Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-23
THE NEWS.
Slftinss From Our Reports by
Railroad and Wire.
Domestic.

Tire oFu'atiOn OF Illinois foots up
sNS3 $50.
r,a first bale OF Tennessee cotton VS.
,srs,yed at Louisville Saturday.
Charles Williams and Lou Gain' q
-. hanged at Santa + Friday, iCr
murder.
Tho satinet mills OF b. F. Larn d at
Auhurn, Mass, were burned Satu day'
L)ss, $4,000
The Democrats Convention OF the
f., District of Wisconsin, Saturday,
n,nipateI Clinton BabbItt, OF Be'oit,
for Congress.
fire in the ropewalk Of the Char'es-
,,r Mass, nlvy,yard, Saturday night,
bm,,.d the buildings aud machinery
10 The extent OF $1,000.
Jndre Garrison, OF Accomac, was
ro,inated for Congress, Saturday, by
~. Democratic Convention OF the First
Virginia District at RAppahannock.
The demand for standard silver dol
tsrs during the past week was very
- sS23. 900 having been shipped
frlm the Treasury, going princlpaiiy 10
the West.
An editor and lawyer fired at each
,,5rr across street at Marshtield, Mo,
no.il their revo lyers were empced, AMI
ne,,he, WAS hit, though two spectators
were wounded.
At Ia Pace. Ala, Saturday, two
y,rn, men, John Hamilton and sgd.
i;r lin, were shooting bats, when Ham
il,on accidently shot his companion,
through the head, killing him almost IN
SANITY.
The umors published lin the PhilaCe-
nhia papcrs that DIR Buchanan, OF bogus
5iplo;na notoriety, had been discovered
AMI arrested in Detroit, seem to be with
on, foundation. The police authorities
oi that city disc!aim any knowledge oi
su.h transaction.
R.por,s from the local inspectors OF
s,almb,a,s on the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers state that the annual inspections
h,v,. been made, and the steamboat ser
vie on those streams II IN hTst class
clliI,ion. Both Ownors and masters
have fully con pliel with the law.
Daring the year ended June so. last.
4I1.23 Immigrants arrived IN the
Cait,,l States. In the year OF the
yre,,e>t immigration, 1878, there ar
rived iJ9 sos immigrants. During July,
p,s,. there were ~. y92 immigrants, OF
whom II OCO were from Germany, 6.COO
from Ireland, and 5000 from England.
A large band of Gypsies are encamp-
inya NJ Nest lloboken, y. j, resting
i-w davs. They are on n journey TO
I1xa % select a Queen. The tnroue Is
nos unOccupied, death having created
vacancy. The leader OF the band SAYS
n, specifications necessary be become
a candidate ior the office are that the
ambitious woman must be beautiful
maiden ui pure Gypsy blood, able 10
tr4,t. her ancestry Tor a century back.
Ev-ry member OF the band, including
hlliren, is entitled To vote.
Foreign.
Tue King and Queen Ci Greece leii
Copenhagen. yesterday, for Russia.
In the House Of C,mmons, Friday
night. the "hares and rabbits bill
passadtl sh Committee o; the Whole.
One thousand, [ ,ur hundred AMI fifty
wrayrrsa AZ Buljon, England, have struck
ayIinst "A reduction of five per cent IN
their wages
The London Ga-.te announces the ap-
poinlment OF :. PI.rrepoDt Edwards,
We consul of Great Britain ut New
York, as consul at that port.
At Montreal, SATURDAY, ahOrse belong
in. % a butcher trotiri fifty miles IN
four hours ani fi,y minutes. The wager
was that he would not accomplish the
feat ia five hours.
4 London telegram SIys the Master
C1lt n SDinners and OoeyltOrs A>sOcia-
ton oi Northeast Lancashire, have re-
iusal the weavers the 10 per cent advance
in wages asked iOr, owing 20 the state OF
trai-.
L. Temps says: "rhe By OF Tunis
has not only granted French COM
pI1v concession on the part OF TdnIs
bat has engaged not TO give concession
for any future railway without preyi-
Ous understanding regarding 1t with
France"
The London Posts Berlin dispatch
sayS the Cur will receive the Chinese
AMI Japanese Ambassadors at ROpsha,
nasr krasnOa Selu, where he Is now
witnessing the army manOeuveTs. This
Interview will virtually reopen the
kuldjl negotiations.