Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-03
TIMELY TOPICS.

A WEST VIRGINIA exchange speaks
of "Ex-Vice President Wheeler" This
is the best one on William we have no.
ticed yet, albeit unconscious.
TnE GAINESVILLE daily Democrathas sue
cumbed to the inevitable, and is en-
rolled among the journals which were
and are not, whose name is Legion.
Mn. J. G. HoLYoAKE, the English re-
former, travelling in America, says that
Washington is the most beautiful of
American cities. He has not visited
Wheeling, however.
PRoP. Tee has tixed upon the seven
teenth day of this month, and the hour
OF > A NJ, for brilliant meteoric dis
play, surprising anything OF the kind in
the last iorty-iiye years.
ABOUT half the newspapers in this
country have noted the fact that the
letter "" occurs in the surname of
every member of the French Presidents
cabinet, but we do not see y.
UxFoRTUNATE people who are COM
PEELED to peruse New York and Massa-
chusetts newspapers will rejoice after
Tomorrow is over, and the elections in
those states things Of the past.
"BrruEys' COLLEGE, at Berea, W. Va"
is the way the Bethany institution get
into a Kentucky paper. 1t is bad
enough to narrowly escape destruction
bv fire, but there are worse fates.
TavlY, the young generation cannot
complain OF lack OF attention from the
literary world. Harper & Bros, allured
thereto by the success Of the venture OF
the ScribuerS in the same direction, are
about to establish a magazine for boys
and girls.
The French vintagei is quite small this
year, but the quantity of wine exported
does not necessarily depend upon such
Insignificant things as grapes. 1t will
be- time Tor apprehension when France
puts a prohibitive tariff on American
alcohol.
An exchange charges that Schurz' s
policy towarl thu Indians IS to anne
Tor the recent MASSACRE, AMI after de-
scribius terrible villain, with "hands
dyed red in the blood he has shed,
turns ltiGurately speaking) to Carl, and
thunicrs out, "Thou art the man"
That is to say, Carl is the bloody
Schurz'
An unexpected case oftender-hearted-
ness in Russian official is reported
from Charkof, where Major Lipovitch,
the new commandment of the citadel,
actually committed suicide after he had
held the place Tor fortnight, because
ne could not bear to see the suherings
1.-THE Nihilist prisoners confined there,
which he could not or dared not alleyi-
at. We should like to have that Off
GERS photograph.
THE City Controller Of Chicago, after
a careful investigation, concludes that
i. costs that city 100000 annually to is
sue scrip, instead OF paying cash. All
she supplies are purchased at an exor-
bitant advance because they are not
paid for in cash. While purchases are
made at credit there is over a million
dollars lying idle in the Treasury. The
best thing Chicago could 30 would be 10
pay cash as it goes along.
TIE oldest Postmaster in the service
is Edward Stabler, of Sandy Springs,
Montgomery county, Nd. His commits
sion is dated December IA, 1880, nearly
ipry-nine years ago, when Andrew
Jackson was President. His salary last
year was $500, and has never been
larger than that sum. Mr.. John Wilson.
of Plato, H., is the Oldest Postmaster
west OF the Allegheny Mountains,
having served since 1910.
Is Indiana Cupid appears to have
traded off his bow ami arrow for a shot
gun. John Reynolds used to court Miss
Lancaster, at Jacksonville, but finally
transferred hisattentions to Miss Brown.
That enragcd Miss Lancaster, and she
has twice shot Reynolds as he passed
bv her house on his way to visit Miss
Brown, who has thus far been able TO
nurse him through his injuries. Ii the
happy man is not converted into a sieve
before that time, Miss Brown expects
to become bride soon after the first
frost.
A GROCER in New York city, by COM