Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-06
THE NEWS.
siftings From Our Reports oy
Railroad and Wire.

OHIO railroad, ran into stone IN eu'
na,r Nu,talbury, resulting IN iataliy iu-
inrin0 Engineer Southworth, and silsht-
ly iujuring his fireman.
Tho family OF Edward Gale, OF Par
L.rsi,pr,. who was killed by an acct
I'm, NJ The railroad carpenter shop, IN
that ci.v. on Mon iay last, Will get si'VVo
ir,m the Railroad Insurance Company,
~ yrirh ,ha jec ,aSed had been 4 men,
Der but lew da,s.
c,nui,te IRON this STATE, headed
by Gen. GOif, called upon Mr' hayes
Wednesday. and urged that the sPPio
priation Tor the Improvement Oi rlNeis
in West Virginia be more generousrt'
annortioned. and that the work be push
sd 10 completion as speedily as posslo'e'
Domestic.
There was slight irost near reofia'
Ill, on Tuesday nlghs.
Five hundred New York policemen
inlulsed in picnic Yesterday
4 PENNSYLVANIA had dellrIum tre-
mans from inyrtrrate smoking. Next.
Tn. National Catholic Temperance
Convention is in session at scranton Ia.
The farmers in the neighborhood OF
Montgomery, Ala, comp.an oil TOO muen
RAIN.
An Erie. Ia, man was fined Sl5 Tor
Ia,,ipy b;, horse 20 without water many
hours.
The Buffalo police, last night, made
wholesale raid on the gambling dens OF
tha, city.
The valuation by the Boston city as
sassnrs. shows an increase OF 50, ,Ibo,-
so over last wear.
4 watermelon eating match between
two negroes, is the latest innovation at
the National Capital.
The Putnam Phalanx, OF Hartford,
Conn. will visit Atlanta in October, on
the occasion OF the military celebration
there.
E1rirrer Brenville and his brother,
vino were injured by the railroad acct
dent near M0berly, Missouri, Yesterday
morning, died last night.
J. Il. Thompson, ir., who, II will be
remembered, Was seriCuSly y injured al
West Point, some time ago, has recov-
cred sufficiently to be able TO travel.
NJ tidings Of the ship Edith Troop
have. been received since she vas sight
ei oN Cape IIatteras, over three months
az. She i now l0l days ont from New
Orleans.
In the exhibition races at Rochester,
on Thu~- 8 next. Maud :. l. to bea'
s Jul.ens re o a Of s:l2}, and II.
Julien = 10 urdl the best time ever made
b. PAGER.
The Victoria Rife ASSOCIATION o! Mel
bourne, Australia, has invited the Ma
tiOnll Rifle Association to send team
there in November. to take part IN the
Internal onal military match.
4 North Carolina man dreamed that
he Wa, rscSp,i by a hand OF negroes,
AMI gn' IN his sleep, procured an axe.
AMI "a cd eel of fhe head o, his bed
fellow. lie was considerably alto ished
wneu he awokc AMI saw what he had
dJEc.
Tn" New Jersey gOll digging mania
which bToSe out ~ Plalutield several
months a-o has spread lar and wide,
AMI the sol OF "a" state = now turned
over With al AMI perseverance that
no agricultural enthusiasm could ever
approach.
There il verjurc all along Que track OF
the PENNSYLVANIA railroad, between
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and none
along the other. This is caused by
dropping- Oi grain from the eastward
bound iyrightcarS. while those going the
other way deposit no seed.
Alta fire in mattress factory in New
York, Wciuc> lay morning, two girls,
st WORK in the third story were cut oil
from the stairway hy the flames, and, as
a'a>t resort. Jumped from the third story
window Oue was quite seriously in
jurel. but the other escaped with but a
few bruises. The distance was iOrty
feet.
John Hlmscv, OF WILLIAMSBURG. New
York. an athlete, visited Coney Island
% lndn 2, in some fancy bathing. lie
plunged head iormoSt from the end OF
the iron pier, and Immediately arose to
th- -uriare with the blood streaming
from his head. lie had struck an old
iron pipe. hall buried in the sand. He
died in a few hours.
At an informal meeting OF several
prominen, Democrats at the hcadquar-
ters oi the National Committee in New
York, "Wednesday, Senator Pendle,on,
Of Ohio, speaking OF the prospects OF
Democratic in thar state, said tina, alter
looking carefully over the field, ami
making due allowance Tor the claims of
over conf lent friends, hs hal no doubt
but that the state would be redeemed
from Republican control at the coming
election.
Foreign.
\ Mairil disratch Says the Court has
returned from La Grange.
The bull on in the Bank OF England
decreased c57l 900 during the past week.
Toe spec in the Bank of France de-
creased l,ljl,l00 francs during the past
weeS.
The United States Consul at Vera
Cruz denies the report that small pox
AMI yellow fever are prevalent in that
s;y.
The loss OF not less than 1000 Euro
peIn troops and large lndian contin-
/ ut IN one engagement, and the expen-
diture nj eighteen million sterling, with
no prospect oi peace vet, is paving high
for "a scientific frontier"
United Stat Minister Lowell has
received instructions irum Secretary
EyIr's To express 10 Her Majestv's gov.
ernment the concern Oi the United
States Government AZ the illness OF Mr..
Gladstone, and their hopes Tor his
speedy recovery.
II is said that Don Carlos will be re-
s tquested Is ablicate in favor Oi his son.
The request should not be unpleasant.
sly received, lOr the pre,euier has little
40 give up but notOricty, and this latter
10 OF such nature that he should be
glad to get rid 1t.
An official dispatch from Quettah,
dated the iih inst, SAYS the natives re-
por; that AyoOb Khan was at Langhar
On the lSt inst, appearing uncertain
whether TO advance or not. Also that
|<Ayoob entertained no hope OF success
iully attacking Candahar.
Jerusalem seems 10 be growing in