worlds population are the dismal old
persons who, owning more cash than
they know how to spend, have no higher
ambition than to make penny-jugs Of
themselves, to be smashed at their de
cease by remOrseless relations"
THE town OF Marietta, Ohio, was
startled the other night by the ringing
OF the court house bell. Investigation
revealed the fact that an impatient
lover, accompanied by his sweetheart,
was the cause of the alarm, and that he
rang the bell, as he explained, Ito wake
up the lawyer folks, so he and Nettie
could got license to get married. y An
hour later they were happy in the mar
rieI relation.
SANLUsKNIE and Kype, Indians, were
hanged at Yakima City, Washington
Territory, on the 22d ult., for murder.
Kype made q speech under the gallows,
i'm which he said that Christ came to the
world to save sinners,.that he wrote the
Good Book and left it with the whites,
but that the Good Book did not teach
the whites to put up scaAOlds to hang
people on.
The Ohio man is full OF expedients.
Gen. Garfield is advised that ii he
hasn't that So, 0O0 necessary to engineer
his way into the Senate, he can join
building association and borrow it.-BOS-
ton Post.
TIE effort OF some OF the college boys
To exclude professional players from
their representative ball mines should
he encouraged. Not enough of them us
vet have been hired to materially change
the nature of the play, vet dangerous
start illl Dtcll lIltlNlt. L lbAGNSIblidA NNlA
letic contests have sunk so low through
the influences OF batting men, that the
college boys alone could be depended
upon for manly and honestperformances.
The introduction OF professionals among
them would rob their games OF all their
charm.-Nrw York N,m.
Tue ambition of our best young men
is to get an undercoat just long enough
TO cover up the rear suspender buttons
of their.pautaloons, and an overcOat just
short enough TO miss being tangled with
the protruding nails of their boot heels.
In the name OF modesty we suggest a
general average.-Nsr Lidyen Register.
SOME OF the British railways are be-
ginning To show a slight increase in their
receipts. and although this recovery is
bv M means universal, it is hailed with
satisfaction, on account of the cheering
contrast it furnishes to the records of
steady decline which have been reported
for some time past by nearly all the
English railway companies, and as a
sign that the revival of trade is beginning
To extend to many OF the qualifications
OF English traffic. Nearly all the lines
that have terminal points in London eX-
hibited a slight increase in the receipts
for the week ended November LIST, 1879,
over the receipts OF the corresponding
week of lS7S.-Rdihrdy World.